Friday, June 3, 2011
Blog Post # 12
Men need eachother as close friends to help each other when one needs help and boost eachothers confidence. Men depend on other men for masculine approval. Both the movie The Hangover and the reading "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity" proves this. In The Hangover it shows us a group of friends who go through many problems and many things just to find their missing friend. Together they unite all the clues they have in order to get that end result which is finding their friend. Grazian's reading talks about yound men preparing to go meet new girls, the way they do it and how they act infront of their friends in order to meet a girl. In the reading young men would drink before going out at night and their purpose was to get drunk in order to boost up their confidence and to go out and have a good time. Meeting girls is part of their plan aswell because they have to prove to their friends that they can get girls. In The Hangover the four friends planned to drink that night so they can boost their confidence and have a good night before one of the friends (Doug) gets married. This shows us that men use alcohol as a way to boost their confidence before they go out in groups. One of the guys name Stu, was the most shy guy. Once he drank with them and went out he met a girl in a club and married her. Tours the end of the movie the guys liked the girl and they hated his fiance so they encouraged him to leave his fiance for the girl he just met and he did. In the reading men encouraged other men to talk to a girl in the club and when they did, the friends would act as if they were proud of them and approve of this. This just shows us that men depend on their guy friends and need the approval of them, girls are just a way to prove their masculinity even further.
Works Cited:
Grazian, David. "Urban Nightlife and performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity."Men's Lives. 8ed.Ed.Michael S.Kimmel And Michael A. Messner. Ed.
NYC:Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 320-337. print.
The Hangover. Todd Phillips. Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha.
Warner Bros, 2009.DVD.
Works Cited:
Grazian, David. "Urban Nightlife and performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity."Men's Lives. 8ed.Ed.Michael S.Kimmel And Michael A. Messner. Ed.
NYC:Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 320-337. print.
The Hangover. Todd Phillips. Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha.
Warner Bros, 2009.DVD.
Course Reflcetions
1) What was the one assignment that was fun to do and why? what did you learn from this assignment? - An assignment that was fun to do was the photo analysis paper because i've never done something like that. It was interesting having to choose a picture and deeply analyze it. I learned that you can get a lot of information about a person from just really looking and analyzing their photograph.
2) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
- I did not care for the annotated bibliography of the research papers because at first i didnt really know how to do them and i thought it was difficult finding sources in a short amount of time and doing the annotated bibliography for each one.
3) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
- I think blogger was a useful tool, it was helpful and easier to post assignments on time rather than to write it down and hand it in.
4) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
- an assignment i would like to do more of is research paper in groups, i think it was easier faster and more fun to do.
2) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
- I did not care for the annotated bibliography of the research papers because at first i didnt really know how to do them and i thought it was difficult finding sources in a short amount of time and doing the annotated bibliography for each one.
3) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
- I think blogger was a useful tool, it was helpful and easier to post assignments on time rather than to write it down and hand it in.
4) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
- an assignment i would like to do more of is research paper in groups, i think it was easier faster and more fun to do.
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Blog Post # 11
Me: Oh My god, tell me all about yesterday??? how did it go in Andrea's birthday at the club???
Friend: The party was Awesome!! but guess what was even better???
Me: hmm you sound exited, i don't know tell me!!
Friend: So, i was dancing with the girls in the middle of the dance floor, and i notice this interesting young man walking in the club who cached my attention.
Me: really? and what did the other girls think?
Friend: Well they were Staring once he walked in too, because he did not come alone, he walked in with a group of guy friends who did not look bad themselves .
Me: hmm a group of young guys walkin in with him, interesting ... and then what happened?
Friend: Well they sat at the bar section for a while, drinking and then they noticed us, i smile at him and then they seem to be talking about us. They suddenly approached us very confidently and one of the friends of the young men came up to me.
Me: why would his friend talk to you instead of him doing it himself? what did the friend say?
Friend:i dont know, that's what i thought but then i didnt mind. He told me that his friend was checking me out since he walked and that he wanted to get to know me.
Me: o wow that doesnt sound do confident of him to send his friend to talk to you for him ... What did you tell him??
Friend: Well he was really cute, so i told his friend that i would talk to him. So he calls him over and while hes walking tours me the other guys seem to partner up with all of the girls i came with and offered them a few drinks.
Me: oh finally he approaches you! What did the young men tell you, and what did he look like?
Friend: He looked very cute and confident as he walked tours me, he looked like he really put time in getting ready. I liked everything about him, except the fact he really smelled like alcohol, but i did not really mind because its natural everyone usually drinks at a club. Then he asked me "Hey beautiful, i noticed you the minute i walked in.. i was wondering if you wanted to dance?"
Me: ha sounds like a line many guys would use, and what you say?
Friend: i thought it was really cute, well you know i could not reject him so i accepted and while we were dancing his friends were with mine and looking at him as though they were proud of him.
Me: You see the way you say his friends looked at him sounds very fishy, is like they made a plan to meet to get you guys to talk, but tell me how did the night end?
Friend: I don't think so well at the end he asked for my number and we exchanged numbers. While leaving the club his friends were giving him high five, i was just laughing. He'll probably call me today, i will never forget that guy it was like love at first sight.me: i hope he calls you! Im happy you met a guy you really like and i hope he does call you and doesnt dissapoint like most guys do.
Friend: Yeah i know he will call, he showed a lot of interest! you should off came, you probably would've met the guy of your dreams.
Me: Nah, i don't think i would meet the guy of my dreams in a club.
Friend: Well, you never know.
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