a weekend at lewis

Over the weekend, I decided to stay over at my friend's dorm Friday through Sunday morning. I have stayed at lewis for SOAR, and I slept over in my friend's dorm. But, I never got the true weekend vibe that time. I discovered lewis is super boring over the weekend and basically a dead campus. It was fun hanging out with my friend longer than normal, and I finally got to swimming here (which is something I've been waiting forever to do!!). By staying the weekend here, I was able to finish Stranger Things and get a lot of homework done (homework on the weekend? shocking I know). But sadly, Sunday morning I had to leave pretty early in the morning which sucked because, firstly, I had to get up early and second I had to be a ninja in order to not wake up my friends.

microtheme paper - drinking from a young age

I hate alcohol. I hate how alcohol has become a party norm for teenagers. It makes me angry that the only way for them to think it’s a good time is with alcohol. Why do teenagers feel the need to consume alcohol in order to have a good time?

A reason as to why teenagers start consuming alcohol at a young age could be they wanted to see how it tastes. Alcoholic ads are supposedly aimed towards young adults because they are viewed as the new drinkers of the generations, and the ads show drinking as fun and an exciting thing to do. A different cause could be that teenagers drink alcohol due to peer pressure. Throughout high school years, teens are placed under new influences from the new environment, and wanting to go with the flow and wanting to experience the common high school life, so it is probable that they succumbed to peer pressure to drink alcohol. Another source for a teenager to drink might be rebelling against their parents. They wanted to live life dangerously and probably felt going against what their parents say is rebellious enough, so they most likely drank alcohol to anger their parents.
Trying to understand the reasoning behind underage drinking could help find ways to decrease the pressure for teens to drink. Figuring out teenager’s reasons behind drinking could also help discover possible solutions to get them to turn away from alcohol. It could also help teenagers to focus on their schooling and grades more than trying to perfect their social life.

ocean drive - duke dumont

This song has been stuck in my head lately, and I felt why not share it on my blog. Music is something I very much enjoy listening to and I love sharing my taste of music with others. I enjoy a wide variety of genres when it comes to music, and would like share something I enjoy with others!

hollywood undead concert

On Wednesday, I was able to see one of my favorite bands again for the second time: Hollywood Undead. And let me tell you, it was amazing yet again. Since it was a school night, I was glad I didn't have to drive out to Chicago this time to see them perform, instead my dad, sister, and I drove out to Joliet for the venue they were performing at.

When we arrived, the doors still weren't open so we had to wait outside in the chilly weather for about 20 minutes. In those waiting minutes, my dad was listening to the Cubs game and I was trying to stay warm in my hoodie. Since the location they were playing at was a bar, they had to check I.D. and if you were under 21 they'd place a black X on each hand and if you were over 21 you'd get a neon yellow bracelet. While I was telling my sister how I would willingly take the X's since I'm under 21, the person in front of us told a story of his friend who got the X's tattooed on his hands after going to a concert. And now that he is over 21, he isn't able to get drinks at shows because they bartenders see the X's.

Then, we finally get into the venue and we are all the way in the back. I don't really mind being in the back, I've already seen the band before, but I would've loved to have moved closer (and by back I mean all the way by the bar back). Now, we have to wait for the opening acts then the band we really wanted to see.

The first opening act was the rapper whose name I don't know, and he kept on pronouncing Joliet as Juliet. Then, the show moved onto the second opening act: Butcher Babies. Butcher Babies singing was not something I truly was expecting; two girls metal screaming. Normally you expect males to do the screaming, but no, it was two girls. I mean it wasn't bad, but I couldn't understand a single word they were saying. 

Now, finally came to band I wanted to really see. Hollywood Undead comes on stage performing one of their new songs, Whatever It Takes, instead of the song they normally open up with, Undead. They perform more of their songs and talk to the crowd. I was most excited for the encore because that's when they play my top favorite song they have, Everywhere I Go. When it finally comes to the encore, that's when I am truly hyped up at this concert. That's when I feel it's my time to shine from the back row of the venue. 

However, sadly, the show must come to an end and they end the show with their song Hear Me Now. Finally, my dad, sister, and I must make our way through the drunken, sweaty crowd out the doors into the cold night back to my dad's car and home. I wish I could go back to that night, but I definitely plan to see Hollywood Undead again!

(I 10/10 recommend listening to Everywhere I Go, but I found it too inappropriate to post!)

((Also fun fact on my first time seeing them I had like a 2 second conversation with one of the members about the weather!))

American Assassin Review

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American Assassin is an adaptation of the novel by Vince Flynn. It is a movie I have seen twice now and I have read the book. I believe the movie was done really well, but there some things obviously different to the book. I could understand some differences made in the movie, but there were definitely some plot from the book I would have loved to see put into the film. The antagonist of the film and the main plot of the film was slightly different to the book, but it was more so a tangent of what truly occurred in the book. I recommend seeing the movie, but I really recommend reading the book. I  mean who wouldn't love to see Dylan O'Brien (Mitch Rapp) in an action packed film.