Entry #11: The Final Relfection

Have you ever thought that you would ever be making a blog? I sure didn't, until I took English 102. You may think that it's stupid or useless but in reality it's actually kind of fun. I really enjoyed writing these blogs. Blogging can be used as a personal journal or a business journal. It's a great way to state one's opinion about any topic.

Creating a blog is almost like Facebook. Except your blogs are your status updates. Except everyone's blogs are not all about drama. You can read about other people's life stories. Do It Yourself recipes and holiday decorations. fashion tips. Political statements and opinions. While blogging it has also helped me improve on my writing. Yeah it may only be a couple paragraphs but it's better than writing nothing at all on a daily basis.

Although, I'd say that there were a few challenges to blogging. My first challenge was trying to figure out how to even start my first blog. Was it too childish? Is it too boring? Are the paragraphs too long? Once you have gotten over that obstacle the rest of your blogs will be easier to write. Sometimes I like to get off topic then what I was originally talking about. When writing a blog you have to make sure that your tone is consistent, you have a targeted audience and that your blog has structure.


But all in all, I think that blogging as an assignment for class was an excellent idea. It's a way to get to know other people as well without physically talking to them. In a less creepy and awkward way possible. It was a lot of fun in my experience and I really enjoyed. I could see myself creating a daily personal blog that goes along with my experience while attending AZ School of Massage Therapy. Maybe there would be a student who is interested in attending in the future and they stumble upon my blog, it'll be like their experiencing it from my point of view.

Entry #10: Sports Massage Therapy

Athletic Training -> Nursing -> Forensic Science -> Music Education -> Sports Massage Therapist. Yeaaaah, I guess you could say that I have changed my interest of majors quite a few times. But hey, at least I changed them while I was still in community college right? When I was younger I had  no idea what I wanted to be. Now that I'm all grown up I want to be a lot of things.

The Arizona School of Massage Therapy is where I have decided that I wanted to spend my year of 2016 at. I really love sports and having the ability to help relieve themselves from pain. So I thought, why not become a Sports Massage Therapist?

Sports massage plays an important part in the life of any athlete. Massage therapists have various opportunities to work with athletes from high school to the professional level. Students are taught additional techniques that include range of motion exercises, static stretching and cramp management to enhance athletic performance, prevent further injuries, and decrease the athlete's recovery time. Their works areas include health clubs, fitness centers, sports clinics, and even directly for athletic teams.

The AZ School of Massage Therapy also offers other classes like Therapeutic Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Russian Sports Message, Trigger Point Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Clinical Practice, Acupressure, Shiatsu, Reflexology, Injury Message, Seated Message, and Structural Bodywork.

The school offers full time schedules which is 42 (10 months) weeks long. The part time is 62 weeks long (14.5 months). Tuition is pretty expensive, like $13,009.86 expensive. But not to worry, they do offer various scholarships and financial aid for those who are qualified. Once I have met with my career services advisor she explained that I would be pretty much living there from the mid morning to evenings. I mean what's life?

All I do is school, work and homework. But I am more than determined to graduate from this program and continue to accomplishing my dream of becoming a Sports Massage Therapist.

Entry #9: The new look on media

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Snapchat. Tumblr. Those are the words that come to my mind when I hear the word media. Those are all social media. Those are websites or apps that teenagers and adults use today to keep in contact with one another.

Okay, now what about a tv, art, music. Those are call medium, which is the singular word for media. To my understanding a medium is what transfers one message to another. An example of this is when an artist paints a painting they are showing a tragic event or feeling to their viewers. My professor also used an example with a lady who was known as the "ghost whisperer". She would transfer messages from the dead to the living. She was the medium.

Now when it comes to media I have realized how much advanced it has gotten and how manipulative it can be. Just because it's on the internet does not mean that it is true. A lot of rumors can be created on the media, and this highly impacts the more famous and well known celebrities and popular businesses. From one bad paparazzi photo to one terrible review of a restaurant a ton of other people can easily judge what they see. It is all based on what you believe and what information you know.

On the other hand, all media can be very addicting. From teenagers constantly tweeting and sending snapchats to adults blogging of their everyday lives to watching the daily news. I mean, what happened to reading a book? Buying a magazine or a newspaper?

Relating back to how the media controls what they put online, the news media has a huge advantage of this as well. When you hear a group of white people trying to start a riot the news state it as "protesting". If the racial group had changed to a group of african americans then the news would view it as "rioting". The news media can be very biased and racist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGJMgCn0fQs

Entry #8: You twerk, we mosh!

Moshing. What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear that word? Do you think injuries. Craziness?

Wanna know a funny fact about me? I actually love to mosh. Moshing at a concert for me is really fun to do. Usually when I would fall while in a mosh pit someone would help me back up then afterwards we would become friends. Although, there was this one time when I fractured my foot while moshing. Only injury I've had while attending a concert.

When people mosh it's like the music has possessed them and they have no control over their body. Thus explains the kicking, throwing of the arms, pushing everyone and jumping all over the place. Unless you're one of those other people who dance in the mosh pit and purposely punch other people because you think that it's fun. Those are the people that all moshers absolutely hate.
A lot of people may think that moshing is dangerous but it all depends on themselves. Surprisingly enough the mosh pit does have rules and everyone who goes to concerts know them. It's simple. Someone falls? Help them up. Someone looks like they weren't meant to be in the mosh pit and want to get out? Pull them out. Someone looks seriously injured? Get a group of people together and form a circle around them to let security know.

All in all, moshing is a fun thing to do when at a concert. It's another fun way to enjoy music and meet other new friends. Until next time, see you in the pit.

Entry #7: Dumb men or nah?

There are people out there who think that women are stupid and cannot think for themselves. All except this one person who has created a website for dumb men out there. But hey who knows? This website has multiple videos of men who are viewed as dumb, unmanly, and a loser. These videos also includes a description of what happens in the videos. Which is interesting. http://www.dumbmen.com/

It seems to appear that these videos are almost the exact same as how the media would portray women. Specifically for advertising. My question is, how does it work?

See, for women the way they sell products is clearly with their looks and boobs. I mean come on, what else? But for men? They have it so much easier, all they got to do is look and play dumb. Especially the one with the beer commercial. The commercial views the guy as a woman wearing a skirt simply because he ordered a lite beer. The video shows him as unmanly simply because of his choice of beer. Apparently a "real man" would order a Miller Lite. But all in all, I think these videos are pretty funny and some are quite clever because my dad can relate a few of them...I'm also really hoping that he doesn't read this blog.