Subliminal messages ... FACT or FICTION?

For decades we have been plagued with the occurrence of subliminal messages and if they are really corrupting our minds. From the bashing sites to the self-help sites that help you take control and do it to yourself its difficult to pick a side. Here's a fellow YouTuber and his very unique way of demonstrating subliminal messages.

Honestly, I'm really not sure about the whole 'subliminal' aspect but what I am sure of is that in this fast-paced American society it may not necessarily be that we are manipulated by the unseen, but maybe are too rushed to take a look at the hidden.

Watch the vid and tell me what you think.



What do you see in the picture? 'Roll one' maybe?
Is a coincidence hmm :) ?

An Optimistic way of life

In my Advertising Ethics class yesterday I was given such an inspirational message that I just had to share with you.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.


Lucille Ball

This quote speaks to me on every level. In life it is so easy to be a downer and look at anything from a negative perspective, whether it be a horrible test grade or missing a huge deadline, but at the end of the day you must ask yourself, " Is it really as bad as it seems?" I know I've had to do this numerous times this school year alone. I'm a worrier so I must always come to the realization that although something may seem like the end of the world right now, everything isn't as bad as it seems. One thing to remember is the more treacherous the storm, the more beautiful the rainbow.

Double Standards ?

As I'm approaching the age where I'm comfortable talking about the forbiddens : sex, marriage, living alone

"Oh my gosh"

I'm discovering more that my parents are psychos. Ha- they nag and nag and nag.

Do this , do that. Blah blah blah blah blah.

I've been feeling like there have been some major double standard issues going on. I'm the youngest, i get it , but why am I being treated this way. I'm being pushed and pulled and am to my wits ends. Coming down from that crazy high though, I realize that yes the double standards do exist but not because they intentional try to keep me down. LOL but because they love me

"Ohh. SHOCKER"

SCREAM

This is how I feel with all the craziness surrounding me. Why must college be so difficult. Why must I take so many hours and classes and have so many books and papers and BLOGS. It eats me alive. You can never be sick in college or miss a day or be late to class or have a life. You must work hard and play less. What is this preparing me for in the "real world"? To be busy and not appreciate life and be man and catty to others? I guess. College is plaguing me. Life is haunting. Sometimes I just want to walk away, out of those two doors, back across the Boulevard and never ever come back. Then I stop to realize that, it life, hey and what can you do?

Quality vs Quantity

While writing these posts, multiple in a day, I start to ask myself would I rather have enough or really make each one count? I sit here and hate that I procrastinated so long but hey what can I do about that now but just hope that something goes well today. I can only look to the next deadline and be ready with ideas in tact. The epiphany moment of this post is

"Dont procrastinate dummy!

But how many times we we heed our own advice (even if its really beneficial). I guess i just know that i need to do well on the midterm and hey, it's not the end of the world ( though it really does feel like it).

???

All my life I have been the one to do everything on my own. To pave my own road and do my own thing. As i get older it seems that the road is becoming more scary. College is almost halfway over for me and I feel like i just got here. Does anybody else besides me really feel like you haven't really found out the purpose of college yet. I guess people say its to obtain a higher education or get a higher paying job but to these answers i pose the question

"Why?"

Why to college? Why get more money? Why this college? Why that one? Sometimes I really just don't get it. I'm my (almost) 2 complete years as a Mustang, I'm still searching for the answers to all these questions. Its seems like as soon as i think I've got the answer, another question stems from the first. So in a humorous conclusion i have figured out what college is all about. Its not to get money in the future, or give the few bucks you do have away. It's not about learning huge equations or the quadratic formula. College is about learning how to ask "Why" .

Oh, no. I’m turning into my parents…

By the time you’ve reached my age, everyone has had that horrible dream The one when you wake up sweaty and screams. Dun-dun-DUNNNNNNNN----- It’s the dream where you’ve magically become your parents. You do the nagging and the screaming and you are a huge lame. As the years in college come and go, I realize that more and more my parents’ views and mine are becoming a bit too similar. From choosing an off-campus apartment, to planning the next 2 years of my life, I have come to realize that my tactics aren’t exceptionally brad new. “Oh the horror!” What takes the cake is, I’m a bit sad to say, that my mom and I have more than one of the exact same things in our closets. If that’s not scary crazy than I don’t know what is. I guess its not all bad, I mean obviously she has style, and being more responsible on my part is always a great endeavor. So, maybe the dreaded nightmare isn’t all that bad at all, just an uncomfortable dream. I guess.

Bottom line: maybe its not so bad?

"I wanna be a billionaire so freaking bad"

Why is it that money has become the focus of life. The standard of living. The ideal image. I find myself wanting to make more money (uh oh extrinsic motivator there) but hopefully its for the right reasons. Life is too short (really?!? such and over used phrase) to sit around and let money be the determining factor to decided whether a life was meaningful or not. The problem that is posed is that money is not "the root of all evil" but the "root of all" meaning just about everything revolves around it. I guess, when life give you money you should make do. I just hope that the "root of all" doesn't become the root of me.

I Suck

In high school you believe that you can do everything. Join every club, play all the sports, be the MVP every year. Well I have now concluded that since coming to college everyone is

The best , The brightest, The most fun

but, where does this all leave me. In a crowd of has-beens, never-beens, and will-never-bes. I feel washed up and not as special anymore. I now know the difference between college and grade school. In grade school I was somebody.

What's in a Word?

Well, because I'm such a genius ha, I have decided to show you my interpretation of a specific word. Here it goes:

Clue #1:



Clue #2:



Clue #3:




What do all of these have in common? Guess.

Heres a fourth clue just on case you're stumped
Clue #4:





I'm sure you've got it by now. Just because I'm a pain the answer will come in my next post. Stay tuned. :)