NPR Food for Thought Part 1

I listen to NPR podcasts everyday. I thought I would write this blog on a few things that I have found interesting and maybe give people a little Food For Thought. If you want to give me your feedback (good or bad) to my questions or just say hello feel free to leave me a comment in the comments section at the bottom. I would like to thank NPR for giving me this information and some of the questions.

Time: They talked about the evolution of time and how people have evolved from living in a world with just hours to then having minuets to then dealing with seconds to now having milliseconds. Now people use time to tell them when to eat, people rely on time to get places like taking a bus and some people even see time as something that gets in their way. I guess in the end the only thing everyone has in common is the fact that time affects us. How does time affect you? Do you think you could go a whole day without being affected by time?

Less Government: Our country has taken many different turns in the past few years. We are facing challenges that have never been faced before. I believe that we are not only a country that is divided but we are a county who doesn’t really know what we want. I talked to small business owner who was very adamant about wanting less government but then also talked about needing more police by his store and wanting a faster permit process. Does that make sense? Who represents “good government” and “bad government”? Do people only like government when it affects them for the better?

Morally Bankrupt: Our country is bankrupt but have we become morally bankrupt? There is a fine line between achieving goals and stepping on people to get there. The lack emphasis on what is better for the whole has somewhat left our society. Some people hold the mind set that stepping on people as long as they succeed is okay. In the podcast someone said well “that’s capitalism?” Is it? Is ths the new America?

This blog has become a little longer than expected. I post another blog tonight and add onto that blog my MOVIE portion.

Happy Birthday Jo!

All Things Considered...Change Is Ok

A friend once told me that a blog is “a great resource for stuff no one else wants to hear about”. That being said here is something I found interesting this week. I listen to NPR everyday and there was a story on All Things Considered. They talked about what employers are looking for in today’s market. One of the main qualities they talked about was if a person deals well with CHANGE. It wasn’t where they went to college or past job experiences or office skills they have. My first thought was “well that’s not that hard” but then I started to think about it more and more. This past week I tried to talk to a variety of people about change to see how they felt about it. I found out that people deal with change in many different ways. Here are just a few.

1. There are people who are constantly looking for it. The problem is they might not know how to just live life because they are constantly seeking that change.

2. There are people who don’t seek out change but don’t mind change when it happens, they acknowledge that it’s a necessary step in growth.

3. There are people who really don’t like change and will avoid it at all costs.

4. Then there are people who understand change is good but fear change which in turn can paralyze them from growth.

I want to think I am good at change, I mean I moved from Wisconsin to California. I guess just like everything in life, people deal with change differently. Last week I decided to give up chips for a month I am on day 5 and let me tell you it’s hard. I am starting to think giving up chips is going to be harder than moving to California.

How do you deal with change? Are you either of those numbers or a combination of a few of them?

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Whatever It Takes (2000)
This past week I watched the movie “Whatever It Takes”. I am actually really surprised I had never seen it before. This movie is about Ryan (Shane West) who thinks the hottest girl in class (Jodi O’Keefe) is his dream girl. Ryan makes a deal with her cousin (James Franco) to have him set her and him up if in return he will set James Franco up with his best friend (Maria Sokoloff). In the end we find out James Franco is just in it for sex and Ryan falls in love with his best friend. It was oh so typical and James Franco once again played a great “I am hot, rich and the coolest guy in school” role. I am not sure if I would really recommend this movie but if your goal in life is to see 90’s/early 00’s chick flicks well then you should watch it.

Next Movie: Spider Man
*He did a few short films in 2001 but they are not on Netflix so sorry.