Catfish

Working as a firefighter for the city of New Orleans from December 2, 2001 – April 9, 2008; I have experienced countless tragedies and devastation during that time. However; in September of 2005, I faced one of the most devastating event of my life, Hurricane Katrina. This had been the most horrific storm to hit our beloved city. According to our schedule, my next duty day was the Monday after predicted landfall. But out of a sense of obligation to the city and the possibility of things getting…

Even though there have been vast improvements in social networking site’s privacy and protection abilities it is still a dangerous and evolving territory that needs far greater improvement before people can stop being hurt. Something so new and so easily accessible to such a large number of people is bound to have negative and adverse effects. With all these cases of cyberbullying and the amount of fake profilers out there, privacy settings and ways to weed out fake profiles needs to be a…

Imagine a world filled with silence, an environment that exclude people from communicating with one another, and the norm of physical interaction seems abnormalrobots, roaming abandoned streets and depending on installed programs to behave a certain way, just plain old machines burning on energy. The sweet sound of loud busy streets will slowly become inactive and people will soon depend on installed programs on their phone to function a certain way. Humans have regress in their abilities to…

like identity itself… nothing can become better than something or better than anything” (Turkle 12). Turkle displays a false concept of teen’s identities. People create an identity to comfort themselves, but that can lead to many things, such as, catfish (someone who is not what they claim to be) to deny of one’s true identity…

the outrageous drama found in reality television, it only leaves them wanting more. Today, almost all reality shows are popular and highly advertised. Reality television ranges from judgement shows, to shows that help others, for example, the show Catfish is where two guys attempt to help average people, who have fallen in love with another person online. This show is very popular because every episode is different. Also, one of the guys has personally gone through this experience in which he…

Is eating at restaurants healthy or bad for you? Eating at restaurants: healthy or bad for you? Does Five Cheese Ziti al Forno sound healthy to you? Or Southern Fried Catfish? How about Maple Bacon Chicken Piadini? Deep down, you already know the answer to this question. No, eating at restaurants isn’t healthy. Eating at restaurants—fast food or 5 star—is bad for you. But why? Why can’t eating at restaurants be healthy? Why is eating at restaurants bad? Three words: salt, sugar and fat. Humans…

Luke Bryan rose to fame with hit albums such as Tailgates and Tanlines, Crash My Party, and Doin’ My Thing. Bryan has had recognizable success with these albums and many people often find it’s because they resemble each other in a way that he does with almost all of his songs, such as the theme, lyrics, and vocals. However, on his new album, Kill The Lights, Bryan switched from bro-country to pop country and really ‘killed’ it when he left fans wondering why he hasn’t been making music like this…

I arrived in Pleasanton, TX in the afternoon, seeing my parents after a year was so relieving. Of course the first thing Dad says is “I’m hungry and I want Mexican food”. So they took me to eat Mexican food at a little restaurant off of highway 281. Afterwards we ate fresh homemade ice-cream at the local dairy. Which eating Mexican and taking a trip to the local dairy with my parents was some of the things I did as a child. Childhood was the base of the happiness in my life. Having a loving…

History of the Benin shrines and altars go back to the thirteenth century located in the Africa’s beautiful tropical forest region of South – Central, Nigeria Edo Estate. The Benin kingdom consist of not only the Edo people, they also include the peoples of Igbo, Ijaw, Yoruba, and Itsekiri that live along the Edo state boarders. The Benin kingdom is one of the many places in Africa known for its sophisticated and beautiful art made of ivory, brass, and wood. “The Edo artist consist of brass…

that matter. Now-a-days it seems like more and more people are starting to emulate a false identity online. People are doing this so much that you cant trust anybody that you meet online and I mean anybody. For example, theres a show on MTV called Catfish, where this guy and his friend help people meet there online girlfriend/boyfriend. These people fall in love with other people via social media that they have never met before, all they 've seen are pictures. Every episode I have watched has…