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Is it just me or does the majority of sci-fi movies out there have the strangest tradition of an alien race annihilating the human race. Not only that, but these aliens basically succeed in defeating the humans. At the last moment these people, who normally would be defeated and have no chance of survival somehow succeed. The number one reason that I see in these sci-fi films is the redeemable quality reason. This one reason I am completely sick of. Read more…

I use Netflix. I have continually searched through it’s databases to find movies that look interesting and that might be entertaining. I thought I had found one in the movie titled “King of California“. It stars Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood. It was released in 2007 and is rated PG-13 for some strong language, mature thematic elements and brief drug references. It runs 93 minutes long. Read more…

I have been searching through the database of the movies of Netflix and have been curious about several movies. One of the movies that caught my attention was a movie titled “Next”. The movie starred Nicholas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel. The movie was released in 2007. It was rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, and some language. The movie ran 96 minutes long. Read more…

As the events industry grows larger, more individuals are pressed towards two questions. What are the issues facing the event’s industry and how are they being addressed? This essay will focus on one issue, and will try to view the issue from multiple angles in order to give a well rounded discussion. The issue chosen to investigate more thoroughly is how the internet is affecting the events industry. Read more…

PRLS 317
31 March 2009

I thought of all the possibilities of leisure activities that I could do, but I had trouble because I have had trouble with determining an activity that I have not participated in or was unfamiliar to me. I finally settled on something that I had never gone out to do. I joined a gym. I have never joined a gym and have never worked out appropriately and extensivley.

I went into the gym on a V.I.P. guest pass, and joined. From the outset, the gym itself was beyond what I thought my personality would be able to handle. Firstly, there are alot of people, and in my own personality, I like to be with limited people. I like to be with family or close friends during leisure activities. I was able to go to the gym with my girlfriend. It did alleviate the uneasiness I had with the amount of people at the gym and the total lack of familiarity with the code or conduct in the gym.

The gym culture is completely different from anything I had experienced before. I have always thought that the people who came to the gym are fitness nuts, but I was surprised to find out that ordinary people of all shapes and weights come to the gym.

There are elements of the gym that do cater to my personality. These elements create solitude among the many in the gym. I know it may seem difficult to comprehend, but this solitude is created by the use of headphones. The headphones could be connected to iPODs, MP3 Players, or the headphone connection for the headphones. The headphones create solitude because one becomes immersed in either the music or the television. The very exercises and fitness activities themselves create an illusion of solitude.

It can be quite awkward while working out because I tend to think about the amount of people that could possibly stare at you. Sometimes I got self-conscious about the technique or stretching that I was doing. I have never had full training on anything I have done, and I only know stretching from basketball practice. I do have limited knowledge about working out, but it does not really help with working the machines. The first time on each machine is trial and error. It was truly hard for me to break down to just try to operate the machines correctly.

The gym experience was unique and eye-opening because I realized that I was able to accomplish some things that I did not think was entirely possible with my personality.