TGIF!

Since I have only lived in Atlanta for about seven months now, I have not been able to explore all the restaurants Atlanta has to offer. Whenever I do go out to eat at a restaurant, I tend to frequent the same places. One restaurant that I tend to go to often is TGIF or Fridays. The first time I went out to eat at TGIF, I was very pleased. The food was very affordable, great prices for a college student! I enjoyed the fact that the menu had a lot of entrees to choice from. The menu had everything from ham burgers to different types of pasta. If you enjoy eating a variety of food, this is the place to go. The service was also very pleasing. When I go out to eat, I don’t mind waiting for my food unless it seems like it’s taking the kitchen an eternity to make the food! When it seems like my food is taking forever to come, I tend to get very impatient. At TGIF the food seemed to come in a reasonable amount of time, so if you’re an impatient person then this would be the perfect restaurant for you. The one thing about TGIF that most appealed to me were their prices. They had great food choices with reasonable prices. Since I am a college student, I have to watch what I spend. I don’t have $50 to spend on one meal so I really enjoyed the prices at TGIF. After I ate, I felt like it was worth it. TGIF is the place to go if you’re looking for reasonable prices, good food, and wonderful service!

Living on my own

I have always been very dependent on my parents, even still to this day. I have never lived on my own or been away from my parents for an extended period of time. So when it was time to start school and move to Atlanta, I was very nervous. I was not sure how I would react and feel knowing that my parents were no longer right down the hall. When the time finally came to start school in August, I was extremely nervous. My dad was working outside the country when it was time for school to start, so my mom was the only one to help me move into my dorm. Although I was very glad that my mom was there to help me move in, I was also very sad because I knew I would not want her to leave. The day I was assigned to move into my dorm was on a Thursday and my mom decided she would just stay the weekend until Monday, the first day of school. In a way, I was dreading the first day of school because I knew my mom would have to leave and I would be on my own. My mom reassured me that I would be fine but I just could not imagine not having my parents right down the hall of my house if I needed them. When the day finally came that my mom had to go home, I knew I would cry. In fact, both my mom and I cried. This was the first time that I had lived on my own or been away from my parents. Now that I’m in my second semester of school, I have gotten used to being on my own but I still miss my parents every day. Even though I have gotten used to living on my own, I still talk to my mom on the phone everyday!

Can anyone be a news reporter in today's society?

In a sense, in today’s society, everyone can in some way be a reporter or a news broadcaster. Today people can use the Internet and websites like, You Tube, to post all types of information for the world to see. Even by blogging, anyone can write down different thoughts and opinions to share with others through the Internet. It seems like anyone can broadcast information easily in today’s society. There are even TV shows like, TMZ, which broadcast news about celebrities. Sometimes shows like this get information from fans that may have caught a celebrity doing something that they may not have wanted the media to post. In another sense, I believe that since almost anyone can in some way be a news reporter by using things like the Internet and blogging, it makes a lot of people skeptical about what information to believe as being true. There are so many websites offering information about different events but they all contain different ideas and opinions. This makes it hard for the readers to figure out what is and what is not true. Also, a lot of the people that post different information on the Internet may not be reliable sources. These people may have bias opinions which makes it hard for the readers to obtain the truth. Since it’s extremely easy for almost anyone to be a news broadcaster, people can post information and create websites that are extremely hurtful to others. The Internet today offers almost anyone the chance to report news and relay information to almost every part of the world.

Dirty Little Secrets

1. When I first looked at the site, some of the secrets that were posted confused me because I wasn't sure of what they were trying to say. Other secrets that were posted shocked me and I was surprised people actually felt those ways.

2. In my opinion, some of the pictures did not really relate to the secrets that corresponded with them. For example, the secret that said "I would do anything to be able to draw, except practice drawing" there was a picture of a man with what looked like a chain in his mouth. I didn't really understand what the picture had to do with the secret.

3. The writing is able to get the writer's point across probably more accurately then just a picture would. If there was just a picture, some people would get different ideas from the picture since everyone interprets pictures differently.

4. The words spoke to me more since I thought the pictures did not really correlate with the secrets. The words were able to get the the writer's point across more accurately for me than the pictures did.

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I think this secret is arguing that it is possible to live a double life in America without anyone ever finding out. Also it shows the strong bond between husband and wife. Even though her husband is serving life in prison she says "I will never leave him." The picture could also be arguing that even though couples could look like everything is perfect on the outside, they could have problems that no one knows about.