Star Trek Season 1 Episode 3 Important Scene

I decided to go with Star Trek this time based on the blockbuster movie about the series that came out this year. That movie was my favorite of 2009, and I figured the TV show had to be at least half as good. Well, to be honest it wasn’t as good as I thought but then again it was only season 1. The good thing was I knew most of the characters and I could figure out what was going on. I think. Anyway, an important scene to me was the whole fight scene between Captain Kirk and Gary Mitchell. Gary had somehow acquired “God-like” powers from the ship being lured into a force field by a distress signal that threatened to destroy its own ship. When the Enterprise went to help, it got caught in a force field that gave side effects to Gary. He began to control things with his mind and kept getting more and more powerful. What I found interesting was the fact that when Gary was possessed with these powers, his eyes turned very bright and it was almost as if his powers were taking over his consciousness. Back to the important scene, this was at the end when Captain Kirk was fighting Gary. Gary had fought with the girl, who also processed these powers that were given to her by Gary. She had weakened him to a state where he could be affected by Captain Kirk’s gun. Even though Captain Kirk was a good friend of Gary’s, he knew that he had to shoot the cliff that buried Gary in the ground. Kirk realized that the old Gary was completely gone inside and he had to kill the new Gary or else he would kill Kirk along with the rest of Enterprise. I found it interesting that the girl was not completely overtaken by her powers and I found it very ironic that Gary died in the grave that he dug for Kirk.

High School Is Hell

Coming into reading this article, I had never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer nor had I known quite what is was about. My guess was it was about some girl who just went around slaying cute little vampires. I had no idea that she was a high school girl and faced all the challenges that many teenagers face today. I found the article to be particularly interesting with all the metaphors and comparisons it had from a teenager’s life to Buffy’s world of horror creatures. I most likely would not have caught all those comparisons and I especially liked how the author went season by season discussing important comparisons. I noticed that in season 2 there was a lot of lost identity between the characters. Just about everyone was pretending to be something they were not and eventually were exposed to their true selves. I feel like this is a large problem in today’s society that people don’t always act themselves in order to impress others. Buffy takes it a step further by having people’s real identities being mummies or demon-snakes or robots with tendencies to kill their wives. In Buffy’s world, being those types of people isn’t uncommon and I feel like the writers were trying to get across a message as to be yourself, which I find to be very true. I also liked how they represented graduation in the last season. The whole senior class came together to fight the evil major and in the end the school was blown up to symbolize people going their separate ways. I connected with this because I really came close with my graduating class towards the end of senior year but ended up going away to college at different places then most. All in all, I enjoyed this article and who knows? I may end up watching a few episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Writing Blog Post 1

On the subject of what I like to read, I enjoy reading news articles, particularly sports ones. I am always on websites such as univeralsports.com, or espn.com reading about the latest sports news. I think that I enjoy these so much not because of the interest, but because of the facts that are presented in the articles. I am a statistics kind of guy and like to read articles that have charts or graphs in them. As for blogging, I visit websites such as floswimming.org and jjhuddle.com, which are sports blogging websites. These sites enable readers to comment on posts, and, usually, a large discussion erupts about the article because of the differing opinions between the bloggers. As for reading books, I am proud to say that I always read every book that was assigned to me in high school. I might not have liked all of them, but always read them so I knew what was going on. Some books that I did find interesting were: To Kill a Mocking Bird, Lord of the Flies, and Night. I was never a fan of any of the Shakespeare novels and found them to be a whole lot of waste. This was probably because understanding the dialect was a project in itself. To shift gears into writing, I also feel like I have great ideas and points in arguments. I wish I was better at wording how I feel to in order to create a more persuasive response rather than to just state how I feel. An opinion can easily be overlooked if it isn't sold the right way and sometimes I feel like people who read my work will miss the point.

Serenity Review

After watching the pilot episode of firefly and having a good nights sleep to gather my thoughts, I actually enjoyed watching it. Yes, it did seem a bit long and I was very lost in the beginning, but the plot came around and it seemed like a new twist happened every five minutes. I think I liked it so much because I found it humorous for the wrong reasons. I thought it was a little odd that the doctors sister was chinese when he was white, and when Lawrence revealed his name and showed that he was so ashamed of it, I basically lost it. I think the most important scene was when Lawrence was being interrogated and he convinced the bigger guy (sorry I didn't retain the name) to betray the captain and turn the chinese girl back into the alliance. He is obviously considering it when he almost sniped the captain when he had the chance. All in all, I really didn't hate it but was confused with them flying in spaceships one minute and then riding horses the next. I felt like it was a combination between Star Wars and Wild Wild West. Also, the short scene where the girl eats the strawberry seductively was totally random.

All About Sam

Hi everyone I'm Sam Garea. I am from Canfield, Ohio which is a small suburb of Youngstown. I attended Canfield High School and graduated with a class of 263. While in high school I was involved with sports such as swimming and soccer. I was a state finalist in swimming, lettered all 4 years, was all-conference for 3 years, and had tons of fun the all 4 years. I also played soccer for 3 years as well. In high school I was a member of National Honor Society which was centered around not just academics but also service. Now I am apart of Mount Leadership Society here at OSU and am loving it! I am a fairly calm person but can get a temper due to my strong Italian heritage. I like to listen to rock music and I follow professional sports. I am New York Yankees and Jets fan but I still pay my respects to my Cleveland teams as well. I enjoy watching tv shows such as The Office, and late night comedy shows such as The Jay Leno Show, and the The Late Show with David Letterman. I am a business major, focusing on accounting and finance, and am excited to meet new people here at OSU!