Pop Culture Encounter

This week was the RNC.  Where Mitt Romney was selected as the republican candidate. I haven't seen his speech yet but I did watch Ann Romney's speech.  Hers was really interesting in that instead of talking about the economy or talking up her husband a lot. She talked about family values and love and how that is what is most important.  That that is what we need to concentrate on.

Reading Pop Culture/My Skill

A skill that I have learned over the past couple of years was how do drive any manual vehicle.  Via a motorcycle and car.  This is a skill that I believe that a lot of people don't know how to do both a car and motorcycle.  With both of these skills the only way to acquire the ability to do it is to practice.  For the car I had to learn thanks to my parents. They bought me a truck that was a stick shit and I had to go back to school at WKU that same night. So it was either learn how to drive or miss my fraternity meeting.  It wasn't to difficult. The hardest part is just getting a feel for the gas and the clutch. It is like that with any manual vehicle for they all have there own feel to them. But within a couple of hours anyone can learn how to drive a stick shit.  As for the motorcycle it was just for fun. I actually learned a little on my grandfathers bio but the majority of the information I learned was from the intro safety class that is offered.  This class is just like the driving classes one takes when they are 15-16 years old. Only difference is its half a day in the classroom and a day and a half out riding.  This wasn't to difficult at all. It helped a lot that I already knew how to drive a manual car so it made the transition much easier than someone who never drove a manual.

The best way these skills be applied to my writing is that it is hard to do at first but with plenty of practice and determination to get to the final product you can do anything. So I need to be able to keep chugging along and have an open mind to learn more about writing.

Intro

Hi my name is Ben Bedock. I am 23 years old and originally from Cleveland, OH.  I moved to TN about ten years ago to Franklin, TN.

My pop culture interest

What do I like to read?  The main thing that I like to read now a days is the newspaper. Mainly on my IPhone. Since it is free and convenient, plus it is good to keep up with current events happening locally, nationally, and internationally. I find it very interesting as to what is going on in the rest of the world.

What do I like to watch? I honestly like to watch How I Met Your Mother, Bones, and sports (primarily hockey).  I like watching theses things because it is nice to be able to turn off the brain from everyday things happening and relax.  Hockey is my main thing I like to watch on TV. I find it much more interesting then any other sport for it is fast pace and a lot of physical contact.

What do I like to listen to? I like to listen to any kind of music. I will listen to classical music on second the switch it to metal then switch it again to country. I am open to listening to all kinds of genres.

My history with research and argument is very bad. We don't get along very well together. I have had to do it before for my other classes in the past. But never really succeeded in the process of research and argument on the written side of things. Presentations I am much better at.