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Jude's Barbershop
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Last weekend I decided to venture outside my comfort zone and try a new barbershop. I was at work when a co-worker mentioned to me about his experience at Jude’s Barbershop. After listening to him explain his experience and the cost of the cut, I decided to give it a try. As I entered the store I was shocked to see flat screen TV’s at every station with college football on all of them. The walls were completely covered with pictures and movie clips directed towards the male gender. Another thing I noticed was they had a video game system set up for waiting customers to play.
After signing in at the front desk I waited for about 20 minutes for the next barber. When she was ready I sat down in her chair and was asked what kind of hair cut I wanted. I told the lady what I wanted and she proceeded to cut my hair while I watched a great football game. While cutting my hair she offered me a free massage and an after cut wash and rinse. This was the first time I had ever been offered those types of services at a barbershop. After she had finished with the cut and explained everything to me about all the services I was given my bill. To my surprise I only ended up spending $17 and was given a coupon for 10% off on my next visit. Upon leaving the Jude’s I decided to check into the number of locations they have in the West Michigan area. They have 13 different locations all over the West side of Michigan. They also have more plans for expansion and the barber that was cutting my hair told me that every store she has worked at has pulled in a large amount of cliental. After the service I received and the friendly guy atmosphere I would highly recommend to any guy to check out Jude’s for their next hair cut.
Last weekend I decided to venture outside my comfort zone and try a new barbershop. I was at work when a co-worker mentioned to me about his experience at Jude’s Barbershop. After listening to him explain his experience and the cost of the cut, I decided to give it a try. As I entered the store I was shocked to see flat screen TV’s at every station with college football on all of them. The walls were completely covered with pictures and movie clips directed towards the male gender. Another thing I noticed was they had a video game system set up for waiting customers to play.
After signing in at the front desk I waited for about 20 minutes for the next barber. When she was ready I sat down in her chair and was asked what kind of hair cut I wanted. I told the lady what I wanted and she proceeded to cut my hair while I watched a great football game. While cutting my hair she offered me a free massage and an after cut wash and rinse. This was the first time I had ever been offered those types of services at a barbershop. After she had finished with the cut and explained everything to me about all the services I was given my bill. To my surprise I only ended up spending $17 and was given a coupon for 10% off on my next visit. Upon leaving the Jude’s I decided to check into the number of locations they have in the West Michigan area. They have 13 different locations all over the West side of Michigan. They also have more plans for expansion and the barber that was cutting my hair told me that every store she has worked at has pulled in a large amount of cliental. After the service I received and the friendly guy atmosphere I would highly recommend to any guy to check out Jude’s for their next hair cut.
7 Şubat 2013 Perşembe
Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Cultural Artifact #2-Perks of Being a Wallflower
Cultural Artifact #2-Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Majestic Mountains
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The television show Planet Earth,made by Discovery Channel, may as well be the best made educational andentertaining show on the features of this earth we are living on. I justrecently saw an episode that focused on the mountains. It explained how itformed, showed the inhabitants of different mountains and how they adapt to theharsh living conditions of the place. The narrator, David Attenborough,mentioned that people often talk of conquering a mountain, and yet in truththey have not. “We are only visitors,” David said.
At first, if you’ve never seenPlanet Earth before, it may sound boring but it is quite the opposite. Thisshow teaches us to admire the nature that God has created. It is telling usabout His creativity and His power and His attention to detail. It shows allthe variety of mountains, plants and creatures that God has given us. But atthe same time, this show demonstrates how all of creation has fallen; Pumas aretrying to maim other animals for food and even male bighorn sheep fightingagainst each other as a proof of who’s stronger and a competition to decide whogets the female. Climate change has been changing the life of the differentanimals residing in the mountains. These mountains sometimes hold our violenceand other people’s riches since drug trades often take place in mountains,where there are no eyes that spy. Even our attempts to conquer the highest ofmountains, Mount Everest, show our fellness, in that these attempts highlightour desire for personal glory. We long for the recognition that comes withbeing able to scale that treacherous mountain.
With all the majesty of themountains and the adorableness of the different creatures, it makes you wonderwhat it will be like in the new earth and heaven. If the natural landscapes wehave now are already breathtaking, how much more when Jesus comes again?
But until then questions arise:
What are we personally doing to care for nature?
How can we prevent the extinction of endangered species?
The television show Planet Earth,made by Discovery Channel, may as well be the best made educational andentertaining show on the features of this earth we are living on. I justrecently saw an episode that focused on the mountains. It explained how itformed, showed the inhabitants of different mountains and how they adapt to theharsh living conditions of the place. The narrator, David Attenborough,mentioned that people often talk of conquering a mountain, and yet in truththey have not. “We are only visitors,” David said.
At first, if you’ve never seenPlanet Earth before, it may sound boring but it is quite the opposite. Thisshow teaches us to admire the nature that God has created. It is telling usabout His creativity and His power and His attention to detail. It shows allthe variety of mountains, plants and creatures that God has given us. But atthe same time, this show demonstrates how all of creation has fallen; Pumas aretrying to maim other animals for food and even male bighorn sheep fightingagainst each other as a proof of who’s stronger and a competition to decide whogets the female. Climate change has been changing the life of the differentanimals residing in the mountains. These mountains sometimes hold our violenceand other people’s riches since drug trades often take place in mountains,where there are no eyes that spy. Even our attempts to conquer the highest ofmountains, Mount Everest, show our fellness, in that these attempts highlightour desire for personal glory. We long for the recognition that comes withbeing able to scale that treacherous mountain.
With all the majesty of themountains and the adorableness of the different creatures, it makes you wonderwhat it will be like in the new earth and heaven. If the natural landscapes wehave now are already breathtaking, how much more when Jesus comes again?
But until then questions arise:
What are we personally doing to care for nature?
How can we prevent the extinction of endangered species?
Melancholia
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Melancholia is an independent film starring Kristen Dunst as Justine andCharlotte Gainsbourg as Claire. It tells the story of two sisters whoserelationship is stained from Justine’s struggle with depression and inabilityto take care of herself. Claire and her husband pay for Justine’s extravagantwedding but then are disappointed at Justine’s continued unhappiness. At thewedding Claire and her husband struggle to keep things running smoothly.Justine cannot pretend to be happy. She looses her new husband and her new jobpromotion to her depression. The sister’s relationship is further stressed whennews that the planet Melancholia that is headed towards earth is announced.Claire is overcome with anxiety upon hearing the news; while Justine calmlyaccepts death.
The reason I choose thismovie was because I had heard very good reviews of this film. Some of myfriends even claimed that its one of their favorite movies. Watching this filmwith that in mind, I have to admit that I was very disappointed with Melancholia.Yes, it was beautifully put together and the cinematography was perfect. But mymain problem with the film is that the story was boring and overallintellectually dry. There were many interesting themes that the film could haveexplored but didn’t. It portrayed depression is a moving, interesting way butdidn’t really address the issue of depression or ask meaningful questions aboutdepression.
Another thing that seemedunresolved but not in a good way was the strained relationship between Justineand Claire. I think the relationship dynamic between them was very interestingbut the filmmakers didn’t fully explore their relationship or make the audienceask questions about what it means to be a good sister. Since my younger sisterhas some audio processing difficulties, I was very intrigued by thismother-like older sister character. I also identify with Claire’s struggle withanxiety. This film could have been very personal and spoke to my real liferelationships. But it didn’t. It didn’t fully explore or resolve the sister’srelationship so I was very disappointed by that aspect of the film as well.
As Christians how should we approach the issue of depression? How should we treat and deal with it?
How do our relationships with our siblings reflect how we view ourselves? What would kingdom-like sibling relationships look like?
Melancholia is an independent film starring Kristen Dunst as Justine andCharlotte Gainsbourg as Claire. It tells the story of two sisters whoserelationship is stained from Justine’s struggle with depression and inabilityto take care of herself. Claire and her husband pay for Justine’s extravagantwedding but then are disappointed at Justine’s continued unhappiness. At thewedding Claire and her husband struggle to keep things running smoothly.Justine cannot pretend to be happy. She looses her new husband and her new jobpromotion to her depression. The sister’s relationship is further stressed whennews that the planet Melancholia that is headed towards earth is announced.Claire is overcome with anxiety upon hearing the news; while Justine calmlyaccepts death.
The reason I choose thismovie was because I had heard very good reviews of this film. Some of myfriends even claimed that its one of their favorite movies. Watching this filmwith that in mind, I have to admit that I was very disappointed with Melancholia.Yes, it was beautifully put together and the cinematography was perfect. But mymain problem with the film is that the story was boring and overallintellectually dry. There were many interesting themes that the film could haveexplored but didn’t. It portrayed depression is a moving, interesting way butdidn’t really address the issue of depression or ask meaningful questions aboutdepression.
Another thing that seemedunresolved but not in a good way was the strained relationship between Justineand Claire. I think the relationship dynamic between them was very interestingbut the filmmakers didn’t fully explore their relationship or make the audienceask questions about what it means to be a good sister. Since my younger sisterhas some audio processing difficulties, I was very intrigued by thismother-like older sister character. I also identify with Claire’s struggle withanxiety. This film could have been very personal and spoke to my real liferelationships. But it didn’t. It didn’t fully explore or resolve the sister’srelationship so I was very disappointed by that aspect of the film as well.
As Christians how should we approach the issue of depression? How should we treat and deal with it?
How do our relationships with our siblings reflect how we view ourselves? What would kingdom-like sibling relationships look like?
Friends
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For my second cultural artifact, I chose to watch an hour of Friends. This is a show in which six friends all live together or close to each other and hang out all the time. They each go through their ups and downs, along with lots of comical moments thrown in there.
This artifact doesn't tell very much about human purpose. From what I watched, the main thing it said was that humans are meant to live in community. They are supposed to be with and love people. All the characters show this very well and continue to live with each other, even if they are mad at each other. I think that watching this show makes me realize few things about evil. I realized how often sex is referred to and actually happens in a lot of tv shows and movies. Not only is it Joey, the friend who "dates" lots of women, but every single of the friends in the show have had sex before they are married. I also noticed how all the women in the show that Joey "dates" are beautiful, but very skinny. Actually, almost all the women in the show are skinny. The redemption comes when they are in community. They give each other support and try to help each other do the right things, not only in the episodes that I watched, but in all of them.
Why are there no people of color in the friend group shown? Why is it socially accepted that sex before marriage is okay and can be shown to the younger generations of the world?
This artifact doesn't tell very much about human purpose. From what I watched, the main thing it said was that humans are meant to live in community. They are supposed to be with and love people. All the characters show this very well and continue to live with each other, even if they are mad at each other. I think that watching this show makes me realize few things about evil. I realized how often sex is referred to and actually happens in a lot of tv shows and movies. Not only is it Joey, the friend who "dates" lots of women, but every single of the friends in the show have had sex before they are married. I also noticed how all the women in the show that Joey "dates" are beautiful, but very skinny. Actually, almost all the women in the show are skinny. The redemption comes when they are in community. They give each other support and try to help each other do the right things, not only in the episodes that I watched, but in all of them.
Why are there no people of color in the friend group shown? Why is it socially accepted that sex before marriage is okay and can be shown to the younger generations of the world?
She's The Man
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Adapted from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, She's The Man is one of my personal favorite films. A teen romantic-comedy, She's The Man is the story about a girl named Viola, played by Amanda Bynes, who's girl soccer team got cut at her high school. Therefore she pretends to be her twin brother, at the rival high school he attends and joins the soccer team. Throughout the film with the complications of almost blowing her cover, cat-fights in the bathroom, to falling for her roomate, She's The Man is a funny movie.
However as She's The Man is not a 'Christian' film, this artifact talks about evil in the empire about the sexual hierarchy. The film may not address the issue directly but it is implied. As mentioned before Viola becomes upset at the fact that her high school cut her soccer team. When Viola finds out she adresses the issue to the men's soccer coach and comes up with the idea of allowing the girls to try out for the soccer team. Hearing the idea, the soccer coach laughs and mocks the girls and saying that girls can't do anything boys can and that boys are just better than females. This scene then goes with what Walsh and Keesmaat were trying to explain in chapter 11. Even though it says in the bible that women should be 'under' her husband, the woman is also to be set free of the hierarchy of the empire. Even though I may sound like a feminist by this point, even though I am not, I believe that there should be an equality treatment to both sexes. Some may be upset at the fact that a woman can throw a football better than a guy or that a guy can knit a scarf better than a girl, but despite the 'abnormal' examples, that doesn't mean that we should treat each other poorly. Instead we should be happy and encourage one another.
Even though women may or may not be able to do everything a male can, why do you think that women should or should not be limited to what they can do?
How important is communication?
However as She's The Man is not a 'Christian' film, this artifact talks about evil in the empire about the sexual hierarchy. The film may not address the issue directly but it is implied. As mentioned before Viola becomes upset at the fact that her high school cut her soccer team. When Viola finds out she adresses the issue to the men's soccer coach and comes up with the idea of allowing the girls to try out for the soccer team. Hearing the idea, the soccer coach laughs and mocks the girls and saying that girls can't do anything boys can and that boys are just better than females. This scene then goes with what Walsh and Keesmaat were trying to explain in chapter 11. Even though it says in the bible that women should be 'under' her husband, the woman is also to be set free of the hierarchy of the empire. Even though I may sound like a feminist by this point, even though I am not, I believe that there should be an equality treatment to both sexes. Some may be upset at the fact that a woman can throw a football better than a guy or that a guy can knit a scarf better than a girl, but despite the 'abnormal' examples, that doesn't mean that we should treat each other poorly. Instead we should be happy and encourage one another.
Even though women may or may not be able to do everything a male can, why do you think that women should or should not be limited to what they can do?
How important is communication?
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