I've seen some of these operation beautiful sticky notes across campus. It's a really neat version of nonverbal communication! The world needs more positivity like this!

PERFECT example of Hegel's marking one's territory for self-validation. Here, one of my friends signed the library beam so that they could forever be a part of the building! I thought it was really neat that Grand Valley gave the students this opportunity.

Throughout the lecture on satire, I kept thinking about the recent popularity of memes. I think that they're  a perfect modern example because you have to be a part of a given culture to understand why they're funny.

Went to the Children's Museum with Jasmine this weekend. She had never played piano before and so she was teaching herself simple songs like Row Row Row Your Boat. It reminded me of the lecture where we talked about expectation in music. As she was playing, it made me uneasy because I knew what the next note should be, but she was still slowly figuring it out. Also, all the 'easy' songs were in a major key.

This is a PERFECT example of biased reporting, after seeing this, I was extremely disappointed in Cosmo's professionalism. This is a graphic showing who Cosmo ranks as 'hot' and 'not' for the month. At the very bottom it reads: "Sam Worthington- You know why you're here, Sam. Please lose our number." I wasn't aware of him doing anything notably bad recently, and when I looked him up online all I found was an article calling out Cosmo's bias! My only guess is that he refused an interview with the magazine or something really dumb. I just can't believe how this got though the editors!

I thought it was a great show but also really enjoyed people watching. I have a broad range of music tastes and so I've been to some very different concerts. A few thing I noticed about country fans: tons of men- more than I've ever seen at any other concert and everyone dresses the same- flannel shirts, cowboy hats (for men) and short cotton dresses and cowboy boots (for girls). I've never seen this kind of 'dress code' before! Some over-arching themes: beer, pickup trucks, family, patriotism.

I went to the Justin Moore concert and I thought it was really humorous that they wouldn't allow cameras into the show. It's not like everyone doesn't have a phone that's totally capable of taking pictures and recording video! Here, you can see a combo of lighters and cellphones in the air during a slow song.