it's offical

angela is starting to feel homesick.


:(


xo angela

Job search

So, I've been actively searching for a job since June. As of now I have applied to about 9 different places (including 1 today) and I have not heard back from any of them. I applied to H&M, American Apparel, Crossroads Trading Co., Buffalo Exchange, 3 Day care/After school programs, One kiosk job at the Westfield Mall Downtown, and Urban Outfitters. I am hoping I can get a job near school, but the Trader Joe's and Border's are not hiring....still! I'm still waiting a check from my work that is giving me some funds I have save up while working with them, so I am hoping that will arrive soon to my apartment. (edit: I did get my check when I got back from school today! Mom, you'll be getting mail very soon)

On a lighter note, I got 10 extra credit points today in my Human Sexuality class! I start my Psychological Statistics Lecture class today and I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon cleaning up the apartment.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY not so LITTLE BROTHER!!! 20 years woooo! I love you brother.


xo angela

Outsidelands

This weekend was filled with a lot of fun. My brother,Garrett,and his girlfriend, Michelle came up for OutsideLands music festival located in Golden Gate Park. I did not have a ticket, but I made my way in anyways. I got to see Matt&Kim perform right when I got in the festival. They played all the songs I wanted to hear! I also go to see M.I.A perform, but she was only mediocre. There were a lot of food, drinks, and merchandise to buy although I did not buy anything since I have no job.

I enjoed the vibe of the people around me and loved people watching while walking around the park. They even had a tent where people can play Rock Band: The Beatles edition. The set up was really cool, even a stage that looked like you were in band and performing to fans, complete with lights.

I caught the bus back to the apartment and it was crammed with people, the usual around 8pm. Literally, everyone was crammed and laughing about how it was "party bus" since it was full of intoxicated people from the festival, but I got home safe. I read a chapter in "Evolution's Rainbow" for my Human Sexuality class and I am heading to bed so I can feel rested for my second week of school.

xo angela

Globalization

One of my most interesting classes has got to Globalization. This class is really going to be an eye opener for all those who are enrolled. We started off the class watching a video called, "Mardi Gras: Made in China".

Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the "bead trail" from the factory in China to Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, poignantly exposing the inequities of globalization. First-time director David Redmon cleverly illuminates the clash of cultures by juxtaposing American excess and consumer culture against the harsh life of the Chinese factory worker.

The film confronts both cultural and economic globalism by humanizing the commodity chain from China to the United States. Redmon follows the stories of four teenage women workers in the largest Mardi Gras bead factory in the world, providing insights into their economic realities, self-sacrifice, and dreams of a better life, and the severe discipline imposed by living and working in a factory compound.

Interweaving factory life with Mardi Gras festivities, the film opens the blind eye of consumerism by visually introducing workers and festival-goers to each other. A dialogue results when bead-wearing partiers are shown images of the teenage Chinese workers and asked if they know the origin of their beads, while the factory girls view pictures of Americans exchanging beads, soliciting more beads, and decadently celebrating. The conversation reveals the glaring truth about the real benefactors of the Chinese workers' hard labor and exposes the extreme contrast between women's lives and liberty in both cultures.

(credit: mardigrasmadeinchina.com)

Here's a Trailer of the film: (Warning it is graphic)


I recommend finding this film and watching it. Some of the things the partying people at Mardi Gras say really churned my stomach. This has got to stop somehow, it's not right. The only step I know to help stop this is exposing everyone with this video. So please send this video to friends and family.

Until I find the second step....

xo angela

Do I hear birds chirping?

No...

So, ever since I came back for my going away party weekend. My apt building decided that getting new sidings to the apt would be a good idea. Sidings as in the exterior of the apt building, they are made of wood. They want to just replace them with new ones. I think it's really lame to just replaced them and not do something jazzy too! The color of the apt is a really bland color of tan, i want something flashy, like blue or pink! and yes, I have seen a blue and pink house here and it is really cool! School at 4pm today! Can't wait.

xo angela

class schedule

Intro to Psychological Statistics Lecture
Variations of Human Sexuality
Intro to Psychological Statistics LAB
Family Crisis, Drug Dependency, and Eating Disorders
Globalization


Love it. Kinda sad I have a friday class, haven't had one since high school!! Today I walked campus today to find my classes. It was relatively easy. I can't wait to hit the gym there, I can use it for free! I got my books, ordered them on amazon and saved a lot of money doing that. Okay, first class is tomorrow, which is Tuesday. Yay for not waking up early! I'm ready to kick butt and get a 4.0 this semester!

xo angela

jonas

joe is touching my hand here....oh gosh <333>








that's just a taste of how close I was for the show 2 nights in a row. being by the stage was beyond what words can describe.