Some presidential lingo has varied over the years, but has vastly stayed the same. Ironic for an ever-changing country. Each and every president said "America," "Freedom," and "United States" far too often.
Obviously, the words "America" and "United States" directly relate to each president's speech. Assuming that he is, of course, speaking of or addressing the country. However, so many other words were over used in speeches, that I wonder why our nations leaders have such small vocabularies. It also makes me feel like their immense over-usage of many "cliche" words reflects poorly on the educational system as a whole.
Most, at least many, presidents have very powerful speaking abilities. They are able to bring audiences to their feet. That is how they get elected. They have knowledge of the human-mind and persuasion. I just don't feel like many of them are gifted in the ways of the thesaurus.
It would be one thing if these presidents all had unique, selective groups of words that they used in their speeches throughout each of their presidencies, but each president has the exact same GROUP of words.
World-wide, many countries see the US as a stupid-country. Our president are the figure-head of our country, and if our president is seen as having a great stage presence, but very redundant content in his speeches, minimalistically his word-choice, I just don't see how that could be a positive thing.
Consistency is one thing, blatantly over-using certain phrases/words is another.
Monday, December 5, 2011
I Am a Camera
I see things through my lens. I don't pretend to see something in you that isn't displayed on my screen. You can take back things you've said to me, but they are all on "film" at the end of the day. I will not forget them, and I will not erase them. After all, very few things can be completely erased. I have many buttons. If you press to many of them incorrectly I shut off. I will not take pictures if you want me to. I will not record a video for you. In the same sense, if you do break my trust or "push too many of my buttons," I will not be your friend. I will not help you.
I need to be recharged at the end of the day. If I don't get enough sleep the night before, I am a mess the next day. Unfortunately for humans that come in contact with me during the school week, this is often the case.
Depending on my angle, I can make you look good, but I can also manipulate my functions to make you look extremely unattractive. Not in a malicious sense, but if you don't see eye to eye with me, the angle will be slanted in a way that will certainly add more than "10 pounds," as they say. Not 10 pounds as in weight, but you will lose the opportunity of being friends with me. Never talk to me as if I am lower than you.
I am a camera in the sense that I have more functions than just one. I can take photos, videos, and even edit your pictures right on my screen, but if you haven't taken the time to read the instruction manual, you will never know how to properly use me. I am not going to be falsely modest. What you see on the packaging is part of, and is the most eye-catching part of who I am. I am a very confident, talented, smart woman, but if you never take the chance to see past the packaging, you'll never know how much more there is to me.
I need to be recharged at the end of the day. If I don't get enough sleep the night before, I am a mess the next day. Unfortunately for humans that come in contact with me during the school week, this is often the case.
Depending on my angle, I can make you look good, but I can also manipulate my functions to make you look extremely unattractive. Not in a malicious sense, but if you don't see eye to eye with me, the angle will be slanted in a way that will certainly add more than "10 pounds," as they say. Not 10 pounds as in weight, but you will lose the opportunity of being friends with me. Never talk to me as if I am lower than you.
I am a camera in the sense that I have more functions than just one. I can take photos, videos, and even edit your pictures right on my screen, but if you haven't taken the time to read the instruction manual, you will never know how to properly use me. I am not going to be falsely modest. What you see on the packaging is part of, and is the most eye-catching part of who I am. I am a very confident, talented, smart woman, but if you never take the chance to see past the packaging, you'll never know how much more there is to me.
Alligators/Crocodiles
I love Disney World, don't get me wrong, but why does every single ride have to have a fake alligator in it? WHY? When I go to Disney World I have to close my eyes during parts of the rides because I honestly FREAK OUT when I see alligators/crocodiles. Throughout this post I will use the words "alligator" and "crocodile" interchangeably, because to me, they are the same, TERRIFYING. I will also use "Caps Lock" frequently to display the amount of fear each of their beady eyes sends through my body.
I don't know where this irrational fear of "alligodiles" came from. I've always thought they were extremely scary. Now that I think about it. It probably came from watching "Peter Pan" once or twice too often as a little girl. Captain Hook got eaten by that weird crocodile that ticked like a clock EVERY time. I guess I just assumed, though my morality is better than that of the villainous Hook, that when an alligator saw me it would instinctively eat me. I have never seen an alligodile who has looked as if he/she could disprove this theory. They all look immensely intimidating.
Someday, perhaps, I'll get over this fear, but it really doesn't affect my life and daily habits very much, so I'll probably go on living with my hatred of the alligodile. It would probably be beneficial to be able to go on rides at Disney World and not get scared when I see an OBVIOUSLY fake alligodile swimming along side my boat in "It's a Small World."
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