Eager to test the boundaries in middle and high school, Surge Soda boasted increased amounts of sugar and caffeine, things most teenagers wanted to experience to escape the world that was around them. In my town, there was only one place that would sell it as there was an uproar from conservative parents that it…
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The Forever Greatness of The Great Gatsby
My love of literature and the pursuance of striving for the best in life yet simultaneously knowing that pursuance could lead to my demise, is something that will always be stitched to me via the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s beautiful language is a lens of focus that reveals not…
1984
“Big Brother is watching you.” With the President’s emergency alert going out last week, I felt it was appropriate to look at the novel 1984. As Orwell wrote this novel in the 1940s, during and after the World War II, he warned of thought police and screens that watch and communicate to people. I had…
Putting the “Pop” in Pop Culture
I was the weirdest kid. I used to research pop when I was bored at the library in the summer. Before the internet, I would scan the shelves for interesting titles and I remember coming across a marketing book all about beverages. I clearly recall a section highlighting an ad showing products that were “in…
Gotta Get Down on Friday!
All, here is a link to one of pop culture’s greatest gifts: Rebecca Black’s song, Friday, the anthem made famous on YouTube. Funny enough, it is really catchy and has stood the test of time for the last few years. Here is the video for your viewing pleasure: Recently, the singer showed up on The…
The Jetson’s
I was more of a Jetson’s fan growing up than the Flintstones. I loved thinking about the future and what it could offer to us. Just one invention could revolutionize the home and family. What was nice about this cartoon is that even with all the futuristic, forward thinking about what life would be, the…
Fashion of the 60’s
So many rivers of activism and advancement showed itself in the 1960’s, even in fashion. Take a look at this picture and think about what they are thinking. Do you think that they would ever imagine that some of these trends would be just as popular today? What trends are we seeing today that could…
Catcher in the Rye
I remember reading this during my early high school years and I have read this during those times of frustration that seem to be coming more and more lately in regards to the world that we live in. Holden, the main character, leaves his school and goes to New York City to avoid talking to…
Dazed and Confused
Aerosmith summoning Sweet Emotion at the beginning on this film sets the tone for the country’s bicentennial. Just like the country, some characters are standing up for their freedoms and others striving for their independence. This film about friends, Fridays, and rites of passage was on repeat during my high school years. Enjoy it here: https://amzn.to/2zpjEi3.
Reality Bites
Oh, Winona! This grounded, yet enterprising film spoke of 90’s culture in ways no other film could. It connected with the MTV Generation while at the same to making fun of them and their culture being usurped by that entity itself. Generation X resounds with trying to make it on their own while disavowing their…
Graduating With Honors
Remember that moment when you realized that school wasn’t as important as living a good, balanced life was? Remember when you realized that caring for others was the ultimate gift that you can give another person? With Honors shows that compassion, understanding, and humility are the key ingredients to building connections. Brendan Frazer finds love,…
Freddy Krueger Haunts My Psyche
As a nine year old, I watched too many horror films too soon. Many did not scary me, but those that featured a burned child molester with razors for fingers who stalked and killed you in your dreams may have been one step too far. I remember watching this in my basement by myself on…
Retro Pop 