Popular Baby Names

I came across this hilarious news article titled "To the Mom that Names her Baby Hashtag". My only response is wow! (well other than my initial thought, is this for real?) What was she thinking? I have heard of babies being named after characters in books, movies, or songs, but Social Media lingo? What is this generation coming to? And is there seriously a baby out there named Facebook? Poor thing! I think I will be sticking with the traditional John, Jim or Mary :)

Letter Assignment

For my letter assignment I wrote to the CEO of the MPAA. I expressed to him my strong belief that the current rating system does not give an adequate content description. I mentioned my experience with Brave (which I wrote about in a previous post) and even offered a couple suggestions for improvement. 

We'll see if I get any response! 

Brave

My husband and I watched Brave over the Thanksgiving break. I thought it was cute. I especially enjoyed the 3 little brothers. However, I was a little surprised with some of the content. Particularly the busty housemaid who stuffs the key down her dress. And the unnecessary image of the naked butts on the men. I know they are just animations, but I don't know if I would want my kids to watch this film someday. Far too often I feel that animated films these days are slipping in these little things that adults understand, but they think kids won't. It makes me think twice about what movies I will let my kids watch someday. I have a feeling there will be a lot of Classic Disney films in our house :)  

Has anyone else seen Brave? How did you feel about these scenes? 

YouTube you never disappoint!

A little something to make you smile over the Thanksgiving Break! I spent probably a good hour watching these Studio C clips. This is what happens when I don't have any homework due for a week. There are lots more from Studio C, but these were my top 3 favorites. 

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Hurricane Sandy & Mormon Helping Hands

My husband and I don't have TV so I haven't fully comprehended/understood how bad the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is/was. I came across this video on the blog The Rockstar Diaries and I feel like it really helped me realize how bad it truly is for the people of NY. I also loved hearing the comments of those who are benefiting from the Mormon Helping Hands. I love the good things they have to say about the members, it just warms my heart to see the young adults, families, and missionaries all out there working together. Please watch it! Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to post it directly on the blog, but here is a link to it. I love this Church and the positive example the members are to the world!

Ratings

There is a lot I could say about ratings, but during our class discussion I kept thinking about an experience I had with the movie Hairspray and my niece (who was probably 8 or so at the time). I love this movie, and so one day when my niece was at our house we decided to watch Hairspray. It's rated PG and she loves musicals so I didn't even think about all the civil rights and racism in the movie. Man, was I grateful my mom was there to help some of my niece's questions after it was over! This is a perfect example of how a better content advisory description would have been really helpful. Although, it was rated PG there was some content in there that was a  bit too much for my little 8 year old niece's understanding!I feel the current rating system is a good start (and better than nothing), but there is still room for a lot of improvement.

The "Mormon Moment"

I came across this extremely interesting article [click here]. It chronicles how our religion has grown in popularity and recognition in the US culture over the past 60 or so years. The author called this growth the "Mormon Moment". While reading it I kept thinking how much the church has grown in just my short life time. It makes me excited to consider how much more it can grow in my (future) kid's lifetime! Thinking about how well known our church is and how (for the most part) respected it is makes me proud to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

What do you think about the article? 

Texting

I was talking with a coworker the other day and he was shocked to find out that I don't have texting. I have never had texting in the entire 7 or so years I have had my cell phone. I definitely have had my moment's of begging with my parent's to let me get texting. But now I am used to it, and content to wait another year until my husband and I get on the same plan. Actually, (this might sound weird) but I will be proud to admit that I survived all of high school and college without it! I know it can be really annoying for people to get a hold of me, but I always warn them when I give out my number- "Don't be surprised when I never respond to your text" But most of the time they forget :)

Is there anyone else out there who doesn't have texting? 

Do you think texting is a necessity to succeed in this media/technology saturated world? 

Poking Fun at Facebook

After our discussion about Facebook I kept thinking about this hilarious Youtube video. I haven't watched it since it was first posted in 2009 and I had to laugh at how "dated" some of the things were- like the top friends list, flair and bumper stickers. 

Enjoy! 

Halloween

I have been thinking a lot this past week about Halloween and how the media influences this holiday. Gone are the days of dressing up as witches, ghosts or pumpkins! Now many people are choosing their costumes from characters from popular tv shows or movies. 

For example:  

My husband and I dressed up as Shawn and Juliet from one of our favorite shows, Psych.

And my good friend was Flo from the popular Progressive commercials. 

How was your Halloween costume influenced by the media?