Book Club: Why New Orleans Matters
The beginning of the book seems organized, the middle seems jumbled, then the end seems organized again. Could this be a hidden deeper symbol like for New Orleans before the hurricane, then the damage it did leaving it in disarray, and then being put back together and back to its greatness? I don't think so. I personally don't feel the author is going that deep with this. I think it's just that he writes with a "train of thought" process and not really deep thinking like this symbolic idea. Also, this fits into journalism because there needs to be relevance which there is because I still consider Katrina and the aftermath still relevant and also has to hold importance which I also think it does especially because it's in our very own country and that also makes it pretty personal and it has to be about a who what when where and why and the author describes all of these throughout the book with all of his lists etc.
Talk of the Campus Idea
I'm writing about "drunkorexics." The term is a mix between drunks and anorexics. Mix the two together and you have a person who counts their calories saving them throughout the day for alcohol rather than food in order to be able to party hard but still maintain or lose weight. I'm going to bring up how most of the people viewed as drunkorexics would be college girls. I'll talk about why this could be like why they would fit under this category. Also is it just about the college life or is this actually a disorder and dangerous? Also will talk about the skinny girl margarita and its kind of symbolic of a drunkorexic- an alcoholic beverage but low on calories so its all about maintaining your weight. Could this aid a drunkorexic? Is this a risky fad or a deadly epidemic?
Nickel & Dimed
Nickel and Dimed - Ehrenreich
The excerpt from Nickel and Dimed was when Ehrenreich was in Key West, Florida. The whole point is that she is trying to see if she can get by with low wage jobs and make it through the month. In Florida she gets a waitressing job that pays below minimum wage. For her home she rents a trailer but her money from waitressing isn't cutting it so she has to pick up a second job as a hotel maid. But then it's too much to handle because she's on her feet nonstop and works so much when the money isn't even good. She's gets way too over-exhausted so she quits her second job right away because she knows she can't do it and then she ends up quitting the waitressing job too before she's even been there for a whole month. She got really close to the other waitresses she met while doing this and learned about their lives too and how it's a real everyday struggle for them and they have no other money to fall back on like her. Many couldn't make enough for first and lasts rent so they would live out of their cars and stuff. It was sad because it was like a vicious cycle working their butts off just to get by and doing it over and over again never getting the chance to even save to ever become comfortable because it's all about just getting by.
The excerpt from Nickel and Dimed was when Ehrenreich was in Key West, Florida. The whole point is that she is trying to see if she can get by with low wage jobs and make it through the month. In Florida she gets a waitressing job that pays below minimum wage. For her home she rents a trailer but her money from waitressing isn't cutting it so she has to pick up a second job as a hotel maid. But then it's too much to handle because she's on her feet nonstop and works so much when the money isn't even good. She's gets way too over-exhausted so she quits her second job right away because she knows she can't do it and then she ends up quitting the waitressing job too before she's even been there for a whole month. She got really close to the other waitresses she met while doing this and learned about their lives too and how it's a real everyday struggle for them and they have no other money to fall back on like her. Many couldn't make enough for first and lasts rent so they would live out of their cars and stuff. It was sad because it was like a vicious cycle working their butts off just to get by and doing it over and over again never getting the chance to even save to ever become comfortable because it's all about just getting by.
Final Book Club Post: Presentation
My book club group has talked about food and recipes from New Orleans and thought about making some food from there to share so the class could get a good taste of the culture shared and explained throughout the book. I also thought about playing music and/or making a little pamphlet like a travel guide to New Orleans since this book seems a lot like one with all the lists of great places to eat and all the great things about New Orleans. I found this website which was interesting.
http://www.neworleansonline.com/
It not only has great ideas for places to go but shares traditional foods of New Orleans and music and more. I thought it was wicked cool. I haven't checked out Adriann's site yet though so that one may be better for the food part. :)
mardi gras indian dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6aKQ7lkEM&feature=related
http://www.neworleansonline.com/
It not only has great ideas for places to go but shares traditional foods of New Orleans and music and more. I thought it was wicked cool. I haven't checked out Adriann's site yet though so that one may be better for the food part. :)
mardi gras indian dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6aKQ7lkEM&feature=related