Post # 15 - My Anti-Drug

            My anti-drug is playing video games.  Many people do drugs because they are stressed and need to escape from reality for a while.  Well, I can do the same thing in a video game without actually doing any damage to others or myself.  It’s a safe way to unwind and relax.  In a game I can do whatever I want without any repercussions, it creates a nice little world where everything is okay.  Of course, I eventually have to come back to reality and get work done, but I always look forward to being able to get to the next level of a game.  Moreover, they’re not as bad as people make them seem.  Video games have been proven to increase hand-eye coordination and reduce people’s stress levels; and, if you’re like me and you like to play puzzle games, you exorcise your spatial reasoning skills at the same time.  Video games are a fun, safe way to escape for a while and let go of any worries I have.

Post # 14 - An Inconvenient Truth

            Al Gore’s Documentary film An Inconvenient Truth portrays just that, an inconvenient truth about climate change and its impact on the Earth.  It’s odd to see all this evidence and still have people who are convince that climate change, as a whole, doesn’t actually exist.  It’s ridiculous, and really the only thing stopping people from making a change is the fact that if they tried to modify the system, they would lose money.  What Al Gore tries to do is shed some light on the situation at hand in a way that can get the most people supporting his opinions.  His facts, his images everything in his presentation is clear-cut with sources and proper evidence showing how he is right.  Climate change is real, it is a pressing issue that needs to be fixed, but it’s hard to get anything done when you have some many skeptics in the world blatantly turning a blind eye to it.  It brings about the idea that corporation are more interested in making money, than protecting the planet they live on.  Like Al Gore mentioned, gold is nice and all, but what’s the use of having it if the Earth is destroyed.