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Hello,  welcome back to my blog! Today I wanted to splatter some more about the food industry. As I've done more research, I've realized that this comic is relevant to many issues surrounding our food.  The lady in the comic is "solving" a problem the guy has, a fly problem. She sprays the fly with chemicals which obviously would kill the fly but doesn't seem to notice or care that those chemicals pose a threat to the guy as well. Sound familiar? Today, as many of us know, our produce is sprayed with harsh chemicals known as pesticides, in order to stop critters from damaging the crop. These companies spray these pesticides, and are often coming out with stronger and more potent ones, without thorough research as to what the effects are to humans in the long term. Sure, people can avoid ingesting these chemicals by washing their produce but isn't it alarming that these chemicals are allowed to be sprayed on our food. I'm still in the process of doing more

   Hello,   welcome back to my blog! Today I wanted to take a break from reality and splatter about one of my favorite shows:  The Walking Dead.  Most people know about of it, perhaps you've watched it, either way I hope you find the concept interesting. Who doesn't love fantasying about the world ending, and wandering around the world beating up zombies? If you said, "not me", then you probably realize you'd be one of the billions of people that die within the first month of the outbreak. It takes a truly determined and lucky person to survive a zombie apocalypse. In case of a real world meltdown though, would it be possible for someone to survive? Just how realistic is  The Walking Dead? Well, not at all! I'd like to point out a couple instances where the show should have ended. Where the only reason the characters survive is because the writers need the show to keep going. 8x16: Bullets sh oot backwards?  In the season finale, Rick (the main character) and

Hello,  welcome back to my blog! Hope you've spent Thanksgiving well! Today I wanted to splatter about a film I've watched in class: Fresh .  This  documentary, directed by Anna Sofia Joanes, divulges the ugly truth surrounding the United State's food system.  In the past, I don't think I've ever thought too deeply about where our food comes from or how we have so much of it. As a fast food worker, I've witnessed firsthand how ignorant people are of where their food comes from or its value.  (I don't like working here but it's ok) Mobile order never get's picked up?  Throw it away. Leftover food during a closing shift, throw it all away. Someone complains about their order? Throw it all away and make it over. It seems anyways that no matter how much food goes to waste, there's an endless supply to replenish from. In the back of my mind I always knew, as most people do know, that our food comes from unsustainable and horrific practices, but I neve

Hello, welcome back to my blog ! This past Saturday the final part of Attack On Titan was released, finally putting to end one of, if not, the greatest show of all time. I know how this looks-- really, anime--but in my lifetime I've watched dozens of TV shows and not a single one can compare to Attack On Titan! It is truly a masterpiece and if you haven't already, you should watch it. Background If you don't know already, Attack On Titan is a show which follows Eren Yeager, the shows main character, on his mission for freedom. The show begins with all of human kind surrounded by walls which protect them from the outside world, riddled with man eating titans. Most people are happy living in the walls, protected from the titans, but Eren is frustrated. He feels trapped inside the walls and he dreams of being able to go and travel beyond them.  One day, out of nowhere, the titans break through the walls of an outer district (depicted below) where Eren lives. As the titan cr

Hello, welcome back to my blog! This morning I ate something. It's nothing interesting but I just wanted to give you a quick splatter of my experience (see what I did there, splatter).  Anyways, you're going to have to guess what it is.  Crunch. I opened the metal case which it lay in. A whiff of a fresh but almost spicy air hit my nose. I picked up the small white circular object and placed it onto my tongue. I don't like the way it sits on my tongue dissolving so slowly, so I bite down on it. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. I exhale with my mouth to smell the fresh scent, but I realize that it wasn't even necessary. I feel the air in my mouth seep into the back of throat and into my nose without even opening my mouth once more. A Cold Burn It burns. It's a weird burn. A cold burn. My eyes water a bit as the scent makes its way up into my eyes. I probably shouldn't have chomped down on so many. Can you guess what it is yet? A Mistake. I moved on with my day but the fla

Hello, welcome back to my blog! Today I wanted to splatter about something I've noticed. With November just around the corner, we're finally seeing cooler temps. But shouldn't we have seen them sooner? Sweater Weather Delayed? I remember last year my cross country practices were seemingly  intolerable. I would wake up each morning and force myself to go out and run in what seemed like freezing temperatures. Some of my teammates would wear sweaters and sweatpants on our runs. I remember being able to feel my fingers go numb and see my breath in the air. This year there wasn't one day that I felt cold during practice.  At school, there's so many people wearing hoodies and sweaters but the weather still reaches over 100 degrees on the daily. Perhaps that's because we're used to it getting cold during October, only this year it still hasn't happened. It seems as if each year, the cooler weather takes longer to reach.  Why? The obvious answer is global warmin