Go Further

This environmental documentary was very interesting but the biggest impact that it left on me as a viewer was the Organic living and dairy-free lifestyle that many of Woody Harrison's friends abided by. I thought they provided a compelling viewpoint with interesting (and some what disturbing) facts such as the big one, "Blood and pus are in milk." Besides this statement, which made me not ever want to consume dairy products again for a couple of hours until I saw a dairy queen commercial on TV, I really enjoyed hearing about organic foods and how they are not only better for us, in that they don't contain harsh pesticides, but they are also help support the environment and 'green' movement. Although the movie did make me a little sad because it made me want to go out and start eating organic, start ordering tree-alternative paper and switch to soy but living in Mankato there are not alot of places that you can easily obtain these items (with the exception of Soy milk). Besides downtown Mankato's Contessa restaurant, I can not think of any other organic places in Mankato and North Mankato. I wish that we had a Food Co-op like in St. Peter which provides all natural, organic materials and food. Overall I really enjoyed "Go Further"'s messages and their ability to get their points accross with out being too pushy about it (which is how I feel about a lot of other documentaries). Esspecially that it had the author of my favorite book ever, "One flew over the Coo-coo's Nest" by Ken Keesy, which was alittle random, but I think that Woody Harrison's crew was out promoting a better cause than the Merry Pranksters with their Acid tests.

nombre

Some families have quirky traditons when it comes to naming their children, and my family is deffinately one of them. My name is Margaret Louise Steck and I was named after my grandmother, much like how she was named after her grandmother and so on (my parents started calling me Margo after I was born to lessen the confussion during family get-togethers and also because my dad thought 'Margaret' sounded like an old person name but 'Margo' was much more lively'). We have a bi-generational tradition where the first born girl is named after their grandmother. My mother's name is Ellen and my great-grandmother's name is Ellen as well. Another tradition held in my family is that the first born daughter has the middle name of Louise. One odd thing about my family's tradition is that it is rather sexist, leaving out the men completely and also it only consentrates on the first born girls. But hopefully when I have kids I can carry out the tradition (mainly because I would feel guilty if i didn't) and my future husband and I will beable to start new ones of our own. :)

library session

I never realized how large and extensive our library and its database was. This is the first research paper I have had to write in college, so it will be my first experience trying to find various sources to conduct my research through the MSUM library. The library session was extremely informative to me, now I know the location of both historical and modern journals, magazines, newspapers, how to find books and various other media types through the online catelog, and also the call number system. If it were not for this library session I would be compleltely lost while trying to locate the books and journals relating to my topic. I am also very impressed with our guide. She was very helpful during the process and it stunned me how quickly she knew where to locate people's topics and what sections they would be in. Over all it was a good experience and I have no complaints.

I do not have any large concerns with my paper as of yet. I have found my materials and begun my research, even have my thesis prepared and it has all gone quite smoothly. I deffinately have enough to fill up 3 pages, my only concern might be that I have too much information and it may be difficult to condence some of the thoughts down, blend some of the information, or even decide what information is impertinant for the paper and what facts or opinions need to be omited. So the initial writing of the paper will be simple, I think it will be the editing process that may be more complex and time consuming.