Posts by Claire

   Everyone always says that honesty is always the best policy but when is too much honesty more hurtful than just saying the lie. This thought popped into my head watching Seinfeld one day after school. It was the episode where George breaks up with his needy girlfriend and when she asks him his reasons and tells him to be honest he really does tell the truth. This winds her up in a mental hospital where George has to go talk to her and convince her what he said wasn't true. Basically its about whether or not its socially acceptable to always tell the truth when asked and what are the situations where lying is more merciful than really digging into that person. When looking up lie on dictionary.com it states

  When researching what to write about this week I saw an article that stuck me about "the oscar curse." This curse was about how after an actress wins the best actress award they end up breaking up with their spouses, which posses the frequently asked question "can you have both a successful career and a successful relationship." Also you have to ask yourself if someone can cheat on Sandra Bullock an oscar winning movie star then where is the hope for the rest of us? From this article it talks about Sandra Bullock, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Hillary Swank, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Julia Roberts. All of these actresses broke up with their significant other soon after winning that coveted best actress award. In the article it states.

  Intrusive, obnoxious, over-stepping what do these words describe either a very annoying person or a house guest. Recently I learned what this really means when I had to stay with one of my friends over a long weekend when my parents were out of town. While I did try to make myself as agreeable as possible and help out as much as I can still it must be a little annoying to have someone there when you are trying to relax. I mean you cant do all your normal "Im alone" traits such as singing in the shower, generally being unpleasant and blasting your music into oblivion. Certain things you can do only when you are alone in your house. I learned about this when some of my family friends stayed with us for about a month while they were traveling around the U.S i never thought they were going to leave. They were nice people but there is just something about someone staying with you that makes you act a little differently and you cant just let loose. On the internet i found some basic rules for being an appreciate house guest.

 Over the past weekend I went to the film “teenage paparazzi.” In this film it delves into the world of the tabloids and how our culture is completely infatuated by these so-called stars and their lives. In this movie one movie star follows around a 13 year old paparazzi and interviews the stars effected by it. Overall i thought the movie was really good and really made me think about the world that we live in. However i did think that there were some contradiction within the movie. If the star is so concerned about how media obsessed the culture is getting then he really got into the wrong industry. Its all well and good now that hes bringing this to the attention of the public now that hes made millions of dollars and he will no doubt make millions of dollars on this movie.