Signs - Subway

The fast food chain semiotic domain all use the same type of sign to signify their restaurants presence. Simple plastic with flourescent lights hidden behind to make the sign glow. All their designs have their own twist to them. McDonalds has their M and Burger King has their cheesy circle with Burger King in the middle. Subway has it's own same kind of sign. The word Subway spelled out. The first syllable is white. The second syllable is yellow. If you notice one specific color all these signs have in common is yellow. I'm assuming here, but i've heard the color yellow is supposed to make you hungry. Therefore, we have the yellow. Subway uses the unique little arrow tails yet at the beginning and the end of the word to put their own little twist to it. The word Subway also reminds us of something else that we see in bigger cities specifically New York City. The subway is an underground mode of transportation in these cities, and a sub is also a piece of bread. They tie the two together for a theme in their restaurant. All their sandwiches come on those tube shaped pieces of bread called subs. The name and the shapes of their sign all resemble the tubular sandwiches.

The movie Walking Tall starring The Rock is about a man who leaves his small quaint community to join the army. When he comes back he discovers that life is like the "good ole days." The people who held jobs in the lumber mill dominated workforce now work for The Rock's schoolboy archrival in a casino that has taken over the jobs and character of the town. Those that don't care for the life of the casino have no jobs and are unhappy. Everybody has been bought by the casino owner and cannot speek out freely against the casino in fear of their jobs. Even the town sheriff has been payed off by the tyrant casino owner.
In this movie their is "the myth of the eternal reward", meaning that life would be better for everyone in the community if the lumber mills reopened and the casino would be shut down. Another myth that applies is "the coming of a messiah," meaning that someone needs to come and save these people from the tyrant.
In the movie, The Rock single handedly takes out a few of the casino's thugs in retaliation for something that they did. The coming of the messiah myth. He than runs for sheriff of the town and goes on to save the day. Only when he exposes the casino owner's evil plans and locks him up can life return to the good ole days. The lumber mill reopens and everyone is happy. They myth of the eternal reward.

A semiotic domain I identify with

I am a college football fan ( and i'm all sad that it's all over with this year). To become a member of this semiotic domain you need to follow the sport by watching the games and following the BCS rankings. The more games you watch the more expert you become at analyzing different teams strengths and weaknesses. My favorite team is, of course, Ohio State, (although I can't say that as boldly as i could on January 7th). If I watch a game with you, I can tell really quickly whether you know anything about football or not by the dumb questions you ask... or the insightful comments you make. ( I have a friend who asks the dumbest questions... groan) Most college football fans agree that the NFL just doesn't have the character that college football contains. College football players are giving everything they have to make it to the NFL. I enjoy college football because it always one guy to really stand out because the competition is much smaller than in the NFL. In the NFL, everyone's a stud. ok... i rambled long enough.

Watched a movie out of my affinity group

Ok, so I watched this feeble movie with my friend and his two brothers. Nacho Libre starring Jack Black. First of all, I did not want to watch the movie. I heard it was stupid. Sure enough, it was. However, it did make me laugh at Jack Black's cluelessness like when he wanted to wear tight stretchy pants. Jack Black wanted to wrestle, which I think is gross, and he picked the grossest partner to help him. The setting is in a Catholic monastary in Mexico. Everything about the movie came across as dumb to me. Jack Black is ridiculous and the attempts at humor are so lame I had to laugh. If I would have attempted to watch this movie by myself, I'm sure that I would not have found it amusing at all, but something about watching it with friends who think it's funny made me laugh pretty hard at some parts. Although I found it amusing, I am by no means a Jack Black fan.

Media that has been formative in my life

Last semester, I took Intro to World Politics taught by Dr. Waalkes. We were required to subscribe to the New York Times and read the International section Monday through Fridays. At first, I despaired. However, as I began reading these articles and keeping up with the stories, I realized how much interest I actually had in politics and global news. Having traveled to Asia, I found the stories concerning these countries particularly of interest. Civil rights and poverty stories capture my interest. Reading about aids in Africa, genocide in Darfur, and civil rights abuse in China drives me to want to help these people. I am learning to pray for these situations as I am made aware of them through the news media. Many of my prayers before this experience were related mostly with my little world. I believe God wants us to be aware what is going on in the world today so that we can pray for them and maybe we can help them in other ways as well.

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