I thought both essays were very engaging and well written. Both of them seemed to have their facts straight and sources well organized. The Tattoo crazy essay made me think about if I would hire someone to take care of my children if they were tatted up. That is an interesting question and I realized that I really don’t have any problem with tattoos. They can be tacky sometimes but overall I think people choose designs and art that is meaningful to them on a personal level. It was good to see some personality in the this essay also, her relating her own tattoos and sharing her experiences helps the reader become more involved and understand the topic. I can relate to her because I want to get a tattoo on my back with political meaning and my girlfriend will not have it! But it shows that writer is accurate in saying that people are judge you based of things they don’t understand. Now granted I disagree with her going as far to say that tattoos are this wonderful beautiful self expressionist act that can change your life. Unless you have a great reason to get tattooed, it is not very intelligent. If I was in the Marine Corp you can bet your ass I would have USMC tattoooed across my back with a devil dog or something next to it. But you can go ahead and know I will not go out and get something tattooed in Hebrew on my wrist or something meaningless(unless your Jewish). But I thought that overall she did a very good job in writing the paper, and keeping the reader entertained.
“We proudly brew star bucks coffee” left me with mixed feelings. On a positive note I thought It was really cool how she brought in the parts about the special moments with her dad. I though it was well written and used great descriptive words to narorrate the essay. Also almost everyone can relate to special moments with their parents like this. And just like the Tattoo essay it put you inside the essay by getting fairly personal. But I do have a bone to pick with star bucks. Before I offend the vanilla bean frappecino drinking elitists of the star bucks culture to much I will start off by saying that I like my coffee as much as anyone… I just don’t pay 5 dollars for it! Starbucks has created this little sub culture cool kid fad. It is just like Apple corporation, they market their products off of sexiness and the “ its cool to have this” neo beat nick attitude. Don’t get me wrong, I like Starbucks and Macs as much as the next guy, but people get Starbucks sometimes just to almost show off how cool they are. Walking around with the little green straws in your cup is almost a status symbol in TCU’s odd culture of Frat boys and princesses. Overall though both writers did an excellent job and kept me interested during reading.
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I think it’s really good that you’re so open-minded about tattoos and people with tattoos. There are so many people that are quick to judge on that. Granted I don’t have tattoos, but still. And I agree about the “coolness” factor of Starbucks and know exactly what you mean! I’ve noticed it quite a few times here, in downtown, and at my high school. It has become a sort of status symbol to carry around that cup.
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