I am a Grenade

I figured I'd let everyone know that I'm not going to be in class this week.  I found out over the weekend that my grandmother passed away.  Her husband just passed in October, and she wasn't doing well to begin with, so this was sort of expected.  But not expected quite this soon.  Not for me anyway.

In Croteau's piece on "Media and Ideology" the author addresses the role of the Media in ideological representation.  Croteau states that the media helps to "define our world and provide models for appropriate behavior and attitudes" (159).  Essentially, the author argues that the Media plays a large role in showing (not necessarily telling) us how to appropriately behave in this society--as well as the consequences that can occur if one deviates from what is appropriate.

This isn't related to GEND 354.  I'm going to talk about my cats for a little while.  Feel free to skip over this.

My cat, Zelda

Yes, I am one of those people who made a Facebook for my pet.  No, I don't really care if you think I am dorky.  I've had her since she was a kitten (2011) and she is seriously spoiled.

Hey, so if any of you want help making your blog look and function the way you want it to, feel free to contact me.  I almost have the hang of the blogger script.

A few websites with awesome layouts:

Createblog.com
Blogger Templates (this is where I got mine)

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