Blog Post #9

“44 Things that will happen when you become Miss USA”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/44-things-that-will-happen-when-you-become-miss-usa

         As I am an insider of the pageant world, I began to search for memes that related to pageants in some way. I then came across one that had 44 things that will happen to you when you become Miss USA. As this meme is poking fun of pageantry, they forgot to show a more serious part on what Miss USA is really about. The writer does a really good job explaining the fun things the winners of pageants get to do like dressing up in dresses that are loaned to you from designers as it says in reason number 34. Being Miss USA is about wearing the crown the right way, but not in a sense of wearing it on your head. You have to be a role model with a crown on your head and be a woman of encouragement to younger girls. As this meme just talks about sighing when wearing the crown is number 27.  As I looked over this meme I realized that a lot of the pictures that they used for this could have been used a lot differently and in a better way. The meme was overall funny and interesting, although the meme should have been a little more serious with what they were saying, but in a more funny way. Instead of the meme talking about getting hit on by many guys and showing pictures of the winners with celebrities and random guys, the writer should have said something funny, but along with all the young children looking at the winner and being in awe of her.

Blog #8

Throughout my ethnography draft, I used a lot of the same ideas using my interview paper. Although the interview paper has good information, my ethnography paper needs to be more fact based than what I have. Instead of having an interview section for every point I make about the social classes, I need to include secondary sources. In my ethnography draft I didn’t use any secondary sources because I didn’t know where to look. With the help of my classmates and my professor as well I was able to get good feedback on what to expect when searching for the secondary sources within Keeneland. I also had my ethnography draft poorly organized. My paragraphs were made into huge sections of my three main points and weren’t going with the paper. I often put random things in the paragraphs that went with the topic, but never fully discussed why the fact had any importance to the paper or topic I was talking about. I also forgot to put in text citations or make a works cited page at all. Having this will help me organize my thoughts and get everything constructed better than what it was before. The better my paper is organized, the easier it will be for the reader to understand my points. If I break down what it is that I’m talking about into very easy understanding concepts of the social classes and how they compete against one another, it will also allow the reader to be more interested in what I’m saying rather than just reading it because they have to. These points will overall help my paper and allow me to reach the grade that I am wanting. My main problem with my draft would have to be the organization I have put forth with it and by adding the secondary sources will help a lot.

Blog Post #8

The secondary source that I have found for Keeneland is an article on how the 2013 race season was the biggest turn out that they have ever had. This can help me with my paper in many ways. The tradition is staying alive and the event continues to grow through population and wealth. It gives many statistics on the population and the money that flows through Keeneland for each race. The statistics continue to rise, letting me know that the social classes will continue to get even more competitive with more people wanting to go to the races.  This also lets me know that Keeneland is not going to die out and that proves my point in my paper that the tradition is going to continue through dress code and the events that occur at Keeneland with the classes. The author of this article is Blood-Horse Staff.

Blood Horse Staff, . "Keeneland Sets Record in Attendance ." Bloohorse.com. Bloodhorse, 28 Oct 
          2013. Web. 3 Nov 2013. <http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/81623/keeneland-   
          sets-records-in-attendance-handle>.