What's a moshpit?

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I was looking for one of my favorite DVD's at home. While I was trying to find the DVD, I found my Quinceañera video from 2009. I then remembered that at the end of one of my dances, my guy friends who dancing with me wanted to do a "moshpit". I at that time had no clue whatsoever what a moshpit even was. Even though I didn't know what it was, I still said it was fine if they did it (conformity). I later found out during our dance rehearsals what a moshpit was. They tried it and I was scared out of my mind because most of the guys were way taller than me (I'm only 5 feet). They were jumping around and surrounding me at the same time. I thought to myself "I'm going to die if I don't get out of here!!!".

This reminded me of the types of crowds that we were discussing in class this week (or half a week). A moshpit would probably be an expressive crowd because a lot of emotion is attached to it. It shows the energy and joy that the people involved in the moshpit . Maybe the people watching the moshpit are part of the casual crowd since they just look at the moshpit for a while and just leave. The people at my Quinceañera would be a conventional group because they have interests that are similar. I will never look at crowds the same way, unless it's a moshpit, then maybe I'll join in :). (I got over my "fear" of moshpits after the Powder Puff moshpits).

Wait... wasn't he part of that group?

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I was with my brothers and dad at my grade school's book fair last night. The books were all lined up according to their genre; fiction, non- fiction, biography etc. The books reminded me of people and the different types of groups that people, such as me, belong to. I never really noticed this but most people have a lot of roles that we are not aware of. Kind of like we don't realize that there are a lot of types of genres.

This put me thinking that maybe our roles change depending on who are with. For example, in the show survivor, Billy was the "out" group in the show but wouldn't he be the "in" group at a heavy metal concert? This got me thinking that we can have probably all of the roles that were listed on our notes. We can be part of the "in" group with the people or places in which we are most comfortable or best at. But we can also be part of the "out" group with unfamiliar places and in areas in which we are unskilled. I guess one person is actually many.

I declare a snowball fight!

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when my brothers and I were playing in the snow on our first SNOW DAY(2/2/11)!!! We began by trying to build a snowman but appearantly sof snow does not help at all when trying to build a snowman because all of the snow just kept falling off. So we then agreed to build forts and have a snowball fight. I began to build my fort as best as I could because somehow my fort is always the first one to fall apart during the fight.But then it struck me that in order for me to build a good fort, I had to model out the outline first, kind of like the puzzles we did in class. Once I modeled my outline, my fort building began to become much easier and stronger. Why didn't I think of this strategy before?

Building a puzzle or a fort means that I need to start with a strong base. That stragety also goes well in life. In order to succeed in life, you need to have good building blocks in order to achieve goals. For example, if I want to become a doctor, I need to have good grades and recommendations for my doctor goal to be achieved. These small accomplishments are going to help me "complete" my puzzle of life. It is way harder when you have to complete goals or simple tasks without having a strong base or outline on what you're going to do. It is also like writing an essay or doing a project for a class. How are you going to get a good grade on you essay or project when your teacher hasn't given the outline for the project? In either life, puzzles or even fort building for a snowball fight, having a strong base and building blocks can help you achieve goals faster and help you complete unfinished projects... or have a great victory in a snowball fight against your brothers! ;)