Blog 2: "Let's put this bitch in the ground"

I just finished watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4 episode 1.  I chose to watch the start of this season because it’s when she first goes to college.  I used to watch Buffy a lot a long, long, very long time ago so I understood the show’s structure and knew all of the characters already.  I’m pretty sure I saw all of the seasons.  Anyway, I wanted to watch this episode because there was a lot to relate as Buffy begins her freshman year of college. 

            Because we aren’t supposed to summarize the whole episode for this blog, I’ll just give a quick summary of what happened.  The episode is based around Buffy’s first week of college and she is struggling to adjust to everything.  She eventually discovers a group of vampires on campus, so, she did what she does best, and she killed all of them. 

            I wanted to focus on Buffy’s first experience with college.  Buffy struggles to “fit-in” with college life and can’t seem to find acceptance anywhere or meet any new friends.  She walks around the first day looking confused and quite overwhelmed, although her friends all seem to be having an easy time adjusting.  It took Buffy until the end of the episode to realize college is a lot different than high school.  I think what Buffy was experiencing is what every incoming freshman fears the most about college.  Everyone wants to adjust to new independence and meet new friends.  I think any new freshman can relate with the way Buffy feels in this first episode.  Buffy kicks ass.

About myself

My name is Jesse Shankland and I am from Marietta, Ohio.  Marietta is southeast Ohio and isn’t a very big town.  I would describe myself as being laid back and non-confrontational.  I have a friendly personality and like to talk to people.  My mom would say I’m intelligent but don’t apply myself enough.  In high school, I ran Cross Country and Track.  I ran distance and pole vaulted in track so I consider myself as an athletic person.  I also swam on the swim team my senior year.  Swimming is definitely one of my favorite things to do.  I swim every day of the week to stay in good shape.  The Buckeye’s have always been my favorite sports team so I grew up wanting to go to Ohio State after I graduated high school.  I decide to declare Pharmacy as my major because medicine and chemistry are big interests of mine.  Also, Pharmacists get paid a lot of money and have almost guaranteed job placement.  I’ve worked as a lifeguard for five summers at different outdoor pools in my hometown.  I really enjoy being outside and being tan so I enjoy this job a lot.  I consider writing and English to be my biggest academic weakness so I’m not excited about writing so much every day.  I already ran out things to say about 5 sentences ago.  I got arrested this past summer because I threw a huge party for the 4^th of July and I got an underage when it was busted.  In class, I said my mom would describe me as lazy and that I need to pick up after myself.  This is because I’m fairly unorganized and I messy room really doesn’t bother me much.  I want to watch Buffy for the next blog because she looks hot.  That’s about 300 words there so I’m pretty satisfied with that 10-minute effort.