Marky's Blog

Recently I have noticed that I have been playing video games more and more every day. I used to play video games for like maybe 1-2 hours every other day, but for the past 6 months, I have been playing video games for about 3-5 hours a day every day.  Since I play for so long and so often, I would classify myself as addicted to video games. It was even getting to the point where I would completely mess up my sleep schedule for weeks on end, and I was also starting to neglect some of my homework. I looked something like this:                                                                              Image Source I know a gaming addiction might not be as life-threatening as a drug addiction, or smoking...

 I was scrolling through the internet as one usually does, and I found a pretty funny food meme that I wanted to talk a bit about. Although food memes are meant to be funny, I also think that it is important to discuss the serious side of the message being portrayed in this image:  Image Source Obviously, having a bunch of unhealthy calorie-dense foods then putting one singular piece of lettuce on top and calling it a salad is pretty funny. However, the truth is this resonates deeply within modern American society. These days, Americans strive to get food that's fast to prepare and eat, in most cases many Americans would simply eat a burger or other fast foods that they can get their hands on. We are so addicted to convenience that in a lot of cases, Americans won't just sit down to prepare a healthy Lunch or Dinner. As a result Many Americans actually struggle to get the number of greens they need in a day to maintain a healthy diet. This meme also perfectly encapsulates a mo...

 Recently as I have gotten older my face and back have been getting riddled with more and more acne every day. Although I went to the dermatologist when I was 16 and I have been using the topical creams they prescribed to me religiously every day, my acne seems to simply not want to go away. Since my face started looking like this:                                                                             Image Source  I decided to go to the dermatologist yet again earlier this week and my doctor prescribed Accutane. For some context, Accutane is like a last resort for treating acne that has gotten really bad and won't go away. Naturally after being prescribed Accutane, I was very scared sin...

 I recently watched a short 1-hour film called Fresh  , which was directed by Ana Sofia Joanes in 2009. The film's main purpose was to highlight the farmers and activists pushing agriculture to new heights while also informing everyone who eats food, about how and where these foods actually come from. This film was extremely interesting to me, and although some parts may have been hard to watch, the film did a great job of informing me about where my foods are coming from, as well as what farmers were doing to push agriculture forward in a better direction.                                                                             Image Source The film Fresh had an interesting tone about it, the...