Dave Mascera: Interviewer Extraordinaire

So I finally got my interview done. I interviewed a friend of mine from New Jersey who happened to attend the same high school that I did.

His name is Will.

I asked Will several questions having to do with how regularly he consumed Taylor Ham while in NJ, and comparatively how often he eats it while in Virginia. Will ate Taylor Ham at least once a week in New Jersey, preferably on the weekends with a side of coffee. He spends his summers in a lake house in Pennsylvania and was even able to access Taylor Ham there. He claimed that the delicious meat was in fact a part of his life at one point, and like me, was astonished when he first arrived that no one's taste buds had been enlightened. Obviously, due to inaccessibility, Will has not consumed Taylor Ham since moving to Virginia. I finally asked him what he would do to bring the New Jersey delicacy down here. He responded that he definitely wouldn't have a problem paying more than the usual price for the meat and that he had even been considering using an online service for the meat to have it delivered.

I Feel Like I'm Dead

I missed class on Monday.... sorry about that I fell asleep with my iPod on and didn't hear my alarm clock. I ensured that the situation wouldn't occur again by not sleeping last night and taking a caffeine pill. On top of that I'm not exactly up to date with assignments, which is something that I intend to fix within about the next 6 hours depending upon how soon I find my lost backpack with all of my interview notes. So basically I'm full of bad excuses.

Its about time to post my course goals I guess. During this course, I intend to learn what keeps popular customs within subcultures from spreading, I want to find a realistic solution for my community's problem, and I want to become better at researching and investigating.

However, for now I must go take my clothes out of the dryer. (I did my laundry at 4:00 a.m whilst drinking an entire gallon of water and listening to Incubus)

How We Know What We Know

 After much discussion on this subject, my group came to the conclusion that the only true way to know something is by observing it. This was the way that most of modern science and physics were developed. Francis Bacon was the original promotor of empirical thought (as far as I've learned at least), and although he was not a scientist, the beginning of scientific method was developed when early scientists adopted his philosophies. Carriers of the empirical philosophy often ignored knowledge given to them by society and upbringing and tried to test everything out themselves. This type of person is commonly referred to, in my family at least, as an idiot.