Sex Symbol

America's sex symbols change easily, going from Marilyn Monroe to Pam Anderson in the 90's. If I had to pick only one person who was todays sex symbol I would have to go with Beyoncé. Models have portrayed an image in our heads on how women should look. But frankly being  a stick isn't what people find sexy these days. Beyoncé has become a very famous celebrity that a lot of people look up to. She is the one who made it acceptable to have big thighs and butt. In a lot of her videos she will wear sexy oufits and dance the whole time, like in her new music video "Drunk in Love".

Millennials

The millennia's generation has a lot of positive and negative factors. A negative part of our generation is that we tend to want the latest, normally most expensive items. If we see our friends with something cool and new, of course we want to have the same thing they have. Because of this habit, people tend to develop poor money managing skills. We tend to spend more money depending on our emotions. Most of the time is we are sad or stressed out, we cope by going out and buying things. On a positive note, our generation has improved on many levels when it comes to technology. The different types of ways we have come with to communicate through technology is incredible. The internet has been a very  helpful source if you understand how to use it. Everyone is our generation loves to update with all the new technology as soon as it comes out. If someone else has it, it is a must that you get it.

Happiness

Chuck Klosterman's short story was about his experience with the video game "The Sims". Most video games would create a fantasy world for you to escape to, but Sims creates a game that reflects on real life. In order to be happy in this game, your avatar needs to buy things. For example, SimChuck felt like he needed to buy his girl gifts in order for her stay with him and be happy. But in the article "The Futile Pursuit", Jon Gertner states that people tend to react on what we think is going to make us happy. We tend to exaggerate when we say things like, "this is the best day of my life". I believe that money can't buy you long time happiness, but it can allow you to have happiness for a short amount of time. For example, buying a new pair of shoes or a new electronic will make you happy for a little bit until it's time for a new pair or an upgrade.