Jacob Rounds Blog

In the past, Nike has made plenty of short films telling little fictional soccer stories, these include videos such as  Winner Stays , which was released in 2014 prior to the World Cup in part as an advertisement for its new shoes and to inspire players that they can be their idols by simply wearing nikes. Recently, Nike released a new film titled: "Ronaldinho's message to football." Today I remembered the old Winner Stays film that came shortly before the World Cup and wondered if Nike has made anything similar recently, which led me to the newest clip from Nike.  This new clip features players such as Neymar and Ronaldinho who are well known for their flashy bits of skill, and arguably make the game so beautiful. The entire message is to be creative like these players, in the clip above it is quite clear that part of their success on the pitch is because of their enjoyment of game displayed with their creativity on the ball. Nike encourages its players to ...

While watching the start of the speech from President Trump I Couldn't help but notice the English language crimes Orwell mentioned in his works decades ago. But more on that in a second, as soon as Trump came on he had some cheesy "America is Great" music playing as he walked on as if he was some sort of American savior or something of that sort, what a joke. Anyways, within the first two minutes of the speech Trump said a myriad of different vague phrases that had connatitive meanings and no concrete meaning. For example, "I told you we would be saying merry Christmas again, right? And it's great to be back in Missouri, sign of a lot of good things because you are doing really well..." and the crowd on to cheer for who knows why. That whole sentence said nothing at all it was just some phrases stuck together to sound positive, exactly like Orwell described. In addition, it was in political speech, which was exactly where Orwell said these English language ...

This weekend I had a soccer tournament with the school team so I missed school Friday and also has games all Sunday. Shortly after we arrived Friday, we were watching a game before our warm ups, when a team began to warm up near by while blasting music out of a speaker. Several of the players were singing along and the song sounded kind of good so I had to check it out myself. I listened once and I wasn't the biggest fan, but I gave it a few more listens and it just started to grow on me. The track is called Rick Flair Drip, and it's from Metro Boomin's album without warning. The track featuring Offset is quite catchy, the beat just makes you want to get pumped up and excited! In addition, the chorus is easy to pick up and also very catchy as well. After a few listens I couldn't help but sing along. By any chance if you want to listen or look at the lyrics, those are both linked below. Click Here for the lyrics Click Here for the audio P.S. Starace I'm not quite ...

The Presence of Media Media has an undeniably large role in the daily lives of many, including myself. Many find it addictive, the lure of cell phones, televisions, and other electronic media is hard to resist. Personally, I am able to recognize that I use media a lot, however I would not consider it a problem or an addiction. In addition to connecting with people in real life, media allows me to talk with friends and see what people are up to when I can't be with them. Friends that I would never be able to connect with, our reach out to, such as those that live far away are no longer so distant. Similarly, this media allows me to maintain friendships I would have otherwise lost without it.  Because my use of media is personal and about relationships, I am constantly on social media sites such as Instagram and Snapchat, or just messages occasionally. Undoubtedly they can be a distraction at times but a sacrifice I deem well worthy of my time. However, I rarely watch Netfli...