The End of Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy has been a wildly successful and popular show for more than a decade. The show has had periods of attraction by multiple different viewing groups, mostly females, but the age groups have definitely shifted throughout the years. Originally the average viewing age was out of college, but much more recently it has become popular throughout high school aged kids. The show and writer, Shonda Rhimes, has done lots of things right to the show in the past, but recently in my opinion, has started the beginning of the end of this twelve year long series. The show has experienced lots of demographic changes in it's fan base, just because of how long it has been on, and I don't think it is possible to satisfy everyone who is watching the show. The series itself has faced issues just because of it's longevity, having seen characters die in the show because they had to pursue  other interests in their careers, or simply didn't want to work any longer. This has caused major uproars from fans who have witnessed the characters they have watched grow and develop, learn their secrets, and become part of their lives disappear. This is going to be happening to more and more characters as the show continues to survive, and eventually, Meredith Grey, will no longer be able to part of the show, and I believe this will bring about the end. I don't necessarily think that the end is a bad thing, yet more often than not I am very pleased by the ending of a good show. I feel it is more important to me that the show maintains its integrity as a solid show until the end than it is for it to stay on a year or two longer. This leads me to how I am feeling what has to happen with the Grey's Anatomy. I feel like the show is losing too many of the old iconic characters, and continuing it with a fresh set of people does not seem like the right approach. I hope that the Rhimes will keep the show being a fantastic show, and realize when it is time to bring the show to an end.

Recreational activities in Cedar Rapids

I often hear people complaining that there is nothing to do here in Cedar Rapids, and most of the time, I would have to agree. Most people who weren't born here don't have as tight of a connection to the city as those who do. People with family here often love it, as it is a nice city, and they have people who they know and like. People like my family though have found their way here through various means, don't know much about here or the people, and one thing I've noticed is not many people go out of their way to greet or get to know people who aren't from around Iowa. One of the things I feel like would make this city better is if there were more things for people to do with their spare time. I would love to go on bike ride. Around the city I can get place to place with the bike lane, but I mean I want to go somewhere and see something, not just use my bike to travel between work and home. I know lots of people use the bike lanes and I'm not saying they are bad, but what I am getting at is that I have very limited options of where to bike where it is safe. Yes there is a trail or two around here, but one brings you right along the river, which usually smells pungent and gross, and gives you a nice view of mount trash-more. Now I do not intend to be very harsh to the people who like the city just the way it is, I as well like Cedar Rapids, but I feel like there is a lot of room for improvement. One thing that I feel would be really nice here would be a water park, like we almost got not too many years ago. I feel like there would be more than enough people who want one to be able to go there and make use of it, but also I feel like that could be a source for tourism, which there is not much of in Cedar Rapids. Another thing I feel like would be great would be a football team that was in Cedar Rapids, which I don't see happening since everyone here already goes to the Hawkeye games every Saturday they play. Something else I feel like would give people more to do is just to have more off-leash dog parks, because this would be great for new people to the area to be able to meet people who are like themselves (enjoy outdoors/ dogs etc.). The dog park would be best if it was in a centralized location, and have different areas depending on dog size to prevent some of the bigger dogs from hurting the others. Overall, I do think there is a lack of things to do here, and that there could be improvement to CR if we got some more things that people who were born and raised here as well as people who are new to enjoy.

Professional Sports in Iowa

I feel like we need a professional sports team here in Iowa. Iowa fans are very competitive and truly die-hard fans of their team, but unfortunately we don't have a professional team for baseball, football, or basketball, the three most commonly watched sports teams. People here in Iowa, especially those who are fans of the University of Iowa football team, love to tailgate. It is almost as if it is a major part of the culture here around Eastern Iowa. Not saying that it isn't enjoyable to go see a Hawkeye or Cyclone game, but I feel like there would be a ton more excitement if there was a professional football or basketball team here that everyone could appreciate, instead of having Iowans split up into Packers, Bears, and Vikings fans, and other teams from various areas of the country, we would have a team that we would be able to take pride for and call our own. I know that professional sports teams require a ton of people to come out and support them every week so that they can be profitable, and I believe that is the the missing piece in our situation. Iowa isn't very populous and that is inhibiting us from being able to support a large scale stadium and team who can compete in with the big leagues in any sport. As much as I and anyone else wants to see a professional sport team come to Iowa, I feel like there won't be the possibility of one coming for quite a long time, since there isn't the population to have a large fan base that would buy season tickets, and spend money on merchandise and other things needed to keep the massive overhead of making a professional team profitable. Another issue I see occurring is that the people who have become extreme fans for the college teams here in Iowa may not sway their faith to their team and continue going to college games over the chance to go to a professional game, just because they have been doing it as a tradition for so long, and they connections and friends and family who all go to the college games as well, just like my family who have had season tickets before and would religiously go to Hawkeye football games that were at home, and participate in everything surrounding them. Sports are the cause of great friendships and almost as many enemies, but I feel like they are very important to most of us in Iowa and also even more people all around the country who have their own teams they love.  I do wish that some day Iowans will be united under at least one professional team, whether it's for football, basketball, or whatever sport it may be.

Jurassic World Review.

I recently watched Jurassic World, and I was somewhat disappointed in it. I will try to reveal why exactly without spoiling any part of the movie for anyone. So, this movie was the fourth in a series of movies, and they haven't had much of a connection relating to each other which was the first thing that disappointed me. The next part about the movie that was disappointing was that it didn't have a very detailed or well explained plot. This movie was packed with action and tons of excitement, but contained no real explanations as to why anything happened. This movie I feel is worth watching because it has amazing action scenes and has a nostalgic feel for those who have seen the others almost two decades prior to this movies release, but if you are someone, like me, who enjoys finding out the deeper meaning or purpose to a plot, this movie might not be the best choice for you. I feel like there could have been a better correlation between the characters in this movie and the previous, which would have made for some interesting plot development, but unfortunately the events in this movie and the past movies are unrelated, though they do recognize things that happened in the first movie (which I will not explain in hopes that I do not spoil anything at all). So, overall I still think this movie was pretty good, but I am for sure slightly disappointed that this movie wasn't as good as it had the potential to be after all the wait for another movie in the series. I would probably rate it a 6.5/10 just because there was so much more potential for the movie to be better that was not acted upon as it should have been.