I'll take a Spurlock with Biggie Laughs, please.

(I love when I sit down peacefully in a computer lab and 500 people come charging in)

I've been wanting to blog on Morgan Spurlock's lecture last Thursday since I left SHU. I'm sad and ashamed to say I've never seen Super Size Me, so I didn't really know what to expect from this lecture, which was really far from that. Not once did I ever feel like I was being pushed to believe or agree with something Spurlock said.

As usual, I entered Cecelian Hall with nerves rushing through me. Not only because I didn't have a ticket (hey, the guy at the door let me in!) but because I had to get *gasp* QUOTES.

The dreaded three sources haunt my dreams, I swear. Luckily, Dr. Klapak kicked the evening off with wit and humor, not like I would expect anything less from him! I was able to get some good quotes from him right off the bat, so this instilled me with some hope. Don't lie, you scribbled down his 'jackass' quote, too.

Then Spurlock breezed right past my chair before he took stage, and all I can say is I wish I had that mans confidence! He had so much to say and he was so full of energy, I wound up having 4 pages front and back FILLED with quotes. I was a happy camper.

First of all the man was hilarious, I don't think I've ever laughed that wholeheartedly for almost 2 hours straight. Some people think his language was a bit much, and I agree it was for a Catholic university, even though I'm not religious in any way. Freedom of speech I guess, it isn't high school anymore!

Secondly, and most importantly, he spoke from the heart. He was just telling us his experiences, what he's learned from other people, and his thoughts on the latter. He made me feel like I was sitting around a kitchen table talking with friends. I think he really connected with the audience, the information he provided not only astounded me (beef from as many as 1,000 cows in ONE McDonalds patty!?) but it educated me as well. I haven't eaten McDonalds since...that's a record for me. Almost a week!

I wound up writing an article that was, I felt, a little different than 'this is Morgan Spurlock, this is what he said, yadda yadda yadda.' I took the angle of writing about the reasoning behind his attacks (for lack of a better word) on McDonald's.

I'm posting the article soon...stay tuned!