May 2009
2 posts
Section 13
(Note: This interview took place on February 20, 2009. I figured I should post it from my other blog site: http://agoldenworld.vox.com/ since I introduced this situation earlier on this site.)
In Canada, freedom of speech is an unknown luxury because of a law called Section13. Section 13 began in the early ‘80’s by the CHRCs (Canadian Human Rights Commissions) in order to censor...
You mean, I can talk to people while I'm on the...
The very first cellphone ad:
April 2009
4 posts
4/20 and how I can't fit text with photos and...
This year, the “holiday”, 4/20 felt noticed. When I logged on facebook around 11 in the morning, I saw eight people that referred to 4/20 in their statuses. I was shocked by some of the people that decided to recognize the sub-culture holiday.
Maybe it’s because in the past year there has been such overwhelming support to legalize marijuana that even Glenn Beck from Fox News...
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're...
So, I put in my zipcode on www.everyblock.com to check out what’s happening around the neighborhood I sleep in and this is what came up for crimes:
Assault
1700 block N. Milwaukee Ave Aggravated assault: Handgun
Place: Street. Reported at 6:15 p.m. on April 9, 2009.
2700 block N. Hamlin Ave Aggravated assault: Knife/cutting instrument
Place: Residential yard (front / back). Reported at...
I can only hope to travel back to this life in the...
I’m 23 now and I know I will never be able to do the one thing I’ve always wanted to do before I die. I’m not dying. I think I’m in good health, (I really wish I checked to see if I had a piece of wood around me to knock on before I typed that.) but as I get older and supposedly wiser, I realize the possibility of traveling through time will never come to fruition while I’m alive.
My infatuation...
Podcasts: When you have so much to say that...
I’m not a fan of talk radio. It’s my personal opinion. I don’t like it for the same reason I don’t like sitting through a lecture. It’s hard for me to follow one voice for an extended period of time.
From what I can tell, podcasts are nothing but talk radio – just people droning on about things. I could be wrong; I’m just basing this off of what little exposure I had to podcasts. In fact, the...
March 2009
3 posts
Actions always speak louder than words
Like most things in the world right now, the presidential debates have become more than just debates. When I say more, I don’t mean that in a positive way.
The point of presidential debates is to see which individual is most qualified to lead the country. As technology as grown, it’s become more about appeal. It all started when the debates were first televised between Nixon and Kennedy, and Nixon...
A message as repetitive as its subject
To start this off bluntly: All world news channels on TV should go. Seriously. Every one of them. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News (Well, I’m sure most of us thought this.), and so on. Why? There is no need for them.
There are way too many things going on in the world today that deserve to be reported. Serious issues are happening simultaneously, but when I flipped through the news channels, these were the...
So close, yet so far
The appeal of online social networks seems to be a double edged sword. Now more than ever, everyone seems to be myspace and especially facebook.
There is so much private information exposed that people would be fine to show to some, but not to others. I, personally, have not had any elder relatives try to “friend me” on facebook, but I’ve ran into too many people that ended up scrambling to...
February 2009
5 posts
Don't act surprised
In an interview with the Associated Press a little over a month ago, when former Vice President Dick Cheney was still in office, he said repeatedly that no one saw our present financial crisis coming before it hit us.
There are a few people who are credited now for predicting our current economic crisis. The most noted prediction was when Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York...
Movies for the blind
I believe I’m stating the obvious when I say nothing in Hollywood is original. There are too many unneeded horror movie remakes, awkward sequels to movie franchises from 10 or 20 years ago, and the majority of Oscar nominated films this year are based off of novels.
I just don’t get it. There are several screenwriters out there who I know have good ideas. I know this because of the consistent...
Mother of octuplets wants strangers to pay child...
Nadya Suleman had six children from a sperm donor while she was living on food stamps. Most recently, she gave birth to octuplets from the same sperm donor while still living off of food stamps. Now, with 14 children, she’s asking for online donations to help take care of her children.
There is no problem with people wanting to have as many children as they please, but one incentive to having...
Blame Canada!
I always thought Canada seemed like a peaceful country. In the movie, “Bowling for Columbine”, Michael Moore went door to door in Canada showing how safe it is there and no one bothers to lock their front doors. Compared to the violence and corruption of the United States, Canada seemed like an ideal country to me. That was until I got in touch with a blogger in Canada via e-mail that I’m going to...
Journalism Observations
In May of 2009, I will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in journalism. A degree into a profession that I believe is chaotic right now. Aside from the global economic downturn, and aside from print going digital, journalism will always be needed in the world one way or another. I firmly believe that. The conversion of media to another format has been solved in the past, and from what I can tell,...