Trapped in Media

Imagine this. You wake up in the morning at 11 a.m. You were supposed to be at class at 10. You look around for your cell phone, but you cannot find it. Obviously, the reason you missed class was because your alarm on your phone did not go off. You get up anyway and head into the living room and find that your brand new plasma screen HDTV is gone. Then you look for your laptop, it's gone too. Were you robbed? No, today all media has disappeared and you have fend for yourself. Imagine a day like this where you could not call or text anyone. You could not get on Facebook or check your e-mail. you cannot watch TV. You cannot get a hold of any media what so ever. This would be a nightmare. You would actually have to talk to people face to face in order to talk to them. How awful! Oh, and your iPod is gone too. Have fun not listening to music today either. This day seems to be getting worse and worse. What are you going to do? I suggest that we all get outside. Go for a walk, run, or ride a bike. Play a sport. Do something active. Take time to really get to know someone. Find out what they like and what makes them happy. Do something personal. Anything, it doesn't matter. A day like this could be useful to society. It would show us that we do not need all these things. We only need each other.

I KEEPS IT REAL!!!

What is real? Who is to say that someone else is not real? Each of us has our own true identity. However, in the music industry, we like to think that a lot of the popular entertainers are not real. We question their motives and ridicule them for doing things like 'selling out'. I know that some people in the music business are simply in it for the money, but why should I judge that as wrong. People have their reasons. But that does not make them any less credible or excuse me, REAL. I don't really listen to the radio too much so I don't always know who the hottest singers and musicians are at the present time. But I am a DJ so I do have to keep up with the Billboard pop charts ever so often. I have found that most of these so called 'sell out' singers or bands or whatever they are called are generally singing songs about having a good time, breaking up, or falling in love. These all sound like cheesy subjects. But they are all relate-able! We have all gone through break-ups, felt like we were in love, and I know we all like to have a good time and party! I really don't think that alot of the popular artists today are that good, musically. But does that mean they are not real? I really don't think so. Many of them are either doing what they love, or they are just trying to get rich. But honestly, who doesn't want to be rich?

Feminism

Oh feminism, how I love thee. Feminism is a great. I love that now women have close to equal rights as men. I hope I am alive to see the day when women make as much money as men as well as have all the same privileges. There is one problem I see with feminism, however. It seems to me that women want to be treated equally to men. If that is the case then they should want to talked to the same way and be treated physically the same way. It only seems right that if they want to have all the same privileges of men then they should treated the same in all ways. For instance, men talk differently to women as they do to men. With women it is always nice to be polite and not use direct criticism, but when I talk to a guy I can be more straight forward with him and directly criticize him because we understand that we're not trying to hurt each others feelings. Also, how come it's ok for a guy to give another guy a pat on the butt, however if he does that to a female, it's considered sexual harassment? I understand there are times when a touch is not wanted, but this doesn't seem equal to me, which is what I thought feminism was all about. Now I understand this blurs gender roles. But this begs the question, how equal do we really want to be? How equal do women want to be to men? And do all the equalities they are striving for come at a price?

2010 World Cup

Every time I am watching any network affiliated with ESPN, I see a commercial for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. I usually get goose bumps every time I see one of them. The World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events in the world and it means so much to me as well as millions around the world. This year the World Cup is being held in South Africa. No nation from Africa has ever hosted a World Cup and therefore, there is a lot of pressure on South Africa to have a good showing and host a great tournament. Some fear there will be terrorist attacks, but this just seems to because it is in Africa, a place of outlaws and corruption. There is also fear because a couple of months ago the Togo National Team was attacked while they were on their bus heading to the African Cup of Nations. Several members of their squad were killed. But this was no where near South Africa. I believe that Africa will host a wonderful tournament, however. The World Cup is always a beautiful event. One of the most interesting things about this World Cup is that here in the United States, people seem to be more excited and more aware of this World Cup more than any other. Soccer is still becoming more popular here. And now even every game played will be broadcast on either ESPN or ABC. I hope for the United States to have a great showing in the World Cup and if we progress out of our group, which we should, it will be a success. I just hope we can have as much magic as we did against Spain last year.