Throughout my youth i have played my share of videogames. My dad had bought my brother and I the original Nintendo when it first came out. We played that so much that i was mastering whole games at a reletively young age. That went on when we got the Nintendo 64. There were many games that i played like the sporting games and racing and such. But some of these games, now that I look back can reaaly alter a childs way of approaching a problem or how to solve a problem all together. Its necessary for a child to get into the mindset of that game that he or she is playing. For instance the 007 game was based around a secret agent, James Bond and how to be an international 00agent. When a child probes their surroundings, they learn quickly how to avoid certain enemies within the game and how to be a good shooter. Many children just play the game for the amusment, but it's making violence ok in thier eyes. When they are exposed to on a daily basis, they good apply violent reactions in real life. Games are gettin more and more realistic every year. When a sub-reality in games fades into thier actual reality then many lines can be crossed. Im not against games in any way because ill still find myslef playing occasionally, but it just open your eyes of the possibilities that these games and change a kids way of solving real life problems because they probed so deeply into thier gaming surroundings.
In Jane Caputi's writing "The Pornography of Everyday Life", pop culture alters society's personal perceptions through a repetitive propaganda. The two following clips show how many programs use these pre-concieved stereotypes that people relate to that in turn are funny and comical to, lets say, lighten the blow. These images are a sad side of America that isn't accuratly portrayed to other countries and even people in our own country. It also shows how easily sex sells and appeals to the masses.
The first clip is from Family guy. Here, the main characters, Quaigmire, Peter, Clevland, and Joe go to a local porn shop. They reference to the adult dolls about how quaigmire purposely hurts and incapacitates woman in order to use them sexually. Peter also uses a penny machine that from first glance seems like an old dirty film, but happens to be a woman voting from back in the day. Peter still thinks that it is "naughty" that the woman is voting to start with.
The second clip is from the recent popular movie Borat where he visits a veteren group of feminists. Keeping in mind that to these women, Borat is traveling from "North Russia" to learn about american culture that he can bring back to his country to benefit from. The clip is extremely self explanitory, but it does relate very well to Caputi's writing.
Ride it like a Ford Ride it like a Ford Ride R-Ride Ride Ride it like a Ford
You wanna take a ride while I climb aboard? You gotta ride it like a Ford.
This recent Ford commercial was only aired in the greater Miami area around April of 2006. By the look, beat, feel and sexuality of the video, its clear to see what sort of message Ford was trying to send to their target audience. Of Coarse they are trying to push a product that they have made but it clearly pulls from hip-hop and our pop-culture. As Savan states, many of these companies try to advertise by appealing to the younger generations by drawing them in using young adults, shiny new cars and obviously good looking women (just like in hip-hop music videos). The commercial is hardly innocent in any aspect of the word. The lyrics send a different message to those who actually know what the double meanings mean. When the young man states "You wanna take a ride while i climb aboard? You gotta ride it like a Ford." It pushes a second sexual innuendo about the woman shown in the video. These companies might think that they are appealing to a younger audience but all they are really doing is pushing away their once loyal customers by airing such highly sexual commercials. It would be best if companies didn’t air such content unless they know how to do it better or maybe more tasteful. This commercial does completely comply with what Savan talks about when these large multi-million dollar companies draw from the hip-hop and black vernacular to sell a product. This commercial can be taken as merely selling a car but there is way too much room for questions.
This is a somewhat recent Family Guy episode clip which clearly shows the recent controversy revolved around the war in Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. This is meant to be humerous but also sends a message to the show's viewers stating how they do not understand why our soldiers are in iraq and completely neglecting the cause of the war. They are also pointing out the fact we aren't even in Afganistan anymore and it doesn's make any sense considering we haven't found Osama after all this time. The Terrorists are joking around as if this whole 9-11 event is a laughing matter saying that one of thier fellow terrorists brought a note from his doctor saying he was sick and could not do a suicide bombing. Seth Macfarlane pokes fun at these terrorist networks and groups using thier own tactics and stereotypes.
The arguments expressed in Kline’s writing “I Blog Therefore I Am” are completely accurate in allowing internet users to be able to voice their opinions in an accepted atmosphere. Anyone with internet access can safely conclude that blogging is the newest and most accessible way to any and all information one can possibly imagine. Just by the click of a mouse, internet users can find blogs pertaining to the most popular low calorie recipes to the happenings in the latest episode of CSI on the previous Thursday night. Blogs can be associated to daily journal entries to full debates on the opinions about the war in Iraq. Blogs give internet users the freedom to express their opinions from the comfort of their home. It is easy to see why there are people who believe that blogging will take the place of our mainstream media that we have now. In regards to slowly losing the ‘hard copy’ version of our news is unfathomed. No matter what, there will always be people out there who want to buy their favorite magazines or want the Wall Street Journal as they always had. Although, more and more media sources are moving their stories online to still captivate that large audience they once had before the huge technology explosion. The internet audience is not losing any valuable sources, they are just posted in a more convenient place. Instead of having to go to the grocery store, someone only has to walk to their computer. Blogging doesn’t only give us the information we watch on the news or read in the papers, but it also gives us the stories the mainstream media didn’t want us to see or had time to report on. People around the world with first hand experiences and legitimate sources are reporting on the happenings of the world around us. A young woman in Iraq has a personal blog from which she talks about war, politics, and occupation called “Burning Baghdad”. Keeping in mind women who live in the middle east don’t have a voice about pretty much anything. She commends America as actually doing something right in the four years while we were at war with Iraq by lynching Sadaam Hussien. Now in America we do not usually get to see the opinions of everybody involved. We hear the stories that promote national unity and show support for our president. But many Americans and Iraqi’s know that there are many things that don’t add up when it comes to the war and the purposes behind it. It may even be something the government didn’t want us to know. Blogging is just one more tool for the public to be exposed to stories around them and allow them to form their own opinions and maybe even voice them.
From “Burning Baghdad”-“Now we come to CNN. Shame on you CNN journalists- you're getting lazy. The least you can do is get the last words correct when you write a story about an execution. Your articles are read the world over and will go down in history as references. You people are the biggest news network in the world- the least you can do is spend some money on a decent translator. Saddam's last words were NOT "Muqtada Al Sadr" as Munir Haddad claimed, according to the article below. If anyone had seen at least part of the video they showed on TV, you'd know that.”
Not much going on. nuthin is ever going on. Sky left 4 Puerto Rico yesterday which sux ass! ill miss her but hopefully everything will go as planed n she'll b back @ the end of the summer. my wrk schedule is non-stop now. i still need a summer internship and i needa wrk on my AP english summer work........ suck ass summer!
i made THE deal with my mom. starting the 1st day of summer im goin 2 weight myself... after a month, if i dont lose 10 ibs (without cheating)i get 2 start taking Chromium Picolinate. either way ima get in THE best shape ever. i cant wait till next skool year... yeaaa!
.... i guess i hav been thinkin that instead of sitting in my room crying(sumthin i wuld never admit 2), my time would be better spent sayin wuts on my mind here. n now that im actually typing this... im not so sure its even a good idea. i guess its a mixture of alotta shit that jus hit me @ once. all i gotta say that i dont think you will find anyone as anxious for summer as i am. Bullshit in my life: School Work (jus a pain in the ass sumtimes) Family Friends School Social Life Relationships my "Future" i dnt think i left anything out... fuck it... i dnt even kno where to begin... i jus dnt wanna deal with this bullshit anymore. dnt get me wrong..i had a rele good day. my friends were kool n were awesome 4 my b-day n im grateful 4 that.. but things jus lil by lil started slipping. The biggest issue is my "future" i got a 1050 on my SAT or a 1490 counting the added portion. its not enuf to get into UF (where i want 2 go) but its good enuf 4 my second choice of FAU with a 75% tuition scholorship paid. n sumhow 4 my parents its not good enuf yet they are "so proud of me". they want me 2 take the test again n try and get the 1270 for the other scholorship for 100% tuition for Bright Futures. which isnt gonna matter cuz the college i would use that for is UF and my parents want me 2 stay here. n to add 2 that if/when i take the shit ass test again... with my shitty as luck as "great" as it is right now, i'd prolly score like 5 or 10 points under that 1270. then it was jus a waste of time... jus like my algebra 1 credit by exam (which i failed by 1 question) and my Spanish 2 credit by exam (which i also failed by 1 question). patterns seem to hold 2 me no matter wut i cant shake it off. while im on "patterns"... relationships still suck... and they do now more then ever. why put your feelings out there when deep down somethin is telling you that you are going to get hurt. Why is it so common that knowing you cant hav sumthin makes you want it that much more. why is it knowing that you are setting yourself up for rejection.. you go 4 it anyways "you never know unless you try" these ppl who think they know about feelings, emotions and love are full of shit. Never follow ur heart.. ur "heart" is an abstract idea.. like a home. a home is a state of mind, you live in a house, not a home. you dnt follow ur heart, u listen 2 wut ur brain decides is worth the effort. n bout 9 times outa 10... its wrong. the heart keeps you alive, n ur brain makes those decisions on how u live ur life. Nothing i do seems good enuf anymore... theres way 2 much pressure on me 2 even start thinkin about. im sick of the lying n the games... ppl jus need 2 b str8 up
and you kno wut this whole deal that i should blame myself becuz i care too much bout making other ppl happy b4 i am happy myself is fucked up. im sorry i care about the ppl closest to me. im sry id rather make sum1 elses day a lil better @ the expense of mine. im sorry for trying to b the a good friend to anyone who needs me. even if i stopped all that n looked out for myself........ its too late 2 make things the way i want them 2 be. so what next.... i wasted so much time on other ppl... i gave up way 2 many opportunities n ill never get them back.
n ill just think of sumthin like "ohh wut if?" lets say for instance im out of cheese. and ill think oh what if i go to the store and they are outa cheese. n ill b like how are you outa cheese? n they'll b like how can we b outa cheese, you're outa cheese, ppl run out of cheese. then ill b like yea but ur a store, you should have cheese stocked up in the back for ppl like me comin in lookin for cheese. n that's when they call the manager who thinks hes so great 4 being the manager cuz his picture is framed in the front of the store 4 being the manager. and he'll say what seems to be the problem Ma'am, which i think is so condesending like little lady. n ill b like the little lady's problem is... n he'll say whos the little lady n ill say shut up n listen to me, your outa cheese n i want sum. n hes like well how bout sum cottage cheese, like hes gonna negotiate the situation, hes a diplomat cuz hes the manager. n ill b like i dnt want cottage cheese i want chedder cheese, sharp chedder cheese is what i came in for sharp chedder cheese and cottage cheese are not the same thing jus cuz it has the word cheese in the title does not make it a cheese at all. that would b like goin into a musical instument store and asking for a trumpet n they'll say oh we're all out of trumpets but would you like a shoehorn instead? see that's not the same thing is it mr. manager?!?
hmmm good weekend. wrked Fri then went out w/ D and Danny n played frequncy n vicki n a few other ppl came by 2 chill.i slept in satuday then went 2 wrk. i was gonna go 2 Victor's house but my mom didnt like the idea of me stayin @ a guys house w/ ppl of the both sex so i didnt go. then sky invited me 2 sleep over her house so i went there, she picked me up from wrk. we went swimming today n watched "the Bourne Supremecy". it was a relaxing couple days. 2morrow could b a lot of emotions for 1 its my b-day but even more then that is i get my SAT scores... im extremely nervous.... i dnt wanna hav 2 take this test over again.... we'll see if 2morrow is gonna b a good day or a bad 1. ....
Ash iz on the phone not rele helping. i need help... my b-day is a week from 2morrow (mon) i have no clu what i wanna do 4 it. if u hav n e ideas lemme kno!!! u best leave a comment!
Good weekend so far. went out las night w/ Sky, Dani, Danny, Nikki, Vicki n a bunch of other ppl @ Danny's. Sky slept over las night.. it was fun.
Dedicated from John!! Dedication: Tori is the best. She is awesome. Not to mention, she is really hot, and I want to be on her. Also, it goes without saying, she has a great sense of humor. In fact, I find it sexy.
tori, if nothing happens in life, you should just write funny entries like me about random stuff. maybe you could dedicate a whole journal entry to how awesome i am ;)
looking back on my last few entries, all ive posted was quizzes i have taken. but there isnt rele n e thing worth updating about. i wake up go 2 skool, hav crazy ass lunches, go home either sleep or go 2 work. i worked las night n didnt get home till after 11 then i still had 2 eat dinner n take a shower. i work 2night form 4-8 and sunday from 4-8. im probably gonna go out w/ Sky 2night. Randy (guy who wrks w/ me) wanted me 2 cover his shift 2morrow night (sat) n close. but i made plans w/ mah friends 2 chill sat night. Sunday im going with my photography class to viscaya (spelling??) till round 3-3:30. its cutting it close till i hav to go into wrk but we'll see. i wanna hav a few hours this weekend where i can jus b lazy, sleep n relax. dammit! the good thing bout being so busy is that its keepin my mind off the stupid shit im used 2 dealing with... yes. so i guess it evens itself out. im anxious to see how i did on the SAT's. i find out my score on my b-day i think. its either gonna b a good day or a bad 1.... im nervous. this could make or break all my college plans... =/ n e wayz... i dnt wanna end the pattern i got going so heres another quiz:
Your Deadly Sins
Envy: 40%
Lust: 40%
Sloth: 40%
Greed: 20%
Pride: 20%
Wrath: 20%
Gluttony: 0%
Chance You'll Go to Hell: 26%
You will die at the hands of a jealous lover. How ironic.
... good weekend. lots of issues got resolved! i took the SAT Saturday morning w/ Stelle @ north broward prep... damn thats nice ass skool. it was like a country club 4 real.afterwards i got home n went 2 skys 2 sleep over. we wrked out a couple of situations which i feel better about. we watched "The Incredibles" and "National Treasure" both good. we jus chilled n it was relaxing her stepmom took me 2 work @ 4. igot home @ round 8:30. i made mymom's mother's day present @ wrk. i made her a cake n decorated it. im so proud of it. n it tasted amazing... even tho it fattening as hell. im content.
not much to talk about... besides feeling extremely awkward all the freaking time. i found out y sum 1 has been actin wierd n kinda avoiding me. hmmm...
im sick of sum1 botherin me about pointless issues n askin wut i think then turn around n b a dumbass n do nuthin about it. (if u want sumthin 2 end, do sumthin about it, its not gonna go away on its own) o n btw dnt degrate urself because sum1 is a pussy lil bitch n cares 2 much about wut their friends think. if they are rele his friends, they shouldnt care.
i hear news that i wish i never heared. y tell sum1 sumthin important when ur not gonna be around to do anything about it. n dnt manipulate the situation 2 get attention/make sum 1 jealous or jus wanting sum 1 there. i will alwayz b there 4 them jus not like that unless its 4 real. think about it.
came to the conclusions: mixed signals suck. relationships still suck. Drama sucks.
the only way 2 get away from all the bullshit is 2 go to wrk n sleep. i cant concentrate on shit. i hav to take the SAT 2morrow n i cant even study w/o gettin distracted w/ this immature highschool drama. another conclusion: i have way too much on my mind... .... im tired =(
ps. to anyone who has been puttin up my cranky ass self and bringing me back 2 reality... thank you! :) i love you all! code= when i say i need new friends, it really means i love the ones i have.. they are crazy! n i wouldnt trade them 4 the world. (477 637)
skool sucked. but after was great. nikki came 2 mah house n we sat round jus thinkin of sumthin to do. then we got her sumthin 2 eat n went over Ash's house. it was kool. im home now n hafta study 4 the SAT... cant wait!
I have had a lot of time to think about things. I haven’t really talked about them because it never really seemed that important. It never got brought up until randomly today when I was talking to Sky on the phone. I have come to the conclusion that relationships suck…all of them at least in my eyes. Sky thinks that most people have problems with relationships because of two things. One- it’s the parents being overbearing or Two- It’s the person themselves. I know for a fact my parents aren’t the source of my problems. I could have told anyone a long time ago it was me. I set myself up for rejection and I realize it and even knowing my pattern, I do it over and over again. It’s not the fact that I jus can’t hold a steady relationship it’s because I never really want to be in the relationship to start with. The ones I’m in, I don’t want to be and the ones I want to have just never to seem to be in reach. I want to be with someone I truly care about and will do anything for and if I don’t like the person I’m with as much as they like me, it’s a definite mindset that I can’t stay in the relationship because it’s not fair to them. I can’t take hurting people, so wouldn’t it just be easier to not have one at all? People told me today that concerning the people I like, I can do better and in truth I cant. It’s the people who ask me out and since I don’t like to let people down, I say yes…. That’s when I can do better. It says a lot if I like anyone and if I do like someone, it’s me letting my guard down for something I believe can work if the feeling was mutual. Maybe I am just good at making the wrong choices or I don’t know what is good for me. I dug myself a deep hole with all my past relationships because they pretty much all ended the same way. Maybe my timing is off… actually that could be a big factor in why I can never seem to get one of the few things I want. I’m not selfish; I look out for other people before I look out for myself. I’d rather make someone else happy even if that means I am unhappy. It could be a problem or it’s not depending on the situation and who it’s about. I think the smart thing to do is not even think about it and just let things happen as they happen. Maybe I’m sick of always being the good guy…
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