So I know I messed up on my last blog for not answering the proper question so until I fix it here is a an article I found that has something to do with something we were talking about in class.
5 reasons why anticonformity is worse than conformity
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Feb 9 2012
My favorite things in each form of media?
My top tv show to watch right now is the Misfits. Its this show about this group of young adults who did crimes and were put to community service and by some twisted irony they were bestowed with super powers in this freak storm. This show really catches my eye because of all of the humor in its dialogue, and how all of the characters are so completely different that they have to have some way of working things out and hiding all of the people that they killed. Oops.
I don't think I can narrow down my favorite movie to just on so I have a top 3 in no particular order
-Italian Job (the remake)
-Fight Club
-The Breakfast Club
Yeah, that has to be the top 3. Close 4th is mean girls.
My number one band is Simple Plan. I cant explain why, they just are. I started listening to them in grade 7 and have been a fan ever since. My favorite album out of the 4 has to be the second one namely because it has the track Jump, also my number 1.
I once picked up this book called The Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw and its imagery just captivated me. The narrative view of this child who was raise by an abusive father just captured my attention. I've heard of all kinds of stories of children who were raised by crazy parents but seeing everything from the mind of a warped sense of the world gave a whole new perspective to my life. I don't know how many times I've read it.
I think I could recite the whole first chapter if I tried. Now that I think of it the reason I bought it wasn't because Shaw was a popular author (I never knew anybody who had read the books unless I'd told them to read it) I bought it because of the cover of a boy with a confused face and a spider web with a spider creeping on it. Even the title "The Boy from the Basement" had a twisted wonder to it.
My top tv show to watch right now is the Misfits. Its this show about this group of young adults who did crimes and were put to community service and by some twisted irony they were bestowed with super powers in this freak storm. This show really catches my eye because of all of the humor in its dialogue, and how all of the characters are so completely different that they have to have some way of working things out and hiding all of the people that they killed. Oops.
I don't think I can narrow down my favorite movie to just on so I have a top 3 in no particular order
-Italian Job (the remake)
-Fight Club
-The Breakfast Club
Yeah, that has to be the top 3. Close 4th is mean girls.
My number one band is Simple Plan. I cant explain why, they just are. I started listening to them in grade 7 and have been a fan ever since. My favorite album out of the 4 has to be the second one namely because it has the track Jump, also my number 1.
I once picked up this book called The Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw and its imagery just captivated me. The narrative view of this child who was raise by an abusive father just captured my attention. I've heard of all kinds of stories of children who were raised by crazy parents but seeing everything from the mind of a warped sense of the world gave a whole new perspective to my life. I don't know how many times I've read it.
I think I could recite the whole first chapter if I tried. Now that I think of it the reason I bought it wasn't because Shaw was a popular author (I never knew anybody who had read the books unless I'd told them to read it) I bought it because of the cover of a boy with a confused face and a spider web with a spider creeping on it. Even the title "The Boy from the Basement" had a twisted wonder to it.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Post 5
Is it important for cultures to protect themselves from outside media influence?
My grandmother always said "Whats the point of learning inuktitut? it will die anyways"
Mind you that she said this in Inuktitut and that was my sloppy translation. Still, she had a point. She did not want anything to do with any more of that "eskimo" stuff. I understand people wanting to protect the Inuit culture, and I do wish I could speak Inuktitut, but I don't think we need to protect ourselves. People need to be informed on outside events and ideologies. American culture has made it into Canadian culture, but no one has died from it yet. Putting the word protection on something instantly brings up the word victim. The last thing that Inuit culture needs to be labeled as is victim. People have to be responsible for themselves and take initiative to be informed. On what to be informed of is each persons choice.
I don't like the idea of the media micro managing what I see and hear. If CBC dictates that I should see a certain percent of what I see to be Canadian then I'm sure they can dictate other aspects of my media experience. When a medium or organization decides to protect or exclude an aspect of human nature they become manipulative. They may have the best intentions but it still happens.
For example I'm sure a lot of people here know about the Rick Perry video on youtube. If not then I should inform you that it beat the world record for most disliked youtube video. That record was previously held by Rebecca Black, so you know that it was terrible.
Anyways, Rick Perry was saying that it was a shame that gay people can openly fight in the army, but Christians could not openly worship in schools. This was his way of "protecting" his religion, however by protecting his religion he immediately discredited gay rights. Maybe this is a weird tangent I'm going on but I just mean that the media is always going to be there, and people have a responsibility to uphold their self knowledge.
My grandmother always said "Whats the point of learning inuktitut? it will die anyways"
Mind you that she said this in Inuktitut and that was my sloppy translation. Still, she had a point. She did not want anything to do with any more of that "eskimo" stuff. I understand people wanting to protect the Inuit culture, and I do wish I could speak Inuktitut, but I don't think we need to protect ourselves. People need to be informed on outside events and ideologies. American culture has made it into Canadian culture, but no one has died from it yet. Putting the word protection on something instantly brings up the word victim. The last thing that Inuit culture needs to be labeled as is victim. People have to be responsible for themselves and take initiative to be informed. On what to be informed of is each persons choice.
I don't like the idea of the media micro managing what I see and hear. If CBC dictates that I should see a certain percent of what I see to be Canadian then I'm sure they can dictate other aspects of my media experience. When a medium or organization decides to protect or exclude an aspect of human nature they become manipulative. They may have the best intentions but it still happens.
For example I'm sure a lot of people here know about the Rick Perry video on youtube. If not then I should inform you that it beat the world record for most disliked youtube video. That record was previously held by Rebecca Black, so you know that it was terrible.
Anyways, Rick Perry was saying that it was a shame that gay people can openly fight in the army, but Christians could not openly worship in schools. This was his way of "protecting" his religion, however by protecting his religion he immediately discredited gay rights. Maybe this is a weird tangent I'm going on but I just mean that the media is always going to be there, and people have a responsibility to uphold their self knowledge.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Blog Number four - People in the Paper
A lion would never leave it's mate, but a Tiger Wood.
Just when I thought everyone forgot about him I saw that joke. I hope that you know the whole Tiger Woods shindig but if not let just say that he rented a hotel room for a hooker and himself (maybe 10 hotel rooms)
There was this one part where he made a public apology that he was sorry that he slept with a bunch of people who were not his wife. I thought that was unnecessary. It is not my business of what (who) he does. If there was an apology, it should have went to his wife, not the public.
Another big blow up in the media was Kim Kardashian's *spelling?* wedding and divorce. my favorite quote was from Tyler Oakley https://twitter.com/#!/tyleroakley/statuses/131042133992943616
"Kim Kardashian earned $17,900,000 from her wedding and divorced 72 days later (but gays ruin the sanctity of marriage)."
72 days of marriage, that was ridiculous.
Just when I thought everyone forgot about him I saw that joke. I hope that you know the whole Tiger Woods shindig but if not let just say that he rented a hotel room for a hooker and himself (maybe 10 hotel rooms)
There was this one part where he made a public apology that he was sorry that he slept with a bunch of people who were not his wife. I thought that was unnecessary. It is not my business of what (who) he does. If there was an apology, it should have went to his wife, not the public.
Another big blow up in the media was Kim Kardashian's *spelling?* wedding and divorce. my favorite quote was from Tyler Oakley https://twitter.com/#!/tyleroakley/statuses/131042133992943616
"Kim Kardashian earned $17,900,000 from her wedding and divorced 72 days later (but gays ruin the sanctity of marriage)."
72 days of marriage, that was ridiculous.
Blog entry #3 - 2 days of Pop Culture
I have to admit that I am not much of a news fanatic (not unlike kim ;) ) But everything I learn from the news is mostly from Cracked.com Okay, okay it isnt really news. Its just information that you might not hear otherwise (Okay it is kind of news) but most of it is unimportant in normal life. I found out that someone wrote a book on his experience on eating a human being (and became famous for it). This did not really make me a well rounded person from hearing it, and did not change my outlook on my life. Not my best work but like I said it's kind of news.
As for radio, I only listen to it when my CD player in my car is too cold to use (only in Nunavut) but my music has never been very current. It is popular, but I hardly ever update my music. My ipod (which I have to admit is a very large trend) has not been synced for over 5 months. So my playlist is . . .
Tongue Tied - Charlie Winston
Until the Day I Die - Story of the Year
Memory - Sugarcult
Zip-Lock - Lit
Blow - Ke$ha (hone$tly, who is the "$" fooling?)
This morning Paul asked me "Huvin?" and I had to laugh to myself. That old slang word that was never popular in this town. All I could say was "Nah, you?" which is the natural response coming from a rankin-er. I was surprised to find that the slang across our territory is completely different, even though we are all closely linked and that old slang becomes a new joke #trend
Shows in the past 2 days - Misfits, Glee, ICarly, Just for Laughs
Movies - Mean Girls, Fight Club, and half of this action film my mom was watching
Magazines - Seventeen, People
fashion - My american eagle stuff came in :)
INTERNETS! - Tumblr, Facebook, Stumble Upon
So, yeah I guess that I should not spend so much time on the computer as i do.
As for radio, I only listen to it when my CD player in my car is too cold to use (only in Nunavut) but my music has never been very current. It is popular, but I hardly ever update my music. My ipod (which I have to admit is a very large trend) has not been synced for over 5 months. So my playlist is . . .
Tongue Tied - Charlie Winston
Until the Day I Die - Story of the Year
Memory - Sugarcult
Zip-Lock - Lit
Blow - Ke$ha (hone$tly, who is the "$" fooling?)
This morning Paul asked me "Huvin?" and I had to laugh to myself. That old slang word that was never popular in this town. All I could say was "Nah, you?" which is the natural response coming from a rankin-er. I was surprised to find that the slang across our territory is completely different, even though we are all closely linked and that old slang becomes a new joke #trend
Shows in the past 2 days - Misfits, Glee, ICarly, Just for Laughs
Movies - Mean Girls, Fight Club, and half of this action film my mom was watching
Magazines - Seventeen, People
fashion - My american eagle stuff came in :)
INTERNETS! - Tumblr, Facebook, Stumble Upon
So, yeah I guess that I should not spend so much time on the computer as i do.
Post #2 Jan/31/12
Icon, Fad and Trend
I guess everything in pop culture can fit into three categories; Icons, fads, or trends.
The biggest trend right now seems to be being an internet nerd. Most of my friends spend a lot of their time on the web. The bulk of my day (even though I hate to admit it) is on Tumblr. All the jokes we make have to do with internet memes (common internet jokes)
A big fad is wearing bench clothing or converse shoes. Clothing brands and hair cuts move so fast that I cannot seem to keep up. As soon as my new clothes come in (from the slowest mail system since the pony express) a new style comes out.
I would have to say that my icon is Lady Gaga, she has taken a huge step for LGBTQ rights. Unafraid to say "you know what? I'm different, I'm bisexual, I'm fashionable, but I don't need you to love me. Just respect me" She even got the Trevor award. I truly admire her ambition and self respect. I think that if every single person on the planet had self respect Pam Anderson wouldn't be pushing for PETA, and carpel tunnel syndrome would not be the problem that it is.
All I'm saying is that I'm sick of people putting themselves down and taking all these trends and fads more seriously than they need to be.
I guess everything in pop culture can fit into three categories; Icons, fads, or trends.
The biggest trend right now seems to be being an internet nerd. Most of my friends spend a lot of their time on the web. The bulk of my day (even though I hate to admit it) is on Tumblr. All the jokes we make have to do with internet memes (common internet jokes)
A big fad is wearing bench clothing or converse shoes. Clothing brands and hair cuts move so fast that I cannot seem to keep up. As soon as my new clothes come in (from the slowest mail system since the pony express) a new style comes out.
I would have to say that my icon is Lady Gaga, she has taken a huge step for LGBTQ rights. Unafraid to say "you know what? I'm different, I'm bisexual, I'm fashionable, but I don't need you to love me. Just respect me" She even got the Trevor award. I truly admire her ambition and self respect. I think that if every single person on the planet had self respect Pam Anderson wouldn't be pushing for PETA, and carpel tunnel syndrome would not be the problem that it is.
All I'm saying is that I'm sick of people putting themselves down and taking all these trends and fads more seriously than they need to be.
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