Fricken busy March 11, 2007

Arrgh! I hate it, I think of all these awesome blog topics and then I have no time to write because I have to do other homework. Though I’m getting excited about my reality TV paper and our group project, the subject just fascinates me but I guess you’ll hafta wait till the presentation to see why.

Oh well. Alright, so I really enjoyed the last class, even though the thought of subjecting a my music to the vulnerability of judgment from an audience freaked the crap out of me. From Paul’s warning e-mail it sounded like people were going to be allowed to really rip the music apart, or maybe I just contrived that in my little emo brain, but in reality it was quite civil. And many of the students really do listen to music that is ‘art’. Even if I didn’t like a certain song (i.e. country jams), after the person explained why they liked it I could still see that there was a genuine-ness and inner truth to many of the songs.
For the record, I was going to play “Jackie, Dressed in Cobras” by the New Pornographers because I’ve been playing their CD Twin Cinema for weeks in my car… Um, they’re happy…so that’s a step for me. But I also like them because they sound like Boney M meets the 2000s. And if that’s not good enough for you, their song “Use It” is The Hour’s theme song.

In other news, I too am starting to match faces in the class with the blogs that I read. However, I’m finding it quite difficult to bridge the gap between blogality and reality and actually talk to these people face to face. I mean, what do you really say? Therefore, I propose that for our last class we should all get nametags that we write our blog names on and then we can mix and mingle and know who we’ve been talking to all semester. Now, I know this sounds dorky (heeey, we could bring food too, nothing goes better with mingling than snacks!) but think of all the background knowledge and interaction you have with these people that you may never have spoken to in ‘real’ life. I mean, I have friends whom I talk to on a daily basis and I read their blogs; when I see them we can usually pick up a conversation right where the blog left off. One friend posted about being ill all weekend so when I saw her in the office on monday I didn’t waste time asking, ‘how was your weekend?’, instead I was able to go straight to, “Are you feeling better?” I think this added background knowledge that we are all putting into cyberspace about ourselves is an advantage in the realm of communication. It’s something pretty new and unique and I think people could use it to connect with each other.

Yup, that’s my rambling. Stay tuned….
YES, I have realized that people read shorter blog posts. So am I done posting? HECK NO. But I’ll just post the next topic in a short, concise and appealing post after this. heh, I’m so sneaky…

Live Blogging – Survivor February 15, 2007

Well, I stole this idea from someone who live blogged “Lost” last week. I thought it’s probably pretty fun and it’ll help me get another entry on here before the reading week craziness (you know I actually HAFTA read this year since I have so much work for my classes) starts.
However, my reception is starting to go…how bad is that, not only do I have four channels, when it’s windy I hardly get all four.

Alright, so you guys may know that this time they’ve split everyone into 2 tribes: one has everything to make it a vacation (shelter, food, comfortable furniture, etc) and the other has a knife and … I dunno a bucket. So one tribe is happy and one is miserable.

Eww the happy tribe is full of gross and annoying people, I think, someone just farted.

But the island is full of fruit, what are the guys with the knife complaining about? My mom just came in and interrupted me (yes I live at home and it’s great).

Rocky is really funny, he’s got that Boston type accent. I wonder if people like that are the equivalent of urban hicks. Oh, I shouldn’t label, that’s what the people who did the screening want me to do.

A guy just slashed his hand.. and then my reception went. Oh he’s the same guy who has the eye infection, man, he needs to go home. I wonder what kind of waiver these people need to sign before going on this show, how hurt can you really get before the TV crew has to interfere? Ah, I can’t believe this guy has gotten this hurt and he’s on the tribe that has everything provided.

Ahh, my dad came in and interrupted me, ok so living at home has it’s… yeah whatever. So now they’re trying to start a fire with glasses, come on, if that worked people would be combusting on sunny days while walking down the street.

Excellent, that guy went looking everywhere and then the woman just found a batch of pineapples! Awesome, who knew they grew together like that.

Wow what’s with all these products in the commercials coming with free movie coupons? Heh, did they figure out no one can afford to see movies anymore?

lol, yes of course they want to win for revenge. Duh. Argh, I dislike Sylvia just as must as the rest of them, how do they put up with her?

I enjoy Jeff’s cowboy hat, he has the best job in the world. The immunity idol looks so freaky this time.What’s with all the puzzles in these games? phphfft, brains, who needs em? Hah, I knew it, the underdogs are going to win… (Wait, why is one of the guys wearing a toque on a tropical island?) OH MAN! Moto, the guys what have been pampered won. GEEZ. Sylvia is going home…. goin home… yup, they picked Earl to go to exile island, Sylvia is gone.

Wow.. my hair can look like Chantel Kraviatzuk’s if I get that shampoo..

Look at this guy, throwing his knife at a “highly poisonous sea snake” … can they REALLY put people in this much danger without getting sued?

“If you have laundry just bring it to us” Really?! Sylvia just said this to one of the guys, way to enact gender roles. Jeez, I was wrong about the voting, they’re getting rid of Erika instead of Sylvia now because Erkia got all nervous and yelled a lot during the challenge. Dude, I learned that stress increases people’s neurotransmitters that make them fall in love and feel lovey feelings for others, I think this tribe is experiencing that. The people who want to vote off Sylvia are like “We were fine before she came, we went through stuff she didn’t go through, we’re tight, yo”

Tribal Counsel:
I wonder if Jeff has a background in counseling. Youman kicks ass, he’s basically the yoda of the island. Immunity idols are for wussies. … Does Sylvia have eyebrows? … Wow this voing process takes so long. Hmm they’re divided, I think it’ll be Sylvia still, she so crazy. She wants to lead. I love how Jeff has to tally the votes after like two have been read. OH MY GOSH, it was Erika, she totally didn’t need that, dude, like that was all Rocky’s fault, how could that happen? Stupid Sylvia, she’s the weakest link and I bet that’s why they kept her. Dude that tribe is screwed.

Whew, that’s the end of it, thank goodness, I felt like my brain was melting. But I like Survivor: it was one of the original Reality TV shows, therefore to me it sort of is the apitamy of the Reality TV genre, which I love/hate and might want to do my grad thesis on. But by the time I get to grad school maybe no one will be interested in it anymore. Also, Survivor’s pretty simple, it’s longstanding, and there are still people who watch it religiously so I can banter with them about it.
YESS! Deal or No Deal – Go Howie Go!!!!!!!