What is blogging? well before taking this class, honestly i thought bloggers were just a bunch of fucking idiots who had more than enough time on their hands to write gay comments like "first bitches" or "first" or first in many other variations underneath news articles, videos or other forms of intercative media that can be found on the net. It was like everysite where you can read an article about musci lets say, there would be an in depth article writen by a journalist who probably went to school and got a degree and used his wisdom and knowledge of the english language to present the people an article. Then write underneath it you might see a comment that says Blink182 sucks...WTF! it's so completely random and irrelevant that you ask yourself why do they even allow people to blog.
But then after taking this course and participating in blogs (here and there lol), blogging can be somewhat interesteing. Aside from the morons who are either posting their myspace site a thousandtimes looking for publicity
ex. myspace.com/yourname,myspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yournamemyspace.com/yourname
Or the ones who have nothing (in my opinion ofcourse) significant to say about the topic, where else can you participate in a world wide debate about some of your favorite issues?? i dont care how many friends you have, and i mean flesh and bones not myspace or facebook lol, where else can you and hundred possibly thousands of people share their opinions on who is the best dunker in the NBA or should rhianna and crib brown get back together, or whats the best engine to put in a 1996 honda accord and so on, I think you get my drift.
Yes the interent is full of garbage and always will be, but isn't the library also? dont they have books in the library on how to build paper planes, something that no one cares about. Blogginh is almost the same concept.
There is one site that i go on a lot a lot a lot! It's called worldstarhiphop.com and it is basically a controlled video posting site where anything funny entertaining or plain ridiculaus can be posted on relating to hiphop and the hiphop society in general (no this doesn't mean just gangster rap music, hip hop is a way of life for those who do not know) and when i first used to watch it and read the comments it would be like no name rappers trying to promote thier myspace or people arguing with eachother about who's city is better and why their rapper will beat the shit out o anyone... in other words a lot of ignorant bull. But sometimes you actually get bloggers who kow whta they are talking about and can offer you vital, useful, or just entertaining information that you may never have known. And that right there ladies and gentlemen ins the beauty of blogging. When i can go onto Knickerbloggers and read stats from the NY game i missed last week AND randomly find out Nate robinson's stats from highschool that a blogger may have posted (fictional example for dramatic purposes only lol). That's what blogging offeres you.
The problem i have most with blogging i must say is the "guest" blogging. When you dont have to register to a site in order to blog, This bothers me becasue you cant control who is blogging ignorant crap or just promoting their myspace pages. Atleast if everyone had to sign in and ohers noticed that they are not blogging then we could file complaints on the user and eventualy get their blogging privlages revoked, but hey what can i do about it.
Also while blogging, i found it easier to just blog about things that you like, feel strongly about, or have on your mind. In the begginging of the semester we had to make a blog prospectus which i completely understant to help us start off and keep us on track. So, i decided to write about sports. Then a couple weeks into it, not sure if anyone noticed or cared, i realized that sports gets really boring to write about when you are not getting paid for it lol. If anyone wants updates on sports (scores stats results) then i doubt they would want to read my page, they could just click the ESPN link on my page. Slowly i started blogging about whatever i had on my mind when i sat down infront the computer.
Sometimes it consisted of sports, like my TO blog or AROD blog and sometimes of things in my life, like my car being crashed blog. I ahve to say i really prefere just wrting whatever comes to the mind. Their are only so many stories i could put my opinion onto when it comes to sports other than that it's usualy black and white and already taled about on one of the numerous sports sites...fownews, espn, sportscenter etc...
Blogging has actually became more fun then expected. Though i dont have interent at my apartment yet, wheneever i catch myself reading something online or watching highlights or checking scores or reading articles, i alwasy find myself clicking the comments link and wondering what others had to say about the issue!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
White men CAN'T jump
I thought this was funny check it out. Adam Waddel for Wyoming has the best dunk ever seen in college basketball!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvY7zv9St4w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvY7zv9St4w&feature=related
As it comes to an end
Sadly, after a week off from school, i have nothing exciting to write about! A week spent picking up extra shifts at work during the day and writing papers at night. A week with sporatic and spontaneous trips to the beach (an activity that can be done at any giving time during the year in Florida) with friends is about as exciting as it got for me.
Living in Florida is like living on one long never ending boring ass spring break. It's always hot, it's always sunny and as soon as it hits 65 degree weather, people find their way out to clearwater and st. pete. So, this year i decided not to drive to Daytona for the week or spend the weekend down in Miami like previous years. The decision was more so based on my financial situation, but over all was a mutual decision between me and my wallet.
Im not knocking spring break at all, no that's the last thing i would do. In the words of Asher Roth, "I love college." College is the grasp of time that falls between the complete freedom of childhood and the dreaded responsibilities of Adulthood. So go out there and get f***ed up on wednesday nights for a dollar and party every thursday night when ladies get in free and enjoy every single milisecond of it because when it's over it's over. Fortunatley i made some extra cash running up and down a parking garage all week, and saved up enough to hopefully fix my car by april. I hope everyone enjoyed their break and welcome back.
Living in Florida is like living on one long never ending boring ass spring break. It's always hot, it's always sunny and as soon as it hits 65 degree weather, people find their way out to clearwater and st. pete. So, this year i decided not to drive to Daytona for the week or spend the weekend down in Miami like previous years. The decision was more so based on my financial situation, but over all was a mutual decision between me and my wallet.
Im not knocking spring break at all, no that's the last thing i would do. In the words of Asher Roth, "I love college." College is the grasp of time that falls between the complete freedom of childhood and the dreaded responsibilities of Adulthood. So go out there and get f***ed up on wednesday nights for a dollar and party every thursday night when ladies get in free and enjoy every single milisecond of it because when it's over it's over. Fortunatley i made some extra cash running up and down a parking garage all week, and saved up enough to hopefully fix my car by april. I hope everyone enjoyed their break and welcome back.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A shark Never Sleeps
The name of an autobiography written by Drew Rosenhaus, Terel Owens "super agent," that describes the man very well.
As most of us know, T.O has now created bad blood in his 3rd NFL team and has been cut once again. This time from the Dallas Cowboys. Apparently there isn't a Quarterback in the league talented enough for Mr. Owens. But this story is not about T.O, no. We all know abut Terrel and his bad attitude, amazing talents, ideal physical shape and his forever running mouth. This blog is about is agent Rosenhaus.
This guy is a genious. Who knows how he does it but he always seems to get the leagues least wanted reciever a job, and with a raise on top of that. According to FOXSPORTs writter Mark Kriegel, Rosenhaus was able to find T.O a job in Buffalo WITH and 800,000 dollar pay raise, not even 72 hours after being cut from Dallas. RosenHaus worked the same magic nearly 4 years ago when T.O was cut by the Eagles, landing him a spot in Dallas 4 days later at 3yr/$25Mill.
Buffalo essentially has nothing to loose signing T.O. i mean if he does great and has a break out season the sky could be the limit. And if not o well they suck anyway.
As most of us know, T.O has now created bad blood in his 3rd NFL team and has been cut once again. This time from the Dallas Cowboys. Apparently there isn't a Quarterback in the league talented enough for Mr. Owens. But this story is not about T.O, no. We all know abut Terrel and his bad attitude, amazing talents, ideal physical shape and his forever running mouth. This blog is about is agent Rosenhaus.
This guy is a genious. Who knows how he does it but he always seems to get the leagues least wanted reciever a job, and with a raise on top of that. According to FOXSPORTs writter Mark Kriegel, Rosenhaus was able to find T.O a job in Buffalo WITH and 800,000 dollar pay raise, not even 72 hours after being cut from Dallas. RosenHaus worked the same magic nearly 4 years ago when T.O was cut by the Eagles, landing him a spot in Dallas 4 days later at 3yr/$25Mill.
Buffalo essentially has nothing to loose signing T.O. i mean if he does great and has a break out season the sky could be the limit. And if not o well they suck anyway.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Who's side are you on?
Born in New York, favorite team growing up was the New York Mets, lived in Miami, educated at the University of Miami, and is currently payed by the New York Yankees (and couple other American teams), and despite all these American statistics Alex Rodriguez chose to play for the Dominican Republics national team a few years ago. This may not be important to anyone’s life or to sports in general but since A-rod has been in the news lately I thought it was interesting that this year he will be playing for the United Sates, which only makes sense to me honestly. You were born and bread here, educated here and you making your living here (10 year $275 mill most in MLB history) it’s only right that you show some loyalty to your country and play for the team.
What does anyone think of A-Rod since his steroid controversy? Is he still the greatest Baseball player to play the game? Are all of his many accomplishments still holding weight or do they mean less now that we know he juiced up and had advantages? Just curios to know your opinions.
What does anyone think of A-Rod since his steroid controversy? Is he still the greatest Baseball player to play the game? Are all of his many accomplishments still holding weight or do they mean less now that we know he juiced up and had advantages? Just curios to know your opinions.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Driving + Texting = CRASH!!!!
I forget who's blog I read earlier in the semester about that unique breed of drivers who feel the necessity to multi task behind the wheel. I think it was in an in class assigment that we had to correct actually, but that's besides the point. What I am trying to get at is that my girlfriend belongs to that breed and tonight i suffered the consequences of her distracted actions.
Im sitting in the library passing time waiting for my 6:00 class to start when I recieve a phone call from what sounded like a danzel in distress. Sobbing, chocking and crying is all that i could make out on the other end of the line. After repeating "hello baby" almost 5 times, I finally heard from what i could make out through the tears and sobs, "Baby....(sob sob)....mad....(sob sob) your car!" Though i didn't hear a damn thing she said i just put one and one AND one lol together; she has my car, she can not drive, and she is balling. She got in an accident.
At first i was panicing because i thought it was major and i knew she also had my brother in the car, but after talking to her and eventually talking to my brother, who was extreamly calm like he always is, i realized they were fine.
My brother had to speak on her behalf becasue she couldn't controll her crying. Basically she rear ended a SUV during rush hour. My car being a civic ofcourse got smashed and the SUV (literaly guys no joke) walked away with nothing but surfacew damage, not even a dent!
Well come to find out that the reason she ended up driving my car into the back of an SUV is because of a CELL PHONE. SHe was replying to an incoming text and while she briefly looked down, traffic had come to a stop and consequently she couldn't stop in time. It only takes that 1 second of diverting your time from the road to something else to end up in an accident. Thank God that nobody was hurt, but this is just another testimony on how dangerous it is to text and drive. It left me carless.
Im sitting in the library passing time waiting for my 6:00 class to start when I recieve a phone call from what sounded like a danzel in distress. Sobbing, chocking and crying is all that i could make out on the other end of the line. After repeating "hello baby" almost 5 times, I finally heard from what i could make out through the tears and sobs, "Baby....(sob sob)....mad....(sob sob) your car!" Though i didn't hear a damn thing she said i just put one and one AND one lol together; she has my car, she can not drive, and she is balling. She got in an accident.
At first i was panicing because i thought it was major and i knew she also had my brother in the car, but after talking to her and eventually talking to my brother, who was extreamly calm like he always is, i realized they were fine.
My brother had to speak on her behalf becasue she couldn't controll her crying. Basically she rear ended a SUV during rush hour. My car being a civic ofcourse got smashed and the SUV (literaly guys no joke) walked away with nothing but surfacew damage, not even a dent!
Well come to find out that the reason she ended up driving my car into the back of an SUV is because of a CELL PHONE. SHe was replying to an incoming text and while she briefly looked down, traffic had come to a stop and consequently she couldn't stop in time. It only takes that 1 second of diverting your time from the road to something else to end up in an accident. Thank God that nobody was hurt, but this is just another testimony on how dangerous it is to text and drive. It left me carless.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Big things in Small packages
This blog is about a little guy who plays with a lot of heart, Nate Robinson. Nate is a 5'8 profesional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the New York Knicks. Despite the talent that New York posses (but does not execute properly), Nate is arguably the best player on the team and recently he has been doing an excellent job proving so.
Nate Robinson is our Modern day Spud Webb standing well under 6 foot and still able to compete with the world's greastest basketball players. His recent string of success was sparked off All Star weekend after he brought home the Slam dunk championship de-throwning the great Dwight Howard but jumping over super man(Howard) dressed in all all green symbolizing Kryptonite (superman's weekness). It was amazing! Since then, in his last 5 of 7 games he has averaged over 30 points a game and is shooting 51% from the field. If this 5'8 point guard from Washington still hasn't amazed you with those numbers i have one more piece of information; he did all this coming off the bench every night! Talk about a supporting role.
Another notable achievement Nate has done was participate and win the 2006 dunk contest. This has nothing to do with his recent success since the all star break this year but i have included a link where u can see him perform some incredible dunks, including jumping over hall of famer Spud Webb, who i mentioned ealier that Nate's game most resembles. He knows how to put on a show.
P.S for all those Knick fans out there (which is probably no one in class) you willl be happy to know if you havne't already seen it on sports center that Marbury has finally been bought out his contract and will no longer continue to f**k the knicks over with his bat attitude, bad chemistry, over paid salary that pushes the cap and all the other distractions he brought to the team. Amazing player, please dont get me wrong, but we just dont need you in New York. So long Stephone.
2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWcrR7OcRRA
2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtCOY4vkp8
Nate Robinson is our Modern day Spud Webb standing well under 6 foot and still able to compete with the world's greastest basketball players. His recent string of success was sparked off All Star weekend after he brought home the Slam dunk championship de-throwning the great Dwight Howard but jumping over super man(Howard) dressed in all all green symbolizing Kryptonite (superman's weekness). It was amazing! Since then, in his last 5 of 7 games he has averaged over 30 points a game and is shooting 51% from the field. If this 5'8 point guard from Washington still hasn't amazed you with those numbers i have one more piece of information; he did all this coming off the bench every night! Talk about a supporting role.
Another notable achievement Nate has done was participate and win the 2006 dunk contest. This has nothing to do with his recent success since the all star break this year but i have included a link where u can see him perform some incredible dunks, including jumping over hall of famer Spud Webb, who i mentioned ealier that Nate's game most resembles. He knows how to put on a show.
P.S for all those Knick fans out there (which is probably no one in class) you willl be happy to know if you havne't already seen it on sports center that Marbury has finally been bought out his contract and will no longer continue to f**k the knicks over with his bat attitude, bad chemistry, over paid salary that pushes the cap and all the other distractions he brought to the team. Amazing player, please dont get me wrong, but we just dont need you in New York. So long Stephone.
2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWcrR7OcRRA
2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtCOY4vkp8
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