Last Week Reading

I was terribly ill last week and I was unable to post a blog. Sorry guys. In the reading “A Rape in Cyberspace,” by Julian Dibbell, I found it to be a little comical. Some of you may find offense to this comment. I just really can not get into this “Second Life.” I guess it is some people’s passion, which is obviously why they take it very seriously. I do not mean to cut down their passion, but for me personal I just can not understand it. I guess that is the best way to describe my attitude of the situation. I can not grasp the concept of having this “second life.”

Do these people not like their own “real” lives? Do they feel the need to be someone in the “second life” that they long to be in their “real ” lives? Perhaps it is like plastic surgery. For some it is entertainment and adds excitement to their lives. They get to change their identity to look like something that they are not. “Second Life” is similiar to this, with the fact of having a different identity in the “second” world.

I just do not understand why someone would want to live a fake life? Is that what society is turning into?

 

This is Halloween, this is Halloween…

On the eve of my favorite holiday, I have to think back as to who we can thank for this incredible fesitival of trashy cotumes and over-sugared children. No, not Samhein, the pagan holiday, but the candy companies of America! Samhain is known as the Celtic New Year when pagans,especially Wiccans, honor the dead. Now, dressing up as Michael Myers is not actually honoring the dead.

This is what really happened: Nestle, M&M Mars, and Hershey had a pow-wow as a way to getmore money from the public. Unfortunately, Cadbury had a date for tea ith the Queen, so they weren’t invited. They couldn’t amp up Christmas since they knew every kid would throw a hissy fit if they got a Crunch bar instead of a Barbie doll. Easter is good for the small candies, but they knew they’d be slapped with a lawsuit the size of Texas if they infringed on Peeps’ territory. President’s day? Eh… passe. Memorial day? People are too busy barbequeing and buying last season’s cars. Oh wait! All Hallow’s Eve! They could inadevertantly tie t to history AND piss off Christians! It’s a win-win situation, really. Then they could tie in with cheap costume companies and the stock market prices would skyrocket!

Back to reality. Although I am against the capatalist meaning behind Halloween, I can’t help but immerse myself in pagan history, stalk out thrift stores for costumes, make my own, and gain five pounds in three days from solely eating tootsie rolls and kitkats. Halloween is an excuse for women to dress up like prostitutes, men to release their inner pimp, children to run around hyped up on sugar and driving their parents crazy, and for everyone to feed their gluttonous and lustful souls. Actually, they feed all seven of their deadly sins. Halloween in one night shows everything that is wrong with the human race, and I love it.

 

What the movie business has come to.

Purusing over the coming soon’s for movies, I see that the new it thing in Hollywood is superhero movie, it’s not just for geeky people anymore! Now, note that most men have probably seen Fantastic Four to see Jessica Alba in a skintight bodysuit, but the producing studios don’t hold that against them. Batman, Superman, X-men, Fantastic Four, and now Iron Man which I am unashamed to say I am counting down the days to its release.

There is another kind of movie: the teen comedy. We love to get together, laugh, and reminisce of the good old days of teenage embarrassment.

Finally! There is now a movie that perfectly hybrids the two genres. May I present Fast Times and Hero High.