Ok so I am once again in Computer Programming and we had to write a story using vocabulary words about technology. Its really stupid, but funny and hilarious at the same time. The vocabulary is in bold
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were instant messaging on Facebook. Bill Gates was filming a Youtube video with his webcam and he was deciding whether to make the video in avi or mp4 format. Steve Jobs was writing a new blog entry about blu-ray players. Bill Gates then asked if Steve Jobs had gotten his text message. When he said no, then Bill Gates sent Steve Jobs an email. Steve Jobs opened the link and was then Rick Roll'd. Steve Jobs got mad and send Bill Gates an email. It was a virus. The virus went into the hard drive and messed with the binary codes and his wireless network. However Bill Gates's super uber mega mircosoft antivirus stopped the virus, and he used command prompt to destroy the virus. Steve Jobs got so mad that he unpluged the scanner, the router and the ethernet cable from his computer and through it out the window. Bill Gates was so happy that he started torrenting megabytes and gigabtyes of mp3s.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Video Games vs Books
Finally the last computer programming class of the week.....gotta love block scheduling.
Video Games vs Books. Many people play video games more than they read books. People have said that video games have turned minds into mush, and that books build the mind and the imagination. I completely disagree with that statement. Books do tell a story and they do create images that fuel imagination, but video games do not just do that. Video games tell a story, create images, and lets you go deeper inside those thoughts. It builds an interactive experience with the imagination of the story. I mean sure there are games like Halo and Grand Theft Auto that have a story, but no one really cares about it and just wants to kill things.
I think that most shooters are all about running and gunning your way through enemies, without caring why they're doing it, or what the story is. They are exceptions like Gears of War for example. Gears of War builds a great background and story that makes the characters seem so realistic that the player finds it easy to build a connection that makes the player care about what happens to these characters, so that players care about whether they live or die and want to know why they are fighting. Shooters like this make it so that the player is emotionally attached to the story and makes it so that the player wants to finish the game so they know what happens, much like why a reader finishes a book.
Now what other game genres like Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Strategy, etc. Action/Adventure games are all problem solving. Games aren't mindless like some people think they are. Strategy games take strategy and patience. Games can take more thinking than books can.
While these games prove that games can be just as mentally simulating as books, I think RPGs show that video games are becoming more and more like books. Games like Fable, Mass Effect, Star Wars KotOR(Knights of the Old Republic) tell an interesting story that is almost like a novel. The games have such a deep, rich world that just grabs the player into just wanting keep playing the game. RPGs have even incorperated other parts of other genres such as shooters, action adventure, etc. Bioware is a game developer that specializes in RPGs. These have brought us Mass Effect, Jade Empire, and KotOR. The thing special about Bioware RPGs is its complex dialogue system. In each of these games, the player must choose what he/she wants to say to the other character. Depending on how the player answers certain questions, reacts to situations, etc, the game changes, your characters personality is based on your dialogue choices. The world reacts to the personality the player creates, that just adds to the realism of the game, further connecting the player to it. The Fable series also has the concept of choices in its games. Japanese RPGs(JRPGs) are heavily based on story. American RPGs tend to be loosely constructed, allowing the gamer to choose the path they want to take toward completing the game, like in Fable, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls Series, etc. However JRPGs are linear, story driven games. The player must talk to people, and complete certain tasks to move the game forward. JRPGs include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon(yes it is an RPG), Blue Dragon, Last Remnant, Star Ocean, etc.) Personally JPRPs are my favorite genre of game. JRPGs have a story to tell and has the player progress through the tale that it has, while an American RPG usually has gives the player a basic outline of the story and lets the player shape it. The JRPG is the perfect example of how video games can be like books. Both have a story to tell and bring the reader into the world and walk them through it.
Video Games vs Books. Many people play video games more than they read books. People have said that video games have turned minds into mush, and that books build the mind and the imagination. I completely disagree with that statement. Books do tell a story and they do create images that fuel imagination, but video games do not just do that. Video games tell a story, create images, and lets you go deeper inside those thoughts. It builds an interactive experience with the imagination of the story. I mean sure there are games like Halo and Grand Theft Auto that have a story, but no one really cares about it and just wants to kill things.
I think that most shooters are all about running and gunning your way through enemies, without caring why they're doing it, or what the story is. They are exceptions like Gears of War for example. Gears of War builds a great background and story that makes the characters seem so realistic that the player finds it easy to build a connection that makes the player care about what happens to these characters, so that players care about whether they live or die and want to know why they are fighting. Shooters like this make it so that the player is emotionally attached to the story and makes it so that the player wants to finish the game so they know what happens, much like why a reader finishes a book.
Now what other game genres like Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Strategy, etc. Action/Adventure games are all problem solving. Games aren't mindless like some people think they are. Strategy games take strategy and patience. Games can take more thinking than books can.
While these games prove that games can be just as mentally simulating as books, I think RPGs show that video games are becoming more and more like books. Games like Fable, Mass Effect, Star Wars KotOR(Knights of the Old Republic) tell an interesting story that is almost like a novel. The games have such a deep, rich world that just grabs the player into just wanting keep playing the game. RPGs have even incorperated other parts of other genres such as shooters, action adventure, etc. Bioware is a game developer that specializes in RPGs. These have brought us Mass Effect, Jade Empire, and KotOR. The thing special about Bioware RPGs is its complex dialogue system. In each of these games, the player must choose what he/she wants to say to the other character. Depending on how the player answers certain questions, reacts to situations, etc, the game changes, your characters personality is based on your dialogue choices. The world reacts to the personality the player creates, that just adds to the realism of the game, further connecting the player to it. The Fable series also has the concept of choices in its games. Japanese RPGs(JRPGs) are heavily based on story. American RPGs tend to be loosely constructed, allowing the gamer to choose the path they want to take toward completing the game, like in Fable, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls Series, etc. However JRPGs are linear, story driven games. The player must talk to people, and complete certain tasks to move the game forward. JRPGs include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon(yes it is an RPG), Blue Dragon, Last Remnant, Star Ocean, etc.) Personally JPRPs are my favorite genre of game. JRPGs have a story to tell and has the player progress through the tale that it has, while an American RPG usually has gives the player a basic outline of the story and lets the player shape it. The JRPG is the perfect example of how video games can be like books. Both have a story to tell and bring the reader into the world and walk them through it.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Boredom of the Human Body
I am suppose to be playing a game about the human body....but physiology class is boring too haha....oh well back to work
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Busy Work
So bored.......time for TWO BLOGS in ONE PERIOD OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING!
I really don't understand what is the point of teachers that give their students tons and tons of buys work. Honestly busy work just frustrates student more than it helps. Whats the point of doing a crossword puzzle, taking notes, copying words out of a book, etc. I don't get it. Is it because the teachers just don't want to teach....or do they have a hangover from the night before.....do they just want to take a nap. Alot of people just hatebusy work and I think most people think that they would learn more from the teacher actally teaching, rather than assigning and grading. It seems like so much of a waste of time. Whats the point of taking notes from the book and turning them in.....you dont even get to study from the notes.....WTF! I mean whats the point of notes then? Honestly I learn faster listening, than writing. Maybe its just me....idk. All i know is that I find busy work pointless, mindless, and annoying.
I really don't understand what is the point of teachers that give their students tons and tons of buys work. Honestly busy work just frustrates student more than it helps. Whats the point of doing a crossword puzzle, taking notes, copying words out of a book, etc. I don't get it. Is it because the teachers just don't want to teach....or do they have a hangover from the night before.....do they just want to take a nap. Alot of people just hatebusy work and I think most people think that they would learn more from the teacher actally teaching, rather than assigning and grading. It seems like so much of a waste of time. Whats the point of taking notes from the book and turning them in.....you dont even get to study from the notes.....WTF! I mean whats the point of notes then? Honestly I learn faster listening, than writing. Maybe its just me....idk. All i know is that I find busy work pointless, mindless, and annoying.
Gotta Catch Em' All!!!
Back in Computer Programming Class! Oh boy, another day of "fun".......
Ok so I am Asian and I am geeky so of course I am obsessed with Pokemon. It is a phenomenon that has influenced almost every part of popular culture around the world. If you dont know what Pokemon is then let me just say that you really need to get out and see things, or even talk to people, honestly at this point just about everyone should know what Pokemon is. I mean my 80 year old grandfather knows what Pokemon is.
"Pokémon (ポケモン) is a media franchise published by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own Mario series.Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The concept of the Pokémon universe, in both the video games and the general fictional world of Pokémon, stems from the hobby of insect collecting, a popular pastime which Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa enjoyed as a child. Players of the games are designated as Pokémon Trainers, and the two general goals (in most Pokémon games) for such Trainers are: to complete the Pokédex by collecting all of the available Pokémon species found in the fictional region where that game takes place; and to train a team of powerful Pokémon from those they have caught to compete against teams owned by other Trainers, and eventually become the strongest Trainer, the Pokémon Master. These themes of collecting, training, and battling are present in almost every version of the Pokémon franchise, including the video games, the anime and manga series, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game.In most incarnations of the fictional Pokémon universe, a Trainer that encounters a wild Pokémon is able to capture that Pokémon by throwing a specially designed, mass-producible spherical tool called a Poké Ball at it. If the Pokémon is unable to escape the confines of the Poké Ball, it is officially considered to be under the ownership of that Trainer. Afterwards, it will obey whatever its new master commands , unless the Trainer demonstrates such a lack of experience that the Pokémon would rather act on its own accord. Trainers can send out any of their Pokémon to wage non-lethal battles against other Pokémon; if the opposing Pokémon is wild, the Trainer can capture that Pokémon with a Poké Ball, increasing his or her collection of creatures. Pokémon already owned by other Trainers cannot be captured, except under special circumstances in certain games. If a Pokémon fully defeats an opponent in battle so that the opponent is knocked out (i.e., "faints"), the winning Pokémon gains experience and may level up. When leveling up, the Pokémon's statistics ("stats") of battling aptitude increase, such as Attack and Speed. From time to time the Pokémon may also learn new moves, which are techniques used in battle. In addition, many species of Pokémon possess the ability to undergo a form of metamorphosis and transform into a similar but stronger species of Pokémon, a process called evolution.In the main series, each game's single-player mode requires the Trainer to raise a team of Pokémon to defeat many non-player character (NPC) Trainers and their Pokémon. Each game lays out a somewhat linear path through a specific region of the Pokémon world for the Trainer to journey through, completing events and battling opponents along the way. Each game features eight especially powerful Trainers, referred to as Gym Leaders, that the Trainer must defeat in order to progress. As a reward, the Trainer receives a Gym Badge, and once all eight badges are collected, that Trainer is eligible to challenge the region's Pokémon League, where four immensely talented trainers (referred to collectively as the "Elite Four") challenge the Trainer to four Pokémon battles in succession. If the trainer can overcome this gauntlet, he or she must then challenge the Regional Champion, the master Trainer who had previously defeated the Elite Four. Any Trainer who wins this last battle becomes the new champion and gains the title of Pokémon Master. Pokémon, being a popular franchise, has undoubtedly left its mark on pop culture. The Pokémon characters themselves have become pop culture icons; examples include two different Pikachu balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Pokémon-styled Boeing 747-400, thousands of merchandise items, and a theme park in Nagoya, Japan in 2005 and Taipei in 2006. Pokémon also appeared on the cover of the U.S. magazine Time in 1999. The Comedy Central show Drawn Together has a character named Ling-Ling, which is a direct parody of Pikachu. Several other shows such as ReBoot, The Simpsons, South Park, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Robot Chicken,All Grown Up! and Johnny Test have made references and spoofs of Pokémon, among other series. Pokémon was also featured on VH1's I Love the '90s: Part Deux. A live action show called Pokémon Live! toured the United States in late 2000. It was based on the popular Pokémon anime, but had some continuity errors relating to it.Joseph Jay Tobin theorizes that the success of the franchise was mainly due to the long list of names that could be learned by children and repeated in their peer groups. The rich fictional universe provided a lot of opportunities for discussion and demonstration of knowledge in front of their peers. In the French version Nintendo took care to translate the name of the creatures so that they reflected the French culture and language. In all cases the names of the creatures were linked to its characteristics, which converged with the children's belief that names have symbolic power. Children could pick their favorite Pokémon and affirm their individuality while at the same time affirming their conformance to the values of the group, and they could distinguish themselves from other kids by asserting what they liked and what they didn't like from every chapter. Pokémon gained popularity because it provided a sense of identity to a wide variety of children, and lost it quickly when many of those children found that the identity groups were too big and searched for identities that would distinguish them into smaller groups." (Wikipedia)
Now the reason for this long drawn out and copied explanation of Pokemon is that people seem to think that the game is for children. Honestly the game is for all ages and the franchise, while directed at kids, can be enjoyed by all ages. The Pokemon games are actually extremely deep. The design may seem simple but to master the game and to train the strong, powerful Pokemon, it takes alot of time, effort, math, and strategy. I am seriously tired of people saying that Pokemon is a children's game, or people saying that people are too old to be playing Pokemon. Most of the people competing in the Pokemon World Championship are in their 20s. The same goes for the Pokemon card games. Now as for the anime and the manga, sure those are childish, but for me, and maybe for alot of other people, I like the world of Pokemon and I think that watching the show or reading the manga is adding an extra depth to the seires that helps me enjoy the games even more. The fact is that Pokemon , while made for children, is unique because it can transcend generations and bridge age gaps. Each person can have a coonection with each indiviual Pokemon and even while playing the game, you'll start to favor one more than the others and not be able to explain why you like taht particualr Pokemon. Each Pokemon brings different traits, personality, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, etc and each game, manga, anime episode, card, etc help expand your understanding of each Pokemon, giving you so many ways to bond and form connections with certain ones. All the different media that the franchise brings adds a new dimension to the world. Pokemon is definatly not a game that you can be too old for, and no one should be told that their too old to like it.
Ok so I am Asian and I am geeky so of course I am obsessed with Pokemon. It is a phenomenon that has influenced almost every part of popular culture around the world. If you dont know what Pokemon is then let me just say that you really need to get out and see things, or even talk to people, honestly at this point just about everyone should know what Pokemon is. I mean my 80 year old grandfather knows what Pokemon is.
"Pokémon (ポケモン) is a media franchise published by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own Mario series.Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The concept of the Pokémon universe, in both the video games and the general fictional world of Pokémon, stems from the hobby of insect collecting, a popular pastime which Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa enjoyed as a child. Players of the games are designated as Pokémon Trainers, and the two general goals (in most Pokémon games) for such Trainers are: to complete the Pokédex by collecting all of the available Pokémon species found in the fictional region where that game takes place; and to train a team of powerful Pokémon from those they have caught to compete against teams owned by other Trainers, and eventually become the strongest Trainer, the Pokémon Master. These themes of collecting, training, and battling are present in almost every version of the Pokémon franchise, including the video games, the anime and manga series, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game.In most incarnations of the fictional Pokémon universe, a Trainer that encounters a wild Pokémon is able to capture that Pokémon by throwing a specially designed, mass-producible spherical tool called a Poké Ball at it. If the Pokémon is unable to escape the confines of the Poké Ball, it is officially considered to be under the ownership of that Trainer. Afterwards, it will obey whatever its new master commands , unless the Trainer demonstrates such a lack of experience that the Pokémon would rather act on its own accord. Trainers can send out any of their Pokémon to wage non-lethal battles against other Pokémon; if the opposing Pokémon is wild, the Trainer can capture that Pokémon with a Poké Ball, increasing his or her collection of creatures. Pokémon already owned by other Trainers cannot be captured, except under special circumstances in certain games. If a Pokémon fully defeats an opponent in battle so that the opponent is knocked out (i.e., "faints"), the winning Pokémon gains experience and may level up. When leveling up, the Pokémon's statistics ("stats") of battling aptitude increase, such as Attack and Speed. From time to time the Pokémon may also learn new moves, which are techniques used in battle. In addition, many species of Pokémon possess the ability to undergo a form of metamorphosis and transform into a similar but stronger species of Pokémon, a process called evolution.In the main series, each game's single-player mode requires the Trainer to raise a team of Pokémon to defeat many non-player character (NPC) Trainers and their Pokémon. Each game lays out a somewhat linear path through a specific region of the Pokémon world for the Trainer to journey through, completing events and battling opponents along the way. Each game features eight especially powerful Trainers, referred to as Gym Leaders, that the Trainer must defeat in order to progress. As a reward, the Trainer receives a Gym Badge, and once all eight badges are collected, that Trainer is eligible to challenge the region's Pokémon League, where four immensely talented trainers (referred to collectively as the "Elite Four") challenge the Trainer to four Pokémon battles in succession. If the trainer can overcome this gauntlet, he or she must then challenge the Regional Champion, the master Trainer who had previously defeated the Elite Four. Any Trainer who wins this last battle becomes the new champion and gains the title of Pokémon Master. Pokémon, being a popular franchise, has undoubtedly left its mark on pop culture. The Pokémon characters themselves have become pop culture icons; examples include two different Pikachu balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Pokémon-styled Boeing 747-400, thousands of merchandise items, and a theme park in Nagoya, Japan in 2005 and Taipei in 2006. Pokémon also appeared on the cover of the U.S. magazine Time in 1999. The Comedy Central show Drawn Together has a character named Ling-Ling, which is a direct parody of Pikachu. Several other shows such as ReBoot, The Simpsons, South Park, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Robot Chicken,All Grown Up! and Johnny Test have made references and spoofs of Pokémon, among other series. Pokémon was also featured on VH1's I Love the '90s: Part Deux. A live action show called Pokémon Live! toured the United States in late 2000. It was based on the popular Pokémon anime, but had some continuity errors relating to it.Joseph Jay Tobin theorizes that the success of the franchise was mainly due to the long list of names that could be learned by children and repeated in their peer groups. The rich fictional universe provided a lot of opportunities for discussion and demonstration of knowledge in front of their peers. In the French version Nintendo took care to translate the name of the creatures so that they reflected the French culture and language. In all cases the names of the creatures were linked to its characteristics, which converged with the children's belief that names have symbolic power. Children could pick their favorite Pokémon and affirm their individuality while at the same time affirming their conformance to the values of the group, and they could distinguish themselves from other kids by asserting what they liked and what they didn't like from every chapter. Pokémon gained popularity because it provided a sense of identity to a wide variety of children, and lost it quickly when many of those children found that the identity groups were too big and searched for identities that would distinguish them into smaller groups." (Wikipedia)
Now the reason for this long drawn out and copied explanation of Pokemon is that people seem to think that the game is for children. Honestly the game is for all ages and the franchise, while directed at kids, can be enjoyed by all ages. The Pokemon games are actually extremely deep. The design may seem simple but to master the game and to train the strong, powerful Pokemon, it takes alot of time, effort, math, and strategy. I am seriously tired of people saying that Pokemon is a children's game, or people saying that people are too old to be playing Pokemon. Most of the people competing in the Pokemon World Championship are in their 20s. The same goes for the Pokemon card games. Now as for the anime and the manga, sure those are childish, but for me, and maybe for alot of other people, I like the world of Pokemon and I think that watching the show or reading the manga is adding an extra depth to the seires that helps me enjoy the games even more. The fact is that Pokemon , while made for children, is unique because it can transcend generations and bridge age gaps. Each person can have a coonection with each indiviual Pokemon and even while playing the game, you'll start to favor one more than the others and not be able to explain why you like taht particualr Pokemon. Each Pokemon brings different traits, personality, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, etc and each game, manga, anime episode, card, etc help expand your understanding of each Pokemon, giving you so many ways to bond and form connections with certain ones. All the different media that the franchise brings adds a new dimension to the world. Pokemon is definatly not a game that you can be too old for, and no one should be told that their too old to like it.
Friday, September 18, 2009
College Football
Once again I am bored in computer programming class....only 38 weeks left
Football is the most popular sport in America. It is at the forefront of American sports and it slowly but surely starting to make its way to the rest of the world. People just cant seem to get enough football. We have middle school, high school, college, and professional leagues, not to mention Pop Warner leagues for little kids. The one that I find really special level of football is college football. Division 1-A college football is just so passionate and electrifying. The atmosphere around a game or in the stadium is something that cannot be explained and must be experienced. High school football is great to watch but sometimes there are players that just dominate a game and the difference between the levels of skill between players and teams can be so that the games aren't as fun or exciting to watch. And yes of course the most talented players and the best football is played in the NFL, but most fans aren't as passionate about the games. College football brings a great mixture of talent and passion that just makes for an amazing all around experience. The sounds of the band, roaring of the crowd, getting louder and louder as the spirit leaders try to pump people up. The athletes are young and naive, but talented and passionate. The fans have a connection to the teams, more so than to their favorite pro team, whether its because they went to the school, their child goes to the school, etc. College football is truly something that everyone should experience at least once and hopefully it will continue to inspire the next generation of football.
Football is the most popular sport in America. It is at the forefront of American sports and it slowly but surely starting to make its way to the rest of the world. People just cant seem to get enough football. We have middle school, high school, college, and professional leagues, not to mention Pop Warner leagues for little kids. The one that I find really special level of football is college football. Division 1-A college football is just so passionate and electrifying. The atmosphere around a game or in the stadium is something that cannot be explained and must be experienced. High school football is great to watch but sometimes there are players that just dominate a game and the difference between the levels of skill between players and teams can be so that the games aren't as fun or exciting to watch. And yes of course the most talented players and the best football is played in the NFL, but most fans aren't as passionate about the games. College football brings a great mixture of talent and passion that just makes for an amazing all around experience. The sounds of the band, roaring of the crowd, getting louder and louder as the spirit leaders try to pump people up. The athletes are young and naive, but talented and passionate. The fans have a connection to the teams, more so than to their favorite pro team, whether its because they went to the school, their child goes to the school, etc. College football is truly something that everyone should experience at least once and hopefully it will continue to inspire the next generation of football.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Hey Mr.West...Mr.West...Mr.West
Ok here comes the next chapter in the saga of.....Period 4 Computer Programing Class Boredom
Ok so those i you who watched the MTV Music Video Awards last Sunday probably know what this blog is going to be about.I should start by saying that I really do not like Taylor Swift's music, and I do agree with Kanye that Beyonce should have won that award, but that doesnt mean that I do think Kanye was a gigantically, massive douche. For those for you who don't know what happened, first let me just say that you live under a rock, second let me fill you in and set the scene for you. Kanye West, award-winning rapper, producer, writer, has lately been doing crazy things, like cussing out people at the 2008 MTV VMAs for not letting him perform, and many other incidents like this. Taylor Swift, the 19-year old country music sensation that has seemed to somehow bridge the gap between country music and people who normally cant stand it, meaning most of the known world, including most species of primates and some known birds. Ok now before I continue....I do not like country music, I really can't stand it, but Taylor Swift's music, in my opinion, sounds more like pop than it does country, but i does not mean that I like her music in anyway shape or form. Back to the story. So the 2009 MTV VMAs are going smoothly; Russell Brand is making offensive jokes, Lady Gaga is being a freak.....everything is going how it should and how everyone expected it to go. Then comes the award for Best Female Video. The nominees are Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You, Lady Gaga — "Poker Face, Katy Perry — "Hot N Cold, Pink — "So What", and finally Taylor Swift—"You Belong with Me". I think alot of people thought that Beyonce was gonna win the award easily. Taylor Swift was announced the winner and whole audience looked shocked, as well as happy for Taylor. The applause and cheers were loud, as Taylor Swift got up, hugged her family, and ran to the stage. She began to give her speech and then......Kayne West appeared out of no where and stole the microphone from Taylor Swift's hands. Kayne then said, on live TV, "Taylor, Imma let you have your moment, but I just want to say that....BEYONCE HAD ONE THE GREATEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!". He then handed the mic back to Taylor and began to walk off stage. The crowd booed Kanye, as he flipped them off and walked off. Taylor was speechless and just stood in the middle of the stage, completely still, not saying a word. The show then cut to commerical, and the rest of the night was filled with presenters, award winners, performers congraulating Taylor Swift in some way or form. Kanye West was cut from the show, and is now banned from the MTV VMAs. The last award of the night was Video of the Year. Beyonce won the award, and when she got up for her speech, she told the story of how happy and excited she was when she was 19 and she won a VMA as a memeber of Destiny's Child. She then called up Taylor Swift and said that taylor Swift deserved her moment. Taylor Swift came on stage and ended the night by finishing her speech. Kanye released several public statements afterword aplogizing, and saying that he was wrong and he did it because he has "been touring some much, and making so much music" that he is "tired, overworked, and stressed". I am a big fan of Kanye's music, but he is an ass. Taylor Swift didnt deserve that. Its like if Robin finally did something without Batman, and Superman told him that he just got lucky. I mean really Taylor Swift is only a couple years older than me, shes barely considered an adult. Kanye is a talented artist, and he is highly sucessful; why does he need to pick on a teenager. Kanye should just stick to making music, there is no need for him to police the music industry, with his own ideas or concepts of what he thinks music should be. If he really wants to make a huge impact on the music industry, just keeping making the great music he has been.
Ok so those i you who watched the MTV Music Video Awards last Sunday probably know what this blog is going to be about.I should start by saying that I really do not like Taylor Swift's music, and I do agree with Kanye that Beyonce should have won that award, but that doesnt mean that I do think Kanye was a gigantically, massive douche. For those for you who don't know what happened, first let me just say that you live under a rock, second let me fill you in and set the scene for you. Kanye West, award-winning rapper, producer, writer, has lately been doing crazy things, like cussing out people at the 2008 MTV VMAs for not letting him perform, and many other incidents like this. Taylor Swift, the 19-year old country music sensation that has seemed to somehow bridge the gap between country music and people who normally cant stand it, meaning most of the known world, including most species of primates and some known birds. Ok now before I continue....I do not like country music, I really can't stand it, but Taylor Swift's music, in my opinion, sounds more like pop than it does country, but i does not mean that I like her music in anyway shape or form. Back to the story. So the 2009 MTV VMAs are going smoothly; Russell Brand is making offensive jokes, Lady Gaga is being a freak.....everything is going how it should and how everyone expected it to go. Then comes the award for Best Female Video. The nominees are Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You, Lady Gaga — "Poker Face, Katy Perry — "Hot N Cold, Pink — "So What", and finally Taylor Swift—"You Belong with Me". I think alot of people thought that Beyonce was gonna win the award easily. Taylor Swift was announced the winner and whole audience looked shocked, as well as happy for Taylor. The applause and cheers were loud, as Taylor Swift got up, hugged her family, and ran to the stage. She began to give her speech and then......Kayne West appeared out of no where and stole the microphone from Taylor Swift's hands. Kayne then said, on live TV, "Taylor, Imma let you have your moment, but I just want to say that....BEYONCE HAD ONE THE GREATEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!". He then handed the mic back to Taylor and began to walk off stage. The crowd booed Kanye, as he flipped them off and walked off. Taylor was speechless and just stood in the middle of the stage, completely still, not saying a word. The show then cut to commerical, and the rest of the night was filled with presenters, award winners, performers congraulating Taylor Swift in some way or form. Kanye West was cut from the show, and is now banned from the MTV VMAs. The last award of the night was Video of the Year. Beyonce won the award, and when she got up for her speech, she told the story of how happy and excited she was when she was 19 and she won a VMA as a memeber of Destiny's Child. She then called up Taylor Swift and said that taylor Swift deserved her moment. Taylor Swift came on stage and ended the night by finishing her speech. Kanye released several public statements afterword aplogizing, and saying that he was wrong and he did it because he has "been touring some much, and making so much music" that he is "tired, overworked, and stressed". I am a big fan of Kanye's music, but he is an ass. Taylor Swift didnt deserve that. Its like if Robin finally did something without Batman, and Superman told him that he just got lucky. I mean really Taylor Swift is only a couple years older than me, shes barely considered an adult. Kanye is a talented artist, and he is highly sucessful; why does he need to pick on a teenager. Kanye should just stick to making music, there is no need for him to police the music industry, with his own ideas or concepts of what he thinks music should be. If he really wants to make a huge impact on the music industry, just keeping making the great music he has been.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Bored in Compter Programming
Ok so right now i am sitting in computer programming class in 3rd period. This class could not be more useless. All we do is write, but not on a computer...no....but on paper....WTF! How does that make sense!? Why do we even need this class...most of the students have proven that we know more than the teacher....we have corrected him several times....and thats just today. What is a computer programming class if you dont use the computer....this is just a prime example of why LAUSD is wasting money and wasting the time of both its students and teachers. There are about 28, $3,000 apple computers....beautiful computers, but no we dont use them, we just turn them off, and turn them on....WTF!!! THATS LIKE $100,000 WASTED AND A WASTE OF PERFECTLY GREAT AND AWESOME MACS!!!! WOW LAUSD!!! ALL THIS AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL FIRING GOOD TEACHERS!! Really does this generation really need to learn how to use an email account or learn how to search the internet. Honestly this class is obviously obsolete and needs o either be changed or gotten rid of. I took this class because I thought Intro to Computers would be too easy for me, but now that I know how mindless and easy computer programming is...I wonder what Intro to Comp is like....hmmmmmmm
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