http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423977/trailers-screenplay-E32662-314
I actually want to see this movie really really badly! It has two people from one of my favorite shows, "Degrassi: The Next Generation", in it. I find the whole concept of it kind of funny. I mean in real life, no kid would be able to get away with a drug deal that public. It just is extremely humorous. In a way this reminds me of Superbad. I don't know why. I guess you could say it is almost the same kind of style? But, this movie looks extremely funny. The really cool thing is everyone can probably relate to at least one of the different people's problems in the film.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Bo Burnham: Teenage Comdian Genius
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LZoO8LyizLA
If you haven't already heard seen some of Bo Burnham's songs on youtube, check them out. This is just one of the many hilarious songs Bo has created. This particular song is called "My Whole Family...". This song is (a joke) about how his family thinks he is gay. This song is entirely a joke and is in no way trying to make fun of gay people. I showed it to one of my gay friends and she laughed.
I think this song is possibly his best song. First of all, this is his first song he ever posted. Secondly, the lyrics are truely amazing. Take for example:
I think that God might think im gay,
What does he know anyway.
My grandma gave me a present just last year,
and the card said, "Happy Birthday queer!"
I have to wonder how he even thought up this song or it's lyrics but, whatever it was, he did a great job making a song out of it.
The only thing about this video I might have changed was the keyboard was extremely loud, louder than his voice and it kind of gets screechy at certain points, but other than that it's really cool.
As Bo gets older in his videos he gets cuter. If you like this video, be sure to check out his other ones, they are all funny too. His songs are about all different things. He (jokingly) pokes fun at different things. For instance Helen Keller. (That song is called "The Perfect Woman" and it is hysterical!)
I simply love Bo and his work, deffiently be sure to check him out! He is extremely talented, I am very impressed by him. He is extremely creative and funny. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.
If you haven't already heard seen some of Bo Burnham's songs on youtube, check them out. This is just one of the many hilarious songs Bo has created. This particular song is called "My Whole Family...". This song is (a joke) about how his family thinks he is gay. This song is entirely a joke and is in no way trying to make fun of gay people. I showed it to one of my gay friends and she laughed.
I think this song is possibly his best song. First of all, this is his first song he ever posted. Secondly, the lyrics are truely amazing. Take for example:
I think that God might think im gay,
What does he know anyway.
My grandma gave me a present just last year,
and the card said, "Happy Birthday queer!"
I have to wonder how he even thought up this song or it's lyrics but, whatever it was, he did a great job making a song out of it.
The only thing about this video I might have changed was the keyboard was extremely loud, louder than his voice and it kind of gets screechy at certain points, but other than that it's really cool.
As Bo gets older in his videos he gets cuter. If you like this video, be sure to check out his other ones, they are all funny too. His songs are about all different things. He (jokingly) pokes fun at different things. For instance Helen Keller. (That song is called "The Perfect Woman" and it is hysterical!)
I simply love Bo and his work, deffiently be sure to check him out! He is extremely talented, I am very impressed by him. He is extremely creative and funny. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Tipping Point Chapter Four
Lying & Cheating:
Lying and cheating are very similar. For some people it is a lifestyle. Some people are just liars. It does not surprise me that students do better on take home tests because they do have the oppurtunity to cheat. And more than likely, at least half of them will. Cheating and lying are wrong most of the time, and everyone knows that. But, that still won't stop people from doing it.
Good Samaritan:
When I see someone hurt, I try my best to help them. If they are not recieving help, I would deffiently try to help them out. For instance, a little over a month ago, my family and I were coming home from Toledo, and the roads were completely frozen over with ice. As we stopped at a stop light, we saw two cars collide. I immediatly told my Dad to call 911, but luckily they recieved help immediatly. I wanted to stop to make sure they were okay, and we waited until we saw people get out of the car, unharmed. I would stop in almost any condition. Even if I was late to someone 9 times out of 10, I would stop, unless I was like on the way to a funeral or to see someone on their death bed. But I would call 911 on my way.
Lying and cheating are very similar. For some people it is a lifestyle. Some people are just liars. It does not surprise me that students do better on take home tests because they do have the oppurtunity to cheat. And more than likely, at least half of them will. Cheating and lying are wrong most of the time, and everyone knows that. But, that still won't stop people from doing it.
Good Samaritan:
When I see someone hurt, I try my best to help them. If they are not recieving help, I would deffiently try to help them out. For instance, a little over a month ago, my family and I were coming home from Toledo, and the roads were completely frozen over with ice. As we stopped at a stop light, we saw two cars collide. I immediatly told my Dad to call 911, but luckily they recieved help immediatly. I wanted to stop to make sure they were okay, and we waited until we saw people get out of the car, unharmed. I would stop in almost any condition. Even if I was late to someone 9 times out of 10, I would stop, unless I was like on the way to a funeral or to see someone on their death bed. But I would call 911 on my way.
The Tipping Point Chapter Four
The Broken Window Theory:
I haven't seen it like personally, but in the news, sure. Like I saw saying before, school shooting are becoming more and more frequent because kids see one person do it, and then another and another and another. They get the ideas from each other.
Personally, I think that dude, Gunn, was pretty stupid. Why would you focus on the graffiti??? I think safety is more important. Graffiti is not the collapse of a system... graffiti happens everywhere. If it was, then Columbus would be a failed city...which would make absolutly no sense.
We should focus on the bigger problems first, because if you focus on the smaller problems first, the bigger problems will destroy you. For instance, since the Titanic was mentioned in this book, I'm going to use an example from that. Let's say since Jack "stole" the necklace, after the ship hit the iceberg, it would be totally pointless to focus on that and try to arrest him because the ship is sinking! I mean if you deal with that problem first, you are probably going to be dead because you are on a sinking ship. That would just be dumb.
Prison Experiment At Stanford:
Oh my god. This sounds terrible. Why would anyone come up with this idea? I would never want to experience prison. It's not a place I plan to be in. This kind of reminds me of the book "The Wave". In both cases the roles they were given sort of over took them, and they became them. I find that really really scary.
I haven't seen it like personally, but in the news, sure. Like I saw saying before, school shooting are becoming more and more frequent because kids see one person do it, and then another and another and another. They get the ideas from each other.
Personally, I think that dude, Gunn, was pretty stupid. Why would you focus on the graffiti??? I think safety is more important. Graffiti is not the collapse of a system... graffiti happens everywhere. If it was, then Columbus would be a failed city...which would make absolutly no sense.
We should focus on the bigger problems first, because if you focus on the smaller problems first, the bigger problems will destroy you. For instance, since the Titanic was mentioned in this book, I'm going to use an example from that. Let's say since Jack "stole" the necklace, after the ship hit the iceberg, it would be totally pointless to focus on that and try to arrest him because the ship is sinking! I mean if you deal with that problem first, you are probably going to be dead because you are on a sinking ship. That would just be dumb.
Prison Experiment At Stanford:
Oh my god. This sounds terrible. Why would anyone come up with this idea? I would never want to experience prison. It's not a place I plan to be in. This kind of reminds me of the book "The Wave". In both cases the roles they were given sort of over took them, and they became them. I find that really really scary.
School Shootings
Omg. I hate school shootings. I am on the phone with a friend of mine, and when I told him what I had to write about, he told me that he was in a school shooting in 2003.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/09/25/school.shooting/index.html
I just found out this was the school shooting he was in.
This made me cry.
He just told me the story of what happened. I am like in shock. I can't say anything else but, "That is so horrible". I am just like so idk. It is so sad. I honestly don't know what to say. I've never known someone who was in one. I looked it up and it was true and I just cried. I don't know what to say.
But uhm back to the original assignment. School shootings are becoming more of a regular thing. In the last year or so, I've heard of two shootings at colleges. It seems to me that they have become more and more often since the shooting at Columbine, which was also terrible.
Honestly, school shootings have made me feel less safe at school, but only at the big high schools. At Linworth, I don't feel that I have anything to worry about. We are such a small school and people want to go to Linworth. I don't feel that anyone there would try to hurt anyone. But, bomb threats at the home schools, it's getting more and more often. I am scared sometimes to go over to the home schools. I don't feel as safe there. People might say that because we live in Worthington, it won't happen because we are so sheltered and we are such a "safe" place. That doesn't make me feel so much better. I mean, look at the Columbine situation. It took place in a considerably wealthy and thought to be safe area. But I mean, that didn't make a difference. It just makes me so mad that people would shoot other people. I understand what it's like to not be popular, and made fun of a lot. Back in elementary school and middle school, basically that's all that ever happened to me. But I would NEVER hurt any of them, no matter how much I disliked them. I understand how horrible kids can be, I really do. I think everyone has at one point or another been picked on. I do understand though that most of these kids are picked on nonstop. That's terrible, but it's even more terrible to shoot people. I mean, no one deserves that. No one. At least not in my opinion.
The worst part is, I think that we will still see more and more school shootings. It's awful but, I just don't think they are going to stop. Even if we do have security at schools, it only takes on shot to kill someone. Also, schools can't afford to have a security guard standing in every single hallway. You just can't do that. There's too many schools in this country. I wish I could say that they won't happen again. But unfortunatly, more and more kids hear about school shootings and get the idea to do it themselves. I wish that they wouldn't. I wish that they would sort out their problems in a non-violent way. Unfortunatly, for some kids, that won't happen. =[
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/09/25/school.shooting/index.html
I just found out this was the school shooting he was in.
This made me cry.
He just told me the story of what happened. I am like in shock. I can't say anything else but, "That is so horrible". I am just like so idk. It is so sad. I honestly don't know what to say. I've never known someone who was in one. I looked it up and it was true and I just cried. I don't know what to say.
But uhm back to the original assignment. School shootings are becoming more of a regular thing. In the last year or so, I've heard of two shootings at colleges. It seems to me that they have become more and more often since the shooting at Columbine, which was also terrible.
Honestly, school shootings have made me feel less safe at school, but only at the big high schools. At Linworth, I don't feel that I have anything to worry about. We are such a small school and people want to go to Linworth. I don't feel that anyone there would try to hurt anyone. But, bomb threats at the home schools, it's getting more and more often. I am scared sometimes to go over to the home schools. I don't feel as safe there. People might say that because we live in Worthington, it won't happen because we are so sheltered and we are such a "safe" place. That doesn't make me feel so much better. I mean, look at the Columbine situation. It took place in a considerably wealthy and thought to be safe area. But I mean, that didn't make a difference. It just makes me so mad that people would shoot other people. I understand what it's like to not be popular, and made fun of a lot. Back in elementary school and middle school, basically that's all that ever happened to me. But I would NEVER hurt any of them, no matter how much I disliked them. I understand how horrible kids can be, I really do. I think everyone has at one point or another been picked on. I do understand though that most of these kids are picked on nonstop. That's terrible, but it's even more terrible to shoot people. I mean, no one deserves that. No one. At least not in my opinion.
The worst part is, I think that we will still see more and more school shootings. It's awful but, I just don't think they are going to stop. Even if we do have security at schools, it only takes on shot to kill someone. Also, schools can't afford to have a security guard standing in every single hallway. You just can't do that. There's too many schools in this country. I wish I could say that they won't happen again. But unfortunatly, more and more kids hear about school shootings and get the idea to do it themselves. I wish that they wouldn't. I wish that they would sort out their problems in a non-violent way. Unfortunatly, for some kids, that won't happen. =[
Blog Class
First off, I would like to say that I really am glad that this class was offered for a course. For the most part, I am really enjoying it.
I really like having to do the internet research and just our own personal opinions. I think it is really fun! I really liked doing a post on what makes me smile.
The only thing I am not crazy about is having to do reading and posting about it.
The book we are currently reading confuses me alot.
I really honestly think the author just likes to hear himself talk.
I do wish that there was more interaction between the people who take this class. Two comments isn't really alot.
Otherwise, I love class!
I really like having to do the internet research and just our own personal opinions. I think it is really fun! I really liked doing a post on what makes me smile.
The only thing I am not crazy about is having to do reading and posting about it.
The book we are currently reading confuses me alot.
I really honestly think the author just likes to hear himself talk.
I do wish that there was more interaction between the people who take this class. Two comments isn't really alot.
Otherwise, I love class!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Tipping Point Chapter Three
Okay, this book is so freaking confusing!
I am so lost.
He just repeats the same points over and over again.
This is very frustrating!
I didn't know that they experimented with that show though...
But this is like way too much information...
But this does bring back many memories.
But, I never did watch Blue's Clues.
But I guess it sounds like Blue's Clues was addicting? I really don't understand.
Awww I loved Big Bird!
Is he saying that the show didn't do well at first? If that's true, that's really weird.
I'm really bored.
He just keeps talking about the same stuff... it's kind of annoying.
I just really don't understand what he is saying... it's extremely frustrating.
Things that stick for me are usually when I see something that has a favorite celebrity of mine in it. For instance, I love The O.C., and my favorite actress on the show is Mischa Barton. She is one of the advertisers for the shoes KEDS. I saw her in an ad, and so I bought them. Basically now, I don't wear any other brand of shoe.
I am so lost.
He just repeats the same points over and over again.
This is very frustrating!
I didn't know that they experimented with that show though...
But this is like way too much information...
But this does bring back many memories.
But, I never did watch Blue's Clues.
But I guess it sounds like Blue's Clues was addicting? I really don't understand.
Awww I loved Big Bird!
Is he saying that the show didn't do well at first? If that's true, that's really weird.
I'm really bored.
He just keeps talking about the same stuff... it's kind of annoying.
I just really don't understand what he is saying... it's extremely frustrating.
Things that stick for me are usually when I see something that has a favorite celebrity of mine in it. For instance, I love The O.C., and my favorite actress on the show is Mischa Barton. She is one of the advertisers for the shoes KEDS. I saw her in an ad, and so I bought them. Basically now, I don't wear any other brand of shoe.
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