I forgot this was TV!

For some odd reason I don't consider sports to be TV.
I realized that because I was brain storming trying to figure out what to blog about and I thought ?I hadn’t watched any TV all weekend. But I did! I watched the All-star competition last night! Not only that but I had my own dunk contest with the friends I was watching with...but that’s a story for another time lol.
But I guess sports are the only reality TV I watch. And it’s weird to classify it as reality TV because it actually is real. Whereas, contrary to its name, “reality” TV is mostly not real. Maybe Live TV would be a better way of describing it.
I wonder how everyone else classifies sports as a broadcast because I know for certain it doesn’t seem like television programming to me. Maybe it’s the lack of drama or plot line.
The bottom line is SPORTS IS NOT TV!!I guess its closer to a news broadcast.

Really guys?!?

Why did no one tell me how amazing The Following was?!?!
I mean yeah no one likes Kevin Bacon and his nose distracts from the story line; but nostrils aside: This. Show. Is. Awesome.
It started out like every other horror story.
Well I mean I don't think there is a serial killer based hour long drama out there, but it did follow the plot line for all the serial killer movies and books I have ever read.
Right until the end. The biggest twist ever! My jaw dropped. And I wish I could tell you what it was but just in case you haven’t seen it...I would prefer not to spoil it for you, since I hate when people do it.
But seriously! Check it out. The first 3 episodes are on demand.

The Office

On the subject of "funny shows" I am watching The Office. I am currently on season 7, and there are only 9 seasons, so I am close. I never really paid attention to the show before now (my sister forced me to watch it in its entirety) but it is reallllyyyyy funny!
The character of Michael Scott, I absolutely HATE. He is completely self-destructive and just plain old foolish. He actually makes me upset sometimes, kind of like Patrick on Sponge bob. The situations are ridiculous.
I have become addicted to it though and I recommend it to anyone who will listen. But most people don't give the show a chance, because they think it is dry humor...but it can get pretty wet some times.
That's what she said.

Cartoons!

So I sort of just saw a blog post from one of my class mates. Not sure whose it was. But I didn’t read the whole post...or even really start to read it but from what I scanned it said are cartoons really even for children anymore.
And that is something I have been discussing for a long while. My sister, who is older than me, forces me to watch Adventure Time and Regular Show with her; Gumball as well. But Gumball is pretty child appropriate I think. Regular Show has never seemed to be a kids cartoon. The first episode featured a limerick in which the main characters sang "Don't look at our crotches while we synchronize our watches" which I didn't think was very appropriate! The show hasn’t been hyper sexual ever since, but it really set the tone.
Adventure Time was pretty OK at first. But one of the main characters Jake got a girlfriend. And then got her pregnant and had babies. On a children's cartoon! They don't elaborate on how exactly she got pregnant however. They don't get married or anything either, which can be looked at as promoting the modern view of family, which is not wrong. Just different; and not something I expected out of a cartoon.

Comm 399

Well Hello Class!!!
I hope you guys are reading! But this is my first COMM 399 related post! How exciting. What I should actually talk about is lost to me!! But I look forward to reading everyone's blogs and seeing what you all think of mine!

ooh Baby I like it Raw!

It is amazing and coincidental that my dearly departed best friend LOVED this song by ODB. I can see him dancing in my head, unfortunately my raw journey was not as fun.

I started monday november 21st, a day that will forever live in infamy. I think the best way to cronicle my journey will be through the food I consumed. I started out this day with a banana. At work I had an apple and three or four bitter peices of lettuce with a house made dressing. For dinner: Celery with (non-roasted) peanut butter, and bananas on top. Needless to say I was very hungry, cranky and utterly pissed off.

But it was fun to tell preople about what I was doing. Everyone at work spent time trying to figure out what I couldn't eat, laugh at me, and then find things I could eat. Towards the end of the day and the rest of my journey my coworkers were my inspiration, encouranging me an forcing me to continue.

Tuesday, I was more prepared. I made a Strawberry banana &Ice smoothie. It was good! I made my friend buy me almond milk and I had a great big glass of that. Delicious. For lunch a walnut blueberry almond milk& ice smoothie. Looked like vomit, tasted pretty good. Peanut butter and apples for dinner. Cup of Tea. I felt like a bird. Very hungry but very light as well. Not like how you feel after you eat mcDonalds.

Wednesday.
The final day.
Finally.
I had an apple. More Almond milk. Small cup of Hummus with apples. Despair, waiting for midnight...AND prepping food for thanksgiving. No tasting allowed, such self control.

Social Movements

     There are many social movements going on in the world. Everyone is striving for social change. From Peta to the occupy movements. One movement has really stood out. Instead of going the traditional public advocacy route and having press conferences and speeches this movement took their cause to the streets. SlutWalk is the new million woman march. Stemming from police comments about women protecting themselves from rape by dressing "appropriately" women have risen up.

     SlutWalkers march down the streets with signs and chanting to raise awareness of what really causes rape: Rapists.

     The signs they have created though comical are completely true. Short skirts don't invite or ensure rape, rapist do. A woman can be raped regardless of what she is wearing. Regular men don't just turn into rapist if a woman is scantily clad, there were rapist to begin with.

     This is social movement that is necessary and should have started long ago. It is a often heard thought that women invite rape or that victims somehow deserve it. Do you deserve to get robbed if you have an iPhone to your ear? It is the same general concept, you are flaunting what someone wants in front of their face, so it is your fault when they take it from you, right? I think if people thought of it in that way they would see how ridiculous that idea is. When some one commits a crime it is no ones fault but the criminal.

     It is a great idea to end the rape culture that exists in America where victims can be blamed and woman shamed about the sexuality they were given at birth.

http://www.alternet.org/story/152603/%27hey_rapists%2c_go_fuck_yourselves%27%3a_slutwalk_arrives_in_nyc?page=entire