I see you typing, but all i see is blog blog blog.

January 6, 2013

I get home at 12:15AM and realize that I have finals tomorrow.

Unfortunately, i did not take away as much from blogging this semester as i hoped I would. If i was not busy enough during the Fall semester, the spring semester was even worse.

Do not get me wrong, I do enjoy the concept of the blog assignment, I generally enjoy the topics assigned as well, and who wouldn't want to read up on the happening of their fellow classmates weekly/monthly Drama?

Unfortunately between work and the massive amount of homework i had in my Communication classes, I just did not have the time or energy to put into the blogging process that I wanted to or assumed I would have.

I guess at the end of the day, i just need the credit, but if I were being asked my opinion, i would definitely keep the blogging portion of years 1 and 2. I feel like it encourages students to do further research on topics they may have had interest in but actually knew very little about, as well as encourages students to verbalize a (hopefully) more informed opinion about any topic, despite of their personally feelings about the topic.

While it is probably not something I will continue to do in my free time, mostly because i have to little free time, I do feel like i benefited from the process, even if only to have a place to vent my weekly frustrations about school and life.

ERMAHGERD!!!! IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!!

SO you all remember my post on the hood of my car coming up..

WELL.. I was driving down University and Country Club... AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN!

The worst part about it was that it shattered my sun roof in the process!

I paid Mark Mitsubishi at 43rd and Glendale to replace the hatch because i was led to believe i was at fault. I also had to replace my windshield because it had cracked.

WELL... This time you can imagine my demeanor changed a bit when i arrived back at there lot a week later with the SAME PROBLEM!

I pretty much ripped them a new one. Not ONLY could i have gotten into an accident or injured because i couldnt see anything and the street was really busy, but I could have hurt someone else in the process.

Turns out the hood latch assembly was defective.

In their defense, they DID apologize  reimbursed me all of my labor cost for the original work and the windshield replacement even though they didnt replace it, but i have to wait for a new sunroof assembly, and they dont want to do any of the work until they get it. so for now my car looks like someone vandalized it.

I Guess My Glass Is Half Empty

So we watched Micheal Moore's Capitalism- A Love Story...

Now, it may just be me, but i'm pretty sure that was only one side of the story..

Personally i do not care much fir Micheal Moore films period. They are Pathos-fest and arguable the most slanted reporting of any serious of events you could get outside of FOX News

It is not that i do not feel there is some valuable information to be found in his documentaries, but i have learned to take everything his says with a grain of salt and a bottle or Pepto.

The amount of dramatization that occurs in his films is above and beyond what would actually be required to get you opinion across, and it would be so bad if people were capable of taking it as satire, but the problem is that his work attracts extremist and conspiracy theorist that are looking for someone to blame or something wrong and general and they walk away from a film like this as if it were the word or (Insert you religious figure here)

Its been my experience that not a lot of people actually bother to go out and do research on much of anything they see read or hear.

So i'm probably a skeptic, not to say i didn't find some useful information in the documentary, but i personally feel like his message would have been recieved by those of us who were actually looking to receive the information, and not just for something to get fired up about, without his flair for the dramatic.

Dont Be THAT Person

YOU THINK IT WONT.. BUT THIS COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN TO YOU!

On Monday, I was driving on the 202. I was just about at my destination exit when out of no where my hood flies up and smacks my windshield. The hood itself was inverted essentially taking the shape of what use to be that of my now non existent windshield. I am forced to slam on my brakes in rush hour traffic, turning my hazards on. I slam down as hard as i can on my car horn hoping to get the attention of those around me fearing that if i didnt hit the person in front of my, I would SURELY be hit by the person behind me. Lucky enough i was able to escape without further incident and after some doing, get safely to the inner median.

The worst part about the whole thing is that it could have been prevented. I was soo mad at myself, not just for having cost myself close to $1000 in repairs, but do to the fact that it could have been prevented. I had not even an hour before opened my hood to disconnect my battery to work on my electrical. after i was finished, i had put the hood down, but when it did not close correctly, i could not be bother to just push it down. I figured surely i would remember that my hood needed to be secured when i was going to take off in about 30 minutes or so to head to Mesa..

This is a hood latch. and it takes you maybe 1-5 seconds to check and make sure it is securely holding the hood of your vehicle in place.. and while we may feel inclined to do something else or fail to see the important of ensuring that it is Secured. I can assure you that it, more than almost anything else that you can do to your car, could very well be the difference between life and death while even on the shortest of trips. If you discover that your hood latch is damaged or no longer properly securing your hood. it is a 10-50 dollar piece and you should replace it immediately.

Entry # 2: Liar Liar

YOU MEAN THE MEDIA EXPOSED ME TO SLANTED REPORTING!? OF ALL THE PEOPLE! NOW WHO AM I TO TRUST!?

Slanted reporting has long since been a practice in media PERIOD. Not just Fox 10 news, C-Span, or any other large publicized networks. My issue with "He said, she said" reporting is that anyone can say something and may have even themselves taken it out of context. I do not imagine the reporter obtained his information from someone who was in support of the Solar project. 

While I do not deny that it is the reporters job to verify his sources and it is quite obvious that the report was slanted toward anti Solar subsidization, and i would imagine his inability to report in a non bias fashion will begin to slowly effect his ability to reach an audience, his overall credibility, and may at some point in time cost him his job, I would like to say, just like them, it is just as much our job to verify any information we take in. whether it be trying to find someone who disagrees just as strongly as you do, or if you are looking for a difference in opinion, it is bad practice to simply take anything at face value. It is called Healthy skepticism.

Exhibit #1: I am sure this guy is a perfectly nice guy, but it would seem in your best interest to not offer him a ride simply based on his pleasant demeanor. Why else were we given common sense if not to use it.

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Well excuse the blog out of me

Having already done this blog project last year, my first response to this topic was "... Do I have to?" However, I know if I complain about it than others are sure to follow suit. so instead, I have decided to complete the task, and whine intermittently about it in the post.

Now excuse me whilst i shove the rest of this rhetoric down your throats.

Something I have learned throughout my academic career is that your professor really and truly does not care whether you WANT to do what they ask of you. Having said that, i do actually enjoy the blogging process. I rather enjoy my failed attempts at humor through e rhetoric and meme's.

I also enjoy reading others internet blogs, some of the most prevalent of them being Facebook and Twitter. and who wouldn't enjoy such gems as " Went to Circle K to get a Rootbeer, but they were out so I got a Sprite instead. A bit inconvenient but otherwise I am having an OK day."

I appreciate the play by play on the drama that is my friends life. I am especially fond of the ones that choose to discuss their must private and most intimate matters, whether relational or otherwise, on Facebook and Twitter, and then are surprised when they receive negative or unhelpful feedback.

A better approach might have been to call or text a friend, or if you INSIST on sharing it with the world, since that is essentially what you are doing, regardless of your Privacy settings. consider perhaps not releasing the intimate details, if you are seeking an audience with the people on your Facebook and/or twitter page, just remember they are not necessarily going to be the most receptive people, or able to relate. Just remember that today's comment, could be tomorrows Meme.

Well if you must pry

My name is Marcus,

I am currently attending GCC to complete and/or retake several course credits in which did not transfer or where taken too long ago to apply.

I am a Pre-Medical student. I have been accepted to The University of Arizona's School of Pediatrics. Specific emphasis on Pulmonology and the study of Early Cystic Fibrosis in infants and adolescents.

I was also accepted into UNC's ( University of North Carolina's) Chapel Hill Medical School and the University of Miami's school of medicine, but the deciding factor was basically the opportunity to stay at home and not have to relocate.

I currently work at St.Josephs hospital as a Registered Nurse and I like what I do.

Originally I was not too certain that I wanted to return back to school, so I began taking a few classed to see if there was anything that i felt interested me, because while I love what i do, I had reached a point where it felt like i was just coasting, and while the money was okay, i felt like there was something more that i should or COULD be doing with my life. I did, and still do, have the option to instead obtain my Masters as a Nurse Practitioner which i have considered on multiple occasions, but it was the loss of someone I loved, and watched struggle for the last 4 years of her life before finally losing her battle at the age of 21 to Cystic fibrosis that motivated me to do what I am doing today.

If I could give anyone out there some advice who is not sure about what they want to do with there life or that if school is for them, it would be that even if you are unsure, DO SOMETHING, take your core classes, if nothing else complete the AGEC (Arizona's General Education Curriculum.) You never know when you might change your mind or find something that you are truly passionate about, and when you do, would would rather have something under your belt than nothing.