The Day the Music Died Review !

http://www.teenink.com/opinion/movies_music_tv/article/206127/The-Day-the-Music-Died/
The article I picked is titled "The Day the Music Died". I found it on the interwebs *cough* Teen Ink *cough* .com . It was written by Evely Nibarra. All the opening paragraph is, is a thesis, there is nothing else to it except for the thesis. The thesis is Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B, and Pop, all types of music, are amazing beats and catchy tunes, but what lies underneath all of the repeating rhythms and mainstream glamour?. The opening paragraph caught my attention because it asked a question that appealed to me, because I have noticed that a lot of popular songs nowadays don't really have much meaning to them. The article has eight paragraphs. All the paragraphs elaborate more on the thesis explaining some facts and the writers opinion. One example of this is "Take the Beattle’s for example; their songs helped people escape the terrors of the Vietnam War. When you heard their songs, you escaped the world’s troubles, momentarily. Now, flash forward to today! What are we providing for the future other than foul language and meaningless rhythms? Profanity is what this time in history will mean, lyrically, of course. "

This article is very good, but it doesn't provide any argument from the other side. It just brutally rips it apart and gives it no fight back. This article has convinced me of its argument, because it explains its self out and gives you lots of reason and examples, plus it probably help that i already agreed with the topic. The writer could have let the other side fight back so it would have more of an argument in it. A counter argument that they could have used would be the positive side for modern day music, and the argument could be "Some songs still do have lots of meaning!".

I found the ending very effective because it ended with a little mission and had you motivated to pursuit it. It was really well written didn't have any spelling mistakes that I picked up on. Overall I really liked this article because it was about something that i notice and was interested in and it helped that it was well written and was relatable!

Yeah you. Mom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFhF64P3VQ

My group and I chose the YouTube video "How to be Gangster" . We chose this video because it was close to my how to topic of "How to be Ghetto". I like this video because it gave me some idea's of what we could do in our video, plus it was hysterical! I think this video was very effective with getting its message across with instructions and humor. But something I would have done differently was that I would have used a better quality camera. The element that all "How to" videos have is that they are all teaching you how to do something. Some of the elements I found most effective were the humor, the dialogue and the actions the actors did.

Oh You Crazy Russian's !!! :D

*This is an E-mail sent to a couple friends*

Well I know you guys have all are wondering how my vacation in Russia is going!!! Well let me tell you that its pretty AWESOME! Well we landed in Moscow about 6 days ago now so I have had a lot of time to look around, and see all the cool things that's here! So you know when you think of Russia you think of those huge Cathedral's and I got to go see like the whole in side of one and everything it was soo AMAZING *SAID IN OPRAH VOICE!*. Plus I went to a this ginormous mall in Moscow called the European Mall and it was soo crazy how big it was it hall these different levels with hundreds of stores, it defiantly put any mall i was every to before to shame. We spent a couple of days just walking around the city and saw a lot of cool stuff like where the Russian Royal family used to live,*Anastasia's house!!!!!*, plus we went and watched a couple of cultural things, like cool dancing and acrobatics. As you can probably tell that we were pretty busy.

PS. I met a whole bunch of people and they had the coolest names! Like Olga, Maksim, Ivan, Anastasya, Valentina and Alisa! My favorite was Olga and Maksim lol :P And Ivan smells like vodka! hehe

Wish you could be here! be home in like 5 days! See you soon xoxo

How to be Ghetto!

So there's a Facebook group that says Miramichi is a "ghetto" so everyone thinks that they are "ghetto", but being ghetto is quite different than being from the ghetto.And here is a list to let all you wanna be "ghetto" people become one. And here's a list of things that will help you become "GHETTO FABULOUS"!!!

Step 1

"Bling" it up! Rhinestones, jewels, anything that sparkles or shines works great. There's no such thing as too much!

Step 2
Get a loud stereo system in your car. Play rap music as loud as you can. The greater the decibel level, the more ghetto. If it makes your car vibrate, that works. If it makes buildings around your car shake, even better.

Step 3
Invest in a "grill". Grills are dental fittings that are silver, gold, or have "bling". You not only want people to notice your amazingly expensive smile, you want to blind them with it.

Step 4
Dress the part. Anything with the label Ecko, Sean John, or Apple Bottom work. Ghetto is not sloppy, make sure everything is neatly pressed, even if it is 3 sizes too big.

Step 5
Wear chains around your neck. Make sure they are big. The more "bling" you have, the more ghetto you appear. For extra ghetto appeal, add a dollar sign charm.

Step 6
Get inked. Tattoos of "RIP" along with a name, even a portrait of someone lost to the streets.

Step 7
Learn the language. It's called ebonics. It's necessary to know how to communicate.

Step 8
Buy some ghetto sneakers. Think along the lines of Air Force Ones. Ghetto is not cheap. Make sure the brand name is visible.

Step 9
Pimp your ride. Invest at least twice as much as your car is worth in the rims, stereo system, and tinting. Install a DVD player in the back of your headrests, even if you don't have a backseat.

And if you follow these simple step you will become "ghetto" !

PS. You'll need money...lots of it because being ghetto isn't cheap.

Get your Cat Spayed/Neutered or it Will KILL YOU!!!! :O

http://www.kidk.com/news/local/92136594.html?tab=video

"Woman: My cat tried to kill me" defiantly is an interesting and different title that you don't see that often on the CNN news. I picked this video because it pretty much has everything that you need to have a exciting news video. It has an interesting title, the video is affective in getting its message across and keeps your attention while doing so, and it had a lots of cool picture and a interview with the victim.

I think that this video will help me with my jobs in the talon! Even though I do In-Depths and Peoples Pick, watching this video really helped me, it proved to me by having a strange and out there title you'll get attention. Plus it cover a lot of information with voice overs when show the woman's cuts and brusies from her cat. Also I learned that you can tell a sad and serious story with humor.

Finding Forrester Review

Finding Forrester is a film directed by Gus Van Sant, released December 19, 2000, and produced by Columbia Pictures. It starred a young Rob Brown and Anna Paquin, as well as world renowned actor Sean Connery. Although the movies was only limited released to theaters is still made $80,049,764 in the box office. The movie was well liked by critics and viewers alike, it received two thumbs up from Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper. Also it Richard Roeper considered it one of the 10 best films of 2000.

Finding Forrester is about Jamal, a 16 year old black boy who lives in a bad part of the Bronx. Jamal is a very intelligent young man but does not show it because none of his friends care, Jamal is also very good at basketball. One day Jamal is dared by his group of friends to sneak into the apartment of the creepy guy that lives up there, Jamal accepts the dare and sneaks up only to get caught by the man, and runs away but leaves his book bag behind. Jamal always kept his intelligent a secret until one day he is offered a scholarship to a high class private school in Manhattan, Jamal accepts the offer. After Jamal broke in the Apartment he develops a tough love friendship with the man who lives there. Near the end of the movie, Jamal's teachers believe that he copied a story he handed in and it jeopardizes his chances in staying at the Prep School.

Gus Van Sant has directed some of the best movies in the last decade and this one is no exception. Gus had made movies such as Milk and Good Will Hunting, both these movies like Finding Forrester deal with major conflicts and over coming huge obstacles in life to try to succeed.Although the movie doesn't have a lot of main characters the performances from Sean Conney and Rob Brown are outstanding. Plus the lesser characters played by Anna Paquin and Fahrid Murray Abraham really live an imprint on you and really help develop characters and conflicts.

Finding Forrester is pretty much one of those feel good movies where you get to see someone that almost never have a chance succeed in life.So you would think that the Message is "Never Give up" or something like "Everyone needs a Chance" but a I think that the message is more so "The Definition of Family". I believe this because throughout the movie you kind out that Jamal never really ever had a father figure and Forrester hasn't had much of a family since his brother left, and once these to meet up they're basically complete opposites, but as well all know opposites do connect. They form a strong bond because they both need something and they get what they need from each other, Jamal gets a father/mentor and Forrester gets a family. It also directs the message that family doesn't always have to be biological but can just be who is there for you and who you trust, support and love.

Overall Finding Forrester is a pretty good movie with a good message and good acting. It defiantly will be worth your time to watch.

Bonus ! Hospital Tour

So Wednesday basically all the class went to the hospital for a tour! We got to got to the morgue (It was uber creepy....just saying), sound proof room (kinda cool), and lots of other cool places, but my favorite place was to see was the plant. The entire tour they said they we might get to see this "plant", so I was expecting some big cool flowery tree type thing the entire time. So then once we got to where the plant was I was expect the flower tree crossbreed, but then I found out that it wasn't an actual a plant but a place where all the generators and power things are. At first I was slightly disappointed but once we started looking around and stuff, and it was pretty cool to see! Plus there was even a random tree chilling back there so I did get to see a "plant"!!!!! So it all ended up working out pretty well. :)