Life.....

I work right off of I-35 on Swisher road and today when i was driving towards lake dallas, i saw a huge cloud of smoke in the air. i thought to myself that it seemed really close to work, but i figured it was further away. But as i got closer my friend text me asking if i am ok and said that there was a huge wreck and a oil truck blew up about half a block from where i work. I didnt know anyone that was in the wreck, but my heart goes out to those that were in the wreck and the families involved.
Just now i was reading through some other blogs about racism stereotypes and gays/lesbians, etc... As i was reading this i thought about those people that were involved in that horrible wreck. Some may have been, black, white, hispanic, gay, whatever, but all that matters at the time is that they are all people just like me and you. No matter what gets said to us, or what we say to others, we are all here for a purpose to live our lives the way we would like.
Today was a horrible day for those involved in that wreck and i pray for everyone of them. We should all slow down our busy lives full of not only work and school, but also with the negative thoughts about others who do not think or act the way we do. Yes, i am guilty of thinking a different way about a person because i am not used to the way they live, but all it comes down to is that you live the life you want; those days at work or school seem long and boring, but life is too short to think like we do about others.

The Codes of Television

This article seemed redundant and somewhat pointless to me. In television today, there are many ways to portray the "good guy" and the "bad guy." Camera work, lighting, editing etc.. is important in focusing in on the main character, but also the way the character acts and what he of she wears is also in obvious factor to the character. Before i took this class i never really focused on what the camera angles are and what music comes on, but since we have been looking at and discussing more movies I noticed more about what the character is wearing and the way the camera is focused on them. Although this is a good observation to have, it is sometimes nice just to watch a movie, forget all of the technical extras and enjoy a good flick!!!

Damon on the View

Lately i have been watching alot of the show The View. Today Damon (the husband on My Wife and Kids) was on the show. In the beginning Whoopi Goldberg began the conversation of discrimination with race. Damon's response was that we should get rid of all the bad words we use today towards other people along with the N word. Then he brought up the show Bounty Hunters and that he never sees them arresting white people, only ethic pepole from the "hood." After Damons opinion about the race sterotypes, they brought up the fact that he cant keep a girlfriend. His reason for not being able to settle down with a woman was because what he said, "i havent found one that has the fundamentals." The fundamentals mean to him that the woman has to clean, cook. and be that perfect trophy wife or girlfriend. He believes that since he has the money, then the woman needs to do whatever needs to be done for him. This made me mad becuase i believe a relationship is a partnership, not one person does this and the other does that. The fact that men think they have all the power because they make the money is a joke. Alot of women today are more powerful than men and many wives get paid more than the husbands, just like my parents. I just thought this discussion was intersting gearing towards the race, and sexist stereotypes.

Violence & Sex in video games

The only video game i have played is guitar hero. When i played this i never really thought about the girl in the game, i just played the guy most of the time because that was the first one to select. Before this class, a game was a game and i didnt think anything about all of the steretypes that are in video games. During our class on friday i started thinking about a game that my friend plays, Grand Theft Auto. I always thought this game was way too violent and promoted too many illegal things, but there are alot of race and gender sterotypes. When he was playing it, he was a black guy that had sagging pants and all kinds of weapons. Throughout the game he shot people, stole cars, ran from the police, and you can even pick up a prostitute! Most of the innocent people and cops were white and above the age of 30. But as for the bad guys and prostitutes they were wither black, or hispanic and some white. And the prostitutes just looked like prostitutes. It just surprises me that parents would buy something like this for a child, and wonder why they dont listen to them and act up. As a child i never played video games and if i did, it was just the older ones that didnt involve any shooting, stabbing, or picking up prostitutes.