Saturday, February 22, 2003
Alright - maybe it's just me, and I know it's not, but I think that perhaps the media's gone just a bit overboard on the Rhode Island tragedy.
Yes - 96 people were burned alive, and over a hundred more were injured... but similar to the Columbia disaster.. can we let the families mourn in peace?
Sure - just as soon as CNN and MSNBC beat the hell out of their graphics department:
First the sound effects, then the fire graphic, police lights, baby's crying, and dubyah going "Oh Sh*t": followed by the lovely photoshop-style text of "NIGHTCLUB INFERNO"
Now they've tacked on a snazy Joe Millionaire style "THE AFTERMATH" that just apperars out of flames.
Next week it'll be like "THE AFTERMATH" and then out of no where this big sound effect of a stamp and a red-ink style "PART II."
Of course - you'll have to tune in 20 minutes later for the REAL thing, as the first 20 minutes after the graphic will be nothing but a clip-show.
Then again - that's really all the last 24 hours have been.
Let's look at this, though: Twice in a week a nightclub has experienced some form of horrible incident. Why? Human error, of course.
Be it because of a rush of paniced people in chicago or because of a nimrod who lit pyrotechnics under a ten foot roof... it all fell back to human stupidity.
Having been trapped on Main Street USA in Disneyland's Magic Kingdom this past New Year's Eve, I realized how generally stupid the human race can be.
Following the parade, over 70,000 people flooded the street with the same goal of getting out, but as human nature would have it: only caring for their own well-being. Will Vragovic and I were trapped for a good 45 minutes waiting for Mickey's helpers to get their little flashlights out and attempt to direct the sorry masses out of what had become Pirates of So. Cal. Tourism. The happiest place on earth instantly had become the farthest point from it.
I tell you what though, you haven't seen funny until you've seen a 23 year old black woman with braids get up into some white, middle class, 30-year old republican male's kool-aid because "his sorry white ass bumped into her little Wakanda and made her cry."
Maybe we shouldn't be going into war... We're too busy kicking our own asses.
So - it's official: the yellow team won the SACS petition drive.
Giving us proof once again that ignorance runs strong in Southwest Allen County.
Alright, alright...
Things haven't gone exactly to plan... So you're going to have to wait a bit longer to find out what surprise awaits the BSzone.
With any luck, I'll reveal it before Sunday, when I'll be taking a 3 day hiatus to Indianapolis for a DECA state competition.
Regardless, I'll do my best to get the word out, should everything work out between now and then.
Friday, February 21, 2003
I've come to the decision that television networks need to quit throwing useless, obnoxious, and distracting "preview" graphics in the bottom corner of our tv screens.
I bet they'd love it if I ran into their office at the begining of every morning with a whole bunch of misc. floating boxes, random text, and over-used logos, distracting them from what they really want to get accomplished.
Then again, life isn't a show...
Right Mr. Millionaire?
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Alright - most everyone around the BS-zone knows that Dave's station is making a major announcement tomorrow.
No - I'm not telling you.
Maybe I'll just have you listen all day tomorrow only to find out that I'm making you tune in next week to find out the REAL thing...
Nah - that'd be too FOX of me.
Although, I will tell you that I will reveal a major announcement of my own on this blog tomorrow afternoon.
What is it? Well - let's just say you'll be needing less periods.
From the "yup - this is Indiana" department...
News Sentinel | 02/14/2003 | POLICE BRIEFS
To quote:
Man accused of leading police on high-speed chase
"A man led police on a chase at speeds up to 90 mph early today."
And yes, by the way, that is how we spell duct tape... much like "Kleenex" is commonly said/used over "facial tissue" (well, it does sound better), "Duck tape" is an actual brand name.
It's amazing how many people in media have fallen for this corporate trickery. In fact, it quacks me up.
Heh...
heh...
eh-heh...
i'm done.
I just finished filling out my half of the FAFSA Online and was that ever an exciting venture.
As with any "secure" site nowadays - you must go and register your SSN with a "personal PIN number."
Proving government smarts once again, you my recall that "PIN" stands for Personal Identification Number... thus making their statement extremely repetitive. Not that such a problem is common in our government, or anything. (See: Homeland Security Department)
Perhaps this terrorist-prevention duct tape could be put to use elsewhere...
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
The beauty of the internet: 32 people online, and of them 22 are on away message.
The more pressing matter is: who in the hell really cares where you are exactly every second of the day?
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Who in the hell gave permission for managers, owners, and other horrible actors to do their own commercials?
Is there an amendment covering ignorance?
As promised:
Tonight on FOX: The 2 hour Joe Millionaire Finale that will warrant your attention for, at best, the last 15 minutes of the show.
And stayed tuned on March 3rd as we give terrorists one more reason to attack our country with the first ever "Married by America."
Someone really needs to take away McDonald's right to create new food items... They're really starting to get McSh***y.
I'll have more on the Joe Millionaire gripe in a little while; I'm on roll tonight...
Ahah... After some incredible digging I've discovered:
A) this design, and like it better,
B) that if I really wanna make this kick ass, I'm going to have to spend some cash to make it a "pro site," and
C) that Joe Millionaire pisses me off.
Alright, here we are... I've taken BS to a whole new world: cyber-space. They say they created these things for those whole aren't that HTML-literate. We'll, I happen to have a fair knowledge of web building language (HTML) and look to use it on this site, mainly to get rid of this god-awful template they've made me use.
Fasten your seat belts: this is going to be a ride....
... now if only I could find the damn spell cheque....
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