The last Post

Well this year in class was interesting to say the least. Last monday the author of the book we have been reading in class was at school and i went to listen. It brought some closure on a stroy that was like no other ive read. Some of the questions people asked i thought werent the best but they had the guts to go up there. This class was alright it really just pointed out what i think alot of us already knew but its always good to make a clear point. The one thing it clearly showed me was how mucgh tv sucks now. The way media is used as a product to sell just kind of makes only 1% of it useful or at least in my eyes. I think this class is making me enjoy books more, less bullshit and there is no commercials. Or better yet, no cable and just go outside and enjoy the simple things of the outdoors. The best thing you can learn at a class that deals with the topics of class, race, and gender is to have a open mind with it and treat as you would want to be treated. If you dont your going to have some bad shit happen to you.

Bin laden

Soooo we finally got him, or thats the rumor. I was sitting around writing a paper when somebody texted me and informed of osmama binladen getting capped in the head. I tell you i honestly didnt know how to take it. People were chanting usa and all that stuff but i dont think it will change the struggels going on in the middle east. Bin laden is the tupac of the middle east. He is dehumanizedm and will be remebered forever. I cant believe he was in a compound, i figured he would be out in the wilderness forever but o well the simple fact is he is gone. I wish we could have captured him alive but i think that would have just influenced his cause and could have provoked more attacks on the u.s. I couldnt have helped thinking about the 9/11 attacks and all, and how he was buried at sea. I could give a fuck less about his dignity. The world has gotten pretty ruthless, but that asshole made our world alot worse and he should be given no such quarter. Soo even though he is gone i sure hope the rest of his group of other assholes meet the same fate he does. To many good people have died over his bullshit cause. I wonder was the last thing other than that bullet went through his mind.

Spike Lee is nuts

The movie Bambozzleds by spike is very ineteresting. If you want to watch a movie that makes you say What the hell was that go rent it. It is a showing of the early enetertainment of african americans in the present time, and really shows where some sterotypes we get today come from. I watched it with some friends of mine over the weekend and you could have taken before and after pictures of our faces i bet the would have been shocking to say the least. Spike Lee just laid the smackdown on everything. This must have been one crazy movie to shoot and produce, the actors must have thought what the hell are they getting into with this one. One other movie in the past couple years left me as lost as this one, Inglorious Basterds. And it wasnt the main plot that blew me away, it was all the little stuff. How people acted in the background blew me away. So i mean it was interesting to say the least, dont have the kids watch this one. I just dont like movies that are based around hardcore sterotypes it just makes it worse i think. If people just need to respect each other. The movie needs to be remebered as to try to avoid all judgement on other people from the past, i mean got to forgive and let all that stuff go. I dont think this film helped that at all.

Reports

The reports that we did in class with leaders of certain movements ether being tribes, social classes or the worker unions has i think giving the whole class an idea of how much the word has changed and what people had to do , the sacridfces they made to gain support for there cause. For most of us today we really dont think anything when we hear about a holiday or day of recognition for these people, and i think when you sit down and read or hear about there stories it really opens your eyes. The labor problems i came upon cesar chavez and the ufw it is amazing how much attention he got from agencies like the atf and fbi just becuase he was alabor leader automaticaaly made him a suspect for communist ideas. The idea that he knew his life was under threat from all over all the time is a testiment to the strength and determination these guys had on accomplishing the basic workers rights, which meant everything to them. Most of the these guys had little or no formal education but saw the unequal treatment they were getting and decidied to do something about it under great scrutinee. Alot of these guys arent even in todays history books, which is a great example of showing where the education system is going. The acccomplishments of people like chavez will only be reconized ether farther down the road or by an expanded hisotry and reconition of labor leaders of the past century.

reality tv

Reality tv shows most of the time suck, however, this week is the start of the new season of Deadliest Catch. I dont know about you but this is by far one of the best shows to be put on tv. All weekend there were marathons and i watched about 80% of it. Its so hard to turn it off or get other stuff done when this show is on. The story of the the men who fish the Bearing Sea has been a great show of how man surrounds themselves around the roughest seas on the planet to catch a several billion dollar industry. Since the show has aired over forty people have died and several boats have sank, that is not why i watch it. Each boat and there crew have there own set of personalties and work ethic and you can relate to that. The Northwestern is my favorite boat and could see myself working with that crew, the work long hours, in bad weather, and are all badasses. My roomate on the other hand would work on the Time Bandit because he enjoys the family amosphere and they like to have as much fun as they can while they work. Everybody has their own reasons why they like different boats and it is really cool to see there fishing straegy and how each boat deals with the elements. It is way better than jersey shore or the stupid csi shows that have the same outcome and just steal plots from earlier shows or old movies. That what drives me nuts when people are like those reality cop shows are awesome, a little fyi COPS is the best cop show

This past weekend i have come to relize how strange the weather pattern are in this state. My friend and i left Morgantown on saturday afternoon when it was snowing and drove 3 hours south to go rafting on the New River. We drove through three different weather systems that went back and forth between rain, snow, and sunshine depending on what mountain we were driving over. We went on the river the next morning and to our suprise it was around sixty degrees and sunshine out; however the water was all snowmelt and with alot of coldweather gear on still made ya shiver. Praise Jesus we didnt go in the drink. Areas where the river births from had a foot of snow the day before. It really makes you understand that the climate here especially in tranisition parts of the seasons can bring you anything. Even with todays modern technology in prediction and simulating storms people still have problems with it. Especially last winter when we would contiously get dumped on with snow, and the prediction and handling of road crews were ineffective.

The longest yard

The longest yard is by far a movie that reflects male influences. Prison, football, and texas. Who could ask for more, right? There is not a moment in this movie where there is some form of competition between inmates, guards, and then players on the field. The opening scene with the car chase is very acceptable to a bunch of dudes. we think its funny. The other side to this story is that of the underdog in the inmates playing against a solid group of guards, however we see seperate groups between blacks and whites union into an effective team that have the oppurtunity to beat there foe. The revenge plot of the mistreatment of the inmates fuels there desire to play even more. Adam Sandlers main character, and quarterback who was accused of throwing a game was gives him a chance at redemption for his mistakes. The movie overall has many sub plots but they all reflect a masculan male influence, there are no love storys or reuniting with family. These guys are just out to kick ass in the most violent professional team sport on the planet and against a opponent ( the guards) who have been able to treat them all like dog shit. It is a story that offers great motivation for team unification, and has some very funny parts.