Election Video----YOUR VOTE COUNTS

Hey Guys,
Well, we will see if anyone reads this but I thought it was hilarious.
My sister sent me this video...Basically you can add what ever name you want and then e-mail to that person.

Sorry this is political............
Enjoy it.

What is your favorite BLOG?

A blog that I have only recently started to visit called Daily AgencySpy Feed and is through Media Bistro. It is sad to say this but I feel like I like visiting it because in a sense it reminds me of a gossip blog. The blog I ready most recently is called “The Double Standard of USA Today” This blog was really short and to the point. It talked about USA today not running a Candie’s Foundation add that talks about the problem of teen pregnancy. The reason being that they did not want to offend their readers.
However, the blogger argues that the PSA’s will be aired during the CW’s Gossip Girl, which is known for scandalous teen sex. USA today does not have a problem with offending anyone and buying ad time (supporting) this show.
Since I have only recently followed this blog I would say that I was attracted to it because it seems like it is honest. It is also written in a sarcastic tone which I also think is able to draw people back especially young people. The reason I think this way of writing works is because the audience is left with the feeling “I wonder what they will write next?”

Below is the PSA they didn't want to run because of fear of offending people.

The Internet Connection to my TV Obsession

The internet and convergence impacted the television industry in many ways. If I happen to miss my favorite show, I don’t have to worry I can get online and watch the episode I missed. I have to admit that since the start of college I no longer have any real time to sit down every week and watch my favorite show. Luckily I have the summer and when I go home we have charter on demand where I can watch my favorite shows from HBO and Showtime.
Recently however, I have figured out that I can watch my favorite shows of the past. I have to admit in my younger years I was a big WB freak. There is a reason why the St. Louis Area was the top viewing of WB shows I feel I contributed to this! When I am bored and procrastinating my homework I can log on to the old WB website and watch old episodes of my favorite shows like Everwood for free!


The only problem I have found with this is that if I am in my dorm trying to watch these shows it usually takes a lot longer to load, so I find myself waiting for it to load and then going back to watch it. I think because of the internet and easy access to my favorite TV shows, it has allowed me to not forget about TV of the past. I also think they have these websites in place that air old shows because it is a way for them to promote other shows with the same actors or written by the same people. Also, while watching shows on online businesses are able to advertise to that particular viewer. Most TV shows have a specific target audience and so if the businesses know the age range, sex, ethnicity, etc. of the viewer they can target products to that person.

I was also able to find the TV episodes of shows that have been off the air for an even longer amount of time. The show “My So Called Life” is also available online which pretty much has made my day revisiting why I love Claire Danes and Jared Leto.

Is there really a debate?

Vice Presidential Debate

I tried my best to watch this debate with an open mind. I have always leaned on the more democratic side but I really wanted to watch this debate and be as neutral as possible which was easier because I honestly didn’t know as much about the vice presidential candidates. I did enjoy the questions that were asked. I think I most intrigued by the questions about the war in the middle east and what the plan was from each side about how to finally bring our troops home. It seemed to me that Biden said repeatedly that when Obama is elected they will be bringing the troops home. Palin on the other hand said that the war will end in victory for the United States and that we should not put up a white flag and surrender.
The moderator also asked a question about the energy crisis and what each party was planning on doing. I felt as though neither party really gave a straight answer to this question because they spent most of their time attacking the other candidate.
I watched this debate on CNN. There were several times that I am not really sure of Palin really answered the question. The moderator would ask her something and then she would go back to something they were previously debating like tax issues. At one point she even said she might not answer the questions how Biden wants, or how the moderator wants. I really did not think it was that difficult to just answer the question.


After the debate I heard a lot of people say that Palin had done really well and recovered from her embarrassing past interviews. However, I felt that most of the time she was trying to talk like she understood the common person and used this weird slang and or accent where she left the ‘ing’ off everything and only said the ‘in.’ I felt like this just made her look stupid and uneducated and made me mad because she was assuming that the common American can’t speak proper English.
I felt like Biden really could have been mean and called Palin out more when she obviously didn’t know what she was talking about and when she mispronounced words but he didn’t and for that I liked him even more. I think this debate in general will go down in the history book because this has been such a history making year and Palin being a woman and possible Vice President is history in itself.
I think it is pretty obvious that I am a Obama supporter. I feel like the Republican Party also tries to get votes by being that “family friendly” approach and not ever really getting down to the real issues. The one thing that I cannot stand about the debates is that I don’t feel like you can easy get a straight answer from both parties, and that is annoying. It feels like it would almost be better to do an interview with the candidate that is one on one that way they do not have the opportunity to attack the other party.

Malcolm McDowell

Last year spring semester I took the class history of film with professor Billhymer. I took the class because I love movies and it would count as a cross cultural class that I needed. During the class we watched several very interesting and very different movies. One of the movies we watched toward the end of the semester was A Clockwork Orange. Professor Billhymer had warned us before hand that there was nudity and violence and we had the option to not watch it and do an alternative assignment.
I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about the film but I didn’t know when I would have time to watch a different movie out of class and do an alternative assignment so I decided I would just watch the film. I am very glad I made that decision.
A Clockwork Orange was a movie I found fascinating because it told a different story but also because it told a challenging story. The movie included scenes that were previously obscene in movies and were out of line for the time. I felt like the movie was really honest because it truly told the story of Alex.


Last week I had the opportunity to watch A Clockwork Orange again and meet the actor who played Alex, Malcolm McDowell. I have to admit this was one of the coolest things I have ever experienced. Malcolm greeted everyone before the showing of the film and talked a bit about his life and the director of the film Stanley Kurbick. I personally felt like I was getting to hear these stories that were a part of movie making history right from the person that experienced them which was awesome.


After the film was shown in the theater (which by the way was like being in a movie theater it was incredibly nice) Malcolm did a question and answer period. Several people brought up the comparison to the film and the book and asked him his thoughts. One question I thought was really interesting was that it was mentioned that the book had an end chapter that was not used in the film. The book ended with the main character Alex learning to do what is “right.” In the movie however, Alex is able to have his own free will again and at the end the audience is given the clue that he is back to his old ways. Malcolm was asked why this was different. He let us know that the author of the novel Anthony Burgess was forced by American print companies to give the book a “happy” ending. It was not at all how he had planned to end the book.





I thought this was a really cool piece of information to learn. It certainly made me realize even more how controversial this movie was for its time. After the question and answer period I had the opportunity to meet Malcolm at his meet and greet table. He was extremely polite and seemed very sincere. He greeted everyone and the line to meet him was about an hour to an hour and a half long. He patiently met everyone signed autographs, and took pictures. He was incredibly graceful. I was so honored that he came to Lindenwood it was such a cool experience for our campus community and the St. Charles/St. Louis community as well.