Writing the final, especially question number two, has made me realize it is impossible to make anyone happy. No matter what I do, what I write about, how I speak, someone is always going to have a differing opinion to me.
This blog is my personal space to say what I want to say, how I want to say it, regardless of how people think I should be writing or what I should be writing.
I am happy with where I am in life. Taking my HCOM proseminar made me realize CSUMB is not the school for me. I want to write, I want to be a journalist, and I don't think by taking classes like Restorative Justice or American Drama, I'll be able to get the education I want.
So, next fall, I'll be packing my bags and heading to Sacramento State University, about 20 miles from my house, to enter their English and journalism programs. I am hoping their dedicated departments, versus just a small section in HCOM like CSUMB (side note: I will be so happy to get away from all the acronyms), will give me a greater understanding and preparedness for the world, instead of a small understanding of many things, like CSUMB hopes to give their students.
This summer, I'm going to try and get some freelance journalism work going...hopefully I will be able to build a substantial portfolio by the end of summer and continue in the field.
I wish everyone luck with their new endeavors!
5.12.2009
5.09.2009
bad me
I haven't been keeping this up, but with work being so busy, it's been insane. Forgive my ineptitude.
I have a few things to say.
I hate how the media is obsessed with the Obama administration and their daily lives. Yes, he's the first Democratic president we've had in eight years, but that doesn't make him and his family Roswell aliens.
Michelle Obama is a beautiful, classy and well-organized woman with a distinct sense of style. Does this mean she will be the best First Lady this country has ever seen? No. The fashion community is fawning over her dresses and those of her daughters, when they should be focusing on the attempts she is making at improving the country with her newly-gained power as the SO of the President. President Obama's actions in the Oval Office and Congress should be the forefront of the media, but no, instead we get commentary on the kinds of mustard he likes on his hamburger.
Really. Enough. The Obamas are normal people. Focus on policy, not which designer or which food is their flavor du jour.
I have a few things to say.
I hate how the media is obsessed with the Obama administration and their daily lives. Yes, he's the first Democratic president we've had in eight years, but that doesn't make him and his family Roswell aliens.
Michelle Obama is a beautiful, classy and well-organized woman with a distinct sense of style. Does this mean she will be the best First Lady this country has ever seen? No. The fashion community is fawning over her dresses and those of her daughters, when they should be focusing on the attempts she is making at improving the country with her newly-gained power as the SO of the President. President Obama's actions in the Oval Office and Congress should be the forefront of the media, but no, instead we get commentary on the kinds of mustard he likes on his hamburger.
Really. Enough. The Obamas are normal people. Focus on policy, not which designer or which food is their flavor du jour.
5.03.2009
swine flu
I think swine flu is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. We thought bird flu was bad? Now we have pig flu to supplement the infectious disease menagerie.
What's next on the CDC list?
I got it. Giraffe flu. Can you imagine? People growing patches of spotted fur, tongues turning blue, necks suddenly elongating into the troposphere...
I digress.
I get that this flu could potentially do a lot of damage, and it's unseasonable for North America, whose flu season runs from October to February, but does the media always have to use their doomsday prophecies to scare the entire nation into taking Tamiflu and using painting masks to try and avoid it? Taking Tamiflu will make it worse the next time around, and unless you keep your hands clean every single minute of the day, there is a risk you're going to get infected.
What's even more dangerous, though, is the gap between the reporting of disease occurrences to the CDC, confirmation of swine flu, then reporting of statistics to the country. We may think the number is small now, but the number you hear a week from now is the number it actually was today.
Follow all hygiene procedures. Cover your face when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands thoroughly and often, use hand sanitizer, avoid sharing stuff on which another person has left their saliva (unless it's your significant other. If my boyfriend gets swine flu, there's no doubt I will).
Be healthy!
What's next on the CDC list?
I got it. Giraffe flu. Can you imagine? People growing patches of spotted fur, tongues turning blue, necks suddenly elongating into the troposphere...
I digress.
I get that this flu could potentially do a lot of damage, and it's unseasonable for North America, whose flu season runs from October to February, but does the media always have to use their doomsday prophecies to scare the entire nation into taking Tamiflu and using painting masks to try and avoid it? Taking Tamiflu will make it worse the next time around, and unless you keep your hands clean every single minute of the day, there is a risk you're going to get infected.
What's even more dangerous, though, is the gap between the reporting of disease occurrences to the CDC, confirmation of swine flu, then reporting of statistics to the country. We may think the number is small now, but the number you hear a week from now is the number it actually was today.
Follow all hygiene procedures. Cover your face when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands thoroughly and often, use hand sanitizer, avoid sharing stuff on which another person has left their saliva (unless it's your significant other. If my boyfriend gets swine flu, there's no doubt I will).
Be healthy!
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