Monday, April 14, 2008

Is it possible there are no coincidences?

In my opinion, the word luck is just a four letter word and it doesn't invovle a person with some chance on there side to get good things or for good things to happen to them. The two words that come to mind when i think of luck are Miracles and Chance. They are two completely different things. Chance can be used in an example to deal with gambling. Theres a possible that you may win or lose. Sometimes, people have enough chance to win a lot of games (that invovle money.) What is the mean of the word luck/chance? Luck/chance is something we take advantage of. It's something that gives us advantages and helps us accomplish things in life. For example, if you're a gambler, and you tend to gamble a lot, you either win a lot of cash, or lose miserably. You might lose so much that you would want to commit suicide because you can't pay off your debts anymore. Miracles are something totally different. An example would be, a man couldn't be seen because he lost his one eye in a fight with a mnokey, but one day he could see everything again. Miracles can trick us at sometimes. When we watch how these guys say they we're sent to earth by God. On top of that you see all these people with sicknesses becoming cured. Even tho there is no way those are miracles but basically Coincidences.

The Meaning of meaning?

The word: Meaning

In my opinion, the definition of meaning can be different types of meanings and can be expressed in different ways. Everyone has a different point of view on what meaning can be or is about. When we're wondering what the meaning of media is, we're actually trying to find out what they're trying to get across to their audience, what message are they trying to tell us about the world. Meaning can be shown or heard through your opinions, moods and mind. They can also be expressed in a creative way of mind. Anyone can express the meaning through music or another type of media. I love to listening to music of different genres and languages. Sometimes, I don't understand what a particular song is about and what the artist is saying. I may think it's about one thing or another. It's good that everyone has different things that manipulate what meaning is. If we didn't this would be one boring world.

The Power of Media

The pepsi ad was just small way they could try and tap into the way a guy thinks and feels or simply tries to figure their product as something good to solve all of the consumers basic needs and wants in life. The pepsi ad shows how much companies think guys are judgemental about their life and that they think if they drink pepsi that they will somehow become more attractive and more "cool." Companies play on a thin strip of life, which they call the coolness or popularity. The fact of the matter is... That the media is starting to change the way people think they are suppose to be and the way they are suppose to act.

It pains me to say this but media is starting to become more and more like a video game because in the media there is always violence and it's always because people that play video games end up doing things that they do in those video games. It starts out on Radio shows then become commercials/advertisements and then they are found as big thing that could be seen later in that game. The fact is that media doesn't effect what people do or say but actually it's people who effect what people do or say and if we don't know how to make up our minds then they will try to tell us, that their way (products) is the only way (products) that can help us.

In all points of reason the top two paragraph are what my thoughts and beliefs for when it comes down to the media. I don't always think that video games are the root in which children live their lives but since I am one of those people that everyone calls a gamer then my current role is to make sure that everyone knows that the base of must violence comes from violent vidoe games and then when something happens, it will ends up in the media. The fact is that the media will end up changing what happened and state that is was the kids fault but have they ever stop to think that maybe it might be the big companies that make them but there's one company that is making everything so that it has some violence but no blood or gore. See the type of people the violence is for at least for ratings like Teens to the rating AO(Adults only.) If anything to be weird about would be if people think the games are worth their life... My thought is think about what the worst scenario for your action will be.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The Paradox of Choice

The Paradox of Choice is something that brings everyone together to share an exciting experience with each other. It's everywhere and anywhere. Even though sometimes, we know it's not there, it's still there. Loads of things are happening around world to everyone, everyday.
It might be something pleasant and something unpleasant. Depends on the situation and how you deal with it. Sometimes, it satisfies the person's need for happiness, yet we can also be complaining on what we already know/have. There are lots of reasons for what makes people happy and unhappy. Since everyone is different, there are also a lot of different reasons for the different feelings. Some might be the same, while others are different.
Johnny Carson showed us that he was not important because he was funny, cool, clever, but because he was the starting icon of modern pop culture. Another example would be "The 'Hey Ya' Moment". It bought happiness to everyone in the world. It kept everyone happy though this pop single, knowing that it was the most well-known song in the world for the past ten years.
I personally dislike this song because I have seen the way people act when this song comes on it may make them feel happy, but not me cause it's a slow and boring song. Everyone's happiness deals with the sense of freedom and controlling of what we want to be exposed to. Just like the people in the late 60s and the early 70s, they would rather watch the "Tonight Show" at 11pm, rather than important thing such as work and play. On the other hand, I've wasted a lot of time on the computer instand of studying for an upcoming tests.
I feel that rather than spending useless time on Facebook and chatting with my friends, I could've been getting the excellent marks in class.