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12.08.2010

The New Facebook and Other Loose Ends.


Ahhhh, now look at ya. You saw the title. And you said, "Ohemgee, he's gonna talk about the new Facebook, and how it's so different, and how much it sucks!!! It's sooo annoyingggg!" Well, you know me better than that. Guess again, bitches.
Once in a while, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting up in his ivory tower looking at his own Facebook profile, and he says, "This shit needs to change." (Citation needed.) And so he moves some stuff around on the homepage, and he moves some stuff around on your profile, and he makes it look pretty. And Mark saw the Facebook, and the Facebook was good. (If you didn't get that biblical reference, you need to go to church this weekend.) Scene change. I sit in my dorm room, Xbox controller warm in hand, ready to kill some Geth. All of a sudden, I get the urge to check my Facebook, even though I did that literally five seconds ago. I notice the new changes. I look upon them with slight disdain, then in about five seconds, I realize that the changes are actually not that different, and in fact make the interface a little easier on the eyes. I change my status, then began my Mass Effect marathon.
Now, apparently, I'm in the very small minority of people who do this, because it seems that the default reaction for this situation is to throw a big ass hissy-fit, cry like a baby, and then propose your ever-living hatred for all things Facebook. You then get on Facebook, and talk to your friends about how the new Facebook sucks. The majority of people will then, in one month, forget how the old Facebook looked, and find something else to bitch about.
I bitch about a lot of things: people being misleading with texts, people ruining the music industry, people making decisions based on ignorance. But I will never bitch about the new Facebook, because that is about the dumbest thing one can do. For one, for all your wrath and fury, your ass is gonna get home from class and hop right on Facebook like it called your name. He could name the shit JimCrowBook and no matter what, you would be on it. It's way too big of a part of our every day lives now. It can't be ignored. So if Zuckerberg changes something, and you get pissed and wanna vent a little in a status, by all means go ahead. But after 3 statuses, 4 notes, 7 wall posts, 2 links and a video, ehh, that's a little damn excessive. Boycott or something, I don't care, I just don't wanna see that crap anymore. Especially ON Facebook. That's just dumb. You're not gonna do anything about it but complain, then forget. That's not speaking your mind, that's just being a baby.
On to Loose Ends: I have regretfully decided that I will not be writing a blog post in order to explain my stance on Eminem. It just isn't worth it in all honesty, and I don't want to send the wrong message. As lackluster as his past two albums were, I still consider him a good artist, and although I feel that he has had some negative influence on the industry, it's not enough to dump on him with a blog post for.
In other news, I'm starting a new series, probably tomorrow. I stole the idea from the All-City Chess Club's blog (if you don't know, please Google). I'll keep you in suspense till then. Deuces.

12.02.2010

Runaway

I honestly don't know how the hell we haven't posted this yet. You know of it, though. Kanye released a thirty-minute video along with his album that acts as a music video for all the songs, but in all honesty is a different project in its own right. Ummmm. I don't have the time to work through all the shit going on in it right now, but I will post a review later. Well Daniel probably will. Anyway, here's the video:






Even if you don't like Kanye, you gotta appreciate the artistry. Anyway, I also have a new post coming, in order to discuss why I hate award shows and why Eminem is destroying rap. Stay tuned.