Unplugged over!! Plus: A look into the future March 12, 2008

It’s 12 a.m. on Thursday and the project is officially done. The paper is written and will be handed in tomorrow morning. I will post the paper along with grade soon as I get it back. Starting tomorrow after class (Spring Break suckas!) I am going to binge the fuck out on all the youtube [...]

Day 7.5 – Another in class video March 12, 2008

It happened again. Today I have only one class, my Major Writers of the 20th Century with Professor David Hoddeson. (One of the most interesting and entertaining professors at Rutgers-Newark.) We have been reading Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American” for class. When I walked into class I was surprised to find that we were going [...]

Day 7: Tuesday! March 12, 2008

Tuesday! I wake up and…                   YAWN!  Tuesday begins easily. I wake up after my long slumber at around 11 am. I have classes straight from 1:00pm-3:50. Afterwards I run the the newspaper office make sure the papers have come in and call the people to distribute it. We usually have a short meeting from [...]

Day 5 and 6: Philosophy Paper and the Observer Office! March 12, 2008

- Sunday & Monday Sunday’s are usually set aside for working on the school newspaper, The Observer. I don’t know how it happened but I somehow ended up being Editor-In-Chief this semester. I’m going to just admit off the bat that I hate being tied down by massive responsibility. But after working at the paper [...]

Day: 4 My Birthday! March 9, 2008

 I missed writing an entry last night due to it being my birthday and I was busy celebrating it! I had a few run ins with video, and some close calls. Early in the day I went to a friend’s house  and his younger sister was watching a DVD of No Country for Old Men [...]

Day 3: A Birthday Card March 7, 2008

Shortly after waking up from a refreshing night of dream filled slumber. Our hero heard the click of the mail slot. He sprung towards the door, ready for action, and leaned down to find the following envelope! Our dashing hero noticed the letter was sent from “Mom,” the address written neatly below in script confirmed [...]

TV Turn-off Week March 6, 2008

I came across a similar effort created by Adbusters magazine called TV Turn Off Week. Just click on the link above for more info, I also pasted the contents of the home page just below it. The idea is simple: take your TV, your DVD player, your video iPod, your XBOX 360, your laptop, your [...]

Day 2: I Fail…Sort Of March 6, 2008

Well that didn’t take long. This morning the unplugged project had to take a backseat to school. In my TV & Society class we watched a few videos of Sci-Fi shows including Dr. Who, Buck Rogers and Futurama. I really had no choice and due to this I decided this one instance didn’t count. I [...]

Article: A One-Eyed Invader in the Bedroom March 6, 2008

Heres an interesting New York Time’s article about how Television could fuck up kids minds!! Considering my last post where i stated that I practically grew up in front of a Television set…I think this explains a lot! <makes a crazy face> Look what TV did to me!!! A One-Eyed Invader in the Bedroom By [...]

Day 1: Looking at the last few things I’ve watched March 6, 2008

I thought it would be interesting to list what I’ve been watching before I started the project. Here’s a rundown of the last few things I’ve watched. Movie: In a theater George Romero’s Diary of the Dead I saw this movie a few weeks ago at the Jersey Gardens Mall. I’m a huge Romero fan [...]