stormy monday… August 4, 2008
Posted by irish.lemon in Uncategorized.Tags: beijing olympics, bored, boredom, burma, china, communications, ig farben, internet, ivy lee, olympics, protest, public relations, tibet
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it’s only been a week since i had my last class…i’m already bored out of my mind.
seven days down…only thirty-seven to go…
save for work and the strange weather, i have little to say. one can only play so many video games, watch so much cnn, and rearrange a bedroom while waiting for laundry to finish. i’ve been toying with the idea of what things are going to be like this fall when i head back to depaul. i kinda want to take casey’s business comm class. realistically, i could. it’s only on wednesday nites from august 20th – december 17th…but i’m out of there and i don’t plan on going back anytime soon.
i’ve been thinking about listing my old textbooks on ebay…i could use a quick $150 or so.
as a sidenote, i’ve been really digging cnn’s special investigations as of late. i’m not the biggest fan of the olympics this year. need i say tibet and burma? if you’re like me – even if you’re not – i recommend taking the time to check out buddha’s warriors.
also, i heard an absurd report regarding china’s ludicrous internet block and how western journalists covering the olympics challenged the “law”. needless to say, most filters were lifted in the main press room in beijing. however, try searching for “tiananmen square” or “tibet” and they apparently turn up nothing. what’s the communist party so afraid of? truth..?
the second part of the story i heard was that – i believe – the chinese “president” conducted a press conference while chatting online stating that, “the internet is a valuable tool”.
right…
if the chinese government was indeed able to acquire a western PR firm to cook up these publicity stunts, they really suck at convincing me. maybe since i work within that mindset i’m unaffected by all the spin and sugarcoating, but this crosses an ethical line…anyone remember ivy lee and i.g. farben? the only difference was that lee “claimed” he didn’t know what a tyrant hitler would become…we have a pretty good idea of china’s tyranny.
just some food for thought…
avoiding weekends… July 28, 2008
Posted by irish.lemon in Uncategorized.Tags: billy elliot, black in america, boredom, china's stolen children, cnn, documentaries, documentary, hbo, stepbrothers, weekend
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i generally tend to avoid writing posts on weekends for the sake that i get so bored i have nothing poignant to say. there’s never anything good on cnn let alone the rest of my 3000+ channels, and the internet is only so entertaining for so long. so here’s a laundry list of mundane things that either happened or i thought about since friday:
- friday nite, i went to see “stepbrothers” with three of my friends. it was funny ’til the movie got slow and i began to fully process the premise…then it just got disturbing. i adore both will ferrell and john c. reilley, but i couldn’t help thinking their characters needed to be institutionalized.
- saturday i slept most of the day. i had the day off which never happens, so the most thrilling point of the day was when i folded my laundry and put it all away…i went to bed at 9:30pm.
- today (sunday) i worked most of the day and came home in hopes of napping. that was to no avail, so i watched “billy elliot” – one of my favorites – and the HBO documentary “china’s stolen children“. shed an interesting light on their government and “booming” economy. much like the US, you wouldn’t know the economy’s “booming” judged by the nation’s poor; they’re the ones who always suffer. cnn’s “black in america” series has been fantastic as well. i wasn’t all too excited for it’s premiere, but i watched it last nite and was very impressed. made me rethink even my own points of view on the issue. i consider myself very accepting of other races, but unfortunately with a “white” upbringing, i still get fooled every now and then by the most ridiculous stereotypes…i advise that everyone check themselves every now and then, i know i do.
aside from all the excitement this weekend brought, i’m dreading tomorrow. it’s my last day with my PR professor and i truthfully don’t even want to bother going to class for the sake that i’m going to be miserable for every second of it. too bittersweet for my taste…
