The End or the Beginning?
And so ends my first day as a blogger. I'm not sure about my future in this business, but I have learned the following things:1) Blogging is not as fun as it sounds, but it can be rather exhilarating.
2) For all the talk about bloggers changing the face of news reporting in America and the World, I still don't know what new information they are getting. It's just the same (mostly) crap being said loudly.
3) Photographs really add a nice look to a blog. Use them liberally.
4) Road Trip was underrated by me after I saw it the first time in the theater.
5) How does this ever pay off?
The question that remains is, do I check out in Positive Mode, or check out in Negative Mode? It's possible that if you are reading this you are a firsthand witness to the end of the Positive Mode Blog. There will, of course, be no secondhand witnesses, as I am fairly certain that anyone not a firsthand witness will ever hear of the existence Positive Mode. Oh well. As I sleep, I may or may not ponder the following questions:
- When did the Black Eyed Peas complete their well-organized sellout?
- What was a more important invention, contact lenses or the washing machine?
- Who is the most subsequently successful of the Saved By The Bell cast? (this one is not as easy as it may at first seem)
- For how many more years will they sell conventional camera film at the drug store?
- Is motorcycling a wise hobby?
Peace.
posted by PositiveMode @ 11:22 PM
2 Comments:
Let me start by saying that this would would be a lesser place should you choose to check out in negative mode. You should keep positive mode up and running. Even if you only have over the summer to update occasionally, positive mode may be the only thing to keep you sane once you start your new career this fall. That being said, Road Trip is one of the top 10 best "throw-in-a-comedy-DVD-and-it-will-without-fail-make-me-laugh" movies of all time, right up there with Airplane. You shouldn't underestimate it (although, it appears you have rectified that mistake. Same goes for Anchorman).
Now, to answer, or at least provide my take on, the questions you left us with last evening.
1) The BEP completed their sell-out with Be Cool. Normally, to be a band in a movie could be a decent enough thing to do. But as anyone saw, in Be Cool, they were treated as if they were some high-school garage band. No one even gave a shit that they were playing a concert in an intimate venue. This is unacceptable. At the 9:30 club last year, they rocked the house. Then came the NBA playoffs, in which "Let's get it Started" was played every 30 seconds. That was the beginning of the end, the jumping of the shark. Then came the Best Buy commericals. Be Cool was the straw, etc. Unfortuantely, I still happen to very much like their music, but totally hate what they have become. Where does that put me? Am I a sell out? I'm certainly not cool. It's very perplexing. At least Camp Lo never sold out.
2)This is an intersting question because neither invention is truly necessary. For me personally, I have to say the contact lense. I use that every day, as opposed to the washing machine which I only use once every three weeks or so. Contact lenses allow me to easily play sports, ride motorcycles, kill a hobo, etc., all without having to worry about glasses. The washing machine is equally important in that it also is a device of convenience, but to me, it falls just short of the contact lens. An interesting note here though, the contact lens could become moot in a few short years with the advent of laser eye surgery whereas the washing machine will be here for years to come. If that's the case, then I'd have to say that the washing machine wins the battle.
3)The most subsequently successful member of the SBTB cast is Mark Paul Gosseler. It is a tough question, and after much time spent on IMDB, I've come to this conclusion. Of course, the only ones in contention are MPG, LV, TAT and ML. I thought it was Lark, because of her prolific soap opera career, but it is not as prolific as I thought. At one point, it was TAT with Baywatch and 90210, but we're a good 8 years past that. Mario has his own daily talkshow, which at this point, puts him in second place. Only Zack however is consitently on Prime Time tv each week with NYPD blue. The show is ending this year though, so we'll have to see what happens to MPG. I think he'll be fine....
More to come....
to continue....
4) They will continue to sell conventional film in drug stores as long as there are still conventional cameras. I know that that is a cop-out answer, but it is true. To put an exact date on it however, I'd go with a round 30 years. At this point, way too many people have no idea how to use a digital camera, and prefer their old "film" camera. Also, there is still the whole disposible market. What I think this really comes down to though, are the enthusiasts. Those people who consider themselves photographers, who have their own dark rooms and who consider their photography artistic. I can speak to this somewhat intelligently as I used to be both a photographer (amatuer) and graphic designer (professional). While you can reproduce every effect created in a dark-room on a computer, there is a certain sense of self-satisfaction that comes with going through the dark-room process, especially completing any "special effects". For me, I find working in the dark room more "artistic" although that is a wholly arbitrary distinction. Point being, as long as there are people like me who perfer film to digital, there will be film cameras, and a need to have film in drugstores.
5)Motorcycling is as wise a hobby as anything else. Of course, the only argument that works against motorcycling is the danger of it. However, other hobbies include flying, sky-diving, knitting, bowling, etc. In any one of those hobbies could the participant get severely hurt or killed. Of course, that is more likely to happen in some than in others. The point of a hobby though is not to be safe, it is to take your mind of your job, your life, the daily grind, etc. If motorcycling clears your head, go for it. If knitting relaxes you, more power to you. Really, what matters is that your hobby provides you with a personal oasis from life. For me, motorcycling does just that. When I ride, all I'm thinking about is riding (admittedly, not getting myself killed is a part of that), I'm not thinking about exams, jobs, money, etc. If motorcycling provides you with that same sense of freedom, then it is the wisest hobby you could do....
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