YouTube Link

Hey everyone! I know my video project is posted below but here is the link to check it out on youtube! Thanks for watching!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBvj_cRA958

ABC Family's Greek Review

I chose to review ABC Family's hit sitcom Greek.

no asthma for this girl!

For a while now, I have been diagnosed with asthma. Several doctor apointments, medicines, and inhalers later, I find out....I'm not even asthmatic! I began seeing another doctor and he was concerned about my breathing and coughing that I had been experiencing so he decided he wanted to do some testing. I went in this afternoon to do so and after the breathing treatments he sat me down in his office. He looked me square in the eye and said, "Do you have asthma? probably not...No longer label your self as someone with asthma." It was a relief! The expenses and hassle of the inhaler is no longer a part of my life! I think it's crazy how one diagnosis can be so different than another professional. The doctor did tell me that I probably have some form of athletic induced asthma that alot of athletes have when exercising or playing a particular sport. So for now, I'm cured!

Who knew that what other people have to say can influence what you want to express to the world. That’s how I felt after hearing a particular column in today’s class. I had a column all ready to submit but wasn’t satisfied with the feeling and emotion I had put forth for it. After hearing that particular column I really started to think about how I value my life and how I’ve been spending my time here on earth. I left class thinking about the wonderful people I do have in my life, the people I have lost, and also the people that got a second chance at living but have dealt with those close calls along the way.
It was a great day. My morning class had been cancelled and I was finally able to sleep in and enjoy my warm comfy, queen-size bed. My phone, sitting on my night stand, began to ring and ring and ring. With each ring I found myself waking up a little more when I finally grabbed that little piece of technology to see who it was that so urgently needed to speak with me. When I glanced at the screen and read the name “Mom” I immediately was frustrated. Especially as I glanced at my alarm clock to read “8:23”. I pressed ignore and complained to myself that my mom had to call me early in the morning just to see how my day was going when in reality it hadn’t even started yet. I rolled back over and fell back asleep. Several minutes later I began to get text message after text message. After ten minutes of being sick and tired of that same ring tone chiming in with every text I finally grabbed my phone and went to my inbox. “RIP Wade Loberg…You’ll never be forgotten…1989-2008”. That text message was my wakeup call on September 4, 2008. Thinking it was a joke, I dialed my voicemail. My mother was that first message. Her words were slurred as she tried to explain details in between each sob and each scream. With tears streaming down my face in disbelief I hit the floor.
Wade was nineteen. He was newly nineteen years old and his life was done being lived. He was a victim of drunk driving and not by someone else’s mistakes but by his own. He had been at a party north of our home town and lost control on a blacktop curve entering the city limits. He was ejected from the vehicle and then crushed by the heavy duty pick-up truck as it rolled over him. His fox racing hat lay beside him and his glasses tossed somewhere in the field never to be found. Wade wasn’t just someone from my hometown. He was my good friend’s little brother, my neighbor since we were little, a hide-and-seek companion for many years before, and a driver I trusted many times in many different situations.
Our families have been best friends and neighbors for as long as I can remember. Vacations, family gatherings, block parties, and life events had been shared for so many years and I couldn’t imagine losing a part of that tradition. A month before this tragedy, I had driven Wade home after a concert in a neighboring town. It was our last heart to heart, the last Marlboro red he convinced me to share with him, and the last time I saw him before that day I held a Kleenex in my hand looked down and prayed beside his casket.
I think it’s crazy how events like this occur and after the heart ache and tragedy people recover and people continue with their lives but it’s needed to be reminded not to take life for granted. Wade was a week away from starting his first semester at college. I go to class every single day and get in my routine and don’t even consider the fact that he never got to experience those things. Take a look around, realize you’re lucky for what you’ve experienced and accomplished, and live every day like it may be your last.

I love Mirandasings08

A couple weeks ago I was introduced to "mirandasings08". These videos on youtube were seriously the funniest thing I have ever seen. I'm not sure why people enjoy watching others fail miserably for teh whole world to see but I was looked. With every raise of her eyebrow and every tip of her hat, Miranda made the world laugh by singing horribly. From Love Shack to Single Ladies, Miranda belted out pop hits from every genre. Having almost 40 videos on youtube people, also known as haters, continuously made "negative comments" on each one of her videos. I too, thought this young woman was just someone who thought she was the best thing since sliced bread, but come to find out, it's all a performance. Colleen Ballinger, a 22 year old performer, is actually...talented! Who knew!? I do have to say I was a little dissapointed at the fact that funny looks and crazy makeup is all a show and in reality this singer may have a future in entertainment. She sure fooled everyone out there! I'm attaching links so if you haven't already, you can see her mirandasings video along with her real performing ability!


Mirandasings08

Colleen's performance

Now this may seem a little valley girlish or even a little superficial to do a column about a character on a reality television show but I think it’s time I let my true feelings come out. He is a person that makes my skin crawl and my body cringe. A person that I will blatantly admit that I despise. He is a person that every time I see his face or hear his voice, it makes me want to move uncomfortably in my seat. Who is this person, you ask? Spencer Pratt. For those who aren’t familiar with that name, he is an LA socialite who made his debut to the world in 2005 when him and Brody Jenner first appeared on MTV’s hit reality show, The Hills. Now despite what people say about The Hills, I think it is entertaining and do believe that a good portion of it is real life. I honestly don’t know how someone could make up half of the drama that happens in that hour time slot on MTV. Now where was I? Oh yes, Spencer Pratt. A man who looks like Harry Henderson with his flesh colored beard. Now not only does this man’s outward appearance bother me without a doubt, it’s his arrogance and over-bearing personality that really gets my stomach turning. Spencer and Heidi Montag, his on again off again girlfriend of the last three years, have hit tabloids and had talk show appearances one after another defending their relationship and who they are. They insist to this day that the show perceives them in a different light but as I can continue to be glued to my television every Monday night at 9 pm, I’m not so sure it’s our perception that makes him evil. I think you truly have a problem when every relationship your fiancé ever built has been broken because of your actions or attitude. Heidi had a best friend, LC. Are they currently friends? Nope, all because of Spencer starting rumors about LC and ex-boyfriend Jason having a sex tape. Does Heidi’s family support the Spencer/Heidi relationship? Survey says….NO! Once again another relationship ruined because of Spencer. “I think you’re very controlling and manipulative. I think you’re condescending, rude and very hostile right now." Darlene, Heidi’s mother said those words to Spencer on an episode of The Hills as she tried to figure out what her beautiful daughter saw in the horrible man sitting across from her. What other things has Spencer ruined in Heidi’s life, you ask? What about her career! After a fight with Heidi, Spencer showed up in Las Vegas to get Heidi back and caused a scene while she was having dinner about a project with her two bosses from her event planning firm, Bolthouse Productions. He actually did cost Heidi her job when he showed up uninvited once again at an event Heidi was planning, only to influence her to take several shots of tequila, which led to her termination.

all i need is your extra time and your.......KISS

When someone mentions the name Prince, many pop tunes come to mind. For my review, I did some reading at Rolling Stone's website on Prince's newest album LotusFlow3R. Rolling Stone gave the new album only three stars and to me, the review started out a little harsh."Prince is like Woody Allen: They're both reclusive, sex-obsessed gen­iuses who release new material relentlessly and without any ­regard to the law of diminishing returns". Now, I do agree with several points that the review made. I love old prince music don't get me wrong. I mean, who can forget Julia Roberts singing in her bubble bath in the classic movie Pretty Woman. Or little red chorvette. All classics but is 31 years too much of a career, especially when some of those new songs sound just as catchy and similar to the old ones. So overall I think Prince is of course a fantastic artist and has been for several years but there comes a time when its time to hang up the old jersey. Since I'm sure that won't happen, live on Prince and keep up the pop generation.