Writing and the FUTURE *cue ambient space noises*

After reading a fascinating The Week article describing how the Internet has liberated yet devalued journalism led me to yet another 4 a.m. revelation: nobody is actually reading this. Unlike throes of others who may have found their audience on the www, I firmly believe that I make up the majority of the read counts due to an egotistical ticking. I too feel liberated knowing that whatever may be said from here on in will not be blatantly censored or filtered (except in China and possibly Australia). Now, without further adieu, my finer points on current topics:

1. Fuck you, China!
So you may have your own citizens currently learning in American institutions willing to protect their homeland out of a born heritage, but I feel no such thing. The PRC is merely a country club with well over a billion excluded that feels the need to further its outreach. We have the Chinese dilemma in Tibet and also their selfish claim to multinational hot-spots in the South China Sea. They're fueling a war in Africa and a trade deficit here in the States and ever since the Nixon trade visit, we have been careful not to be seen openly with the Dalai Lama or criticizing their human rights records and most likely are hushing the IOC about violations during the 2008 Beijing Games. And now Australia's playing nice to their future overlords? This is disgusting.

2. No more sequels!
For 2009, I have counted 6 remakes and 15 sequels (I may have missed a few). Of these, we have sequels for such movies as Fast and the Furious (Metacritic: 58), Alvin and the Chipmunks (Metacritic: 39), The Pink Panther (Metacritic: 38), Night at the Museum (Metacritic: 48), Halloween (Metacritic: 47), the Saw series (Metacritic range: 19-48) and Cats and Dogs (Metacritic: 47). Granted, the original movies weren't made for the critics as much as they were the cash-laden public, but the lack of quality standards is just phenomenal. As for remakes, we saw My Bloody Valentine, Friday the 13th, and Race to Witch Mountain, which were critically panned. Also slated for '09 are video game adaptations (terrible!), 3-D movies (gimmicky!), Disney concert films (tween cash-in!), Transformers 2 (boring!), and a Tarantino film where he channels the Dirty Dozen (kill me now). I realize that terrible films are going to be released as they have since the onset of cinema, but if enough of this is produced and pushed year after year, don't you think the majority of the public will start to change their standard of opinion? I can't fathom the day where I'm taking my future children to go see Jonas Brothers in Space 3-D IMAX or ,Yahweh forbid, another Dr. Seuss movie.

3. Crackbook
So yes, I decided to restart my Facebook account after hearing the newest incarnations were "like crack". True to the moniker, it had me going... for about a minute with headaches afterward. Perhaps I don't have enough friends on there. I do have that Myspace issue where I really don't talk to anybody on there and also don't feel the need to go through and delete people, but is that the key to Facebook being more enjoyable, being able to micro-scan a plethora of people I know very well or just met at a party, knowing their minute habits or social interactions? I am interested to an extent, but it just becomes a formula:
Step 1: Read all new feeds.
Step 2: Comment on humorous ones/topics of interest.
Step 3: Post humorous/interesting What's on your mind?
Step 4: Scan for something to do/join/flame or log out.

Is there more to it, or isn't this what everybody's doing? I just replace Step 4 on my Myspace with tweaking my page or looking for that new fanciful piece of clipart or music that fully compliments the grand theme of my page, me. This can take up to an hour and leaves me fulfilled at a solid effort towards a better representation of my digital self. Kudos all around!

There you have it. Now I'm going to go back to watching episode 4 of Cardcaptors and regretting my ability to cat-nap.

REFUND!

Suffice to say, I failed in my previous blog's objective. Instead, I purchased a netbook and an e-cigarette, one of which is a cheap Chinese knockoff (and it's not the thing I'm typing on now). I love them both. I am almost fulfilling my cyberpunk dream, being constantly wired yet chic. Granted, the transformation is not yet complete since I'm lacking in a really kick-ass watch that is most likely made in Japan and it will read the time in binary. So I'm lame, but I can write it off as just preparing for our imminent future. Speaking of our imminent future, I hope the poles shift come Winter Solstice 2012! I believe in the crackpot theory that the realignment of the poles will lead to a mental enlightenment in which our "sixth sense" of ESP awakens and humanity finally moves into our next stage of evolution. A boy can dream, can't he?
Now onto the more personal... I shall be at UND this summer. After conversation and debate, I understand that I so badly need to progress beyond my current lame-ass existence. Not that material success is paramount to personal success, but I do feel that a rewarding tenure at college can hopefully lead to a more rewarding challenge than I'm currently experiencing. Oh, that and I want to reap the benefits of reuniting with Billy and either becoming some sort of entertainer or I'll just go for broke and freet across Europe. The latter is perfectly fine with me. In the case of the latter, I think I'll legally change my name to Space Cakes (Cakes for short).