I got 99 Problems, but a blog aint one!

What show are you watching right now? (I’m watching American Idol, and I am laughing my bum off, HAHAHAH) What is it about? Why is it on this channel? What ethnic groups are in it? Does that group dominate the whole show? If you can answer questions like these my super friends then you, yes you, are some what media literate, which is a good thing of course, your friends won’t make fun of you, if they do, send them to Mr. Puley at Orchard Park Secondary School in Stoney Creek Ontario, Canada, he’ll set them straight.

You may not think so, but knowing what you’re watching, and why you’re watching it, can actually make, or break that show for the viewer. Good, probably the best examples are music videos, especially those of the hip-hop a hippy a hippa to the hip hip hop and you don’t stop dropping to the bang bang boogie badum drop the boogie to the boogy du the boogie da be… Yeah! Hip-Hop! Just look in Jay-Z’s video for 99 Problems.

Before the video even starts, you’ve got an advisory warning, which tells you how harsh some of the scenes are in the video are (which you do not see in this particular music video, due to it being from YouTube, somebody probably edited out, and explicit lyrics so, earmuffs if you have to!). So the video starts off, Jay walking in the ghetto (symbolizing his childhood), seeing a young teen putting on a ski-mask (symbolizing criminal behaviour) walking past kids jumping on mattresses on the street for fun (symbolizing the lack of money), seeing prostitutes washing cars, as well as themselves wearing bikini’s while guys watch them (symbolizing womanizing) and at the end of it all, a few men jump out of the car and lay 6 or 7 bullets into his chest (symbolizing the violent street behavior). Now, what Jay-Z was trying to do was glorify the “hood” and give people a sense of what its like to live there, but honestly, in my personal opinion and I think some of my super friends will back me up on this one. That video is one of the most horrifying things I have ever witnessed, and then some. We as people, do not need to have that shoved in our faces, we don’t need a tour of the ghetto Jay. Prostitutes and people getting killed, that is shown enough in the movies, there is no need for that to be in a music video. Especially when that music video plays 10 times a day, how do you think that makes children feel when they see that for the first time? DESPICABLE JAY… Just despicable.

On the brighter side of things, blogging is taking over the world as we know it. Famous bloggers such as Parez Hilton are giving people the scoop on Hollywood in his personal perspective, which apparently is quite hilarious. I’ve taken a look on Parez’s site and I was pretty impressed, the way he is able to interact with his audience, providing humor, but not to much to make whatever he’s writing about sound like a big joke. But the way he is able to write with such precision is the real key to his success, and that is what I think defines successful blogging.

Parez is of course considered a “grade A blogger” but what does it take to get there Mike, you silly little man. Well people, it takes a few things like knowing where to start, like starting a free blog site at first, to practice your skills, see if people are interested in what you have to say. Updating daily, you never want people reading the same article for a week, you have to keep it fresh. Listen to your audience, if they have something to say, listen, it could help you in the long run. Last but not least, keep your articles short, and concise, nobody wants to read a thousand page story on K-Fed, try to put all of your information that you want people to know at the beginning. And there you have it, you are now a professional blogger, seems pretty easy, doesn’t it?

Now, there are some advantages and disadvantages so, bare with me. Some advantages of the almighty blog are that they are cheap and easy to run, blogs convey authority, its open, and gives feedback good and bad, which everybody loves of course. Some of the disadvantages of blogs are that most people do not have very much to say that is to any interest to anybody, people who have the most time to write have the least to say, and finally blogs are very easy to start up, but difficult to maintain.

Some of the typical stories that bloggers write on are about celebrities, and (if your lucky) actual NEWS! If a blogger can produce a good news story, then he might be able to achieve a minimal status, and somewhat of a successful blogging career (if they can maintain stories like that one) which is very difficult to do, that’s why you do (because lets be honest, a good world event to write on has less of a chance of occurring than me not eating a burrito every Tuesday night, and that’s likely so, do the math J) not hear about bloggers that talk about world peace, because unfortunately, people are interested in that at all. But, if you can be an overweight, multicolored hair, high pitched voice, white boy (WITH A SPANISH NAME-only using this as an example by the way, Parez Hilton if you are not to sure of whom I am talking about) and can write about celebrities like you can inhale and exhale, than chances are you will become a success story, people will look to you for guidance when celebrities do things without the peoples knowledge. That is why (I hate to say it) Parez Hilton is one of the most loved people in the North America today.

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