That Stupid Dress

So I am sure that all of you are just as annoyed with this stupid dress thing as I am. At least I hope you are. Once I got home last night a friend of mine asked me if I had seen anything on Twitter about this dress. I had no idea what she was talking about so I checked Twitter to see what the rage was all about. Sure enough, my feed was covered with people so confused, upset, and outraged about the color of this dress. Within seconds I was annoyed with all of the media coverage about something so stupid. This morning I was checking Facebook and yup, you guessed it, there were countless links to sites with actual articles concerning the color of this dress. Is this really what we are worried about right now? Who cares what color it is, who cares if its black and blue or if its white and gold, who cares if its some trick your eyes are playing or if its just the brightness on your phone. WHO CARES. The media should not be covering stuff like this when there are things with much more importance going on in the world. Especially when its something as stupid and useless as the color of a dress. Okay, rant over.

Sick of "Deflategate"? Well The Media Isn't.

So I thought that everyone was just as sick of hearing about Deflategate as I was. But apparently the media is not. Stories are still being published as recently as today making this now month long investigation still ongoing. There has been so many different Deflategate stories put out by the media  that people have gotten to the point where they don't even know what to believe anymore; we are all over it. Well, at least I am. First I heard that the Patriots "cheated" by playing with eleven out of twelve under inflated game balls, then I heard that the balls were taken away at halftime (which the majority of the people I talked to weren't even aware of). During the second half of the championship game the Patriots scored 28 points while the Colts scored 0, in my eyes, proving that cheating was not even a factor in the winning of this game. Later on I heard that the entire thing was started by Indianapolis followed by information stating that the entire thing was made up. Eventually I heard that it was in fact only one ball that was under deflated and various team and players, including the Patriots and the Colts, had no idea any balls were under deflated in the first place. Following these stories, I began to hear various other stories surrounding what may or may not have happened. The Patriots then went on to Superbowl XLIX and all the media seemed concerned with was Deflategate. Now, over two weeks later, it is being said that a "Patriots locker room attendant attempted to put an unapproved special teams football into play" during the AFC championship game on January 18th. Quite frankly, I don't want to hear anything else until a conclusion has been made. At this point, what are they going to do if everything is true? Take away the trophy? I don't think so. We (yes, we) earned that trophy after a beautiful play and nothing can change that. So come on media, give it a rest.

Here is the article I quoted:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/02/18/pats/MBR5rOZxVYGO57iSKkhncM/story.html

A Day Without Media

Its only a few minutes past 1pm and I have already failed to go an entire day without media. However, I knew I would fail before I even tried. My alarm is on my phone so from the second I wake up I am already using my phone. While driving to campus I didn't even hesitate to turn on my music, it has just become habit. I am picking up a textbook for my brother and I needed the name of it so naturally, I told him to "just text it to me". Using media is just something that I don't even consider anymore. You never really realize how much media you are using until you have to get rid of every piece of it. Ironically, I feel as if social media makes me anti-social. If I have my phone, laptop, or iPad then I have some form of social media outlet to bury myself in so I end up being anti-social. But if I don't have anything with me then I am forced to acknowledge the outside world and be social.