Posted by sek8 at February 28th, 2006
News-flash:
An important case is set to appear before the US Supreme Court today…
Thats right folks! It’s the “Anna Nicole Smith, I want my money because I married a man that was worth 1.6 Billion and was who 89 years old and then he died” Show! Yay!
Posted by sek8 at February 27th, 2006
Chaos theory states that once turbulence exceeds some critical threshold the behavior of matter (air, water, ect.) becomes unstable and unpredictable. It recently occured to me that this theory has a lot to offer sociologists and behavioralists. Three examples come to mind immediately:
1) The behavior of the seniors in line for the senior basketball game. After waiting for an hour or so in the usual fashion the line system, which has always worked before, became a mob scene with people grabbing handfulls of wristbands from the line moniters.
2) Parking outside of my building in an off-limits lot. Across from my appartment there is a parking lot that is designated off-limits to the people in the appartment complex, but that always seemed to be empty. After the brave disobedience of a few parkers, there are now consistently 12-15 cars parked in the lot illegally.
3) The DukeObsrvr Blog. After a few nasty blog posts in which the anonymous author attacked everyone at Duke, the blog has now become a free-for-all of Dukies hating on other Dukies.
My point is only that perhaps there is something to be gained by studying where exactly the threshold to innappropriate behavior lies in social situations.
Posted by sek8 at February 26th, 2006
So here is my idea: A graphic novel, told in chapters, about famous people - their lives, loves, everything. It will have a huge cast of characters - muscians, actors, socialites, and politicians; all of whom interact in strange and unexpected ways. Because it is a graphic novel, fashion and accessories will also emerge as predominant themes.
Oh wait…It’s already been done:
And that is why I am no longer listening to people who criticize me for reading US Weekly. :)
Posted by sek8 at February 21st, 2006
If you go to Duke, then in the last few days you may have heard about a blog titled the Duke Observer. If you haven’t I will quickly bring you up to date. On Friday, a columnist for the Chronicle wrote a column that brought this blog to Duke’s public conciousness (the link to the blog is below if you want to check it out for yourself). The premise of the Duke Observer is an anonymous frat guy’s musings on social life at Duke. The unfortunate part is that he has nothing good to say about it. His values seem to boil down to sex, status, and possibly “coolness” which is usually just a mix of sex and status. Forget traditional college values like “education,” or “expanding your awareness,” or even just making real friends. According to him these things don’t matter, the only thing that matters is how many people you sleep with, how many STDs you acquire in the process, and perhaps how much money you have. Thats all folks. But my point is this: so much hating has to come from sort of insecurity, arrogance, ignorance or maybe just plan meanness. This is why the “Duke Observer” is nothing more, and will never be more, than a Down-Low Hater.
Visit the blog yourself:
