tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22245658872419357302011-07-18T00:27:51.018-05:00Random thoughts from a twenty-something on the verge of real life.Easily Distractedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539255941500244862noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224565887241935730.post-25549037013524794322008-05-16T16:35:00.000-05:002008-05-16T23:56:21.393-05:00

I think it’s safe to say that no two people review the arts the same, but there is a general set of clichés or stereotypes that people fall into when they attempt to review to arts. The one important thing to remember is that a review is an opinion. An educated opinion hopefully, but nevertheless, an opinion. This means that there is no right, and there is no wrong. When a critic attends an event

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The Harrison Red Line Stop. For five years I have departed the southbound trains onto this stop for school. It is dark, wet, creepy, cold, and overwhelmingly smells like a toilet. Pretty much everything has an “out of order” sign on it. The walls have been painted far too many times, and it is almost always flooded to some extent. About six months ago Columbia College Chicago, in collaboration

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Meant to resemble “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” The Musician’s Studio is a television show featuring in-depth interviews of guests that have been successful in the field of music. Aside from the guest and host, this is an entirely student run production. This collaborative project had students from the Television department offering their services as camera operators, sound operators and grips,

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I will be the first to admit that I have not utilized CCC to its fullest potential. After almost 5 years of attendance at CCC, I find myself knowing just about as much about Columbia now as I did when I first started. This was mostly my choice. To me Columbia is a place where I go to school to get a degree in order to get a better job than I would with just a high school diploma. CCC is not a

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Since its release the Nintendo Wii has taken the video game industry by storm. Even now, some stores still struggle to keep the console in stock. Nintendo’s plan was to create a non-intimidating console that was so easy to use, and intuitive, that people who have never touched a gaming console would be able to pick up the controller and play. The wii did not provide cutting edge graphics or media

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A lot of people hate Michael Moore. Why? I’m not sure, maybe it’s because he forces people to see things they don’t want to see, brings ugly truths to light, where most people would be happy leaving them in the shadows. Some say his research is flawed, or false, or fabricated. Well, I have to tell you, if that’s the case, I was fooled by Sicko. This film literally pissed me off. Which I think was

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Street fashion is clothing designed by (and worn) by people who are not fashion designers. The Center for Asian Arts and Media at Columbia College has given us the opportunity to participate in an experience they call: Everyday Runway: Asian Street Fashion and Beyond. Located in the C33 Gallery at 33 E Congress, this is a collaborative art gallery that takes the viewer through the streets of

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Living out loud is little more than “just another 90’s comedy slash drama”. Sure, it feels like it’s from the 90’s, in the kind of way only a 90’s movies can, but unlike some of the nonsense the 90’s Hollywood cranked out, I get the sense that the director (Richard LaGravenese) had some things to say, and those things boil down to a message of inspiration and a message of “life sucks, deal with

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Being a white, 20-something male, there are often times such a large amount of advertisements, products and media being force-fed to me that my head spins. Buy this, watch that, this is what you should want (based on our focus groups), this is what is ‘in’ this is what is ‘out.’ Even political candidates are nearly decided for us. On the democratic side, just a year ago, there were half a dozen

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The Columbia ChronicleThe Columbia Chronicle is Columbia's own campus newspaper, written, edited, and produced for Columbia students, by Columbia students. Overall it reads like you would expect a newspaper to read. It certainly has a biased group of topics, seeing as it is a college paper, the journalists tend to write more about issues that effect the lives of an average Columbia student.

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Charlie Wilson's WarThis film is based on a true story about a Congressman's initiative during the Cold War. It was written by Aaron Sorkin, the writer behind most of the West Wing series. Like the West Wing TV show, this film is all about the dialogue. The dialoge is intelligent, fast, witty and sharp. If you zone out (which would be difficult to do in this film) you will miss a lot very quickly

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Apparently, Radiohead has a new album coming out on October 10. News to me, but I'm stoked. I've been a fan for a while now, and I'm excited to see what new sounds they have come up with. The big news though, is that the album, entitled In Rainbows, will be available for pre-order only through their website (click title above for link). And whether you choose the download or CD copy, and add it

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While browsing around on my favorite movie-news site www.comingsoon.net, I came across an article titled: Promo for the Iron Man Teaser! This quite literally is a teaser trailer for the teaser trailer for the upcoming film Iron Man. Now, don't get me wrong, I am as excited to see this comic book adapted for the big screen as anyone, but aren't we taking it a bit far? Perhaps we are spoiling

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I must have been living in a hole since 2003, because up until this point I knew very little about the online virtual world Second Life. Of course I had heard about it, rumblings on the news and some quips on The Daily Show, but I never really researched it. Well, technically, I still haven't. Short of skimming the Wikipedia page on Second Life, I still don't know much about it. Instead of

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So this is just an introduction for those of you who don't know me. Well, an introduction with little or no personal information about me, that is. Gotta keep all those crazy stalkers away, you know (that's assuming anyone would be interested in stalking me. Doubtful). At any rate, my name is Christian, and I live in Chicago (vague enough for you?) where I work as an IT specialist while going to

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