So, a few things to address tonight.
First off, Lifehouse. Well, I did plan on putting it online this past weekend, but I then realized that if I did, I wouldn't be presenting the best product possible. I would have just been rushing to get it online, and it would have turned out to not be worth it because it was so crappy. And also, how is it Lifehouse if it's on time?
I don't know if I've mentioned before, but I completely support Sanjaya and Vote for the Worst. I decided not to watch this season because there was no one I really liked. I try to catch Sanjaya's performances either the day of or the next day on YouTube occasionally, but that's about it. Everyone else, pretty boring.
I decided to check the VFTW site today, seeing as I haven't in awhile, and read one of the "mailbag" posts, which are always quite entertaining. This one in particular was hilarious:
I was so mad Wednesday night when they announced that Sanjaya was not in the bottom three and therefore NOT GOING HOME THIS WEEK that I was shaking and in a flood of emotional rage caused by this STUPID website and the people that keep voting for Sanjaya I threw my glass of coke at my FREAKING BRAND NEW 65" HD TV and NOW IT DOESN'T WORK. So now not only is Sanjaya still on American Idol for another week, thanks to you jerks, I can't even watch the show and the TV warranty won't cover the damage from what I did. THIS SITE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM SO YOU SHOULD PAY FOR A NEW TELEVISION.
Vote for the Worst
And then we have the Virginia shootings. I mean, terrible thing. I don't have much to say about it, though I've been reading a lot about it tonight. Wikipedia linked to a student from the university's blog. — I almost said "weblog". What is wrong with me? — There was also a news report linking to the same blog and they quoted the student as saying something about "no classes today, yay!".
Now, I mean, just reading that sounds pretty insensitive. But really, you'd have to read the whole thing. I'm sure when people received these emails informing them that classes were cancelled, most people probably didn't comprehend the magnitude of the situation. I remember on 9/11 hearing about it at school, something about bombings in the States and that they were coming to Toronto next. When I was walking home, I discussed it with a girl who lived on my street and when she left we'd joked that we'd see each other tomorrow if we weren't dead by then.
So partly this was due to my lack of understanding just how major this was. Also more so due to my age, because I don't think I was old enough to really understand it.
Anyway, so I don't know what my point was. I mean, the media taking a quote out of context? That's nothing new.
So then. I guess that's all I have to say about that.