Photo+Journalism
Coach John Wooden’s memorial service is streaming now from the Nell and John Wooden Court in Pauley Pavillion on Prime Ticket. I’ve never had the privilege to directly meet John Wooden, but early in my college career, I had the opportunity to cover a game that Coach Wooden attended. I remember walking down the sidelines […]
HEY HUMANITY, PLAYSTATION 3 IS HELPING YOU OUT! (Okay, apparently this is really old news, but hey, I’ve only owned my PS3 for a humble 5 months now.) Folding@home is a project created by some fine folks at Stanford University in order to simulate molecular behavior, specifically how human proteins fold. Uh…or something like that. […]
I’m not sure what PS3/SCEA means by this, but hey, I’m down with the cause, and I’m down with SCEA. This showed up in a google search for PS3. Sadly, there was no explainer when I clicked on the link.
I had posted this back in March on my Facebook notes. Here’s a repost: Probably a good month, month-and-a-half ago, a handful of people asked what my thoughts on Gran Torino are. By a handful of people, I really mean (remember) John and Jon… Anyways, I finally got around to watching it today. A lot […]
I just listened to a pretty good NPR discussion on positive stereotypes. Are Positive Stereotypes Racist, Too? L’Heureux Lewis, assistant professor of sociology and black studies at the City College of New York, said, “…we have to recognize that [positive stereotypes] are gross generalizations. They may have a kernel of truth based on some social […]
The difference between ETHICALLY publishing photos of grisly scenes of death, war, and the likes in a newspaper and printing photos of Carradine’s dead body is that generally, the former images are shown to make a true statement about a situation that might not be adequately described in words. For example, the image of Napalm […]
http://www.hulu.com/watch/76183/yo-teach-miki-moves-up So…Yo Teach! apparently is a show that exists in the fictional world of the summer film, Funny People. I personally can’t wait to watch this; it’s a bit like Queen Latifah’s Last Holiday, where she discovers she has a terminal illness and wants to do all the things in life she’s missed out on. […]
Jerkin’, Jerking, the Stanky Leg dance. Look it up on youtube. It’s not dirty, I promise. It seems that “Jerkin” is the newest mass fad dance sweeping across high school and college campuses. Jerkin appears to be a combination of dance styles, often to its unofficial anthem by New Boyz: You’re a Jerk. Picture the […]
If only life was as simple as Facebook. The fine line between friendship: a simple confirmation. And sometimes the entirely unnecessary addition of details–where did we meet? Did we hook up? Was it hot? Who cares? Why would I want to announce it to my other 100000 friends (yes, I’m so popular). The ugly line […]
Just last week, I took a walk through the muggy Los Angeles air. It was the kind of air that hangs thickly about you, and doesn’t quite suffocate more than it makes you forget to breathe. That’s how I realized, I forgot how it feels to be alive. Not that I am dead (“Are we […]
