Dear Friends

Dear Friends,

I would like to write an apology for you all, I am sorry that I have not been posting regularly this week. I have three essays due this week that I am frantically working on.
I will be sure to post heaps next week to make up for this week.
Again I am sorry.
I have taken up residence in Weldon library, however, its not really working with all the noise... imagine that noise in a library... I think I will head home to finish up my essay due tomorrow and by finish up I mean finish the research so I can start writing it.
Thank-you for your understanding and if anyone wants to go out on Thursday night I am feeling it will be a must after all this week.
Great job MITers!
Now I must get back to the essay STRESS.

sincerely,

Citizen 19

Orillia bound

Have you ever just needed to get away? Away from everything that is stressing you out?

This past week, I was so stressed out. My housemate Sarah, was headed up to her parents house to watch the dogs while they were away. I invited myself to go with her and let me tell you, this was exactly what was needed. I got lots of reading done, drank plenty of orange juice with melon liqueur (or peach shnapps, depending on how I felt), and watched movies; tropic thunder, love and other disasters, how to lose friends and alienate people, and Australia. 

Here is how the weekend went:

I was stressed!

We went for a 4 1/2 km walk with Molly and Maple

Watch movies 

Then we came back to good ol' London!

Bust out the Bug Spray!

Do you ever get woken up in the middle of the night by a noise? I tend to sleep with my window open to get a little 'fresh' air at night. Last night I fell asleep like a log, however, I got woken up around 3:45 because I heard a buzzing noise. I hate the sound of buzzing, it drives me CRAZY! I turned on my light because I HAD to know what was making this annoying noise, and what did I find? 

Yes, a MOSQUITO. I thought it was too early for these little pest, I guess not! Well, at least this is a sign that spring isn't too far away, and while spring is being sprung, I am sure summer is excited to follow, I know I am super excited for summer to be here, with shorts, flip flops, long days, SUN!! 

Here's for hoping, now put on your bug spray! 

2412 Blogger of the Week Nominations

Attention one and all since I was blogger of the week this past week, it is now my task to nominate three lucky and very deserving members of Blogging 2412. 

Drum roll... or you can just pretend I did one right there....

Paul Sham with Post Script

Reason: What can I say about Post Script? I can tell you that sometimes while reading I have a little chuckle out loud! How else can I put this, well you see if a blog catches my attention and I constantly check the blog for updates it means I like it. Well done Paul! 

Emily Innis with Emilove

Reason: Em is constantly commenting on my blog which in turn made me start reading her blog I do read a lot of the blogs in the class but I am more attracted to the blogs of people who take the time to read my blog and comment. 

Ariane Klassen with Keep it Fresh

Reason: The other day while reading this blog I was introduced to a site called Etsy.com, the site was so brilliant and awesome. I am now addicted to going on the site just to see what new creations people have. 

Although I love these three blogs I would still say my favorite is Single Betty, however, being nominated by her last week, I don't think I can vote for her again! 

Good luck to the runners up! 

The End...

This week in blogging 2412 each class member has to do a video review on CBC.ca the end. There are three different videos, each discussing the end of either radio, television, or print. Each video was saying that the internet is taking over these three areas of media. 

I agree in a way. Let me explain. I believe that in a way the internet is stealing away from the original forms of media, however isn't it crucial that things evolve as they always have. There is always a change, something new, a different way of doing things. 

The end of television? I don't think so, there are so many people that all they do is watch television, isn't this the idea behind the Wii exercise, it forces people to get up off their bums. Alright, yes television is being viewed on the internet, but some people still sit down and watch television on a television. I personally like watching it on my computer because there are no commercials. But the end of television... I doubt it. 

No more radio? ARE YOU CRAZY? I love the radio, yea sure there is new satellite radio, but come on, in the car (for those of us that are cheap) I listen to the radio, country radio to be exact. My housemate listens to the radio when she gets up and when she is going to bed, my father listens to the radio in the car all the time (talk radio I might add...). Radio is part of the essence of me, and I love it. 

Print? We still have books? Oh that is what a news paper looks like? Who knew! Print media going out of style I can find a little more believable. At the same time I don't read the paper, I don't buy magazines, I would rather find my article online than go to the library and search out a book. However, even though I'm not into print media, think about how large the reader base is. The fashion magazine business ALONE is a multi-billion dollar business. TAKE THAT INTERNET! 

Overall I think that as internet is creeping in there is still the three main medias holding their own and CBC does discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. check out the videos and let me know what you think! 

go to www.cbc.ca/theend then scroll down to the bottom and you'll see on the left: watch this program online, watch: CBC: The end of print; the end of radio; the end of television

Check It!

WOOOOOOT! Guess who won the MIT 2412 Best Blogger of the week? Oh yes thats right... ME! Thank-you Single Betty @ singlebetty.blogspot.com. 

I am very passionate about my blog and the people that read it, I find it a great way to say whats on my mind. I feel like there is only one place for me to freely say what I want. 

Thank-you for reading! 

I will be posting my nominations for March 25-31st tomorrow. Good luck MIT 2412 Bloggers! 

Summer Lovin'

Have you ever wanted to know how people feel about summer? Probably not... I think we all feel relatively the same way. Summer is FANTASTIC. I wanted to know what people enjoyed most about summer. Meet the contestants;

Flip flops: this was my personal favorite, I can't live without my Sanuk Yoga Matt flip flops

Vote: 4

Walks

vote: 2

Windows Open

vote: 5

Long Days (depicted by sunny sunflowers for no real reason at all!!)

Vote:9

Out of an overall 21 votes, long days won with 9!