I found this picture of the angry cookies on the hilarious blog, cakewrecks.com.I could definitely go for some of these pissed-off cookies. They are the funniest thing I've seen all day.
Monday, October 20, 2008
So Angry!
I found this picture of the angry cookies on the hilarious blog, cakewrecks.com.I could definitely go for some of these pissed-off cookies. They are the funniest thing I've seen all day.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Adventures in Journalism
As soon as I receive my Social Security card in the mail to complete the paper work it will be official. I will be a paid journalist! I'm mostly getting paid to copy-edit, as that is my main job there, but I will also get "bonus" pay ever week I publish a story. It's not much money...I'm not quitting my main job over it, but I've been happy doing this work for free. Now i can officially call myself a journalist! Horray!
I haven't had much time to write too many things that are going on in my life, as I've been researching and writing about things that are impacting other's lives. That combined with school and work leaves little time. Such is the life of a college student though.
Here is an article I published back in September. It's not my absolute best work, in my opinion, but I wrote it and it made it to print. Enjoy! I have articles in the works to be published in both the Monday and Thursday issues of the paper next week, so I'll post them when they're published.
McCain Focuses on Tax Breaks
by Shayla Brooks, of the Advance-Titan
When asked what the most important issue facing America in the upcoming elections, many will say that like the 1992 election that marked the end of George H.W. Bush‘s term, “it’s the economy, stupid.”
Andrew Evenson, chair of the College Republicans, said in this election, the “things that hit the pocketbook” were going to determine the outcome of this election, specifically naming gas prices and job outlooks in addition to the economy in general.
Natalie Whitman, a junior at UW-Oshkosh, also said, without hesitation, the economy is the most important issue she will consider when voting in November.
According to Project Vote Smart, John McCain is the current senior senator from Arizona and the Republican nominee for President. Prior to first being elected to the Senate in 1986, McCain also served in the House of Representatives from 1982 through 1986.
Evenson said Sen. John McCain has the advantage in this election because of his stance on the economy, despite the criticisms of those that say he doesn’t understand the economy.
“He understands that bureaucrats won’t fix things,” Evenson said. “You have to work with business, not try to take them over.”
Whitman disagreed and said not only does McCain not understand the economy, he even admitted to having little knowledge about how it works. She also said he changed his viewpoint on economic issues multiple times, proving that he is not the best candidate to help in these troubling times.
According to ontheissues.org, a non-partisan Web site focused on allowing voters to research voting records and positions of candidates, when it comes to the economy, McCain said despite current tough times, we are better off than we were eight years ago, specifically pointing to low unemployment and inflation.
Evenson said McCain would give businesses incentives, such as tax incentives, such as tax breaks, to make it easier for the businesses to further innovate and thus create jobs and boost the economy.
Using cars as an example, Evenson said that with tax breaks and other incentives, the quality would get better and cars will be come more efficient.
Creating jobs is important for college students because they need to look at the long-term, Evenson said. With reports of job losses becoming all too commonplace in the news, students need to wonder if there is going to be a college-level job for them after graduation, he said.
According to factcheck.org, McCain voted against the first round of Bush’s tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, saying there was no cut in spending associated with the tax breaks.
In 2006, he voted to make these tax cuts permanent and said that government spending was out of control and raising taxes would only worsen the growing economic situation, according to ontheissues.org.
McCain also said that raising taxes will eliminate jobs, and that producing more energy in the United States will create more jobs and help offset the cost of rising fuel prices, according to ontheissues.org.
In his years in the Senate, McCain has gained a reputation of being a political maverick, one who is able to reach across party lines to get things accomplished in Congress. He worked with Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy on bills relating to campaign finance and immigration, respectively.
Whitman said this image was false and that McCain wishes to appear bi-partisan, but ultimately he votes with whatever is popular instead of “fighting for what’s right.”
In 2007, voting records indicate that McCain voted with the Republican Party 90 percent of the time, according to factcheck.org.
Attack ads from the Obama campaign have brought this up and state that voting for McCain would be like voting for President Bush’s third term, a statement Whitman said she agrees with.
Despite being on opposite sides of the political spectrum, both Evenson and Whitman agree that this election is one of huge importance, and the issues that Americans must deal with every day, like the economy, will be the issues that decide who will be the next in the White House.
I haven't had much time to write too many things that are going on in my life, as I've been researching and writing about things that are impacting other's lives. That combined with school and work leaves little time. Such is the life of a college student though.
Here is an article I published back in September. It's not my absolute best work, in my opinion, but I wrote it and it made it to print. Enjoy! I have articles in the works to be published in both the Monday and Thursday issues of the paper next week, so I'll post them when they're published.
McCain Focuses on Tax Breaks
by Shayla Brooks, of the Advance-Titan
When asked what the most important issue facing America in the upcoming elections, many will say that like the 1992 election that marked the end of George H.W. Bush‘s term, “it’s the economy, stupid.”
Andrew Evenson, chair of the College Republicans, said in this election, the “things that hit the pocketbook” were going to determine the outcome of this election, specifically naming gas prices and job outlooks in addition to the economy in general.
Natalie Whitman, a junior at UW-Oshkosh, also said, without hesitation, the economy is the most important issue she will consider when voting in November.
According to Project Vote Smart, John McCain is the current senior senator from Arizona and the Republican nominee for President. Prior to first being elected to the Senate in 1986, McCain also served in the House of Representatives from 1982 through 1986.
Evenson said Sen. John McCain has the advantage in this election because of his stance on the economy, despite the criticisms of those that say he doesn’t understand the economy.
“He understands that bureaucrats won’t fix things,” Evenson said. “You have to work with business, not try to take them over.”
Whitman disagreed and said not only does McCain not understand the economy, he even admitted to having little knowledge about how it works. She also said he changed his viewpoint on economic issues multiple times, proving that he is not the best candidate to help in these troubling times.
According to ontheissues.org, a non-partisan Web site focused on allowing voters to research voting records and positions of candidates, when it comes to the economy, McCain said despite current tough times, we are better off than we were eight years ago, specifically pointing to low unemployment and inflation.
Evenson said McCain would give businesses incentives, such as tax incentives, such as tax breaks, to make it easier for the businesses to further innovate and thus create jobs and boost the economy.
Using cars as an example, Evenson said that with tax breaks and other incentives, the quality would get better and cars will be come more efficient.
Creating jobs is important for college students because they need to look at the long-term, Evenson said. With reports of job losses becoming all too commonplace in the news, students need to wonder if there is going to be a college-level job for them after graduation, he said.
According to factcheck.org, McCain voted against the first round of Bush’s tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, saying there was no cut in spending associated with the tax breaks.
In 2006, he voted to make these tax cuts permanent and said that government spending was out of control and raising taxes would only worsen the growing economic situation, according to ontheissues.org.
McCain also said that raising taxes will eliminate jobs, and that producing more energy in the United States will create more jobs and help offset the cost of rising fuel prices, according to ontheissues.org.
In his years in the Senate, McCain has gained a reputation of being a political maverick, one who is able to reach across party lines to get things accomplished in Congress. He worked with Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy on bills relating to campaign finance and immigration, respectively.
Whitman said this image was false and that McCain wishes to appear bi-partisan, but ultimately he votes with whatever is popular instead of “fighting for what’s right.”
In 2007, voting records indicate that McCain voted with the Republican Party 90 percent of the time, according to factcheck.org.
Attack ads from the Obama campaign have brought this up and state that voting for McCain would be like voting for President Bush’s third term, a statement Whitman said she agrees with.
Despite being on opposite sides of the political spectrum, both Evenson and Whitman agree that this election is one of huge importance, and the issues that Americans must deal with every day, like the economy, will be the issues that decide who will be the next in the White House.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
St-st-st-studio! / I lied.
Another sweet photography project I did for my class was working in the school's photo studio. It was actually kind of fun, and I produced some sweet pictures.
This one is pretty self-explanatory. I loved the colours.
Here's another still-life. I had these metallic cups in my cupboard and used them just because they are colourful and this class has a focus on colour. On both of these, I got positive comments from my professor on my great use of colour and how I made interesting photographs out of very simple subjects.
The third is a portrait of my sis. She hates this picture, but I like it better than the other ones I took of her. She tried serious looks and class-picture smiles, but all of them looked fake. We were joking around when she started laughing on the set, and I kept snapping the camera. I think it works, especially if you know her, because she is pretty goofy and laughs a lot. Those who know her also know that she probably would not be wearing those necklaces. I made her wear them for the portrait.
Off topic, I was re-reading some of my old posts on this wonderful blog of mine, and I wrote one year ago that I didn't like writing as much as I thought I did at the time. I take that back. I started writing a little again for my campus newspaper this semester, in addition to the copy editing I have been doing since the prior, and I love it. I want to be a journalist again, at least that's what I say today.
Cheers!
This one is pretty self-explanatory. I loved the colours.
Here's another still-life. I had these metallic cups in my cupboard and used them just because they are colourful and this class has a focus on colour. On both of these, I got positive comments from my professor on my great use of colour and how I made interesting photographs out of very simple subjects.
The third is a portrait of my sis. She hates this picture, but I like it better than the other ones I took of her. She tried serious looks and class-picture smiles, but all of them looked fake. We were joking around when she started laughing on the set, and I kept snapping the camera. I think it works, especially if you know her, because she is pretty goofy and laughs a lot. Those who know her also know that she probably would not be wearing those necklaces. I made her wear them for the portrait.
Off topic, I was re-reading some of my old posts on this wonderful blog of mine, and I wrote one year ago that I didn't like writing as much as I thought I did at the time. I take that back. I started writing a little again for my campus newspaper this semester, in addition to the copy editing I have been doing since the prior, and I love it. I want to be a journalist again, at least that's what I say today.
Cheers!
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