For those of you who don’t know, COX is a cable and internet provider that is popular in the US (I would assume). Not only does it have an obvious travesty of a name , but COX often displays commercials telling parents how to block their children from certain “harmful” web sites:
“With Cox high speed Internet services, you get parental controls for free that will allow you to customize the level of filtering you want on your computer. You have the option of blocking your children from visiting certain Web sites and setting up passwords so only you can access the parental control settings. It can be so simple to protect your children from the dangers of the Internet.” (source)
So far so good. But I really, really want to know what they have to say about the half-naked “Girls Gone Wild” videos that start playing at night on the basic channels that they provide with their service? Isn’t it dangerous to get drunk and show your naked body for money. You bet it is. And If they are so concerned with protecting your child, why do they allow drunk, half-naked, semi-idiotic females to enter your kiddie’s world late at night?
As you might have noticed I have included a video section in the blog where I will upload all of my artistic attempts. Most of them would be extremely satirical and only reflect how random I can get at times. This is my first video from the saga “Trippin’ News.” I am not a weed smoker, nor a cigarette smoker for that matter, I just want to expose the extreme hypocrisy in the media concerning the war on drugs and how having money can allow you to advertise anything on TV. Comment and stumble if you like it!
A strange question, isn’t it? I assume that everybody who is reading this is reasonably old, so you all might find the topic amusing. We are so preoccupied with going to college, having a good job and getting married that we forget what it was like when we were younger. I often wonder what it would have been like if I could’ve kept a diary throughout my early childhood. Its contents would be priceless.
Nevertheless, people tend to reminisce over the old times only when they have figured how much simpler life was then. Well, I am tired of reminiscing about it and I want to know why! What factors are trying to kill the child in us? Could it be that the evil government doesn’t want a bunch of prejudice-free creatures to roam around and play hide-and-seek all of their lives, or have we created a place where our own ambition to evolve will not let us see a simpler version of us? Maybe we are just plain evil. In either case, let’s look at what exactly we lose.
Innocence. That’s a big one. People would often use it as the main thing much separates grown-ups from children. Isn’t it weird how it has a hint of “guilt” to it? Does reaching adolescence and doing all of those nasty things deprive us from our innocence? I beg to differ.
Hey, this has been a great experience so far! I appreciate all of you who read this provocative monster of a web site and I am looking forward to enriching your lives with more and more substance. I am open to any suggestions/requests/criticism/etc. Today, badgeneration.com got a new, exciting look (hello narcissism), registered in entrecard, and most importantly, changed the buttons in the top menu to only blog, video, about, and subscribe. Before this, the buttons served to categorize the content, but I figured that people could use the menu on the right entitled “categories” (go figure). The video section will contain only original badgeneration material such as “robots need lovin’ too” which was my first attempt at movie making. I have many interests, so you never know what I might do next. I will be happy to answer any questions that you have so far. For the first time today, I saw how StumbleUpon can increase my traffic, so thanks to all of you who stumble my posts. Cheers!
It has bugged me for some time that both Walmart and Days Inn have changed their logos. The funny thing is that their new logos are almost identical — mostly blue with a sun figure. This has been done to improve their less-than-glamorous image and reflect a new, more shiny outlook of the two corporations.
Clearly, we live in times when the cover of the book is just as important as its content, if even more important. Everything is about presentation, image, and packaging. People seem to be fascinated by design rather than substance. I am no different. Like every monkey, I am also impressed by the new, the fresh, the thing that is going to be only mine, until I find another toy to satisfy my superficial existence. Well, maybe I am over exaggerating a little bit.
Walmart and Days Inn are going to remain horrible, despite their change of logos. What bothers me is that in some little room, a bunch of robots are thinking of ways to change the way people think of certain corporations, by making a more “friendly” logo. Pretty soon, we will be living in a cartoon land, designed to appeal to an optimally targeted audience. All the shiny colors are going to soothe my helpless soul, while I find myself in a bunch of plastic.
Seeing that it is popular to be insensitive nowadays, I decided to write this handy guide. Whether your insensitivity is caused by the mass media or your own ignorance, this guide will attempt to shed some light on this issue. If you feel offended by it…maybe you should, because you might find yourself in one of those categories. I know that I do, but at least I am working on it. So, here it is:
1. Be careful with humor - Humor seems to be hot nowadays. From making you attractive to the opposite sex, to breaking the ice in a lame party, people like a person who can make them laugh. However, if you use it all the time,some will tend to not take you very seriously, especially if you consider Carlos Mencia to be funny (which he is not). Please, save your dignity by omitting jokes about midgets, war-torn countries, accents, Borat and/or somebody’s mom. I think everyone is tired of them, except the people who still find them funny. If you laugh at those jokes you are either bellow 13 years of age, an alien, or most likely, an insensitive idiot.
The last song that I brought you was “New Dawn Fades” and I am glad that people liked it. The next song is called “Lovelife” and it is from the Minneapolis-native band “Atmosphere.” It is one of my favorite hip-hop duos and it really got me listening to that kind of music when I was younger. It is so hard to be exposed to good rap nowadays and many people get turned off by the MTV nonsense. Anyways, Atmosphere are all about conscious hip-hop that really gets you thinking, so get ready for a surprise. Those kind of songs are truly timeless.
Individually wrapped, placed in neat little rows
Becoming A piece, of everything that grows
Some numbers, A name, to indicate you played the game
Came empty handed and left the same
A soul is A soul and A shell is A shell
The border in between is full of everything you felt
Some cling to A cross because they’re tired and lost
They leave it up to the weather to measure the cost
And everytime I look within I recognize the darkness
Familiar to the image of the artist
I respect Method Man and it is because of interviews like this one. I know that people are just not exposed to good hip-hop, so most don’t appreciate it like I do. The next “deep lyrics” post I am going to do is going to be for a rap song. You might me surprised.
PS. His last comments are about the 5 top CEO’s of gas companies and the billion dollars in profit that they received.
As some of you may have noticed I have a really unusual sense of humor. Today I made a video using a clip from Battlestar Galactica and uploaded it in YouTube. Yes, I did all of the voices and , no, none of them is my actual voice. I am actually thinking of doing some more serious videos in the future. If you like it by any chance don’t be afraid to comment, stumble, digg, etc. Enjoy!
Imagine that you are driving in a small neighborhood and you see a logo saying “Maid to Clean.” I just did that yesterday and it spurred a lot of confusion in my consumerism-free mind. Apparently, the mastermind who made that name realized that she can play with the words “made” and “maid,” in order to create a very catchy, trendy, cleaning company. That’s fine. My question is — what is her freaking problem?
Who in the world is made to clean? They weren’t born or reincarnated. They were made, you know, like robots (chips and everything). Imagine how those who work there feel.
“Hey, where are you working?” - Ocean Vice
“I am a “maid to clean” - a maid to clean Employee
“(thinking) Why?” - Ocean Vice
Now, there is no doubt (in my mind) that many jobs nowadays are just an advance form of slavery, but why do they have to promote this in their name. Why not call their company “hard working maids,” “maid to be perfect,” or “maid it so far”. Nobody wants to clean for living, and those who actually do it wouldn’t want to participate in that mockery of a company.
Who uses that kind of service anyways? People who don’t want to clean. Does that mean that people who don’t want to clean weren’t made to clean, or that they are so spoiled and idiotic that they have to call “Maid To Clean” in order to have their couch cleaned, while they are watching “Baby Borrowers”. I prefer the latter.
I’ve had my fair share of bad lyrics, but every once in a while I come across a song that is such an incredible wreck, that it breaks all possible standards. The song is called “I Kissed A Girl” by Kerry Perry:
This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It’s not what, I’m used to
Just wanna try you on
I’m curious for you
Caught my attention
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
The perfect guy is either a liberal or a conservative, opinions do matter to him and he is not afraid to express them.
The perfect guy knows what’s an e-mail and a web site, and is also an expert at telling the difference between them.
The perfect guy wears t-shirts when it’s hot and always has an umbrella in his closet.
The perfect guy has a “Best Hits” collection in his car.
He takes pictures and makes websites for them, collects numbers and puts them in his phonebook.
He has a job, which provides him with money.
He hopes to get promoted one day, so he can get more money.
He knows what “quality” time is.
There is time to be angry, time to be happy, therapy time, time to get in touch with his feelings, and time to browse the web. Time is on his side.
He dreams about a vacation, somewhere far away from here so he can relax.
He can’t wait to go back home when he has a vacation.
Movies make him think for a while, movies make him think for a while, movies make him thi…”new releases today.”
The right amount of alcohol makes him a different person.
He can’t wait to tell his friends what happens when he is a different person.
He wears nice clothes in clubs, so he can get in.
He likes his news to be up-to-date.
He knows what date is today.
He has a birthday today.
That makes him think for a while, that makes him think for a while, that makes him…”hey how are you”
Apparently, there is a show called “Baby Borrowers,” where they make teens take care of babies for some reason. Channels seem to be pushing the limit every day, don’t you think so? There is a show for everything nowadays — decorating your home, getting in jail, being a terrorist, etc. I think that, in the future, wherever we do, there will be a substantial risk of being featured in a reality show.
“I call this the Facebook effect” - Ocean Vice
The “facebook effect” is when people take pictures of each other not to remember the moment in the future, but to have something to put on facebook (I am sure you know what it is). The “facebook effect” is often accompanied by many phrases such as:
“Dude, let’s put those pictures on facebook”
“Hey, give me you facebook account so I can tag those pictures”
“I haven’t made a kissy face yet, don’t take my picture”
“Picture take facebook now”
“Now facebook take picture”
“Facebook take now picture”
….or a variation of the above
The “facebook effect” is a also a distant cousin of the “myspace effect.” Anyways, I suspect that, like facebook, whatever we do in the future will be connected with reality shows. Believe me, they will find a way to creep up on our lives.
For those of you who don’t know, COX is a cable and internet provider that is popular in the US (I would assume). Not only does it have an obvious travesty of a name , but COX often displays commercials telling parents how to block their children from certain “harmful” web sites:
A strange question, isn’t it? I assume that everybody who is reading this is reasonably old, so you all might find the topic amusing. We are so preoccupied with going to college, having a good job and getting married that we forget what it was like when we were younger. I often wonder what it would have been like if I could’ve kept a diary throughout my early childhood. Its contents would be priceless.
It has bugged me for some time that both 
Seeing that it is popular to be insensitive nowadays, I decided to write this handy guide. Whether your insensitivity is caused by the mass media or your own ignorance, this guide will attempt to shed some light on this issue. If you feel offended by it…maybe you should, because you might find yourself in one of those categories. I know that I do, but at least I am working on it. So, here it is:
