Final Blogtastic Reflection (#4)

For my final blog reflection for 4th quarter, I chose "Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice'" as my favorite blog post. The reason I like this one so much is because I feel very strongly about the subject. This usually characterizes my favorite posts. When you're really passionate about what you're writing about, it just makes it a lot more fun to write. And when I saw that Blagojevich was on a reality t.v. show and not in jail, I was just outraged. I was also able to incorporate a bunch of sources in this post, which I think adds depth and more credibility to a post. And from those sources, I used direct quotes and dissected them to prove my point even more. It just had more substance than some of my other posts.
This year I have really developed as a blogger. Not that I blogged before this class, but my style has changed since the beginning of the year. I started my blogging career by mostly writing about certain issues that I encountered in my everyday life, but didn't necessarily connect to class. But as the year continued, my posts started to become extensions of class discussions, which is what I think Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor intended them to be. And when I could not extend the discussion to my blogging, I wrote about prominent issues in the news. Not always, but I tried to.
I have really enjoyed blogging this year because I do like to write, but essays can often times be laborious and they take a long time to do. On the other hand, a blog post doesn't have to be long. You can write a little about a lot, and that's what I've really liked about blogging this year.

Monday, January 25, 2010

It Was "Lost" or the President, And the People Chose "Lost"

     As some people may know, President Obama will give his first State of the Union Address this Wednesday, January 27th. However, this was not the original date scheduled for President Obama to give it.
     I was informed some weeks ago that the State of the Union was scheduled for the same night as the "Lost" season 6 premier, on February 2nd.  Many "Lost" fans were outraged by this and according to the preceding links, "prompted its avid watchers to launch a protest on Twitter against the potential scheduling conflict" and "inspired Facebook pages protesting how airing 'Lost' on time was more important than the State of the Union." And that's how the date of the Sate of the Union was changed.
     As a devout Lostie myself, I completely see where these fans are coming from. I admit that Twitter and Facebook protests are a little outrageous, but I have been waiting for season 6 to come since seventh grade and have the full intent of watching the 2 hour premier at the exact time it airs. And if that means missing President Obama's first State of the Union, then that's just too bad, that's what Tivo is for I guess. I know it sounds bad, but it's the truth. It shows the intensity that "Lost" fans have, or as some non-fans would say, the weird obsession that we have. Nonetheless, this little uprising of Lost fans made me think. It's kind of sad that we live in a society that would rather watch "Lost" than find out how our country is doing. More than that, go as far as protesting against the date of the State of the Union. I've never heard of such a thing like this before. It's just so extreme. Furthermore, I wouldn't have thought that the President would comply with the Losties, but in this society I suppose anything is possible. The Losties are an intense crowd and they get what they want.
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