Hiatus Over

It's been a few months since I've updated, but I have valid and semi-reasonable excuses. I've determined that I will update the blog on Sundays, as they are a great way to start the week.

Celebrity Deaths
This last week and a half saw the deaths of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Steve McNair. All three deaths were sudden, but reactions have been very different to all. Personally, I was not emotionally attached to any of them, since I am too young to remember Fawcett, wrote off Michael after he started bleaching himself, and did not follow the Titans that closely. Of the three, I am most disturbed by McNair, since it was a homicide, and there seems to be much tied up with the situation (wife+kids+mistress).

I am, however, a little disappointed with the way that our society (through the media) handles these types of tragedies. For starters, they emphasize celebrity yet do little to cover their indvidual lives, then cover their lives after they die. I know that the machine must feed itself, but the media's hypocracy underscores the problem that we often only care about people's lives after they are gone. Just like people only care about history when an old building or site is being destroyed, or when it is already gone, and there is little or nothing one can do about it. Instead, we should value celebrities for what they do as humans, and not put them on unrealistic pedestals because of what they do on camera, on the field, or in print.

July 4th

This year's July 4th was probably the most mellow I've had in recent years. No Yanks game ( I went on Friday, though), did the bbq thing with my buddy and his sister's folk in Long Island City. Good music, good weather, good food, and a good night of sleep. Couldn't ask for more.

Work, Ain't It Special?

Just read a NY Times piece on 20 something college kids that are being foreced to give up unpaid internships and three months of living off of their parents in the city to work at $7.80 jobs at amusement parks. Poor college kids? Or reality?

I do feel bad that college kids might not be able to take internships, but I think that its fine for them to work a minimum wage (or somewhere around there) jobs before they graduate. After all, having some college experience does not mean much, especially in the job market. I feel like colleges over-market their educational experiences, and give their undergrads a false sense of accomplishment and security. More on this later...