Blurred Lines has Blurred Minds!

As a person who listens to the radio every time their in the car, I obviously play 96.5 and 95.7 quite a lot. Those are usually the stations that play the "hip and upcoming" music. As a teenager I look up to musicians. Let me rephrase that. I look up to good musicians. Before you go all Hulk on me, hear me out. I know that "good" is a rather generic word and it's categorized differently by every person according to their taste. For me a good musician has to have 3 things:

1) Good beats, music has to be ear-pleasing, and of course catchy

2) Have to have different sort of songs-ex: every song can't be about love and sadness

3) Lyrics can't be trashy

Which brings me to Blurred Lines sang by Robin Thicke. 

Check this out-http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robinthicke/blurredlines.html and you also maybe don't want to check out the video for this song which got an age limit of 18 on YouTube because of well....I'll let you figure that out. 

If you know the lyrics then you should be well on your way. No I'm not here to ram Robin Thicke or any of the other writers. I am solely here to express my opinion. I will agree that this song was catchy. If it was playing on the radio I would probably start singing along. But the meaning of this song is completely vulgar. Robin Thicke co-wrote Blurred Lines with did T.I and Pharrell Williams-who side note gave his $200 Grammy hat for auction on Ebay. So it's up for grabs. May the odds be ever in your favor. 

Back to what I was saying. He wrote the song. And to me that just gives him an ick factor. Who writes that? If you haven't checked the lyrics yet, go check them because you're about to get some spoilers. This song is about prostitution. Domesticating women as they say.. To all those people who still think “Blurred Lines” is for the feminist movement, please comment your opinion below. I would love to hear why. Worst part is it's not even hidden. All the words out there plain in the open so no deciphering is required. "What rhymes with hug me?" Gee, I don’t know. There is no deeper meaning to it. If there was I would've thought there would be a video supporting women, yet the video does the exact opposite. 

One last thing: Good job Robin Thicke you and Miley Cyrus have made 2013 one of the most controversial years of the 21st century!

P.S. No that wasn't sarcasm. Controversy creates opinions. The world would be rather boring if everyone thought the same don't you think?

The Real Apocalypse of Humans-OSMD or Obsessive Social Media Disorder

Check out this video: I Forgot My Phone above 

You can sum up the answer to that in 5 words. Obsessive attachment to social media.  All these networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and even Blogger are great places to connect and to express yourself. But there’s a limit to everything.  You have a bad case of OSMD when you’re in your bedroom and you turn around to your side-table to grab your phone, but it’s not there. You realize you left it downstairs and initially decide I’m not going to get it. But after a while of tossing and turning with no solace of sleep you accept defeat and trudge down the stairs to get the phone. You and I both know how that story ends. Sleepless nights. No focus in the morning. You crash as soon as you come home and you repeat the process again without really learning anything.

 A lot of you might get mad, but the truth is social media has become an addiction. To teenagers most definitely, but also to the older generation. We are so attached to our products that they have become our‘kids’.  Simple questions like what’d you do this weekend or eat last night, also how was the dance, and oh did your swim team win have become forbidden territory. The person you’re talking to would probably give you a weird look and answer with, “You didn’t see my pics on Instagram or tweets or status updates?” If you shake your head then I truly admire you to not be sucked into my whirlpool side. I’ll give you a hint: starts with an o ends with an e and I’ve used the word already.

Question is once you start how do you stop? For starters don’t sleep with your phone. I’ve started putting my phone in a basket with all my books to read so I have get up and dig through to find it in the morning. That way I wake up, but at the same time I’m not tempted to grab it. I used to charge my laptop in my room, but somehow I would end up watching an episode of Modern Family or a movie. So now I charge it in my study room. 

Seven tips to show social media who’s boss:

1. Set a tab limit
2. Delete your bookmarks for those websites
3. Set your phone on silent when working(Turn off volume for laptop)
4. Log out every time you go on Facebook, Twitter, etc…
5. Keep social media between close circles(You don’t need a 1000 friends on Facebook to prove that your popular)-this will save you a lot of time when scrolling through newsfeed
6. Always finish your work and then go on Facebook, etc…
7. Or If you really need a break between studying for two different tests or a major project then go talk to someone or listen to music that’s not online*

 *Really it’s only YouTube because I personally end up starting with music and ending up with funny videos. So no online music got it?

I hope these tips help all of you currently struggling through OSMD.

Pick,Choose, Move On, Repeat

It's Sunday afternoon and you’re at home on your bed with your laptop. And you’re squinting at your screen in utter frustration. YouTube’s on one tab. If you went through your history you'd have at least 20 trailers. Sound familiar? You have so many options for movies, but you can't choose one. This happens every time I walk into an ice-cream shop. Maybe I shouldn't take coffee this time. Maybe I'll branch out to Rocky Road or Reeses. Should I? What if it doesn't taste good? That would be a complete waste of money. By then, the lines moving along and I'm panicking. I have to make a choice. Now. Right now. So I say, “A regular sized cup coffee," just like the 15 other times I’ve come. Way to try something new right?! Crossed a flavor of my bucket list? No and no. I say it’s time to start turning those no's into yes's. The only way to do that is to find one course of action in the least possible amount of time.  

Here are a couple tips to narrow down your options:

1) Go by the attractiveness of the plot line so you aren't stuck watching another stereotypical action or revenge movie

2) Don't be biased of the casting. Just because it has a bunch of big-shots and Oscar winners doesn't necessarily make it a movie that you'd enjoy

3) Try picking a movie just by its poster

4) Or my favorite way-watch whatever’s playing because sometimes you might turn up with something good(no this isn’t cheesy, honestly I watched Man of Steel this way and it was pretty darn good)

5)*If you pick a sucky movie, it’s not the last movie you’ll ever watch

So fellow people who spend a lot of time with the screen in front of them, take my advice or don’t. Either way I hope you end up watching a good movie today!

Good website to see what movies are playing or coming up-http://www.movieinsider.com/movies/-/2014/