May 2009
2 posts
The Cicago Cubs not the Chicago Cubs
I have lived behind Wrigley Field for more than a year. The bleacher sign that reads “Chicago Cubs” only reads “Cicago Cubs” at night when the lights are illuminated.This has been the case ever since I moved to the neighborhood in February 2008.
The Cubs and Wrigley Field bring in millions of dollars a year, but yet, they have been unable to pay someone to repair the...
April 2009
2 posts
Tribune Letter to the Editor #2
Support, oppose
April 8, 2009I find it amusing that the people who so valiantly supported President Barack Obama during his campaign are now the ones complaining about his actions as president. Some people are just never satisfied. —Jennifer Nunez Chicago
Podcast virgin
I have heard about these things, podcasts, as they are called, for the past year or so. I figured it was like a newscast; but I could listen to it at any time. Sounded pretty lame at the time. I never thought about it. I listened to a podcast this week. It was called the Rescue Me video podcast. It was pretty neat. I could watch something at whatever time I found conveinent just like DVR or...
March 2009
4 posts
Multimedia
I never thought about having to learn how to work a photo camera or a video camera when I decided to become a journalist. I thought that writing was all I would have to learn how to do. I was so wrong. As a journalist I need to know how to take good, clear, and unique photos; and I have to know how to upload, edit, and post to the web. I also need to know how to work a video camera, hold it still,...
Fighting Fair
I always thought that being in a relationship, having a boyfriend or husband, would be like floating on a cloud; laughter, flowers, holding hands and stealing kisses when no one was watching: that was when I was single.
Now, don’t get me wrong; being in a relationship is wonderfully pleasing. The hand holding, the kisses, the flowers, it’s all there; and the laughter too. But a...
Voice of the People Responses March 9 2009
Sticking together through baseball season I am writing in response to a letter to the editor by Jennifer Nunez (“Baseball widows, unite,” Voice of the People, Feb. 28). Nunez writes that the oncoming storm of the Cubs season marks an uninvited separation between men and their significant others. While the Cubs and their games do occupy a large strip of time, and stretch over a...
Social Life-Web Style
About 10 years ago, going to the local bars or catching a movie was considered hanging with your friends. Today, exchanging text messages via facebook or twitter, could be considered spending time with people. The social world has flipped upsidown. People date via facebook and myspace accounts and see eachother through photo updates and blog posts.
They also break-up via these social sites....
Baseball Widow
With the Cubs making it to the playoffs in 2007 and 2008, fans in Chicago are gearing up for a hopeful Cubs baseball season in 2009. Most would see this as an exciting time of hope and joy for those dedicated North Siders; however, to me it means another six months of desolation, another six months of always coming second to a baseball team and another six months of being invisible to my...
February 2009
8 posts
The man’s fashion advice
The other day, while reading the newspaper in Panera Bread, I overheard a group of three men discuss their girlfriends’ purse style. One man described a large overpowering bag of sorts. “She keeps her books in there, makeup, I just don’t get it.” The other retorted that his girl carried around a tiny wristlet with lip gloss, a camera and ID one night while out. He complained that he had to hold on...
Who said three minds are better than one?
To be honest, I cannot remember any of my previous group experiences. I suppose that I have just hidden those bad memories in the back of my mind. I mean, who wants to recollect on frustrating times? Remember the good times and forget the bad I suppose. I do know that I have learned to despise group projects from past experiences; not that I can remember specific projects or what the capacity of...
Where would I be?
I could not imagine going through high school or college without the accompaniment of the world wide web.
The internet has changed how everyone lives their lives. Even thoose who refuse to use it, are some how forced to learn. My grandfather, in his 70s, refuses to get a cellular phone, use the internet, or even get a cordless home phone. Last year he was forced to use the internet to buy a car....
Starbucks knowingly turns away profit
Major coffee conglomerate, Starbucks, is offering up ways on how to save money on customers’ coffee addiction by recommending they buy the coffee from them and brew at home; a much cheaper way to enjoy your cup of joe. They will even go as far as to grind it for you; saving customers even more money by not having to purchase an at-home grinder. So when did the most expensive and lavish...
A-Roid or A-Star?
The press has been all over this A-Rod steriod use story lately; and rightfully so. It is big news, not only for sports enthusiasts but for the general public too; everyone is giving their opinions on it. Some people believe that Alex Rodriguez is the best baseball player who ever lived; he has the paycheck to prove it too, being the highest paid plater in baseball history.
A-Rod recently was...
On Life and Death
So I have this fear of death. Not that I am going to die soon or in some horrific way, but that I am going to die at all. I mean, we all know that one day, one way or another, we are going to die. Whether it’s by a horrific accident, a life threatening disease or from basic old age; we die.
My fear lies beneath the unknown; what happens after you die. This is a religious topic. Some believe...
Fears as a journalism student
First of all I would like to say that I am not a fan of this tumblr.com blog site anymore. I just typed up an entire blog post and out of nowhere it dissappeared on me. I no longer have the patience to write what I previously wrote. Which was a well constructed piece on how the journalism field has changed and how it effects journalists and how it makes me feel about my future. Well then, just...
January 2009
1 post
BLING BEYOND THE BUCK
Every woman, from the time she was a little girl dressing in princess costumes and sneaking her mother’s red lipstick, dreams of that special day when the man of her dreams bends down on one kneee, profesess his love to her and opens a tiny black, or blue for those Tiffany’s afficianados, box and the the glimmer and gleam of that diamond ring burns an everlasting twinkle in her eye.
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