Paris 2

Paris

These are a couple of the images that I took while i was in Paris last Thursday.

Damn article #2

This isnt really breaking news just another article as the release date for a new game Resident evil 5 comes out. that games setting is in rural Africa taking place mostly in villages that are destitute and run down. not only this but the main enemy of the game are African American effected with some sort of sickness. No doubt ou have already picked out the problem with this.

http://www.crispygamer.com/interviews/2009-03-02/uncomfortable-echoes-a-conversation-with-resident-evil-5-director-jun-takeuchi.aspx

The game and director have undergone all sorts of heat for making this particular choice about the game. It also brings into question of what video games actually are? are they art? and we should view them as such? or are they a form of entertainment only meant to stimulate? seeing the naked figure of a model on a gallery wall we do not think that is is pron. we start to talk about the line or the light in the picture. Should a video game not be viewed the same way? Naturally there will be nah sayers who tell us the violent video games are responsible for all our our worlds problems *cough*bullshit*cough*. but it's just something to think about.

Damn article #1

Im not Catholic but the article was floating around on the headlines section so i decided to check it out.



It's just about the Pope going to Africa and such, and about how the Catholics want to do something about it but there is this controversy with using condoms so what are they to do. lol i thought is was pretty ironic.

4 photographers

Sally Mann self-portrait



Chuck Close self-portrait-I think that both this ans the Mann portrait's are focusing on how it was made not specifically that it is a self portrait. the process fascinates me.



The Photojournalist", by Andreas Feininger



Alma Lavenson, "Self Portrait, 1932"

Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months

I was talking with a friend the other day about the war in Iraq, and i was shocked to find at how little he understood of war and the political process involved. i guess having the amazing history teachers i had growing up i was fortunate enough to comprehend the bulk of what i have been hearing. Obama plans to start removing troops as early as this week in order to enact his new exit strategy. the exit strategy calls for leaving a large contingent of troops behind, between 30,000 and 50,000 troops, to advise and train Iraqi security forces and to protect U.S. interests.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_withdrawal

the thing that makes me slightly angry about this is that Obama won enormous amounts of support by pledging to have troops out 16 months after elected but this new plan of his would put that schedule 3 months behind. so unless he can do some serious catching up i still feel cheated. but i guess that is the nature of politics.

Shooting on Mardi Gras

An infant and at least five other people were shot Tuesday along a parade route packed with Mardi Gras revelers.



Now what kind of person...unfortunately the article does not attribute the shooting to gang violence or if the intended targets were the people, but the two men who fired into the crowd are in custody. it's just kinda crazy that this sorta stuff happens and parades and such. and it's no wonder that the troops don't feel supported by Americans when stuff like this is happening in our own streets. It's also terrible that this is headline news for today, like i cant find something positive about some kid winning a trophy. It;s gottabe that a baby was shot?