1. Describe the importance of blogging to modern day journalism. Limit--one paragraph
2. If you are going to continue to blog, why? or why not?1 paragraph
3. If you were going to keep blogging, how will you change your blog in the future? 1 paragraph
I think blogging is both beneficial and detrimental to modern day journalism. Bloggers don't always follow the same rules of diligence to proper reporting and fact finding that people who have taken journalism classes do. Anyone with a blog can post whatever they want, and anyone can make a blog. It is beneficial though because there are so many people out there with different view points and opinions that we might not see otherwise.
I think I will continue to blog but I may switch to a different blog name. I hope to have more time to devote to my blog over the summer when I am not busy with class work.
In the future I plan to be more diligent with posting on my blog and taking pictures of the things I make so my blog would be more visual.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Easter Brunch
A pet peeve of mine is people who jack up prices for things like weddings and holidays. You are getting the same service so why is it anymore more expensive on a given day or occasion. Easter is one of those days.
My parents were in town and they wanted to go out to eat. I convinced them that we should just have a brunch at home.
We made waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage and mimosas. It was delicious! After we ate my parents were getting ready to leave town, but the weather began acting up and it was raining really hard. So we stayed in and watched HGTV shows.
It was lovely. I would rather on any given day stay home with loved ones than go out and be served mediocre food that is over priced.
My parents were in town and they wanted to go out to eat. I convinced them that we should just have a brunch at home.
We made waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage and mimosas. It was delicious! After we ate my parents were getting ready to leave town, but the weather began acting up and it was raining really hard. So we stayed in and watched HGTV shows.
It was lovely. I would rather on any given day stay home with loved ones than go out and be served mediocre food that is over priced.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Guest Speaker
On Thursday in class we had Sridhar Krishnaswami come speak to our class. He is a journalist from the Indian equivalent to the New York Times, The Hindu. He has worked in lots of different places as a corespondent for the paper, including Washington D.C. Krishnaswami was in New York City of the time of the 9/11 bombing and was the only Indian journalist there to report. He told us that NSA jammed the phone lines, but won't admit to it, so they could track what people were talking about online.
When asked about blogging he said that he feels that it has made journalists lazy since they don't have ti search as hard when they can just find it online. I agree with this. Looking online, you can find blogs that have just cut and pasted things from other people, sometimes they are attributed, most often not.
When talking about student life he told us "When you travel you learn, sitting here with a text book, you learn nothing."
I have to agree with this also. I will be graduating in two short semesters, and I have no idea what I am going to do. School has not prepared me for the outside world, but in traveling I have done, I feel I have learned things. I also think traveling outside of the US is important so we can appreciate the things we have and also understand life.
When asked about blogging he said that he feels that it has made journalists lazy since they don't have ti search as hard when they can just find it online. I agree with this. Looking online, you can find blogs that have just cut and pasted things from other people, sometimes they are attributed, most often not.
When talking about student life he told us "When you travel you learn, sitting here with a text book, you learn nothing."
I have to agree with this also. I will be graduating in two short semesters, and I have no idea what I am going to do. School has not prepared me for the outside world, but in traveling I have done, I feel I have learned things. I also think traveling outside of the US is important so we can appreciate the things we have and also understand life.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Lemon Bars
Last week I found a recipe for lemon bars and I made them on Monday. I made another batch on Wednesday for blogging class. I made a third batch on Friday.
Needless to say, they are amazing. Lemon juice, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, flour, oats and a bit of salt. Ingredients that on their own don't sound the best, but together are amazing.
I made the first batch for a trip to the zoo, the second for blogging class and the third for a bake sale at roller derby.
These have been added to my arsenal of delicious and easy crowd pleasers!
Needless to say, they are amazing. Lemon juice, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, flour, oats and a bit of salt. Ingredients that on their own don't sound the best, but together are amazing.
I made the first batch for a trip to the zoo, the second for blogging class and the third for a bake sale at roller derby.
These have been added to my arsenal of delicious and easy crowd pleasers!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Comfort Food
Bacon. Wrapped. Hotdogs.
Amazing...mind blowing.
Last week was a long and torturous one of epic proportions. I had a lot of running around on campus and in my personal life. School, work and derby take a lot of my time. By the time I got to the weekend I needed some serious relax time. Which for me means a lot of food and cooking.
I started off with baking mint chocolate brownies for a game night in Nompton. I started the brownies on Thursday and finished them up Friday morning. There were lots of steps involved with different layers, but there were amazing. The garden gnome stopped eating them once I told him how much sugar was in them. Then I reminded him that it wasn't high fructose corn syrup and he was all for them again, just as long as I didn't bring anymore to his house. This said gnome also made me supper Friday night because he knew I was plumb tuckered out. He's a pretty good guy.
Saturday consisted of going to thrift stores with the gnome and his roommates. Can you guess what I looked at while there? Cookbooks. I bought 5. And a stack of the little taste of home ones you see at the checkout. The coolest one was a Japanese cookbook from 1969 that has really cool rice paper pages. After thrifting, we went to Super Cao Nguyens, the Asian grocery store off of 23rd. I did manage to keep my total under $20 which hasn't happened there in a LONG time. Then we went across the street to the Saigon sandwich place. The little odd corner building with the Braums milk bottle on top and got sandwiches for a picnic in the park. Supper was an unexciting frozen pizza that gave me heartburn...but it was good enough to be worth it!
Sunday I had a scrimmage and then went to Remington Park with my sister and the gnome for ostrich and camel racing. We only got to see the camels but that was worth it. I was thirsty for a soda, and the concession stand had mostly Mexican influenced items. I bought a Mexican Cola which is the same thing as a normal coke without high fructose corn syrup. Delicioso! This soda inspired an impromptu trip to el Super Mercado in south OKC. The coolest Hispanic grocery store I have found yet. It is off of Western and South 36th. Way down there, but worth the drive.
Sunday night we made turkey burgers and bacon wrapped hotdogs. I ate mine in a tortilla with guacamole, onions and tomatoes. Ah-maz-ing!
Try it sometime.
Coming soon with be a grilled cheese post, since according to Cody Bromley, it is grilled cheese month!
Amazing...mind blowing.
Last week was a long and torturous one of epic proportions. I had a lot of running around on campus and in my personal life. School, work and derby take a lot of my time. By the time I got to the weekend I needed some serious relax time. Which for me means a lot of food and cooking.
I started off with baking mint chocolate brownies for a game night in Nompton. I started the brownies on Thursday and finished them up Friday morning. There were lots of steps involved with different layers, but there were amazing. The garden gnome stopped eating them once I told him how much sugar was in them. Then I reminded him that it wasn't high fructose corn syrup and he was all for them again, just as long as I didn't bring anymore to his house. This said gnome also made me supper Friday night because he knew I was plumb tuckered out. He's a pretty good guy.
Saturday consisted of going to thrift stores with the gnome and his roommates. Can you guess what I looked at while there? Cookbooks. I bought 5. And a stack of the little taste of home ones you see at the checkout. The coolest one was a Japanese cookbook from 1969 that has really cool rice paper pages. After thrifting, we went to Super Cao Nguyens, the Asian grocery store off of 23rd. I did manage to keep my total under $20 which hasn't happened there in a LONG time. Then we went across the street to the Saigon sandwich place. The little odd corner building with the Braums milk bottle on top and got sandwiches for a picnic in the park. Supper was an unexciting frozen pizza that gave me heartburn...but it was good enough to be worth it!
Sunday I had a scrimmage and then went to Remington Park with my sister and the gnome for ostrich and camel racing. We only got to see the camels but that was worth it. I was thirsty for a soda, and the concession stand had mostly Mexican influenced items. I bought a Mexican Cola which is the same thing as a normal coke without high fructose corn syrup. Delicioso! This soda inspired an impromptu trip to el Super Mercado in south OKC. The coolest Hispanic grocery store I have found yet. It is off of Western and South 36th. Way down there, but worth the drive.
Sunday night we made turkey burgers and bacon wrapped hotdogs. I ate mine in a tortilla with guacamole, onions and tomatoes. Ah-maz-ing!
Try it sometime.
Coming soon with be a grilled cheese post, since according to Cody Bromley, it is grilled cheese month!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Warmer Weather
For those of you who know me...which many in this class do not...you would know I despise the hot and sticky summers in Oklahoma. I hate sweating and sweat in general. My old man garden gnome can attest to that. Sweat is icky. So is animal hair, chorizo, and stomach aches.
The best way to get over the gross heat of the summer is to make iced coffee drinks with cold brewed coffee. Who woulda thought you could make coffee cold. Well you can, and it is awesome! I can't drink coffee from a coffee maker straight because my delicate sensibilities find it to be bitter. Cold brew coffee takes out this bitterness though.
My favorite way to do it is to mix it with some cold filtered water, organic half and half and flavored syrup. (Peppermint schnapps and Caramel Bailey's make it in the mix when I am feeling naughty!)
Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
1/3 cup course ground coffee
1 1/2 cups filtered water
Mix coffee and water together and let sit out on your counter overnight or for 12 hours. Strain grounds out of the liquid with a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth and enjoy!
You can mix this cold for iced coffee or do half concentrate, half water and heat it in the microwave for a great cup of hot coffee.
The best way to get over the gross heat of the summer is to make iced coffee drinks with cold brewed coffee. Who woulda thought you could make coffee cold. Well you can, and it is awesome! I can't drink coffee from a coffee maker straight because my delicate sensibilities find it to be bitter. Cold brew coffee takes out this bitterness though.
My favorite way to do it is to mix it with some cold filtered water, organic half and half and flavored syrup. (Peppermint schnapps and Caramel Bailey's make it in the mix when I am feeling naughty!)
Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
1/3 cup course ground coffee
1 1/2 cups filtered water
Mix coffee and water together and let sit out on your counter overnight or for 12 hours. Strain grounds out of the liquid with a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth and enjoy!
You can mix this cold for iced coffee or do half concentrate, half water and heat it in the microwave for a great cup of hot coffee.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)