The age of AIDS

This video was recently shown in one of my classes. The documentary is called: "The Age of AIDS." It has four different parts, for a total of 4 hours of footage- from beginning to end. I would recomemend everyone to view this documentary. The following is the link to the introduction- a brief history of the virus.

http://media.pbs.org/asxgen/general/windows/media4/frontline/2412/windows/bch1_hi.wmv.asx

Thief at Large!!!

So, I'm walking back to my apartment after class today, and I see the oddest thing. To inform everybody, I live on Jefferson street- going west of USC- so the neighborhood is pretty rough. Anyway, I am walking back from campus, and I see an Indian man waiting casually at the bus stop. Only, he has a wad of cash in his hand- clearly visible to the public. That's lesson #1 when in the "hood"- keep your money hidden and out of sight. Soon after, I noticed the money clenched in the man's hand, A guy passed me from behind; he was riding a bike. It was kind of funny, because I saw the guy on the bike notice the money in the Indian man's hand. The guy's eyes were glued on the cash as he passed on his bike (he literally turned his head in a full 180 just not to lose sight of the cash). In a split second, the guy through his bike down and tackled the Indian man- wrestleing him to the ground for the money. He succeeded. After securing the money, he retrieved his bike. A second later, he was a couple blocks down the road. Confused, the Indian man got up- looking directly at me, as if I had the answer for what happened. He became histerical, revealing to me that the guy stole 50 dollars from him. I think he wanted me to chase him down in a good samaritan act or something. I simply said, "you can use my phone to call the cops." He later calmed down and sat back on the bus stop- he realized that calling the cops would be futile. Next time, he'll probably keep his money in his sock.

Attack on Hillary

I was recently watching CNN, and they showed a video supposedly created by the Obama campaign in an attempt to attack Hillary Clinton. Obama denied these llegations, and told reporters that this video was not created or endorsed by his campaign. Instead, some third party created the video. The youtube video got over 500000 views.

Blades of Horror

I recently watched Blades of Glory. Although it was a comedy, it portrayed very real incidents. In the movie, Will Ferrel and the guy from Napoleon Dynomite were attempting to master a jump that actually cut of a ladies head prior to their attempts. The following clip illustrates a real life occurence of ice skating tragedies- absent of comedy.

Fight Night

Sadly, all of my favorites for the UFC were recently defeated on Saturday. George ST.Peirre was hit with a suprise punch by Serra. This brought George to the ground. Serra continued to hit, kick and elbow Pierre on the ground until the ref stopped the match. Serra now has the welter wieght title. Additionally, one of my favorites for the light wieght division was undefeated with a 17-0 record. He lost on Saturday making him 17-1. This might make it hard for him to be recognized for a tiltle shot.

must see fight: April 7th

Being Bold

“Fortune favours the bold”
Virgil- the Aeneid
“The bold” is not an elite group of people bread from greatness. No, boldness is an individual quality that divides risk takers from comfort seekers. To excel in life, we must all take risks- to be bold is to take risks. The more a person ventures away from what is comfortable, the more rewarding his/her life will be. To explicate, we all have a desire to pursue a career that provides us with the most money and other benefits. Consequently, the majority of our life is spent on the straight and narrow path chasing comforts and luxuries. However, from personal experience, I understand that fortune is not entirely monetary. Instead, I believe fortune comes to those that experience all facets of life and its offerings (i.e. travel, variety in work- course work and job opportunities, etc.) As a result, exposure to things that are unfamiliar will award us with our most invaluable experiences