Reposted: The Journey of a Blog Comment

Isabelle had a good idea going for this... because odds are all these comments are going to be a tad difficult to locate. So I'll post them twice, once here and they're already posted on the respective pages. (note: I'm using all the names as posted on Jodie's blog... so please don't be mad if they're wrong. Thank you for your time)

Group #1: Ashley Chow, Kieran Heralall, Jonathan Yee, Lauren Robinson

"While I totally agree that the way many of we "Generation-Y"ers is, basically, an afront to the english language. I also can't help but think that this may just be a fad. If you recall in the late 1990s, 70s fashions and the catchphrase "Waaasssuuuuppp" (how I still loathe that... no, I can't even call it a word. It's a thing) were all the rage. And now they've disappeared, gone the way of Penny-loafers and Tab soda. So, hopefully, just maybe, all of this ROFLCOPTERing will pass.
Yet what can't be ignored is the fact that speech has gotten so lazy beyond the regular BRBs and HAGS, so much so that the words "like" and "umm" have become so common-place it's disgusting. You cannot listen to a single sentence without hearing "And I was like ______" or "it's was, like, ______". I know I, myself am guilty of this crime and I find that sickening. Screw smoking, we need to have a speech therapy patch."


Group #2: Team Awesome

note: Team Awesome needs no blog post because:
a) Team Awesome is too awesome to even bother with comments
b) Team Awesome has ADD, Wesley. STAMOS! (That's for you, Adam)
c) I'm in Team Awesome and apparently we're not supposed to comment on our own blog presentation...
d) This was really just an excuse to write "Team Awesome" atleast frice (not once, not twice, not even thrice... but frice. think about it)


Group #3: Cindy Chu, Erin Siu, Sydney Boucher, Betty Cao

"I can totally see where you're coming from with this post in the fact that you didn't feel a connection to all of the religion brought up. However, where many people felt indifference, I actually felt largely guilty that I wasn't more religious... For some reason which I have yet to pin-point. I suppose it may come from the fact that part of my family is fairly religious and I don't connect to them on that level. Either way past experience with the "Man Upstairs" shows me that religion and I just don't mix.
Regardless of this rambling, well done on your presentation!"


Group #4: Francesca Lott, Fahad Yasin, Nathan Ng, Brazil Pejvack

"Although this was, so far, my favourite book that we've covered in this course. There was something that has been nagging at me for a while, and it has to do with the quote of Cheryl's that you mentioned: "In the end, we are judged by our deeds, not our wishes. We're the sum of our decisions." And it also has to do with Jason and pretty much the construction of his section of the book.
Ok, so Jason suffers from blackouts, right? And after he, i guess, "comes to" he finds himself in some crazy, often dangerous senario that most Hollywood screen-writers couldn't even think of. Anyhow, we're never given a clue as to what happens during these black outs per se, but I'm sure we can all come to the conclusion that something either scandalous or stupid (or, hey! maybe a little of both) has occured. This would then be placed in the category of Jason's "actions". Yet he "wishes" he didn't have these blackouts and from what he's gathered of his actions taken aside from these blackouts, he's a pretty upstanding guy... just a little messed up is all. But if he were to know what he did during these blackouts, would he still consider himself an alright guy? I doubt it. To think that Jason is to be judged for something he doesn't really have any control over doesn't seem fair to me. Does it seem fair to anyone else?"


I hope you enjoyed reading this, or in some cases re-reading. To which I say, why would you re-read this I already told you that I was repeating the exact thing I wrote in the second sentence? My word. Questions aside, I hope this either enlightened you or gave you a little chuckle. If I succeeded in the latter, then my work is done. Up, up and awaaaaaaaaayyyy...