I the Underachieving Overachiever

Today was an exam day in school... exam days. suck. We took a English-Language Arts "Field Test" which basically means come sit in this room for three hours so we can give you a test that counts for nothing to find out how stupid our citizens are. Now, I like to consider myself an overachiever, unfortunately I am a very lazy overachiever, it's more of a state of mind. I was proud of myself going into this exam, taking my time making my hand writing all nice and neat, then I ran out of time and was forced to take the walk of shame with those who I consider lesser beings, the people who need more time. Turns out they aren't lesser beings, but when I first walked out of the door I was mortified, this was not something I was used to. I continued the walk and finally found some familiar faces that kept me entertained. We retrieved our lunches and moved to the new testing location, the practice gymnasium... not bad not bad at all. I honestly had no idea this room existed, it was huge. I finished my lunch and finished my exam, the end. I learned today, sometimes you just need more time, and you can usually find it if you put in some effort. There is no shame in taking your time, unless you have a deadline, then don't listen to me and get to work. It doesn't make much sense, but after all, this is just Random Importance.

Youtube: The Trolls Join Forces

I finally understand the true draw of blogging. I was just on Youtube and noticed the new Sundance Film Festival Films that have been posted, for a price, $3.99 for 48 hours, which seems pretty fair to me for a professionally made movie from a world famous festival that hasn't been released into the public outside of this site yet. However, I noticed that all of these films had ratings at 1 or 2 stars, I of course wanted to find out why, but I do not have 4 virtual dollars to spend, so I resorted to the comments below the video. I quickly found out the reasoning for these ratings as well as the title for this blog, the comments were flooded with trollish (internet troll: a person who roams the interwebs looking for things to complain about or make fun of) comments regarding the payment. I felt anger begin to grow within myself, people do not seem to understand the true purpose of Youtube. Yes, it is a user based website, that is one thing that makes Youtube great, but it was, or should I say has been developed to be, one of the most versatile websites on the internet. The way people were commenting, they seemed to expect everything in the unalienable internet to come to them for free. Essentially, the payment for these videos is just like going to see them in a theater, less than it would cost to see it in a theater, and before these films are typically released to the public in any situation. So, for anyone who disagrees with this pay-per-view option on Youtube, perhaps because they feel it disrupts the user control, don't combine it with that aspect, think of everything new on Youtube, and everything to come in the future of Youtube as a new website of sorts, something new and exciting in the ever-advancing internet.

Well...

Nothing to important about this, my first blog. But that doesn't mean it's not random, it is certainly random. I'm typing this in my school library, I've already finished the "work" we were supposed to do, posting a comment on my teacher's blog. I declared "Firsties," and now there is nothing to do except type out a blog entry. I can be found at a youtube account in the near future, so enjoy that and goodbye.