An American Fanboy

The Urban dictionary describes a Fan boy as “a person who is completely loyal to a game or company regardless of if they suck or not.” If you were to change “game or company” to country than you would have me. Some might say I am simply describing a patriot. Yet I feel that that term no longer fits me. I don’t believe in my country yet I love her. I see the corruption and greed compromising the structure of a once great nation and I open my arms and embrace her. Because my love for her is blind but I still see all. And the only appropriate title I could find was ‘Fan boy’ a term used to describe something as trivial as a gaming system fan. But yet it completely defines me. I am a Fan boy I am completely loyal to my country and to use the websites rather unimaginative wording I care not whether my country sucks or not. all I know is that America is me and I am her.

Sadly I see a future hopefully not in my lifetime when America is naught but a story to tell kids before bedtime and a footnote in the annals of history.

Customer loyalty a love story part 1 best buy

Hook

I first stepped into BestBuy at an age i only vaguely remember. young and impressionable I was dazzled by the spacious layout, shiny electronics and sales people who didn’t seem to mind that i was a rather disheveled little girl who obviously wouldn’t be convincing her mother to drop 600 dollars on a fancy laptop anytime soon. They patiently explained hard drives and webcams until I understood. And With that they got a customer for life.

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For a while best buy dropped off of my radar as I went through a technical dry spell that would only end in the sixth grade. In the sixth grade I  finally became fed up with mediocre electronic hand me downs and thus I came into a period of electronical enlightenment. Now a burgeoning young adult I knew what I wanted and why I wanted it. I again turned to BestBuy. There I was made aware of the various improvements that had been made to computers since the hazy days of my youth. As I left the store with my new all in one touchscreen computer I felt a sense of excitement and the premonition that this was just the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Sinker

As I reached my teens and became more aware of money and the cost of what my mother was paying to support my new-found technological enthusiasm other information began to filter into my consciousness. Now it wasn’t just about nice people and behemoth stores it was now about credit interest rates, warrantees and most of all prices. Here’s where best buy locked in my customer loyalty. No interest for months depending on the purchase price and great warrantees like geek squad technical support and black tie protection. This came in handy seeing as how me and electronics seem to bring out the worst in each other. Seeing as how they are both my kryptonite and my ambrosia.

Synopsis

I won’t deny that I have been known to have a volatile temper I have cursed the name of Toshiba Samsung and others. But never have I cursed BestBuy. So in conclusion with a blend of great customer service an excellent layout good products and great warrantees not to mention an overall friendly feel. However the most important fact for me is that I never walked away with that nasty I’ve  just been used feeling. Now that may change when I start paying for my own things but for now that’s a great bonus because the main thing you can ask for as a consumer is to never regret the things you buy.

Upgrades

A few months ago i was viewing an app on my cellphone that kept me up to date on the latest occurrences in the consumer tech world. As i perused the articles on display i came across something that felt like the greatest betrayal. There on my 4.3 inch screen in bold type were the words htc sensation XE. I wanted to cry i had barely had my htc sensation for a week or so and already its successor was here. I went around in a daze for two days and then my cynical side showed itself when news of the htc sensation XL came out. I muttered a few words about blood sucking leeches and admitted to myself that i didn’t need a sensation XL or XE i was perfectly happy with my plain old sensation. I was lucky the XL and XE were Europe only America was not getting her hands on it anytime soon and i was granted a temporary reprieve. Sadly this was only a preview of the world we live in. my phone was nowhere near fulfilling its potential yet i was ready to trade it in for its upgrade which was only marginally better than the original. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony had it right. There systems have years of life in the and there eventual replacements are always extremely better than the one before. I would trade in new cellphones coming out constantly to maybe letting these phones breath and grow into themselves so that their upgrades are strides in there field not a $600 shuffle step.

america the forgotten dream

All good things must end. this is an irrefutable fact of our world. Some are corrupted and morphed into a parody of their former selves, some disappear quietly into the night. Others fight to the bitter end even when its hopeless. So what are we? I am an american however i see the future clearly and i dread it. I see a future where debt is all we know. I see a future where america is so corrupt that all that's left is an empty shell of the american dream. I see a future where america bows down to its debt and is swallowed quickly and quietly by an foreign usurper.I see a future where america defaults on its national debt and overnight become more of a joke than we already are. i see a future where americans rally around their flag and unite to solve our nations problems. Yet the last one is the only dream i have whilst asleep. there have been great countries through the years Rome, Greece, Egypt. All great countries reduced to a shadow of their former selves. will america be reduced to that? After only a few hundred years will america disappear? Will we be reduced to a chapter in the history books. As i write this i wonder will the good that is america be corrupted into a shadow of Its former self. Will it disappear quietly into the night. Or will we fight to the bitter end even when all is hopeless. selfishly i hope its not in my time that would be too much to bear.

video games

If you blame a video game for people doing violent acts than you are simply pointing a finger. If some one is so influenced by a video game that they go out and perform violent acts then it becomes obvious that they had hidden violent tendencies. If we try to coddle everyone (who is old enough to play rated M games) than we take one step close to the totalitarianistic governments depicted in syfy novels. I don’t know about anyone else but once I hit 21 I am an (official) adult. Therefore, i should be trusted to make my own decisions. Sure if i mess up my mom will say that she told me so. However, neither she nor the government has the right to restrict things "for my own good."
After all, look what happened with prohibition. It was a hopeless cause. And blocking games (or game content) will simply be avoiding the major issue. Violence comes from the people by the people and has been there since before we were called people.

Letters from an atheist

We cling to definition. To someone or something to take the blame. To a higher power. We define ourselves by these "gods" commandments. We claim they wrought our happiness. Yet we're more likely to claim they wrought our pain. Our triumphs and failures we lay at their feet. Yet to forsake them and claim that they are the mindless fancy of countless fools would almost certainly shatter us as we deal with new found questions and doubts that arise. If there are no gods why are We here?  If there is no God then what is my purpose. The disbelief in a God can cause mass chaos as there is no longer a reason to do good. You find for the first time that your decisions have no great and mighty force to guide you. Thus we hold on when doubts arise. We hold on when evidence prove us wrong. And we deny the very laws of the universe itself. So we hold our faith in desperate hands
Subconsciously knowing that if we open our hands and open them wide. Then we'd be confronted with the emptiness inside. Thus the age old saying that ignorance is bliss might actually hold true. For if not believing brings such pain. Then wouldn't it be better to swallow your doubts bow you head and pray?

lies

lies are the ultimate mistake. many of us know this yet we do it anyway. because obviously WE are the exception to the rule. i mean i know that everyone who ever lied acheived undesirable consequences. but then again everyone is not me. which brings me to my last point. the biggest liar youll ever meet is right in front of you. that is of course if your currently facing a mirror.

Coffee

Its times like these when I wish that whoever invented coffee was my age and single.

Sick

Being sick is horrible. Having a cold while allergy season is in full swing is just devastating. In my opinion all of us survivers of this so called wonderful season should be awarded medals. But then again what doesn't kill you can always try again next year.

the great divide

The world is divided. Its divided into men and women‚blacks and whites, truth and lies, the western world and the eastern world. But why? Why do we have this incessant need to separate and divide and categorize?  Why can't we just be?
Of course then we wouldn't have any reason to claim superiority . But for a few seconds a day we can imagine this world where we are all equal. Now take that acceptance arm yourself with it and prepare to face a world where you are constantly judged. I hope you packed your industrial strength armour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

ngp

right now i'm so excited. life is falling into place and its sunny outside. yet what im most looking forward to this fall isnt starting tenth grade but the new Sony NGP. you might know it as the PSP2. and i must say that piece of machinery is smexy. nix my two front teeth. all i want for Christmas is my NGP.