Blogging: Now with more Bullshit.

With a gun against my head, I am contributing to our class' bullshit multiplatform blog, that is nothing more than a walking joke, for a class that I rarely attend, and a teacher without any qualifications, whatsoever. (He's the mulitiplatform journalism teacher. He doesn't know how to work a video camera. The multiplatform journalism teacher cannot use one of the platforms of the media. No biggie. Who's really watching video anyways. AUDIO IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE!!!) So, you can click here to go to the site. I'd rather you not. I'm aware no one reads this site, but that's really due to lack of marketing. No one should visit the multiplat site, due to lack of good journalism. Oh, but for a laugh, check THIS STORY out. Lol, this chick works at the Toronto Star, and thinks she's thebombdiggidy!

Harnessing the ellusive story

So I needed a second story for my online cycle at The Toronto Observer Saturday night I was at Cathy Perry's 50th birthday party, when random dude mentioned myttc.ca. It's a trip planning website, unaffiliated with the TTC. Could it be a story? So I started telling people about it, and excitement was building, until Vanessa burst my bubble by asking if it was like TTC's Trip Planner Crap. I never knew TTC had a trip planner. I'm from the days when you would call a hotline, and a surly operator would tell you where to go. And where to stick it. So I played with the sites. Starting point: home. Destination: work. A simple route, and one that I've taken numerous times. myttc.ca gave me my tried and true route, timing was pretty accurate and allowed for walking time. Perfect. But what did the TTC have to say? 5 minutes. Same route as myttc.ca (which would take 25 minutes total), however, I would only need 5 minutes according to the TTC. I usually drive to work. And it has NEVER taken me 5 minutes. Maybe 7 minutes if I hit all the green lights, whiz 70 km/hr up Birchmount in a 50 zone, and had absolutely no traffic on the road...(ah...sweet Sunday mornings...) If I can't do it in 5 minutes in my car, how does the TTC expect a rumbling bus to do it, and make the necessary stops in between? OK. Let's try another experiment. Let's not get excited yet. Starting point: home. Destination: school. Typed the exact same info into both planners. myttc.ca provided a logical route. TTC trip planner, on the other hand, told me that my school did not exist near any transit routes. Uhh... TTC Directions to the Centre for Creative Communications: From Broadview station, take the 62 Mortimer bus right to the campus (Carlaw/Mortimer). From Pape station, take the 25 Don Mills or the 81 Thorncliffe Park bus to Mortimer and walk one block west to Carlaw Ave. Otherwise, the campus is a 10 minute walk north from Pape station NOW, I had a story. Stay tuned to part deux... passive aggressive emails and technology malfunctions!

Where the ladies at?

Well I forgot the most important news of the day. My first online story for the Toronto Observer is UP on the web! I'm going viral! Click here here here HERE HERE HERE to see it! Its about the underrepresentation of females in Toronto municipal politics. Shoot, maybe I should talk more about that later as well. This blog is spiralling out of control.