Student Radio starts

Hey

So due to me doing a bit of work experience at a 3rd year project, I have now been invited to do a show on monday nights on the student radio station. 

So I'm very, very excited for that, and hopefully I will make some good podcasts out of it, but lets just wait and see.

Went home last weekend, away from uni for a bit, had a nice valentines day and now I'm going bed.

Night 

Much love

Yours Frank

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.............. Mockumentary?

Hey Web, 

On wednesday I had a full day of lectures, but with a free lunch I wasn't complaining.

(first sign of a student)

One of the lectures was from the editor of the Traveler Times. He didn't really expand on much apart from this new show called My Big Fat Gypsy wedding. I hadn't watched it at the time but I wanted to after he had a rant about it, and how it was ruining the gypsy culture.

He also said to a room of students "Did any of you watch tv last night?"

Answer = "No we are students, we don't own tv's because it cost about 150 quid for the license.
                  We wait until the next day and watch it online."

(second sign of a student)


Any way when I got back I watched a few episodes, and I kind of agree with what he was saying. The show makes out as if the whole community makes the women stay at home and look after the kids. While the husbands go out and make a living and bring back the bread.

However I think it is very positive towards the women, because even though they do dress pretty proactively they have morals like you wouldn't believe. They WILL NOT HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, and will only get married once.

These morals have drifted away in this modern society and in some ways it is kind of nice.
BUT this is outweighed, to me, by the old fashioned view of the women are not truly equal to men.

This is there culture though and should we question it?


Much love 


Yours Frank

 P.S. I didn't mention the "grabbing" part, because I don't think its as much as a tradition any more but the doc/ mockumentary over emphasize some small details that happen, but if you don't know what it is google it.

Dream Blog

Hey Web,

At the weekends I usually have really weird dreams and the weekend just gone was no exception.

This is how it went.

I was on a train with past people that I have meet in my life, such as old school mates, and friends. The train then sped up and the tracks went up hill into a forest. There were huge pine trees all around and the railway track snaked around each tree. We went deeper and deeper into the forest until it was almost complete darkness. The track then straightened out and dipped a little, but we were still high up in the trees.  You couldn't even see the ground, thats how far up we were.

Suddenly out of the darkness a freight train comes straight for the front of the train. Slams into the first carriage and starts bending the metal structure of the train. Our train then reverses and goes back in the direction it came in but going ten times as fast. I lost sight of the freight train, and held on as we hurtled back through the forest. I looked down and saw that the track was starting to fall away, and the carriage was rocking back and forth. I saw lights ahead, and the trained slowed as we came to rest at an airport right next to a plane. The baggage handlers of the plane then called out to me,
then I woke up.

And I've had weirder, 

What was your latest dream?

Much love 


Yours Frank

Work experience

Hey Web,

last week I started doing some work experience for a third year radio project at my uni. All I had to do is put posters up around the different campus's, and then I got to sit in on some of the shows. The main thing I think I'm going to get out of this is just meeting new students and learning a bit about how the system works in a radio studio.

Not much else has happened. Valentines day is looming and red is starting to fill up all the shop windows.

Short one. Half arsed weekend and all that.

Much love


Yours Frank

Sexism on Sky

Hey Web,

Sexism has been all over the news in England this week. This is due to the presenters on sky sports.
Basically the story is that the presenters said that a woman referee didn't know the off side rule.
(pretty crucial in football)

This then lead on to reveal footage of one of the presenters making a suggesting comment to the female presenter ,Charlotte Jackson.

They then sacked this presenter.

This is a link to the full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9373280.stm

Now I can see why this subject is controversial. If that referee had been male then it would of just been another game with another complaint towards the referee.

But they didn't just say that she didn't know the offside rule they implied that all women didn't know the offside rule. This happens all the time down the pub but they were in a studio and ment to be professionals.

I get that the football world is male orientated, but hey I love football I support Everton, but I don't treat women like they are less important.

It makes me really frustrated that these kind of dicks make sexist remarks and say its just banter.

Its not banter when your the only one laughing.

Grow up your in the 21st century now, equality is here and here to stay.

Yours Frank

Being a nerd

Hey Web,

I was introduced to minecraft a while ago didn't get into it at first, but if your creative and you kind of like just making stuff in games this is for you.

Plus the community that surrounds it all and is driving it forward all the time is amazing.
Sure your going to get haters (coz you know they got to hate). But they are quickly overcome by the simple and charming play style of the game.

I thought I would just share this because I have never come across a game with quite the same loving community for the game.

Much love

Yours Frank

What is going on?

Hey Web,

Today I was on the train back to my place after just waking up. I didn't know what time it really was but I saw kids getting on the train to go home after school. And I thought to myself

"What have I done today?"

Answer nothing. I felt quite lazy, but hey I'm doing work 2moro. So hopefully I will be more proactive tomorrow. No I WILL BE more proactive.


and I will. I'm going to put up posters tomorrow! That will be FUN!

But I am just about to do some more art for a video I'm creating.

I already have one video up, so if you are bored or stressed and want to watch something that will chill you out and maybe inspire you check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8zNxZ87T4

Much love 


Yours Frank