More obnoxious surveys, Haha!

I am 62% SKA.

Well, maybe I'm trying too hard, maybe I'm not trying hard enough. I shouldn't forget my roots, and remember that punk and reggae wouldn't exist without ska.

Take the SKA Test at Fuali.com!

I am 41-60% Ghetto

I have ghetto roots, but I don't live in the hood. Fo Shizzle my Nizzle.

You are awarded no points, and may god have mercy on your soul. :p

Entertainment Weekly hasn't done much lately beyond proving what a trend-perpetuating, fluffy publication it generally is...

The snippet from EW quoted on WWDN ticks me off for multiple reasons. For one, their liberal editing of the top 10 proves that, even if someone is a popular and well-liked public figure, they won't be counted unless they're a fame-slut like most of the finalists that they actually settled upon. Although they do get points from me for keeping James Marsters (Spike!!! :D) and Jack Black on the list, even that smells like a "look how cool and cutting-edge we are" ploy.

And second, it does indeed suck that some people felt the need to stuff the ballot box in favor of Lowtax, but a lot of people read SomethingAwful, and I feel like their booting him out of the running is in part because they don't think the Web is a valid form of entertainment media.

Seriously, I spend more of my time these days on the Web than I do in front of any TV, radio, or movie screen, and the vast majority of that is for recreational purposes. I would think that, now more than ever, the Web is becoming a real presence on the entertainment radar.

But, the "problem" with the Web is that *ANYBODY* can be famous, and I'm sure that would piss off most Hollywood bigwigs who make their living off of marketing other people's beauty and image. You don't have to HAVE an image to make it on the Web. All you really need for Web fame is minimal HTML skill and a lot of wit (and some design smarts don't hurt either), and I actually find that a lot more respectable than the traditional media. I mean, god forbid the people we idolize should be more INTELLIGENT than they are pretty. -_-

So yeah. Grr. I don't think Lowtax necessarily deserved to stay on the list, but Wil Wheaton's website did a lot for him this year, and it was entertaining!! And it certainly earned a lot more of my respect than Christina Aguilera's stupid french poodle getup did. :p

Okay, end rant. Anyways, I think I'm going to crash soon. Ja!

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