I actively try to avoid newspapers and online news sources. Why? Everyone wants to put the world's problems and dirt into each of the stories. Gun control. Syria. Important stuff, granted, but not interesting to people like me. The only "good news" I've ever seen was an advertisement for a concert in which a really old violin would be played. (I've heard that old age in a violin is a really great thing; they reach their highest potential about a century or so after they were made. Whether this is true or not, I can only guess that my source (anime) was being honest.)
So instead of news, I focus on the fun stuff.
Games. Harvest Moon and Rune Factory are so oddly addicting. Animal Crossing can be an interesting challenge, too.
Videos. Nancy Drew walkthroughs by Arglefumph are the best. In fact, just plain Arglefumph tends to be pretty amazing.
Books. The Mysterious Benedict Society. The Seer and the Sword. Awakenings. Must-reads.
Movies - mostly if they're Disney. Or Dreamworks. I can be talked into the superhero stuff (Marvel and DC Comics are the two big ones, right?) if it's something I get to do with my family.
Recently I had to write a paper on What I Read, See, Hear, and Care About. My mind immediately translated that to 'news.' Indeed, many of my classmates chose topics that are circulating throughout America today.
But then (bless her) my teacher told me it doesn't have to be anything in magazines or newspapers. Just so long as you could link it to today's world, you could choose anything under the sun.
Guess what I chose? Entertainment! More specifically, fairytale retelling! Even more specifically, Little Red Riding Hood.
Have you guessed the most specific yet? I did mention it in my first post.
Hoodwinked! (Cue applause.) Thank you, thank you.
What would you have written about if you'd been given this assignment?
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