Daily Archives: October 11, 2012

Rainbow Cake

I have to admit, I actually baked this cake a couple of months ago. But, I’m just so proud of how it turned out, that I felt it necessary to share my success. I was browsing Pinterest a couple of months ago, when I was dazed and confused after getting my wisdom teeth out, and came across this delicious looking rainbow cake. Because I couldn’t go anywhere without getting sick, I decided to try to make this cake. I asked my mom to get the supplies for me, which consisted of white cake batter, food coloring, and icing. I hadn’t really prepared for it, but I ended up using five different bowls in order to separate the batter. You then fill the bottom with one color and go on to layer with whatever color you want to come next. When I got to this part it wasn’t working how I had anticipated, so I just started to spread all of the colors wherever they happened to land (hence the reason  that I don’t have a perfect rainbow layer). I then put it in the oven and this masterpiece came out. One tip I would give anyone who tries this is make sure to coat your cake pan with non-stick oil (like Pam or Crisco) because I did, but not enough and my cake split in half when I took it out of the pan. Another tip is to get a cupcake tray ready too. Depending on the size of your pan, all of the batter may not fit into the cake pan, for instance this happened to me and I ended up making about a dozen rainbow cupcakes to go along with the cake (which I must say ended up looking prettier). Overall, making this cake is a lot easier than it seems. And it is a lot of fun. You can make whatever colors you want (I didn’t think of this at the time, but it would make a great graduation cake, as you could use your schools colors to fill the inside and do whatever on the outside). This is a great way to pass the time and also provides you with a very delicious treat!

Paradigm Shift

I hadn’t really thought much about my paradigm shift until about five minutes ago. I really like the idea of focusing on the idea of how much cell phones have changed over the past few years and how much of an impact they are having on everyone. I would probably focus on how back “in the day” there were no cell phones, only landlines. And then came the bag phone, followed by the brick, and from then on improved and now we have the iPhone 5. This is an interesting topic to me and is definitely a part of my life. I remember in elementary school where no one had a cell phone, and now it seems even four year olds have phones. This is clearly a shift in culture, as we went from one that communicates face to face with others to now virtually communicating with them and this is mind blowing. Another topic I am considering is the evolution of some television station. Whether it be CNN or one of the Big 3, all of them have completely changed from when they first we started. They went from giving the news straight forward to the people. And now they often give biased information to the public, which ultimately causes splits between people. In the past they were all competing against each other to give the best news, and that has led to each of them appealing to a certain group of people. If I did CNN I would probably include the information on the constant arguments between fans of CNN and those of Fox News. I personally don’t think that these news stations were started to create tensions, but over time they have morphed into that.  Either of these are interesting topics to me and I think that I’d be able to get sufficient info on both of them.

Big Bird: the enemy of America?

Given the events of last week’s presidential debate, I thought that I would talk about the pathos evident in Obama’s new anti-Romney ad against Big Bird. This 30 second commercial is too funny. I mean the gist behind it is bad, but I feel like this is something that Saturday Night Live would have produced. Anyways, the commercial definitely has an emotional appeal. The music in the background paints a gloomy scene. The comparisons of Big Bird to people such as Bernie Madoff, also makes fun of what Romney said, how can a big, fluffy bird that has been a part of everyone’s lives be such a horrible thing. This ad could also be seen as pro-Romney to someone who wants the government to stop subsidizing PBS. This ad is just poking fun at Romney’s statement and making it into a bigger problem than it should be. I applaud the Obama campaign on trying to make a satirical ad, but it ended up just coming back to bite them in the butt. Although it was hilarious to see Big Bird be vilified, this ad was not liked by the owners of Sesame Street and they have asked for it to be pulled. Even though this ad was great, it should have been left to a comedy show to use, like SNL, Stewart, or Colbert. It clearly makes a point and all the while attacks Romney, but it has not been properly used and therefore is receiving much negativity (also this is something that the presidential candidates should be debating.) If you haven’t seen it you need to. Here is the link. Enjoy 🙂  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxs09eV-Vc