Geog 100 Summer Final

 Kenneth Camell ll

July 13 2021

Are the machines supreme ? 

It hurts me

To see humans at the mercy 

Of a digital thing.

Before we go bragging

and Geotagging

Can we please 

Demonstrate the

Best respect for Nature ?

Stay prepared and aware

In the age of 

Information

The weight of conversations

May eliminate your occupation

Know the rule of Gold

So you hold

Your tongue

If allured

To some dumb 

Content which is daunted

Are the machines supreme ? 

It hurts me

To see humans at the mercy 

Of a digital thing.

Im so lost with stress and death on me

In a land of Zombies

And Robots God forgive them 

they know not

Or maybe they do

Back 1982

Teddy Ruxpin 

was the heavy  seduction

Of your children's feelings

Its wild how they're being reeled in

For consumption

Its something twisted and wicked

They call it capitalism, 

And I'm just a misfit

Trapped in this dimension

Life's a deadly game with few rules

If you snooze,you lose 

And the news gives me the blues

With the evil smearing

We need Geoengineering

Before we're all disappearing

Like Dinos

I know 

Most folks

Pout in the drought

Until they get swarmed by storms

And these days heat eaves

Melt glaciers 

Camell was safer

In Alaska

Despite the earthquakes

I might have ta

Return

Before we burn

Are the machines supreme ? 

It hurts me

To see humans at the mercy 

Of a digital thing.

That was my way of expressing how digital devices have taken over and humans are often unaware of the privacy and power we have relinquished to modern technology. I also addressed how the climate is suffering as a direct result of humans over consuming energy and devices. Outside of Laney and Humboldt State University I've developed communication skills to properly assist people from various socioeconomic groups .Within my thirty-eight years I have seen great things and met some wonderful people. While working for the County of Marin Landscaping and Utilities Department I had the privilege to provide maintenance to The Marin County Civic Center which is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces . Some of my other work experiences include being employed by the County of Alameda Social Services Department for several years. These experiences properly communicate and assist people from various socioeconomic groups. I will be a valuable asset to society regardless of my college degree status. Through choosing to walk as opposed to driving, volunteering at The Emeryville Shoreline and picking up trash in my neighborhood weekly I strive to do my part in cleaning some of the Earth's pollution. Plus I practice random acts of kindness which is an underrated community service. From living in Oakland Ca to living in Anchorage Ak I'm learning  what happened yesterday makes us who we are today, that's if you are able to learn from previous trial and error. I am grateful for all the positive memories (family and friends eating together) and negative memories (family getting killed) influences, they all enabled me to be who I am today ! And I truly am proof that one person can make a difference. 

The media is powerful ! Everyday I am bombarded with empty alcohol bottles on the ground, alcohol advertisements in billboards,tv, the radio and youtube. And it doesn't help that countless entertainers endorse liquid poison. And of course every cop sitcom ends at the neighborhood pub. I see the negative cigarette advertisements however I don't see the same negative publicity. Alcohol Corporations are masters of false information; they destroy millions of lives, I guess since it is a billion dollar industry and unfortunately it doesn't matter how many casualties are attributed to alcoholism. I have endured a few obstacles such as; ,a heavy battle with alcohol addiction from 1997 to 2013, my father was shot and killed in 2006. After I detoxed I ended up surviving a suicide attempt in 2014 and being diagnosed with manic depression in 2015. There is also a small bowel obstruction I've been dealing with since 1999 so I know how easy it is to self medicate. I also know how difficult it is to detox and abstain from toxic behavior however I am striving everyday to continue on my path as a non active alcoholic despite all the deceptive and alluring commercials and famous endorsers of alcoholic beverages.

Ps I used to wonder why I always heard attractive music in alcohol commercials. Now I know Universal Music owns Seagrams which produces various alcoholic beverages.