I’ve been interviewed about ten times from all sorts of different media outlets, including local Boston television, radio, and newspaper media, The New York Post, and a few others (which haven’t gotten anywhere).

However, none of them really seem to paint the exact picture I made. So, I thought, since the media can’t really get a full grasp as to what happened, I thought I’d explain a little. So, here goes.

In response to…

…the situation on the bus.
The way this whole thing got started was when I posted the very same e-mail I sent Peter Pan about my experience. What I said in there I believed to have happened and included my feelings about the situation. I never felt physically threatened but instead just felt annoyed and cheated out of an early ride home. He was punishing an entire busload of passengers because of one of them who happened to complain about his driving. While this is very immature, it wasn’t some sort of act of kidnapping or terrorism or any shit like that, in my opinion. A lot of what he’s said in the media he didn’t inform us (I.E. the stop he could’ve made and didn’t). The driver in question was actually relatively nice to me as he suggested I get on his bus which was leaving a good half an hour earlier than my original bus.

…the swing of the media.
In all of the interviews I’ve given, I’ve told all that I can remember from the event. Of course, they ask me what I think about the situation, and I think they’re disappointed when they find that I didn’t feel physically threatened. When they take the things I’ve told them, they take only the parts that interest them out. For example, today I was interviewed by Channel 7 WHDH Boston, and they asked me a series of questions. Repeated three times was the question “how did you feel about the situation?” as though the answer I had given wasn’t interesting enough. They asked me what I felt should happen to the driver, and I basically said what I’ve said here a few times: He was being silly and immature, but I didn’t feel threatened really. They (or whomever) can interpret that as they may and do what they think is necessary.

…the possibility of the bus driver being fired.
This is one of the top things people either question or tell me their opinion about. “What do you think should happen to the driver?” In response to this question, I leave it completely up to the bus company. I feel what he did was wrong, but I personally don’t believe this is something to lose his job on. In The Boston Globe recently, they stated that “Bryant said the story of the bus ride, which has been reported by other media outlets, has unfairly characterized him as a ‘monster.’ ” I really couldn’t agree more. Again, was he in the wrong? Yes. Was he being immature? Yes. Should he be fired? It’s up to Peter Pan.

…the picture in the Boston Globe.

Let’s not talk about that.

Of course you have all heard by now that Paris Hilton was arrested, charged, and put into jail after being caught twice driving while under the influence. After being in jail for a short period, they pulled her out and into house arrest, letting her hang out at home instead of jail.

Let me say, I was pissed. She, being the spoiled little Hilton heiress, got off easy with special treatment. Luckily, the judge was pissed too– he never said she could leave. So, the judge brought Paris back in, pulling from her house crying (see image above).

Now my friend Megan’s Facebook status says “Megan is feeling kind of bad for Paris.”

Megan, I love ya, but take a look at it this way: I feel bad for her, but in the way I may feel bad for my 5-year-old brother Ian if he were to get punished for destroying some precious family heirloom. But, in this situation, she’s some 20 years older, a ho, and instead of breaking a family item, she drove drunk. I mean, come on. She deserves it.

In other news, the Worldwide Developers Conference is on Monday for Apple. I’ve been Jonesin’ for an iPhone for a while now, and this will start to seal the deal a little more. However, more importantly, Leopard is probably going to be out for the occasion with a few new features.

All in all, I believe this post solidifies that I am a dorkilicious nerd.

Oh, and do me a favor. Keep a lookout here for me and see if you find anything worthwhile for about $1200 or so. Thanks.

Note: the f8 features are actually online already, but you have to visit http://f8.facebook.com to see it.

While I might have thought that Facebook Gifts were going to be the end of the ‘book as we know it, something new and more threatening is on the horizon for the site famous for stalking. Actually, for most of you reading this, it’s probably too late.

In about 6 hours from the time I’ve posted this, Facebook will have released something they call “f8.” I was invited to the keynote in San Francisco where they announced it only a couple hours ago, but due to the circumstances (I don’t care that much), I didn’t attend.

But really, the question is, what is f8? Well, in a nutshell, f8 is a platform in which developers can make “widgets” of sorts for Facebook users’ profiles. This can include audio, video, images, and basically whatever else. Remind you of anything?

Well, I guess it’s not that bad. Unlike MySpace, developers for these products on Facebook have to go through their development process to output applications. So far, lots of companies have been jumping on board, and some of them seem pretty good and/or cool.

(Check out some captures: One, Two, Three, Four)

But, again, this could easily mean infiltration by extremely annoying sources (music players, video players embedded in users’ profiles just like Murdoch’s devilish lovechild). I can’t say yet whether or not this means Facebook is on its way out, but I sure hope they’ve made this development process clean for those not wanting much to do with it, because I very well might be one of those people.

For those interested, Facebook has already released a website for f8 development. Photos courtesy of Matt McNamara.