My first blog

Here's an ad, there's an ad, everywhere there are ads. Why? No one wants to see ads!  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/02/online-ads-more-annoying/677576/ I visited this website to read an article, Something Went Terribly Wrong With Online Ads by Katie Lindsey. I would recommend you read it, but guess what? You have to pay to read it! I can't even go read an article about ads without getting ads. It's honestly super ridiculous.  Why have ads being intrusive become so normal? I remember when YouTube didn't have ads. Then they had one pre-video ad. Then a mid-roll ad. Now I can't even finish a YouTube video before watching five ads. Not to mention unskipable ads that are either 30 second to 1 minute long.  This is just a tangent. I really did want to read that article for this assignment, but now I have to go and find a suitable article that is free to read, all the while getting ad after ad. Banner ad, pop-up ad, unskipable ads, video ads that...

 Who is Sam?      I am Sam, I'm a student at Linn Benton Community College and working for my bachelors in Business Administration and Accounting. My career goals are to become a CPA (Certified personal accountant) and eventually run my own accounting firm.      I currently work at Safeway in the D.U.G department (Drive up and go). I get people's groceries for them, as well as bagging them, and then take them out to the customer when they arrive. I really like my job, and it gets me some exercise. When I work I average 10,000 steps, but when I don't work I don't leave the house often. In my free time I play games, mostly on PC but recently also my Switch. I've never been a console player, as I never had one.      On a more personal note, I am transgender. My pronouns are he/him and they/them. It's been a journey of self discovery these past few years, starting during Covid. My first year of high school I was a whole new person no one kne...