Blog 1: Social Media/Web 2.0
In class we watched the video that suggested that as the web changes, so must everything else. In another class, I was given an article that related to that video, and suggested something similar....
View ArticleOh, Forget It.
In an argument with my boyfriend/mom/brother/friend, they often say, "but remember you agreed to..." or "You said..." to which I reply, "no I don't remember that,...
View ArticleMake sense or Make change?
"Don't you have ambitions to one day produce paintings of genuine importance?... work that will be a significant contribution to the people," (Ishiguro, 163). We are not all painters...
View ArticleDecoding Code.org
For the video that this post refers to, go to Code.org The recently released video that promotes Code, backed by major technological/computer guru's, suggests more students are taught computer ...
View ArticleMetanarratives and Micronarratives
Our lives are a narrative, which seems like a linear story that can be told chronologically and make sense to all. This is untrue, though. Narratives are a meaning-making activity, and are not as...
View ArticleThe visions of power
To attempt to understand a prophecy, takes some blind faith, that something in the vision or dream is true. When we look at people's visions and dreams and try to dissect and understand them, we...
View ArticleAn imaginary friend for understanding
As humans we have desires that are beyond our control. In my opinion, these desires fall into two categories: personal desires and social desires. Both of these desires come down to the discovery of...
View ArticleAdvertisers are the elite in framing
We mostly agree that commercials and advertising using rhetoric to achieve their goals. But I want to take this idea one step further. Although, all ads hope to successfully sell whatever they are...
View ArticleControlled by Free Will
If our lives are controlled by some force other than ourselves, then why would that “fate” be so cruel to some and nice to others. And if we have total control our lives, and our choices t...
View ArticleJasmine + Jane = Jase
In the New York Times Clark Vogel, a clerk in civil court in Brooklyn who deals with name change petitions says, "Anybody who is not happy with their present circumstances thinks a new name wil...
View ArticleThe (not-so) Wonderful White Family
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia are a lovely family who enjoy hardcore drugs, stabbings, fighting, murdering, robbing, and having a loud and rowdy time. Complete with language more fou...
View ArticleAdvice for Sale
Everything is for sale. Lives. Relics. Memorbilia. Even a lunch date with a famous person can be yours in a million dollar auction ebay. Nothing is too prized, or sacred to sale (for a price of...
View ArticleWho decides what offends me?
While Salman Rushdie had a Fatwa placed on his head for millions of dollars over writing the Satanic Verses (a book making fun and poking holes in the story of Muhammad and the archangel Gabriel), to...
View Articlesometimes real-life can be felt in supernatural ways
We often give little credit-to or describe supernatural writing as sci-fi or false, and we value moving stories that are "real" or everybody's favorite, based on a true story. These...
View ArticleResponsibility of Artists
Being an artist of the floating world extends past writers, filmmakers, painters, etc. and really speaks to many of us. If we can create something and share it with people across boundaries and borde...
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