HAHA! how does she come up with these blog topics?
Tool; 1. an object used to accomplish a certain goal or task, for example: a hoe. 2. the name for a person acting out the previous description, being used for a certain purpose, ie. John is such a tool.
No one would ever admit to being a tool, however, truthfully we are all tools. We are all used by other people for certain goals, to reach certain ends. Is this a shocking truth? No. We all know this, yet do not complain. Why? We don't complain, because we use tools all the time; we use people all day everyday.
The world is one big tool shed. Which tool are you?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
In my opinion...
Is video text? I don't know. It depends on how you define the terms. No, I do not believe video is text. Video is a picture movie in order to relay information; moving pictures. Text is simply words placed in a particular order to accomplish the same end.
The second question however,concerns visual literacy. I believe visual literacy exists. Look specifically at American Cinema in the past 50 years. I took a Cinema class last year. I learned that a lot of the techniques used nowadays within movies could not have been used earlier in the film industry; audiences could not follow the train of thought as well as they can now. Audiences have been trained, they have had practice in understanding what a split screen means, how to interpret a scene where P.O.V. is ever-changing but the music remains throughout, etc. and so on...
Audiences are now visually literate.
The second question however,concerns visual literacy. I believe visual literacy exists. Look specifically at American Cinema in the past 50 years. I took a Cinema class last year. I learned that a lot of the techniques used nowadays within movies could not have been used earlier in the film industry; audiences could not follow the train of thought as well as they can now. Audiences have been trained, they have had practice in understanding what a split screen means, how to interpret a scene where P.O.V. is ever-changing but the music remains throughout, etc. and so on...
Audiences are now visually literate.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tea Party
The news cannot help but publish the ongoing GOP push, the current Tea Party. More interesting is the amount of coverage thrown on this political movement so quickly following Haiti's destruction. Sharing the spotlight with Haiti is the irony of snow. Canada desperately needs snow for the Olympic games. Meanwhile, snow is beating northeast America.
Liberal news stations are keeping their focus on Haiti. Conservative stations, however are not only but also focused on the Tea Party. Why? Well this movement is their answer to the previous political takeover by brash democrats.
The liberal media's reason for keeping all eyes on Haiti is compassionate. On the other hand, I wait for FOX to suggest Haiti being their scapegoat, taking any attnetion they can off the Tea Party.
Wow! way too serious for me.
Out.
Liberal news stations are keeping their focus on Haiti. Conservative stations, however are not only but also focused on the Tea Party. Why? Well this movement is their answer to the previous political takeover by brash democrats.
The liberal media's reason for keeping all eyes on Haiti is compassionate. On the other hand, I wait for FOX to suggest Haiti being their scapegoat, taking any attnetion they can off the Tea Party.
Wow! way too serious for me.
Out.
Monday, February 8, 2010
6 palabras tocar a short story.
Sparks of creativity! Despair; no ink.
Shadows. She's showing. Shocked. Shane's out.
yawn, cereal, listen, PBJ, speak, toothpaste
Groceries:
Milk
Coco-puffs
pens
paper
pills
Shadows. She's showing. Shocked. Shane's out.
yawn, cereal, listen, PBJ, speak, toothpaste
Groceries:
Milk
Coco-puffs
pens
paper
pills
Thursday, February 4, 2010
La Guera
This is not assigned, let's see who reads it. Before I can type anything else on this blog, and before anyone else speaks praise for "La Guera" in class or via blog, let me get this out:
I hated the story.
Wow, I feel a lot better. I don't hate women, homosexuals, or latinos, but the whole story is her complaining. I understand she is oppressed, and I will show compassion for the oppressed. She was merely complaining. That should be our next blog post: complain about someway in which you are naturally oppressed.
Sorry to all who are offended.
I am oppressed by all who praise this story. She could not control being a latino, homosexual, woman; I cannot help hating "La Guera."
Out.
I hated the story.
Wow, I feel a lot better. I don't hate women, homosexuals, or latinos, but the whole story is her complaining. I understand she is oppressed, and I will show compassion for the oppressed. She was merely complaining. That should be our next blog post: complain about someway in which you are naturally oppressed.
Sorry to all who are offended.
I am oppressed by all who praise this story. She could not control being a latino, homosexual, woman; I cannot help hating "La Guera."
Out.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Style. I don't even know where to begin.
I used to wear woman's clothing; thank you Julie. My sister thought dressing me up in adult woman's clothing was fun and funny. This was my first bitter taste of style, or I guess fashion. The implications are clear. I did and still do not like even the thought of wearing my mother's clothes. I needed to find a style to my own liking.
Flash forward, from 9 years old to grade 9. I am instructed to read Emma. I attempt and that's it. I could not get past the first chapter before finding Sparknotes' version of Jane Austen's wordy "masterpiece." I again avoid a particular style. The similarities between my mother's clothing and this novel are funny if contemplated.
Before I throw up all over my keyboard recalling all I hate, I have enjoyed:
Ender's Game,
Angels and Demons,
Fight Club,
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
In how they were written, what do these have in common?
These amazing books are written in a dialogue fashion but use action words. The frequent action words keep my A.D.D. under raps. Fight Club and A.G. Pym are both told from the perspective of a character in the story. This adds another level of thought to my reading experience. I must decifer the ethos of the narrator. Also, instead of telling me what to feel, these authors draw emotion out through literary devices such as the setting or symbolism.
All four of these books were written with common language, unlike Emma. My memory of Emma is a story filled with stoic language and loooooooooong, draaawn out sentences, small tiny print, squeezed on a page. This I can't stand, like my mom's high-heels and lip stick.
Flash forward, from 9 years old to grade 9. I am instructed to read Emma. I attempt and that's it. I could not get past the first chapter before finding Sparknotes' version of Jane Austen's wordy "masterpiece." I again avoid a particular style. The similarities between my mother's clothing and this novel are funny if contemplated.
Before I throw up all over my keyboard recalling all I hate, I have enjoyed:
Ender's Game,
Angels and Demons,
Fight Club,
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
In how they were written, what do these have in common?
These amazing books are written in a dialogue fashion but use action words. The frequent action words keep my A.D.D. under raps. Fight Club and A.G. Pym are both told from the perspective of a character in the story. This adds another level of thought to my reading experience. I must decifer the ethos of the narrator. Also, instead of telling me what to feel, these authors draw emotion out through literary devices such as the setting or symbolism.
All four of these books were written with common language, unlike Emma. My memory of Emma is a story filled with stoic language and loooooooooong, draaawn out sentences, small tiny print, squeezed on a page. This I can't stand, like my mom's high-heels and lip stick.
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