Is there a truth in this class? In life?

Basically our conversations of Text in classes boiled down to What is Truth? Weird. Presuming there is a truth...rather, if there is such a thing as Truth, then what would it be like? Dr. Rickly and I went back and forth on this topic. I was holding fast to truth claims and she was (as usual) playing her favorite role, Devil's advocate. Of course she believes in Truth. Ask her. She was only speculating the possibility of an ideal relativist world-view.

I somewhat understand the philosophy of idealic relativism and even rationalism, however, that is all they are, idealic. The actual existence of these world-views cannot exist. Rationalism ends with the lead of faith in proving one's own reality. Relativism is destroyed in claiming the 'absolute truth' that "EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE."

All in all, the text (or Truths) Do exist in our class. Its existence is revealed in our ability to a simultaneously understand Dr. Rickly. She speaks words, and we coherently can interpret them, store them, and repeat them.

out.

Update on Project

Today our group attempted to start and finish our film. This did not happen. We successfully started, however finishing seems just as far as before. I've learned two things thus far through this project (alliteration; 5 points!).

Playing in the MULL = fun.
Choosing appropriate music for the background of our film = difficult.

We've had three topics now. We started off fooling around with Jobs After College. Quickly, we switched to On-campus Parking, you all remember. We announced this topic and were met by awkward stares and scolding by Dr. Ohio State. We took it as motivation to blow your minds. We ended up changing topics (for personal reasons, not because of you), but because the needed research was too fierce in such little time. Finally, we arrived at our current brain-child: Death to Books, Digital Life.

I wait now for 3 comments from 3 group members who don't like this title. BEFORE YOU SEND THEM*** Note: This is the first title to exit my brain, not our final title, or even one I like...whew, close one!

Our project is concerned with the end of the physical book age, where research is a long and dreadful task, and the start of digital research. In a quick poll of COMMON SENSE, all must agree students rarely head to the stacks, rather search within databases for "full-text" article. Articles that are Not "full-text" (accessible for students from their current computer) do not stand a chance nowadays. This project does not go into depths as to 'why?' or 'is this an ok thing?' however sheds light on the running slaughter of Card-catalogues to digital-research databases.

If this is not right, I'm sure I will be corrected shortly by my colleages (sp?).

I'm such a tool.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.