I seriously cannot believe that this semester is basically finished. I've done it half a dozen times before but it still surprises me. I guess I'll try to recognize that more so when I get to college... to not take my time for granted. There were countless times in CML where I said "I mean, I have ____ weeks left in the class anyways, so I have plenty of time" only for me to now realize that I really didn't have that much time. Senior year has been the fastest years of high school while also being the slowest. It's weird
In terms of my research essay, I need to add in some sources from other sources to spice everything up. It took quite a bit of challenge to fit articles / papers / sources about the subject matter of my paper, so I mostly found articles regarding John Cena playing a different role from what he stereotypically does. I didn't end up doing my performance task. I really, really liked Mind Change and had some great conversations with everyone I know, but I just lacked the motivation to actually get up and do the performance task. I had a ton of bits from the book that I could have sourced, but I just wanted to avoid the work. I'm sorry (the book was really nice though, you should definitely keep it as an option in the future) Hopefully this won't be the last blog, just so that I could finish off at week 1000. This has been sort of a ritualistic thing for the past few months. I would get home from work at 9:40, calm down for a bit, catch up on some social media, and then hop on the computer for the blog to then go to bed. I'll have to pick up something else to do on my Friday nights now, I guess... This week has gone by so fast. I think working on the three projects in CML really made me work harder, which made time go by.
I really enjoyed all that we did in class this week. "Catfish" was an amazing documentary that I've talked to everyone about. Everyone I know understands the concept of catfishing someone, but no one knew what the origin was. Also I had a good time explaining to everyone why Angela (is that her name?) was catfishing Nev in the first place. The whole situation with her was very sad, as she tries to escape her crappy life by creating these fake personas online. Really sad. I got around to watching "Blockers" earlier this week for my research project. My buddy and I went to the AMC 12 theaters over by Falls of Neuse, and boy did we have an experience. The movie itself wasn't that bad, and I can definitely write a good bit for my paper, but that theater is where I am going to be murdered. I swear to god. The place was half under construction, half abandoned, and they had only three people working there. The floors were unbearably sticky and I felt like the very long hallway with all the theaters reminded me of the shining. Bad vibes there. The performance task will be completed this time around and the paper as well. The "Mind Change" book has really gone side by side with our lessons in class. Same talk about how we should all put down our phones and try and disconnect every once in a while. I've been talking about that with my parents, and they agree. Good points of discussion. Currently this is my favorite unit in CML. It's a shame there's only two more weeks left, because I was really getting into this unit <3 There was actual progress this week. Heck yeah
In terms of my book "Mind Change" I've gotten a sizable dent into the book. What really blew my mind was that I started reading the book the day we started talking about the influence of technology in class, which worked out well timing wise. Out of the few first few chapters, I did find some nice quotes that I can use for my performance task (which I actually hope on doing this time). One of the major points of discussion that I think I can delve into with my performance task can be found this quote: "From socializing to shopping, working, learning, and having fun, everything we do every day can now be done very differently in an indefinable parallel space. For the the first time ever, life in front of a computer screen is threatening to out compete real life" (Greenfield 18). That idea that life online can be so much more intriguing than our real world that we lose sight of what makes us human and we don't understand how amazing the real world actually is. For my spoof ad, I'm working with Pablo about spoofing the Amazon Echo: Show, which my dad actually bought for Christmas this year. Even though the Echo has been spoofed in the past, I think we can take the idea of constant spying to the next level since Amazon added a camera to the device. I guess its a low-hanging fruit, but Pablo and I are working on making it unique to us by photo shopping some images of us doing some eavesdropping or whatever. Overall, I'm excited for next week. I have another project in another class, so I'm gonna be hella stressed. *Dabs* |
AuthorMy name is James King. I'm a senior and extremely passionate about lifting, video gaming, and cycling. If you want to be friends with me just bring one of those bad boys up with me in class and we're gonna be buddies real quick. Archives
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