Podcast Script
The Alaina Baker Show
Complete length in minutes: 3.58 Min.
Episode 1: Topic – The New Age American Icon
Intro Music Clip: Title: Lil Wayne- 'I'm Me' Minutes: 15 Sec.
Intro: American icons from past to present. Minutes: 45 Sec.
Today I would like to talk a little bit about some of America’s great historians and how today’s icons are known by extremely different titles. Back before even my parents were thought of there were many people who left their mark in this country. Many of them were political or civil right leaders such as George Washington or Rosa Parks. Scientists, inventors, and even television personalities all have dazzled our hearts and minds in the past and still currently now in the future. However I believe one genre of icons has changed greatly. Athletes such as Jackie Robinson will always be remembered for breaking some type of civil rights norm in the past but now they stand for much more.
Segment Music Clip: Title: Leo Arnaud – ‘Bugler’s Dream’ Minutes: 15 Sec.
Segment: Phelps Phever Minutes: 1 Min.
Our new age American icon as of this summer stands out greatly among the rest. Michael Phelps amazed us all this year in and out of the pool. Although he is well known for his record breaking times in the water which was demonstrated in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics he has also won us over on land. Millions of people tuned in all over the nation to watch him on Saturday Night Live and very much enjoyed his presence on talk shows and commercials. He has made such an impact on the way we view athletes. It is no secret that we Americans love our sports but until now many of the people in our country never would have thought to buy tickets to a swim meet. I would officially put right up at the top with football and baseball in popularity. He truly is an American Icon.
End Segment Music Clip: Title: Queen – ‘We Are The Champions’ Minutes: 15 Sec.
Ending: American Spirit Minutes: 50 Sec.
This just goes to show that dreams really do come true. One man in less than a week brought not only one nation but also the entire world together through the toughest times for most people. He made us all forget about the economy and the war and enjoy ourselves. Especially here in the states he made us all come together regardless of our differences and for once we were all rooting for the home team. It just goes to show you that there is more to life than what meets the eye. So I would really just like to thanks Michael Phelps for the inspiration and faith that you have restored in not only me but also this great nation.
Ending Music Clip: Title: Francis Scott Key – ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Minutes: 15 Sec.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Phelps Phever
A few years ago I went to the grand opening of Meijers to meet Michael Phelps. He was doing a signing there to attract people to the store. The line to see him was quite short and consisted mostly of young girls wearing their high school swim team’s apparel. He signed my shirt from my swim teams league meet, took a picture with us and then we left. Back then you would have never guessed his true potential. When I came across him he was nothing more than a very good looking swimmer off of the USA Olympic team. Little did I know that he was actually going to become the next great American icon.
Phelps’ amazing performance in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics hit every Americans heart in a special way. His outstanding achievements in the water brought our nation closer together than many of us could have ever imagined. It is no secret that we Americans love our sports but if you were to ask someone to name a sport I am sure that pre-Beijing swimming would not be one of the first to come mind.
Michael Phelps and his 16 Olympic medals changed all of that. If you were to type his name into a search engine the results are endless. The media has also given him more than just a good name. On top of his aquatics career he found him self on GQ’s men of the year list, as well as the list of most fascinating people and also was named the sexiest male jock by People magazine. His name swarmed headlines for what seemed like endless weeks before, during, and after the Olympics and people we’re eating it all up.
I am sure your thinking that anyone can make headlines for countless of reasons but how many people do you know that have made it on Cornflake and Rice Krispie Treat boxes. Phelps also appears in many commercials on TV including one for the ever popular game Guitar Hero. Tony Hawk, Kobe Bryant, and Alex Rodriguez all came together with Phelps in the ad to make a complete band. To include Phelps in such company as these three men was most likely unthinkable a year ago. There is no escaping the Phelps mania, it is like an extremely contagious disease and I am proud to said that I do have the Phelps fever.
Four time World Swimmer of the Year, six time American Swimmer of the Year, seven time Golden Goggle award winner, 2005’s ESPY Best Olympic Performer, 2004’s USOC Athlete of the Year, 2003’s USSA Athlete of the Year, World Championships swimmer of the meet, and James E. Sullivan award winner is all the same person: Michael Phelps. If you are not a “Phelps Phan” by now then I really could not even imagine what it would take to impress you. All of these awards don’t even express his greatest accomplishment of all which I believe is becoming a role model to every single American in the country.
His message is a powerful one that I don’t believe he even ever imagined that was possible. Especially here in his home state of Michigan he restored our faith in this country and constantly reminds us what we were really put on this earth to do. To work together, and to never give up. Even during the hardest times people all over the nation have came to realize that we can still make a difference, and that its never to late to change the world.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Mobile Computers
Even as I am just sitting here typing on my computer my cell phone is less than feet away from me. I bet that even as you are reading this no matter whom you are you could most likely say the same thing about the location of your mobile phone. That is if you own one. What you might not realize is that this phone has a certain control over you. This really applies to everyone in the nation who is apart of a contract with a cell phone company. These contracts or plans seem to be the heart of this epidemic.
Just because we can go into a store and buy a little device with a bunch of cool buttons and all sorts cool features does not make it a phone. We have to sign a contract stating that we will pay so much money to have our phone activated within the network to call anyone we may possibly want. Or at least the people that we are aloud to without having to pay extra than what we have originally agreed to in our plan.
That’s the funny thing about contracts. They put so many limitations on who we can and can not talk to. Promotions such as free nights and weekends, and free calling to only the people in your network, circle, or favorites, are just a few restrictions that people usually fall for because they put the word free in front of it. Say you have free nights and weekends but your friend works on nights and weekends, when are you going to call your friend? It is quite possible that you may have to give up valuable minutes during the day time, or maybe you’ll text that person while they are at work. If this isn’t possible then you better hope your friend is in your top five or at least in your network or else you are going to pay.
Either way it seems like it is going be a very short conversation. Text messaging is another very funny thing. Text messaging has almost taken over the entire purpose of cell phones in the first place. It makes every conversation so much less personal and as a society I feel like this is the answer to our prayers. Why should any of use ever have to call one another and hear each others voices and pretend that we care more than what we really do. Also why should we have a longer conversation than what we have actually intended when we can send each other short typed out messages within seconds. Here in America it has always been about efficiency and speed. As far as I am concerned the text message has gone beyond our wildest dreams. However this makes all of our relationships with each other become less important. Is this really what we really wanted our outcome to look like?
But wait, now we have to pay for minutes and text messages? Sound like our bill just doubled. You just got to have it though and it doesn’t just stop at talking and text messaging. Saying that this thing that we continually call a cell phone is a phone is almost an insult, good thing for us that mobile phones don’t have feelings(at least not yet anyways. Most of these so called phones come standard with a built in camera, navigation system, Wi-Fi, Mp3 player, live television, calculators, calendars, clocks, stop watch, and so much more depending on what model you buy. Once you get all of this going then you can purchase even more ring tones, games, music, and so much more. Eventually when it all comes together that’s when you start to realize that you have got one of the worlds smallest computers right there in you pocket.
By now these little computers are sounding really cool. However, don’t forget that somebody has to pay for all that which leads us back to our contract. Cell phones have made us all a mess. The connections we make control us in almost every aspect of our everyday life and if it is a cell phone that is connecting us then we are stuck. If its not who and when we talk to people, its where and why. If it is not what and where we do things its when and why they occur. We are forever trapped in our digital world. Then again you know what they say, you’ve made your bed and now you have to sleep in it.
Even as I am just sitting here typing on my computer my cell phone is less than feet away from me. I bet that even as you are reading this no matter whom you are you could most likely say the same thing about the location of your mobile phone. That is if you own one. What you might not realize is that this phone has a certain control over you. This really applies to everyone in the nation who is apart of a contract with a cell phone company. These contracts or plans seem to be the heart of this epidemic.
Just because we can go into a store and buy a little device with a bunch of cool buttons and all sorts cool features does not make it a phone. We have to sign a contract stating that we will pay so much money to have our phone activated within the network to call anyone we may possibly want. Or at least the people that we are aloud to without having to pay extra than what we have originally agreed to in our plan.
That’s the funny thing about contracts. They put so many limitations on who we can and can not talk to. Promotions such as free nights and weekends, and free calling to only the people in your network, circle, or favorites, are just a few restrictions that people usually fall for because they put the word free in front of it. Say you have free nights and weekends but your friend works on nights and weekends, when are you going to call your friend? It is quite possible that you may have to give up valuable minutes during the day time, or maybe you’ll text that person while they are at work. If this isn’t possible then you better hope your friend is in your top five or at least in your network or else you are going to pay.
Either way it seems like it is going be a very short conversation. Text messaging is another very funny thing. Text messaging has almost taken over the entire purpose of cell phones in the first place. It makes every conversation so much less personal and as a society I feel like this is the answer to our prayers. Why should any of use ever have to call one another and hear each others voices and pretend that we care more than what we really do. Also why should we have a longer conversation than what we have actually intended when we can send each other short typed out messages within seconds. Here in America it has always been about efficiency and speed. As far as I am concerned the text message has gone beyond our wildest dreams. However this makes all of our relationships with each other become less important. Is this really what we really wanted our outcome to look like?
But wait, now we have to pay for minutes and text messages? Sound like our bill just doubled. You just got to have it though and it doesn’t just stop at talking and text messaging. Saying that this thing that we continually call a cell phone is a phone is almost an insult, good thing for us that mobile phones don’t have feelings(at least not yet anyways. Most of these so called phones come standard with a built in camera, navigation system, Wi-Fi, Mp3 player, live television, calculators, calendars, clocks, stop watch, and so much more depending on what model you buy. Once you get all of this going then you can purchase even more ring tones, games, music, and so much more. Eventually when it all comes together that’s when you start to realize that you have got one of the worlds smallest computers right there in you pocket.
By now these little computers are sounding really cool. However, don’t forget that somebody has to pay for all that which leads us back to our contract. Cell phones have made us all a mess. The connections we make control us in almost every aspect of our everyday life and if it is a cell phone that is connecting us then we are stuck. If its not who and when we talk to people, its where and why. If it is not what and where we do things its when and why they occur. We are forever trapped in our digital world. Then again you know what they say, you’ve made your bed and now you have to sleep in it.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
ATTENTION GROUP 1 here are our questions for your essay!
Essay Questions for: Is the Cell Phone Undermining the Social Order?: Understanding Mobile Technology from a Sociological Perspective
All around us we here about how bad our economy is doing in the U.S. Do you think that the crisis is having an effect on people’s cell phone uses? Do you and your friends only call on nights & weekends, the people in your network, or do you have the unlimited plan with your cell phone company? How does this affect you in your daily life? - Baker
Has text messaging become the new standard of communication? Instead of calling friends and family do you believe that people are resorting to text because it is a less personal way of communicating? Or do you believe that it is just a form of convenience and leisure? - Klaus
Have cell phones made each of us in our society less independent? Do phones render us completely incapable of functioning autonomously or are they simple a means of convenient communication between individuals? - Montemayor
Do you think that the ever expanding capabilities of the cell phone are creating an environment in which young children are being socialized to be anti-social isolationists? Will the children of today be able to function when forced to interact with other people in face to face interactions as adults. – Foxworth
Are cell phones destroying our professionalism? Many phones today can serve as email devices, cameras, portable music players, and have internet. Potentially, with a good phone you can dispose of your laptop, your digital camera, or your iPod. Is this trend of multi-purposing moving society away from the single purpose tools of the past? - Turner
All around us we here about how bad our economy is doing in the U.S. Do you think that the crisis is having an effect on people’s cell phone uses? Do you and your friends only call on nights & weekends, the people in your network, or do you have the unlimited plan with your cell phone company? How does this affect you in your daily life? - Baker
Has text messaging become the new standard of communication? Instead of calling friends and family do you believe that people are resorting to text because it is a less personal way of communicating? Or do you believe that it is just a form of convenience and leisure? - Klaus
Have cell phones made each of us in our society less independent? Do phones render us completely incapable of functioning autonomously or are they simple a means of convenient communication between individuals? - Montemayor
Do you think that the ever expanding capabilities of the cell phone are creating an environment in which young children are being socialized to be anti-social isolationists? Will the children of today be able to function when forced to interact with other people in face to face interactions as adults. – Foxworth
Are cell phones destroying our professionalism? Many phones today can serve as email devices, cameras, portable music players, and have internet. Potentially, with a good phone you can dispose of your laptop, your digital camera, or your iPod. Is this trend of multi-purposing moving society away from the single purpose tools of the past? - Turner
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Alaina Baker
COMP 106-007
Anne-Marie Yerks
October 7, 2008
Let me start off by saying that I do not believe in generations. There is no true definition that will make me believe that we all can be categorized by the progress made in our society purely because we may have been alive when it happened. Just because certain events and inventions have come to be during my life span doesn’t mean that I wish to associate with it. People give birth and people die everyday. With these two event being non-stop it is impossible to group people and call them a generation. Even if you did, then you would have to consider people to be apart of numerous generations or define generations by an exact amount of time.
In an article written by Siva Vaidhyanathan it is mentioned that people of my age group are referred to as digital natives by the author of Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age. When talking about “digital natives” I also do not believe there is such a thing. Unless you were born in cyber space (which can not happen) there is no way you can consider yourself a native. Being native implies belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature, and I am pretty sure that on the day you were born you could not type one-hundred words a minute nor did the doctors pull you out of your computers mother board.
Technology is a funny thing that is constantly changing. You learn and understand all of the ways it can be used over time. Computers, phones, cameras, and Mp3 players are so widely available today that almost everyone in America has access to these devices. Knowing this should make it even harder for one to put only you people into a digitally adept category. In Vaidhyanathans article he not only argues that digitally adept people are young but that they also tend to be in descending order of importance: socio-economically privileged, English-speaking, white, and male.
This order of importance is completely out of line in my eyes. If I had read this article years ago when computers first hit the scene I may had believed it, but now the tables have greatly turned. Being privileged so to speak implies only that you have the money to buy your own computer. There is free access to computers all over any community. You could walk into any library, any college campus, or even your place of employment and have access to a computer. I am sure that there are a multitude of people who do not own a computer but know just as well how to use one as the next person.
Even putting English-speaking in this order is completely outrageous. People all across the world use computers. Japan, Australia, and many parts of Europe are all on the same level of the numbers of computers used as the U.S. Also on that note, not everyone who lives in the U.S. speaks English. Vaidhyanathan may have a good argument else wise but saying that the ability to speak English is a factor in being digitally adept is too far fetched.
This also ties into Vaidhyanathan including being white. The U.S. is such a melting pot of different cultures that is continually expanding. People from all over the world are constantly coming to the states making new lives in our society. Not a single one of my courses here at The University of Michigan Dearborn consist of all white people.
Finally we come to the last topic in Vaidhyanathans roughly printed order of importance of being male. I could not think of anymore of a perfect example than myself. Yes I am young, but I am also a female. I use a computer everyday, my cell phone is always close, I am savvy with a digital camera and my iPod is always in my bag. Many of my other female friends older and younger also demonstrate these digitally adept behaviors. Being a male does not imply that you are technologically advanced as a human.
I agree with Vaidhyanathan in many topics about generations and many of the authors he quotes. However placing this order of importance on people who are so called “digital natives” in my opinion does not make sense. I do not wish to be seen as a digital native because there many other people in the world who are so much more knowledgeable and experienced to me. I will agree that I was raised in a world that is constantly growing and expanding but that is all.
COMP 106-007
Anne-Marie Yerks
October 7, 2008
Let me start off by saying that I do not believe in generations. There is no true definition that will make me believe that we all can be categorized by the progress made in our society purely because we may have been alive when it happened. Just because certain events and inventions have come to be during my life span doesn’t mean that I wish to associate with it. People give birth and people die everyday. With these two event being non-stop it is impossible to group people and call them a generation. Even if you did, then you would have to consider people to be apart of numerous generations or define generations by an exact amount of time.
In an article written by Siva Vaidhyanathan it is mentioned that people of my age group are referred to as digital natives by the author of Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age. When talking about “digital natives” I also do not believe there is such a thing. Unless you were born in cyber space (which can not happen) there is no way you can consider yourself a native. Being native implies belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature, and I am pretty sure that on the day you were born you could not type one-hundred words a minute nor did the doctors pull you out of your computers mother board.
Technology is a funny thing that is constantly changing. You learn and understand all of the ways it can be used over time. Computers, phones, cameras, and Mp3 players are so widely available today that almost everyone in America has access to these devices. Knowing this should make it even harder for one to put only you people into a digitally adept category. In Vaidhyanathans article he not only argues that digitally adept people are young but that they also tend to be in descending order of importance: socio-economically privileged, English-speaking, white, and male.
This order of importance is completely out of line in my eyes. If I had read this article years ago when computers first hit the scene I may had believed it, but now the tables have greatly turned. Being privileged so to speak implies only that you have the money to buy your own computer. There is free access to computers all over any community. You could walk into any library, any college campus, or even your place of employment and have access to a computer. I am sure that there are a multitude of people who do not own a computer but know just as well how to use one as the next person.
Even putting English-speaking in this order is completely outrageous. People all across the world use computers. Japan, Australia, and many parts of Europe are all on the same level of the numbers of computers used as the U.S. Also on that note, not everyone who lives in the U.S. speaks English. Vaidhyanathan may have a good argument else wise but saying that the ability to speak English is a factor in being digitally adept is too far fetched.
This also ties into Vaidhyanathan including being white. The U.S. is such a melting pot of different cultures that is continually expanding. People from all over the world are constantly coming to the states making new lives in our society. Not a single one of my courses here at The University of Michigan Dearborn consist of all white people.
Finally we come to the last topic in Vaidhyanathans roughly printed order of importance of being male. I could not think of anymore of a perfect example than myself. Yes I am young, but I am also a female. I use a computer everyday, my cell phone is always close, I am savvy with a digital camera and my iPod is always in my bag. Many of my other female friends older and younger also demonstrate these digitally adept behaviors. Being a male does not imply that you are technologically advanced as a human.
I agree with Vaidhyanathan in many topics about generations and many of the authors he quotes. However placing this order of importance on people who are so called “digital natives” in my opinion does not make sense. I do not wish to be seen as a digital native because there many other people in the world who are so much more knowledgeable and experienced to me. I will agree that I was raised in a world that is constantly growing and expanding but that is all.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Puppy Mills...BAD!
Alaina Baker
October 1, 2008
COMP – 106 - 007
Anne-Marie Yerks
Breeding Misery
There are an estimated four hundred million dogs in the world. Many of these dogs are strays roaming the streets. To me these dogs are much luckier than those breed in puppy mills. Just a few weeks ago I visited many shelters, the humane society, and searched the Internet for my perfect pet. Before, I had looked up all sorts of breeders and even checked out my local pet store and in doing so I found out a lot more than I wanted to know.
A puppy mill is defined by most as breeding facilities that usually breed full-bred dogs in mass numbers. The mills either sell these dogs directly to the public or pet stores. Most people don’t know the origin of these dogs and often don’t understand why their new pet may be having problems. The mills advertise their dogs as any other breeder might, in newspapers and on the Internet. They often go unnoticed which makes it easy for them to make a profit.
The puppies are usually kept together in very small cages and are mistreated. Food and water is hard to come by for these dogs causing many of them to die and the “unwanted” ones are killed. Most of them never visit a vet while in the mill and are often inbreed which can lead to genetic diseases that will rise years later. Dogs that are rescued from these horrible farms typically express bad behaviors and are not socialized.
In my pictures I demonstrate a proper way of sheltering animals without a permanent home. The Michigan Humane Society is a very well kept organization whose only goal is to help animals find good homes with people who will take care of them. The dogs are kept in their own rooms so that potential families can view them. If there are two dogs from the same litter they will often be paired together in the same room for comfort. During the many times that I have been there volunteers routinely rotate the dogs in and out of their rooms for walks.
The people that work at the Humane Society are extremely nice and very passionate about these animals. Another component of the adoption process that I agree with greatly is that they will not let people who are seen as unfit to raise an animal to take one home. People sit everyday at these desks and sign contracts saying that the people from the Humane Society are welcome to come see the animal in your home at any time they please.
In some of my pictures of this facility you may have noticed that they are of different animals. That’s because these problems of over breeding is not just true in dogs. Cats, rabbits, hamsters, and small animals of all sorts need good homes. The cats that are eligible for adoption are kept all together in a big room full of fun things for them to play with. If some one wants to see any of these animals they are taken out of their room and put in one of many other empty rooms so you may get to know them better.
Finally on a recent visit to the Michigan Humane Society I found my perfect pet. She was only a twelve week year old Jack Russell puppy lying in her kennel with her brother. Her name is officially Abigail and she has been happily living in our home for about 3 weeks now. It was heartbreaking seeing all of these animals with no yard to run free in. I hope that this inspires people to adopt first before feeding their money to pet stores running their puppy mill scam on you.
October 1, 2008
COMP – 106 - 007
Anne-Marie Yerks
Breeding Misery
There are an estimated four hundred million dogs in the world. Many of these dogs are strays roaming the streets. To me these dogs are much luckier than those breed in puppy mills. Just a few weeks ago I visited many shelters, the humane society, and searched the Internet for my perfect pet. Before, I had looked up all sorts of breeders and even checked out my local pet store and in doing so I found out a lot more than I wanted to know.
A puppy mill is defined by most as breeding facilities that usually breed full-bred dogs in mass numbers. The mills either sell these dogs directly to the public or pet stores. Most people don’t know the origin of these dogs and often don’t understand why their new pet may be having problems. The mills advertise their dogs as any other breeder might, in newspapers and on the Internet. They often go unnoticed which makes it easy for them to make a profit.
The puppies are usually kept together in very small cages and are mistreated. Food and water is hard to come by for these dogs causing many of them to die and the “unwanted” ones are killed. Most of them never visit a vet while in the mill and are often inbreed which can lead to genetic diseases that will rise years later. Dogs that are rescued from these horrible farms typically express bad behaviors and are not socialized.
In my pictures I demonstrate a proper way of sheltering animals without a permanent home. The Michigan Humane Society is a very well kept organization whose only goal is to help animals find good homes with people who will take care of them. The dogs are kept in their own rooms so that potential families can view them. If there are two dogs from the same litter they will often be paired together in the same room for comfort. During the many times that I have been there volunteers routinely rotate the dogs in and out of their rooms for walks.
The people that work at the Humane Society are extremely nice and very passionate about these animals. Another component of the adoption process that I agree with greatly is that they will not let people who are seen as unfit to raise an animal to take one home. People sit everyday at these desks and sign contracts saying that the people from the Humane Society are welcome to come see the animal in your home at any time they please.
In some of my pictures of this facility you may have noticed that they are of different animals. That’s because these problems of over breeding is not just true in dogs. Cats, rabbits, hamsters, and small animals of all sorts need good homes. The cats that are eligible for adoption are kept all together in a big room full of fun things for them to play with. If some one wants to see any of these animals they are taken out of their room and put in one of many other empty rooms so you may get to know them better.
Finally on a recent visit to the Michigan Humane Society I found my perfect pet. She was only a twelve week year old Jack Russell puppy lying in her kennel with her brother. Her name is officially Abigail and she has been happily living in our home for about 3 weeks now. It was heartbreaking seeing all of these animals with no yard to run free in. I hope that this inspires people to adopt first before feeding their money to pet stores running their puppy mill scam on you.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Project Plan
About a week ago I adopted a pet from the Michigan Humane Society. She is a lovable little jack russel puppy named Abigail. It wasnt easy finding her and it got me thinking about all of the poor cats and dogs who do not have homes. During this time is when I started researching kennels, pet stores, and shelters for animals. This is when I decided to write project one about puppy mills. Puppy mills are so called shelters that are over crowded and are extremely dirty. Dogs in these "facilites" are mistreated and under feed. Many animals rescued from there are often ill or hurt. People typically run these mills to sell the dogs to pet stores for top dollar, then the pet stores resell these dogs to people innocently looking for a new pet. Often people dont realize this and then don't understand why thier animal behaves badly and doesn't trust them. It all leads back to the source of thier puppyhood. Hopefully my audience will see the bad in these mills and support thier local humane societys and real local shelters. There are millions of animals who need us out there in the streets who just need a good meal and a warm bed. This is just as serious as any other issue facing our society today. It seems to me that many people often forget that we have to share this planet with many other species and tend not to care.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Activity 2
I choose I Wanna Hold Your Hand by The Beatles because as a little girl thats all me and my dad would ever listen. I have many favorites by this group but after I saw the movie Across The Universe I realized how much more these songs really meant to people. When I was younger I just new what the next line was only because I had heard it so many times. Now that I am older I realize how The Beatles were constantly telling a story, just like many other song writers.Before these lyrics were on some random website in 12 point Times New Roman. Reading the lyrics this way was very boring so I decided to bring meaning to these words by arranging them to make something more. I arranged the words into the shape of a hand because it seemed more appropriate this way. The way that someone feels and the way you feel while you are holding hands is much more magically than it sounds and looks in straight lines written out.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Screen Shot
In this screen shot I am doing many task. I am looking up images on google, doing assignment one on ctools, looking up words at dictionary.com and going through blogger. Usually I try to stay focused on one thing at a time but I only was trying to get as much done in class as i could. I got a little confused while i was flipping back and forth from page to page but as soon as i was finished with my visual glossary it become much more organized. I prefer to keep all of my files and windows well organized but sometimes i find my self wrapped in music, school, chatting, and gaming all at once. In this photo all i was doing was school work so you can only imagine how my desktop feels when i am at home doing everything at once.
Assignment One
Busy town picture tags:4. c. Cartoon, Animals, Grand Theft Auto, GTA, Busytown, PBS, Apple Car, Rated mature, Fox, Cat, Towns, Kids, Richard Scarry
6. Alta vista's logo seems more sleek and sophisticated and is my least favorite. Yahoo! to me makes it seem like they are trying to make it exciting with the exclamation mark which doesn't really work for me because I do not use Yahoo!. Google seems the most fun and interesting because it always changes on the homepage and that is why it is my most favorite.
13. My advice would be to always make sure you read everything before you start believeing it, always make sure you know who made the site and its sources, and look at more than just one web page that comes from a reliable source.In looking for credibility you should always click on the about us link and see who wrote this site. Maybe even click on a "contact us" link to see if someone is willing to help you further. Try to stray away from site such as wikipedia that can be altered by anyone.
6. Alta vista's logo seems more sleek and sophisticated and is my least favorite. Yahoo! to me makes it seem like they are trying to make it exciting with the exclamation mark which doesn't really work for me because I do not use Yahoo!. Google seems the most fun and interesting because it always changes on the homepage and that is why it is my most favorite.
13. My advice would be to always make sure you read everything before you start believeing it, always make sure you know who made the site and its sources, and look at more than just one web page that comes from a reliable source.In looking for credibility you should always click on the about us link and see who wrote this site. Maybe even click on a "contact us" link to see if someone is willing to help you further. Try to stray away from site such as wikipedia that can be altered by anyone.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The evil parking lot.
As much time as i spend in my car in parking lots, there has never been a more worse parking lot that the one at u of m dearborn. I really do hate it. I could have been on time for class today if it wasnt for the lack of availible spaces. And its super creepy when you walk to your car and everyone starts to speed up and the slowly haunts you down that aisle. Then it turns into extreme pressure on you as to which way you are going to turn out into the lot to allow which car in. Also, people tend to become very territorial over the spot they are in and no matter how much of a rush they have been in before, people will actually slow down and take thier time pulling out just to make the point that this spot is thiers as if it had thier name on it or they owned it. Then finally the most amazing thing happens, someone starts up thier engine gives you the wave and lets you in thier place. When this happens its like this huge weight has been lifted off of your shoulders and you get out grab your things a go. But it doesnt end there, as your walking towards the build a person in the 1st couple of spots pulls out and there is no one there to take thier spot and for a 1/2 of second you are so tempted to move your car but u finally realize its all over now....move on.
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