All Done!

Finally complete with all finals and essays for the semester. My Spring 2010 is not officially over! This was a great semester and an awesome class.

Good luck on finals everyone and your almost there as well!

The Tank: Pictures again

YEAH MATT!












DJDJDJ ALEJANDRO! DONT CALL MY NAME

And of course eric ha and his beer

Technology Dependence

I'd like to end my final post for the semester on the theme of our class. Materialism vs Virtualism...or something of that kind. Basically this technology and a society based on technology compared to that of nature and that which comes natural to humans. These are not two separate subjects even though they seem like opposites. Our society needs both of these to continue, its not that one is better than the other for society would not be able to continue unless it had both.

TV

So I've been watching TV ever since I got home... i actually always watch TV even though I may not actually be watching. Whenever I get back to my dorm I turn on the TV immediately even though I never really watch. I just leave it on as white noise in the background. Even when I sleep i like leaving the tv on and lowering the volume as a sort of night light... I wonder what that says about me...

Technology Cont'd

Just because technology causes some evil, does that make it evil itself? In one of my other classes we have been learning about the different theories of evil and depending on which you believe in, we are all evil as it is. For example, one theory of evil is called privation and it basically means that humans are constantly sinning and casing evil because every time you turn down the opportunity to help someone then you are allowing evil to happen thus causing evil. Even then, you must go out of your way to help others for that is what a truly good person does...sounds like a pretty exhausting theory but it encourages people to help each other.

Technology

So throughout the semester we have been talking about the different types of technology and how it affects us and society. In the end, technology makes life easier while at the same time changing life from what it use to be. The future will change, technology will improve, and even though some people may be against it, such technology is inescapable. It will mean a lot of good for a lot of people in terms of medical standards and at the same time it can mean great evil for those in the weaponry division.

Matt was posting through my account!

Haha Matt and I happen to be working on these bloggs to finish up the 100 by tonight it seems and I just realized he was logged into my blogger account. It seems he forgot to log out when he previously signed in to make some posts in class. Hmm i wonder how many posts he did under my name thinking it was him. Oh wells... as long as he tagged himself in his posts he will receive the credit and I won't touch his posts.

ASBO Cont'd

One of the "problems" i have on my mind now is how to make asbo better. I am running for the president of the organization and we are all trying to decide if we should break up the 50 students next year into two smaller groups that way there is no chance of cliques building, everyone will know everyone, and we will be more open to different locations. Someone mentioned that they thought doing two groups of 50 each was improving but i prefer quality over quantity and once we have the quality we can always build the quantity.

ASBO

So I am part of ASBO or Alternative Spring Break Outreach and we are a student run organization that takes 50 students to another part of the country during Spring Break week to help others in need; similar to Habitat for Humanity except we immerse ourselves in the other culture, make new friends, and have a great time while volunteering and helping others.

People's usual response is why would you want to move to another place when there's so many ways you can help here on the Island. Well of course help is needed on the island, help is needed everywhere. There are so many different organizations on the island and at school that allow one to volunteer here and if that's what you want to do then you should join them. The point of ASBO is to travel, that's why its called an alternative spring break. The whole point is to travel, have fun, make friends, and at the same time volunteer.

Blogging

I have a new appreciation for blogging after taking this class. I never thought blogging was fun and believed it would be quite the opposite. But through these 100 blogs i gained a new respect for bloggers. It can be fun sometimes as well, writting your thoughts out and submitting it for others to read. I always enjoyed free-write excersises in high school where we would write about anything for 10mins at the beginning of class. I strongly believe that is why I enjoy writing so much now and am pretty good at it; aside from all the grammar mistakes here.

Tank Tomorrow

The Tank is just a couple of hours away and I am already at my Brooklyn home just 15mins away from the location. Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day with breakfast with the family in the morning, then running around the city running tasks, then Tank Final, followed by a run back to SB where I will be volunteering at Brookfest from 6-11pm. Can't wait to wake up!

Portfolio part 5

So this is the last part of my portfolio. I am pretty sure the Professor said he wanted it 20 pages long, so with 1 pic per page, this blog has my 5 final pics and wraps up my portfolio.

Portfolio part 4

Portfolio part 3

Portfolio part 2

Portfolio Info part 1

Texting

Before I post parts of my Portfolio I just thought up an interesting blogging topic. Throughout all this blogging I have been constantly texting. I can't imagine without being able to have the capabilities on my phone the way I do now. I remember back in High School I never even texted, but now so many people text that it superscedes even calling someone during certain situations. A friend of mine stopped using her phone for a week just because she wanted to be rid of that type of technology but speaking with her afterward she can't imagine doing it again because of all the firneds she missed talking to.

THR 216 Portfolio

So I am ready to post the Portfolio for this THR 216 class but I just realized... I have never created a portfolio before other than a Resume. I am not sure if they are exactly the same thing....does a portfolio need some type of cover letter? Any written parts and information about me? I know the professor said to put a picture of us on the front but was he serious about that?

Well in the following posts I will just post the images that I have chosen for my portfolio. I am not even really allowed to post any other types of documents on blogger other than pics anywayz.

Video Games

I was just thinking about how much I am into video games. Truthfully, I am into some of the games, mostly the ones involving interaction with other players, not through the internet but right next to you. For examples like smash brothers, Mario Party, Marvel vs capcom, and those other games where your shoulder to shoulder with your competitor. Its interesting how my little brother is quite the opposite and enjoys World of War Craft, Call of Duty, and all those online games.

Iron Man 2 Cont'd

I keep watching trailers of Iron Man 2 on T.V.! lol I remember watching the first Iron Man by 34th Street with my girlfriend and older brother. We went to see it the very first day it came out (although not the midnight premiere) and the lines were long .We all enjoyed the movie, including all the audience members and even my gf, who doesn't know a thing about the story line, enjoyed it!