I just want to say that I really enjoyed this unit (even though I finished it late. Nyehehejeje). I liked how I didn't have to be serious and formal all the time, because it's a blog!!! I can type however I want (at least that's what I think it is...............................). Anyway, it was a real stress reliever from the other units because I was allowed to just type what I thought, and be me. I didn't have to be serious Abbird, I could just be regular silly Abbird teheh.
Ok Mrs. P*w*ll, if you're reading this I feel sorry for you. Joke, hi :D here are my comments on other peoples blags:
Thursday, 24 May 2012
#6 Web 2.0 and YOU!
Technology is growing up so quickly :') ... or should I say down? Computers used to be like this
And now they're like this
And now they're like this
It's like the curious case of Benjamin Button. Computers, are like Brad Pitt. How poetic.
Over the years people have managed to create all new languages and codes because of computers, and over time people have also managed to rid themselves of good grammar, and vowels. With all the emerging technology, people are getting lazier, and lazier. It's no surprise that they start making shortcuts for words like 'lol' 'brb' or 'g2g.' If these abbreviations didn't exist, would you actually truthfully find yourself texting '"Laugh out loud no way!!" probably not right? LOL. People are even forgetting to add vowel to some of their texts, "k, txt u l8r" they're replacing words with single letters, replacing letters with numbers?!?!?! WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?!?! When will people learn the appropriate times for "your" and "you're?!"
These different forms of technology are changing, and changing fast. As they change, people change; we start using these different forms of technology to do multiple things. For example, we used to use house phones to talk, type writers to make documents, nintendo 64s to play games, and tv's to watch shows, now we can talk, text, type, play games, and watch shows on the same devices that play and store our music!! Web 2.0 is trying to get us to realize that this new technology is a more convenient way to communicate with friends, family, and others.
#5 A Look at Music Videos
Payphone - Maroon 5
When I first watched this video I cried, because I didn't think that it was possible for someone to look so good in a suit and tank top (is there a different word for mens tank tops?). I felt so bad when Adam had to leave that girl that looked like Taylor Swift (I'm just gonna call her Taylor Swift) behind like that. He grabbed the gun from that guys belt, dodged bullets from all the other bad guys plus the cops, and escaped the bank, just to save her. Then he stole a car (Wiz Khalifa's) so that they could escape together, but instead got into a high speed car chase, cornered by the cops (and I'm gonna say SWAT was there too because there was a helicopter), blew up one of the cop cars, escaped again, drove to someplace underneath a bridge, met up with Wiz Khalifa [who is apparently homeless (with a really nice car)?], blew up Wiz Khalifa's car, and dialed a payphone to call Taylor Swift after he left her squatting behind a car...shoeless, just to get no answer. How tragic D: That's okay though, more Adam for me :D nyehehe.
I think that the use of guns in the video represent oppression. And when Adam told Taylor Swift to take off her shoes, it represented how those shoes oppressed her feet (what were they? like three feet high?). When I listened to the song before the video came out, I thought the song was about a girl he left back home when he became famous. I never pictured that it would be about a man who became a fugitive to save a girl's life, when he could've just saved the girl, surrendered when they got out, explained the real story to the cops, and lived happily ever after. I guess it was all the action movies that were coming out that influenced the way this video turned out. Or maybe, Maroon 5 was just sick of cheesy music videos for love songs. Can we even call them Maroon 5? How about Adam Levine and 4 ugly guys nyhehe just kidding. Don't tell them I said that. Please.
But in all seriousness, I gotta say that even though the story line was bad (?) the song was good, and Adam Levine was goooOOoooOOooooOOOOd.
When I first watched this video I cried, because I didn't think that it was possible for someone to look so good in a suit and tank top (is there a different word for mens tank tops?). I felt so bad when Adam had to leave that girl that looked like Taylor Swift (I'm just gonna call her Taylor Swift) behind like that. He grabbed the gun from that guys belt, dodged bullets from all the other bad guys plus the cops, and escaped the bank, just to save her. Then he stole a car (Wiz Khalifa's) so that they could escape together, but instead got into a high speed car chase, cornered by the cops (and I'm gonna say SWAT was there too because there was a helicopter), blew up one of the cop cars, escaped again, drove to someplace underneath a bridge, met up with Wiz Khalifa [who is apparently homeless (with a really nice car)?], blew up Wiz Khalifa's car, and dialed a payphone to call Taylor Swift after he left her squatting behind a car...shoeless, just to get no answer. How tragic D: That's okay though, more Adam for me :D nyehehe.
I think that the use of guns in the video represent oppression. And when Adam told Taylor Swift to take off her shoes, it represented how those shoes oppressed her feet (what were they? like three feet high?). When I listened to the song before the video came out, I thought the song was about a girl he left back home when he became famous. I never pictured that it would be about a man who became a fugitive to save a girl's life, when he could've just saved the girl, surrendered when they got out, explained the real story to the cops, and lived happily ever after. I guess it was all the action movies that were coming out that influenced the way this video turned out. Or maybe, Maroon 5 was just sick of cheesy music videos for love songs. Can we even call them Maroon 5? How about Adam Levine and 4 ugly guys nyhehe just kidding. Don't tell them I said that. Please.
But in all seriousness, I gotta say that even though the story line was bad (?) the song was good, and Adam Levine was goooOOoooOOooooOOOOd.
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
#4 Beauty - Is it Really in the Eye of the Beholder?
This topic is brought up a lot in assignments at school. I don't know whether teachers actually want to see how we react to the media, or if they just ran out of topics. LOL just kidding. But seriously, I get it, the media is a big influence on us, we have to make sure that we know it's not real, and that "people as well as situations are altered to look like they're flawless and desirable to the mind." I think people are portrayed this way because nobody wants to look at someone who looks like this:
It's just not appealing. I mean, I can stare at this picture for a few minutes, but eventually I'll throw up. I think that everyone is shallow, and that everyone judges each other, It's just that some people don't like to admit it. I'm shallow too, there's not much point in hiding it. A lot of people say, "It's what's on the inside that counts." and "Don't judge a book by it's cover." But who are we kidding? When you're looking at a bookshelf, what book do you think is more 'eye popping?'
This one?
Or these ones?
Probably the colourful ones right? But that still doesn't guarantee that you'll want to take it off the shelf and read it... Bottom line: it catches your attention, just like a commercial with a really pretty girl or celebrity would catch your attention. Well, if you think about it, a really ugly person would catch your attention too, but a pretty person would be more appealing.
I get why people would choose more "attractive" people to be in ads and stuff, but sometimes they tend to obsess about how perfect these people have to look, and go over the top with photoshop. Sometimes I look at a magazine and I ask myself if it's even possible to look that good, or if the model actually looks like that in person. All these pictures do is remind me that the people in them aren't real, and that I don't have to look like that if I don't want to. But those thoughts aren't the same with everyone. For some people, these pictures can have no effect, but for others they might have a negative effect and make them think that they aren't good enough because they don't look like that. I guess that's why people tell us "Don't judge a book by it's cover." and "It's on the inside that matters." because it consoles the people who feel bad about how they look. Maybe if photo editors would lay off the photoshop a little bit, then people wouldn't feel that bad.
If these pictures in the media weren't so 'glammed up', people would feel less pressured, and probably live happier lives. Maybe if I saw more realistic looking people on a magazine cover, I would feel like it was a real life situation, and buy the magazine. But society's too caught up in earning money, and looking like celebrities to do that. so I don't think that's gonna happen.
If these pictures in the media weren't so 'glammed up', people would feel less pressured, and probably live happier lives. Maybe if I saw more realistic looking people on a magazine cover, I would feel like it was a real life situation, and buy the magazine. But society's too caught up in earning money, and looking like celebrities to do that. so I don't think that's gonna happen.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
#3: Sharing is Caring
I don't get what's wrong with file sharing. When I was younger I would watch this show called The Care Bears, it's basically about these bears that teach kids how to care, and one of them (Share Bear) would always say, "Sharing is caring." So when people share these files on the internet, they're just caring. I think that file sharing is only a problem when people are making profit off of other people's work. Like those pirated videos at Pacific Mall... you know what I'm talking about. If it's for yourself then why would it matter? Who is it really hurting. Kids die in Africa whether I buy a song off iTunes or not. Buying movies, or songs, or other forms of artwork doesn't save a life, it just makes rich people richer. Except for those songs that donate their profits to charity, those are pretty fun to buy, like you feel like you made some kind of difference in the world. But other than that, I think it's insane that people have to pay $0.99 to listen to a song that makes them happy.
As long as there's people that actually buy these files in stores, like movies and stuff, then it's okay to share them online. The movie and music industry's making enough money as it is anyway, Justin Bieber doesn't need my dollar, plenty of 8 year old girls are supplying him with enough dollars to last 2 lifetimes. If I produced my own piece of art/song/movie, I wouldn't have made it for the money, I would've made it because I enjoyed it. I guess that sounds cheesy but even if i really needed the money, I wouldn't want to earn it doing something that i hate.
As long as there's people that actually buy these files in stores, like movies and stuff, then it's okay to share them online. The movie and music industry's making enough money as it is anyway, Justin Bieber doesn't need my dollar, plenty of 8 year old girls are supplying him with enough dollars to last 2 lifetimes. If I produced my own piece of art/song/movie, I wouldn't have made it for the money, I would've made it because I enjoyed it. I guess that sounds cheesy but even if i really needed the money, I wouldn't want to earn it doing something that i hate.
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