Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
"write here, write now."
I think the symbol that best embodies " Just Add Water" Is the recycling symbol. Because not only does this image symbolize being environmentally conscious it also means to reuse. Taking the old and making it new. Which is exactly what Ray does with Trona. He took the desolate town and returned it to its Glory. It shows the cycle of civilization and life. There are always depression and golden ages and nothing can last forever.
The small subject of this movie wold have to be the tap water. It's importance in their lives is essential to the plot and makes Ray finally act out a bit to light the fuse for the big explosion.
The small subject of this movie wold have to be the tap water. It's importance in their lives is essential to the plot and makes Ray finally act out a bit to light the fuse for the big explosion.
How are TWN and Just Add Water the same?
Off the top of my head the connections between them seem few and far between.
The depression happening in Trona is almost equivalent to Olivia's perpetual state of mourning. When the Count tries something new...sending a new page (who happens to be attractive) to her everything changes. Just as with Ray and the departure Charline.
Feste is like the Danny Devito character he plays an important role in the world of the play itself but is also important to the audiences presepctive. He is shorter then everyone making him physically commical and has a stripper for a wife making making his character almost somehing in the realm of slapstick.
Another parallel is Sir Toby and his crew. Sir toby is like Rays neighbor- always drunk. Until the end where he proves to be useful and marries Maria. And Ray's neighbor is going to become a Father both talking on responsibilities never given to them before.
The depression happening in Trona is almost equivalent to Olivia's perpetual state of mourning. When the Count tries something new...sending a new page (who happens to be attractive) to her everything changes. Just as with Ray and the departure Charline.
Feste is like the Danny Devito character he plays an important role in the world of the play itself but is also important to the audiences presepctive. He is shorter then everyone making him physically commical and has a stripper for a wife making making his character almost somehing in the realm of slapstick.
Another parallel is Sir Toby and his crew. Sir toby is like Rays neighbor- always drunk. Until the end where he proves to be useful and marries Maria. And Ray's neighbor is going to become a Father both talking on responsibilities never given to them before.
The Ethics of Climate Change
In " The Ethics of Climate Change." John Broome shows the side of climate change many of us forget about. The ethical decision behind it. It is said that is it good to live in the present, but in this case is it better to live in the future? We are so concerned with living comfortably now, that our resources have basically been used up. Leaving the people of our world community in 50 or 40 years with nothing to sustain them.
So how do we fix this? Either we find unlimted resources for our future or stop the way we live and slow down Humanity's suicide. But Change takes unity. Change takes time. And Change takes money. All these things we don't have and don't have time for. We need to act now and act quick so our future can sustain itself, so the endless battle of moratality can be sustained.
So how do we fix this? Either we find unlimted resources for our future or stop the way we live and slow down Humanity's suicide. But Change takes unity. Change takes time. And Change takes money. All these things we don't have and don't have time for. We need to act now and act quick so our future can sustain itself, so the endless battle of moratality can be sustained.
Monday, April 19, 2010
The way I feel about blogging...
There are many things I feel about blogging; positive feelings don't generally fall into that category.
I'll admit that I have a personal bias. And in the past have had extremely negative experiences with online forums. But every time a teacher has assigned a forum they became a torturous daily exercise, that I would never look forward to.
Okay I admit being able to put your work online is useful in a lot of different ways... sometimes. The argument for online blogging for classes is always something along the lines of
We all know what were supposed to get from it, but do actually ever?
For me the answer is simply no.
People could blog their hearts out and half of the time your classmates who should be reading your post lose interest a quarter of the way down the page.
Most people have stopped reading by now or are thinking about stopping.
And its not because the majority is unmotivated, or unable to excel in a learning environment, or turn their assignments in on time, it's just being online seems to induce this behavior. It relates all the way back to one of the first articles we read in class, "Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr. Our mind capacity to sit with something and concentrate on it for a long period of time has been completely diminished.
Because this blog is so physically unattached from class, it so easy to forget about. It's just another website that we will try and remember to look at, after going on facebook, twitter, myspace, livejournal, looking at the weather for the next week, checking the new york times website, reading your horoscopes from three different websites, watching at least 25 pointless videos on you tube, while vid chatting with your two best friends, down loading the hit song of the day, listening to the hit song of the day, going back on facebook to look at pictures of your x-best friend's boyfriend's sister's birthday party, tweet about your boredom, facebook stalk more people, glance over your email, Then you start stumbling, and once you start stumbling you never stop. You stumble from website to website until you find something interesting to share with your friends. Go back on facebook to post on their wall, tweet again about something funny you found, and repeat.
I realize that freedom of speech is a right every single person has. But sometimes on forums or blogs people take it one step to far. Even in an academic situation there is always one person who is irresponsible with their words, creating confrontational situations that are completely virtual. These attacks can either be indirect or direct. It is going back to Derrida's fear of writing, he fears peoples reactions. People on blogs though seem to use the computer as a mask. They can say what they want no matter how offensive or malicious and be fine with it because they are not being physically confronted.
I am not saying I think the internet is stupid or blogging is a bad thing.
I actually think blogging to about your own personal opinions, or writing about your passions is really awesome. I personally enjoy reading some of these blogs.
As for Blogs and forums in a classroom setting, for me, definitely has more cons than pros.
Blogs in the classroom, is like the idea of a democratic communist nation. Only in theory does it work the way it should. But due to human nature, when it is put into action immediately the chance of equality, balance, and order that government should provide is lost.
I'll admit that I have a personal bias. And in the past have had extremely negative experiences with online forums. But every time a teacher has assigned a forum they became a torturous daily exercise, that I would never look forward to.
Okay I admit being able to put your work online is useful in a lot of different ways... sometimes. The argument for online blogging for classes is always something along the lines of
" You don't waste paper."
"It easier to share information with your classmates and the world!"
"It's fun."
"ETC."
"It easier to share information with your classmates and the world!"
"It's fun."
"ETC."
We all know what were supposed to get from it, but do actually ever?
For me the answer is simply no.
People could blog their hearts out and half of the time your classmates who should be reading your post lose interest a quarter of the way down the page.
Most people have stopped reading by now or are thinking about stopping.
And its not because the majority is unmotivated, or unable to excel in a learning environment, or turn their assignments in on time, it's just being online seems to induce this behavior. It relates all the way back to one of the first articles we read in class, "Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr. Our mind capacity to sit with something and concentrate on it for a long period of time has been completely diminished.
Because this blog is so physically unattached from class, it so easy to forget about. It's just another website that we will try and remember to look at, after going on facebook, twitter, myspace, livejournal, looking at the weather for the next week, checking the new york times website, reading your horoscopes from three different websites, watching at least 25 pointless videos on you tube, while vid chatting with your two best friends, down loading the hit song of the day, listening to the hit song of the day, going back on facebook to look at pictures of your x-best friend's boyfriend's sister's birthday party, tweet about your boredom, facebook stalk more people, glance over your email, Then you start stumbling, and once you start stumbling you never stop. You stumble from website to website until you find something interesting to share with your friends. Go back on facebook to post on their wall, tweet again about something funny you found, and repeat.
I realize that freedom of speech is a right every single person has. But sometimes on forums or blogs people take it one step to far. Even in an academic situation there is always one person who is irresponsible with their words, creating confrontational situations that are completely virtual. These attacks can either be indirect or direct. It is going back to Derrida's fear of writing, he fears peoples reactions. People on blogs though seem to use the computer as a mask. They can say what they want no matter how offensive or malicious and be fine with it because they are not being physically confronted.
I am not saying I think the internet is stupid or blogging is a bad thing.
I actually think blogging to about your own personal opinions, or writing about your passions is really awesome. I personally enjoy reading some of these blogs.
As for Blogs and forums in a classroom setting, for me, definitely has more cons than pros.
Blogs in the classroom, is like the idea of a democratic communist nation. Only in theory does it work the way it should. But due to human nature, when it is put into action immediately the chance of equality, balance, and order that government should provide is lost.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Global Warming: The Sasquatch of our Society
"We are in an era of creative destruction."
Big Foot by Michael Specter
Are we really though? This statement has been made and now there is no going back on it. It has been stated, recorded, and published. And the only thing this statement did for me was induce insane fear. I'm not afraid of the truth, I am just afraid it is true. If everything we do, and everything we make produces CO2 then no matter what we will eventually induce our own demise. Is that what he means by creative destruction? How can you destroy creation, when creation is all about... well creating? Is there going to be a time when no one is creating anything and we are stuck in a mundane earth. A limbo between hitting rock bottom and being in a golden age.
Global warming is something that is constantly talked about. And I've heard many people joke about it, I have even joked about it. But discussing it seriously it is no laughing matter. It's the depressing truth of how the life that the earth created is now destroying it. It's like all human beings have an Oedipus complex, and mother nature is the parent of the same sex we wish to exclude... or murder. After reading this article I was afraid to move, let alone breathe, fearing that I would make my already enormous footprint even larger. Everyone tries to be conscious, well most people. But half the time none of us know even where to begin. We recycle, only to discover the places our plastic bottles are going are admitting toxins that are actually speeding the rate of global warming. And then we are stuck, in this cycle, that no one can seem to break.
Global warming is something that is constantly talked about. And I've heard many people joke about it, I have even joked about it. But discussing it seriously it is no laughing matter. It's the depressing truth of how the life that the earth created is now destroying it. It's like all human beings have an Oedipus complex, and mother nature is the parent of the same sex we wish to exclude... or murder. After reading this article I was afraid to move, let alone breathe, fearing that I would make my already enormous footprint even larger. Everyone tries to be conscious, well most people. But half the time none of us know even where to begin. We recycle, only to discover the places our plastic bottles are going are admitting toxins that are actually speeding the rate of global warming. And then we are stuck, in this cycle, that no one can seem to break.
What, Are, Why or Why Not?
A writer can be many things.
And when thinking about writing the first thing that comes to mind is an artist, usually.
I'm not sure I would consider the man who writes the obituaries for the sunday paper an artist. Or an accident report from your insurance company.
Being a "writer" is extremely specific art, and this art has many sub categories: Novels, poem, short stories, fiction, non-fiction....etc.
Overall a writer is a person who uses there experiences, imagination, opinion, and or any other personal bias to try and capture and persuade an audience of a specific nature, through the use of the written language. Which is terrifically different from the spoken language.
Am I a writer? I like to pretend sometimes. I used to write short stories. Once in 5th grade I decided to start writing a novel. So I guess I would consider myself part writer, but I am so many other things. Creative ways to express yourself are endless.
And when thinking about writing the first thing that comes to mind is an artist, usually.
I'm not sure I would consider the man who writes the obituaries for the sunday paper an artist. Or an accident report from your insurance company.
Being a "writer" is extremely specific art, and this art has many sub categories: Novels, poem, short stories, fiction, non-fiction....etc.
Overall a writer is a person who uses there experiences, imagination, opinion, and or any other personal bias to try and capture and persuade an audience of a specific nature, through the use of the written language. Which is terrifically different from the spoken language.
Am I a writer? I like to pretend sometimes. I used to write short stories. Once in 5th grade I decided to start writing a novel. So I guess I would consider myself part writer, but I am so many other things. Creative ways to express yourself are endless.
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