Finals Week

At this point I am pretty used to taking tests but I am not looking forward to my pysch final or my 7 ideas. I am pretty nervous about doing good on them because it will effect my grade in both classes; I am borderline A in psych and borderline B in 7 ideas. I am mostly stressed about my art final though. Crafting my final drawing and portfolio should take me a good while but time isn't on my side.
One thing is for sure, as soon as I am fiished with all of these final tests and projects, I am going to get some sleep, and go drink off my worries. I will probably play viedeo games and vegetate all day long on the last day of finals.
Last, I am really looking forward to break to see my family and enjoy a snowy Christmas. I am looking forward to getting back ino a normal sleep pattern for a month. I have been getting about 3-5 hours a night, sometimes as little as 2, so getting to sleep in is a dream for me. All in all, I'll just be happy to get this semester under my belt.

Where I'm at with my MGRP

I am not extremely far behind but I definately have much more research to compile. I am still missing my works cited, merely because I only have only three concrete sources at the present time. I wrote of more in my resaerch outline because of an e-mail that was sent to me by a friend of my father who replied to my question of finding good sources on gun control. I am returning home this weekend where I will pursue material from a pro-gun activist that I know from church. He said he would provide me with a few of the magazines that I need for my project and possibly a book. I also need to pick up my main book source from the library; I will be doing that tommorow.

As far as genres go, I have 7 in mind, and have already started working on 3 of them: a comic, the stream of consciousness passage, and of the dialogue (which is close to being finished). I plan to have my works cited and all of my genres completed by the day of my group meeting. However, I may not have a complete works cited untill after I return home this weekend so I am hopeful that my group won't mind meeting Monday. All inall, I am not far behind, but I have much resaerch to finish.

Thoughts on Revision of Rock My Network

The revision of the article by the author of "Rock My Network" definately changed my view a bit. I think that in the New York Times version, the author made it seem more like she had normal relationships outside of the net. She still kept her main points valid and she got her point across but she seemed more down to earth and this change allowed me to think of the author as a much more socially invloved person. Basically, the author did not portray herself as dependent on online networking, however, she still expressed her views on her dissappointment with real life social interaction.

When I chat online or check certain online networks, which I do very sparingly, I really feel no vivid emotional connections or intimacy. I am content with funny quotes and messages on facebook but the whole poke, slaps and giggle deal is just to much for me. Yea of coarse there is alot you can communicate with a person by typing because sometimes we can say things in texts and on paper that we would never say in person. However this is why I am much less of an online networker.

I don't like the faky, glittering generalities that pollute online networks. As humans, we can be so poetic with the words we write and yes, sometimes we can be very virtially intimate with others online. Still, this online Romeo and Juliet crap about half makes me sick; it is fine to type someone a text that you could easily utter while looking them in the eye but if you could not see yourself saying the words in person that you so often type to your onlne friends, you are just another fake-ass online addict.

Rock My Network

The first impression that I had of this essay was that it was boring and I was right. I do not the think the style of writing was very creative. I believe that the author got the point across, but even though it was a shorter essay, it was very drab in my point of view. Who the hell seriously cares that much about thier online life? I know it can be fun and somewhat addicting to chat online but you are limited in what you can do online. I also understand that my-space and facebook are useful in interacting with others and meeting new people but the author in this essay made it quite clear that she is uncomfortable meeting people face to face and that she has trouble enjoying herself and really connecting with others at social events. I guess it depends on your personality but I would much rather be there in person.

I can relate to her on one aspect; I agree that it is sometimes hard to learn about people at large social events because nobody wants to sit down and chill with just a few people when there are a hundred others to meet. I think that social parties are a little too impersonal for someone like the author. Still, if you want to meet people and learn about them, you have to be expressive and socially comfortable; obviously, the author is uncomfortable with his social status or he would not rely on cyber-friendships.

Personally, I have always had a yahoo name and I had an aim name once too but I have never truned down a party or social gathering to check my blog on my space. Seriously, I know that people chat online all day and night and the thought sickens me. You can't be real with a person online, nor can you develop any true firm relationships. There's enough sickos and complusive liars out there to fill a person's head full of bullshit. Yea it is good to talk with friends but going as far as Second Life, seems childish to me. I have pity for the people that spend Saturday night talking to people like Sweetlips_2009. The point is, there is a world of experience out there and we cannot live it virtually; we have to be there "firsthand!"

1. Isn't it kind of lame to scroll facebook all day in hopes of finding new friends with appealing pictures and funny pages?

2. Do some people rely on online networks to meet people because of self-esteem problems?