Wrap-Up

To put this all into a convenient little box, in my last three blog posts I commented on Jamie, Brandon, and Rebecca's blogs. We didn't have to make a comment on anyone's blogs in our intro post, and from what I was told when we made our Facebook page we only had to post a picture and link to it so you could see that it was done.

Finale

Well it's that time of year again. Yes, the end of a semester. The end of an era. The end of all things that we have come to know and hold dear over the past few months. Or rather, the end of having to post in this darn blog! Do you have any idea how hard it is to force yourself to write a post about something you care absolutely nothing about? I do. I hate social media, I hate it so much. I only use Facebook because all of my friends use it to make events, and I occasionally check out a song or a movie trailer on youtube. Besides that, I don't use anything else. Twitter? I've tweeted my last! Blogspot? You don't have a spot in my life. Delicious? Not unless it's an adjective describing my food! (Speaking of food have you checked out Jamie's blog? She's majoring in nutrition and has some pretty awesome sustainability stuff posted!)

This whole thing has just been frustrating. I don't own a laptop, so classes were infuriating sometimes when we would be told to do something online that I couldn't physically do on my iPod. This blog is just... frustrating. And that Wikipedia assignment was horrible. The only things I learned in this class that I think may be useful in my life is wear red to an interview and how to use Google Docs. I just don't see why every single person in the ALES faculty is forced to take this course.

Back to the topic of things I use social media for, I found a really talented violin player on Youtube the other day, and I would recommend that you check her out here! Anyway I can't think of anything else that needs to be said, so I guess I'm done here.

Ahem

Facebook. What is it about this site that makes us stay on it even after all the ridiculous changes they've made recently? What is it about Facebook games that is so addicting to so many people? Why is it that even though this site is still relatively new (only launched in 2004), most people cannot imagine their lives without it? The impact social media has on our culture is astounding, and can simultaneously open us up to the whole world, which isolating us completely. You can talk to your friend from across the ocean, all from the confines of your own tiny room. You can have a conference call on Skype with fifteen people from all around the world, yet you are completely alone in your house. Why go outside when you can chat with your friends on Facebook? Or Twitter? Or Skype?

But I digress. While I would love to rant about how I feel about the isolation of our society I have work to do here, and so comes the ever fun and exciting obligatory stuff. Have you heard that NASA has recently discovered a planet that is very similar to ours, except about twice as big? It's pretty interesting, and I actually found out about it when one of my friend's posted it on Facebook. You can check it out here! And speaking of links, have you checked out Brandon's blog? I'd never heard of Vlogging before but from what he says it sounds pretty nifty! And you can apparently get paid. Seriously, daaaamn.

And now, sine you've probably been sitting at a computer for far too long, here's a pretty picture of a tree!

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