Color Me Lucky: Blog #2

I love dark, deep colors; red, purple, black. Colors that are more emotional in my mind. Those colors stick out to me, make me think, make me feel. Those colors describe a part of me. But how sad do those colors look? I'm not always depressed or angry, so those don't show who I am that well. And I mean, how depressing would that look?? Coddrops asks "Do you want a modern look and feel? Or is the desired effect more classical?" Which shows that color and text change how it is portrayed. "Mood can sometimes be about more than just a font." Color obviously effects it, like Red can be anger or love, Blue: sad, cold. etc.  "Of course, your feelings about color can also be deeply personal and are often rooted in your own experience or culture" (Cherry) A specific color could bring up a memory or remind you of something in your life. 

I wanted to make a laid back kinda homey feel to my blog. I love fall, and nature, so I thought I would incorporated that. It shows the happy side of who I am. its kinda girly, and cute! :)

Amusing Ourselves To Death: Blog #3

Today’s society is most definitely reliant on technology. Cell phones, GPS, Google, computers. I think it’s safe to say those are a part of everyday life for most people.  Personally, I could not live without my phone, even for a day at most.  We have instant access to anything and everything; music, shopping, friends. You are never left out of the loop with things like Twitter and Facebook. I mean it’s great to be so technologically advanced, but to be so dependent on it is honestly sad! Human contact is like gone. We all sit with our phones in front of our faces instead of having a decent conversation with someone. Were always checking our phones and honestly, we. Are. Lazy. As Les Palmer from Peninsula Clarion  puts it: “Instead of spending our spare time outdoors and getting some fresh air and exercise, we become slaves to technology.” Kids these days, even some adults, don’t even know how to read and navigate a map! They’re so used to using Google maps or some online navigation system. I saw this really interesting video on YouTube that this reminds me of. This guy is in a beautiful city, and all he wants to do is look at his phone, because he thinks that's what will help him see the city best, but not once does he look up to realize whats' around him. Hes passing up all the beautiful things in life because hes so technologically obsorbed.

However, we have new medical technology that helps us live longer, learn more and become a better community and population as humans. In my opinion, THAT is the good technology. The kind that can help us give back to the world, and that can help people.

Media Literacy is defined on media lit as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.an expanded definition included that it was a framework to access, analyze, evaluate and create messages in a variety of forms from print to video to the Internet. And it builds understanding of media in society

I would definitely describe myself media literate. I use different kinds of media in my everyday life, I understand it, and create it. I use online media every day, with twitter, news, and in school we read books.

 The post man is right. I think that our technology is moving so fast, something is going to cause our demise. Like as of now, we are polluting our earth with vehicles, and modern technology in general. We have military technology that could backfire on us one day; different countries competing to be the best. We are too absorbed in what’s right in front of us than with the future repercussions of our actions. 

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