Final Blogtastic Reflection (#4)

For my final blog reflection for 4th quarter, I chose "Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice'" as my favorite blog post. The reason I like this one so much is because I feel very strongly about the subject. This usually characterizes my favorite posts. When you're really passionate about what you're writing about, it just makes it a lot more fun to write. And when I saw that Blagojevich was on a reality t.v. show and not in jail, I was just outraged. I was also able to incorporate a bunch of sources in this post, which I think adds depth and more credibility to a post. And from those sources, I used direct quotes and dissected them to prove my point even more. It just had more substance than some of my other posts.
This year I have really developed as a blogger. Not that I blogged before this class, but my style has changed since the beginning of the year. I started my blogging career by mostly writing about certain issues that I encountered in my everyday life, but didn't necessarily connect to class. But as the year continued, my posts started to become extensions of class discussions, which is what I think Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor intended them to be. And when I could not extend the discussion to my blogging, I wrote about prominent issues in the news. Not always, but I tried to.
I have really enjoyed blogging this year because I do like to write, but essays can often times be laborious and they take a long time to do. On the other hand, a blog post doesn't have to be long. You can write a little about a lot, and that's what I've really liked about blogging this year.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Addicted To Technology?

     My night was ruined. Not because of anything that someone said to me or because of that physics test I have to study for tomorrow, but because my DVR did not record my scheduled recording of "Vampire Diaries". I have to say, when I saw that the newest episode was not in the "My Recordings" section, I was pissed and I took some of my anger out on my dad (Sorry, Dad!) After I cooled down a little I realized how absolutely pathetic this was. But it made me realize how technology has taken over my life. I don't watch live television anymore, just the shows I record. Not a single day goes by where I don't go on the computer or use my cell phone to send a text. I haven't used a land line in ages. And going back to the DVR, my mom once said that it "changed her life".
     What happened to the days before cell phones, where you would go out with friends and your parents would never know where you were unless you were near a land line that they could call? My mom would have panic attack if she couldn't call my cell phone to see where I was. And instead of telling war stories like my grandparents, my parents tell me stories of their childhood without cell phones or color television. The times are changing.
     The DVR fiasco of tonight showed me how much we depend on technology. One DVR glitch and my show is gone forever. The Internet is down, entire class periods are lost. No juice left in the cell phone battery and suddenly people don't know what to do with their life. Yes, technology makes our lives easier. But when it doesn't work, it sends us into a panicked frenzy and makes our lives much harder than necessary because of everyone's depedency on it.
     So what do you do when your DVR doesn't work? That, my friends, is why they created hulu.com. But what if that doesn't work? Well, then, you're just screwed.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)