December 2007
4 posts
The Lovely Christmas Season
I hate Christmas. I’ve never really been a big fan of the season, and the events of the past year have pushed me over the edge. I hate the decorations (lights left on all night to make a house look like it has fake icicles hanging from the roof is a waste electricity), I hate the obnoxious commercials and the fuel that the media adds to the fire by covering stories about Black Friday (one of the...
An online advertisement on the side of a webpage:”I’m so happy I could crybut I’m a guy” Why does the world insist on perpetuating such blatant sexist attitudes? What is the point of such advertising schemes? Sears really could not think of any other way to attract customers, other than appealing to the “manliness” of men? We constantly complain about the problems of sexism...
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November 2007
1 post
Weathermap of Feeling - 2 Weeks of Data
The other weathermaps that I saw seemed to portray patterns oppostite those that I found in my own map. After viewing other’s maps, I heard that the other creators found it easier to come up with demonstrations of happiness than sadness. When searching the news headlines and image sites like flickr.com for both emotions, she said that each day she found more headlines and images with the...
September 2007
17 posts
An Adventure in Poughkeepsie
Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY Tuesday September 25, 5:56 I must preface this with a confession. I did not follow the assignment exactly as it was given, though I feel my method achieved the same outcome as any other would have. I drove up Main Street and parked in a space on the street, and spend about ten minuets observing everything I was able to see from where I was parked; the traveled up...
5 Interests.
1. Art. Art of any shape, form, sound, texture, medium. 2. People. I love to watch people, though interacting with them can be significantly less interesting and enjoyable. 3. Trees. I have yet to meet a tree that I do not like, they’re all beautiful and unique and offer such insperation. 4. Music. Yet another form of art, but seprate from the kinds of art that can be displayed on the...