Twitter

What can I say about Twitter? Yes it is a social network that is widely popular now, just not with me. I can see where Twitter could have its bonuses, if you were on the computer all day. The way Twitter is set up it is more likely that a person who can access a computer more often throughout will be more involved in it. I’ll admit I don’t have the time required to stay updated on Twitter through class and work. Perhaps if I had more time to spend on the computer other then when I’m doing class work I would be more interested in Twitter.
While it could be a valuable source of social network I found it to be more of a hassle then anything. Having to check my computer and log onto another website to check on basically nothing. Maybe someone had a good day with a smiley face? I also found myself struggling to find anything to say while I was logged into Twitter. If multiple people came to me and wanted to have a group discussion I can see the benefit of being able to go on Twitter to continue the conversation without having to worry about interrupting anyone else. Also if the entire group cannot be together rather than lengthy emails sent to each other and then wait around for a reply they could just do short messages on Twitter and it would be more like a conversation.
I myself didn’t like this Twitter experience. I can’t see myself continuing to use Twitter unless I absolutely need it for a job or something. I’m glad that I tried Twitter and learned more about the growing technology. I just can’t see using this on a day to day basis where I would actually pay attention to it. I don’t do short little posts about my day; if I want to talk to you I’ll call you.

Dia de Los Muertos Ceremonia Diversity Event

I attended the Dia de Los Muertos Ceremonia diversity event. This event was an educational event on the Latino festival of the Day of the Dead. It is a festival of remembrance of those that are no longer with us.
This ceremony is comparable to Memorial Day only much less somber. The ceremony is much like a party including song and dance and also poems. Rather than just remembering the lost one, they don’t view death as the end but the beginning of another life.
The event has been condensed greatly in the American culture. The event has been greatly shortened to one day considering the original festival could last up to over a month. Each family would honor the dead in their own home by building an alter. The alter would be decorated in their own way with pictures or other things such as sugar skulls that are eaten later.
This diversity event was very educational. It taught me more about the Latino heritage and culture. The Dia de Los Muertos Ceremonia was a great experience. They also had amazing hot chocolate there.

When I was at my best

I’m not sure when I really was at my best but what I remember right now would have to be junior year of high school in basketball. I was one of the older members on the team and I often was viewed as a leader. It isn't what most people would consider being at their best though, seeing as how it was when I was playing hurt.
I always played hard and a lot of times I would end up jumping for a rebound or to take a shot and there were times where I landed on another person’s ankle. I never wore ankle braces so every time I did that I’d role my ankle. Well turns out that I played better hurt, a lot better.
My offensive production ended up going from under ten points a game up to twenty a game. One of the main games where this happened was a low scoring game where the final score ended up 37-35 or something around there. This was the first time I had started playing on my bum ankle and had it taped up. In this game I scored twenty of our 37 including the final three of our points on a three point play.
I guess what I learned from that experience was that I just needed to take my time. I was always trying to rush everything and it was hindering my performance. With the bum ankle I had to go slower so I couldn’t rush anything, now I try to take things slow and have found better results most of the time.

Beloit College Mindset List of 2014

This list is actually kind of funny. There are several things that I do and don’t agree with. I think that the list is split about half and half in what I believe to be right and wrong. While the list is funny it also is shocking to see what people our age actually think.
A lot of the list goes through talking about people in the past is somewhat true but a lot of them are false. I know that Clint Eastwood played Dirty Harry but neither of those are what I remember. I probably don’t really follow a lot of these being a sort of history buff but I can see where a lot of these would be true.
I have known that Czechoslovakia is now the Czech Republic so I knew it existed. As for a lot of the things like Ice-T’s “Cop Killer,” I knew he had made the song but never had any interest in trying to get it but I’m sure at one point it was on an album. Already they have been proven wrong about the computer one because they make those little laptops without a CD drive.
I think that the list is pretty close to being right. While a lot of people my age probably don’t know even realize what some of these things are it just proves the lists point. I’m sure that there are people who read this and think that they nailed this generation. This list is kind of just a funny way of saying that times are changing.