I don’t think that it is ‘odd’ per say because almost everything, especially electronics, adapt and change as time changes and people are always looking for the next best thing or something new. Also people want to be able to do everything in as little time and as fast and easy as they can and being able to text or email or go online and send people messages straight from a cell-phone saves people a step. Also when I was younger I didn’t understand what the letters on the phone number buttons were for and now to me it seems as if they serve more of a purpose.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Responses to Billy Collins Questions
Question: "Why did you make the metaphors difficult to interpret?"
Response: The poem seems as if it was written for a laugh and to me was exactly supposed to make sense. Starting right from the title, Billy Collins is already telling the reader that the poem is going to be tedious and a receptive series of metaphors. However I feel that Collins didn't just make up random metaphors, it seems like he is trying to prove a point of how ridiculous he feels the original poem was.
Question: "By making this poem are you trying to criticize the original poem or is it for a different reason?"
Response: I think that Billy Collins wrote this poem with the intention that the reader would laugh at his ridiculous metaphors. I don't know that he was exactly trying the 'criticize' the original poem, or maybe he was, but I thought that he was trying to joke around. He started and ended "Litany" with the two lines from the original poem and it seems to me that....
Question: "Do you believe your rewrite of this poem was better than the original poem?"
Response: I don't know that Billy Collins poem was necessarily supposed to be better than the original one, but I think he was trying to make a mockery of the original. It also seems as if Collins was trying to prove a point by using ridiculous metaphors in "Litany".
Response: The poem seems as if it was written for a laugh and to me was exactly supposed to make sense. Starting right from the title, Billy Collins is already telling the reader that the poem is going to be tedious and a receptive series of metaphors. However I feel that Collins didn't just make up random metaphors, it seems like he is trying to prove a point of how ridiculous he feels the original poem was.
Question: "By making this poem are you trying to criticize the original poem or is it for a different reason?"
Response: I think that Billy Collins wrote this poem with the intention that the reader would laugh at his ridiculous metaphors. I don't know that he was exactly trying the 'criticize' the original poem, or maybe he was, but I thought that he was trying to joke around. He started and ended "Litany" with the two lines from the original poem and it seems to me that....
Question: "Do you believe your rewrite of this poem was better than the original poem?"
Response: I don't know that Billy Collins poem was necessarily supposed to be better than the original one, but I think he was trying to make a mockery of the original. It also seems as if Collins was trying to prove a point by using ridiculous metaphors in "Litany".
Thursday, February 24, 2011
"Apple's iPod: I've Got the World on a String (Shaped Earphone Chord)"
6 Reasons Why It Moves Me
1) I like how you summarized what an iPod really symbolizes in one word "simplicity"
2) It shows a lot about our culture how the iPod is constantly changing and updating to conform to the wants and needs in todays societies.
3) You make a good point about the "trademark white earbuds that signify Apple product..." I never really think about products in the sense that they are designed in a certain way to catch peoples attention that it is a certain brand and in the end may make more consumers buy that specific product.
4) "Owning an iPod is now not as much a status symbol as it is almost a rite of passage..." it is almost rare to see somebody using a different mp3 player than and iPod, I remember begging my parents for a year for an iPod
5) "iPod is a cultural icon..."
6) Anything is now accessible by the touch of a button.
Reasons Why It Unmoved Me
1) The conclusion was really long
2) The use of a lot of facts and numbers and years and so on in the introduction
3) There was a lack of personal experience in the essay
1) I like how you summarized what an iPod really symbolizes in one word "simplicity"
2) It shows a lot about our culture how the iPod is constantly changing and updating to conform to the wants and needs in todays societies.
3) You make a good point about the "trademark white earbuds that signify Apple product..." I never really think about products in the sense that they are designed in a certain way to catch peoples attention that it is a certain brand and in the end may make more consumers buy that specific product.
4) "Owning an iPod is now not as much a status symbol as it is almost a rite of passage..." it is almost rare to see somebody using a different mp3 player than and iPod, I remember begging my parents for a year for an iPod
5) "iPod is a cultural icon..."
6) Anything is now accessible by the touch of a button.
Reasons Why It Unmoved Me
1) The conclusion was really long
2) The use of a lot of facts and numbers and years and so on in the introduction
3) There was a lack of personal experience in the essay
"It Gives You Wings"
Reasons Why It Moves Me
1) I like how you pointed out the advertising methods used to make consumers want to buy Red Bull
2) The part how you showed that the color red and the bull both symbolize "power" is a great connection to what producers want the consumers to feel when drinking Red Bull
3) I agree that Red Bull is not targeted to a specific type of consumer, and you made good connections to how Red Bull is helpful in todays fast-pace society.
4) "Red Bull provides such instant gratification..." similarly to many other products in todays society is a good connection
5) I thought that you really captured the personalities in todays culture. We are fast-paced and inpatient and also wanting the next best thing right away.
6) The producers of Red Bull know how to target consumers who live a hectic and fast-paced life but creating an energy drink that gives you so much "power"
7) I like the connection you made to college students not only using it to stay awake but drink it before going out on the weekend to help keep them energized.
Reasons It Unmoved Me
1) MLA formatting
2) Organization of paragraphs
1) I like how you pointed out the advertising methods used to make consumers want to buy Red Bull
2) The part how you showed that the color red and the bull both symbolize "power" is a great connection to what producers want the consumers to feel when drinking Red Bull
3) I agree that Red Bull is not targeted to a specific type of consumer, and you made good connections to how Red Bull is helpful in todays fast-pace society.
4) "Red Bull provides such instant gratification..." similarly to many other products in todays society is a good connection
5) I thought that you really captured the personalities in todays culture. We are fast-paced and inpatient and also wanting the next best thing right away.
6) The producers of Red Bull know how to target consumers who live a hectic and fast-paced life but creating an energy drink that gives you so much "power"
7) I like the connection you made to college students not only using it to stay awake but drink it before going out on the weekend to help keep them energized.
Reasons It Unmoved Me
1) MLA formatting
2) Organization of paragraphs
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Jim Carrier 'All You Can Eat'
Compounds
“A shrimp farm is a saltwater feedlot”- salt/water feed/lot (2 compounds)- page 168
Freshwater runoff
Ponytail- page 164
Sinking Shrimpfleet
Old-timer- page 163
Playful Combinations
“Gulf shrimpers, the last cowboys of the sea…” (page 166)
Skinners- “reminded me of cowboys…” (page 165)
Gold rush days- (page 166)
Dumpster Dive- (page 161)
Neologisms
Marifarm
Recast Words
Trash, by-catch, juvenile (page 166)
A circus of boats (page 165)
Boats galloped
"...they begin devouring one-celled algae called diatoms..." (page 164)
Raised Shrimp
"These babies molt through a dozen stages as tiny spiderlike creatures..." (page 164)
Pun
As sharp as cocktail sauce
Stuck in my craw
Verbs
Trawl
Gallop
Evoked
Whet
Molt
Devour
Dismay
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Materiality; Standards; Justifying Choices
A response to Will's post
"When writing a serious paper, a reader should not see what the writer is feeling by visuals. Instead, the writer should paint a picture with words."
I agree with the fact that it is the writers job to paint a picture for the reader. It is to easy to simply add a picture or to change the color of the font and although that is creative and expressive, it is not exactly ideal for an essay. The way the paper is structured and formated can set a mood for the reader. If the reader is supposed to feel as if they are reading a professional paper, it is the writers job to formate their paper in a certain way. Maybe society did set these norms on how to write a paper, but these norms were made for a reason. Although there might be times where we need to stray away from these norms, there are times where we need to follow them.
"Society has set these rules and by not following them, one can become outcast and less accepted."
I agree with the point that if we were to stray away from these rules and norms that society has set for us we might be less accepted. It is interesting to think about that by simply changing the font we used, our paper might not be accepted.
In academic essays, writers are almost always made to conform their essays to fit societies norms. The writers are restricted from choosing their choice of medium and although this might be for a good reason, we are not all the same and we might need to express ourselves differently.
"When writing a serious paper, a reader should not see what the writer is feeling by visuals. Instead, the writer should paint a picture with words."
I agree with the fact that it is the writers job to paint a picture for the reader. It is to easy to simply add a picture or to change the color of the font and although that is creative and expressive, it is not exactly ideal for an essay. The way the paper is structured and formated can set a mood for the reader. If the reader is supposed to feel as if they are reading a professional paper, it is the writers job to formate their paper in a certain way. Maybe society did set these norms on how to write a paper, but these norms were made for a reason. Although there might be times where we need to stray away from these norms, there are times where we need to follow them.
"Society has set these rules and by not following them, one can become outcast and less accepted."
I agree with the point that if we were to stray away from these rules and norms that society has set for us we might be less accepted. It is interesting to think about that by simply changing the font we used, our paper might not be accepted.
In academic essays, writers are almost always made to conform their essays to fit societies norms. The writers are restricted from choosing their choice of medium and although this might be for a good reason, we are not all the same and we might need to express ourselves differently.
Ideas
"In thinking about a certain idea, many sentences and ideas can be drawn by using detailed words within this idea."
The repetition of the word "idea" makes the sentence somewhat confusing to understand. I am not exactly sure what the sentence is supposed to mean, but I think the point that the writer is trying to make is that many other sentences or thoughts can be derived from a certain idea. Because of the repetition of the words the whole point of the sentence is lost. If they had just made the sentence simpler it would be easier to understand.
The repetition of the word "idea" makes the sentence somewhat confusing to understand. I am not exactly sure what the sentence is supposed to mean, but I think the point that the writer is trying to make is that many other sentences or thoughts can be derived from a certain idea. Because of the repetition of the words the whole point of the sentence is lost. If they had just made the sentence simpler it would be easier to understand.
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