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        Video game violence, it’s hard sometimes to pick a side and to stick with it. If someone would ask me if video games with violence should be banned, I would ask them what age group they would like to look at.  To me, the age of the player matters the most because if it was a grown men or women then no it should not be banned. If it was a young child playing, then we should look at the parents, why would this be any different than allow your child to watch a dirty adult show. It’s the parent’s job to censor the things their child’s play or watch. And let’s think about it, “People kill People,” don’t blame it on the games.

Blogging?

                     Blogging was not something I would say was fun, or something I would like to do after this class.  At first I thought it would be something fun and a way to put my opinion out in the world.  When others talked about their blogs, they explained the feelings has being free. While I was doing the blog post for this class, the feeling of being free never popped up. With the due dates and repeated conversations in class and blog, it just felt useless. The two assignments that I could say I enjoyed doing, were the movie review and the multimedia post. They were enjoyable because I could pick anything and write about it. Maybe later in the future I’ll try to pick up this blogging thing again.  When I’m not so busy with all the homework I have in my other classes, and worrying if I forgot about a blogging post.  As of now I’ll just stick with Facebook, small and simple.

Multimedia : I Can Live Without. Maybe.

                  It’s not a surprise to all how involve technology is in our lives.  In a normal day I could be looking at a bright screen of a cell phone, iPod, laptop or even a TV for a total of six hours. All these devises could be the cause of my poor eyesight, facing all the bright lights for too long could really damage my eyes.  With the help from this class, I have seen how much technology over runs my life. It wasn’t until this class, when I really stepped back and looked at my life. In the past few weeks, I have found myself studying nonstop for the four classes I’m taking this semester. While I’m studying for these tests, I find myself in front of my TV, watching more then look through my notes.  I find myself watching the channel E, which has all the new gossip about the celebrities.  Then I was finding I was not studying enough, and I was distracted by the news.  To find a way to better my study skills, I turned off my TV and walked around my house. That’s when I came up with the idea to bring my books outside and study in the fresh air without all the distractions.  So far it seems to work, scored a ninety-eight on my American Sign Language test.  The next five photos are the environments I chose to study in.

This is the view I have outside my front window next to the front door, something that should be enjoyed.

This is the view of my backyard, again why should I stay inside?  TV is not beautiful like this.

This is father down the yard, a perfect place to sit and study. Where I find myself when the weather permits it.

This is the drive way leading up to my house. It's shocking how beautiful

it is, because i don't think I've ever really stopped and just looked. I feel very privileged that I am able to say this is my house, knowing others might not even have a yard. Times like this shows, how technology took control of my life and blinded me of the things around me.

This is the park down the street from my Aunt's house called Place to Play. When we have to study for an ASL 2 test, my classmates and I come here.

Movie Review

         

                                                            Lion King 2: Simba's Pride

              A couple of days ago, I had to watch my nephews for my stepsister, and while I was there the movie “Lion King 2: Simba's Pride,” was on.  After watching one of my favorite childhood movies again, I decided to do my blog on the Lion King 2.  The directors of this wonderful movie are Darrell Rooney and Rob LaDuca and the two top writers out of the thirteen were Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.  The stars of this movie were Matthew Broderick that played Simba, Neve Campbell who played Kiara and Jason Marsden who played Kovu.  For the people that might not know the last two characters, Kiara is Simba’s daughter that wants to be independent and Kovu is Scars younger son who is brainwashed to take down Simba. The genre of this movie would obviously be fiction and I would also like to list it under romance and comedy.  Romance is the big point of this movie, the love of two that brings two tribes back together, and the comedy is used to keep the young children entertained. The message that I learned from this movie, was to not judge a book by its cover, or the author that wrote it. Kovu (Scars son) grow up in a world of hate, and no matter how hard he fought, he could not prove to others that he was not mad of evil like his father was. The other tribal members looked down at him because of who his father was, and this almost caused the demises of Simba’s pack. This message is important, because we all need to understand that everyone deserves a second chance and the type of environment they grow up in does not shape who they are, it’s the treatment they receive after.

             The only part that I disliked in the movie was how much love ones have to suffer to be together.   One quote that stands out to mean and follow along with my review was “I have left the outsiders. I'm a rogue; judge me now, for who I am. Or am I to be blamed for a crime I didn't commit (Kovu). “I would recommend others to watch this movie and the other Lion King Videos. They are one of the top movies Disney has made, and if you have kids they would love it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120131

cartoon

         I picked this picture beacuse this is what I am going through now. Its not only me, but others are having a hard time finding the point to life. The first time i saw this picture, was on a friends Facebook page, and it pooped ouy at me. As of right now, the only thong i know to life is working, its a twenty-four seven job. After thinking about it, im looking towards findinga hobby that makes me happy.

book Review

                                            The book that I picked for my independent reading was “The Forest of Hands and Teeth,” by Carrie Ryan, which was published in 2009 by Delacorte Press.  In her novel “The Forest of Hands and Teeth,” Carrie Ryan paints a picture of where young adults have to make important decisions to survive world full of evil. From the time the child reaches the age to understand, they have to be ready to run from the “Return” that wonder around outside their safety fence and the rules that the Sisterhood made.  The “Return” is the dead, which for some unknown reason have come back craving the bloody flesh of the living and will not stop until they get it.  They throw themselves against the safety fences, clawing and breaking their body parts without feeling the pain.  The “Sisterhood” is a group of women that live for God and protecting the village from the undead that walk bound the fence in the forest.  The Sisterhood looks for order, questions and fighting their rules could cause the distraction of the village, which means the children are raised to never question their life or the Sisterhood.  But one girl named Mary, sees passed the fence and know there’s something else out there and the Sisterhood had lied to the villagers.  With these thoughts it leads her to sneak around looking for answers and hidden clues that would prove her theory that life does exist outside the Village.  This causes the Sisterhood to watch over and make sure Mary understands that the loss of one life could save many more.  Soon the Village was destroyed by the entry of the “Return” which was caused by the Sisterhoods disposal of the people that could destroy their way of life. Now Mary and her friends have to look for any sign of life to survive, into a forest full of the dead unaware if there are other breathing humans in the world.  Through their journey to find life, she finds love but the Return takes away her family and friends. Finally she finds another living being but at the cost of her love ones.

                                            This novel showed how people with fear could easily allow themselves to give up their meaning of life and loss their dreams.  After looking through the book, I read examples of people living a one track mind, live, marry and have children to better their village.  If they to rebel or ask too many questions the Sisterhood is quick to remind them of the monsters outside of the fence.  When Mary decided that this life was not enough for her she stared asking question, wanting to find the ocean that her mother showed her pictures of many time.  But the head of the Sisterhood, Tabitha saw how lost Mary was “You must find your place here... Give yourself to God and stop looking for something else….. You think you want answers for your questions but you do not (65),” This shows how manipulation is used to keep people’s dreams down, but fear is also included, showed in this quote, “We have to continue to survive. And I will allow nothing jeopardize this (64).” I feel that Ryan was trying to show a world different from all the other zombie movies that are centered on the dead. In “The Forest of Hands and Teeth,” image of children becoming adults in a matter of minutes and finding the truth in the cloud of lies becomes important. Unlike other novels, there is not a happy ending just a knowledge that the main character Mary was able to live for another day.

                                         The book “The Forest of Hands and Teeth,” was a wonderful read and would recommend others to read. It’s a horror book, but with the dramas of a young teens life.

Cute and Fluffy

                                    My dream job has always been anything that works with animals, exotic is my type.  It’s impossible to remember a time where I wanted to do something different, something had nothing to do with cute furry animals. The two things I would like to do in the animal category is either a zoo vet or zoologist. Those areas in the animal, allows me to work with exotic animals that people don’t see every day, special. And if I can make some big bucks, that’s just bonus. My fall back dream job, just in case, is to become a marine biologist and travel the world.