Today in class we talked about how games can affect some people emotionally. I think that this is very true and some people take gaming to much like playing it nonstop. Gamers can get so addicted they almost lose control of themselves playing the game. Some people tell them selves not to play but in the end they end up playing anyways. I think originally games were made to take the stress off of people but now people can make money from it. For an example World of Warcraft players can sell their accounts for high prices.
Video game designers are only creating games to gather attention and players. But now I think that they have gone to a whole new level where people are getting emotions from the actual game itself. Thus the video game addicts are born. They are the people that should really take a break from games and unplug. I'm not saying that gamers are bad I just believe that they are people that are unfortunate that that they are addicted to games. I mean no one wants to be addicted to anything. Unless there is really something strange about you.
I use to be a hard core gamer myself until I finally quit. When you are addicted to games it is very hard quitting. I took me at least 6 months for me to let go of a game called Maplestory. Of course I still play games once in a while I still have troubles after I get into it. I think that if you don't really put 100% of your attention to the game it will not take control of you. This is very much like gambling. Once in a while you can play it for fun but once you have an addiction you can hold back and your just keep doing it.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Final-Li
6. In what way(s) have you surprised yourself this semester on your blog? Have you tried topics you didn't think you'd write about? Approached a familiar topic from an unfamiliar angle? Discovered more "depth" to a topic than you first thought was possible? Explain.
I surprised myself by blogging about random things. When I first started, I decided to blog about the environment and healthy foods. I thought that I knew a good amount of stuff related to the environment to keep me blogging for a while. But after the first month or so, I started to run out of ideas. So I decided to change my topic to technology and new inventions. Those two topics went really well until I ran into the same problem. I ran out of things to say and I had to change my topic again. I did not except myself to be stuck twice in row. So in the end I couldn't stay on the subject I planned to. Instead I jumped around and tried a little of everything.
I tried to a lot of other subjects that I wouldn't have thought I would have put into my blog. For an example I told myself that I wouldn't use any of the Quick Writes because a lot of other people were doing the same thing and I wanted to do something different. Then I changed my mind and posted a post talking about Multitasking. I posted that because I felt that it affects my life a lot too.
Then later on into the year I changed my topic again to things that happen to me. These topics includes things such as track, bad things that happen to me, and stereotypes. I did not think that I would go way off subject to things about my life. In the beginning I started off with the environment and then somehow I ended up talking about my own life.
7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?
I have learned that you have to keep your options open when writing so you don't run into writer's block. In the beginning I tried to only focus into two main subjects. After a month I ran out of ideas so I had to switch. That happen to me twice until I finally gave up and just blogged about things that interest me. When I absolutely have nothing to write about I talk about random things such as my day.
I think the main reason why I get stuck sometimes is because I feel very repetitive when I talk about the same subject over and over again. So in the end I force myself to write about something else. I don't know if its a good thing or not but it has helped me get unstuck. Another way I usually get unstuck is to start typing about anything. I usually type for ten minutes and then I delete most of it and by that time I have thought of something really good to write about.
I noticed that you have to keep your opinions open so that you won't get stuck. Since we have one week to do the blog post, I usually brainstorm and write a little each day. By Friday if I really don't like something I can always change it because I have been thinking about the blog everyday.
8. How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
I like having a blog because I can talk about things that has occurred in my life. I also like rant about technology and how somethings are overpriced. Bogging has now changed how I write because when I first started it felt like it was just homework and now its more like a hobby. In fact I have another special blog that I write on talking about my day. Its more of a diary and I rate the day from one to ten. So blogging now has opened up a wide range of topic I can write about. I don't have to focus and only talk about the thing I have planned to. So it is okay to go off topic as long as you write about something you like.
Blogging has influenced me to write more diverse things. I always thought that there is only one way to write but when more topics are introduced there is actually no wrong way to write. Now blogging has made me want to blog more often. Whether it is about my day or really important things that happen.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I got my ideas from hearing from others and reading articles but most of the posts are my opinions. Some of them also include what I did and what has happen to be before. One blog in particular is the Quick Write that we did in class. The Quick Write is on Multitasking. I did not plan to put this on my blog however I did because I agree with it. I think multitasking is true and it can destroy you or help you in many ways.
What inspires me to write is the thought of looking back at all the post and begin to see improvement in my writing. What I usually do is just write and I throw my writing away but by blogging I get to keep my writing and I have the opportunity to look back at it. When I look back at my writing I might not agree with all of it and I might have lots of grammatical errors. At least I can see the growth and improvement in my writing. Another inspiration that makes me want to write more is seeing other people blogging or vlogging about their day. I thought that is kind of cool being able to write about your day and improve your writing skills. I can also express what I feel on the days and remember what had happen.
I surprised myself by blogging about random things. When I first started, I decided to blog about the environment and healthy foods. I thought that I knew a good amount of stuff related to the environment to keep me blogging for a while. But after the first month or so, I started to run out of ideas. So I decided to change my topic to technology and new inventions. Those two topics went really well until I ran into the same problem. I ran out of things to say and I had to change my topic again. I did not except myself to be stuck twice in row. So in the end I couldn't stay on the subject I planned to. Instead I jumped around and tried a little of everything.
I tried to a lot of other subjects that I wouldn't have thought I would have put into my blog. For an example I told myself that I wouldn't use any of the Quick Writes because a lot of other people were doing the same thing and I wanted to do something different. Then I changed my mind and posted a post talking about Multitasking. I posted that because I felt that it affects my life a lot too.
Then later on into the year I changed my topic again to things that happen to me. These topics includes things such as track, bad things that happen to me, and stereotypes. I did not think that I would go way off subject to things about my life. In the beginning I started off with the environment and then somehow I ended up talking about my own life.
7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?
I have learned that you have to keep your options open when writing so you don't run into writer's block. In the beginning I tried to only focus into two main subjects. After a month I ran out of ideas so I had to switch. That happen to me twice until I finally gave up and just blogged about things that interest me. When I absolutely have nothing to write about I talk about random things such as my day.
I think the main reason why I get stuck sometimes is because I feel very repetitive when I talk about the same subject over and over again. So in the end I force myself to write about something else. I don't know if its a good thing or not but it has helped me get unstuck. Another way I usually get unstuck is to start typing about anything. I usually type for ten minutes and then I delete most of it and by that time I have thought of something really good to write about.
I noticed that you have to keep your opinions open so that you won't get stuck. Since we have one week to do the blog post, I usually brainstorm and write a little each day. By Friday if I really don't like something I can always change it because I have been thinking about the blog everyday.
8. How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
I like having a blog because I can talk about things that has occurred in my life. I also like rant about technology and how somethings are overpriced. Bogging has now changed how I write because when I first started it felt like it was just homework and now its more like a hobby. In fact I have another special blog that I write on talking about my day. Its more of a diary and I rate the day from one to ten. So blogging now has opened up a wide range of topic I can write about. I don't have to focus and only talk about the thing I have planned to. So it is okay to go off topic as long as you write about something you like.
Blogging has influenced me to write more diverse things. I always thought that there is only one way to write but when more topics are introduced there is actually no wrong way to write. Now blogging has made me want to blog more often. Whether it is about my day or really important things that happen.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I got my ideas from hearing from others and reading articles but most of the posts are my opinions. Some of them also include what I did and what has happen to be before. One blog in particular is the Quick Write that we did in class. The Quick Write is on Multitasking. I did not plan to put this on my blog however I did because I agree with it. I think multitasking is true and it can destroy you or help you in many ways.
What inspires me to write is the thought of looking back at all the post and begin to see improvement in my writing. What I usually do is just write and I throw my writing away but by blogging I get to keep my writing and I have the opportunity to look back at it. When I look back at my writing I might not agree with all of it and I might have lots of grammatical errors. At least I can see the growth and improvement in my writing. Another inspiration that makes me want to write more is seeing other people blogging or vlogging about their day. I thought that is kind of cool being able to write about your day and improve your writing skills. I can also express what I feel on the days and remember what had happen.
Writing Groups
I think having Writing Groups will be an improvement to our writing.
Discussing our writing with one another would goo nice.
I think that passing around our work and having more eyes on it is better.
I think we should also connect through blogging so we can actually edit each other work.
I think we don't necessarily have to keep everything positive.
We can have some negative constructive comments.
I think that if people don't want to talk about a certain subject then I think we should avoid it from privacy reasons.
I also think that people should contribute at least one comment about a piece of writing and it can't just be "very good".
They have to say what they liked about the writing and what they disliked.
Discussing our writing with one another would goo nice.
I think that passing around our work and having more eyes on it is better.
I think we should also connect through blogging so we can actually edit each other work.
I think we don't necessarily have to keep everything positive.
We can have some negative constructive comments.
I think that if people don't want to talk about a certain subject then I think we should avoid it from privacy reasons.
I also think that people should contribute at least one comment about a piece of writing and it can't just be "very good".
They have to say what they liked about the writing and what they disliked.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Multitasking
Multitasking is a major fault that I have. In class today we were talking about multitasking versus focusing on one thing only. Personally I think that multitasking is a bad thing but if you think about it we are doing it everyday. I think that there are two different types of multitasking. One that is completely harmless to you and other is the one where you do too much things and you can't focus when you want to. Things like the internet, texting, and TV are all things that make u not able to focus. Sometime music is too. For an example, when I was little and I didn't know how to use the internet I focused on my school work more. But now since I've grown up, its become a habit where I am constantly on the computer checking this and that making me unable to focus. This caused me to do longer periods of homework and in the end I might not even understand it.
I think for people to beat the "bad" multitasking is to focus more and gradually lessen the task that you have to do until you are focusing on one thing you want to do. The "good" multitasking is very different than the bad one because it is something we are always constantly doing such as listening to music and walking. I think that the "good" multitasking is a good skill to master because when you grow older more tasks ahead of you so it would nice if you knew how to juggle all of those things. It also great for working too. Things would be done a lesser rate. In conclusion, I think that people should learn what is good multitasking and bad so they know how to spend their time wisely instead of sitting their doing stuff way longer than expected.
I think for people to beat the "bad" multitasking is to focus more and gradually lessen the task that you have to do until you are focusing on one thing you want to do. The "good" multitasking is very different than the bad one because it is something we are always constantly doing such as listening to music and walking. I think that the "good" multitasking is a good skill to master because when you grow older more tasks ahead of you so it would nice if you knew how to juggle all of those things. It also great for working too. Things would be done a lesser rate. In conclusion, I think that people should learn what is good multitasking and bad so they know how to spend their time wisely instead of sitting their doing stuff way longer than expected.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Holiday
Its winter break and that means no school for two weeks. How great is that? I have a feeling this winter break is going to be really good. I have so much things in mind to do over break, not to mention all of that homework too. This winter break, I was planning to spend most of it with all my friends because during the summer I felt like I didn't spend enough time with them so that is going to be great. Christmas right around the corner! I was planning to give someone a present but I didn't get a chance to so maybe I'll try to give it to them during winter break.
On the other hand this Christmas is quite bad. I don't get to have a Christmas present. Actually I did get it but I had it stolen so I can't really do anything about that now. My family is planning to visit some relative over in New York. I haven't seen them in a while so if i do it would be really great. New York also has HUGE shopping malls and stuff like that so I might want to walk around or something. I was born in New York but I don't really remember anything from that well so it would be nice to walk around New York and explore some new places.
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!
On the other hand this Christmas is quite bad. I don't get to have a Christmas present. Actually I did get it but I had it stolen so I can't really do anything about that now. My family is planning to visit some relative over in New York. I haven't seen them in a while so if i do it would be really great. New York also has HUGE shopping malls and stuff like that so I might want to walk around or something. I was born in New York but I don't really remember anything from that well so it would be nice to walk around New York and explore some new places.
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Track
Track is my favorite sport in the whole wide world. Track is just a basic sport and the only thing you actually need to know is to run between the lines. I run the 400 meter sprint for track at Alameda High. I think track is the only sport that I'm really good at. There lots of other races I can run but I specialize in the 400 meter race. I also have the ability to hurdle too, but due to back pain I quit.
There's actually a lot of things you have to consider when your running. Some of those things are like controlling your breathing and getting more oxygen to your body and keeping your elbow at a 90 degree. There are also blocks where you kick off at the beginning of the race. A lot of people say running distance, there are lots of things you have to consider like pace, breathing, and final kick. A final kick is a sprint to the end during a distance race and its usually for competitive placement. One very important thing for track is also the SHOES. Shoes for track is very different. It can not be worn casually because there's spikes on it.
Today I watched a TED video in class and the question was what body part would I replace if I could. I thought that very deeply because people can get major advantages if they had a better leg with more muscles. I think that people are fine the way they are and I would actually like to keep my body parts EXCEPT eyes. Eyes are an exception because it is very needed.
There's actually a lot of things you have to consider when your running. Some of those things are like controlling your breathing and getting more oxygen to your body and keeping your elbow at a 90 degree. There are also blocks where you kick off at the beginning of the race. A lot of people say running distance, there are lots of things you have to consider like pace, breathing, and final kick. A final kick is a sprint to the end during a distance race and its usually for competitive placement. One very important thing for track is also the SHOES. Shoes for track is very different. It can not be worn casually because there's spikes on it.
Today I watched a TED video in class and the question was what body part would I replace if I could. I thought that very deeply because people can get major advantages if they had a better leg with more muscles. I think that people are fine the way they are and I would actually like to keep my body parts EXCEPT eyes. Eyes are an exception because it is very needed.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Police
I don't even know if I'm allowed to do this but its free speech so it doesn't matter now. What I want to talk about to day is polices. I think they are good and all but sometimes they are some of the worst people ever. So it has been nearly a month since the incidence with the robbery of my stuff and other members of the track team. So once we we found out that the stuff were stolen. I called 911 and I told them the story. The police officer also told me to go to the campus cop next thing tomorrow and tell him the story along with my other friends too.
That was what my friends and I did. We told them the story and we also have SUSPECTS to whom stole it because one of my friends saw them on the bus with the stolen items. We later on found out there names and reported it. This got my hopes high very much because we got names and stuff so the chances of getting it back were higher. The thing they stole was an iTouch. It cost around 300 something or so and it was an early Christmas present. One month later, referring to now, I still haven't gotten notice from the cops. I'm pretty sure they either don't care or they just don't want to help. I mean what other reasons and evidence should I have shown them that the suspect stolen my stuff?
My dad also told me i couldn't buy another one and he is also not buying me anything for a year. So right now, my parents are still frustrated and I'm left with no presents this Christmas. So thanks a lot officers.
That was what my friends and I did. We told them the story and we also have SUSPECTS to whom stole it because one of my friends saw them on the bus with the stolen items. We later on found out there names and reported it. This got my hopes high very much because we got names and stuff so the chances of getting it back were higher. The thing they stole was an iTouch. It cost around 300 something or so and it was an early Christmas present. One month later, referring to now, I still haven't gotten notice from the cops. I'm pretty sure they either don't care or they just don't want to help. I mean what other reasons and evidence should I have shown them that the suspect stolen my stuff?
My dad also told me i couldn't buy another one and he is also not buying me anything for a year. So right now, my parents are still frustrated and I'm left with no presents this Christmas. So thanks a lot officers.
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