Damn publish button

So when I began working on this blog last night I though I had sent it with the damn publish button but of course it didn't send once again. This problem has happened on many occasions sadly I usually publish my blog immediately after I finish it but last night it may have skipped my mind to publish. So now of course I'm sitting in class after I was remembered to check if i had published my blog and after checking I saw my blog was not posted so in response to me not remembering everything i blogged about last night I'm here writing a new blog to make up for the previous one that no longer exists sadly.

Wrapping It Up

Social media, I'm sure, is probably how most people our age use the internet. I think the coolest thing about this is how we carry ourselves online. You can see how diversely open people are about their lives.
Some people hardly post unless it happens to be a big event such as a wedding or recently taken pictures at a school dance. However, on the other side of the spectrum, there are also people who post daily or maybe even multiple times throughout the day.
What I find even more fascinating is how people also portray themselves differently than you would expect online. Although we may expect the quietest person in class to not even own any social media we could find out that in fact theyre somehow an incredibly active DIY-er on Pinterest.
As we close this segment of Online Anonymity in class, I've learned more about how the internet and its usage is different to each and every one of us and that's what makes it so popular among our community.
Also as a side note, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy winter break and that I'll definitely miss being in this class for two weeks!

Social Media Comments

Much of the posts about social media that I saw this week state that all comments that one posts should be positive because they lift the spirits of the one who posted what was commented on when they are going through a hard time. However, I think there are some cases where a negative comment might be warranted, when the poster is not known or seem to be in distress. These negative comments, to be helpful instead of hurtful, should state why they are not in agreement, focus on the topic or circumstances instead of attacking the poster, be respectful, not involve ranting, and be limited to misunderstandings of what people think or know about something or common knowledge and illegal acts that most people do not do. Do you think there are any legitimate reasons to comment negatively on something?

recap

Concluding on our unit about Online Anonymity, it has been a great lesson to understand the importance of being anonymous on the internet and in our lives. The internet shapes our human existence, from social networking to work relations, infinite interactions are happening all over the world. And sometimes, we can forget the world is a scary place that includes both good and bad people. The capability of being anonymous online allows both kinds to do tremendous things. The good kind utilizes it as a way to express themselves or seek advice from others without conflicting their personal life. It's amazing as internet anonymity provides them with an outlet within their own comfort. However, this allows the other kind, the bad kind, to use anonymity with confidence and inflict pain and fear to others. I view the word "trolls" as tricksters. Entertainers. People that annoy for fun. Yet trolls is also an umbrella term for those egocentric individuals that crosses the point of being annoying to becoming a threat or predator. Just like the real world, it is scary when we are being harassed by these individuals. To be online is also allowing yourself to be vulnerable to the world, so it's important to have the option of being anonymous.

Social Media

Social Media is an asset in our daily lives. It has given all of us the ability to be connected, and make new connections with others. Social media has helped us turned acquaintances into friends and even boost careers. Everyday as we scroll through our feeds and read tweets or captions we are influenced.   We are influenced to know the difference between pretty and ugly. We are influenced to know what is funny and not. We are influenced how we should live our life. Our phones take up so much time of our day, doing nothing but brainwash to us. I'm not necessarily saying to avoid social media as a whole, but just like everything else it's important to do everything in moderation.

90's Kid

When Fletcher reminisced about not having technology like we did today, it made me think back to my childhood when technology was barely taking its peak and it was the last thing on our mind as kids. I remember spending days outside and going to the park with my dad and neighborhood friends. I remember spending playtime with my neighbors, riding our bikes or in our front yard playing tag or hide and seek. Everyday me and my family made up games to play, drawing or reading books was a daily. Seeing children today and parents rely on technology is really sad to see, I wish they had the same childhood as I did and did more than just watch youtube and tv all day. Technology has consumed most of our lives and time that I can't even imagine what people did years ago for fun. I think anything we did as children was considered real fun over playing games on our phones. Although technology brings some benefits for convenience I believe that we miss out on real life experience, like learning hands on, being more creative, and expressing our imagination. Sometimes I would see post about “old” things we used to have, for example gameboys or different types of old shows we used to watch as kids. And its crazy some kids today don't know what we used to have, or know well enough that their missing out on a lot of things. I wish some old 90's toys/shows/ideas that we enjoyed made a comeback to today. What are some things you guys miss from your childhood?

“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”

-unknown

Toro, toro!

Some of you may have noticed that I wasn't here on Friday. I got to visit my dad at work. It was pretty exciting. I hadn't done that in a long time. A lot of things changed. They changed buildings, there's some new people. I saw people I met a long time ago that I didn't remember... Yeah, It's been about 13 years.  It was kind of weird because my dad is there all the time. He disappears at six in the morning and doesn't come back until the evening. I know what my dad does- he brings work home every weekend- but I never really saw him in a work setting like that. And finally I was able to put names to faces. And you might think that accountants are notorious for being organized, but in reality my dad's office is messier than my mom's (she's a college professor, with a computer in the bedroom). It's like mom's desk but with more stacks of paper and one of those weird calculators that prints out stuff while you use it. And those funny rubber covers for your fingers so you don't get a paper cut.

But, of course, I did have an ulterior motive. I wasn't going to ditch just so I could have mom drive me to see my dad's office in Culver City. Oh no. I went to talk to one of the attorneys at the law firm that happened to go to Stanford. And we got sushi.

I'm applying to Stanford. I'm not sure I'm going to get in, but a girl can dream, right?

So after a nice lunch and talking about school stuff, we went back to Dad's building and I stayed the rest of the day so we could take the carpool lane home. I used to think working in an office would drive me insane but almost everyone has a bowl of candy on their desk or a radio and one of the partners has a giant Snoopy in his office.  And I got to meet Igor, who likes to do fantasy football and March Madness bets with the others. And there's a Mrs. Fields Cookie Store across the street. I was surprised that my dad rarely goes there. I would go all the time!

Anyway, while I was waiting around in the office, my mom texted my dad when she got home, right around when the mail came. And Dad said, "Uh-oh... Should I tell her?"

Now I was getting anxious because I knew report cards were coming out. Then he hands me his phone and shows me a picture of an envelope that says, "Congrats Future Toro!"

I got my first acceptance letter! I got into Cal State Dominguez Hills!

I know it sounds silly coming from me.

I know that if I get accepted into any of my other schools, I'm pretty certain I'm not going to Dominguez.

But it's kind of comforting that I know I'm going to college, Stanford or not.

I know college applications suck.

And I know some of us, myself included, are scared as hell right now.

And I know we're probably gonna hate staying up late working on a long paper (more than three pages) hopped up on caffeine, or sitting in a lecture hall feeling invisible.

But you know what? That's fine.

As long as we stay in school, we'll be ok.

...Right?