presenting

the joys of presenting... I am excited to be done with this project, but getting everything done has been extremely difficult. I am not a fan... plus i value sleep so I should probably figure everything out and go to bed soon....

I Hate Technology. (yes this will be a whining post, i warned you)

So, wanna hear how editing my final exam video went?
Yes, of course you do!
1. I put everything together, it was done by Friday...then the software I used died.
2. So I re-edited it all on another computer only then to have not save because some file wasn't compatible.
3. So I re-did everything on ANOTHER laptop saved part one, got it on youtube (i worked on that allllllll of yesterday) and then started on part two, i started at 8am this morning, finished part two (it's really wonderful, i'm so proud of this ending) and then IT WON'T SAVE in a completed form. and now i have to go to work. gajkhkdsf,mn.

But no worries, I will fix something and have it ready by Tuesday...hopefully.

International

Well I'd just like to say that before this class I was very unneducated on the whole consumerism thing, and i'm glad we got a chance to learn about it because:

I was on an international Pen Pal site and I was talking to someone from the Phillippines and all they wanted to talk about was Consumerism and how it is playing out in the U.S.

I find it interesting/sad how their teens are so much more in tune with the world then we are.

How I almost came to not hate Webkinz

I have never liked the plush toys with a link to the online world of Webkins.  I don't like them for three reason. 
1) they're over priced and manipulate children into buying more (ah! child consumers!)
 2) I liked stuffed animals, I liked neopets, why the heck weren't these around when I was a kid??
 3) I may be a little angry it wasn't me making bank with a stellar idea
But yes no matter how cool they may be I still hate them.

Today, however, I discovered this guy

Yeah thats right its an Okapi webkin.

How cool is that?!

But with this discovery I discovered that webkins don't label their animals! wtf! You took a perfect opportunity to introduce new animals and zoology and you blew it webkins! Way to go!

And thats how webkins managed to continue my hatred.

Connection to PWB!

So I'm finally joy reading (not that I didn't enjoy our books this tri I just really am happy to be able to read the books on my reading list and not have to mark significant quotes or worry about quizzes) and the main character in my book is a twin.  She talks about how her sister is the one that seemed to get all the looks, smarts, and communication skills while she was quiet, too skinny, and never "fit in" at school.  Naturally I connected back to Leah and Adah.  My character, just like Adah, is actually really really really smart and can function just fine in society but chooses not to.  She also talks about the labels society puts on she and her sister and how those don't fit what she sees in them. 

I feel like this might be a common theme for twins in literature.  I wonder if I speaks any truth to twins in the real world.  Tyesha? and thoughts?

Everyone enjoy your long weekend!!!! Free of stress and full of fun!!!

This week feels so wonderful to be done with. The only big thing I have to worry about is the exam project which will be a piece of cake after all of this! Graduation is only a week away. I cant believe it is coming down to the end!