Entry #11, And Thus It Comes Crumbling Down..

Hey everyone,

My name's Adrian Garcia and this will be my last entry for a while. Since the cat's out of the bag, I'd like to take a moment and reflect on my experience blogging so far.

As for blogging, I thought it was okay but I didn't necessarily take it seriously. I did it mostly for the sake of a grade, but I did play around with some topics. I would say the benefits of blogging are that it could be used for therapeutic reasons like ranting to release stress and have a good time or just inform people of your thoughts. There are challenges to blogging such as trying to find ways to be inclusive of the audience. What topics can you talk about than an incite a response from a reader? As an assignment for a class, I don't think blogging was quite useful or valuable. I didn't really learn anything about my classmates except for a few inconsequential things. I also don't feel that I have improved as a student doing this or  even changing my understanding of my classmates. As for technology, this platform was actually frustrating to log onto because it would sign out all of my other accounts. As for how I responded to my fellow classmate's blogs, I would scan a blog and respond with a short answer or question. As nonchalant as that sounds, it's the truth.

To all my readers, thanks for spending these eight short weeks with me. It was a pleasure writing to you about topics that interested me. Other than what I just said, that's all for now folks.

Entry #10 Living it up, but modestly this time?

Hello fellow Americans,

It's Adrian again. Today I'd like to take a moment out of your time to discuss our President's generosity.

Donald Trump's at it again and is now staying in New Jersey to "save costs" despite the best option for saving costs is to stay at the White House or Camp David and other government owned and secured properties. 

A while ago, I talked about Trump's excessive trips to Mar-a-Lago to golf. Now that he's trying to show that he's financially responsible, it's become ironic. This man knows no bounds.

Since my purpose was just to inform you of this event, that's all I have to say for now. Thanks for reading and leave a message letting me know how you feel about our President's monetary actions. 

Entry #9 The World of Media Around Us

Hey guys,

Beer Commercial Example

It's me Adrian Garcia again and today I'm here to talk to you about media and it's subtle influences on the world. As a college student, some of my teachers have already begun to demonstrate why it's important to understand what we're looking at in our daily lives.

One example of this is beer commercials and the messages they send to us. Choosing the right beer is shown as being popular in a group or impressing people. Choosing the wrong beer can make you an outcast and the odd one out.

Infamous Photo taking technique

Another example of media influencing us is female models and children. Women are made to look as thin as possible and unnaturally so. They are photoshopped or use "myspace" angles to deceive the viewer into thinking what's beautiful.


As you can see, media can be pretty biased and when people aren't expecting it, influential as well. That's all I have to say for this topic. Let me know what you're thinking by leaving a comment.