Luminous thoughts

Hi guys, today is my last blog entry, so I wanted to talk about my experiences as a blogger.  During my times as a blogger I really enjoyed it because I was able to write and express myself. I was able to give my opinion on the topic that I was writing about. I was limited to anything just myself and that was one of the difficulties I had. I wanted to stay true to the type of tone and subjects that i was writing about. For some of the entries I would write about things or situations that I felt were very powerful like on the subject of Suicide or about appreciating the important people that are around you. Topics like these I was really passionate about but looking back I feel that I could have written more. Then I kind of strayed from these sort of topics when I wrote on the topic of boxing. I think I shouldn't have strayed from the core concepts I was writing about in the beginning. The subjects that I was first writing about I thought were really important because these ...

    On Saturday 7, 2017 boxing fans were promised a battle between arguably Mexico's top fighter Canelo Alvarez against Chavez Jr the son of legendary fight Julio Cesar Chavez . There was a lot of hype around this fight because we would finally find out who is Mexicos top fighter. Jr promised fan that he would finally stop playing around and actually train, unlike previous fights. Fans were excited to see a well trained Chavez Jr against Canelo Alvarez. On fight night fans were disappointed with Jr's performance since he barely threw any punches. It seemed that Canelo was a speed bag and Jr was a punching bag. Canelo on the other side looked very powerful and sharp.  I started to think and thought what if Jr threw the fight. I know this sounds like I'm just making an excuse for him losing but think about it. Right after the judges gave the unanimous decision stating that Canelo won it was announced that Canelo would finally be fighti...

     Hello there, today I'm going to be talking about media today. In class, there have been discussions about media and how it pushes information to attract audiences. I now look a media very differently because media outlets will often give information with a lot of bias in it. They will provide audiences with information about a certain topic but with their bias views on it. This might lead to audiences not getting the whole story just the parts that the media outlet wants. There can be a story that every news outlets and they will all have a different story.  There might be a topic that every news outlets are reporting on but each would have a different view of it. Each would be trying to address their view of the topic and give their take on it. Remember that what media outlets really care about is grabbing the audience attention and having high ratings. Media outlets know what topic people are interested in and usually report on these topics...

     Hi there, today I want to be talking about the concept of entertainment. Entertainment is defined as," the act of entertaning: agreeable occupation of the mind; diversion; amusement" (Entertainment).  At the downfall of the great Roman empire, people were treated to spectacular series of gladiator fights. The goal was to have people forget about important things that were happening around them. It was a diversion so people would forget about their problems or things happening around them.      Now think about how in today's society we are constantly being bombarded with entertainment. Instead of covering important things happening around the world, or things that people should be aware of, instead, we get coverage about what famous celebrities are doing and what not, for example, Kim Kardashian . People are so interested in her life that there's even a reality show based on her and her family. The media knows t...

     Hi there, today I'm going to be addressing this social phenomenon called Hashtags. In today's social media whether it be; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr we always see hashtags. they let people who are interested in a certain topic communicate and see things related to the topic, for example, I used the hashtag #climatemarch  and found a lot of information on it. I was able to see other people's post who used the hashtag.      I think hashtags are fantastic because anyone can create a hashtag and with enough traction, it could become trending, for instance, #Alexfromtarget . An individual taught this cashier named Alex was cute and she decided to create a hashtag about it. This hashtag gained a lot of traction and made Alex an internet sensation. I would have to say that in the society that we live in where social media is very important hashtags are a very important tool. This tool can help us bring awareness...

Hey guys, have we become to depend on our smartphone? People no longer try to have conversations with people because they're too busy looking at the latest trend in social media or looking at how many likes you got on Instagram. We no longer need to remember crucial information because we can easily save it on our phones. Our smartphones are a wonderful tool but it’s changing us. It's making us into beings that no longer need to interact with people. We can easily order things with our smartphone and have them believed to our houses. When we're with people we text and do millions of things on our phones. We are losing part of our identity since we no longer interact with people. I remember a time when I used to walk into a classroom and see mostly everyone have a conversation but now when I walk into a classroom it's dead silent. Everyone is one their phones either watching videos or using social media. I’m not saying that the smartphone is the devil bu...

Hey guys, today I was reading this interesting article entitled, " Ducey: Why Arizona needs more college grads " I found it very interesting. The article was mainly stating how Governor Doug Ducey wanted to improve the education system in Arizona. He was stating some good facts about how if we have more people achieving a degree then we would have more possibilities. For me, this really struck home to me because my parents have always told me that getting a degree would open opportunities. I think that everyone should strive to obtain a degree since it would benefit the individual, their family, and the city. It would benefit themselves because they would have more income and more job opportunities, If this individual does have a family then they will have better opportunities than others. I would like to think that they would pass the important of a degree to their children. The city would benefit because there will have to be new jobs for these people and more mone...