Can We Blame "Them"?- Blog # 6

In some ways I believe that we, as a society, have "lost" our "right" to privacy. Things in today's world have become so corrupt and there are so many people out there with the intent to harm, that our society feels so unsafe, that the government feels they need  to watch our every move. Whether or not this is for our own "protection" as they tell us, or that its just that they want to spy on everyone at all times, merely for their own gain or because they are simply nosey, I am not sure. But there is no doubt that our privacy has definitly been compromised. In even the simplest ways our privacy level has gone down. Whether it be a security camera placed at the most rediculous of places or monitoring of one's every move on the computer, our privacy is compromised.

I guess that one can not really blame "them" for wanted to spy. The world today, as I mentioned earlier, has become such a violent, and corrupt environment with so many people who's goal is to cause harm that people feel unsafe and are willing to give up a certain amout of their freedom for the feeling of "safety". I guess that it is our own faults for our loss of privacy though when you think about it. When one turns on the news in the evening or in the morning, how often is there somthing positive on it? Hardly ever is there a story about a man who saves a child from being hit by a car, or a person donated a million dollars to the Breast Cancer Foundation, or two people fell madly in love and are engaged to be married. Do we ever really hear anything like that on the news? Not really. When we flip on the news to see what is going on in the world, ninety percent out of one hundred times it's negative. Its a man with a bomb strapped to his chest ran into a crowded building and killed two hundred people, or a child was taken from their home in the middle of the night, or a woman was raped and killed and her body was found outside a bar in an allyway, or another bank was robbed, or a woman was shot during a robbery at a nearby gas station. Like this is what our world has come to. So can we really blame people for wanted to feel "safe"? Can we really blame the government or whoever "they" are for wanting to monitor our every move and have acess to all of our most personal information? I don't know if we can really asnwer "Yes" to that question anymore.

"Lead Me Into The Light"- (Blog # 5, Choice #3)

My favorite song right now is E.T. (Futuristic Lover) by Katy Perry and I absolutly love music. When I wanted to listen to musci this would be the firat song that my Feed would play. Music is my escape from the world and when I listen to this song I totally leave reality. Its somthing about the music and the words. The entire song just takes over my whole body and mind! When I wanted to listen to music to escape and leave the world behind, this would be the first song I would listen to.  The lyrics are amazing:

You're so hypnotizing
Could you be the devil
Could you be an angel

Your touch magnetizing
Feels like I am floating
Leaves my body glowing

They say be afraid
You're not like the others
Futuristic lover
Different DNA
They don't understand you

Your from a whole other world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I'm ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch are foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

Your so supersonic
Wanna feel your powers
Stun me with your lasers
Your kiss is cosmic
Every move is magic

Your from a whole other world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I'm ready to go

Lead me into the light

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch are foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

There is this transcendental
On another level
Boy, you're my lucky star

I wanna walk on your wave length
And be there when you vibrate
For you I'll risk it all
All

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch are foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

Extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch are foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

My favorite movie ever is Black Swan featuring Natalie Portman. It is by far the most amazing movie I have ever seen. When I left the theater I felt indescribable. I didnt even speak to my friend who saw it with me. We both didn't speak for probably twenty minutes after we left the theater. We both felt like it changed our lives. I have never felt like that after seeing a movie. So when I wanted to watch a movie this would be the first movie that my Feed would recommend.

My favorite thing to eat is strawberry ice cream so when Im hungry for somthing sweet this is what my feed would recommend that I have.

Gossip Girl is my favorite series on television. It is on every monday night on the CW channel. Every monday at 9 o'clock my feed would show me this to remind me to watch. I love this series and have evr since the first episode that I watched. It sucked me in and I've been hooked ever since.

Why Yes I Can!

When we were given the assignment of living a week without technology I thought to myself "There is no way that I can live without my cellphone or the computer." But then I actually thought about what it would be like without technology, a thought occured to me. "I have som many other things that I could do with my time than spending hour on Facebook or spending my entire day texting while I carry out my usual tasks. I could spend time with the people that really matter to me. I could put more emphasis on my family, my friends, and my education. I could get together with my friends and have a personal conversation face-to-face. I could look into there eyes as I talk to them. We could have fun and do a million things without technology. But heres the thing, I dont really want to live without technology, maybe just monitor how often I use it. Technology can be a great thing, the problem is when it starts to take presidence over family, friends, education, religion, etc. When the television becomes a huge part of a family dinner, or text messaging keeps a mother and daughter from talking in person, or when Facebook becomes the only concern of a high school student who had final exams to study for, this is when technology becomes a problem. When technology begins to take over that is when we need to look at our lives and evaluate what is really important. So after all that, let me ask myslef that question again, "Can I live without technology?" "Why yes, yes I can!"

Are We The Dumbest Generation?"

In my opinion, I do not personally think that we are the dumbest generation. I do believe that our generation has different goals and a different list of priorities than those of the older generation. I think that the opinion that we are the dumbest generation may have somthing to do with this fact that we have a different list of priorities and thing that are valued by us today. Times have changed and different things become important to us. For example for the older generation top of the priority list may have been things like religion, and family, etc.  Today's generation may have a  different list such as facebook, friends, etc. Not every priority has changed but many have. Although i do not feel that we are the dumbest generation there are instances that do disapoint me and make me doubt our generation, such as the video that we watched in class of the beauty pagent. I was highly disapointed by the answer that was given by the girl featured in the segment of the pagent. When I was watching it I thought "What is she even saying? She is making no sense at all." The responce given made me even feel dumb, however it was a good laugh because I guess you don't realize how unintelligent some of today's generation is. I don't that speak for all of the generation though.
I will admit that our generation does have its weak moments, and our values and priorities may be swayed just a bit. I will be the first to admit that I love social networks, such as Facebook. I actually have it up right now while I am writing this blog. I love to stay connected with my friends and family, and I love to know what is going on. I like to stay " in the loop". But at the same time I do not revolve my entire life around it. I do not put it ahead of my real priorities such as my education, and real interaction with friends and family.  I do think that it does frighten the youth of today to be uninformed, and not included as mentioned in the one article we read for class. I think this may be one reason that todays youth puts so much emphasis on sites such as these.
I think that I would definitly say that we are not the dumbest generation. However we may be a lazier one. There are those that want everything handed to them on a silver platter, or don't want to have to work for anything that they have, but there are those out there dedicated to their work and education.  It is unfair to lump our generation all together and call us the dumbest generation because although there are those of us who are less motivated and put more empahsis on things that maybe  shouldn't be on the top of our priority list, this is not the case for all of us.  I feel that we are the most computer savey generation, and we are the most education motivated generation. We have many people going to higher education. I think that speaks for somthing.
Overall I disagree with the articles that we read stating that we are the dumbest generation. I will admit that our values and such have changed drastically when compared with the older generation, but you know what they say..."The times, they are a changin'".