Putting your Best Foot Foward

When I was first told we would be blogging, I did not get all that excited.  I looked at it as yet another homework assignment that I would have to accomplish on time.  But blogging has become something of a hobby for me now.  I look forward to writing in something that no one has to critique or get mad about.  I can express how I feel about the world and all of its problems.  The blog has transformed into something like a journal.  Unfortunately this journal has a due date.  Some of my setbacks have been remembering when the blogs are due.  I remember at the last minute and realize that I do not have enough time to write the best possible blog that I can.  Though even with the time crunch I still love that I get to release some of the pent up stress I gain on a daily basis with my own journal.  Writing in this “journal” has helped me look at writing as less of a chore or requirement, and more as a way to edit myself and see where I may be lacking.  I see it as something that you are putting in your own words for the entire class to see and critique so why not at least take the extra time to edit your own work before hand.  I would be embarrassed with myself if I put something on the internet with twenty or so grammatical errors.  That being said, I feel that the blog has helped my writing socially and editorially.

Peer Review at a Glance

With the past few weeks being very stressful, I have tried my best to give my group members the best possible reviews.  I used what I learned in the article assigned for us to read to give comments that helped my peers achieve all of what they were capable of.  I personally think that the focus on peer reviews has helped me write my paper.  I now read over my paper multiple times before turning it in and I focus on finding places in my paper that make it more appealing to the reader.  In the past few weeks we have focused on writing a paper that was stimulating for the reader and catered to his/her reading styles.  With my paper I gave more visual descriptions, more examples from memory, and reasons for the reader to stay interested.  I liked peer review because I never really knew what to write on another person’s paper to help them in the later drafts.  It was always something meaningless that had no way of changing their writing styles to better suit the paper.  Now that I know how to comment, I not only help my peer’s paper, but mine as well.  With this ability I have become more interested in writing and may not wait so long to write my next paper; because due to procrastination I almost did not get a chance to turn this one in.  It is easier to begin writing the paper sooner rather than later so you have the opportunity to edit before you turn it in. 

I'm always on...

As soon as I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is turn the alarm clock off, on my iPhone.  I make sure it has one hundred percent charge and I take it off the charger.  I check Facebook, text the important people, and make sure my Tap Zoo is still up and running.  My iPhone always leaves my apps open for me so that I can look at them whenever I like.  If I go out to a place I like, sometimes I post my location to Facebook.  The point is that I am almost always, "On the Grid."  You can reach me almost anytime of the day because my phone is never turned off.  Most people share the same opinion that if they do not have their cell phone in their pocket/purse, they are lost to the world.  They check it literally every two minutes to see if anything has changed in the world they know.  It's like a drug that has no clinically tested or proven side effects.  For American society this is a serious addiction with no cure and majority does not seem to want to do anything about it.  I personally do not know anyone that does not have at least one cell phone, no less a smartphone.  Smartphones, a dangerous tool in the hands of naive Americans, with no clue about what a technology addiction even is.  With over ten thousand deaths a year do to cell phone use, such as texting and driving, texting and walking, texting and etc.  My new years resolution was to use my cell phone less, and that is the only cure for a technology addiction.