free write

Ahhhhhh all I can think about is being home for spring break. All of this cold weather coming in is really depressing. I hate walking to class with a runny nose, watery eyes, and having everyone that walks past me think that I was crying. I can’t wait to be home and take a nice shower (without sandals) and enjoy a nice meal. I’m starting to get tired of this cafeteria food. My flex dollars are really starting to diminish quickly. The thought of subway makes me sick to my stomach. I have to walk past it at least three to four times a day. The smell haunts my nose every time I walk past it. Does anyone else agree that the people that make your sandwiches put zero effort into it, and I would say you have a eighty five percent chance of repeating your order at least three times. Im sorry I just went off on a rant about subway but I cannot stand it. Im really looking forward to finishing up my project one and having some weight off of my back. Im pretty nervous about it because I think im the only one doing a TV series so I hope it all works out. Im really hoping this week flies by. I’m really looking forward to going to unofficial this year to visit some friends. Last year was crazy, hopefully I make it back and don’t end up in a body bag….RIP. I also need to escape my floor. Theres these girls that think its hilarious to come and knock on our door at three a.m. every other night and im about to freak out and make the news. I am done complaining about my life now, but I am really looking forward to the up and coming weekends and spring break. #stressedout


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visual

Every time I check out a new video game, pick up a new magazine, or look at a new movie that comes out I look right past the details of the movie. Within the first twenty seconds of observing one of these I know whether I am interested or not. The use of visual representation is essential in drawing in your audience. Things such as size, color, and position of the objects are the biggest factors in grabbing the audience’s eye. Before the visual section of the class I never realized how important all of these things meant. I was looking at these objects with no knowledge of how, or why the artist chose the layout of the visuals. Size of the objects shows importance. If you see a tiny little figure in the background obviously its not going to catch your eye. One of my favorite new video games out is NBA 2k12. On the cover you’ll find one of the greatest basketball players that ever played soaring through the air. Of course this game is going to appeal to a audience that likes sports, most likely basketball. There are elaborate bright colors behind the superstar to make him stand out more, and to catch the eye. MJ is also the largest object and he is front and center on the cover. All the components of the cover is what grabs the buyers eye within the first few moments of seeing it. This game appeals to a basketball fan. The use of the size of the player shows his importance. Color can be used for many different reasons, but the use of color in this was to make the player stand out. I think 2k12 is one of the most addicting games to play. Me and my friends get super competitive and could play this game for hours on end. Its almost led to a few fistfights. I’m not blaming the cover artist for these fights but he/she definitely made it a easy buy for us.

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Free write

I feel like this has been the longest week of my life. The weather went from being beautiful, back to snow and freezing walks to all of our classes. Its also one of my best friends birthdays this weekend. I always think that when you have something fun or planned coming up that it feels like it takes forever to get to that point. My Intramural basketball league started this Wednesday. I realized how out of shape I was after running up and down the court twice and finding myself huffing and puffing for air. This up-coming project has me pretty excited. I am debating on recreating a album cover for my favorite artists latest cd or putting a poster together for the TV series workaholics. I am a little confused on what the project is still and how were going to be using this first project later on. Im glad we got the opportunity to choose a subject that interests us. Right now im taking a accounting class and I think it is the worst class ever. I have zero interest in everything that comes out of my professors mouth and that class always seems to take five hours. Waking up knowing that today in English I was going to do something interesting makes it that much easier to get to class every day. In my writing I usually find it easier when teachers just assign me a topic to write about. I usually hate the idea of free writes. I hate free writes not because of the lack of imagination and ideas, I just can never choose a topic to write about. I hate the awkward moments when ten of us are all sitting around with tons of options but not one of your friends can decide on what restaurant you guys want to go to. I love how this class has options and is the complete opposite of my Accounting class.

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Commercials

After being assigned to watch television, the hardest assignment I’ve ever had. I realized how much the commercials that come on after your favorite shows tie in together. I never really realized how much the commercials try to appeal with the audience. Before when I would watch tv I always would walk out of the room to grab a bite to eat or use the bathroom. The only time I look forward to ever seeing a commercial is during the super bowl or when I find myself watching those stupid infomercials for 45 minutes. As I actually sat down and observed the trends of the commercials I actually found it extremely interesting. I turned on one of the college basketball games and recorded all of the commercials one by one. I noticed right away that mens health, car commercials, food commercials, and commercials that advertised better success in bed was a very popular trend that all of these commercials seemed to follow. All of these commercials were appealing to young and older men. I mean it makes perfect sense. Most females don’t watch sporting events on tv, so it only makes sense to make all the commercials aimed towards men. Now after watching the game my curiosity was peeked about these dumb commercials. I forced myself to watch the worst show of all time…. Jersey Shore. The switch from espn and mtv was a drastic change. It went from food, cars, and beer to instant female make up products, new tv shows and series that were coming on, I almost threw the tv. One of the best assignments ive ever had quickly took a turn for the worst. As I watched the show I became a bigger hater of the show and mtv as a whole. I did force myself to watch a entire episode, and though I hated it I still found the correlations between the show and its audience. This will be important when we are writing our papers and keeping in mind who our audience is.

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