Blog.

1. Heck yes.

2. Just kidding. I guess I'll explain number 1 first :) Yes! I absolutely love the blog idea. I love being able to  just go to my computer and get my work done and having the ability to read other's blog's really helps me learn and see what other's are doing. It's truly wonderful not having to print stuff out alllll the tiiime. It's a lot less work/time/money for us. 

I guess I kind of answered number 2 in that answer, but yes, I love not having to turn papers in. Again, saves time, it's so convenient, etc. Why not take advantage of modern technology? :) I <3 Blogs.

I love being able to read my peers blogs for many reasons. First of all, if I'm confused on what we're supposed to do I can check someone else's blog out a make sure I'm doing it right. Also, when it comes to solving problems via comments I think that was super helpful. Like when we said what we were having issues with and people could suggest ways to help. Very helpful! 

Overall, the whole blog thing is a wonderful idea for this class. Considering it's mostly based around new media, it just fits right in. 

Pinterest.awesome

I love pinterest. It's just plain wonderful. It even has good design techniques!
The contrast on this website is vast, I love that it has a simple clean look with it's white background. Because of the whiteness, each picture has emphasis rather than having a colorful or busy background, then everything would blend. The only color you will see that isn't in a picture is the red title, which also shows its importance. I love the simplicity of this website because of the lack of color and the contrast.
 Alignment is also used very well. The pictures are in 4 columns but not grid-like, since they each different sizes. This works very well because everything is organized but without creating strain on the eyes.
Proximity! Everything that's important on this site are close together. This REALLY helped when I was new to pinterest. Right under the big title is the tool bar that takes you to all the different categories. Because of placement, it was the first thing my eyes went to. How simple!
Use of repetition is great too. Of course, there are a million and 2 pictures on pinterest, each different. But the boxes around each picture, even the placement of things in them and the font used are all the same. I don't think it would be very pleasing to the eye if they were random colors or were formatted different with each one.

SO pretty much, Pinterest is awesome. Bombdotcom. It does a good job of being appealling to the eye as well as the mind, being easy to use, and just AWESOME.

Websiteeesss.

My biggest problem was organizing my paper in a logical way. I solved this by just getting all my information down on paper, then I split it up and pieced it back together in a way that makes sense. Then i made sure there were good transistions and everythign connected well.

Effective websites:

Byu.edu (very easy to get around, definitely accomplishes what its trying to)
Facebook.com (easy to use)
Amazon.com (inviting, helpful and easy)
Netflix.com (easy to use, cool features)
Pinterest.com (super hot, a wonderful idea for a website, just plain awesome)

Ineffective websites:

Villaroseapts.com (broken links, missing info)
Byui.edu (I know this sounds terible, I have nothing against BYUI! Haha but my sister complains all the time how difficult the website is, well, USED to be. I think it's new now and more like ours)

These ones I found through google because I couldn't think of any others that I've visited that are crappy:
Sportingnews.com (very cluttered, not very pleasing to the eye)
Civilwar.com (lightly colored font makes it hard to read)

Our visit to the library.

The library website is kind of complex and has always been a bit on the difficult side for me, but that's because no one had ever really shown me around. But it's no easy "showing around". The place is like a mansion with 9 floors, 23 bedrooms, a labyrinth, and a spiraling staircase. But I think I've been given some good tours and might be able to remember where the spare-extra-guest bedroom and the pool are (In other words, I could probably get myself around without help). So since I've learned how to navigate on my own its been quite easy to find the information that I need. My area of difficulty that comes along sometimes is not finding articles, books, journals and other material that are specific enough to my topic. This doesn't happen all the time but when it does I feel like I'm way off base and just need a few pointers of how to narrow my wording.
Also, I learned that I'm quite savvy with an ipad.

I'm stuck in a rut.

I'm still stuck between 2 topics so I'll explain both and why I'm stuck.

My first topic of interest is how social media effects the quality of communication in relationships. Very often when trying to avoid confrontation people take advantage of new media like texting and facebook. I think people should avoid this use of communication because it could have harmful effects. Communication is SO important, especially in committed relationships. This one will probably have more research to find and directly relates to social media, but when the paper asked "Which one would be most interesting to read?" this isn't the one I though fit that criteria. I'm also in a marriage prep class and I'm sure my professor could help me out and direct me in where to find good sources for this.


My other one involves today's idea of perfection in beauty. Since this is the one I wrote down on that paper it got a little more developed. I took it into a few categories; plastic surgery, to need to not age, and young girls being affected by all of the above and more. I'm really passionate about the effects this has has the younger generation. There is so much going on that show young girls, not even teenagers yet, that they need to be hot and sexy, with high heels, big hair, skimpy skirts, 2% body fat, and 2lbs of make up. This quite honestly makes me sick. I have 2 younger sisters that I can already tell are/may be affected by what they see in media. I'm stuck here because I don't know what my question would be and I'm not sure if I could as easily find sources for this.

So as you can see, I'm in a rut. I don't know which one I like more, they both interest me A LOT. But i don't know which would would be more easily developed and has the ability to become the best paper. Help? :)

20 things to maybe, possibly write about. Maybe..

I have no idea what to choose...

Dance
 -dance in elementary schools
 -dance therapy
 -dance as a means of fitness
 -need for perfection in pro dance world (anorexia, etc.)
Social media
 -impact on grades
 -impact on social life
 -effects of overuse of social media on communication in a relationship
Movie critics
Age to get married
Importance of sports/arts in high schools
Illegal downloads, music, movies, etc.
Society influencing children at a young age to be "hot" and "sexy"
The effects of overuse of social media on communication in a relationship
"Above the influence" activities helping America's kids
Effect music/movies/video games REALLY has on listeners/watchers/players
Effects of divorce on children's future relationships
Stem cell research
Dystopian novels
Today's idea of perfection

Things I will change and my favorite movies evah!

Three things I will change about my RA!

-bring the audience into each paragraph sooner

-think of the values of the audience and why these things are important to them specifically while analyzing

-cut out unnecessary words, phrases and sentences.

Best movies evah!

Courageous (It's new, its beautiful, go watch it.)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie (Yes, you read that right.)
Transformers movies (not so much the second one)
Live Free or Die Hard (Why are all the other DIe Hard's rated R? And still not as cool)
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (BEST MI of all)
Keith (girly movie)
Star Dust (SO GOOD.)
Princess Bride (a favorite of most mormons I've noticed haha)

Predicted Favorites:
HUNGER GAMES
THE AVENGERS
MAZE RUNNER
ENDERS GAME
 okay so most of those are books.. but they will be just as awesome in movie form!!