I have to say I was able to really dive into my creative side which I have enjoyed thus far. Between doing the daily crates every day and picking the assignments in the assignment bank I was really able to get the creative juices flowing. Utilizing the Dr. Oblivion tool was definitely interesting and one thing I said in my last post is he doesn’t mince his words that’s for sure. I may not have agreed with the perspective he gave but I was able to appreciate it. When I asked for further themes to look into for rewriting my film review, I did find his points helpful. He pointed out themes that I didn’t even think to include the first time so that was nice. I would have to say my favorite assignments from this week would be completing the course character as well as the fanfic assignment I chose to do which was also creating a character with a back story. I found this enjoyably one because I like to write, and it was also nice pulling elements of things I like and get inspiration from and drawing it into a character. I have also enjoyed being able to view everyone else’s creativity. From the daily crates and the assignment bank assignments its nice being able to see other students’ inspiration and where their creative thoughts lead them. I’m excited for week three!

Check out all my work from the week!

Hey, everyone, this is my poster from the Daily Crate today. I made this design in Canva and wanted to have images of a variety of different people with the span of different demographics reading. I hope y’all like the design!

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Fanfic Assignment

I want to virtually introduce you to Calista she is 22 years old and was born in New York where she currently resides with her husband and 4 pets. She has long dark curly brown hair that cascades down her back and she has pretty light hazel eyes and she happens to be on the thinner side. People often tell her that’s she strickling beautiful, but she is the kind of person that ignores that. She prefers to be complimented for her accomplishments. She has a type A personality and works at publishing office and edits/ reads books all day. Shes the typical first person at work and 5am and the last to leave around 6pm. She may sound boring but I’m telling you she’s not.

Are you curious about her yet? We’ll let me tell you a bit more about her. When Calista’s not working Shes training, she puts all of her energy into Tennis when she can. Shes on an adult sports Tennins league and often spends time either at her private gym’s tennis court or at the homebase of her team.

What made her get into tennis? Well, something that she doesn’t like to share with people with the exception of her two very best friends and her spouse. Shes a closet anime fan her favorite genre being sports. When she was in middle school, she watched an anime that was centered around tennis, and she fell in love with both anime and tennis. She binged the anime over the course of a few weeks and once she finished it, she asked her parents to buy her all the Tennis gear and she played tennis all throughout her middle school, high school, and college years.

You may be wondering if she had dreams about going pro? No, she never wanted to play it professionally. She knew that she wanted to be surrounded by books and enjoy reading stories that were being created by new and up and coming authors. She was drawn to Tennis because the appeal of joining a team and working towards with other people inspired her.

When Calista has time to relax because she likes to make sure she makes time to take care of herself. She spends it at home with her husband and four dogs binging the latest tv show and eating takeout. No, the dogs don’t eat the takeout they eat the boujee food that they get from the VIP pet store for upper east siders. Neither of them likes to cook. Their favorite thing to eat is authentic ramen and mochi ice cream.

Well that sums up Calista for you. I hope you enjoyed reading about her!

When asking Dr. Oblivion for help with this review I received some good feedback especially compared to my piece on the technical manifesto. He pointed out what a super fan that I was which you could have probably already tell by my first review. I stand by my opinion and my first review. The first movie of the Avengers was a fantastic first movie of this franchise. It really tied all of the different characters with incredibly different backgrounds together to create this dynamic team with great on-screen chemistry and an excellency written story without trying to hard.

One of the great aspects of the Avengers is that it has elements that the whole family can enjoy. There’s action, comedy, romance, drama, rivalry, suspense, and so much more. There’s an element in this movie that I think truly everyone can enjoy.

Let’s talk about themes in the movie. Friendship, teamwork, believing in yourself, overcoming adversity. Are some of the main themes in the movie. The avengers didn’t start out as friends and some of them didn’t always agree with how to go about things. A good example of this dynamic would be Captain America and Iron Man. Captain America being the all-around guy who wants to serve his country with pride. Then you have Iron Man the highly intelligent and sarcastic rich guy that liked to do things differently. Yet they were able to put aside their differences and beliefs to fight for the greater good. People that started off as strangers became a solid group of friends and that was one of the enjoyable parts of the movie is watching the characters grow and evolve.

There are a few classic tropes in the movie being brother against brother. One being the popular one and the other one not so much. I enjoyed this dynamic because the villain was almost likable and there was one particular scene, he was in that had the whole audience laughing when I was able to view in the theater.

All and All the first Avengers movie was a great start to the entire franchise and its a movie that I think everyone can enjoy!

People are either happy about the world technology advancing or there not. There are always mixed reviews on how social media is affecting young people and how they communicate. Then there the reverse and how people love social media because it’s a different way to communicate with the world and it’s a way to reach people differently. I don’t think there’s a right or wrong way to look at this point. There’s a benefit to advancement especially when it comes to technology. I mean let’s be real for a moment, back then computers were practically the size of a large desk, TVs were literally boxes, and you couldn’t fit a phone in your pockets. Technology advancing is ultimately a good thing and it’s going to continue to evolve that’s the essential part of evolution. We’re going to continue to advance.

I watched the movie the Avengers, a movie about superhero’s saving the world from a villain that wants to destroy the world just because he can. I mean this movie was all about technology. Let me zoom in on Iron man. His character was incredibly rich and smart and owns his company. What does he do? Build a decked-out iron suit and helps stop the bad guys. He can only do this because of technology. In this superhero universe having this level of technological advancement is a good thing. Let’s not forget the other race from another planet with the ships, super strong hammer, and other overpowered fighting tools. Thats all technological advancement.

This movie may not touch on the sides of advanced technology in regard to if it good or bad, but it just highlights in the movie itself how far technology has come and if it’s used for good then it can save people. I think this is more than just technology it’s a rule of thumb in anything. If something is used for good, then its good. If not, then it’s the reverse. I think people need to remember that instead of being so pessimistic about where technology is going.

The manifesto really emphasis the points on people’s misconceptions on technology now a days. It points out the good and then goes over the bad, from the perceptions of people. The manifest essentially is about how important technology is and how it can pretty much solve anything, and people are growing more and more pessimistic about it all to sum it all up.

I already stated earlier that advancing is something that we as humans are going to do. If we look back at the passed 100 years we have come so far since then. Technology has literally saved lives and connected us in ways that I feel like are more beneficial than the ways of the past. I mean people used to communicate via carrier pigeons, now we have cell phones their essential minicomputers and cameras in the palm of our hands. I think people need to appreciate the advancement instead of looking at it with a pessimistic lends.

When I asked Dr. Oblivion for help well for one, he doesn’t mince words that for sure. His point was that I romanticized technology and when comparing the technology advancement with a superhero movie I should have touched on what could be any moral or ethical issues that comes with this kind of power. My response to him is well that’s the point sir. I wanted to Romanize is I don’t think that technology should be so heavily scrutinized I wanted to shape it in a more positive light because that’s what I think it deserves. In regard to the moral and ethical question that’s not original and always come ups within the superhero genre. I appreciated the level of feedback, but I stand on my opinions.

Until next time!

The city lights.

The lights were bright, and the moon was shinning.

The trees were still and the mountains were high

The moon was peeking out greeting the day

Everything is still

Everything is peace

Nature is getting ready for the day.

The day will begin.

The sun will shine.

My version of a voynich manuscript……….. please don’t judge I’m not a artist.