Sadly EveRytHinG hAs tO cOmE to an eND....

At first, a class I was interested in but didn't know what to expect when I got there the first day of school. "No book", one of the first frases that stayed in my head that very day, from one of the professors I truly enjoyed in my journey through Valencia Community College. I found very interesting the fact that only reading a newspaper would make a difference in the point of view of the class.. After all is a Mass Communications Class... I really liked to be up to date in information regarding communication and also everything on the entertainment. I was so used to reading communication articles, that even on my short vacation to Puerto Rico, I grabbed the paper and read everything communication wise, I even cut the articles to show them in class. Many interesting stories, including the most absurd ones on the very front page. Although those stories were a little wacko, i loved to read them... Made my day.
Ah quizzes.... Each class the first thing, after signing the sheet. Sincerely, I'm not a big fan of those,because of some stuff. First, I don't know why, even if I read the article, there was always a question I never catch and always got it wrong. Second, numbers, numbers, numbers. Always a question with some kind of number to put. And third, I don't like to remember the names of stuff like he asked us always in one of the first 3 questions. But even though some things I didn't like, there were some that i enjoyed. Loved that even if you guess u get a point for creativity (well IF you ARE creative), questions about artists,oh and definitely the Academy Awards guessing,my personal favorite.
Actually, I'm a big procrastinator (sorry its the harsh truth). I liked to read the newspaper, but I always ended up reading the articles the day before or just after the class. I don't think it affected me, because i was so used to read it in a rush, I always looked forward to that Sunday to read them all. In terms of study habits, i learned a lot about communications, especially the subject i like the most, entertainment.
Even thought i liked to have the actual Wall Street Journal paper in my hands, i wont continue subscribing to it. I like better to read it online, and get different opinions on the stories not only the wall street journal point.
Class wise... I don't wanna sound dumb or anything like that but, this was actually my second favorite class this semester (just after film). I wouldn't change it for anything. The teacher is an excellent instructor, and has many innovative ideas on how to not make the class boring. He has to keep up the good work and keep doing what he is doing... Keep your imagination running and be always on the know.
Definitely, Communications is my field. My career plans include, Radio/TV, and this class made me realize I was certainly in the right place. Nothing more I enjoy that being in the know. I never thought I was gonna be persuing a career in this field, since my parents never liked it. But against everything I'm doing what I like, what I enjoy. I certainly hope my next classes are like this one, which i learned more than I expected....

SoCial-Networking...

Finding people in this planet nowadays is more easy than putting butter in a piece of bread. Long lost friends, colleagues, even family are easily find through social sites where everyone connects with everyone. Sincerely, the best invention since the world wide web. People I thought would never see again or even recognize me, have found me through such sites. Since the boom of the social-networking sites raised, trust me, I've been using them. Starting by the famous Myspace, followed by a reformed Facebook and ending (for now) in the text message alike site, Twitter.

I find very interesting how this kind of sites become really popular. Profiles are a mirror of yourself where people that know you or want to know you, can see who you are. I use 3 of the most popular social-networking sites: Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter. I started by using Myspace. I loved how i could put music and pictures of the artists i like. When it became really popular, I started to find people i went to school with back in kinder-garden and throughout my school years. One day, my cousin who lived in New York when I was still living in Puerto Rico, talked to me about a cool new site better than Myspace, more for older people. I started using Facebook even though it was kind of confusing, but i enjoyed how easy was to communicate with people, better than waiting to leave comments in Myspace. I've used both since and I love them.

My career field has always been the entertainment. Anything from music to movies and the artists I need to know. I've followed many blogs from entertainment followers including Perez Hilton's. His celebrity page is filled with up to date news in the industry with his comments. Several days I started to notice that many artists were posting personal stuff on a site called Twitter. Being this my field of interest, i decided to check it out and see what it was. I found more interesting yet the fact that is just answering one simple question "What are you doing?" in form of a text message. Now I've added a new site to my list of favorite social-networking sites.

I usually spend more than 4 hours a day on the social-networking sites, checking up with my friends, figuring out how to put my profile together and watching my artists, in between others. A week easily can be 15 hours of time checking up my pages. Actually is very valuable for me this pages, I think I've become addicted to look at my pages, knowing what everyone else is doing. Each site has a particular use for me. Myspace is for my younger friends back in P.R., Facebook is more of a College/Workers/older person kind of site, and Twitter is more for the entertainment issues on the go. If they put a fee for accessing the sites I don't think I would keep using the services just because I know my friends wont be using the sites, so what's the point on having a social-networking site without the people? I mean, I love the sites but is not that I cant live without them, I know there is always going to be new and free ways to contact with people.