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Eccentrick Art Show 2009

     As usual, Mary Ward had a very successful art show. This time it was called ECCENTRICK and was filled with many interesting, out of this world pieces of art. From fine arts to media to tech, I found all of the artwork to be very creative. 

     My favourite part of the whole art show was located in the Dark Room. This is where all of the videos and movies were being played. I would spend periods in that room watching the movies over and over again during the art show. I really liked the movies and found them quite entertaining. Some were funny, some were inspiring and others were just random, but I found myself in that Dark Room quite often. I also liked the tech area of the art show where giant paper mache figures were made. I remember the Tim Horton's and Patrick the Star ones very well and thought that they looked exactly like the originals.

     This year, however, the art show seemed a bit smaller than last year's ECHO. There was no art work in the inspire area where I can recall last year had some. Also, there was no art work outside the school right next to art, where as last year had some as well. Despite this, the art show was great. This year had the Visconti gallery and Mutant Forest located upstairs which I thought was good because it was a preview and free of cost. So if someone couldn't pay or make the time to see the whole art show, at least they could see the section of the art show that was upstairs. 

     When you enter the art show, you would find a bunch of distorted painted images and mirrors. It's funny because I kept getting tricked by the way the walls curved and the mirrors so whenever I tried to exit through that area, I would try to go to the other side of the wall to the door. However, there was only one exit and that wasn't it. For some reason I kept thinking there was two!

     Overall, I really liked the art show. There were some aspects which made it different than the other art shows and some that remained the same. I look forward to seeing next year's art show as well! :)

Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy

     Technology plays a huge part in my daily life and I'm sure it does in many other people's lives as well. Techonology enhances all the time and so often that we don't notice how greatly it improves. Therefore, it is really easy to take all the great inventions for granted due to the new ones constantly arriving. There is a guarantee that whenever you purchase a new phone, mp3 or computers, something newer and more technologically enhanced will come out shortly. This way, people tend to find their own pieces of techonology old or not good enough. The truth is that people used to live without all these great convenient inventions in the past and we would be able to live without them as well if they were taken away now. However, it will be harder for us to accept life without it's amazing technology. It's not easy to let something great go if you've once had it and been happy with it. Even people with really old phones who want new ones wouldn't want their phone taken away because they would rather have technology of some sort rather than none and having to use dial phones.

     I really don't know what else could be invented. Life is fine without whatever future inventions will be created. Life is easy enough when it comes to technology or at least it is not that complicated. Techonology is definitely taken for granted at times but you can't blame anyone. Cell phones are great devices. You can communicate with contacts anywhere because you have a portable phone. Then there's another feature. You can text message a person now and you can receive them as well. There are also many other features such as call display, call waiting, video call and so much more. Due to all these features, we tend to forget about the great privillege and opportunity where we have a phone in the first place.

     Knowing my parents lived without computers as children is hard to imagine because now they can use them fairly well and in fact need computers and internet when it comes to their own important work. Then I start to imagine even further back to my grandparents' times who probably used radios and even further and further. It's hard to imagine life without so many different types of techonology that exist today. At the same time, it is hard to imagine how much more enhanced life would become with it's newly invented techonology. I guess that means I like life the way it is considering technology. I can live without the future inventions to come and am too used to live without the technology I use today.

Cell Phone Manners Matter

I think that cell phone use should definitely be taken more into consideration when it comes to other people. When you are using a cell phone, you have to stay aware of your surroundings and the kind of place you are in. If you're in a quiet area like a library, you should be quiet and careful about using a cell phone because people want peace and quiet, not to hear someone chatting away on their phone. In other areas, there may be restrictions to using cell phones. These places might be include a doctor's office. People have to make sure they obey these rules and restrictions because they are important. Using a cell phone in a doctor's office could affect a doctor's concentration. Of course, there are different situations and it is up to you to decide when is an appropriate time.

Often times I see people using cell phones at completely inappropriate times.It is understandable that as technology enhances, a person can easily grow very accustomed to the use of technology, especially convenient cell phones. However, you have to remember that as convenient as your cell phone may be, you still have to consider others depending on the environment you're in. There was once a time when there were no cell phones, so I'm sure that it wouldn't hurt to just turn off your phone when you go to church or the library, or at least put your phone on vibrate or silent mode. There is a reason for why people are asked to turn off their phones when they are in the movie theater. This reason being that it is only respectful towards others if your phone doesn't disturb other viewers while watching the movie.

Cell phones are often a huge distraction. While you're receiving phone calls from your family, friends or employees, you could easily forget that you should be doing something else like work, homework or helping someone out. Cell phones can interfere with what you have right in front of you. You could be talking or texting on your phone, or even on the internet, but you probably have something better to be doing to make use of your time rather than a phone. For your own good, it is important that a student turns off a phone or doesn't get distracted because of it so they can concentrate on the work and people in front of them.

5 Necessary Rules when Using a Cell Phone:

1. Make sure that the environment you're in is an appropriate one to use a cell phone.
2. Turn off your phone or put it on silent/vibrate mode so you don't get distracted by your cell phone.
3. Cell phones should be used if you are expected an call important call, receive an emergency call, or have nothing at all better to do.
4. If you're on the phone, try not to ignore what you should be doing or the people in front of you.
5. If you're using a cell phone, don't talk too loud so that others do not get disturbed, upset or distracted.

Colossal U

Every Colossal U student will turn out exactly the same। We guarantee it.

Only Colossal University will be able to explain the truth behind their advertisements. I think that the message they are trying to convey is that every student of theirs turns out successful. From their website, they have numerous videos of students and teachers saying how good the Colossal University Campus is. I suppose that it is a good university and that it is lacking a number of desired students.

I think the Colossal U ads are trying to give students the impression that it is such a good school, and so many students have graduated achieving success. That way, students will think they should go to that school to achieve success as well. When they say, "Every Colossal U student will turn out exactly the same. We guarantee it," I think trying to guarantee "every student's success."

Gaming Gone Wild

Everyone plays video games at some point, but not everyone lets them get in the way of doing other things which are more important. Some people become obsessed with or addicted to video games sometimes, which causes them to lose time for things like school, family and friends. Video games are something you play with for fun and shouldn't be a huge part of a person's life or part of their daily routine, unless they really have the time for them. However with school, family, friends, and other parts of your life, there is probably not enough time to play video games every single day. People need to limit themselves from these games once in a while if it's taking time away from other things.

People like Brandon Crisp, who run away from home when their parents take away their game, have a gaming addiction. He may have been a good student in school, but he let video games get in the way of his relationship with his parents, and caused the loss of his life. Video games can be a distraction or hard to get away from once you start playing. People playing video games should know their limits and not let them affect the more important things in their life.

The Campaign Trail

OBAMA :) Obama and his campaign team took a fairly well-known commercial and turned it into something serious which the people living in the U.S. could relate to. From a funny and rememborable commercial advertising "Budweiser," it became something that made people think about who to vote for carefully and realize that anything could happen, including a change. In both commercials, they had the same men except in different situations.

The U.S economy has not been doing well within the past few years, resulting i n extreme problems affecting many American citizens. Now, the citizens are facing hardships such as the ones showed in the commercial. These hardships in the commercial include hurricanes as well as the after affects, global warming, the war in Iraq, the stock market crash and the increase in unemployment. The people in the Budweiser commercial seemed so happy and care-free due to Budweiser. But the people in the election commerical faced struggles and in the end, they saw Barack Obama as their way out of the economic crisis and all of their problems. They seeked for Obama's help and Obama was capable of convincing them that he could help change the condition America was heading for.