HARRY POTTER love.

I was thirteen when I read Harry Potter for the first time and this was the book that changed my life. In case you don’t know anything about Harry Potter it is a fiction book about a boy with magical powers. When he finds out he is a wizard he gets a letter that tells him he can attend Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Once at this school, Harry and his friends get into all sorts of trouble and have lots of fun adventures.

This was the book that got me interested in reading, and it is reason that I am reading FOR FUN today. This was the first book that grabbed my attention and took my eyes away from the television. I was so captivated by the story line, and I was so in love with the magical qualities that I refused to put the book down. I had never even heard of anything like this book before, I was mesmerized by the power and intensity of the book.

When I read these books I would lock myself in my room for hours with nothing but the book and maybe a bottle of water, I was completely consumed by the phenomenon.

I had heard about Harry Potter from ALL of my friends, I was convinced I was the last person in the world to have read this book. My friends would tell me all the time that Harry Potter was “sooooooooo goooooooooood” that I HAD to read it because it was the only thing they wanted to talk about.

So obviously the NEXT DAY I had my mom go out and buy me the book so I couldn’t be left out of the conversations any longer.

To this day I am the biggest Harry Potter fan that I know. I have intense conversations with my friends and family about what happened in the book, (or the movie because some of my family has refused to read the books) and what are favorite parts are.

For example, I have also read the final Harry Potter book and I do not think it was as well constructed as J.K. Rowling’s other books. I did not like that she elaborated on certain parts of the story and had much less detail on parts of the story that I felt were more important.

And what made me even ANGRIER about this novel was that the epilogue was not its own book. I personally feel that she rushed through this book and did not put enough effort in; that she was working more with a deadline for her fans then making the best book that she could.

As you can see I am very passionate about these books, they will always be my favorite and have a special place in my life.

Reading this series has had a very interesting impact on the types of books I read now. I am more prone to reading novels in series, because I do not like the fact that the book ends when I reach the back cover. And I am also more inclined to picking fiction novels because of how I relate to the characters because Harry Potter was my first novel. I also feel like can picture the stories better if they haven’t actually happened in real life.

Add a comment October 21, 2009

Hannah Montana

As horrible as this might sound coming from an eighteen year old, I love watching Hannah Montana on Disney channel. I haven’t grown out of my “Disney” phase yet and I am perfectly okay watching that channel all day long.

I know, you might be thinking why on earth is she still watching Disney channel? Well, to answer your question I find the shows very entertaining and funny; I love the “child” humor. And this channel has always been reliable, I know if I turn this channel on something cheerful will be on TV.

Disney owns more things then I even want to think about and that is why it would be so easy for them to cross-promote on any one of their many other media.

Disney has so much power and pull in so many industries; you will see Hannah Montana everywhere.

Hannah Montana will appear everywhere; on lunch boxes, pens, there will be season DVD’s, costumes, talking about the show and everyone on it on the radio, and have her on the cover of magazines. Hannah Montana is a social icon; you cannot stare at this blonde haired, blue eyed girl and not know who she is and what she represents.

For example, you could see her like this…

After a show ends on ABC the stylish Hannah Montana “Best of Both Worlds” theme song starts playing and that beautiful girl comes on the screen, in her trendy outfits, while a snippet of an episode plays. It catches your attention because it is fun and captivating; this girl is so happy and joyful, that you watch her show because you’re so interested.

On radio Disney the show hosts tell the listening audience about an up and coming sensation, a singer Hannah Montana will be having a concert in the coming year and wants everyone that listens to Disney and beyond to come and see the show. The hosts continue telling the audience that the concert will incorporate the live audience and will be fun for people of all ages.

While walking through the mall near your hometown, you come to this large glass window and see this cut out of a cute kid with blonde hair, holding a mic, and rockin’ out to music that you can only hear if you walk inside the store. Once you walk in, you are bombarded with this girls face on everything from t-shirts to pens and bed sets to costumes and plates! You’re wondering who this girl is and what she is doing on so many different things.

Imagine you’re walking down a street in Manhattan, and you pass a news stand. The first thing that catches your eye is this pink and purple magazine. Which has this blonde hair, blue eyed girl on the cover. It says that she is having a concert and tells you all about her show on Disney channel. Inside the magazine it goes on telling you more about her, her show, and how she landed this universal role of being a teen pop sensation!

Hannah Montana is everywhere, and everyone can relate to her.

Can you see yourself passing a magazine like this, or watching a twelve year old girl cry to her mother telling her she wants this lunch box?

3 comments October 20, 2009

2035… It Will Happen

In the year 2035 cars will be flying, and computers and TV’s will share the same screen with portable keyboards that can be used anywhere in a house, a business and schools. No one will be bringing laptops to classes or the office; they will just use their keyboards and share computer screens.

Everyone by this year will be completely computer literate because everything from ordering food to shopping will be done on the computer or using kiosks or some kind of technology.

Cars will no longer need to have keys and even blind people will be able to drive (and fly) cars because you just will need to type in your destination and your car will automatically take you there. No hassles, no worries, just easy leisurely coasting.

And video chatting capabilities like Skype will be the normal telephone and cell phones will be even more advanced because you will be able to video call people from cell phones too!

These are the things I think about in my utopian future  and I cannot wait to see what actually becomes reality and what I have to wait even longer for.

In the year 2035 our technology will have taken a turn for the worst. Our home will be feuding with other countries. And our entire world will be on edge waiting for the next nuclear war.

Everyone that was creating and improving technology decided they were going to be selfish and want millions of dollars for ideas that were only half tested. So no one ever finished creating anything.

The world will be a dark and gloomy place if this happens within the next twenty-five years. These are the things that come to mind when I think of the worst possible scenario for our world.

My life in the information age will not change a terrible amount, I will probably be one of those parents that always has to ask their kids for help because they don’t understand all the “advanced” technology because “back in my day” nothing was this complicated.

I hope that communication technologies advance to the point where you could be millions of miles away from someone and feel that you were standing right next to them.

I hope that in the future it will be easier to keep in touch with people with ease. BlackBerry’s will be a thing of the past and something more advanced then the Google and iPhone will have come out. (Personally, I am hoping for something without a touch screen, but I think that is very unlikely. I think I am one of very few people who actually prefer buttons!)

I think that the mass communication field will have to come up with a very unique way to get information and advertising to people. People in the mass communication field will have to merge with the telephone companies to become more satellite compatible, and to advertise and bring media straight to peoples phones.

Add a comment October 9, 2009

There are A LOT of blogs in the World.

Of course the first blog I chose is very well known: perezhiltion.com.

I decided to choose this one because it is something people always talk about, and its context gives you a lot to talk about.

This blogs purpose I would say is to show people at moments that they might not want to be remembered for. A wild night of partying fun is normally what comes to mind when thinking of Perez Hilton and his blog.

His content can be a little biased or skewed based on whether he likes you or not, but for the most part he is completely accurate with his sittings and telling you what actually happened in his pictures.

His style is interpretive, obviously if he is talking about you, you are going to think he is going to be a mean man (to put it nicely) and that he leaked pictures that showed you at your worst. But if you’re the reader, you would think his view could be either funny or hurtful (depending on whether or not you like the actor he is “poking fun” at).

His audience would be anyone who is into celebrity gossip and keeping themselves informed.

I would say that his blog is very interactive and user friendly, he has areas for people to send him tips and a place where people can comment on his posts. He shows music and pictures and videos. If he mentions a celebrity in a post, he links their name to all other posts their name appears in. He also has advertisements around the borders to help keep people in the “know” of the latest trends.

The next blog I chose is a blog about the Washington Redskins (the football team, in case you didn’t know).

I chose this one because I enjoy football and the Redskins are a team my whole family likes.

This blog is very different from Perez Hilton not only because it is about sports and not gossip but because it looks at the Redskins from a different perspective. It doesn’t just talk about game after game, and who did what, he makes the interviews and press conferences from to life.

His content can be a little skewed and biased just because I the man running the site is a Redskins fan, but I see no other reason for any of his information to be wrong or unreliable.

I would say his style is simple and easy to read, for the “average joe” watching his favorite football team. His audience is any Redskins fan, or someone that is interested in keeping up with how they are doing.

Chris Cooley’s blog is very interactive, it has a lot of pictures and videos and “cool media” to check out. You can comment on his blog or visit other blogger’s sites that also talk about the Redskins. Not to mention all of the Redskin advertising he has all over the boarders of the web page.

Finally I decided to choose a blog that was business related so I chose a blog named: The Forrester Blog for Consumer Market Research Professionals. I chose this blog because it seemed different and interesting.

This blog is more for companies and other professionals in the field that are looking for tips or who just want to keep up with what is happening.

An interesting thing about this blog is that different people can post on it. Which makes its style very unique; it is not something you see every day.

They try and make their site very interactive, although they are not as successful as the other two sites were. They have a lot of pictures and videos and polls and such, but it seems that readers can only learn what is on the site and post comments. The only other type of interactivity that they have is that you can search posts by topic.

As you can see these three blogs are very different, they vary in style, audience, context and just about everything else. I prefer Perez Hilton’s blog. I think it is the most fun to read and definitely captures my attention the most with the big pictures that “are worth a thousand words”.

If I were to continue blogging I am actually not sure which type of blog I would create. I might create a blog about my life (like a diary) because it is simple and would help me talk about my life. Or I might choose to create a blog about where ever I find a job and see if people could help me with my work and find out what other people are doing in my field.

I guess not knowing what type of blog I would choose to have makes it kind of difficult to tell you what kind of readers I am looking to have or the style I would be writing in, or what kind of things I would make available on my blog for me readers.

Add a comment October 8, 2009