Finale

For one thing I can say that my blogging experience has been a pleasant one. It was really nice to just vent about certain things or get my thoughts into print. I'm not one to share things over the internet but since I received responses back from people it made it more enjoyable because I knew that people were actually reading what I was writing and were interested. I don't think for the time being I will keep up with it but I think as I get older and facebook popularity decreases, blogs will become more popular. A final thought I'd like to think about is how as a society we have shifted to electronic writing when it seems a little more than a decade ago people weren't even bothering with emails. At a time the way to get information from one person to another was to either call them on the phone, write them a letter, or to physically go and see them. Then there was a spurt of new technology. People started buying computers, cell phones, and MP3 players. Our communication changed from letters to email and then from email to AIM. From AIM to myspace and facebook. Its an evolution of communication that the older generations never anticipated. I foresee in the future that blogs will become the new trend as the fad with facebook dies down. But I can't be 100% because these computer whiz's come out with new programs all the time. And while our form of communication has changed, communication itself has changed. Instead of calling on the phone we text them. Instead of saying "hi" to people on the street as we pass them by we remain straight faced because we have ear buds from MP3's in our ears. The main idea is that communication is lacking a personal level and now is indirect. I hear my dad yelling at me all the time to get off my phone while I'm texting my friends. But its a norm for me. I just wonder what the future holds for my children and if I'm going to be yelling at them for some currently uninvented technology?

A Change

Upon coming to Normal I was totally unfamiliar with the area. I had never really gone anywhere else in Illinois besides the towns in my surrounding areas. If you ask me about Chicago I could tell you things to do and where to go like the back of my hand. Driving up to Bloomington- Normal the corn fields, factories, and random housing developments were very foreign to me. However, after quite a few months of being here I have become more familiar with what Normal has to offer. Unfortunately, there is a limited selection of options. If my friends were to visit I would initially start their visit by showing them the campus. The idea of something so large and centralized being in the middle of nowhere is very hard to fathom. On campus I would show them the quad and walk to perimeter because it is pretty and nice to walk around. Then I would venture off ISU property. There are a few stores that I have come to grown fond of. The first one is Gordmans and the second is Rue 21. At both places you can find pretty cute clothes for a very reasonable price. Continuing with our shopping endeavors I would introduce them to every college students dream store, the dollar store. Everything in the store is seriously a dollar! Then I would proceed to take them to a nice sit down lunch. Here they have restaurants such as Flat Top, Biaggi’s, or Outback. However even there are limited options of things to do during the day, the night life is different. Depending on your age the bars for night life are a popular to congregate. Also, no matter where you go some sort of Frat or apartment complex etc. is having a party to attend. While it is different than the clubs in downtown Chicago my friends and I usually go to, it’s always nice to do something different. Hopefully after an eventful night I would take them to my favorite breakfast place; Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Although this wouldn’t necessarily be a super eventful weekend I would do exactly what I usually would. I think going to campus events or packing too much into one day can be overwhelming. The point is to do something different than what my friends are used to.