English class occurred as usual in Blocker 106. Which correlates with the main point of class that location is an important part of stories. Facebook was the main discussion feature of the day. It is interesting to hear how facebook affects all of us. Almost everybody in class joined in the discussion of how facebook as a location changes our stories.
One of the best points of class was how people act different on facebook than real life. I agree with this statement. Facebook for some people is simply a place to take your image and mold it to how you would like it to be. For example, I have a friend who is constantly updating his status and profile pic on facebook. I love them dearly as a friend. But seeing her have a different profile pic every week is a little strange. It seems to me that she dearly wants attention and can’t settle down. So facebook as a location is part of her story of wanting attention.
I deleted my facebook last summer and only recently got it back. The reason I deleted it is because I didn’t feel like I was being honest enough on facebook and spent too much time on it. It was nice in some regards to not have a facebook over the summer. I did not have to check it often. However, it was also difficult to not have a facebook though. Most of my college friends live fairly far away from me. Although I had the ability to call or text them, I did not keep in touch with them in the same I could have if I had a facebook. So facebook as a location in my life exists as a tool to keep in touch with my friends.
One of the reasons I love facebook is because I enjoy the opportunity to get my thoughts out of my brain and out into the public. Most of the time, I use facebook as an outlet for what is on my mind. I like posting song lyrics, Bible verses, or what I am learning in my walk with Christ. Facebook is a pseudo blog for me. I don’t always get to tell people the deep things I am pondering and I use facebook for that purpose.
I am interested to see if we continue this conversation on facebook and how it changes our stories. I think my life would have been a little different up to this point if I did not have a facebook in high school and leading up to now. There would have been many events I would have missed because I wouldn’t have been invited on facebook. Because I missed those events, I probably would not have met some of my friends and that would change things greatly. One of my closest friends I met solely through facebook. Without facebook, it is highly unlikely that I would have become friends with him.
I also got to present my project in class. It wasn’t a very long presentation but I covered all the basics. As I expected, my Dutch pancake was very moldy. But Ms. Wheeler said she had a piece and I didn’t expect that. I didn’t try it because I wasn’t sure if it was edible. Guess it was though! I really liked Colton’s (?) project. He had a Corps’ shoe from his days spent in there. He explained how it represented him including how the metal plate on the heel was reminiscent of the plate in his arm now.
People are really creative and this project shows it. Many people blew me away with their theorizing on their project. I think the next project will show the class more about their classmates. Some of the stories from the first writing project will probably show up on people’s maps. I am looking forward to doing it.
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