Advent of this Blog

I am Chris. Many years ago I thought I was far separated from culture and the media. Over time I have come to learn that to be a huge falsity. Media is more than news, newspapers, politics, and everything pertaining to them. They are within just about every facet of life. From clothes that give messages to computers such as Macs that say you're hip, media is everywhere! However, I actively participate in specific parts of media. Like most college students, I have a Facebook account and I check it about once a day for updates on what could be birthdays or odd events. However, I really do not check it more than that. Another part of the media I engage in is video games. Often times they can reflect the popular opinion of the society at the time, and people's public opinions influence what goes into a game and generally what games get made. Though I play less video games than I used to before I got to college(I actually started the studying thing once I got here), I definitely still play them, especially when a break comes around. I do actually listen to radio more often than cds, though mostly for classical music. What I often end up hearing is the news, since the station I listen to most frequently broadcasts news around when I am driving and listening to the radio. Oh, but that music is darn good while it lasts...

I quite enjoy watching movies, if only because movies are interesting forms of media. They often show different perspectives on issues with the popular values of the times the movie was made in layered into it. Then sometimes they throw in perspectives that are new and different and make you think. Another thing about me...after a lot of thought, is how my clothes fit into media and who I am as a result. Fashion designers and their ilk produce different clothing lines and all that happy stuff. People see their advertisements on television and see their advertisements in department stores. Then they buy the clothing they like. Fashion people get feedback on what is liked and not liked and...I think most of you get the idea. My clothes I try to make as plain and blue as I can. I like not being a walking billboard of a brand or a walking billboard of some silly or stupid phrase that a lot of people get shirts of(I'm not suffering from laziness, I'm enjoying every minute of it).

I should really say more about myself than my participations in media. I am a laid back senior at UMBC. I enjoy wombats, almost all kinds of music, video games, Japanese animation, thinking about life, and David Bowie. Also, like all of you, I am a child of the media as a whole.

Oh, I almost forgot. I looked into the different blogs, and I know which one it is that I will be following. It's the Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan. He is conservative but seemingly not to an extreme, and I am more edging on the liberal side. therefore, I think I will have stuff to say on his writings.

Link to his blog: The Daily Dish

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