Hello all, Last night was our last class. I just want to let you know how much fun I had this semester. This class wsa great. Thanks professor Beach for opening up our eyes to the world of media and media literacy. I had tons of fun, creating webpages and blogs and analyzing media as well. Hope to see you all around soon,
I generally listen to music from the 80's and some new singers like Marroon Five and Five for Fighting. It's hard to catch a concert of my favorite singers and bands from the 80's, eventhough John Bon Jovi is still Rockin' around and We recently went to a Journey concert and a Def Leppard one too.
My favorites were Simple Minds, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, The Cure, INXS, Spychedelic Furs, Pet Shop Boys ,more New Wave style of the 80's. Now, those concerts are hard to fins nowadays (eventhough I heard the Pet Shop Boys were recently in Minneapolis).
I guess I like this music, because it reminds me of my High School years and all the fun and parties that we had at the time. All the dressing up in a the 'punk' style. I must admit that I was a fan of Maddonna and Cindy Lauper, yet Maddonna's early years (not the later ones- I wouldn't go to a concert of hers now even if it were for free).
But my ALL TIME FAVORITE is: TAKE MY BREATH AWAY- by Berlin
Lyrics:
Watching every motion In my foolish lover's game On this endless ocean Finally lovers know no shame Turning and returning To some secret place inside Watching in slow motion As you turn around and say My love
Take my breath away Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting Still anticipating love Never hesitating To become the fated ones Turning and returning To some secret place inside Watching in slow motion As you turn around and say My love
Take my breath away Take my breath away
Through the hourglass I saw you In time you slipped away When the mirror crashed I called you And turned to hear you say If only for today I am unafraid
Take my breath away Take my breath away
Watching every motion In this foolish lovers game Haunted by the notion Somewhere there's a love in flames Turning and returning To some secret place inside Watching in slow motion As you turn around and say My love
Take my breath away Take my breath away
For me this is the most romantic song EVER!!! It is a song of giving and openingup to your loved one. Plus it is sexy as well. It does help that it was used in teh movie TOP GUN, a big deal in the 80's. I guess it brings memories of that first love. I can identify with the lyrics, they are daring and romantic. I just love it!
Changing Moods...totally different from the above....
Another favorite song: Don't You (Forget About Me)-Simple Minds Hey, hey, hey ,hey Ohhh... Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving me everything inside and out and Love's strange so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apart When the light gets into your heart, baby Don't You Forget About Me Don't Don't Don't Don't Don't You Forget About Me Will you stand above me? Look my way, never love me Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down Will you recognise me? Call my name or walk on by Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down, down Hey, hey, hey, hey Ohhhh..... Don't you try to pretend It's my feeling we'll win in the end I won't harm you or touch your defenses Vanity and security Don't you forget about me I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Going to take you apart I'll put us back together at heart, baby Don't You Forget About Me Don't Don't Don't Don't Don't You Forget About Me As you walk on by Will you call my name? As you walk on by Will you call my name? When you walk away Or will you walk away? Will you walk on by? Come on - call my name Will you all my name? I say : La la la...
I guess I liked it so much because the lyrics are about the typical teenage love relationships and all that troubles that girls and boys go through when they break up and want to be together and all that...ha,ha,ha. But undoubtedly, the melody was great! AWESOME!! I still hear it on the radio and still feel young and like dancing! Plus...it was from one of my FAVORITE 80's movie The Breakfast Club.
Another Favorite Song: IF YOU LEAVE Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD)
If you leave, don't leave now Please don't take my heart away Promise me just one more night Then we'll go our separate ways
We've always had time on our sides Now it's fading fast Every second every moment We've got to--we've gotta make it last
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd still be friends, someday
If you leave I won't cry I won't waste one single day But if you leave don't look back I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge Like time standing still Heaven knows what happens now You've got to--you've gotta say you will
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd meet again
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd still be friends
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd meet again someday
If you leave Oh if you leave Oh if you leave Don't look back Don't look back
I Guess I like this song so much becuase it was from my favorite movie EVER! (from the 80's- Pretty in Pink) Plus, it is the typical teen-age dilema, and typical love song theme. It reminds me of those years and of my very first boyfriend (not really) hee,hee...but it brings nice memories of the 80's. IT HAS PROM WRITTEN ALL OVER IT!!!!
But my ALL Time FAVORITE is: Take my Breath Away-by Berlin
I teach Julia Alvarez's "In the Time of the Butterflies" in my Literature Class. I usually have the students watch the movie with Zalma Hayek and Marc Anthony. While the movie is great,being an adaptation it leaves things out, and changes some others.
I have my students:
1- Research the life and dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo and the Mirabal Sisters 2- Read the novel 3- Watch the movie 4- Answer a series of comprehension questions related to the novel 5- Create a chart naming the differeces between the movie and the novel 6- Differenciate the real events from the made-up ones in the movie related to Trujillo's Dictatorship and the Mirabal Sisters. I try to make the students aware, though, that they must keep in mind who's tellingthe story and might it be different if told from someone else's point. Would the emphasis on things be different?
Eventhough the students watch the movie in class, the Exam is largely based on the novel. I use the movie to benefot those who are more visual, yet in a literature class, teh written work comes first. YET, teh students learn that they cannot always trust movies instead of readingteh novels.
In my house we watch ABC, Disney Channel, Lifetime Television and some ESPN. from what I've learned, I believe they are owned by the Walt Disney Coorporaton.
Right now we listen to KQQL 108 on the radio because of it's Christmas music.That too is owned by Disney.
No wonder all what my 7yr old daughter talks about is about characters and things related from Disney:Hannah Montana, Zack and Cody, Ally and AJ (We even went to the Aly & AJ concert in Puerto Rico before coming to Minnesota). And we visited the Magic Kingdom(for a 5th time) earlier in the summer.
From what gave gathered from this experience, my daughter, as well as us, has been secretly brainwashed into buying Disney Merchandise and family based entertainment. What surprised me is that eventhough this process began since we were in Puerto Rico, I chose a radio station here in Minnesota that belongs to the same owners and I didn;t know it. Has the brainwash been so engrained in us that subconsciously we choose their products!
We still love the parks; and Aly & Aj as well as Hannah Montana ROCk Big time.
I'm from the 80's generation. I just loved this video from How I Met Your Mother, one of the greatest fake music videos in sitcom history (not much competition there, but still...)
As an educator at the UPR, one of the classes I teach is a basic freshman course. The students in this couse read some essays on identity and the new life that they will encounter in college. It has been my intention to create a documentary which we can use in class in later years when discussing this topic. My idea is to interview several 1st year students on the first weeks of class and to interview them again at the end of the 1st semester and at the end of their secnd semester as well. Then , if it were possible, interview these same students on their last semester before they graduate. The purpose of these interviews would be to have the students reflect upon their identities, how they perceive and project themselves to others and to have the new students who will see the documentary years later know that they are not alone and were not the first to feel how they do.
Questions on identity might be asking them: How they see themselves? How do they think others see them? Into what category would they place themselves if they could. (Ex. Popular, geeks, nerds, all these categories of teen-age culture) Whatis the importance of being in one or other of these categories, if any?
I would also give them free time to express themselves freely.
Activities I would include aside fron the indicidual interviews would be gruop interviews, recordings of groups around campus, "normal" campus life and activities.
I don't think I'll have difficulty capturing the "truth" and reality in the activities recorded. Teen-agers are true to themselve spretty much on or off camera. But, the group intervies might cause a bit of doubt, since we all know how some students can me influenced , intimidated or cohibited by others. But the whole point of the group interview is just that, to observe teen-age life and reactions at it's true context. The individual interviews have more of a possibility of being more honest and true, if the student is really being hin/herself.
10:00- Acquital of Cold Case . Ron Michael’s is set free after being in jail for a year for the murder of Jeff Hammil.
10:02- Two deadly crashes (Blaine and, Snelling and County B road)
10: 03 Teacher at Folwel Middle School accused of criminal sexual conduct against two students.
10:03 Sand Dunes Forest Fires
10:04 Gov. Tim Pawlenty said will work with DFL in Legislature,Emphasis made on the fact that Pawlenty narrowly won.
10:04 Senator will represent the mayority 10:05 Promises of working together. 10:05 President Bush welcomes 1sst female speaker in the House,Nancy Pelosi, Bush said that being the father of girls, it is really impersive to have the 1st female spealer in the house. 10:06 Generic versions of Acetaminophen are being recalled. They may contain metal CVS and Wal Mart brands. 10:07 Loose moose in Minnetonka. Todd Kohberdall saw the moose from his office window. How did the animal who stays away from people en un in the Minnetonka road. Believed to be a bull who strayed away. 10:08 There is a 7,000 moose population in MN 10:09 Winter Weather Commercials--------- Movie Babel Subway restaurants. 2 foot longs for $8.99 Minnesota Storms Magazine Vicks Day Quil and NyQuil Mills Fleet Farm Holiday decorations Movie Casino Royale Bond Nov 17 Direct TV Football bundle Movie Babel (longe rcommerical this time) Whatevershow.com
10:13 Boyd Hoopers land of 10,000 stories- A 78 year old woman names Jo Steward brings laughterto her Solon Springs townin Wisconsin. She has a laugh group that meets every Thursday morning in from to the public library for 15 minute sof genuine laughing. No joke sallowed. Her son thinks it looks a little crazy. 10:17 Weather on Snowfall . Average snowfall in MN after 122 years of recording is 45.8” Five day forcast 10:20 Commercials_-------- Story DUI EXTRA Borat actor on Jay Leno/ Connan o’brien Menard’s Minute Clinic Applevacations Rainbow Supermarket Super America convenience stores coffe 99 cents any size freash sandwiches Arby’s Borat Movie
10:24 HHL Scores 10:24 High school football St Clod Tech looses a coach and his 10 children continue his legacy. Sin coaches the team. Another son plays in the team. 10:27 College Football Rutgers beats Louisville 10:28 Female State AAA Volleyball 10:29 Commercials--------- Herbeger’s Sale Electricity from Coal American Family Insurance Treasure Iskand Resort and Casino Cars DVD Famous Dave’s BBQ Herberger’s One Day Sale 10:32 Santa’s Arrival at MOA
I felt that most news were not thorough enough and that there was a lot of advertiseing. I also noticed a pattern in the commercials the first and the last were always the same in each segment. Thre interruptions of commercials.
I'm from PR.
I have a BA and a MA in English Literature. Currently I'm into Literacy.
My native language is Spanish. I also speak English, French and little Italian.
I learned Braille but that was a long time ago. I like working with the blind.
