Words and such

              Just as a reference for myself, I have my Johari window up top here. The 5 respondents were my parents, grandmother, and two friends (Fay and Alan, better known as The Ginger). I know it was ideal to get more variety, but I really only have the numbers for my close friends and family, and I don't have social media either. You aren't here to hear my excuses, though, so onto the analysis.     Of the 6 words I chose, I was fascinated to see how only half came up when my participants rated me. Nervous and shy were chosen by both friends and family, and witty was chosen by Fay and my mother. That much seems reasonable to me; after all, I am closer to Fay than I am The Ginger and really enjoy making stupid jokes on the spot, which is something they'd know better than him.     One thing that I found surprising was the facade spot. I can imagine nobody chosen relaxed since it seemed to contradict the nervous and shy descr...

    After a bit of pondering between two potential victims to use for this assignment, I decided on my childhood best friend, Melanie, since we've gone through essentially every stage and that gives me plenty of information to work with.     When it comes to the initiation stage, we were both very young, probably about 5 or 6, so we connected solely because our parents forced us into a playdate. So, since we were similar in age (Melanie was born in October 2006, and I February 2007) and both had the same average childhood interests like playing with dolls or stuffed animals, it was no surprise we connected. The experimentation stage began largely in this type of play as well. Melanie had a ton of stuffed animals, and we even had some of the same ones, so we'd make up little stories about them as children usually do.     As our friendship progressed further into the intensifying phase, I'd say that was about when we were 9 to 10 years old. Since we attended ...

      Allow me to begin by saying that although my speech was not perfect, at least I only needed one take to recite it and not three. The technical mishaps I had with my second speech were definitely absent from this one, which was delightful considering how stressful that was.     When it came to preparing my speech, I got all my resources and notecards together in a timely manner. I had my outline written out on time as opposed to the previous speech, so in terms of planning, there was an advantage to be had.       However, I do think my main issue is that I did not practice the speech just as much as I had wanted to. It is very apparent when you actually watch the speech just how lost in thought I was, so much so that I skipped a lot of the introduction, almost all of it. This was partially due to lack of practice and also due to the fact that I didn't add the introduction on my notecards, assuming I'd just have that part down. Clearly, I...

 The ad definitely aims to evoke a melancholic feeling during the opening shot of the Native American man alone on the pond. It feels as though we are witnessing the aftermath of a long, stressful journey. The instrumental sounds almost like a horror movie-esque Jaws type of theme with the foreboding tone, but it gradually becomes louder and harsh as the man approaches the shore, leaning into that idea. After the man reaches the shore (accompanies by some shots of pollution), the tone shifts slightly to make the audience feel disgust at pollution and the people who carelessly destroy the natural world. The deep-voiced narrator offers some transition into this idea, but the shot of the person throwing litter out of the window and the subsequent shot panning up the Indian man as it falls by his feet are intended to make us feel both spite and sadness.  The way in which this ad attempts to provoke empathy in viewers is by taking something universally known- a Native American man-...

        Although all three prompts interested me, I chose the first since I have less to say about it and I feel really terrible for subjecting you to last week's long chunk of text.  In terms of how I present myself physically, it definitely differs depending on who I am interacting with.  Normally, I'll wear black pants that are a tad too big, a plain shirt, and a sweatshirt, often also oversized. Even though I do not intend it as such, it implies to the people around me that I prioritize comfort over style and am not very particular about my clothing. I tend to re-wear outfits frequently, even in the same week, which does not help that assumption.     In reality, I am actually very particular when it comes to my clothes. I have certain combinations that I really enjoy, hence why I wear them frequently. My clothes are not oversized for comfort, but rather because I despise the feeling of skin-tight clothing. I always wear black pants because the...

 For this assignment, I chose the term "nerd" partially because I have been called one a number of times and secondly, because I feel I am not the most comfortable speaking and using a lot of the other reappropriated terms that came up in my searches. WARNING: lots of yapping ahead. This prompt really got me thinking, and when I think, I ramble. You might want to start putting maximums on these journals just for my sake, haha. According to an npr.org article, the exact origins of the word is unknown, but one of the most popular theories is that it began as either a nonsensical word from a children's book or evolved from a similar term, "nert", which was a synonym of fool. Eventually, the term came to be associated with people who were awkward but excelled academically. Pop culture referenced nerds, boosting the term's popularity and giving them the iconic thick-glasses andbook smart traits that we recognize as part of the archetype today.  "'Nerd...