digital

http://www.spaceark.net/

The first main problem is the background because it forces the designer to used outrageously bright colors because the background is a space background. There is also 20 different font sizes and styles with different Word Arts and everything. It also has this stupid paragraph shaped into a diamond.

http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-family/?seo=goo_|_2008_Chevy_Retention_|_IMG_2009_Chevy_Camaro_|_Chevy_Camaro_HV_|_chevy_camaro&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Retention-Chevy-IMG_2009_Chevy_Camaro&utm_content=Search&utm_term=chevy_camaro

This website knows how to advertise obviously because it is a major car company with a well known car, the Chevy Camaro. This web design has a plain easy feeling background that lets the chevy red, ZL1 stand out. The font used is soft kind of font, with edges smoothed out and the use of gray, an indecisive color. This doesn't turn people away like a bright pink or solid green could do. Furthermore, this is my favorite american car of all time so I will love this web design in any shape or form.

choosing words and pictures

I have never heard of Adbusters, but then again, I don't really read magazines. Only magazines I do read are TIME and Rolling Stones. This magazine I saw in Barnes and Noble though made me curious of what they would say about Barack Obama's "The only question that haunts the President" and serious face which was right above a revolutionist's giant face and to the right of Katy Perry's "sex, God, and cupcakes." As I flipped through the pages to find the article I could tell this magazine was fear bringing magazine. Containing articles on how America is messing up or has messed up, revolutions and so on. I reached it the article. After reading it they tried to give off an image of soulless killer, or assassin, by starting the article off by describing Obama's "military doctrine...shift away from the 'hammer' toward the 'scalpel.' " The choice of words really does make a difference. For example, they described what a drone's bombing does by writing "Often civilian deaths are impossible to tabulate, as drone bombs rip bodies literally to shreds, leaving nothing to count. "it's not moral,."" Then later it brought up that America could soon be the target of drones and ended off with "Will American civilians soon know what it means to be called collateral damage?" I thought I was reading a Glenn beck article. The logic they use isn't real. They try to argue that sending our forces in, which will still cause civilian casualties as well as U.S casualties, is better than using UAVs. I would much rather be a scalpel where we don't lose U.S troops rather be a hammer and lose our soldiers.

       White, Micah. "Obama Escalates Shadow War."Adbusters of America July 2011: 54-55.

       Kasser, Tim. The High Price of Materialism. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2002. Print.
This book is great because it reads about the different possible reasons why people are so materialistic. It also goes into the detriments on the people, and society for being so materialistic.


      Wuthnow, Robert. Rethinking Materialism: Perspectives on the Spiritual Dimension of Economic Behavior. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 1995. Print.
This book delves into the problems and devastation materialism is having on America's population when only a small percentage are the exorbitant materialistic. The difference in this book that probably won't be found in others, is that it also refers to some small measure of materialism as a good thing. I think that will definitely give a good counter argument and maybe a solution to the growing problem of materialism.

How obnoxious america is with materialism is just, well obnoxious. How many people actually think their shirt is worth the 60 or 120 dollars they spend, or if they need a 424 horsepower car? Does your only child require the 4 extra bedrooms you have? those pants are a size 00, wait? so you technically don't have legs? The fact that so many people feel obliged to be told by steve jobs that this is the new item to have, even though the ipad 2 does nothing significantly new than the first? Why do we have to be so elitist then complain we don't have real friends. Is the main goal in our society to rise up to the top and have no friends but fans instead? fans that are striving for the same thing. Buying the new shirt or car just to be the cooler, the greener, the riskier person. But the real question is, does it make us happy? does money truly buy happiness now? Have we been told enough times that the new thing will make us happy? does this explain our materialistic view? Lets find out.

Sucks, It doesn't Suck

          The Republican party doesn't suck because it is a group that represents a certain populations's ideas, whether or not all the ideals make sense; that's another story.
          Obama doesn't suck because first off, he is OUR president of the United States, so without being political, you should be bipartisan and support your leader.
          Harry Potter doesn't suck because it is a great entertaining book/movie series all ages. It opens up the imagination for children which is great.
         Apple sucks. Apple is completely overpriced hardware that tries to take more and more money from you when other brands like dell, overpower Apple's hardware capabilities, and Microsoft, overpowers its software, for less.
         Star Wars doesn't suck because it opens the mind of what is possible to the future, sure moving things with our mind isn't the thing we've mastered yet, but creating arms that look and work just like a biological one gives we humans goals to attain.
          Facebook doesn't suck because it helps create our world smaller, helps humans feel not different from each other; and I believe it helps dissolve the racial tensions by making everyone a "facebook friend" rather a "black friend" or "asian friend."
          Mcdonalds doesn't suck because I absolutely love their food; this is so opinionated.
          Clemson University doesn't suck. Although the school is run like a business to suck money out of students--like iClickers--and parents, it still provides a great atmosphere for fun like the greek life or the football games while providing a good academically challenging environment.
          Lady Gaga doesn't suck. Her vocals are one of the most astounding of our time, and yes she might dress oddly, it is only strange because it isn't something I would or you wouldn't wear; and I take an artist by their talent, not their wardrobe.
          Justin Bieber sucks. I honestly could probably write a story on how his songs are one of the most pathetic verse holding songs.
          Sudoku doesn't suck. I have always liked challenges and puzzles with numbers is pretty much a shoe-in when I want to pass time away with music when in an airport or at work.
          Avatar doesn't suck. I can't say it is amazing because it copied a lot of elements from some videogames, but it did do wonders on the 3D project for movies.
          Xbox 360 doesn't suck because I like to play video games and it is the only console that is practical while fulfilling gaming needs.
         American Idol sucks. I don't if people realize this, but I can only name four people who won that I have heard on the radio more than a week, and I think there were more than four winners so far.
        Glee sucks. I don't even watch it.
        Cigarettes suck. They are terrible for you, and prevents your body from relieving stress a natural way, and makes you a much irritable person while not looking attractive.
        Guns don't suck. I don't own any but I have shot a few and it sure is fun, and I also think we have the right to own any kind of weapon because it is in the Constitution.
         Abortion doesn't suck. I believe in the fundamental right of liberty and that choice of abortion is up to you, but I will never take that right from if I didn't feel like I would do it; and this has to do with guns because just because I don't own guns doesn't mean you can't.
        This doesn't suck because its funny.

writing

Writing isn't easy for me. I like to write as if I am speaking because I feel it gets my point across better. Of course you can't write like that though when it is more of formal writing like an analysis of a paper. I found looking for the right cartoon harder than actually breaking down the cartoon. I guess that is because I am never sure if something is completely perfect, but then again that is good because I always want to improve. Sometimes though that can be bad because you don't know when to be happy with the way some things are. I'm also worn out from writing and on this family road trip that I am on. Hopefully I have this paper written well, but who knows, and I also can't figure out how to post my paper in a link.