A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. This saying actually refers to the old Silk Road back in the day when Chinese traders would travel to Europe to sell silk, something that the pale faces had never seen before. It makes me wonder...how would (or how has) new media affect this saying? No longer will we have to embark on ridiculously long quests just to make our daily living. Instead, we'll be able to conduct our businesses and trades online...
A Blog of a thousand words begins with one click (the click on "create post" I suppose).
And here I am. Lovely dovely, all shampoozey.
Just to get this off my chest, here is my first email to our Prof. Richard Smith. It's assignment zero! (Which I had fondly saved under the title of "asszero")
Hi Richard, My name is Murray, I'm in second year and aiming to get a double major in cmns and business. Besides the fact that this course is required for my major, I've heard nothing but good things about you and your course and I am really looking forward to attending it this semester. I am an avid web user, having my own blog (www.xanga.com/mrscarymuffin), a few sites and even a webcomic that flopped miserably (doesn't everyone have one of those?). I am not afraid to say "LOL" in real life, except more often than not I say it with sarcasm with intent to hurt the feelings of a bigger computer geek than myself (avoiding the urge to put a smiley face here). My answers to the scavenger hunt questions: 1. You have two dogs, though what breed and gender alludes me at the moment. My psychic abilities are seriously lacking. Myself, I have no pets. Instead, I am the pet of a wonderful girl whom I adore. 2. elive works great for me. This system looks awesome, I am already accustomed to online chat programs such as ventrilo (used mostly for gamers). I might be tempted to go home early and just listen onto the class from home, but I have classes after this. However, i will definitely be using this to help me study. 3. I use MSN daily and AIM occasionally to talk to my american acquaintances. I usually socialize but occasionally I have net meetings with friends to study or do projects. I have an awesome gmail account that I used frequently last semester when my girlfriend was in Soctland. I'm part of several message forums that talk about various subjects. I do not, however, like meeting random people online (and thus I do not use friendster nor its ilk) and I only share pictures with my friends. It kind of makes me edgy if I know that strangers can see what I look like. 4. My parents force me to carry a cell phone around though I prefer not to. I much rather be disconnected from the world sometimes and it is hard to do so when one is obligated to have a cellphone on 24/7. I use the fido to fido plan and I only text to my friends that also has a fido plan (so not too frequently). I never really got into the photophone craze and I use an older phone because it is lighter than camera phones. 5. I am such a geek, I scored all 3s on the test (joy). It is interesting as my greatest fear about IT is hardware...I have no idea how fast my computer is nor what cards are installed in it. My uses for the internet are merely for purposes of pleasure. I know that there are bigger geeks than I, but I suppose that I'm still quite the geek (t3h g33| Thanks for taking the time to read this, I tend to rant now and then and I hope that I have managed to stay mainly focused. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not too cheesy I pray. Anyways, I'm spent. First blog done, over and out.
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Cheers,
MrScaryMuffin |
