The Anti-Ending of a Great Thing

* sorry this is so late ! 

Well, It was a good run, wasn't it ? Hope all of you who are going have truckloads of fun! I wish all of you my best. Thanks, DOTCOM as well, for giving me the opportunity to talk to people who really help. And, thanks to Dr. Rob & Elizabeth for inspiring me to get out there. (:

Now onto the blog... 

What was the most fun/exciting part of the DOTCOM PHASE 1 project for you?

Definitely is was being able to ask Josh, Azru, & Onnik questions about what they're doing to help! It was such an honor getting to Q&A with such inspiring people! Also, I really liked all the blogs we had to use youtube for. It was so fun to see everyone's personalities come through when they posted certain videos & added all of their poignant commentary. (: 

What was the most challenging part of the DOTCOM PHASE 1 project for you?
Getting everything to be in on time & making everything great. For me, it seemed like school was getting more & more demanding as this went on. So, my blog suffered tremendously. You'll probably see a lot of my posts and look at the weak content and think "Geez. Doesn't this person care?" YES! I do care. But, with everything going on in and out of school, I really had to struggle for some time to post. And, honestly, thats what I regret most. If I could go back in a time machine and make sure to get these done first thing the next morning, then I'd probably feel a lot better and a lot less guilty about the lack of that something in the content of my posts. 

What is one specific suggestion you have for the DOTCOM PHASE 1 project, when we do this project again?

Maybe the physical participation shouldn't be judged solely on the blogs themselves, but on the people. Maybe they should make a youtube channel and have Vlogs instead of blogs (: But, really, thats all I have to say regarding criticisms. Everything else in this program was great. Just participating in the blogs made you feel important. Your fingers moving swiftly across your keys to get every thought spelled out just perfectly on your blog. You make sure every link, every photo, and every video was in just the right order. That was what we looked forward to every day. I know I loved checking the blogs every other day to see what new was being posted, what was going on in the real world. And typing this now, I feel so grateful for the experience. For if there wasn't DOTCOM I'd still be the naive person I was just a mere few months ago.

Now to my funny videos...

You've probably seen this many times on TV but we all know how great this is ! 

Square Butts

~ HONORABLE MENTIONS ~

I have more than one funny video, so I'm making an honorable mentions category! One for each genre of videos available.

(Funniest Character/Puppet Video) I loooove this video. Well, I love all of Neil Cicierega's videos. But the Potter Puppet Pals really are fun. For anybody, not just Harry Potter Fans. 

Potter Puppet Pals in "THE MYSTERIOUS TICKING NOISE" !

All Rights Reserved to NeilCicierega (:

(Funniest Dance Video) I posted a livelavalive video on a previous module, but its this one right here that really made me subscribe to Livelavalive. 

The Party Music

All Rights Reserved to Mitchell Davis of livelavalive (:

(Funniest Music Video) I went through a lot of fan made music videos to find this. No, thats a lie, I'd consider myself an original fan of JKL productions & Fred. I remember two years ago watching my first JKL video. Good times.

Hannah Montana - Nobody's Perfect

All Rights Reserved to Lucas, John, & Katie of JKLproduction (:

Keira Knightly Domestic Violence PSA

I don't know if any of you have seen it, but this is the Keira Knightly Domestic Violence PSA. It is directed by Joe Wright, who worked with her on Atonement and Pride & Prejudice. Most people are saying that he went too far with this, but its only because its the truth and people are scared of the truth. 

By doing this, Joe Wright has really opened a door on the reality of Domestic Violence. As much as I respect Wright's choice to do such a raw PSA, there really are pros & cons to this. 

Some of the pros being showing the truth and really getting the issue out there. And the only con being that it is so raw. But isn't that how it is for these women who are enduring domestic violence themselves? 

What do you think ?

Easter for the Not So Nonbelievers

I grew up as a catholic, so celebrating Easter was  the norm, growing up. The whole family would get together and we would go to Church, have dinner, egg hunts, egg baskets, EVERYTHING. But, you know, to me it feels like the religious aspect of the holiday has worn off. Most kids just see it as:

a) the day we have too dress up n frilly ruffles to take pictures with the Easter bunny

b) The day we get loads of candy in Easter baskets

&

c) the day everyone comes of to have an egg hunt...

Really, I don't have a problem with losing the religious aspect but, I feel a bit guilty about it. To me, the best part about Easter is that we get to have whatever we gave up for lent. Which is a tad selfish, but when you try and go forty days/nights without sweets, then talk to me. 

Other than that, Easter here in the U.S is probably the same as it is anywhere else. April 12th this year. So, please, reply t this post with how you celebrate it. I think it'd be really cool to see what we do the same. To see what's different (: