I don't really know what the media will look like in 5 years but if I were to take an extremist approach, I think some terrible shit would be happening. I think London is the first city to really monitor everyone's behaviors with cameras placed throughout the city. I think most large metropolitan cities will soon adopt this, especially with the rise of terrorism in America I think American cities will be the first to do so. But it's also just a matter of time before news outlets tap into these streams and start publicizing average citizens everyday lives and missteps with in society. I think with the growing social network communities, the amount of information about people will be so large that we will be able to hack into peoples lives and criminals will be able to steal identities much easier.

I think 15 years from now the media outlets will be taking everything to extremes. The news will be like the gossip news on crack. I think there will be a small group that will want to try to contain society and turn them back to their ways before the internet and television took over our lives. I think advances in medicine and technology will happen but will be upstaged by the next great social media website. Countries will lose control as citizens start to elect officials that are know for things like being on an mtv show where they were shot out of a cannon while wearing an elephant costume. I think people will stop reading and will expect movies to be their only from of education.

50 years from now, well, I think the world will be going to shit. I think of the movie Idiocracy, where 500 years from now the world has degenerated into a society where individual responsibility and consequences do not exist and advertising and commercialism rule the world.

As for me, I will be an angry old woman hitting children with my cane, because old people are allowed to do that.

bloodchild

This story was strange. I was confused and then the details started to become clearer. They story reminds me of the show monsters inside me on discovery health, people have some gross crap in them that they don't know what it is and then they go to the doctor, and doctors don't know what it is but they rip it out as if they know what their doing. I was confused as to what the creatre was, was it a slug or a blob or some kind of other alien? My best guess, it was blob/slug, or a blug. The blugs put their eggs inside the humans and then the eggs would grow in the humans. I don't know why these humans were stupid enough to stick around for that. I would peace out from that planet or country before some nasty thing put its eggs inside me. but it also made me wonder what happens when the eggs are ready to be 'born' or if they are born? the blugs put their eggs in the men sooo, how does that work? do the developed eggs just push themselves out of the body of the host human? I really have no idea but the visuals that Im making for myself are distgusting.

Aye & Gomorrah

This short story was confusing. I thought I understood it, but then I realized I didn't. I think I filled in blank spaces or ideas with my own idea of what was trying to be portrayed. I don't know if the writer meant to do that, but it was a confusing experience.

From what I understand, spacers have no gender and are paid for sex by some weirdos called frelks. Frelks are like teenage boys, they are horny and want new and interesting things to fornicate with. I think frelks quickly become disappointed by the spacers, they're initially in it for the thrill of being with something different but the lack of emotion from spaces makes them lose interest. And in that way, they remind me of drug addicts, addicted to something but quickly lose interest and want something better. This story was weird, but so are my comparisons, so who am I to judge?

what are the conventions of sci fi?

in class notes
future or an alternative time line

setting in outer space or another world, usually involving aliens

technology or scientific principles that contradict the known laws or nature

discovery of new technology

androids

extraterrestrial life

Kiki's delivery service

I have never been a fan of anime but last year when I decided to watch Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away I was pleasently surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I think I've had this idea that all anime was just like pokemon or digimon, both of which annoyed the crap out of me as a child. I still think it's a kind of pointless art for people to do when there's an entire country that has mastered it. I think a lot of people enjoy Miyazaki's movies because they're lighthearted, fun, and whimsical. In my own work, I like to play with sense of place and worlds that might not exist and I find Miyazaki does the same. He creates these worlds that you really want to be in but can't, so you live vicariously through the main character.After class, I went home and watched Ponyo. I really enjoyed the movie. I think the movie is a different take on a fairy tale. I think American fairy tales have a standard format of female in trouble and waiting for price charming to save her from the situation. It gives young girls an idealized image of men. Miyazaki creates stories that children can fantasize about but still won't rely on them to create the expectations of the world that they have yet to experience. Miyazaki embraces traditional animation which is an art that seems to be disappearing from American animations. American children want the most realistic animations that they can see. But I think American children enjoy Miyazakis movies because it's something different than what they normally experience, they become captivated by the story rather than the realism of the animations.

Anasi Boys

Although I didn't finish the book, I read a summary online just so I could find out what happens through out the book because I really enjoyed reading what I got through and I knew I wouldn't have time right now to finish it. I don't think I've ever read a book like this. I really sympathized with Charlie, he had to deal a flamboyant and somewhat obnoxious family member like I have to deal with a similar personality in my own brother. I really loved the way the writer interpreted gods and how he portrayed them. I don't think I've ever read or seen gods portrayed in a manner like this. I think the book flowed well and kept me interested. I found myself trying to read in class and wherever I was but couldn't because my phone would die too quickly( I have the kindle app on my iphone and I've been using that to read everything). I look forward to reading the rest of the book, espically since I paid 10 dollars for it, but I think it's going to have to wait until winter break along with a lot of other things.

The Golden Compass

I really don't like fantasy novels like this one. I can't put my finger on why I didn't enjoy the book. It's odd because I really love the Chronicles of Narnia movies but I just think the fantasy genre of book doesn't work well for me. I like to read something that is a little more believable and less unicorns, dragons, and elves and that kind of stuff(or crap in my opinion)...it just wasn't my cup of tea I guess.