My Favorite Game

My favorite game is probably soccer. In soccer, the objective is to kick the ball, in the shape of a sphere, into the goal, 8ft x 24ft rectangle, opposite the one you are defending. Your goal is to do this more than your opponent in the 90 minutes you are allotted.  You are only allowed to kick the ball and can't use your hands unless you are throwing it in from out of bounds or are the goal keeper. I like soccer because of the skill and athleticism that it requires and the excitement and competition you feel when playing. It is fun to make a good play on the ball or do a good skill move and make someone else look stupid, but most of all, it is an amazing feeling to score a goal. From playing soccer I learned that it is important to be big and athletic, and that you can improve on, at least the latter, by playing soccer.

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The instructor said:
write a truthful poem about yourself,
beginning where Hughes begins.

The only problem is:
If I don't find my life interesting enough to write about,
Who will?

I am fifteen, white, Rochester born and raised.
I was a toddler when I made my first joke
A shrewd feat of irony
The mere act of wiping crumbs
off my parents faces,
each of us laughing exuberantly,
And yet it was so much more.
For over the next decade it,
the act of telling jokes,
became my life style.

Comedy has aided my quest for friendship,
distracted me from overbearing problems,
and even altered my view on many aspects of reality.

This did have it's drawbacks though
mainly conflict with teachers
and members of authority.
I couldn't tell you
how many times I've faced strict punishment,
not for getting into fights,
but simply for joking around.
Not to mention the distaste
that arises among peers
as a result of some of my jesting actions
or the distractions the ubiquitous
world of satire places before me.

And even as I'm writing this
I am unable to resist
the occasional laugh or
amusing thought that materialize
to save me from my boredom.

novni.com is a good website for writers and readers a like. It allows writers to share their stories anonymously with the website where others can choose to read what ever interests them. The goal of the website is to inspire and uplift others and it even offers therapy.

infowars.com is a biased source of news. It provides a right extremist view on the world and the political state of America.

ap.org is a reliable source of news. According to makeuseof.com, ap.org is one of the least biased news sources in existence. It covers worldly news although it is located in New York City.

futureofthebook.org is a website that is devoted to the criticism of pop culture. The author, Michael Lawrence, seems to have created the website in order to rethink and evaluate the current situation of  popular culture, particularly regarding online news.

facebook.com is a very popular social media website. Millions of people use facebook to chat with friends, post statuses to their timeline, to see what others are doing, to save progress on games, and even to call with friends.

This meme is one I found particularly funny while searching for "offensive memes" on google. It utilizes the funny expression of the commonly known, and kid friendly, face of shaggy from scooby do in correspondence with a very shocking statement to produce a hilarious effect.

I would couldn't describe to you my "coming-out" story about being a geek or nerd because while I am a fan of the internet and it's countless services and while I may be somewhat of an outcast (all though this has declined in later years) I would not consider myself a geek or nerd but rather someone who possesses qualities of geeks and nerds alike. Since I can not tell you about this "coming-out" story I will give you a classification of the different kinds of nerds and geek that exists. Type 1: The Eugene. The Eugene is your stereotypical nerd who lacks in the categories of friends, good looks, charm, and, often, a will to live. Most Eugenes turn to the Internet for a safe space where they can act in their true Eugene form through the process of role playing, joining fandoms, and exploring the weirder/shadier parts of the web. However, in the unfortunate case that a Eugene can not find safety within the internet, it is very common that they will take their anger out on others, often weaker than them or at school via a gun. Type 2: Memester. This person is never one of the "popular" kids at their school although they can generally form friendships with fellow memesters, unlike Eugene's who remain secluded from the rest of society. Memesters value the internet for it's endless supply of memes, as the title suggests, and video games. They will browse the web forever in a spurt of boredom in search of way to achieve a quick laugh or long period of entertaining gaming. Type 3: The Victoria. This type of nerd uses the internet for the sole purpose of achieving greater knowledge, generally based on performing better in school. They will browse the internet for hours doing research or typing up an essay for school. They often like to type way more than is expected and turn it in well before the due date in order to impress their teachers. When they are not on the internet it is very common to find them buried in the middle of the third book they are reading that week. 

If I recall correctly, as a young child I rarely interacted with a computer to do little more than game and the occasional school assignment, and all though I can not pin point a specific memory of this, I assume it to be true. I do have some faint memories of me using a school computer to play on gaming websites such as y8.com, miniclip.com, or gamepost.com. However, my true child gaming dreams were complete upon my discovery of Roblox.com. Despite my craving for video games I never owned a computer, and still don't (all though I essentially dominate the family computer today), and I don't have any memories of the family computer that I assume we had, other than the clunky desktop in the basement that was never used. I have a much more active relationship with the Internet in comparison with all other forms of mass media. I find the internet to be much more useful as it can provide entertainment, whether it be through video games or videos, knowledge through articles, google searches, and videos, and it keeps me updated on my friends and the relationships around me through instant messaging and social media. I find that most other forms of media can only provide one or two of these ideals whereas the internet covers all three, and very often, covers them better than other forms of media.

Think about the media technologies in your life when you were growing up. How did you watch TV shows, listen to music, or communicate with friends? How have those technologies changed since you were very young? 

As a kid I rarely interacted with technology, except to watch the occasional pbs kids tv show. I did not have a phone, computer, console, ds, or any other type of electronic device. However, this all changed in sixth grade when I got my first tablet. Oh the times I've had with my tablet, all of the places we've been, games we've played, messages we've sent, videos we've watched, but that all ended in a sea of tears when I opened my book bag one day to find it cracked. Unable to look at it the same I sent it away, far far away, to the repair shop where I was told they would fix it up in no time. Unfortunately, cut to nearly six months later, and they were still "working" on it. When we finally did receive it, it appeared to have multiple internal issues and it broke completely within a week. It was around this time that my sister got her first phone so I was given her tablet. It would never be the same but it would still suffice a long with the new family computer. Cut to a few years later and I received the phone I have today. Originally I was opposed to the idea of wasting money on a phone, for why would I need a phone when I already had a tablet for gaming? Right? But I had not considered the ease of access a phone provides. For example I could now carry my phone anywhere via pockets and a phone is much easier to whip out and start using as opposed to a tablet, I also had the added benefit of making calls through a phone. Now me and my phone are practically inseparable, aside from the shitty chargers that leads to it's weekly death, but other than that, we do everything together. I have noticed this pattern in my peers as now almost everyone today has consoles, video games, and social media.