This reading seemed really kind of repeating itself over and over but had some good points to it. It makes a strong point when saying that when looking at a book you know who wrote it and you know what its going to talk about when you get to it. But differently, in television you really don’t know who to give credit for or where it came from or even its attended audience. I see it that when you usually look at a book it usually describes who the intended audience is and what the author hopes you get out of reading the book and what you may learn from it. When you want to watch a TV show or a movie you really don’t see that. Yeah you may push the info button and learn a little bit about what the story behind the movie is but you don’t know much other than that. You have to watch the whole movie or show then to see who should get credit for it or maybe the purpose.
This has a lot to do with the strong section of the reading about genre. When you watch a TV show or read a book you kind of get the sense of what am I reading or watching and how is the writer showing this. You try to decide what gives out the genre when looking at whatever it is your reading or watching and then try to see what genre it goes into. Is it a romance or a horror or even a comedy. But when you see previews for a movie or show you can’t really tell what genre it may fit into. You may get the impression that it is a romance but then end up realizing it’s a comedy. I think this is sort of a reference of how you can read something. You may not be looking at it how it’s meant to be and get the wrong impression. Other than these two points I didn’t really see anything else that was really that important to talk

January 19, 2010

This reading has amazingly opened my mind to what goes through my mind when looking at anything. You never really realize how broad off a work read is. You always read when you look at anything. You try to read some one’s mind when with a friend or family. I’ve never really realized how much I actually do this. When I look at anything I usually look at it right away and immediately start making observations of what I’m looking at. Maybe looking at what is wrong with it or what its function is or anything that could help or benefit me. I just found it very interesting how it said about looking at the Mona Lisa painting and trying to decide what the painting is all about and why it was painted. The whole reading really focused on how much you read anything you look at. I especially notice myself how much I look at someone and how they dress. I look at how they dress or what maybe things they are wearing on their body, or even what car they are driving. Then after looking at that I usually try to guess what kind of life they live and maybe what job they do or what career field they are in. It’s pretty interesting to take some guess’s then possibly finding out what they really do and seeing how close your reading of this person’s life may be. Then later in reading they look at how different kinds of text and sizes of fonts can affect how you look at something. I thought of when maybe my girlfriend writes a note to me and how you can tell what kind of mood she is in by how she writes. If it’s really messy and all over the place then you can kind of tell she may be a little mad or upset. But usually it’s written really neat and collective then I know she’s in a good mood and I’m in the clear. This whole reading really seemed to get my attention and was actually something very interesting to read.

My Name

I asked my mom where my name came from and didn't really get an exciting answer. She said it was just something that my mom and dad really liked one day when they heard it. They were having trouble thinking of a name for me and I'm not sure what or where but they heard it said the one day and they really liked the name. And that's where my name, Lance, came from.