i thought santa was supposed
to be fat and jolly, not scare people into buying stuff

so true

visual essay

the world is boring if each and every person is the same.

being different is what brings life to the world.











there will always be differences in the world

being an individual is being your own person, not being a copy

these pictures show that comformity and individuals are all around the world. it's our choice to pick between the two. but no matter how much people look alike, they will always be different. there will alwys be differences in the world. old and young, light and dark, male and female, these are clear differences that help establish an individual. but if someone changes how they are, what their interests are, just to be like everyone else? that is not an indiviual. how can one be an indiviual, be their own person, if they're just likeeveryone else? i just don't see it. i think if you be yourself and are not afraid of who you are, then you can be happy. (just like the smiley face above)

feed blog number two

i would never miss the feed. maybe only if i really needed something. but my life shouldn't' depend on a piece of technology a corporation put in my brain. i can last now without a feed. i have other resources i can go to. i would get very irritated having something in my head reading all my thoughts. something that knows everything i do. i already have me doing that and i don't like it. and then the feed talks to you. i've got enough voices in my head, i don't need a computer talking to me too. especially if all it's talking about is stuff i can buy. i only need so many things.

the characters in the book might think it's called a "feed" because it feeds you all this information. but it could really be called a feed because the big corporations are feeding off of the people through the "feed". the "feed" takes in the information and interests of the person it belongs to and it sends it to the feednet place. so they know everything you are interested in. the "feed" knows exactly which places to bring you to shop and you can buy all the things you love. this is just a way for the companies to create more things they know people love so it will make those companies stronger and more powerful. and since they know some people will do what they can to fit in with everybody else. just be another "normal" person. the companies will create all these new trends so that's more stuff people will go out to pay for. that just makes them even more strong and more powerful.

i don't understand why violet says she wants to be "normal". i don"t like that word. many people believe that to be like everyone else. why would someone like to be like everyone else? that's boring and alot of work. it's boring because to be like everyone else, there's no surprise. everythings the same. everythings predictable. it's alot of work because you have to keep up with everything that's going on. if the part in the hair changes. and you don't change it, you won't be the same as everyone else. they'll just make fun of you because your hair looks "weird". violet shouldn't worry about being like everyone else. if she was like everyone else, she would be like calista. and they don't really like each other. violet shoul'd just continue being who she is. the word "normal" is just a stupid word. the definition of it changes all the time. they think it"s "normal" to have a computer controlling their brains. i think that's crazy. we need different people in the world. we need people to think differently. if everyone thought the same (and very shallow) there wouldn't be any great ideas anymore. everyone would just be a robot, following technology. being controlled by a single computer chip.
it's feeding off of their lives.

feed blog number one

it's weird how they go to the moon and say it sucked. to go to the moon now people need lots of training and stuff. it would be kinda cool if i were able to go to the moon just for spring break. but i don't understand why the even have spring break. yeah they go to "schooltm", but they don't do anything. they can't read or write. they don't even have to use their brains. they have the feed to think for them. today, we're forced to read books and write about what we read. people force us to think in school. we need breaks. otherwise we could die from over thinking too much and we wouldn't be able to think wt all. the world would go mad because every one's thinking too much and dying because no one had any breaks to rest their minds. people would end up with the mind of bush!

ok, so, what was i talking about again? oh right, the moon. yeah, reading titus reaction to what he thinks of the moon, shows that these are some kids that tend to get what they want in life. going someplace that would be completely amazing to another kid isn't to them because they've already experienced all the things on the moon.
i think the language they use is weird. but i also think the language my parents and even erin used when they were younger is weird. my step dad still talks like that sometime. it kinda gets on my nerves. but i know that when i grow up, my kids will think the way i talk now sounds weird. language changes over time. right away when you open the book you see there are some words that are a bit different than the words used today. they are unrecognizable. so it starts to make you think about how far into the future this goes. how long our world has until it's completely run by technology and corporations. unless of course we do something to stop it. but even the adults an technology use the same language as the kids. now the language automated operators isn't the same as a hundred years ago, but it doesn't talk like us.
i guess the trends change so much because everyone has access to the information. calista and quendy are looking at their feed and they see this star has parted their hair to the left instead of the right. they don't want to be social outcasts so they decide to do the same.i don't like this version of the future. it's too controlling. i wouldn't be able to live a life like that. i hate technology. but i am guilty for being on my phone and computer all the time. technology still sucks.