Mentor Log

Saturday: April 13, 2013
My mentor assigned me some "homework" which was to gather two newspapers, The New York Times and The SF Chronicle. And was to highlight some important facts about the world and this helps me come closer to my goal of this project by introducing the work that a journalist does and how it is that they get stories out.

Logged Hours: 2 Hours

Sunday: April 14, 2013
Gathered up some newspapers and read some interesting things about what is going on around the world. Its really unpleasant to hear about a Country like North Korea to read what is going on with them but then again, news are news. My mentor made me examine the things I highlighted and told me to try and make something out of it. To try and relate it to other things. How does it connect to our society and why is it so important to our country, about what goes on in North Korea.

Logged Hours: 3 Hours
Total Hours: 7.5 Hours

Mentor Logs

Saturday; March 2, 2013
My goal was to discuss with my mentor about what particular things we are going to be doing.When i met up with my mentor he provided me information on how to contact him just in case he is unavailable. He also gave me my first "assignment", which is to search for some kind of local newspaper. The newspapers i was assigned to look for were the SF Chronicle and New York Times. This was so i understand what type of work i'm going to be facing. It guides me to my goal that i'm trying achieve throughout this project. As for the next meet, my goal is to understand more of the journalistic field of my project.

Logged Hours: 2.5 Hours
Total Hours: 2.5 hours

1984- Bad Times

From what I have read, I see Oceania to be a dark, depressing, torn-up city along with damaged buildings, after all they did just come back from a war. They have a few high-tech things to keep their society stimulated but although that may be what is going on. Part of the community fears the ruling of a new type of government that controls almost everything. Winston's main problem is trying to agree with the party, in other words, having a a difficult time following through with the criteria of Oceania. For example, Winston wrote in his diary, "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER", showing off how rebellious he his. Another example would be when he's watching the Two Minute Hate video, he wasn't even participating in the "hate" along with everybody else. Not until he catches eye contact with a man named, O'brien. After he and O'brien meet eye to eye Winston begins to rise and yell and belch out foul movement towards the video of Goldstein. One of the people who rebelled and one of the more reason why people are so against the video.

Stranger than Fiction

The author of the story is somebody who's writing about a certain story, while a narrator on the other hand is someone who is to verbally talk about a story. So that would generally be the difference already. Unless you want a better understanding of what the difference is between the two then an example could be that, the author could create a story and the narrator could be formed into the story as a character, like a third person narrator. In the movie, The Karen Eiffel the author of the story, is also narrating the story, having both roles colliding into one whole thing which would be illustrating the life of Harold Crick.
As an author on my research paper i can say i did a pretty well job on it staying focused on what to talk about. Giving proper facts and information about my topic, which is Biased Journalism, rather than opinion. I left out my perspective about what it is about because i think people would want to know more about why biased opinions are important rather than from experience of somebody. So instead i gave a clear understanding of how biased opinions affect society. A great impact would be the facts about biased opinions and how it has affected society before and how it still does today, i think people would be interested in hearing the story about a biased society.

Macbeth's Diagnosis

Dear Macbeth,

After running some personality test, im so sorry to inform you that you have been diagnosed with paranoia and Schizotypal. Don't worry as your doctor i am here to give you some advice on how to deal with your problems and maybe get better.

Paranoia mean that you feel unsafe and you have a hard time trusting others. Maybe you feel like someone is out to get you. I think this is due to the fact that you are hiding some secrets you are afraid of others revealing. You should probably talk to your wife, Lady Macbeth about those feelings. It's not good to hide how you feel. Talking about what's on your mind can help get rid of the feeling not trusting others.


Schizotypal is a disorder where you have an odd form of  thinking. Also you dont want to be around others. I think being paranoid has to do alot with this. You rather be by yourself because you dont trust those around you. I feel like you have a big guilt on your shoulders. I suggest you come clean about your true self .This guilt is really messing with your head.

Get well soon,

Dr. Apollo Ventura

The $$$ Team (Fiscal Cliff)

The Fiscal Cliff, according to Mattea Kramer, is not a cliff but rather an obstacle course. It is a series of different federal budget cuts and tax increases that are to be taken place by next year. They are referred to as the word "cliff" because, if it actually took effect in 2013, it would be a major setback in our economy according to Kramer. On the Democrats side, The Affordable Act, which would be talking about Obamacare, includes a handful of taxes will affect high-income americans and some medical industry/ device manufacturers. The taxes will go into effect right on schedule, but won't have much of a big impact right away on the economy. Finally for the Republicans, the Bush-era tax cuts for the high-income set. Obama has announced that he will veto this if anyone tried to put it in play. And by ending these tax cuts for the wealthy would bring in a lot of money

 to reduce deficits or increase funding for cash starving priorities like for example: higher education.

All the google strategies that i used, or actually the first two that i used i did not/had a hard time using. Well besides the OR tool that one was pretty useful and helpful. Found a bunch of information i needed for the topic that it made my head hurt. Boy, i did not know that just typing in the word "OR" would make a whole lot of a difference for researching my topic. This right here is definitely something i can add to my 'New Book' list. Basically something to keep in mind for the future. It will help me with senior project that's all i know! :)

All About Love

The most important aspect when dealing about love is community. When your struggling with a situation and your around people you don't know, things tend to not go easy on you. For sometimes in life what you do most of the time on your own, there may be times where you just need that little push start to be able to do things without having to go through with it yourself. Thats what love in a community is about. If you can have the love for another person, it is good to always have somebody there by your side to face with you the good, the bad, and the ugly. Whether you know them or not it is good to have a community for many precautions. For instance:

1. Sustains life - Nobody wants to feel lonely, that is why it is good to surround yourself by a bunch of people even though you may not know them. But surround yourself with good people not bad!
2. ensures human survival - everyone can do there part by helping one another through love and happyness. 
3. Provide social and better learning environment - Being surrounded by a bunch of other people maybe like your family and friends is a good idea. For you learn from your mistakes when around them and if you take care of one person then you take care of another and later you earn the benefit of living in a good environment. there is no better place to learn the art of love.

People tend to forget the real aspect of romance because in order to truly love somebody they must first learn how to be honest towards one another. For if you do not carry the aspect of honesty then you are doing something wrong there. In order to really love someone, you have to change the perspective of ordinarily loving someone to gain the characteristic of true love. You should approach love w/ care, knowledge, and respect. You must learn how to communicate with your partner for it is the key towards knowing them better. You have to take your time when it comes to romance and get to know the person better. Must learn how to slow love. Meaning that you have to learn how to love slowly, nobody likes it when others jump to conclusion.