Welcome

My very first post on my very first blog.


This will be my space to share my ramblings regarding the various occurences that happen throughout the course of this semester.

To start things off I'll share my first assignment.

New Media for me is a love hate situation. The concept itself absolutely revolts me, however the lure of its simplicity and ease makes it hard to resist. Coming from an international school in China, communication with old classmates has always been difficult. My high school career was during the major rise of New Media. Websites like Xanga, Livejournal and Myspace were just starting to skyrocket in their popularity. While most of my friends jumped onto this bandwagon, I myself was more reserved, preferring to keep myself and my thoughts offline as much as possible. My beliefs were always that one day, something I wrote online will come back to haunt me. I played it as safely as possible., a stealthy stalking predator if you will; carefully eyeing other people's online adventures while silently concealing my own. Recently I've been more accepting of this form of media, as I've become more accustomed to receiving instant messages in strange hours from friends in foreign places. While I still prefer to actually talk to someone in person, the benefits of New Media has caught up with me, and I myself have succomed to this dominant form of communication.