In my personal opinion I believe this article speaks volumes. I myself do not trust the government one single bit. The government is just so utterly corrupt, it's disgusting. They want to know everything we're doing and we have no sense of privacy. Even when writing this response they could be reading this. I believe Snowden was very bold for doing this and you have to give him some respect/credit for it.

I understand their concern after 9/11 and various outside threats, but for god sakes we have lost our sense of privacy. The USDA wasn't in this article but that's another part of our government that is slowly trying to kill us with the foods we eat. It's not just our privacy that's under scrutiny, its our food, our drinks, our air, our environment, our everything.

The Art of Peeping

Andrew Smith

It’s hard really to defend the photographer in this sense, but theres no really way to do it. I feel like it is a complete invasion of privacy and that it is very, very creepy. I do get that every photograph has their own style and thinks everything is a form of art around them but it’s just plain weird. 

While photographing your neighbors from their window isn't an everyday occurrence what is eerily similar to it is the form of paparazzi is. It’s this aim of undercover photography (in some cases), eavesdropping, and stalking among these people. So i’ll reiterate, is this wrong? Yes, it is and I find no way to defend it. 

The Medium Is The New Massage

I enjoyed how it states "a new form of politics is emerging" and in ways we haven't noticed. They are so persuasive in their personal, economic, psychological, moral, and social consequences.

All media are extensions of some human faculty-- psychic or physical.

It's just talking about how extensions of ourselves can be so closely related than we think.

Paying Attention During Class


Start out strong, my back is pretty straight and eyes are fully on the teacher.

Maybe 45 minutes into class that semi-straight posture is gone.

I'm now just starring straight, zoning in and out on what the teachers saying.

30 Minutes later my Focus is back! Except my neck is strained from looking all the way to my right because of my seat so I'm resting my arm on the arm rest.

I notice I take one hand, and with my middle finger and thumb I push up my eyebrows to try to wake myself up or just to help me focus.

Throughout the class I find my leg formations change very often. I'll put the left foot over the right or the opposite. I have my legs completely stretched out, feet flat with knees bent, and then somewhere in the middle.

I also tend to try to swipe my hair over to the left with my left hand just trying to fix it or just because.

If I get really bored I will take off my bracelet and just start fiddling with it. It's just a nervous habit.



And that's about all I noticed really.

Andrew Smith 

Daily Activities 

1. Woke up (obviously)

2. Stayed in bed

3. Opened my eyes again because my roommate was trying to set up the printer at 8 am! (pissed)

4. Stayed in bed

5. Got out of bed, finally 

6. Drank some water

7. Went on my computer

8. Went to the bathroom and washed my face

9. Came back and went on my computer

10. Got dressed

 11. Walked down the sidewalk to Schine to get a JuiceJam Tank

12.  Walked to Bird Library to fill up two water bottles (go environment)

 13. Went back to Ernie Davis and ate some food (had a chicken sandwich) 

14. Went back up to my dorm (Ernie) and relaxed for a bit

15.  Walked (sorry, lot of W-words) down to Marshall Square mall for the worst class ever, WRT 105

16. Went straight to the bathroom after class

 17. Relaxed in my dorm for a little then grabbed some dinner with some people

18. Walked downtown to Acting Class

 19. During the break of the acting class I had a granola bar and called my parents and Aunt Linn

 20. Class ended around 9:41 p.m

21. On the way home took some pictures of the nicely lit Arts and Sciences building. 

22.  Gordon had to sign me into the dorm building because I lost my i.d

 23. Ate some dry cereal with peanut mixed in with it, and a piece of wheat bread with Nutella on it (healthy) 

24.  Watched some Youtube videos

 25. Took a shower and brushed my teeth

26.  Looked at all of my social networking sites and went to bed.