Hellogoodbye Eccentrick!

I didn't take any art courses last year, so I never really knew what all the hustle and bustle was about whenever the art show came around.
This year's art show was an amazing experience for me. From working really hard in class just to get my artwork done IN TIME for the art show, to watching the grade 10 videos in the little dark room at the side of the Comm. area. Not to mention performing every day that week! - exculding the Monday evening opening gala. It was a really enjoyable experience, and majority of the artwork was really amazing - it was kiiiind of intimidating.

My favourite part of my Eccentrick experience, unusually, was my performances. I was sick at the time, but I performed anyway with my friend Angel - or, as some teachers would call her, Evangelique. I'm used to performing in front of audiences full of people that I know, and I usually get nervous in front of people that I don't know.. But I wasn't nervous at alllll during the art show, and it was pretty cool. :) The fact that I was getting hours for quest units for it was pretty cool, too x)

Speaking of favourites, my favourite sections of the art show were Danielle Roche's February 14 area, and the movie theatre. :) I've seen Danielle's work online before, and to see it in person was actually amazing to me. Then the movie theatre ... Developer. Stop. Death.? Amaaazing movie. I could honestly watch it over and over again, and I wouldn't get tired of it ... Anytime soon, at least. Haha! It was actually a pretty good movie. I didn't, unfortunately, get to see any of the other movies but One Day.

It might sound weird, but I actually kind of miss the art show. Not just 'cause it was at the beginning of May and there was no rush of units, but because I loved seeing all of the work in the art show. It really opened my eyes to how talented people are. :)

Gaming Gone Wild

Video games.
What would my childhood be without them?
It's really amazing how video games have really impacted my life. I remember playing with my cousin's Nintendo 64 whenever we visited - and those are PRETTY old! Being a teenager, it's pretty normal to be, well, playing them for numerous hours - or at least until my parents call me down for food. But, in general, I actually play a lot of video games - which might or might not sound unusual, considering the fact that I'm a girl. To be more specific, I play Gears of War (the first one, and the second one), Halo (the whole series), other first person shooting games, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, skateboarding games, car racing games.. Honestly, the list could go on forever.. And back when I actually used to play them on a day-to-day basis, I would be up 'til 1 or 2 in the morning. No homework was usually done during that time, of course. And those types of video games don't benefit me, or people in general, so why play them?

I don't know why, but it's just something we do. There's just something about these video games that are just so captivating, and addicting that we just can't get enough. (I swear, there has to be some subliminal messaging going on.) I know that with me, whenever I play something like Gears of War 2, whenever the character I'm playing dies, I have the urge to do start again and try to defeat what I lost against before. It's strange, I know.. But I'm thinking that it just has something to do with accomplishments - not like it's that great to accomplish a video game in the first place, but it feels nice. Like, you can go up to your friend and say, "YOOO! Dude! I finished Halo 3 last night! Toooo easy!" Then they'll reply with a "SAY WORD!" and give you daps (Julius is bugging me, and saying to put "props" because teachers apparently don't know what it means :|). Okay, maybe I'm overexaggerating with my choice of words and such, but I'm hoping you get the idea. At the same time, though, finishing a game can result in a variety of things. A desire for the next game in the series; resulting in coughing up the cash, a sadness for finishing the game, vice versa.. It's really.. blah.

But anyway, in my opinion, the limit to video games is when it gets to the extent when you don't eat, sleep, go outside, do homework, etc.. Like, the things that teens basically do on a day-to-day basis that doesn't have anything to do with video games. It's just really unnecessary, and video games just shouldn't take over your life.

Whether video games are good or not is a pretty well-debated question.. I don't really think that the video games themselves are bad.. I'm thinking that it just really depends on the person, and how you spend your time on/with them. If you just play them from time to time just for a little break from reality, then sure, they're fine. The video games that actually help give your brain a boost (e.g. Brain Age), then even better! But if you play video games too much, then.. :\

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