I would tell about how people are waiting for it to go up and betting about when it does.  I might make up something to try to be funny about how people are selling their cars because there is no need for them since nobody can afford gas. I would maybe talk about a man selling is body like prostitution for a tank of gas. I might mention the famous scene from Zoolander where they are having a gasoline price and when people watch it, they won’t be sad that the people died they will just talk about how much gas they wasted.  I want to talk about people who fall for the trick and start to buy gas when the prices go down.  They are the people who think the government is listening to them about gas prices.  I might add something about when people rob gas stations they don’t want money or anything like that; they just want a full tank of gas.  I will talk about how gas is used as an incentive to Americans.  For example the news could say if you get out in vote we’re guaranteeing a full tank of gas.  I could talk about how people are now always late everywhere they go because they don’t drive cars anymore.  In the winter time nobody goes anywhere because it’s too cold and in the summer it is too hot. 

This topic needs to be addressed because I feel it is a serious and unfair battle that Americans face.  It seems that we can only do so much.  After we have tried so many things I think all we can do is laugh about it and this is where a satire comes in and seems fitting. 

In the conclusion I will tell how the government is overthrown and there is free gas for everyone and everyone lives happily ever after.  I think this is fitting because in all American fairy tales there is a happily ever after. 

I struggled a lot on an idea and I could really use some advice so if you have any please let me know because I’m still not sure if I understand the idea completely.

            The biggest difference between the story and the movie is that in the story, everyone goes about their day and finds bliss in not knowing the whole truth.  Obviously the woman is crying.  She must know that something made her cry, and the man must know too.  Nevertheless, they don’t try to understand what made them sad, they just know from past experience that they will forget and go on with their lives. The main theme is not questioning the authority.  I felt it was an excellent time to read this story because what is currently happening in our world.  I feel that in this next presidential election that’s approaching, we have a chance to not only question our authority, but actually make a change in it.  We could do this by electing Senator Barack Obama to become the next president of the United States.  We have never had a president like him, and this is our chance to turn our country around.  I found that issue very relatable to both the story and the movie.  In the movie, people begin to see that something isn’t right.  Watching the ending made it fit perfectly together for me.  If Harrison really wanted to prove his point and find a way to help the people in his world, he did the best thing possible.  He connected the truth with the only way he could.  Without knowing what happened in those people’s future, I can hope that they aren’t like the people in the story.  I hope that they start to question what is out there and question the way they are being controlled. 

            I feel like the storyline was changed to present a happier ending and hopefully outcome.  Even though Harrison was forced to lose his life, I feel like the people in the movie have more of a chance to become who they really are.  I did like how they kept the overall theme and target of the message the same.  Both the story and movie used humor to try to get their point across and I feel like it helped the storyline.  I felt both forms were effect for different reasons.  The story was effective because it was short and got right to the point.  The ending was really the thing that stuck out in my mind.  However, the movie was almost equally effective in the fact that you can see emotions, and was able to get more background information.  I liked this assignment and it really made me think about things that I didn’t think it would.  It taught me to accept our problems, question our authority, and be thankful for the differences we all possess. 

            I had never heard of or used the Last fm but I got the impression that it is like a personalized You-tube.  I like how it has the ability to show music, movies, charts, and events. 

            I am familiar with itunes and have used it before.  It is a great way to get songs you like for cheap.  I like the feature that enables you to create different play lists.  I like that it is easy to burn discs from.  I think a cool feature to add would be showing the videos that went along with the song. 

            Judging by Arcade Fire’s website, it seems to be targeted towards a certain group of people and a particular kind and style of music.  It seems confusing to use by the way one has to move the mouse around to see if something lights up.  However, at the same time, it seems informative but it seems like it wouldn’t be the best site to use unless you already had heard of the band or group before.  This site, compared to the others seems less user friendly and less able to give you the opportunity to branch out and find newer types of music.  It seems to limit you to the ones you already know. 

            Rosetta seems even more confusing.  I wouldn’t go to it because it seems hard to use.  The best thing about this site is that it seems to be a good way for a new group to advertise and get itself out there. 

            Charlie Don’t Shake- seems like a better organized way to advertise for one particular band.  The last two sites have seemed more about advertising a particular band rather than listening to all different types of music, so it really depends what a person is looking for when they are visiting these sites. 

Last but not least, flatfoot seems very unprofessional and laid back.  The good thing about it being laid back is that the context is easy to understand.  It seems like a good way to find information but I would question the information from this sight because it doesn’t look credible.  To make it have a better feeling, I would suggest that they do a better job presenting their website and try to make it more professional and easy to use. 

The device is black with silver accents.  It is nine inches long and five inches wide.  It is an inch to two inches in width.  The entire piece is made of metal.  On the back there are the letters ‘LG’ with a winking face.  There is also a silver rectangle on the back with a circle like eye in the middle.  On the sides of the device, there are buttons and cutouts.  The front has a shiny almost glossy surface.  Again, it has the LG symbol and the word ‘alltel’ written on the front cover.  In its resting position the screen does not illuminate and it is almost possible to see a fuzzy reflection of oneself.  However, once the front screen is slid upward, the entire front surface lights up.  There are several different pictures on the screen that seem to change in random order.  If one was to touch the screen it displays the time and several icons.  If the screen is touched the entire device vibrates.  Once the screen is slid upward, there are numbers zero to nine with letters ‘a’ through ‘z’ on each button.  There are three letters on each button.  One button says ‘talk’ in green and another ‘end’ in red.  When I feel the buttons they are smooth and slightly raised in a distinct sort of wave pattern.  If I push the button, it makes a barely audible clicking sound.  If one looks closely, it is possible to see fingerprints and smudges on the screen.  When turned on, the buttons light up.  If a call is received, the device either makes a noise like a song or vibrates.  Once a call has ended, the screen will stay lit for thirty seconds and then turn dark and black again.  It feels cold to the touch and has a hard surface.  It contains no distinct smells or taste.

That silver rectangle on the back of the device that contains an eye like circle is actually a camera.  This within itself says something about cell phone owners, manufacturers, and our society.  This new addition to current cell phones means that people who possess cell phones take pictures.  However, why do people take pictures? What is the purpose?  People didn’t have cameras millions of years ago and managed to survive.  As time has gone on, people in our world like to record special events that happen so we don’t have to rely solely on our memory.  With this technology available to us, there is no reason that we shouldn’t take pictures.  Pictures can symbolize and represent so many different things in life.  Looking at pictures has become such a special part of our society that we have scrap books, picture albums, and even special websites devoted to showing our pictures.  On top of just a regular camera, the thing that makes it more distinguished and relatable to this concept is that fact that there are digital cameras like the ones in our phones.  This can be interoperated that people of our world like instant gratification.  Now, there is no more driving to the store, filling out order forms, and waiting until they develop it.  The theme in the cell phone and the camera is its simplicity.  They are here to make our life easier.  Who wouldn’t be addicted to that? 

The original cell phone was an extremely large device that people carried around in their car.  Normally, only the rich would own them.  However, over the years, the cell phone itself and the people who own them have changed in several ways.  When first invented, the cell phone carried out a very practical purpose.  It possessed such a great idea.  This great idea was the ability to make a call from anywhere.  So many times people need to make an important call when they are not in their home.  This is very true in the case of emergencies.  Needless to say, in order to make that call, it is unnecessary to have other features on the phone.  However, everyday, technology becomes more advanced and more amazing.  As time went on, the cell phone became smaller and smaller.  Not only that, it became more socially acceptable and understood that many different types of people would carry them.  This led the advertising away from strictly focusing on the rich.  Originally, it did not flip up, slide, or even twist and turn.  But today, cell phones can do almost more maneuvers than I’m sure some ever thought possible.  This fact indicates how cell phone companies are trying to promote themselves and who they are targeting.  Their design alone makes them more easy and discrete to use.  My dad once told me a story of when he was in the heart of Detroit on the side of the road because his car had broken down.  He was going through medical school and had just purchased his first cell phone.  The phone was so large that it took up his entire brief case.  Since he was stranded on the side of the road, he dialed the number he needed and put the phone back in his brief case.  He held the brief case up in the air, near his ear and started explaining the situation to whomever he had called for help.  I wasn’t there so I don’t know the exact conversation but I do know that it was something like, “I’m stranded in Detroit and I’m talking into my brief case, help me.”  This instance helped me understand the situation.  My dad was certainly not “rich” but he did possess a cell phone and he knew how he could be perceived.  Now if someone was stranded on the side of the road, no matter where they were, we would expect to see them on a cell phone.  This shows how accustomed our society has become to them and how we almost could not function without them.  Now, their small design, their capability to flip open, and the function that can turn them from loud to vibrate makes them much more user friendly.  Now, anytime a person walks into a classroom they see kids hiding the phone under their desk to send text messages.  This design expands its target audience and promotes their use to everyone. 

  We have seen how cell phones have progressed over the years.  The convenience they provide us makes us all the more dependent on them.  Their capability to take pictures, flip, slide, their size, shape, and new colors are all things that promote its use to different parts of the population.  Not only to more of the population, but different kinds of people of all ages.  For instance, now that cell phones come in bright colors, have cameras, and features such as touch screens, this opens its user audience to a younger crowd.  Kids are starting to have cell phones at younger and younger ages.  Toy companies even make toy cell phones.  In our world, five year olds know what a cell phone is and possibly how to use it.  On the news, I saw a story about a woman who taught her daughter a song teaching her how to use a cell phone in case of emergency.  The song went “911 green, 911 green, 911 green.”  This idea actually worked!  As helpful as these devices can be, we need to remember that all of the new high tech features are not necessary to simply make a phone call.  It is scary that many of us would not even know what to do and how to carry on our lives without them.  To have any kind of hope for the future, the first step, like any addiction is admitting that our society has a problem.  In the past five years we have developed so much new technology; it is crazy to think about what we will have in the next five years, or when we have kids.  Do we really want our children to be as addicted to these devices like we are already?  I hope not.  The next time we go to take out our cell phone, we should really ask ourselves, ‘is it necessary?’  We use these things because we can and because they are available to us.  Perhaps we should stop thinking that way and utilize all of our options.  I’m not saying it won’t be hard.  The manufacturers and advertisers know how to keep us wanting more.  Next time a new feature or phone comes out, think of how much money we can save ourselves.  If we don’t, cell phones really will be taking over.   

The device is black with silver accents.  It is nine inches long and five inches wide.  It is an inch to two inches in width.  The entire piece is made of metal.  On the back there are the letters ‘LG’ with a winking face.  There is also a silver rectangle on the back.  On the sides of the device, there are buttons and cutouts.  The front has a shiny almost glossy surface.  Again, it has the LG symbol and the word ‘alltel’ written on the front cover.  In its resting position the screen does not illuminate and it is almost possible to see a fuzzy reflection of oneself.  However, once the front screen is slid upward, the entire front surface lights up.  There are several different pictures on the screen and seem to change in a random order.  If one was to touch the screen it displays the time and several icons.  If the screen is touched the entire device vibrates.  Once the screen is slid upward, there are numbers zero to nine with letters ‘a’ through ‘z’ on each button.  There are three letters on each button.  One button says ‘talk’ in green and another ‘end’ in red.  When I feel the buttons they are smooth and slightly raised in a distinct sort of wave pattern.  If I push the button, it makes a barely audible clicking sound.  If one looks closely, it is possible to see fingerprints and smudges on the screen.  When turned on, the buttons light up.  If a call is received, the device either makes a noise like a song or vibrates.  Once a call has ended, the screen will stay lit for thirty seconds and then turn dark and black again.  It feels cold to the touch and has a hard surface.  It contains no distinct smells or taste.

The original cell phone was an extremely large device that people carried around in their car.  In most cases, only the rich would own them. Over the years, it has progressed in many ways.  When first invented, the cell phone carried out a very practical purpose.  It possessed such a great idea.  This great idea was the ability to make a call from anywhere.  So many times people need to make an important call when they are not in their home.  This is very true in the case of emergencies.  Needless to say, in order to make that call, it is unnecessary to have other features on the phone.  However, everyday, technology becomes more advanced and more amazing.  As time went on, the cell phone became smaller and smaller.  Not only that, it became more socially acceptable and understood that many different types of people would carry them.  This led the advertising away from strictly focusing on the rich.  Originally, it did not flip up or slide, or even twist and turn.  But today, cell phones can do almost more maneuvers than I’m sure some ever thought possible.  This fact indicates how cell phone companies are trying to promote themselves and who they are targeting.  Simply their design alone makes them more easy and discrete to use.  My dad once told me a story of when he was in the heart of Detroit on the side of the road because his car had broken down.  He was going through medical school and had just purchased his first cell phone.  The phone was so large that it took up his entire brief case.  Since he was stranded on the side of the road, he dialed the number he needed and put it back into his brief case.  He held the brief case up in the air, near his ear and started explaining the situation to whomever he had called for help.  I wasn’t there so I don’t know the exact conversation but I do know that it was something like, “I’m stranded in Detroit and I’m talking into my brief case, help me.”  This instance for me is a good way to help understand the situation.  My dad was certainly not “rich” but he did possess a cell phone and he knew how he could be perceived.  Now if someone was stranded on the side of the road, no matter where they were, we would expect to see them on a cell phone.  In this way, it shows how accustomed our society has become to them and how we almost could not function without them.  Now, their small design, their capability to flip open, and the function that can turn them from loud to vibrate makes them much more user friendly.  Now, anytime a person walks into a classroom they see kids hiding the phone under their desk to send text messages.  This design expands its target audience and promotes the use to everyone. 

That silver rectangle on the back of the device is actually a camera.  This within itself says something about cell phone owners, manufacturers, and our society.  This new addition to current cell phones means that people who possess cell phones take pictures.  However, why do people take pictures? What is the purpose?  People didn’t have cameras millions of years ago and managed to survive.  As time has gone on, people in our world like to record special events that happen so we don’t have to rely solely on our memory.  With the technology available to us, there is no reason that we shouldn’t take pictures.  Pictures can symbolize and represent so many different things in life.  Looking at pictures has become such a special part of our society that we have scrap books, picture albums, and even special websites devoted to showing our pictures.  On top of just a regular camera, the thing that makes it more distinguished and relatable to this concept is that fact that there are digital cameras like the ones in our phones.  This can be interoperated that people of our world like instant gratification.  Now, there is no more waiting to go to the store, take in the film, and wait until they develop it.  The theme in the cell phone and the camera is its simplicity.  They are there to make our life easier.  Who wouldn’t be addicted to that? 

We have seen how cell phones have progressed over the years.  The convenience they provide us makes us all the more dependent on them.  Their capability to take pictures, flip, slide, their size, shape, and new colors are all things that promote its use to different parts of the population.  Not only to more of the population, but different kinds of people of all ages.  For instance, now that cell phones come in bright colors, have cameras, and features such as touch screens, this opens its user audience to a younger crowd.  Kids are starting to have cell phones at younger and younger ages.  Toy companies even make toy cell phones.  In our world, five year olds know what a cell phone is and possibly how to use it.  On the news, I saw a story about a woman who taught her daughter a song teaching her how to use a cell phone in case of emergency.  The song went “911 green, 911 green, 911 green.”  This idea actually worked!  As helpful as these devices can be, we need to remember that all of the new high tech features are not necessary to simply make a phone call.  It is scary that many of us would not even know what to do and how to carry on our lives without them.  To have any kind of hope for the future, the first step, like any addiction is admitting that our society has a problem.  In the past five years we have developed so much new technology; it is crazy to think about what we will have in the next five years, or when we have kids.  Do we really want our children to be as addicted to these devices as we are already?  I hope not.  The next time we go to take out our cell phone, we should really ask ourselves, ‘is it necessary?’  We use these things because we can and because they are available to us.  Perhaps we should stop thinking that way and utilize all of our options.  I’m not saying it won’t be hard.  The manufacturers and advertisers know how to keep us wanting more.  Next time a new feature or phone comes out, think of how much money we can save ourselves.  If we don’t, cell phones really will be taking over.   

The device is black with silver accents.  It is nine inches long and five inches wide.  It is an inch to to inches in width.  The entire piece is made of metal.  On the back there are the words LG with a winking face.  There is also a silver rectangle on the back.  On the sides of the device, there are buttons and cuttouts.  The front has a shiney almost glossy surface.  Again, it has the LG symbol and the word alltel written on the front cover.  In it’s resting position the screen does not illuminate and is almost possible to see a fuzzy reflection of oneself.  However, once the front screen is slid upward, the entire front surface lights up.  There are several different pictures on the screen and seem to change in a random order.  If one was to touch the screen it displays the time and several icons.  If the screen is touched the entire device viborates.  Once the screen is slid upward, there are numbers zero to nine with letters a to z on each button.  There are three letters on each button.  One button says ‘talk’ in green and ‘end’ in red.  When I feel the buttons they are smooth and slightly raised in a distinct sort of wave pattern.  If one looks closely, it is possible to see fingerprints and smudges on the screen.  When on, the button light up.  If a call is recieved, the device either makes a noise like a song or viborates.  It feels cold to the touch and has a hard surface.  It contains no distict smells or taste.