Besides never using a twitter,
\nlistening to spotify, or writing a blog post, I came into this assignment very
\nwell prepared. (I have a instagram and I post sometimes\u2014my picture count is
\napproaching double digits.) Even with my thorough preparations, however, I was
\nstill worried going into the assignment\u2026 What if I seem like a total newbie on twitter?
\nWhat if the class pulls up my blog post on the projector during class, read it
\naloud, and then points and laughs at me? I might have to transfer schools! Or
\nworse, just go to BU where I would be accepted. Ah. In my mind, so many things
\ncould go wrong. Nevertheless, I knew that if I didn\u2019t do the assignment, I\u2019d
\ndisappoint Professor Barta, which was a thought that I couldn\u2019t bear to live
\nwith.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I started off the assignment with
\nthe spotify playlist. I listen to music regularly and spotify is pretty user-friendly,
\nso I thought it would be a good transition into this previously unknown online
\nworld. Feeling clever, I decided to just pull up my itunes and use songs from
\nmy \u201c25 most-played\u201d list. Immediately, it was clear that this wouldn\u2019t work. It
\nwas full of mid 90\u2019s gangster rap\u2026 not exactly the music you want to email to
\nyour English teacher. However, because of this, I had look back into some bands
\nthat I had almost forgotten I loved. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Next came the twitter, which was
\neasier than I expected. I just posted relevant material here and there. Nobody
\nhas commented saying that my posts are irrelevant or stupid, so I guess I\u2019m
\ndoing all right. I even got to post a Will Farrell video, which makes my heart
\nwarm because I think he is hilarious. I hope it made your heart warm as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The instagram was probably the
\nhardest part for me, which is why I waited until the end to do it (never a good
\nidea). I couldn\u2019t think of a story that I wanted to tell! And with 4-6
\npictures? Ugh, I post 4-6 pictures in a year! Demanding that much creativity of
\nme in such a short period of time seemed unreasonable. I quickly realized that
\nthinking of four posts as an unreasonable amount of posts was the only
\nunreasonable thing in the situation. I sucked it up and looked through my
\ncamera roll to find some a story I could use. Luckily, I wear overalls a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Writing the blog post was really a
\ngreat way to sum everything together. I\u2019m not used to expressing myself through
\nwriting or social media. However, getting thrown into it and then reflecting
\nthrough a blog post was the best way to get involved that I can think of. I
\ndidn\u2019t have any epiphanies or suddenly understand myself because of the
\nassignment, but it has been one of my favorite assignments of the year, and I
\nhope I get to do one again! <\/p>\n\n