I really enjoyed watching The Social Network during class. I had never seen it before, but heard that it was an amazing movie and had been nominated for some big awards.  Jessie Eisenberg, the actor who plays Mark Zuckerberg, does a great job portraying Zuckerberg's sarcastic personality.  I also liked Justin Timberlake's character, Sean Parker, even though he turned out to be kind of an asshole in the end.  Although I really liked the movie, I'm not sure if I would have completely understood everything that was going on if I had not already read the first four chapters of The Facebook Effect.  Having read that book prior to watching the movie helped me keep up with what was going on with all the legal and financing issues.  If I hadn't read the movie I would have never understood why Eduardo Saverin was so mupset when he flew into California for the Millionth user party and they asked him to sign more contracts.
As far as the book goes, I love reading it.  Throughout high school I rarely ever read any of the book sassigned because they were all so boring and pointless, in my mind.  This is one of the very few books that I have had to read for school, but enjoy and would probably read it on my own.  I find it so interesting how all of this happened so fast to a college student who was MY AGE at the time.  I also find it extremely intersting because I can sort of relate to it because my brother is a computer wiz & he is starting up his own internet website with one of his buddies.  They are doing pretty well right now & have even been on the news for it.  So everytime I talk to Shane, my brother, about how he's doing I'm always like "omg you remind me of Mark Zuckerberg!"

THE SOCIAL NETWORK MOVIE REVIEW

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-social-network-20100930

WORDLE

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3020574/Erin%27s_wordle

Rhetoric Picture

                                     
This picture is basically saying, "cut the crap."  It is straight and to the point, and it would take a person with a big imagination to interpret it any differently.  The audience can literally be anyone who is full of crap.  It could be    aimed toward a politician, teacher, student, religious leader, or anyone that the author thinks is trying to spread some ridiculous lie.  Dean Brenner is the author of this picture is Dean Brenner who used it in a persuasive communication skills seminar.  He states that the first step to becoming a good speaker is to cut the crap and speak with authenticity.

PACKER GAME

On Saturday I drove down to Atlanta to meet my mom for the Packer Falcon game.  The game started at 8 and I got to our hotel at around 5:30 with just enough time to get ready, put on my jersey, Packer Santa hat & Green & gold eye make-up, I also painted my nails green & yellow but I did that before I left campus.  We took the Marta over to the stadium & it was filled with football fans.  We got off near gate D & our tickets were in gate A; therefore, we had to walk around the entire stadium before we found our seats, which were SIX ROWS UP from the field.  We were on the 5 yard line by the enzone that Green Bay scored the majority of their touch downs.  The game was AMAZING! We killed them 48-21 & by the 3rd quarter almost all of the ATL fans had given up on their team & left.  The stands were basically empty compared to what they were at the beginning.  The stadium was taken over by green and gold & the "GO PACK GO" cheer could finally be heard loud & clear.  As we walked out every single Packer fan I saw would hive five me & we were all going crazy with excitement!  The next day I had to be back on campus by 2 because we had a recruit coming in so I left at about 930 & I had plenty of time to get here, but I sped anyway because I always speed & then I got a $445 speeding ticket.... that sucked. But the game was amazing : )