Favorite Blog Post

My favorite blog post for the semester is titled "the data cycle", posted on May 17th, 2010. I would say this is exemplary of the progress I have made blogging this year because it displays several important things that are important to blogging in our class: making connections between material and discussions and analyzing texts. I, in this post made the connection that I saw between the Kentucky Cycle we were reading in class and the topic of Mr. Bolos' blog post a few days before. I made this connection which I believe shows that I am thinking critically about the things I see and hear. I also used textual examples in my post, which I think is very important. One of the main things I took away from AIS this year is that if you want to make a claim, you have to bring evidence. And in the case of my blog I did just that. I think that over the course of the year, my focus in blogging has shifted. I began blogging about pretty arbitrary topics that I found interesting personally, and finished by writing posts that thought critically about our class. All in all the blogging experience was pretty unique, and I enjoyed it a lot. I'm looking forward to weighing in on a few discussions next year on the Am Stud Blog!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Night League Blog

I have recently been taking advantage of my blogspot account, but not to contribute to this blog. I, along with American Studies alum Jimmy Slovitt are currently running a Night League blog, specific to the 2011 class. Slovitt, the founder, made the blog to follow in the foot steps of senior night league blogger Michael Hermanson, and also to share the wealth of night league with thoset that were not able to participate The blog covers the spectrum, with individual game reports and player highlights. We discuss every thrusday (Night League is held weekly on Weds.) the week's results and decide MVP rankings for individual players. All facets of the game contribute to MVP rankings, including points, assists, board, leadership and the general understanding of the sportsmanship associated with Night League. We also confer on weekly rankings of the teams and also analyze each week's matchups highlighting a couple games as the games of the week.

Most people would just wonder why I would ever want to spend time on something that really yeilds nothing in return. The answer lies in the aura of night league, something that can only be experienced by participating. It all comes from that half hour of competition. It all comes from knowing that every wednesday night during the winter, there is something to look forward to This energy that derives from Night League is what makes me want to spend my time contributing to this blog. This post doesn't really criticize the world around me and frankly doesn't really bring a lot to the table for most people that will read this. I honestly just wanted to share on my AIS blog, a somewhat relevant and interesting thing that I am doing at the moment. Check out the blog at http://ntjnl.blogspot.com/.
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