Sunday, April 13, 2008

essay headaches and chocolate muffins

Well my time in Dublin is quickly passing me by and my calendar is showing fewer and fewer days until I go home. The next month is going to be a whirlwind of writing more essays and a rushing to make travel plans for May. That also reminds me, a big thank you to anyone who suffered through my survey. It actually did help my paper a lot and I ended up with more material than required pages. And to answer a few questions, I was not paid by Apple for the survey, I did not do the survey for them, and I really wasn't interested in the products at all. My paper was about branding and how, consumers as individuals and communities, give meaning to brands and thus are co-creators of them. I wanted to show that even though we are an ad-savvy society, we do in fact play a huge role in our consumer driven lives.
I worked harder on that paper than I've possibly ever worked on an assignment. I came across some interesting theories about brands and society, etc. but in the end I just came up with a huge distaste for theories. I like facts a lot now so I am happy to be writing a law paper next. I promise, no more surveys.
I haven't taken any pictures lately, mainly due to lack of time/freedom from school. But I have decided to pick up a photography art minor for next year. Thus giving me all the time in the world to take pictures and even showing me how to properly use this new camera of mine. I am pretty excited because really the hardest I've ever worked in a class, besides this one in Dublin, has been in my photo and computer graphics classes. I am drawing challenged but I am alright behind a camera.
But thank you all again for taking the survey and I hope to put up some Dublin adventure pictures on here soon. The modern art museum has been calling my name for quite some time now so maybe I'll make it there this week with some pictures to follow.

Slainte

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