Month: March 2023

Who am I?

• I don’t think it’s really easy for an individual to comprehensively state who they are. I believe we are adaptable beings who have many path changes and growth in life, and we’re ever changing. In this current moment I am an adult who has felt the need for growth in my working life, an am navigating being in my mid-thirties and becoming a student again. It’s a lot more trying at this age than being a student at 18 years old with less responsibilities and less bills. However, it does prove to me I am adaptable and dedicated, and that makes me feel good.

What is it that you want to do?

• For the long term, I am still figuring that out. For the “here and now”, I would like to continue putting all of my best efforts into my schooling, create work I am proud of, continue to explore avenues of professional interests, and hone in on the skills I build along the way.

Why?

• So I can have a better tomorrow.

Where do you want to go?

• Right in this very moment of finals chaos, I would like to go on vacation because I am very ready for a mental break and to finally see family I have dearly missed. When I am back, I will be excited for the next quarter of building my skills and networks to get myself to a career path that sets me up for the things I want in life: financial stability, healthcare, eventually a home of my own, the freedom to travel the world more, and a healthy work and life balance. 

What would you want to say?

• I am still on a path to figuring this out as well. I have never felt that I am much of a prophetic person. I’d like to have my work speak more directly for me and make a positive impact in line with things I am passionate about. Whether that’s working closely with communities I would like to help, or finding the right company to work for that is in line with things I care about… I’m not sure about the final path but I believe it will become more apparent when I enter the field as a working professional vs being a student.

For a theme I would find interesting in recreating a “Cut” style short bit, I have to make a nod to a presentation assignment we just had to present this week for Erik Fadiman’s class. Our assignment was to give a presentation on the worst day ever. This was super impactful on me, and I feel like I got to know my classmates a bit more.

This topic is interesting to me, because classmates had a lot of different approaches. I thought on this scenario pretty hard. I could have presented a very real tale of hardship, or a crappy scenario that happened but in hindsight was a bit comical. I believe a lot of us thought in depth of the tone of our story, some deflected with humor, others were very real and allowed themselves to be more vulnerable with us. I had a few moments where tears welled up in my eyes from the stories, and others I related to deeply.

I think this is also an interesting topic in terms of how it gets others to think. We are all these very multifaceted humans with experiences that shaped us into who we are today. I think it is a good reminder that at the end of the day, we contain multitudes and how we experience individuals sometimes is just the first layer, and there are so many complex layers before you get to the core of a person.

I think this can be an all ages all demographics type of prompt. I could see it being very innocent and hilarious if you were to ask a group of very young children this question. I think it would be interesting to get many ages and see how much variation of content you get from it.

For the at home solo Metaverse experience, I ended up visiting that Taco Bell Wedding. Unfortunately, there were not many people logged in (the counter was at 4) and it seems like a pretty limited experience for joining as a guest under a free and limited profile.

I was able to find other online users that were congregated in a building of black jack tables. They had Pepe the frog meme as the croupier, which was kind of funny. It defenitely felt like a humorous place to be, especially with the theme and a place it is dedicated for weddings.

Though I could see other online users, this specific metaverse required you to be a paying profile in order to interact with literally anything. There were advertisements blasted on billboards so I assume it’s a good opportunity for companies to get their branding and marketing out. Though I don’t know how many people it would really draw in. Feels like a very specific type of user would be frequenting places on the Metaverse, so it might only be a slightly good tool to use for companies. It will be interesting to see how things shift as time progresses.

I didn’t really enjoy my experience as a limited user, but there’s little for me to be motivated over seeing more and actually spending money on a paid profile.