Okay, so I live for a good meme or GIF. I’m really excited that we’re learning to customize our own GIFs.  So excited that I couldn’t even think of where to start. But of course, I can always rely on Issa Rae provide me with reactions that I could relate to. One of my favorite … Continue reading "The Gift of a GIF"

As an active fan of BTS, a seven member South Korean boy band, I have anxiously been waiting for the release of their latest repackaged/ extended album and the release of their music video for two of their new songs “Spring Day” and “Not Today.” With not only the members raving about the four new … Continue reading "What Makes Me Happy: BTS Spring Day MV"

As a journalism major, I was easily drawn to a writing assignment at first. But after looking through and clicking on all the assignment links I found other assignments that I found intriguing and would take me slightly more out of my comfort zone. The first assignment that caught my eye was entitled “Movie Posters That … Continue reading "Did You Say Assignment Flexibility??? Hmmm…"

When I first got to CT 101, the only feeling I felt was tired. After coming to class right after a 10 hour work shift. My feeling towards the class was just like… Then I thought I’d be feeling like Sia…Thought I wouldn’t produce anything I would want to claim (The singer never shows her … Continue reading "For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic"

When I first scheduled myself for CT101 at 10am I did not think that I would have trouble waking up for the first class, being that I took 8am classes before (which is worse by far). However, I was definitely wrong about waking up. On the first day I fell victim to the snooze button … Continue reading "A 10am Class?!?!?!?!?"

 I was confused at first because I never imgur nor giphy. Pretty much that was me when I found out I can make a GIF on my first day!2nd class of mine was a disaster due to slow server. Come on #YorkCollege  get it together.   On my third week I pretty much mastered on my … Continue reading "Happy, Frustrated and Confident!"

On the first day of class, I kept walking around on the fourth floor trying to find it. The first day was very chill in my opinion, though I was very nervous. The first task was to create a GIf, and I was proud of myself that I was able to make one. After creating … Continue reading "Reaction GIF"

Imagery has always played a large factor in my life, and in the past years, social media has played a large factor in handing out this imagery. I am a sucker for aesthetics. I love all soft, faded, pretty things. I love foggy photos, sunny photos, photos where you can physically feel the scenery through … Continue reading "Halcyon Days"

I remember the first day of class while reading the syllabus, I asked myself if I could actually complete these assignments; blogging, gif animating, social media projects and etc. are totally out of my norm. Digital story telling is definitely not economics and finance, which are things I study everyday. While I was very excited … Continue reading "Emotional reactions to my learning potentials"

After reviewing the links from the calendar and looking through a few of the assignments/project ideas that are up on ds106, there are two that stuck out to me the most and that I think I could do if I put in the time and effort. The first one is this: How Does a Song … Continue reading "I Think I Could Totally Bring These Assignment Ideas To Life"

    When I first enrolled in this class I was not sure what this class would be like. I was a little skeptical of enrolling but it looked interesting so I went forward. Still confused on what exactly we would be doing in class. During the first class lecture, I gained interest immediately. The … Continue reading "Reaction to Ct 101 class!"

http:///giphy.com/embed/l3q2U6YtWnfnZ6mru via GIPHY Honestly every time someone comes over to my house and tries to play a horror movie base on a true story then suggest we should try and do what the people did in the movie and call for ghosts. Let me tell you what I told them. “No”.

On the first day of this class I was scared because I knew i wasn’t too good with the things that we were going to do over the semester. I had doubts in my mind whether I would be able to go through with this course. Right now I am in my third week in … Continue reading "My reaction on CT101"

My reaction gif is a snippet from the BET Awards during Desiigner’s performance of Panda. He’s pretty hilarious in general but his energy totally reflect how I feel about this class going forward. From day one of class I definitely felt like I picked something right for me because this feeds into my interests and … Continue reading "This is How I’m Feeling About CT101"

View post on imgur.com   This week on almost all my social medias Adeles grammy moment has been shared continuously. This week this video has caught my attention and made me happy. In this video Adele after accepting her award, comments on Beyonce and the astonishing and inspiring work she does. This moment will always … Continue reading "What makes me happy!"

  My first          day    of  class       My second week of class     My reaction in this week of class     This week, it is all about my reactions to the first day of class, then how I felt during the second and how I feel now during week 3.  So … Continue reading "I really love this class"

Since I was a kid, I was obsessed with disney movies. Till this day whenever  I am upset, I watch Beauty and the Beast and Bambi. I am happy for the fact that Emma Watson is playing Belle. Past disney movies where they casted well known actors and actresses, in my opinion they didn’t play … Continue reading "What is making me happy!"

So I’m not sure how many of you guys watch BET or their original movies but they recently premiered a biopic on the group New Edition. New Edition is group made up of Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, Rick Bell and Ronnie DeVoe who got together in 1978 to become a “boy band”. (Later … Continue reading "This Has Been Making Me Way More Happy Than I Expected"

Main thing that will always make me happy!

One thing that is making me happy on the internet this week is all of the reaction and analysis videos for the trailers for The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild. It is a new game for the Nintendo’s new console Switch which is coming on March 3rd. I have it preordered and I’m … Continue reading "MAKING ME HAPPY POST"

I just found out that Marvel has started the production of Avengers: Infinity War. I have been a fan of Marvel movies since Iron Man 1 and how they adapted the comics into the movies is just amazing. The way they had planned for this film is unbelievable. Here is a small video about the … Continue reading "What Makes me Happy"

Lately  all I’ve been doing is going on you tube watching music videos.  I mostly go on there to watch music videos or famous you tubers share their stories. When it comes to the music, I’ve always been a little behind with whats popular. Back in 2015 there was a video going around on Facebook … Continue reading "What Makes Me Happy"

  I never knew how to create a Gif.  If I had known that it was so easy and fun, I would’ve done this earlier.  I didn’t really know exactly what I was doing, so I just started experimenting with different videos. Most of the videos that I tried didn’t work for me on Imgur … Continue reading "Fate of the Furious Gif"

5.Friends- My favorite show in the entire world. Sometimes I wonder why do people pay for therapy..when they can watch FRIENDS for free! View post on imgur.com 4. Harry Potter- My childhood, I can watch all 8 movies on repeat AND NEVER GET BORE. MAGIC forever! 3.  Jennifer Lawrence-Emma watson! -My 2 Idols, who taught me … Continue reading "5 things that makes me happy!"

  This exact thing happened to me yesterday. There I was, about to finish a long thought out mini-essay for another class. Just when I was about to send it in, it turns out that Blackboard had logged off my account due to inactivity. I had taken a small break to get my thoughts going, … Continue reading "When you lost most of your homework because of Blackboard"

I wanted to make my first gif a memorable one. So thought why not choosing that moment, which gave me my first role model/ idol. Hermione Granger AKA Emma Watson. View post on imgur.com This right here is one of my favorite scene in the entire HP series. there can be many Harry’s and Ron’s … Continue reading "My first gif!"

Alec Baldwin on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” portraying Donald Trump makes me happy. This recent skit on SNL is hilarious. It’s no secret that a lot of people are not a fan of our newly inaugurated president, Donald Trump and that he has no idea what he is doing- at least we can all get … Continue reading "Laughter is Good For the Soul"

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One thing that continues to make me happy is the love and support shown towards darkskin black women like myself. Although, they are belittled or hyper sexualized by others on a daily basis, it’s still refreshing to see others embrace their skin.  Here are some social media accounts that showcase the beauty of black darkskin … Continue reading "What Is Making Me Happy: Darkskin Beauty"