My name is
jo chen, the last time I checked, I think I am an upper senior at Hunter
College. I had to declare a major when I
reached 60 or so credits so I decided on Media/Film because I love watching movies,
TV shows, and take photographs. I was a
Freshman at Hunter College back in 1976, but after two and half semesters even
with a decent GPA, I decided that college was not for me, or at least not at
the time so, I got up one morning and enlisted into the Air Force were I did a
six year tour stationed in the United Kingdom.
It was an interesting time during the Cold War ear and I had the
opportunity to do some pretty interesting things for Uncle Sam in the name of
God and country, and they let me take photograph for them on certain
occasions.
I guess my
role in the media consumption is just that, I am a consumer. I love watching movies,
I do not have a particular favorite genre, but I do enjoy techno-Thrillers,
Science Fiction, and some comedy. I
enjoy photography, I am still new to digital photography and occasionally I
still use my analog film cameras. I have
dabbled in digital video for a previous media class and occasionally I do hit
the little red dot button and see what I captured. How much do I measured up against media
examples, I do not know? I guess I am kind of “old school” when it comes to
today’s social media and all the personal electronic devices. I do have a
facebook page, just started Instagram, and had to open a Twitter account for
another Media course, but I rarely use it.
Okay, I used it to tweet just for the sake of tweeting but I had no
followers and I was not following anybody, because at the time I thought what
the hell can you do with 140 characters? Okay, I guess quite a bit.
Personally,
I prefer not to share my personal stuff with the mass media and besides, I do
not think anyone is interested in what I think or what I have to say.
Occasionally, I throw in my two senses on some posting on facebook, but after a
while reading some the comments on the threads posted, there are some really
nasty, hateful and ignorant two legged out there. As to how much media fit into
my life, I wander a lot, I like walking and take in things around me, so I
guess I do the same on the internet.
Beside movies and photography, I also like nature and wildlife, sports
and anything that takes me outside. I do
get lost in Youtube looking for music, how to tutorial videos and cooking
technique and recipes.
I still have
not found myself or what I truly want to do yet, but I am currently working in the
social and human services field, a far cry from what I used to do before September
11, 2001. In 2003 when I landed a
regular 9 to 5 grinder, I decided to contact Hunter College and see if I can
come back and take some courses to keep my brain occupy, it is now 2015 and I
am still at it. I do not know when I
will be graduating, frankly, I do not care. I will get there when I get there.
So far the journey back to school is better this time around.
Somewhere in TriBeCa
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