Personal Narrative: My Binge Watching Project

For the tenth week of my internship, I was told to take the Monday off and report to 3rd watch.

John Jurgensen’s article asks us an interesting question: how many TV series can our brains take? As television series expand to grandiose levels, it gets harder to follow what is happening: who people are, and what their place in the overall story is hard to follow for a large number of viewers. Jurgensen attempts to address this within his article, and it has some interesting points.

For Writing Project Three, I transformed Breaking Bad, a television series, into a news article. Specifically, I focused on the last episode of the series, Felina. Since I am a fan of dramas and I also enjoy to read the news frequently, I decided to combine my two interests for this assignment. Originally, I planned on transforming the drama, Mad Men, but that series is not as dynamic or familiar to most audiences as the critically acclaimed Breaking Bad.

This year, my sister did Dance Marathon with her collage as a way to raise money for children with cancer. Throughout the year she would send various things, such as coloring pages and holiday cards, to her kids as a way to cheer them up. Towards the end of the year she then decided to make pillow cases for the kids and had extra dye left. We also decided to make one for a personal friend that was dealing with health issues and was in the hospital quite a lot. It was during this time that I was able to help her make some for her kids as well as make some that would match my bedroom.

I always say to my family, “One day we will cross la frontera!” Living in Guadalajara, Mexico was not for the faint of heart. My family didn’t have much money and it was hard watching them sleeping on dirt floors. Mama, Roberto, and Francisco deserved better that what they had. I always imagined us crossing over to the beautiful United States. I knew one day we would cross that border so my family could have a better life.

In this Evaluation assignment, I will scrutinize a Television series called “Gossip Girl”. I will be examining the “Gossip Girl” series based on the following criteria, I believe “Gossip Girl” is one of the best shows that has ever existed. I have my reasons for that, “Gossip Girl” consecutively earned awards for the time they were on air, the inflamous cast and how teenagers can relate to the way that characters in the series deal with drama and romance situations in high school and college.

The television show stands to be viewed as if it was filmed on a handheld camera. The show has the tendency to be extremely awkward and people who do not take the time to watch a full episode will anticipate that the show may be identified as dull and a waste of time. One would feel that the show may be simple with no plot or meaning. However, after watching an entire episode, one will realize that a complex plot is not necessary to enjoy the show because of the awkward and entertaining relationships between the characters. Although, there are several plot twists that may catch the viewer’s

The podcast Serial, based on the real murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999 was very interesting to listen to. From the first episode I was captivated by the storyline told by Sarah Koenig . At first, I think the most intimidating fact about this assignment was that in the directions it states that the series is about 7 hours long. Once I actually began to hear Sarah and her views on Adnan, I forget how long it was and it became a lot easier to follow along. Some challenges that I faced were during the middle episodes (5-7) where I started to lose focus on what she was saying because all I was interested in was what Adnan had to say. I felt that at one point once she started bringing excess people in the story that didn’t need to be included is when

One extracurricular activity that I am heavily involved in is my schools Webcast. At the Webcast, we broadcast different sporting events that occur at our school such as football, basketball, and volleyball through the NFHS Network. The Webcast has been recognized for three years as an NFHS Elite School. NFHS uses our school's webcast as an example for other schools. I have been a member of the Webcast all throughout my four years at St. Pius. I had to film games, work the switcher/soundboard, and work on the computer that make sure everything is presentable. I also have commentated for Softball, Baseball, and Lacrosse. Currently, I am the Senior Leader/Producer of the program. As Producer, my responsibilities are plentiful. I have to create

Figuring that I might be a dog for a long time, or forever, I decided to put my third plan into action. I made my way to the TV remote and turned it on. Having young children means that my parents are strict about what we watch, which mainly goes for my brother and sister, but that means that Netflix, and anything rated Pg-13 or R, consists of a password. If my parents actually wanted to keep us away from these types of shows they should have came up with a clever password, 1234 is NOT clever! After turning it on I went straight to Netflix and turned on Bob’s Burgers. Bob’s Burgers is quite possibly my favorite show of all time, and my parents would know for sure that it’s me if I was watching it.

The prominent actress Kirstie Alley once said: “I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.” What her interpretation of this quote, and what I interpret are two completely different meanings. As I binge watch Netflix basically on the daily basis, I can most definitely say that I am very knowledgeable about what to watch and what to not watch on Netflix. As a matter of fact, from all of the shows that I have watched, I can assuredly say that there are some fundamental life lessons that can be learned from watching Netflix.

It started with an idea of wanting to play a game from his childhood, instead, this time speed running the game and streaming it online for others to see. To his friends it sounded like an odd idea, to begin with, streaming your game online for others to watch instead of just playing the game yourself? Loren didn't let this stop him, with the computer, stream layout and TV connected to the console all set up and ready to his satisfaction he was all set for the long haul. Setting up marathons that would include having snacks on hand to chugging energy drinks to stay away just to make that 24 hour stream time limit.

Lately I've been feeling.. Not so well. I don't know what kind of content I should be making, and knowing me the last thing I would do is create an Gaming channel, Roasting other users and etc, just to be famous.

I violently shiver as I stand near the stop sign, awaiting my morning bus. My stomach, which had been growling furiously since the afternoon before, is now quiet underneath the layers of jumpers I am casually wearing in sunny, 65 degree weather. Fingers trembling, I plug in the food I plan to eat later on in the day into my calorie counter app, my breath hitching as I realize that today is the start of a new life- a life towards recovery.

Think of your favorite thing in the world to do. Something that defines you. Something that you can only experience from your eyes. For me it is soccer, and through that came a rite of passage that will be with me forever.