2010/1/17

Start of the new quarter in school...well third week already. One more to go after this quarter and I will end my undergraduate classes.

I thought I will be more active in clubs this quarter since it's my last year and the graduate school applications were done, but turns out I am still being a hermit in my room=/... !(宅印)!

Yesterday was pretty fun watching the Golden Globe Awards. AVATAR wins best director James Cameron and best picture drama! Yay! The global box office is like what...1.6 billion dollars already. I think he's going to re-sink Titanic (1.8 billion) soon.

It was a novel experience since I found two websites that provide live streaming of the show, one of them was from Facebook. It's interesting how this process worked. You get to watch the show (need fast internet connection of course), but then you get to interact with community online as you are watching it. There was this chat room next to the screen in which users such as facebook community posted comments. In the video, the hosts actually used questions from facebook users to ask the celebrities. Other devices such as PS3 and XBox also allow one to go online to watch videos while interacting with others online. In a way it was as if one was actually there interacting with thousands of people.

Through this internet community people seem to be connected to events more, but in a way that has a plastic box with semiconductors separated between the real world and ourselves. And too often do most people view the world through this window, whether 15 inch or 50 inch. I guess one of the ideas AVATAR is trying to convey is to wake up, perceive things clearly, and relate to the world first-hand instead of through a barrier.