Joses blog

     Fahrenheit 451 is a well written book in the time period it was written by Ray Bradbury. In 1953 Ray Bradbury wrote this book and had predicted some things of technology that would happen in this time period that we are now. For example he had predicted what he would call "ear seashells" which nowadays are Bluetooth earpieces. He also predicted what he would call "Parlor walls" which we know nowadays as flat screens televisions. To me it's mind blowing  how Bradbury predicted this 65 years ago.        Now in the book, the government controls the citizens on their ideas or how they think. Technology is a way on how the government gets to control its citizens. Books are basically illegal in this dystopian society. Books are basically illegal because it opens people minds to the world and they get more ideas. And the government doesn't want that from its citizens. Which is why television and technology is a way to distract their citizens. It disconnects t

I browsed through the website about the college scholarships and which ones a person can apply for. Now i have more knowledge on scholarships. There are a lot of scholarships out there that i didnt know about. So this time was in fact valuable to me and im sure the times we get to do these things it will matter.

       What I learned is that John Steinbeck had his literary fairy godfather his name was Pascal Covici. Covici was his dear friend and editor. I clicked this link because i wanted to know what “literary fairy godfather” meant. :)

What I learned in todays seminar was that as someone said that music is like a story when you see the lyrics and it could be like a poem in a way too with a beat in the background. To me in my opinion music is art because i love music and i like a lot of types of music it depends on what i feel like listening to. Music to me detresses me and makes me vibe to it. So when i think about music being literature.....yes i would consider music literature mixed with art.

In Jimmy Baca’s poem he explains in the beginning how and what immigrants go through to get to the U.S. From asking coyotes to sneak you in to getting rid of clothes to wearing mechanic overalls to taking shots from the doctor being felt like if  you were something else, etc. When I think about those things, I deeply think about it because it’s amazing what people from all over the world do to be in/ live in a country they dont know. The only reason they came to the U.S was just for a better life, a better future, much more opportunities, much safer, etc. And its really sad how they’re treated badly and poorly by other people, EVEN BY OUR OWN PRESIDENT......

My Big Question is this : How can i gain or grow my clientele as a barber?