Thing #19 - Let's Be Social

This thing was not difficult or time consuming so that made me very happy. I joined TeacherPop and added photos of my dogs (Bella and Storm) and I commented on Jaclynn's page about her two dogs (who are adorable). I think being a member of that network will come in handy once I'm in the classroom. It's always a nice feeling to know you have support behind you and that there are resources to utilize. It may just be me, but it makes me feel better that I'm not doing it alone.

The other social network that I joined was FilmCrave. I'm very excited about this network because it's all about movies. My husband and I joke about it all the time, but I am more than happy to sit and watch movies all day/night. There's just something about getting lost in it all that I find so appealing. Then I took a few movie classes in my undergrad and now instead of just watching and enjoying I look for certain things and I feel like I become apart of it. Even during the Great Depression when people and very little money they could go and escape to the movies. It helped them forget their troubles and just be for a little while. I can defiantly see how and why people would do that. For me, there's a calming effect when I watch a movie. I'm in a trans and there's nothing that can get me out of it. My husband can have an entire conversation with me and I won't hear a word of it. Our collection is well over 500 movies and growing. So when I saw this network on there I jumped on it. I have explored it (not to the fullest); there is a discussion board (which I like because I can see what others think about a movie), watch trailers, view the top 100 movies, AND I can create my own list. I totally stoked about this. I love things where I can be involved and voice my opinion!