WJ #7

Dear readers,

I recently read something by Chuck KLostermanm; "Ha ha,"m he said. "Ha ha." The main point that really made me think was the points that Kloseterman made about people being insecure with laughing on their own. Everyone is different and everyone has a different sense of humor and for everyone to laugh at the very same parts and watch the very same shows has everyone enjoying the same shows which is not realistic at all. Personally I think things are really funny tha others do not. I think the funniest thing is old people, it's terrible but it's the truth for me. If I get on YouTube one of the top things I would type in would be "old people falling" it's so terrible and so mean but I think it's hilarious and I know a lot of people do not think the same. But when I'm watching a show with friends and the laugh tracks are on it most of us will laugh. Insecure, yes I can see that. I know some people who are embarrassed to laugh at something because of what others will think. I believe laugh tracks made us this way and now we turned laughing into something other than jus somehthing being funny but just something we do in every conversation. Klosterman talked about how he was in Germany and he was having a conversation with a cashier and laughed when technically nothing was funny and the cashier just look at him funny. It's in our culture that laughing is not only used when somehting is funny, so what's the point of laugh anyway?

Tell me what you think,
Danielle

WJ #6

Good Morning Readers,

I am doing a annotated bibliography on a hospitality industry and I have selected a couple topics. Market segmentation and the overlapping of brands, increased guest ownership, and emerging markets in the hospitality industry. Some of the questions I have about these are mainly how will they affect me in the future or in two years when I'm graduated. Will this affect my location of work? Or will studying this information give me a greater edge in the competitive hospitality industry?


Thanks for reading,
-Danielle

Annotated Bibliography (WJ #5)

Dear Readers if your a hospitality major or already in that field PLEASE READ,

Grimaldi, Lisa. "Hotel Boom, for Big Apple." Meetings and Conventions Jan. 2011: 16. Print. 

New York added thirty-six new properties in 2010. This increased the city's hotel inventory by 6,000 guest rooms. New York City is to add 5,100 additional rooms in five boroughs by 2013 equaling 91,000 citywide. "There is obviously a long-term confidence in New York City and a strong demand from leisure and business visitors alike, George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Company, said last month." The city's hospitality industry is booming! Also more coming this year include a 399-room DoubleTree Hotel and a 175 Hyatt. This article just briefly talks about the new properties in New York and rising hotel room numbers.

Thanks for reading,
Danielle

Response to: Matt Richtel, "Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price."

 Dear Lovely People,

I just read an article by Matt Richtel - "Hooked" Link

Everyone should read it. Currently in my research writing class this semester we are talking about technology, and how it is affecting us and our writing. This article states both side of the spectrum with negative things that come from technology and positives that result from having all this technology. Mainly what I got out of this article is multitasking, multitasking, and more multitasking with technology. Right now at this very minute I have four tabs up on my computer; Facebook (of course), my email, a shoeclub website, and Google home page filled with fun information. Also my iPAD is right next to me with CNN news up, and my cell phone but my cell phone isn't a smart phone just text and phones calls. In the article it states about half-century ago that test showed that the brain could barely process 2 streams of information, and right now I am easily checking out about four or five. Yes I believe we are rewiring our brains to do this and yes I do not think this is a bad thing. It is a bad thing when your driving and you have a touch screen XM player in your car and  phone in your hand texting and attempting to multitask between the huge machinery under your seat, phone, and radio. Which brings me to another point in the article: Video gamers have better visual acuity. They can track movement better than non-gamers. I already was aware of this because gamers staring at the screen moving their eyes back and forth strengthen their eye muscles. Now a regular gamer might be able to see an accident coming while driving or notice the car in front of them getting closer faster and react faster than a non-gamer.

What interested me the most in this article was how the lower brain functions alert humans to danger, such as certain clicks in the brain like a sound or motion someone makes and it gets you excited (fight or flight). Just like the sudden chime of a text, or email, or instant message. Also these chimes and noises that you are now familiar with are usually good things or they want to finding out more or wanting more, like as the article stated it sends a little dopamine spit (happy) like an addiction. I am not to the point where I'm running to the computer to check Facebook or running to my phone, but I do have a routine of every morning checking Facebook and my email. I think it makes us more productive and also makes us more aware about whats going on around us.

What do you think?

Thanks for reading
-Danielle

Hi blogger.com

Dear whoever is reading this,

I am a new blogger so let me introduce myself. I am Danielle Sobieski, I am a student at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I am a junior and studying hospitality management. I work about every weekend bar tending at a local bar The Coney and I love it there. I am from West Chester PA and I have a big fuzzy black cat named Sam who stays with me at school.

Thanks for reading
-Danielle