Isaiah's Finds of the Week

Me, I’m always thinking about what’s to come. I always think of the future because I wonder if it will be good. Sadly, time and unforeseen occurrences beset us all; and I always hope that no matter what obstacle I face, I will overcome it! My thinking is influenced by what I do now and how it’s going to affect my future. I’ve akways thought this way and I don’t see it changing any time soon. However, maybe I shouldn’t be so anxious about the future, sometimes I feel like taking it one day at a time is the answer to being happy and balanced.

A time I took responsibility for something was when the band fell short of some money for Washington D.C and I put together a car show for our cause! This all took place last Saturday, May 12th. I was able to help raise almost $3,000! We had Vaqueras and HanoHano Shaved Ice cater to us, as well as a few car clubs that brought out their cars for our cause. We all had a great time - live music by local DJ’s and even performances by Umo and The Drive-In Romeos! What was the best for me? Knowing I worked hard to put this together, it made me proud and it made me happy knowing I was able to bring our community together for a good cause. It is certainly something I’ll always remember.

I personally can use this hour to show what I’ve learned in this course by putting it to use while writing my masterpiece presentation. I can work on my Ethos, Pathos and Logos and my diction and syntax and so on. It’s all about applying what you know to something much bigger in order to show you can and you know what to do.

The benefits of being an audiophile and a collector is that, I get to hear the rarest records in the clearest sound quality! Most collectors don’t pay any mind to their setup, it’s more of having the rare record and playing it on any turntable (which most times isn’t the best.) For me, I pride myself in my setup alone. I’ve got around $3,000 invested in it. It includes a 197x¿ (I believe 1974) Spectro Acoustics 217 Preamplifier / Phono Stage which itself is a rare piece. I run it through a vacuum tube buffer and play records on a number of highly accurate and precise phono cartridges. Hearing a rare record you’re used to only hearing bad as good for the first time is an amazing feeling. That’s what I get to do every time I get a rare record, and I’m happy I get to be my own and do things not many people do!

My favorite topic was about what it means to make a first impression. It made me reflect about how others who don’t know me might view me, and it made me want to be a better person. I wanted to be more outgoing and I definitely have applied it in my life.

Technology has certainly advanced in 65 years. In 1953, when Ray Bradbury first published his literary genius, Farenheit 451 - the topics discussed within the book seemed so alien. Fast forward to the year 2018, and lots of scenarios in this book are things we’re accustomed to in the future. The role of technology in society plays a great deal of importance in our daily lives. With the way things are now days, without technology we’re kind of doomed per se, we just wouldn’t know how to carry on without it. The book mentions several devices that we see as commonplace nowadays, for one: the earphone! What we see as “Little Clamshells” are likened to that of modern day earphones. The “Little green bullet” is likened to a Bluetooth earpiece, or what about the “Television the size of a postal card?” Basically your modern day smart phone, and to think - this was all mentioned 65 years ago! Clarisse however, played a role in helping Montag to quit being so robotized. She made Montag real...

if someone I didn’t know came and told me they were my brother, i’d be in shock. However i’d See if we resemble. Other than that, I can’t say I’d do much else. However in my case I don’t know of my mom being with anyone else besides my brother and sisters dad - that’s it. So yes it’d be a surprise. I do have a deceased brother but aside from anyone lost - I’d be amazed.