One of the things that i was thinking about on the way back after our discussion was what everyone is interested in these days, and one of them is facebook, or profile sites. And then i was thinking, could it be because people feel really disconnected so they need something to latch on? To summarize, people today are really lonely, and that’s kind of the state of the human condition today, if we think about it. could our project then be talking about why we are so lonely today, or could it be about helping people overcome this feeling and connecting people, or in a larger scale, the world? It sounds a little bit like my _friends project, but no, i’d be interested in doing something that will actually improve people’s lives.

 Anyway, thats just some thoughts, feel free to respond or we can talk about it more next time. About the books, i change my mind and think maybe its important that we both write a paragraph or two about our book and film selection, just to help ourselves articulate when we talk to each other, and then exchange our write-ups when we meet. It doesn’t have to be formal, just casual writing will do. Here are some questions that we should think about while writing the paper:

1) what the book/film is about, or the argument that the author is stating, if any
2) how the content of the book/film is used to serve the author’s thesis (how he proves his point)
3) why do you like or hate this book/film

 i think those are pretty important questions we should defintely tackle, and then if you additional material you are welcome to write more. So we should have it all printed by next week and we can talk about it. If possible, we could sit down together to watch certain excerpts from the film. Hope this isnt too much work. Let me know your thoughts or suggestions, if any.