Elflocks' Highbrow

I am a creative writer with a bitter taste in humor and a dark personality that overshadows my flaws, with a bit of an aftertaste of sweet charisma that'll hide my true nature, just like how I like my coffee. Dark bitter but sweet.

[javier-arvin-rae-q]

Above is a poster I made for this campaign..

Cyberbullying is not okay. When a person is being cyberbullied, that person feels insignificant, hopeless, and worse of all suicidal. Especially for those who suffer mental illnesses, just a simple message like "You're Ugly" or "You're pathetic" can set their mood from a zero to a hundred, and even if a person doesn't have any mental problems, it doesn't mean we can bash on people or ridicule and harass them online.

So if you're one of them, please stop and take some time to reflect, it is not too late to change. However, if you're the one being cyberbullied or if you know someone who is, don't hesitate and report it, because as long as you don't, it will damage you until you can't take it anymore.

Below is a link on how you could report it. https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how-to-report

BE SURE TO ACT NOW, BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

[javier-arvin-rae-q]

Sixth post: Reflection

This entire month has taught me how to formulate and better understand the world around me. That everyone has their own opinions and might share different or false information and that I must correct them and stop this false-information from spreading.  I also learned different types of media and how everything from the world of technology connects and intertwine, to its mean of communication that had developed over time.

Though, even in real life, it's the same with social media. It's the same with people's unruly behaviors and misconduct. One thing that I realized in studying this subject is that all these snakes will forever exist as long as people's opinions are free and their needs aren't met.

People on social media will often harass people they don't come in terms with and bully them online. Some people might steal other people's works; just to gain popularity and pretend that they can do something beyond their capabilities. These types of people in social media are a threat and should be stoped. That is why certain rules applied by the government are also dominating the online community.

Overall, a lot of things have taught me over my lifetime in studying the function of the world. But being forgetful about these facts and events despite being able to use media every day is concerning. So, I am glad a subject like this exists; as this subject reminds people of what to do and what not to.

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Fifth post: Media and Information sources.

My professor gave us a bunch of assignments today about human psychology and philosophy. I had planned to go to the museum today or perhaps peek at an art gallery, but instead, it looks like I'll be doing this assignment in different kinds of libraries. I mean, I don't get the fact that our universities have a library, but none of the books there are beneficial to our studies.

"Might as well go to a public library," I mumbled to myself while groaning in frustration, scratching my head as I anticipatedly wait for the discussion to end. Mr. Coryback is an excellent teacher, but giving an assignment for the answers to be located in different types of libraries is a little bit tiring and bothersome.

I guess It's a good thing we discussed the types of libraries in our MIL subject, or else I wouldn't know where to go. Now there are four types of libraries located in the capital. To name them all; Public, School, Academic, and Special library. For this assignment, I should go to the Special library since the information that I'm going to search for revolves around  Human science. I might also check the Public Library for Philosophy.

[javier-arvin-rae-q]

(This is an unfinished story draft about types of media)

I am writing today for the sole purpose of telling you a story about a man I once knew and was loved by; His name is Christian Boughen. The Capital knows Christian as someone daring and curious, but I know him more than that. He is someone you'll find at tavern chatting with travelers just to get that tiny piece of information that could inspire him to do his crazy deeds. One time, he provoked one of the innkeepers. The lad poured his beer all over the countertops just because someone told him to make a scene in exchange for information about the northerners. In the end, he was thrown out and wasn't allowed to enter the tavern again. Bloody crook, if I wasn't there to save his ass, he would've been locked in a dungeon or so.

But...Christian is spontaneous and always yearning for adventure, other's might see that uncanny for a man of morals to be acting so. But for me, I see it as someone who wants to know the world for what it truly is...

So, let me tell you how we met, shall we? We first met in the northern capital of Hueberham, where the flowers bloom in the winter breeze and where you can see the stars in the afternoon heat. It is a strange town, I know. But nonetheless, I was there to deliver a letter to his dad Armando Boughen. His father is the bishop of Hueberham, who always wore a cloak with the finest quality of silks with a crest of Eisendoor to show he is a nobility. Unlike Christian, who only wore commoner's clothes just because he's more comfortable with it.  

When I arrived with the letter, Christian was playing with his sister as Mister Boughen sat on the front porch, reading newspapers from different publishing origins.

"Good day, Sir! I have been sent to deliver a letter to you from the front row of Balench." I said as I extend my hand to give him the letter while bowing to show my respect.

"A letter? from whom I wonder," He said as he looked at the letter, batting his eye and squinting it just to see the indented words.

"Ah, from your father!" He exclaimed as he stood up from his chair, letting the newspapers fall to the ground. "It must be the project I've been funding for a while..." The bishop is funding my father, an inventor, to create means of communication that can extend throughout the world without the use of magic. Since magicians are dying out because of their fertility rates, this is a vital problem that the front row of Balench and Capital of Hueberham are accompanied to solve.

Please do tell your father to contact me through telegram instead of sending a letter." He said as he batted his eyes towards me with disgust. The bishop isn't fond of me because of the accident. One time I was cleaning the laboratory and forgot to close the door; a cat came in and jumped on the cauldron, resulting in the chemicals to react and explode. Poor cat tho...

Ps: I honestly don't know where I'm going for this since I'm pantsing, but this is supposed to be a post about MIL and the different types of media used. But I guess I failed to extenuate that into a story, so I am deeply sorry. I'll just have to explain where I'm going with this to make sense. Basically, all the media that are introduced to this story are different, like the letter, telegram, newspaper, and magic. I was going to continue the story, but when I found out I was getting to more than 500+ words and not even close to the middle part, I just had to stop here and explain myself. So If I was to continue this story, this is going to branch out to when Christian was 26, and I was 25. This is to show how much the media changed and what improved in society. More so, there will be a part where I will reflect on what happened to me and Christian and how we bonded with the use of different media. As I will be a future writer in the story and Christian as a traveler and Inventor. So yes, If I continue the story, I will no doubt reach probably 12-15k words just for this one post alone. Also, I still posted this story even though it isn't finished because I already wrote the first part, and I am not going to use this plot in my future stories, so might-as-well make use of em here. Maybe my next post will just be the standard “What I learned about MIL” type of post, cause making these post interesting enough to read is harrdddd!!!

Anyway, Thank you for reading xD lol (Word count: 817 words)

[javier-arvin-rae-q]

The Evolution of Media

This week our professor tackled the evolution of media as a topic for our MIL subject. This made me thought of things we can only grasp from experience.

“Just how did humanity improve so much in the fields of technology in a short period?” I mumbled this question as my professor speaks to us through the screen, explaining the mediums that have been created, replaced, and forgotten.

“Perhaps I should ask the teacher to ask the professor for some clarification.” I thought but reluctant to do so, as it may disturb the class or demean myself for even asking such a question.

“Perhaps it’s common sense, and It'll come to me like an idea coming out of nowhere.” and so it did. It dawned on me that the reason why the technology improved so much is because of the communication itself. Great minds collaborate, and their ideas intertwine; that is how it improves, that is how everyone improves.

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PICTURE: “Alone on the world” painted by Jozef Israëls.

The year 2020 struck the globe with catastrophic events, with the ash fall from a volcano that has exploded, to a pandemic that affected the entire world, causing people to stay in their homes, locking themselves up, hoping not to get infected with the virus.

Even so, it doesn't stop there. With people staying quarantined in their houses, there was no doubt that social media will be their medium to go out. It was also a medium for them to spread hate with other peers.

According to the website VerrywellFamily.com(2020), research shows that the rates of cyberbullying rose when the pandemic hit. Not only that but, people's mental states are slowly being affected by this phenomenon.

So what does this has anything to do with the subject, MIL? The subject taught me to inform people and alert them about what is happening in the world and how I can educate people that this is something we need to fix and be aware of.

So, if you know someone who's being cyberbullied, or you're that someone, then don't hesitate to report it. BELOW is a link about how to report cyberbullying, be sure to act now before it's too late, cause you matter, we all do.

https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how-to-report

[javier-arvin-rae-q]

Things often spiral out of control like you can only know what is about to happen if it already happened. A grain of sand, a speck of dust, the fluidity of water, you can only observe these things once they accumulated much density for us to see, touch, or feel.

I deliberately think of these small things. These minuscule things that make a difference, a difference we didn't even think were possible until it's deemed desirable.  Living in this world has been an experience of countermeasures and drawbacks.  Problems that we endure and learn, solutions that we crave, and soon attain. How can someone be certainly satisfied with the life they're living in? Is the life you're living has been set for you or by you?

These thoughts are jumbled up inside of my skull, staying there, remaining unanswered, or maybe we already know the answer, we're just not thinking about it too much. Results vary from people to people. Perhaps my perspective isn't enough...

"What you up to?" My sister asked while placing a cup of warm brewed coffee in my small framed computer desk.

"Nothing, just writing a post for my MIL subject."