Blog 2

For my TED.com review, I chose the video: David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min. Let's just say the guy is insane and I don't understand how he's able to subject himself to such crazy lengths, all to discover how to hold his breath for 17 minutes. But I suppose what I can understand is his will to do something he loves. While I'm not that into magic, I am into art and writing. I guess he puts his mind and energies into his stunts just as much as I put myself into my work. It's not like I do anything life threatening the way he does, but on some level... I kinda get him. And it makes me realize how different people are. Hearing his story makes me realize how interesting this world can be.

Although the part where he had a tube stuffed down his throat was enough to make me gag and look away for a good part of the video. Ugh, I never want to see that again.

Overall, it was something cool that I stumbled on, and I thought it was worth blogging about for my TED review.

Sen Jang

Blog 1

After the blogs were assigned, I did take a trip into Philly, but I didn't take 25+ pictures on the trip, so I took the rest as the week passed. My day in Philadelphia on Friday was mainly just visiting a friend who lives at the 2400 complex near 30th street. I took some photos as the day went by. There was one where I shot from the window that I really liked. It wasn't anything eventful, though I did capture some interesting shots of the city.

My parents picked me up and we drove home, but not before we stopped by Minado's to have dinner. After that, I took some random photos as the weekend flew by. Before long, it was time to head back to the city.

I know they aren't the best quality photos, but overall, I don't think the individual shots were failures. I do have favorites though, particularly Bob, the goldfish from Minado. He's just lucky he didn't find his way into my dinner!

Sen Jang