Tajierre Rudolph

I am a person unlike many others, therefore I am often misunderstood. I like to smile and make others smile, but I am antisocial to an extent. If you ask my family and friends about me I am always laughing and joking, but I like music and shows that are sad, but inspirational. I like to keep track of things like my future, my money, my health, and my goals. I guess you could say I'm a well grounded person, never too high and never too low. I like to use my past struggles, present position, and future vision drive me and push me to continue striving for success.

Family means a lot to me. I know they get me mad sometimes, but I wouldn't trade them for the world or ever take them for granted. I have a huge family. I have seven sisters and two brothers. I always wanted someone to look up to but didn't really have one because the older males in my life went down the wrong path. This is what made me who I am today. I have a nine year old brother who looks up to me and I see myself in him sometimes, so I make sure I'll always be someone he could always look up to.

I love to workout and play sports. I was an athlete all throughout highschool running track and playing football. One thing I could say is that no matter what kind of day I'm having if I play basketball, football, or get in a good run or workout I would be happy. That is what keeps me at peace and feeling complete.

All in all I'm just a person who wants to be better every single day and I prioritize that and realized not everybody has the same visions and goals as you. I know that everybody is different, but at the same time we are all alike because we hold our own unique values and interests deeply within ourselves which shows how we all could like different things but have the same amount of love for them as each other.

I believe we take selfies when we are in a moment of feeling good about ourselves, and you think to yourself "I should take a selfie."I don't take selfies often because me personally, I find selfies to be feminine, but when I do I know it's because I know it's a moment I have to. I always like taking selfies when I have good lighting.

I think the selfie culture could connect to "Big Mother Is Watching You". I say this because that reading talks all about the evolution of fitness trackers. The same way fitness trackers evolved, so did selfies. Selfies never really were that big until "big" apps like Snapchat and Instagram were out. When people began taking selfies it was a simple one with no filter or a filter that changes the lighting only. On the other hand, when you take a selfie now you have all these filters and apps to edit and change yourself to appear better to others who Donn't know what you really look like. You could even get someones location from a selfie and see the date and time the selfie was taken.

This compares to the evolution of fitness trackers because they started off as a simple device to track running and exercise. Now fitness trackers are used for all kinds of things like sleep stats, speeds, and even manslaughter cases. This just goes to show the evolution of technology and the room for improvement we have and are finally acting upon.

Tajierre Rudolph