snow
frozen hands
sharp cutting breaths
a desire for more clothes
frostbitten skin
chiller of bones
icy winds
cold

Dillon Dwyer

Trip
Slip up
Fall straight down
Rise and stand up
Keep yourself off the ground

Dillon Dwyer

A student shows effort.
He works hard and does his best.
His job and homework keep him up late.
Everyday is a struggle but he enjoys it.
Discipline has become his daily mantra.
Hope has his eyes toward the future.
Dreams are within reach.
It's worth the effort.
He knows it

Tired trying to think.
Sleep sounds so sweet.
Hunger! Hunger! Hunger! Hunger!
Late are my nights.

Dillon Dwyer

Thunder and Lightning
both can be frightening
crashing and brightening
the gods are delighting
the heavens are roaring
storms without warning
Zeus is now raging
the sky is truly amazing

Dillon Dwyer

    "To challenge yourself is to change yourself." A challenge can tell you a lot about yourself, depending on the way you handle it. Challenges cause you to have to face your ego. You have to see if you really are what you think you can be. Good challenges will test your willpower, strength, and endurance both mentally and physically.
    Life is not that far off from a video game. Just like in a video a game, we have to level up in life by gaining experience. We must face challenges and learn from them. We are the characters of our own lives. We shape who we are based off of the challenges we face. I want to be a writer. To gain more experience, I challenge myself to write thing. The more I write the better writer I become.
    I challenge you to go out and challenge yourself. Gain experience, learn new things and become the person you dream of becoming. I believe in you All you need to do is believe in yourself!

Today I felt love
It came from the heart of all things
Falling from above
It is a divine offering

Dillon Dwyer

    Facebook is somewhere between a useful tool and a severe addiction. It is a place to share ideas and knowledge in a way that inspires people to collaborate. As an online community, Facebook allows people to stay connected anywhere on the planet. Yet, It is also a place filled with many of the strangest oddities of the internet and can be a complete waste of time. When used responsibly, Facebook can be one of the most powerful tools on the internet.
    I make use of Facebook in a number of different ways. I keep in touch with my friends and family who live far away with its help. I promote all of the projects I have worked on using the site. Facebook is also a great source of news and information pertaining to things that interest me. Recently, I have made use of Facebook to contact a former teacher requesting her proofreading skills. On top of all of that, it serves as one of my main sources of entertainment. The versatility of Facebook is what make it a new media giant.
    I don't know what the future holds for Facebook. I have a feeling it is going to be around for a long time. I know that I plan to continue to use the site to promote my writing and try and build a career in new media. I find it doubtful that anyone that already has a Facebook profile will abandon the site any time soon. I believe that the best is yet to come for Facebook, as it continues to propel itself forward into newer areas of new media. 

Dillon Dwyer

    With all of the electronic media gadgets around my house, I would have to say that I am pretty well stocked up. I have everything I need to stay connected to the internet and all it has to offer. My electronic media tool belt is as important to me becoming a successful writer as Batman's utility belt was to him being a superhero.
    My most used gadget is my iPhone. It is also the most versatile of all my devices.  It can do almost all of the things that each of my other devices can do on their own. The main thing I use my iPhone for is to stay in touch with my family and friends. I can update my blog and Facebook right from the palm of my hand using it. I also use it as my portable music device and electronic book store as well. These of course are only a few of the uses of the my mighty iPhone.
    The next most used gadget of mine is definitely my laptop. It may not get used as much as my iPhone, but it is by far more important. While I am at college, my laptop serves as my base of operations. I do almost 90% of my writing on it. I  can use it to stay in touch with family and friends. It also serves as a great device for promoting my work and entertaining myself. My laptop is my ultimate device.
    My Xbox 360 and television are a combo of gadgets used almost entirely for my entertainment. They may not be the most used or most important gadgets, but they are my favorite. Since I currently do not have cable. I rely on my Xbox 360 and television to provide me with Netflix and to play DVDs for my viewing pleasure. I also us this duo to stream music and most importantly play video games. Without these two devices, I might go crazy from all the books I read and homework I have to do during my time at college.
    The Last few gadgets of mine are of lesser use to me than their predecessors on this list. I have an iPod touch that is hardly used anymore, now that I have an iPhone. I also have an alarm clock that doubles as a radio. It is definitely useful in waking me up and if I'm feeling old fashioned to even listen to music. Rounding out my collection of gadgets are flash drives. Those little fellows help me to store and transport all of my writings and music. With all of these gadgets in my tool belt, I am pretty positive that I have what I need to become a successful writer in this age of new media.

Dillon Dwyer
 
 
   
    

    Traveling through time and cyberspace, I have been involved with many different types of new media technologies. It has been approximately a nine year journey. During this span of time, I have seen the rise and fall of a few different new medias. There was even a time when Facebook did not control peoples lives. You do not have to believe me but I lived it.
    I think that the first new media technology I can remember taking part in was MSN Messenger. That was probably somewhere around 2004 and I was still in middle school. It was definitely the first time I had encountered my friends electronically. I used the program until it became obsolete for me and I made the upgrade to Facebook.
    My relationship with Facebook started November 20th, 2006. I have been devoted to the site for seven years now, only abandoning it once for about three months sometime in 2011. I use Facebook mostly to exercise my creativity and promote the things that my friends and I create. A group of my friends and I created a group we all moderate called "The Free Thinkers Club". I guess that my other uses for Facebook include using it as a communication tool and as a time waster. Facebook is by far my favorite new media tool.
    After establishing myself on Facebook, I set up a YouTube account. I have to say that was probably in 2009. I have yet to upload any videos to my channel. I do make comments on videos that catch my attention. I also promote videos I like by sharing them to Facebook. YouTube for me is pretty much just for entertainment.
    My latest new media endeavor is this freshly minted blog. I have high hopes for this  little corner of cyberspace. I want to post my Trojan Times articles to the home page of this blog, as well as add some of the creative writing I will be doing this semester. I dream of having a few different writers posting blogs to this site. I want to use this blog to promote myself and whoever else wants a place to for there thoughts.
    My new media experiences are only just beginning. There are still plenty of new medias that I have yet to venture into and explore. I have been kind of a late bloomer when it comes to new media, but that time has ended. I look forward to the possibilities that are ahead of me and the evolution of newer new medias.

Dillon Dwyer