Llias's Blog

My thoughts on The New York Times's Op-Docs How to Be Alone  by  Sindha Agha and  A Conversation With Native Americans on Race by Michèle Stephenson and Brian Young. "Op-Docs" are short documentaries presented by The New York Times. The series began in 2011 and consists of hundreds of videos covering a wide variety of topics, opinions, and stories. How to Be Alone (Agha, 2020) The Op-Doc How to Be Alone , directed and produced by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Sindha Agha, portrays with almost painful accuracy the dreariness of a day stuck at home during the Covid-19 lockdown. It was published on May 21st, 2020, just a couple of months after quarantine began in the US, but the experiences described in the video still feel all-too-familiar today, almost nine months into quarantine. There's nothing to look forward to and very little structure outside of what you impose on yourself, and all the days begin to blend together into one big, unending blur of loneliness. Agha...

Blogging is a side of the internet that I'm frankly not very familiar with, as fun and engaging as it seems to be. Although it took me a little while, I eventually figured out what to look for and I'm happy to present my three mentor blogs: the Minecraft: Education Edition Blog , CSIROscope , and A Splintered Mind . Minecraft: Education Edition Blog I. Love. Minecraft. I've played the game for years now, and with its strong resurgence in the last couple of years it's only gotten bigger and better. I've spent a lot of time playing the game and being a part of the Minecraft community during quarantine, and time and time again I'm amazed at how incredible this game is. I truly believe that Minecraft is one of the best video games of all time for many reasons, one being it has such a wide variety of things to do that almost anyone can find something to enjoy in the game if they look for it. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable of the game compared to the average p...