Musings on Amusements in America

I'll just say it right off the bat, this was the most engaging piece
I read in this book. Admittedly it's always easier to read pieces that are personalize, but Brenda Laurel writes in such a way that I feel as though I am having my own inner monologue.

The intro to this piece stated that this article would be personalized, but that it would neatly tie in many of the ideas that had already been discussed in this book. While very different from any other article, it does allude to the main concept that seems to be an ongoing theme throughout the entire book, what is new media doing to us as people with senses, emotions, and memories.

While in Disneyland Brenda suddenly remembers the anticipation she and others felt in the 60's and 70's for the oncoming future. What it would bring, how it would change us. Now all those hopes and dreams have lost their glimmer as the future has already come and gone, and its not the space age travel we dreamed of. In fact space travel has lost all its flavor for most, and now the questions on everybody's minds are not when we all be able to travel to other planets, but when will the new Mac computer or I-phone come out.

To be honest I lose my sense of new media value when I read this piece because I'm so caught up in the memories she brings forth. I am suddenly lost in my own adventures...or miseries from trips to the Magic Kingdom and Disneyworld. By the way...I absolutely love EPCOT...all the good food is there.