In class we discussed the importance of taking time to ourselves. I definitely needed time to myself as described in my previous blog. I agree that this is very important in order to maintain some level of sanity while dealing with our everyday busy lives. At least for me anyways.
We also took time to think more about our final projects during this class. I think it is becoming evident to everyone in this class that if you are given an assignment that has no clear definition, but you are free to do whatever you choose, it can actually be more difficult than given clear instruction on what to do. Maybe its because in our lives we are so use to following instruction and given guidelines on what to do. We are now forced to think for ourselves and its quite scary. I need my mommy right now...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
BLISS AND BRAINSTORMING
BLISS
The topic of this assignment couldn't have come at a better time for me. The reason I say this is because I have been busy for the last week and a half satisfying other peoples' needs instead of my own. It all started on Tues the 10th of Feb when I had family come into town to handle some important business. And guess who they stayed with? That's right... me. Don't get me wrong, I love my peoples to death but sometimes they can be demanding as hell!
They had all sort of meetings to go to and court dates concerning our small family business back home. The problem was that no one knew their way around the city leaving me stuck to direct them everywhere they had to go. I just didn't have it in me to make them map quest directions yal. I would've felt bad in the end. After all these was the people who wiped my ass as a baby and clothed and fed me through most of my existence on Earth.
Anyway, the whole time they were here I had to juggle the lives of my parents, siblings, and my girlfriend and kids all at once. And in the middle of all that was Valentines day which all my fellas know this aint a day for us at all. And guess what?! That's my birthday! You think I got to make it at all about me? Hell na but I ain't gonna go down that road cause I'm trying to suppress the memories but its still a work in progress.
I don't remember the last time my life has been that busy and the minute everything stops its like your left gasping for air. You don't even fully grasp how crazy its been until the very second its all over and you're seeing your family off as your life starts to go back to normal. I was also left with a feeling of sadness and part of me didn't want it to end. But hold up, the majority of me did so lets not get it twisted! I love my family and all but I ain't no sissy face mama's boy... Shoooot!
Well during all this excitement of these last weeks I literally didn't have time to do all of my assignments. I know that's bad ain't it? Yes, that's just how crazy its been. And it doesn't help that I don't have the internet at home any longer, which is an issue I am in the process of resolving. But when I finally got a chance to look at the details of this assignment I was thinking what a coincidence. This is just what I needed. Some time to do something I wanted to do and not worry about everyone else.
So what did I do with my free time? Nothing damn it! That's right. I did nothing but try to catch up on some sleep and be lazy. First, of all I have to admit I took a lot more than the three hours we were assigned in class. How about three days? I needed that time though because I start to get severely stressed if I don't take the proper time to let my mind relax on the stuff I be tripping on throughout the week. And once you relax and organize your thoughts you start to realize that the stuff you tripping on really ain't that much as it seems.
During my time this weekend I slept, played some video games, and watched TV. I knew that come Monday I was gonna have some catchin up to do so, even though I was stressing over my assignments, I tryed to push everything out of my mind til then. And you know what? Now I feel a lot better. I feel my mind and body is rejuvinated. I even got up this morning a jogged around my neighborhood which I haven't done in a long time. Honestly, I don't even know where that inspiration came from cause it was cold as hell. Even so, I feel the need to continue doing that every morning cause I been meaning to get in shape for the longest.
So that's where I am at right now. In the midst of playing catch up but I am feeling good mentally. I am feeling good physically because I finally showered after a couple days and a nice jog around the block. Oh shut up! Don't act like yal ain't never done it! By the way, my girlfriend asked me why I was just laying around not doing my assignment this weekend when I was just complaining about the work I had to do. I told her that this was my assignment and, Beth, she swears she's signing up for your class next semester. I had to explain to her the logic behind the assignment but she was to stuck on the part about assumingly doing nothing.
BRAINSTORMING
So far what I have come up with for my final project is going to have something to do with photography. I feel inspired to go out and take some pictures since its been a while since I've taken some serious photographs. As of what I am going to do with those photographs I am unsure of at the moment. I definitely want it to go beyond just pictures though. I want to do something different with the photographs. Something unseen as of yet. I just don't know what yet.
The topic of this assignment couldn't have come at a better time for me. The reason I say this is because I have been busy for the last week and a half satisfying other peoples' needs instead of my own. It all started on Tues the 10th of Feb when I had family come into town to handle some important business. And guess who they stayed with? That's right... me. Don't get me wrong, I love my peoples to death but sometimes they can be demanding as hell!
They had all sort of meetings to go to and court dates concerning our small family business back home. The problem was that no one knew their way around the city leaving me stuck to direct them everywhere they had to go. I just didn't have it in me to make them map quest directions yal. I would've felt bad in the end. After all these was the people who wiped my ass as a baby and clothed and fed me through most of my existence on Earth.
Anyway, the whole time they were here I had to juggle the lives of my parents, siblings, and my girlfriend and kids all at once. And in the middle of all that was Valentines day which all my fellas know this aint a day for us at all. And guess what?! That's my birthday! You think I got to make it at all about me? Hell na but I ain't gonna go down that road cause I'm trying to suppress the memories but its still a work in progress.
I don't remember the last time my life has been that busy and the minute everything stops its like your left gasping for air. You don't even fully grasp how crazy its been until the very second its all over and you're seeing your family off as your life starts to go back to normal. I was also left with a feeling of sadness and part of me didn't want it to end. But hold up, the majority of me did so lets not get it twisted! I love my family and all but I ain't no sissy face mama's boy... Shoooot!
Well during all this excitement of these last weeks I literally didn't have time to do all of my assignments. I know that's bad ain't it? Yes, that's just how crazy its been. And it doesn't help that I don't have the internet at home any longer, which is an issue I am in the process of resolving. But when I finally got a chance to look at the details of this assignment I was thinking what a coincidence. This is just what I needed. Some time to do something I wanted to do and not worry about everyone else.
So what did I do with my free time? Nothing damn it! That's right. I did nothing but try to catch up on some sleep and be lazy. First, of all I have to admit I took a lot more than the three hours we were assigned in class. How about three days? I needed that time though because I start to get severely stressed if I don't take the proper time to let my mind relax on the stuff I be tripping on throughout the week. And once you relax and organize your thoughts you start to realize that the stuff you tripping on really ain't that much as it seems.
During my time this weekend I slept, played some video games, and watched TV. I knew that come Monday I was gonna have some catchin up to do so, even though I was stressing over my assignments, I tryed to push everything out of my mind til then. And you know what? Now I feel a lot better. I feel my mind and body is rejuvinated. I even got up this morning a jogged around my neighborhood which I haven't done in a long time. Honestly, I don't even know where that inspiration came from cause it was cold as hell. Even so, I feel the need to continue doing that every morning cause I been meaning to get in shape for the longest.
So that's where I am at right now. In the midst of playing catch up but I am feeling good mentally. I am feeling good physically because I finally showered after a couple days and a nice jog around the block. Oh shut up! Don't act like yal ain't never done it! By the way, my girlfriend asked me why I was just laying around not doing my assignment this weekend when I was just complaining about the work I had to do. I told her that this was my assignment and, Beth, she swears she's signing up for your class next semester. I had to explain to her the logic behind the assignment but she was to stuck on the part about assumingly doing nothing.
BRAINSTORMING
So far what I have come up with for my final project is going to have something to do with photography. I feel inspired to go out and take some pictures since its been a while since I've taken some serious photographs. As of what I am going to do with those photographs I am unsure of at the moment. I definitely want it to go beyond just pictures though. I want to do something different with the photographs. Something unseen as of yet. I just don't know what yet.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Senseless+1
For this assignment I chose to go without my hearing since I feel it is one of my most important senses. This is because my career and the majority of things I love to do is heavily based on my hearing. I want to become a record producer or video editor/sound designer. These fields are what I based my whole college career around and what I do on a daily basis. So if I were to loose my hearing it would be have a traumatic affect on me.
Well I couldn't really get the full effect of this experiment because it was hard to completely block out sound but I was able to greatly reduce it. What I did is buy some ear plugs. Then I stuffed some tissue in my ears and then put in the ear plugs. I then went about my daily routines. I tried to mix some music that I have recorded and of course that was impossible. I then tried to watch some TV and it was very difficult. I had to turn it up extremely loud just to hear it at all which bothered everyone else so that didn't work.
On top of that having a conversation with someone is impossible. I had to try to read lips or ask the person to speak louder than normal just to hear them. After a couple hours I couldn't take it any more and came to the conclusion that I would never want to live without my hearing.
The sense I chose to invent is called headbuttervision. This is where you go around and headbutt something to get a sense of what it is. By headbutting something you are able to send a signal to your brain that gives a description of what that item is. This would replace sight if we were not able to see.
Well I couldn't really get the full effect of this experiment because it was hard to completely block out sound but I was able to greatly reduce it. What I did is buy some ear plugs. Then I stuffed some tissue in my ears and then put in the ear plugs. I then went about my daily routines. I tried to mix some music that I have recorded and of course that was impossible. I then tried to watch some TV and it was very difficult. I had to turn it up extremely loud just to hear it at all which bothered everyone else so that didn't work.
On top of that having a conversation with someone is impossible. I had to try to read lips or ask the person to speak louder than normal just to hear them. After a couple hours I couldn't take it any more and came to the conclusion that I would never want to live without my hearing.
The sense I chose to invent is called headbuttervision. This is where you go around and headbutt something to get a sense of what it is. By headbutting something you are able to send a signal to your brain that gives a description of what that item is. This would replace sight if we were not able to see.
Peace Offering
I think we should make some type of peace offering to the next class. I think we should all leave a little note on the corner of each desk in exactly the same place. The note should state our name and that we were conducting a social experiment that they were participants in. Then we should state that we are sorry for any negative feelings and vow to never do it again. We could even invite them to follow our class blogs to see what goes on in class. This may very well gain interest in this class for future students.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Response to class 3
I thought yesterday's class was very interesting. But i have to get right to what I thought was most interesting about the class and that was when we did the crazy thing with the chairs. At first I did not understand the point of what we did with the chairs. The only thing I thought it would do was piss the next class off for having to fix the chairs back. Then later on it hit me! I don't know what anyone else got from that excersise but here's what I got from it. Beth, I feel, was teaching us to do something outside of the norm and not be afraid of how others would react to it. To try to strike up a reaction from people and that's exactly what we did. For once I feel like I took a chance on trying something different despite what the next class would think or feel about it and it felt great.
That is the only way we will learn to think outside of the box and take chances. It's what seperates those who are great from those who are average. I now have a new found encouragement to do things outside of the norm and not worry about the reaction of others! Beth your a genious!
PS I also decided not to spell check this post and not worry if soneone thinks I am a horible speller! Ha! There's no stopping the madness now!
That is the only way we will learn to think outside of the box and take chances. It's what seperates those who are great from those who are average. I now have a new found encouragement to do things outside of the norm and not worry about the reaction of others! Beth your a genious!
PS I also decided not to spell check this post and not worry if soneone thinks I am a horible speller! Ha! There's no stopping the madness now!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Class Experience Jan. 26 09
Class was very interesting this week as we got to see what everyone came up with for the egg exercise. It was amazing to see how different everyone's ideas were from the next person's. My classmates were coming up with ideas that I would have never even thought of! It leaves me to believe that working with other people and bouncing ideas of each other could lead to some pretty amazing and unique stuff. I look forward to seeing what everyone's ideas are on future projects.
Monday, January 26, 2009
The egg
Well it took me a while to come up with an idea to do for this egg assignment. Then whalla! It finally hit me thanks to my girlfriend. I was in the refrigerator at the time getting some juice when she asked me to check to see if we had any eggs left cause she was going to cook breakfast the next morning. I told her yea and as soon I shut the refrigerator door I thought to myself what if I could carefully poke a hole in the eggs, drain out the yoke, and then replace it with the red juice that was in the refridgerator. What if I could then glue the small piece of seperated egg shell back in place so that no juice would leak out. Then I would see how my girlfriend would react when she cracked the egg in the morning and juice bursted out. Oh the idea was halarious in my head! I immediately grabbed an egg and took it to my upstairs bathroom to see if it would work. I couldn't crack a small piece of the egg's shell on the first try so I ran downstairs to get a couple more. Luckily, on the third try I was able to seperate a peice of the shell that was in tact and big enough for the yoke to seep out.
I then had to find a way to poor the juice into the egg which became a problem. Then I figured it out. This is a little nasty but you've been warned... I had to poor some juice into my mouth a spit it into the egg through a straw. I did this till the egg was almost filled with juice. Then came the hardest part of all. It was hard trying to glue the piece of the egg shell back into place so that it would be as undetectable as possibe. I eventually had to get some clear tape and tape over the hole and then use a razor to trim the tape as close to the shape of the hole as possible. Then I used some poxy to glue the piece of shell over the tape to the rest of the egg. It turned out better than I thought after I carefully wiped any traces of the glue away before it dried. Of course the hole was detectable but the key to the success of this experiment was to position the egg so that my girlfriend wouldn't see the side where the shell was cracked as she picked it up and cracked it against the skillet.
Oh it was gonna take precision to pull this off. First I tipped the egg over to see if anything would leak and to my surprize nothing did. I still felt that if I was to place the egg in the carton all night by morning the shell probably wouldn't hold. So what I did was place the egg in the carton with the hole upright. I had to get to the egg carton right before she was about to cook and turn the egg so that she could'nt see where the egg had been cracked. Then I suddenly realized that I should do this to atleast one more egg to get the maximum effect of her reaction. So hell yea.. That's exactly what I did. I placed both eggs in the refrigerator and took all the other eggs out except for two so that there was a total of four eggs left.
In the morning I woke up late to the smell of pancakes but luckily she hadn't started cooking the eggs yet. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen and acted like I was pouring some juice and I quickly turned the eggs to the right position hoping nothing would leak out. I then asked my girlfriend if she wanted me to hand her the egg carton and she said yes. All I could do now was take a seat in the living room and pray that this would be successful and that she would hurry up and start cooking the eggs before leakage occured. Finally, about 10 minutes went past and thenI got what I was waiting for. I heard the sound of her cracking an egg shell against the skillet and all I heard was her yell... "What the F***" ( I know she has a potty mouth). She then yelled for me to come into the kitchen and I acted all surprised. I had to fight to hold in my laughter as I paused for a minute before entering the kitchen. Her face was priceless as she tried to explain how "red shit" came out of the egg when she cracked it.
I acted like I didn't believe her and told her to crack another one and handed her the other egg that was filled with juice. She cracked it against the skillet and a look of terror came over her face as we watched red juice burst out of the egg. Oh my God! I almost died laughing! I couldn't hold it any more because she just kept saying "Oh my God.. Oh my God..! What the hell is going on?" She was asking me why I was laughing as she swore up and down that it was blood from the unborn chicken that came out of the egg. She said how she was about to call the supermarket and I let her reach for the phone before I told her what I had did. It took a while for it to sink in as she asked me why and how I could come up with a crazy joke like that. I then explained to her my class assignment and she still couldn't believe that out of all things I could have done with an egg that that is what I came up with. She vowed that she would still never eat eggs again. I gave her the rest of the eggs that I hid and sure enough she made everybody else some eggs but herself.
Later that day I heard her telling her sisters and friend what I did and everybody thought it was funny then. I'm glad it worked out better than I even imagined.
I then had to find a way to poor the juice into the egg which became a problem. Then I figured it out. This is a little nasty but you've been warned... I had to poor some juice into my mouth a spit it into the egg through a straw. I did this till the egg was almost filled with juice. Then came the hardest part of all. It was hard trying to glue the piece of the egg shell back into place so that it would be as undetectable as possibe. I eventually had to get some clear tape and tape over the hole and then use a razor to trim the tape as close to the shape of the hole as possible. Then I used some poxy to glue the piece of shell over the tape to the rest of the egg. It turned out better than I thought after I carefully wiped any traces of the glue away before it dried. Of course the hole was detectable but the key to the success of this experiment was to position the egg so that my girlfriend wouldn't see the side where the shell was cracked as she picked it up and cracked it against the skillet.
Oh it was gonna take precision to pull this off. First I tipped the egg over to see if anything would leak and to my surprize nothing did. I still felt that if I was to place the egg in the carton all night by morning the shell probably wouldn't hold. So what I did was place the egg in the carton with the hole upright. I had to get to the egg carton right before she was about to cook and turn the egg so that she could'nt see where the egg had been cracked. Then I suddenly realized that I should do this to atleast one more egg to get the maximum effect of her reaction. So hell yea.. That's exactly what I did. I placed both eggs in the refrigerator and took all the other eggs out except for two so that there was a total of four eggs left.
In the morning I woke up late to the smell of pancakes but luckily she hadn't started cooking the eggs yet. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen and acted like I was pouring some juice and I quickly turned the eggs to the right position hoping nothing would leak out. I then asked my girlfriend if she wanted me to hand her the egg carton and she said yes. All I could do now was take a seat in the living room and pray that this would be successful and that she would hurry up and start cooking the eggs before leakage occured. Finally, about 10 minutes went past and thenI got what I was waiting for. I heard the sound of her cracking an egg shell against the skillet and all I heard was her yell... "What the F***" ( I know she has a potty mouth). She then yelled for me to come into the kitchen and I acted all surprised. I had to fight to hold in my laughter as I paused for a minute before entering the kitchen. Her face was priceless as she tried to explain how "red shit" came out of the egg when she cracked it.
I acted like I didn't believe her and told her to crack another one and handed her the other egg that was filled with juice. She cracked it against the skillet and a look of terror came over her face as we watched red juice burst out of the egg. Oh my God! I almost died laughing! I couldn't hold it any more because she just kept saying "Oh my God.. Oh my God..! What the hell is going on?" She was asking me why I was laughing as she swore up and down that it was blood from the unborn chicken that came out of the egg. She said how she was about to call the supermarket and I let her reach for the phone before I told her what I had did. It took a while for it to sink in as she asked me why and how I could come up with a crazy joke like that. I then explained to her my class assignment and she still couldn't believe that out of all things I could have done with an egg that that is what I came up with. She vowed that she would still never eat eggs again. I gave her the rest of the eggs that I hid and sure enough she made everybody else some eggs but herself.
Later that day I heard her telling her sisters and friend what I did and everybody thought it was funny then. I'm glad it worked out better than I even imagined.
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