Research + Final

So I decided to stick with my final idea of mixing spontaneity and a "somewhat acid trip" and combine it with research into the gray area of subliminal advertising and back masked audio tracks. I made a flash animation with some crazy foreign language and dancing crabs; what else can you want? I will explain it in class, but it features some key concerns of the FFC in 1985 with a little bit of daft punk love.

http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~moelker/N485/moelker_N485_Final.mov

Enjoy! Suckers!!! ROFL!!

New Media Scavenger Hunt!!!

What is New Media? Plenty of definitions out there, but I truly feel New Media is the feeling of now; a visual representation of the way in which our society views technological advances. I would argue that as time moves, so does the current status of society and its perception of art and collaborative communication. As technology advances, new methods are developed to express this collaborative communication. New Media is just that; means of expressing collaborative communication through any given paradigm of technology.

New Media is basically expressed through the term innovation. Most state that innovation is presenting something new to this world; as such, it makes sense that New Media is an essence of Innovation; however, it is specifically related to technological innovation regarding communication and collaboration. Creativity is obviously a factor of both of these terms, but this term in itself is too difficult to convey in one essay, so I will simply state that Innovation and an understanding of the current social paradigm are both requirements for a well represented piece of New Media.

My favorite form of New Media in Indianapolis is actually a project several professors at IUPUI are currently working on for Citizens Gas. They are developing a flash based game to educate children on gas safety. The project has wonderfully designed characters and imaginative worlds all based around different parts; earth, city, etc.

Who did it?

Citizens Gas, contracted by IUPUI professors

How did they do it?

Flash game with illustrations and concept art from Mat Powers and Prof. Ludwig

For whom did they do it?

Citizens Gas Corporation and the children of Indiana. An educational tool used to teach gas safety.

How might you be able to use what you learned about this innovative use of new media to help you when doing your final project?

I suppose the main thing I learned from this project is it is all about collaboration and communication. The target audience is the main goal from any project, and our final in this class is no different. Because of this, I am beginning to think my original final project idea is somewhat unfair to our class because it is more of a journey within myself rather than relevant to our class. I want to keep the theme, but I want it to be something that conveys innovation and imagination which can be used for something beneficial in our classroom. More information to come...

Other forms of New Media in Indianapolis:

1. Flash-based video game companies; see Corey's post

2. Three Dimension video game companies; several pioneer companies exist in this realm in Indianapolis, although the profile of these games is rather small and does not seem to appeal to a national market; hopefully things will change.

3. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/ - The art of the blog has always been a pioneer in New Media, and it is only that much sweeter when it is combined with the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

4. Last but not least; who can forget the Capstone Presentations at IUPUI! This is a major new media event of our city, and I truly believe it will be a core founder of an established New Media industry in Indianapolis; students and interest will surely make or break whether Indianapolis will become a major player in the new media industry.

Quantum Mechanics Cartoon Strip

So the video was pretty interesting. However, I would argue that the thought processes of a quantum molecule not being observed are much more enticing. =)

Response To Class

Given the circumstances, the class last week was pretty interesting. I always enjoy trying to figure out exactly what new media is and how it effects everyone. Susan and the class got into a lot of discussions about what New Media does, and I would like to share what I think.

Ultimately, New Media is an expression for individuals to further the progress of their current state of advance. Human beings, and the world as well, all are in a constant state of foward movement, whether you believe time to be true or not, there is an undeniable reliance on time and the fact that what has happened no longer exists and what has yet to come lies off in the future. We are constantly trying to evolve ourselves and our thinking, and in response, we find new ways of communicating, reacting, and engaging. Ultimately, a creative paradigm emerges for the time, and in that moment this paradigm is new, innovative, and creative. However, because of the undeniable truth that time moves on, this paradigm ultimately shifts as soon as a new technological advance has been established. Thus is the way of the New Media spectrum, and thus is the way of life in general.

New Media encompasses the passion of every generation; it is the willingess to accept his forward change and stay up to date with what is creative and important. New Media will forever be fresh, no matter what paradigm we rest in.

Beth, we love you as a professor and friend. You are an inspiration to all of your students, friends, and faculty. We are here for you to support you in this part of your life. Do not hesitate to ever express what you truly feel, and always be the beautiful person we know you are. We look forward to seeing you in class.

What the Do We Know?

I really enjoyed this movie; considering I am a practicing Catholic, you would think I would try to refute the evidence seen and try to deny what was shown. However, I love quantum mechanics; in my mind, every piece of information that is found further deepens my belief system. I have always been one that believes everyone needs to form their own opinion of the world and its creation over many years of their life. This movie gave many opinions and testimony to the micro-cosmos of our world.

Although I enjoyed the movie, I found a lot of theories that were presented to be a little strange and uncredited. Many of the things presented have an important place in our world today, but I felt some things, such as the water message experiment, did not need to be thrown into the movie, as there has been no proof or true documentation of this experiment. However, the more the movie got into unity and the mechanics of electrons, the more I began to make my own connection behind the meaning of unity and electrons being "small flashing thoughts." This world is a wonderful place; it makes perfect sense that everyone strives to find the meaning behind our existence.

Ultimately this movie makes you think. You wonder about all of the small things that make you who you are. You ponder the makeup of your body and soul. I suppose the only thing that matters is how you treat your life and how you make your day. I find comfort knowing that our being is controlled by something greater than ourselves. I suppose what we do perceive this world to be ultimately makes the unknown that much more special. So cheers to that, and let's move on through this life treating each other with utmost respect, as each person is made up of an existence that deserves much more respect than what is given each and every day. What a beautiful world!

Class on March 23rd

Do I really need to respond to this class with more than three words? hmmmm?

MARY FUCKING ELLEN

hahahahaha.

Interesting class today. I do agree with Beth tho; although our assignments are very interesting, I think we could probably do a bit more thinking in relation to our projects. However, I really do enjoy my "scared shitless" fruit fly picture. Hahaha.

I will be on vacation this next week. During that time, I will try to dig even further into my final project idea and try to pinpoint exactly what I am trying to accomplish, and in the process, make it interesting for the masses. I think my project has some potential; however, it is too broad. I will try to give it a central theme other than different perspectives based on alcohol consumption. I am hoping to give this project an educative edge to indeed come to some goal. More to come in the future, and I look forward to seeing the class when I get back.

PS: Cop cars running over apples with their lights turned on is WIN. So are super heroes made from SPORKS. hahaha.

I did forget to blog about this a bit ago, but I wanted to share it with you all.

Around three weeks ago I was driving down to campus and stuck behind some guy driving down fall creek. This guy was going into the oncoming traffic lanes, back into ours, and into the right lane. I decided to pass this guy, thinking it was a good idea.

We came to a stop light, and I figured it might be a good idea to get in the other lane. As I did this, I watched the drunk driver come flying up on my left, proceeding to slam hard into the van right next to me. After this happened, he took off.

Realize this was happening at around 4pm. I did not call the police, as I did not think quickly on my feet, and sadly, did not want to get tied up in the situation. However, is inconvenience an excuse for preventing harm? Looking back, I know what I should have done.

This all ties into our red-light situation we talked about in class around three weeks ago. STOP FOR THE DAMNED LIGHTS PEOPLE, and DO NOT DRIVE DRUNK. It is rediculous, it kills, and it makes you look like an ass. This coming from me. Pfft. I need to take my own advice.

See you all soon!

Malathion: Change We Can Believe In

Alright, so my word from Beth was Malathion; yaaaaaa. Well it turns out that this word is basically insect pesticide. Originally it was created to kill fruit flies, but it later found it's uses in destroying mosquitos. Anyways, we were supposed to do something with my word "change" and Beth's word "Malathion." So I figured I'd make a somewhat Godzilla-like picture.



Ahhhhhhhh! Run from the pesticide! Those silly talking bugs!

~M

Let Randomness Be Your Guide... And Tardiness

So I just noticed the assignment posted last night; I realize I should probably keep an eye on OnCourse over spring break, but sadly I did not. However, I will do the best I can with what I have, and that includes several of the steps.

Step 1: Find the Word

Strange

Step 2: Tape the Word to my Mirror

Dealing with my time limitations, I went ahead and kept my word in my pocket at work and with me all day.

Step 3: Blogging

I stayed up all of last night working on some projects, and I tried to think of it as much as possible. I suppose you can say that staying up all night was a strange experience for me. Playing video games is strange as well, especially this morning right before work.

At work this morning, it was definitely a strange experience. I was scheduled off, but had to work for two hours. Not only was this strange, but one of my freezer cases decided to go down this morning, resulting in a bunch of product being pulled. This experience was rare; however, not as strange.

This afternoon I went ahead and slept from 9:30 to 5. I would say this is definitely a strange experience for me. I work everyday 7 to 4, which in turn requires me to get to bed around 11 every night. Sleeping during the day, to me, is a completely new and strange experience.

I have kind of been thinking about this word a lot. I suppose it's strange to try something new, live your life differently, or seek change. After all, change is something we all need, yet feel strange about. The unknown is a strange and difficult concept; however, the more I think about it, the more I realize how beautiful change truly is. I cannot think of one point in my life where change was a bad thing for me.

I have worked at Marsh for 8 1/2 years now, which is strange in itself. I will be graduating in May, which will be a huge change. I suppose this all leads me to the idea that strange is change, and change is beautiful.

After this thought, I have decided to replace the word strange with change.

I will update this more this evening and tomorrow with further thoughts about this word.

Final Project Proposal + What Ifs

I do not think I officially posted my final project idea to this blog, so here it is. I have a rough idea that I want to capture the mental processes in a natural, organic environment. I would like to document my experiences and interactions with nature with and without the effects of alcohol. I plan on taking a camera into the woods, documenting what I see, and ultimately determining what, in my mind, brings about the most color, nostalgia, and interest in each state.

What If Questions:

1.) What if I were to use After Effects for my project; would it take away from the original idea?
2.) What if I used no edits?
3.) What if I included people and human interaction in my piece?
4.) What if I were to interact with my environment?
5.) What if I wanted to make some sort of stop motion piece out of my footage?
6.) What if my piece was done in the dark?
7.) What if this piece was filmed during a rain storm?
8.) What if my mood of the particular day of filming was not status quo?
9.) What if I were searching for, during this process, things that resembled something else? (i.e. cloud watching)
10.) What if I used some past experience to make my idea partial?
11.) What if I related some past movie to this project, and in turn tried to reenact a particular scene?
12.) What if I really do use illegal substances in the making of this film?
13.) What exactly would I consider an illegal substance?
14.) What if I ended up creating some musical score or piece based around the sounds I happen to capture while filming?
15.) What if I used no sound at all?
16.) What if I used mental thoughts that were crossing my mind as I filmed as audio documentation?
17.) What if I were to do this project 32 hours after I had last slept?
18.) What if I try to analyze too much/little?
19.) What if, due to my environment, I allow myself to be free of everything for a day, simply surrounded by nature?
20.) What if I do not allow myself to do anything else other than to film this interaction for a whole day?
21.) What if I become bored?
22.) What if this project does not capture anyone's attention; is it a failure?
23.) What if my target audience is myself; would this work be creative?
24.) What if my project was ultimately an excuse to be lazy for a day?
25.) What if I do not document my project at all?
26.) What if the video camera tells the story, not me?
27.) What if I try to do the entire project based around what the video camera wants to capture, not me?
28.) What if the video camera was attached to a helmet?
29.) What if I try to use objects in class to make the piece a "scratch and smell" interactive piece?
30.) What if I tried to make the piece 3D? (or what everyone seems to think is 3D)
31.) What if I use my other what ifs as an excuse to not make anymore what ifs?
32.) What if I have a better understanding now than I did at the beginning?
33.) What if I am bullshitting right now?

*Check the other blogs for responses to other's projects.

For now, I suppose this is leading me in the right direction. Does this piece have to be a turning point in my mental or academic career? Do I truly need to strive to find an enlightening state, or will this part of my life simply come to me? I suppose the ultimate What if question would be, "What if my life's work fails to leave a mark on who I was; would I be a failure?"

Class on March 2nd

I think it's fair to state that yesterday's class session was the most prolific in terms of self awareness. Even though the class was short, I felt that a lot of what Beth was saying is exactly true. I really enjoyed her lecture on the loss of freedom after our childhood. I suppose if we want to get over our limitations and be the most creative, inspired individuals we can, we need to maintain a childlike interest in our surroundings and see everything as if it were brand new each time we see it. This would keep the limitations at bay, and yet have respect for the social order.

I will spend the next week thinking about my final project. I truly believe the What If questions will help me flesh out my idea to a greater extent, as it is somewhat vague at the moment. However, I do want to stick with my idea, as it is something I would like to become aware of myself. I want to learn what I take preference on in this world; what colors, shapes, sizes excite me, and what seem to hardly exist. I want to experience this world in a different way, if only for a little while and partially under the effects of alcohol (maybe).

It almost seems to me that mankind is not made to take the sort of constant engagement and schedules that we do. We are constantly bombarded by media, and we always feel as though we need to stay busy to stay productive. I suppose my final project will be a step into the slower, simpler side of life. I will document the process, and dive further into the topic with my fifty what ifs.

Cave Discussion

Reading walls of text on a CRT monitor was basically my observation into the world; my allegory of the cave moment.

I have always found this parable to be an interesting take on our world and what we think of our world. With the advances over the last few centuries, this pursuit of truth is pretty much understood throughout our lifetime.

I could summarize this article, and explain all the little tidbits, but what I think would be much more interesting is discussing the questions that exist outside of this parable. Take for instance, our world. Our world is all we have right now, and any existence of other "truths" are not known to us, nor ever will be known unless some sort of extraordinary enlightenment were to occur. However, this will never happen, as seen through the history of our world.

We will always question the very basics and functions of our world and the things within it. However, there is a certain point that we must understand we will never reach. It is in this realm that society longs to be, and because of such, we will forever hold visions of grandeur and tales of fiction to be the cornerstone for our deep, prophetic discussions of what we are and what we will or will not become.

The idea behind this story, to me, is to just simply continue searching for answers; examine your world. The worst thing someone can do is use their time on this Earth in an irresponsible way. I believe that if enough time is spent examining the mechanics of our existence, we will, if anything, become at peace with ourselves and understand our limitations. In this, we find happiness for the things we do possess, and in turn, we must spread our understanding and appreciation with those around us.

Without this appreciation, there would be no motivation to progress our world. If there was no progression, ultimately society would collapse or we would be cheating ourselves to think we must stay in one state. Thankfully, many people in our world choose to use their time wisely, search beyond what is given to them, and ultimately progress our world.

Whether free will or fate, it is our responsibility to understand that the present is truly a gift (I'm sure I ripped that off of many people.) We have to understand that what is done is done, what will come will come, and what is taking place at this moment is truly the foundation for the other two. If we want to be content with ourselves, we will continue to search into morality, functionality, and awareness. As far as we know, we have one life to live; ultimately it is our job to use our time properly for the betterment of our world; after all, it is all we know.

Anything beyond what we know is faith; and faith is only achieved through long term dedication to self awareness and world functionality.

Three Hourssss.... is the magic number.

Well our assignment for the week was to spend the three hours we would normally spend in class on something we enjoy. We basically had three hours to sit back, relax, and take a moment to meditate on life and school.

I decided to spend the three hours at the bar with my brother. I figured a few drinks and some time in a relaxed environment would get my head on right. However, I was dead wrong.

It wouldn't have been an issue if we would have stayed away from the pool table. However, we played six games of pool, and each of the games I lost with one or no balls left on the table. Thoughts of anger clouded my judgement, and instead of sitting back and relaxing, I spent a good hour bitching and complaining about the losses. They were unjustified!

However, thinking back, I do realize that at the end of the three hours, I began to ponder the importance of the games. Realizing that they had no effect on the global outcome of my personal progress in life, I relaxed, and began to really think about life, work, and school.

In reality, the best we can hope to achieve in life is to keep an open mind and do the best we can. In this day in age, I realized that I simply need to take things one day at a time. Hopefully I can relax, enjoy life, and truly live up to what I want to become.

Final Project:

I was really giving this some thought, and I would really like to do something personally fulfilling. I really do enjoy the video game industry. I also enjoy stalking Corey Callahan. I have not confronted him about this yet, but I was hoping that he would want to take his final project idea, include me, and expand upon it. I am thinking that we can do a small video segment in real life, completely stealing Mega 64's ideas. However, I want to make this our own, and envision it the way we should; seeing sideways!

If Corey rejects me, I suppose I can think of something else. More to come... (pending Corey)

Class 5? oooooo, you're funny!

Ya...... about responding to class five; it's funny because it's not true! There was no class five! It was all an illusion. However, maybe class five's legacy is living on through the spirit of it's students. Maybe today, all of the classmates feel some yearning for class five they have never felt before. Maybe, in some ethereal movement of seeking wholeness, all of our classmates moved in unison toward a brighter understanding of what class five could have been. Lives could have been touched; hearts broken. The spirit of class five will live on as a sublime legacy in the hearts of man. Actually, all of the above is complete bull shit, but it would be nice if we all shared the same yearning for the "class that did not pass."

On a serious note, I think I will be spending my allotted time this week listening to enya while cruising through some video games that need some progress. If not that, I might just play some basketball or go out drinking with some friends. I am not quite sure yet, but I'll update the blog after I do what I do.

Plastic Bags Make Planet Sad...

After class, I took the plastic bag home with me; my mind filled with limitless possibilities for this small little bag. As I brought it into my apartment, I laid it down, proceeding with my daily agenda. Later that evening, I had a wonderful dinner, and wouldn't you know that little plastic bag looked like a wonderful little trash bag. I would not have used it in such a disgraceful manner; however, I was out of trash bags and needed a transport vessel for my trash. I am sure that little plastic bag is having a wonderful time being recycled or sitting in a landfill.

I suppose I could say I simply wanted the plastic bag to enjoy it's afterlife. Being able to sit around in a massive pile with your little plastic bag friends is sure tempting if I must say so. Hopefully my little plastic bag is comfortable and in the midst of other little bags. If recycled, I hope my little plastic bag is being put to good use; possibly some use in condoms, if that is even possible. If so, I can say that I took a first hand initiative in promoting population management.

Ahhhh. Silence.

I really enjoyed the video that was shown in class today. At first I just figured that the two musicians were neo-hippies and were on some acid trip, but once my suspicion about the girl being deaf was confirmed, I became rather intrigued. The soundtrack for this film must have been extremely fun or extremely difficult to do; there is no in between. Some of the sounds that were captured on location were amazing. At one point, I entered this state of calm; nothing entrancing, but more like a "sleeping while awake" sort of feel. The overall feel of the video was awesome, and it left an impression on me the rest of the day.

Bags over our heads: haha. Interesting. I didn't enjoy her type of music as much as I enjoyed watching everyone run around with bags on their heads. Overall, it was a pretty interesting, yet calming class session, and look forward to next week's agenda!

You Guys Are Bad...

... but really, not so much. Honestly, even though I was not in class on the 2nd, I found it rather amusing what you did to the room. To be honest, I do not think any sort of apology is necessary in this situation. A simple explanation would probably suffice, and if anyone still had a sore taste in their mouth, you could probably sit them down and figure out what is truly bugging them. Chances are, it is not this situation that makes people upset; it is the happenings of their life plus the unexpected nature of the classroom that would agitate them. I hardly doubt anyone would truly be upset, but I suppose there is always someone that could be upset by this situation. Once again, this is probably a rare case, but I will do my best to diffuse the situation.

Ultimately, a simple confrontation with those that are upset would suffice. Explain the situation and truly, and humbly, ask them to explain their anger and apologize if it had any sort of physical or mental implications. After all, I suppose some of those chairs could have hurt someone. (Chuckle).

I do not think any sort of gift or offering is needed in this situation. I do not think inviting them in to our class would really make them happy. After all, most of the classmates either have class before ours or are wanting their free time to do their own thing. What I do think we can do, to show respect, is make the room as comfortable as possible for them this week around. We could sweep the floors, put an e-fire on the screen, and possibly make everything as orderly as possible. This way, those that were upset (probably OCD persons) can feel comfortable in this new environment.

In contrary to my above comments, I do think it is disrespectful and ultimately destructive to leave others with a bad feeling. I think it is everyone's responsibility to leave each and every individual feeling as great as possible simply because you never realize the repercussions of your actions. Who knows what a person will do if left with a feeling of anger or angst. In this situation, I think very few people would be that upset, but those that are should be understood and apologized to. We all live on this earth together; we might as well make it as pleasant as possible.

The one question Beth asked that intrigued me the most was "How responsible are we for other's actions?" I do not think we are at all responsible for what others do unless that action was the result of something you stimulated within that person through one of your actions. In that case, I think each individual should take sole responsibility for what has been done and do what is necessary to make the situation proper. Anarchy, despite popular belief, is not the most productive thing for our well-being; and anarchy is definitely the result of not giving two shits about your own actions and the repercussions of such.

So Weak and Senseless...

Interesting assignment. Our class was told to take a sense away for three consecutive hours and document it. What can I say about this? It's amazing how much we take our senses for granted.

I decided to take away my hearing. To do this, I simply bought some ear plugs and turned the volume down on things that I knew would sneak through (i.e. loud TV, computer, etc.) I am not going to lie; I am truly a weak person when it comes to losing my hearing. I basically spent the three hours hanging out in my apartment, as any sort of social interaction would be somewhat embarrassing and ultimately horrifying. During this time, I mostly worked on some ZBrush and Photoshop work while maintaining some small social interaction with my brother.

I noticed during my first hour I would incessantly hear a dim buzzing that I focused on a lot during this time period. After the first hour, I think my mind decided to not focus on this sound as much and simply settle for finding other things to tune to. We can trick our mind, but only to a point. The buzzing sound was only muffled over the next two hours. I noticed that I became very impatient during my hearing loss episode. I think I took around two or three showers during this time simply to get my mind off of the boring atmosphere.

Near the end of the time, I almost felt a bit calmer about the experience, but in reality, I simply wanted to get my hearing back. While I was without hearing, I noticed I spent a lot more time pondering things. One thing I began to think about was society's dependency on constant entertainment or engagement. Although I still had visual contact with my surroundings, I was not able to settle on this fact. I wanted more; a feeding frenzy that would engulf the media of the internet. As soon as I removed the ear plugs, I went to youtube, break, and spikedhumor to get my mind off of the dull experience I just had.

In reality, I suppose this time "to myself" gave me more time to think about life and its properties than always engage myself in things to "fill my life." After all, life is meant to fill you; or at least I've been told that.

My Made Up Sense - WTF Sense

I really think everyone should have this sense. Basically, if something or someone is agitating you, this sense kicks in, honing in on the target and ultimately giving you a breakdown on what the problem is. Because of this, reaction time for beating someone's ass or getting a date would be doubled or tripled. Ever had some douche bag annoy you to ultimate agitation. The WTF sense would be perfect for you. That douche's agenda would be so much clearer with this sense, and in response, you can use the rest of your abilities that much quicker. Kick his ass? Check.

Ultimately this sense is an evolution of our brain in which the organ can no longer tolerate society's "WTF" moments. Because we live on self preservation and inner peace, we need to be able to handle these moments with the most efficient means possible. No longer are reactive thought or intelligence needed! Simply use your "WTF" sense and take care of all the bullshit in your life!

Okay, so it sounds like an advertisement, but I somehow see this sense as being something that everyone would enjoy. We would be so much more content in annoying situations, and we would have no sympathy toward our actions in such situations as we truly analyzed and diagnosed any problems we had. I enjoy my "WTF sense." Shouldn't you?

So many damned questions.....

1. What if gates, excluding prisons, generally kept people in, not out?
2. What if the sky was beneath us?
3. What if you dictated society?
4. What if Beth shaved her head entirely?
5. What if PCs loaded information onto CDs?
6. What if the general populace taxed the government?
7. What if I didn’t want to write these fifty “what if” questions?
8. What if we aged in reverse?
9. What if dancing was the standard of walking?
10. What if the universe was our homestead, rather than the earth?
11. What if they earth contained the universe?
12. What if men had vaginas, and vice versa?
13. What if matter faded into nothing over time, rather than matter being created out of nothing?
14. What if dogs owned humans?
15. What if class came to the student?
16. What if humans never took showers?
17. What if we excreted our waste through our mouth?
18. What if “shit smell” was the new “D&G cologne”?
19. What if time was parallel, not linear?
20. What if the average life expectancy was 10?
21. What if humans aged in dog years?
22. What if cats ruled the world?
23. What if we drank our own pee as a standard of good health?
24. What if we had no nervous system?
25. What if a dollar bill was thrown off the Eiffel Tower?
26. What if love did not exist?
27. What if humans lived eternally in physical form?
28. What if weapons of mass destruction did not exist?
29. What if everyone had no hair on their bodies?
30. What if computers fed off of human brains?
31. What if wingdings were the standard font?
32. What if Hillary Clinton was president?
33. What if turtles pooped out golden eggs?
34. What if the sun revolved around the Earth?
35. What if Mavis Beacon was my mistress?
36. What if paper media no longer existed?
37. What if humans produced oxygen, and trees produced Carbon Dioxide?
38. What if smoking was healthy?
39. What if happiness was bought?
40. What if McDonald’s made you skinny?
41. What if all good things never came to an end?
42. What if Einstein was a stripper?
43. What if the apple that fell on Newton’s head killed him?
44. What if Hitler’s plan of “purification” succeeded?
45. What if hip hop truly made you hop by mechanics of bass?
46. What if Corey’s first idea was completed in the middle of Indianapolis?
47. What if Nick’s egg picture contained a globe inside of the alligator’s mouth?
48. What if Angelica’s egg wrote words in her, instead of the opposite?
49. What if Eric’s poem was a true story?
50. What if Bradley juggled five eggs instead of two?

Class on Jan 26th

What can I honestly say about our second class session? I suppose the best way to describe that class is to simply say that I'm amazed. I'm amazed at the way in which a group, when confronted with no boundaries, can become completely flabbergasted by possibilities. The round shape assignment was simple enough, yet, so complex. Everything can be put into a round context if you really want it to be. A monitor can be round if you talk about it's possibilities to relay information. A square can be round if given enough enlightenment (my joke for the day). We all live in a world of defined shapes; however, I suppose the key to progressive advance is to simply look at each individual shape we are presented with and pushing it's boundaries to what it could be.

The next time you see a square and have to figure out it's length and width, you should tell your professor you'd be more interested in learning the circumference; see what he/she says.

Le'go My Eggggggg, yo!

Interesting assignment Beth; very interesting. I left the egg in my refrigerator for the first week, not sure what exactly to do with it. Because this assignment was so open ended, I kind of got lost in all the wonderful ideas revolving around our wonderful egg. Well, turns out eggs can be assholes. Friday, right before work, I pondered, "Hell, I will try a raw egg for once!" What a bad idea. About two hours into work, my stomach started churning. Let me just say that the egg did not agree with me all day. Granted, it could have been the Taco Bell from the night before. However, I think it could be a mixture of both.

From this assignment I have learned to keep my creativity, well, creative. Eating a raw egg is not unique, creative, or recommended. I should have stuck with my original idea of "Photoshopping" my egg into the many wonderful places of the world! At least that way I would feel great lying about my "world-traveling" egg instead of spending a whole day practically losing my insides.

Jan 12th Class Meeting - The Alpha to My Omega.

So; as expected, Beth's class is going to be some sort of exploration into the right brain, destroying brain cells as we zoom past the cosmos of our mind. Not really.. ha ha. In all seriousness, this class has my interest simply because of Beth's ability to think outside of the box. In the process, I think she'll do a great job at getting people out of their comfort level. Spontaneity is one of those concepts that seems to fade with time. With responsibility and technology, our society beckons us to follow a strict regimen of activity to keep it alive. However, without the creative mindset of those that fight repetition, I suppose there would be no "flavor" to our world. Give "flavor" whatever definition pleases you the most.

Round things; an interesting topic, and one that has me paranoid of my surroundings. It was hilarious; I was driving home from class last night, and I was literally scouring my 360 degree environment for round objects; tires, lanterns, signs, streets, etc. Hell, I suppose my head movement was the culmination of my round item search; after all, it was continuously making circular movements searching my world for oblong and extraordinary round shapes.

More to come...