Again

Now I'm in Artd250, or Digital Arts 1. This is my first project, I had to remove all the text from a photograph of a store front. This is it:

Ninja + Computer Virus = Zombies

I made a video for digital arts....here it is:

who knew

lately I've been intrigued by weird things:

1. The U.S. Military and it's respective companies, specifically the rankings and becoming a high ranking official. For example, did you know that the highest positions of the different military companies are as follows:

• Air Force --- CMSAF Chief Master Sergeant (of the Air Force)
  
• Army --- SMA Sergeant Major (of the Army)
  
• Marine Corps --- SrgtMajMarCor [they must be too badass to simplify to just letters] Sergeant Major (of the Marine Corps) ... also, the current one looks like Scott's boss...
  
• Navy --- MCPON Master Chief Petty Officer (of the Navy)
  
• Coast Guard --- MCPOCG Master Chief Petty Officer (of the Coast Guard)

So this got me thinking to how cool it would be to be the most elite member of each branch. Also, it'd be cool to be a Navy SEAL because they are badass. Unfortunately I'd probably fail every one of their tests.
conclusion: The military is pretty badass.

2. Biology Illustrations like that of Mr. Ernst Haeckel. (What a cool looking dude right?)



Somehow this guy drew up some absolutely amazing illustrations of all sorts of creatures. Unfortunately it seems like some of his illustrations were made up and on top of that he was pretty racist, they (wikipedia.org) even say he influenced the Nazis a bit. But they also say he made some pretty big scientific discoveries and created lots of science terms like phylum. Most of all though he was a gifted artist; I only wish I had the skills he had.
Conclusion: Ernst Haeckel was/is pretty badass

3. Bats and Birds. Studying the impacts on these two from wind turbines is pretty interesting; more so however, is the animals themselves. They look cool, they are tiny, and they have freaking wings. Normally I get creeped out by bats, but I've looked at some pictures and think they're pretty cool. I'm sure if I saw one in real life I'd revert back to my disgust, but maybe not.
Conclusion: Birds and Bats are pretty badass

That's it for now. I've got work to do.

2.22.07

I'm taking a break from my studies to write this guy. The studies I speak of are actually a paper I'm writing for J202-Information Gathering. At first I thought it was dumb that everyone called it info hell, but now I may be getting it. It's not that it's terribly difficult, it could be incredibly simple if you know what you're doing, it's more that no one told us what to do. Our professor pretends to be a kind mother-type figure who will "guide" us through the class, but in actuality she gives us a deadline and tells us to get to it. When students have questions she either scowls at them and doesn't reply, or she gives an i'm-unbelievabley-impressed-with-myself-right-now look and then follows it with "What do you think?"
Well, the thing is teach, I have no clue. If I did I wouldn't be asking you; if I did this paper would have been done weeks ago.
I would really like to see her write a 100 page research paper with as little information on how to do it as we have.

With that said, I'm pretty happy with my current situation. Life is good, school is good, and my health is intact. We’re approaching the end of week seven of ten + finals, which means we’re close. After this term it’s a week at home for as much pointless, self-satisfying, instant gratification as possible. Then it’s ten more weeks of equally time consuming classes and then summer. That will signify the completion of my second year of college -nearly my third in credits. After about a month of summer I’ll be heading down to Australia- if all goes well. I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t be accepted; my grades are good and I’m emotionally stable so the chances are good.

I feel completely detached from my past. It’s almost as if high school didn’t happen, it feels so long ago. I haven’t seen or talked to any of my old friends from high school, save the few I see on campus and Jeff and Anneliese. Some of the time I care, I’d partly like to see them and say hi, but mostly I don’t have the will to put forth the effort. It feels weird. Right now I’m focused on my school and getting done as early as I can, and it’s working for me. Back to work.

Kids Food

The other day I ordered two kids meals without intending to. They were my lunch and dinner and they tasted good. I guess I was in a mood.

Out with the old and in with the new

There are going to be a lot of changes in the near future and I am going to be a lot busier than most. To begin with I'm taking a substantial load of five classes this term (including Info Gathering, and Grammar). So look forward to a hopefully more mature and grammatically correct writing style. In addition to that, I will be applying to the Australia study abroad program for this coming fall term. Not to mention over the break I became fired up about alternative energy and now wish to take it upon myself to become an expert in the field and a possible lobbyist, but mostly just knowledgeable enough to shove it down everyone’s throats and work towards a change. My only hope is that these won't be the fads of last month and that I'll keep up with my work and goals (and correspondence).
Until next time; i'll be researching and writing away.

A few of the renewable energy sources available.

This stuff is a good idea. I'm excited to learn a lot about it and to grasp the knowledge well enough to share it with everyone. The environment is important. Notice "the" not "our," because we don't own it, and thats half of the problem we have right now: stop acting like you own it.

check it out

This one is going to be short because I don't have much to say. However, I do think each and every one of you should read this thing:

http://blogs.bootsnall.com/SteveFnbrg/

I would love to travel around the world. The thing is I need to earn some major bling before I do that. So for now I'll work on saving money, then in the summer I'll try and make a whole bunch. With luck I'll be ready for a trip when I graduate, a really really long world-wide trip.

Also, if you haven't been to youtube lately, go there, watch some stuff, and let me know what you've come up with. I am especially fond of some of these shorts and how creative people are. It's very cool.