Life of Games (Part 1)

During class, Professor Baldwin had us all watch a movie called "House of Games".
According to imdb.com, "House of Games" is about a psychiatrist who comes to the aid of an impulsive gambler, but finds herself getting pulled into a game. A game that seems to be about studying a con man, but ends up being all about her.

She meets this con man who swirls her around in circles, seeming to be showing her reality of the con man. He even tells her straight up that he is a con man and that is all she will find in him. But she is enticed even more because of this fact. Soon, he has her following him around, getting her into different situations where she seems to be getting closer with him.

Then he pulls the "I need to get away from you to protect you" stunt. Oh, how she was fooled.
But is it the con man's fault or the psychiatrist's fault that she was fooled?

Professor Baldwin asked us, "Who is the real con man here?"
For the people who only see the obvious would say the con man is the con man.
But if you look at it in a different way, the psychiatrist is the con man in the movie.
She claims to be a psychiatrist that can solve other people's problems but cannot meet the demands of her patients.
On the other hand, the con man tells her straight up that he is a con man, and what he does is conning people. What he said and what he did matched with each other, while her words and actions were on completely different levels.

In the end, the "bad guy" is the psychiatrist, promising her clients something that she will never be able to deliver.

grandma burns it down

We have a few traditions in our family, but we have one tradition that really stands out that is much different from everyone elses family. My grandmother enjoys inviting the fire department over to the house, but not for a beer or a cup of tea, but because she tries to burn her house down at least twice a year.

Today she did it again. She put her famous chicken soup on the stove, turned it on to warm it up, and took a nap. This caused the chicken soup to boil out, and cooked the pot with nothing in it. I went into the house, smelt how wonderful it was, and was unfazed on what happened. The only problem is, my shirt now smells like a burn't pot, and it is a very unattractive smell.

As much as I love my grandma, she is getting old and senile, but I know that she has many years ahead of her that will allow her to continue to burn down the house!

VUDU

I wrote about Netflix on my blog after professor showed us Onibaba. Netflix is a great online streaming provider with thousands of movies available. I have used it many times because its only 10 bucks a month with unlimited watching plan. In this blog, I want to introduce Vudu. My LG LED TV has Netflix and Vudu applications. I never used Vudu before because its 5.99 per movie for 24 hours rent. But I want to post these photo because its quality is beyond my expectation. Streaming 1080p resolution at 24 frames per second, its quality is way better than Netflix. I used to rent Blueray from blockbuster but not anymore. Its quality is just blown me away. Vudu doesn't have as many titles as Netflix. Also, there is another steaming service called Hulu, which my TV doesn't have it. There are just so many streaming services that I am considering to disconnect my cable TV. The quality of this movie is way way better than these picture. I hope Vudu will provide 3D movies as well.

ideas

I didn’t have ideas in class today because my mind is not where it needs to be right now. But I was thinking about doing the story of Hamlet from a different POV. I heard in class another group already talk about doing something like that so then I began to think about having an alternative view on the story of Hamlet completely. For example, the story could be retold in a comical or animated POV, with added elements of humor. One specific example I was thinking about was the final battle scene Where Hamlet kills Claudius and then himself. That scene could be made into an animation short movie within the game with some added humor to it (because death is a serious thing). I feel the story can be understood better if it’s told in a humorous or satirical way.-J. Ramsey

MOMA

In class the other day Professor Baldwin was showing us a bunch of pictures he took at the MOMA. A lot of people in class didnt understand how certain things were called art, including me, but it is crazy what makes it into a museum. It looks like normal lamps, chairs and bikes but somehow it is created into a masterpiece. To have your work accepted into a museum is a big deal. I was especially intrigued by the actual people who were there for entertainment. two people sit in a chair and just stare at each other and other people will walk around or stand there watching them look at each other. Or there is someone who sits at a desk and you can tell them one word and they will make it into a picture for free. i think that is a really cool feature i would definitely get a bunch of drawings made. I feel like this museum is more than just art, it is really interesting and has objects and pictures and even people that are intriguing for other people to look at and experience

This is what i do when im bored n running out of ideas