Mermaid

This is just something that totally caught my attention. I love the angle.

powerpoint

some screen shots from my old family history powerpoint.
this was my favorite class project. It gave me the chance to learn a lot more about my parents' lives and their childhoods.

fear

Everything we do is inspired by fear. why do we go to school? When we first start out it is because we are told to. But what about college. We fear that if we do not go to college, then we will be poor and have no jobs. Why to we follow our religions? We fear going to hell. Why do we not steal that sexy dress on the rack? We fear getting caught. We need to release ourselves from fear and live our lives in freedom. President Roosevelt once said that the only thing we need to fear is fear itself. But what if we fear fear itself. Doesn't that mean we still fear. Therefore fear is inescapable. In that case, we should fear everything EXCEPT fear. That way we can fear what we know and understand. This is a lot better than fearing what we do not know.

Saturdays show

Just a few pictures i took before and after hamlet.

The Tank

Obviously the camera on my Blackberry isn't that good, but the point of this picture is to show what we our class saw at the Tank this weekend. I really liked the Hamlet play at the beginning. The characters really seemed to be passionate about the roles that they were playing. As the actors were performing, our Sketch-up designs were showing on the screen in the background. People in the audience got to control the Sketch-up designs if they had a smartphone. I thought that was a cool concept. I feel like that is where the world is going, in more of an interactive direction. People no longer want to sit and watch a play. They want to actively participate in the play. So I think it was cool that the performance at the Tank let the audience participate in the show.

FINALLY!!!

Wow, after tedious hours of work I have finally gotten my VJ program to work. Basically everyone with an IOS or Android device should have the ability to control my VJ program with little effort. This program has a basic crossfader, volume control of each video, a rotary dial for each that cycles through 10 different effects, a rotary dial for each that controls the intensity of the effect, a rotary dial for each to control the playback speed of the video, a toggle button for each that plays the video, and 2 buttons for each that cycles through videos. The big downside to this is how much of a CPU eater it is. Even my desktop's processor can't handle it perfectly, so I'm really hoping it will be presentable on his laptop. I will be demonstrating this in class today (ugh, been up too long), assuming I'm not passed out. Well, time to sleep... It's 6AM!!!

Vegas

I love Vegas, and I miss Vegas a lot because before I transferred to this college, I was in Vegas for a year and half. I was really had a good time in there. Sometime people ask me about if there is a college in Vegas. Yes, there it is. I had a lot of good memories with my lovely friends. We could go to somewhere we want to go any time, even late night. There is 24 hour Starbucks, of course bar, pub and so on. I missed there so a lot, so I went to Vegas during the break after we started this semester. I went to there for celebrating my best friend’s birthday. We hold a big party for her, and enjoyed so much. I always miss there, and it will be the best city in my life.

Now That's Just Outright Cool.

Here's a bit of useless (when have my posts ever been worthwhile, anyway?) but fun news! Did you know that if you go to Google Translate, set the language from German to German, and then enter some "codes" found here, it'll repeat as some beats. Honestly way, way, way more useful than anything else Google Translate can do, if you ask me. Now without further ado, get your shining musical career rollin'!

Hip hop hoopla

The blur between the real and the fake has been a controversy for some time now. Are we to set a certain standard for what type of movies, or recordings are produced? Assuming no controls involved with hustling crack, the media might be able to get away with presenting a lavish image of the crack dealer. Fortunately, first hand reporters have been presenting figures for the public to gain a better understanding of what’s happening in their cities, in their neighborhoods, on their streets. The curtain of insanity can finally be unveiled, so long as you aren’t completely fooled