True Meaning of Memorial Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0T4pVHP28&feature=related
Proud to be An American -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs_6YEs2AqU&feature=related
WW2 Veterans Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6StZXsKp8
Veterans Supporting Iraq Mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFZMr11faN0
If I die Before you Wake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkkzNa2nlZI&feature=related
21 gun salute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvzHsoCXEkY&feature=related
My show
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Field trip!~
For this blog, you should report-out your experience at the New York Performing Arts Library. What was hot? What not? Your blog may take the form of a narrative or it may be topical.
A day at the Lincoln Library
It started off with me meeting Jessie,Omar, Daneil and Sabrina and the 33rd street station and we ran into Chris somewhere along the way. We had trouble finding it at first but once i caught glance of the building with the huge CNN sign above it i knew where to go. We met up and had a group picture which was pretty cool, i made a joke to Jason about not doing a pre-maintnance inspection but he wasnt familiar with it so that was awkward lol. After waiting around a while for Justine and Dawshawn to show up my group went in. We checked out the Computers upstairs first.. Im not gonna lie i get bored easily so after a brief skim over what i could find on the web I went over to the book section. Reading books is not something i like to do but after looking over at the titles i my curiousity was sparked and i ran around looking for interesting topics I could use for my final but I didnt find something I could quite tie in well so I ended up looking at what i found interesting in general. I found some books on politics in the media and random stuff that i found of interest. Unfortunately i didnt borrow any books cuz i owe a book to the Nyc public library system since i was like 10... lol.. i have no idea where its at anyway. Our group split up for a bit and i looked at the dvd section and read a book briefly at a area in the library specifically for it.
A day at the Lincoln Library
It started off with me meeting Jessie,Omar, Daneil and Sabrina and the 33rd street station and we ran into Chris somewhere along the way. We had trouble finding it at first but once i caught glance of the building with the huge CNN sign above it i knew where to go. We met up and had a group picture which was pretty cool, i made a joke to Jason about not doing a pre-maintnance inspection but he wasnt familiar with it so that was awkward lol. After waiting around a while for Justine and Dawshawn to show up my group went in. We checked out the Computers upstairs first.. Im not gonna lie i get bored easily so after a brief skim over what i could find on the web I went over to the book section. Reading books is not something i like to do but after looking over at the titles i my curiousity was sparked and i ran around looking for interesting topics I could use for my final but I didnt find something I could quite tie in well so I ended up looking at what i found interesting in general. I found some books on politics in the media and random stuff that i found of interest. Unfortunately i didnt borrow any books cuz i owe a book to the Nyc public library system since i was like 10... lol.. i have no idea where its at anyway. Our group split up for a bit and i looked at the dvd section and read a book briefly at a area in the library specifically for it.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Research
For my Final project for Eng101 and Mass Media class I am going with the topic of race in the media. More specifically though I will be focusing on the portrayl of minorities in film and the stereotypical representations of them. I will mention the polarization and degree of tokenism in films. Sometimes though I will find that a show will add charecters of minority groups to create this tokenism. I find that sometimes shows or films are just best left alone and to make something politically correct is insulting to my intelligence. I dont really care of if there is a Hispanic or Black charecter what I care about is how they are portrayed if they are in the film. I will also try to incorperate movies like "Blood in Blood Out" and "American History X" in my final. This may bring a twist into what im trying to create so my final is still subject to minor changes but I will not veer off the topic of race.
What I found interesting about "Blood in Blood out" is this sense of brotherhood or "Raza" that the main charecter "Miklo" was yearning for and found while imprisoned. Miklo was a white Mexican ironically and experienced racism from his own countrymen because of his skin tone. Racism is a two way street and sometimes we are caught in the middle of it.
Then you Have "American History X" where the Main charecter Derek is converted into a Neo Nazi after the death of his father at the hands of a black man whom was within a burning house. Derek resents anyone who is not White Protestant and is manipulated and brainwashed by a Neo Nazi named Cameron Alexander who publishes racist progranda and uses Derek to achieve what he could not. Derek lands in jail after a very graphic incident with blacks trying to rob his home. In Prison he learns that racism is just this false fantasy that preachers of hate really dont believe their own sermons. He is ironically saved by a black and his mission is to destroy that which he created in the outside world and to save his brother from going down the same path.
Im also reading Pedagoy of the Opressed so i am still missing the glue to put my little puzzle together but I will present for Louie on the 8th of June so I will be working on it soon enough.
What I found interesting about "Blood in Blood out" is this sense of brotherhood or "Raza" that the main charecter "Miklo" was yearning for and found while imprisoned. Miklo was a white Mexican ironically and experienced racism from his own countrymen because of his skin tone. Racism is a two way street and sometimes we are caught in the middle of it.
Then you Have "American History X" where the Main charecter Derek is converted into a Neo Nazi after the death of his father at the hands of a black man whom was within a burning house. Derek resents anyone who is not White Protestant and is manipulated and brainwashed by a Neo Nazi named Cameron Alexander who publishes racist progranda and uses Derek to achieve what he could not. Derek lands in jail after a very graphic incident with blacks trying to rob his home. In Prison he learns that racism is just this false fantasy that preachers of hate really dont believe their own sermons. He is ironically saved by a black and his mission is to destroy that which he created in the outside world and to save his brother from going down the same path.
Im also reading Pedagoy of the Opressed so i am still missing the glue to put my little puzzle together but I will present for Louie on the 8th of June so I will be working on it soon enough.
UnCanny!
The Uncanny- that might explain this eary feeling that everything is some how already been seen somewhere else in your life by you. The feeling of dejavu that I seem to constantly experience... sometimes I cannot tell the difference between the past and the future.. its wierd because I can swear I am in the same exact circumstance and doing the same exact movements to the point where I will do something completely out of my norm to feel as if Im not a part of a program. Cell phones these days are so easy to you.. Its sad because even my father can use a pda phone.. something about the designs on technology that make it almost common sense to use. The Uncanny? im not sure.
Then we have the Shadows this big giant bag of trouble stored. The shadow is like these evil monster than we nurture as we hold on to experiences that cause us pain that we rather not deal with, or sometimes cant seem to cope with at the time. The shadow goes from being small and almost harmless to being this animal that just wants to devour those in its path once it is released. People suffer from pyscological disorders because they dont deal with these emotions and let the shadow be the shadow.
Then we have the Shadows this big giant bag of trouble stored. The shadow is like these evil monster than we nurture as we hold on to experiences that cause us pain that we rather not deal with, or sometimes cant seem to cope with at the time. The shadow goes from being small and almost harmless to being this animal that just wants to devour those in its path once it is released. People suffer from pyscological disorders because they dont deal with these emotions and let the shadow be the shadow.
Walkathon
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=295208&lis=0&kntae295208=6CA3222CB73A424D80DD5FEF79219DA4
A vision of Students Today
Today the average student is given a mediocre education at best. To be a successful individual one must struggle for every ounce of education one can get. I can relate with alot of what was mentioned in the video because I would know of professors who dont know students names and whose way of teaching seems irrelevant. Actually alot of it is irrelevant as far as the class im thinking of.. when will be the next time I will be discussing a compositional motif while debating in a court of law or in the medical field. Coming into Laguardia I went through an assembly line as far as the whole choosing my classes part of it. I was one of the lucky one's who got 2 out of 3 classes with good teachers. That third wheel is killing me though... I feel like at the end of the day I walk away with nothing. Im not complaining because im doing badly in the class... actually I way better than I expected but to me its all useless.. ask me 10 minutes after the test what the test was about and I will stare at you with a blank look. Its like filling up a bowl of water that has a hole... take the picture already so it appears full!!! Im taking another class apart from the cluster however and this class I very much enjoy along with the other two belonging to the cluster. So maybye im over complaining.. or mabye im not.. my education is not free.. I nearly lost Life and Limb for it... Literally!!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Simulation One
Simone was a creation of Hank, a genius who devoted the final days of his life to creating Simulation One. Hank spent so much time creating Simulation one that he actually developed a tumor in his eye that led to his death. Now before dieng however Hank visited Viktor Taransky's a famous directer who was down on his luck because no one seemed to want to work with him. He was abandoned by one of his favorite actresses even after his very desperate attempts to keep her.
Viktor takes Simulation one and transforms it into this phenomenon he renamed Simone. Now at first Simone starts off as a movie actress who can never been seen in public or to any other human for that matter other than via telecommunication. Her celebrity status explodes far greater than what Viktor could have imagined, to the point where she eclipses his name regardless of all the praises she gives him (or gives himself). Simone image is idolized so much that a public appearance is un-avoidable. The depiction of our society is that of gullable fools... they swallow the image of "Simone" to the point where it becomes more true than their own lives. Our society is one driven by the need for the next Idol. Soo sad... Maybe that explain that whole American Idol crap.
Viktor takes Simulation one and transforms it into this phenomenon he renamed Simone. Now at first Simone starts off as a movie actress who can never been seen in public or to any other human for that matter other than via telecommunication. Her celebrity status explodes far greater than what Viktor could have imagined, to the point where she eclipses his name regardless of all the praises she gives him (or gives himself). Simone image is idolized so much that a public appearance is un-avoidable. The depiction of our society is that of gullable fools... they swallow the image of "Simone" to the point where it becomes more true than their own lives. Our society is one driven by the need for the next Idol. Soo sad... Maybe that explain that whole American Idol crap.
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