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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGTWmrnPdgk

The vulture scene from the Jungle book begins with a slow zoom in, showing the whole swamp, which is monochrome and seemingly dead. This is coupled with a very dull and drab  sounding bass being the only noise, until the fourth vulture arrives and the dialogue begins. "What we gonna do?" is the biggest question of the day for these four various looking vultures, and is repeated to add  a comedic effect. Even a dark joke about dead things, which should be important to vultures fails to break the monotonous  repetition because one of them even lacks the ability to show any joy at the joke, simply stating "Very funny"  returning  the others to their repeated attempts to find something to do. These vultures forge a sense of bored guys hanging around, not even wanting to do anything, merely asking simply because they should.





http://nonamewithinthestone.blogspot.com/2012/02/spring-mary-oliver.html

This poem is all about happiness. It is all happy words thrown together and then published. The word "la" is used 165 times. "La la la la la la" is focused on because it helps to give the poem a strong sense of joy. The mass use of repetition is used to instill an extreme sense of ditzy happiness. "Yeah, yeah, yeah" ends the poem with a strong feeling of finality, almost as if the author had said all this in one breath and wanted to show they were finished.

Exercise #3

War
Started with an intro, lots of detail in the body paragraphs, tried to give feel of the books emotions, very nice conclusion.

Zombies vs. Unicorns
Very similar in the overall design.

Reading space stuff

Started the first book of the series. Yet to get my library card.

Anthology: Theme Statement

Repetition is what I will use for my anthology project.

Exercise 2

2 "Cruddy time on a cruddy street" paints a gloomy even crusty town.

1 She informs the reader that she lives “in the cruddiest part of a cruddled-out town in a cruddy state.”

5 The " cruddy time on a crudddy street on the side of a cruddy hill in the cruddiest part of a crudded-out town in a cruddy state, country, world, solar system, universe." 

Ya gotta have Goals

I plan to read all 12 of the Honor Harrington books by David Weber.
Also, to not use spark notes in any book for the rest of the year.
Renew Library card.

I know I'm behind

So even though I have yet to complete this weeks submission, I have found two of my colleagues who have stayed on top of the work.

Realism is Real's post on clouds is very good in my opinion, "Let’s say Johnny is grounded. No video games, no TV, no nothing. Johnny walks outside on a cloudy day, and he realizes that he’s looking at the very face of a white knight on a white horse, lancing a white alligator." Anecdotes like this make it a feel well written.




Books and Stuff's post referring to asylum pictures caught my attention and was rather worth the time to read and view the linked pictures. the quote "we see grand, impressive exteriors and crumbling interior" sums up what I saw in the pictures rather well.

reading is new

I stopped the Deaths head and just finished the 300 page novel "Outbreak" by Robin Cook. It was about a doctor tracing several outbreaks of Ebola. The course of the book goes over the entirety of the nation, from San Deigo to New York City. I found that it held my attention that it seemed to be completed soon after the start, but it lasted several days of my reading time. It takes place sometime in the 1980's, but the exact date is never truly set, merely that it is post 1976 and during Ronald Regan's presidency. The tension the story builds and drama by switching between the main character and her pursuers. The ending plot twist caught me by surprise and  it ends on a good note.

Reading is hard

I have yet to break the 400 page mark on Death's head, and its getting tedious. It has barely gotten to the actions the SS took during the war. It has been very in depth and insightful, but I'm coming close to giving up on it. Normally, when I fall asleep while reading, its time for a new book, and that happened over this week. I probably going to skip lunch and find a new book in the library.

short list earthquake

The earthquake drill is useless, but why is it useless?

I watch quite a bit of TV, examining a favorite episode of mine would work.

Favorite quest in one of the Elder Scrolls game

Halo 3 analyze

Have you ever spent 36 hours of your life sitting in a chair talking with four people, two of which were in a different country, playing a single video game level just because it is challenging you to beat it, and by god, you were going to keep at it until the bitter end? Most people that would be asked that question would respond one of two ways, either they would agree and laugh, or stare uncertainly at you much like one would a mental patient who has yet to be told they are out of the asylum. The culture of video gamers is a diverse and confusing one, but looking into it, it is hard not to be entertained. The group of people who still play the game Halo 3 are among the strangest that the gaming world can offer. The game itself spans nine levels and involves plot twists more akin to a sci-fi thriller than a video game. Which level is the most fun?

Many of the avid fans would agree that among the best levels of the entire franchise is the Covenant, which is the seventh level of the game. The diverse environments, encounters, and enemies on this level give it a truly epic feeling of leading a charge against the series antagonist. The level starts with a short cut-scene, in which the other group attacking with you getting blown out of the sky, instilling a you-versus-the world feeling. The overpowered one hit kill weapon you start with adds to this, unkillable persona allowing you to destroy the superior force of aliens, even on the higher difficulties, in which all of the AI units helping you will inevitably die. After exploding the armored anti air tank, AAA Wraith, the commander drops off light vehicles which allow you to continue the fight toward your objective, one of three towers supporting a shield protecting the villain of the game, known as the Prophet of Truth, which lays inland. After a quick sprint to the building, the battle resumes. The gray monochromes of the interior of the tower exude a bland, futuristic dead society, offset by the bright strange skins and armor of the enemies.

After overcoming the first tower’s denizens, heading back to the coast, the radio crackles and reveals that the attack on the third tower failed, and you must escort an aerial assault on it. The combat switches from first open field combat on foot, to interior fighting, and now aerial fighting. This is the second stage of the level. After the flying circus antics, the assault on the third tower begins in earnest. In a plot twist worthy of Shyamalan, an intergalactic parasite hell bent on destroying life attacks both you and the aliens you are fighting after clearing the tower and exposing the Prophet. This leads to the third stage of the level, a vehicular crusade in jeeps, atvs, and tanks. The culmination is the epic fight between you and two 60 feet tall nigh indestructible tanks known as Scarabs, and you have to pick your poison: kill them tanks, aircraft, or fire? The entire force of humans and your current alien allies, led by you, battling for the fate of the Galaxy from the prophet, trying to activate an ancient super weapon instills a remarkable feeling of heroism in anyone playing the level. Enter the sanctum of the antagonist, the parasite then approaches you with a truce, because the prophet succeeded in gaining the super weapon. The level ends with two gauntlets, one with the aid of the all-consuming parasite, one fighting for your life against it after the prophet had been killed in a cutscene. The use cinematic like images invokes a truly amazing scale and sense.

This smells interesting...

The games people play: I have fallen into the trap that is the video game of Skyrim. It has completely absorbed all of my free time, and there is such a massive amount of content to examine and observe. From the snow-capped mountains, to the frozen ocean in the north, to the lush lowlands of the south and all of the dungeons, the entire landscape is incredibly well designed and the game, along with all of the quest lines, is wonderfully executed.

Compare and contrast: My car, a 97 Blazer, is a hunk of junk. I recently had to rebuild the steering column; parts of the dashboard are hot glued into place, exposed wires explain the lack of sound from the back set of stereos, and the front right tire is actually my spare tire, because the original front right tire has no treads left, and I decided to swap them.  My friend, Mormon, parks next to me in the sophomore lot, and he is in a similar boat. The ceiling is falling, and he has some slight electrical problems. Comparing the two cars would be compelling and interesting.

Compare and contrast: There are many sites on the internet which belong to the chan family. From 4chan to 5chan, chan-chan, ponychan, and other board sites all have distinct factions, inside jokes, mods, admins, and codes. Taking a comprehensive look at these, it would be a trip to examine how they came to fragment like they did into as many different sites as there currently are.

Nummer Eins für Freitag

Looking at the blogs on the No White stone page, the two that stand out to me are http://realismisreal.blogspot.com/ which seems to be laid back and relaxed, almost conversation like with the usage of non IRL text.


http://wwwdancersmindblogspotcom.blogspot.com/  is very well organized and clear, where some of the blogs, mine included, are hard to read and should be changed slightly to allow easier access and usage.

Blogs on ....  has a very interesting claim for the dead poets society post and has a very good use of details and specifics.


After I get through the Thieves Guild quest line  on Oblivion tonight, I need to change my settings around.

The order of the Deaths Head 104-168

Well, changed my truck's tire last night, and this morning there was frost inside. That was an interesting drive. I have gotten through 1935 and the SS has totally seized power within the party. It has fully outlined the SA fall and the core of the ideology and ideas of the highest members of the SS. it is just now starting to introduce the SD, which was the police of the party.

Dead Poets society

The intro to the Dead Poets Society is in a quiet, stifled, church like, which fosters a very traditional and ceremonial feeling. The stone walls and candles as opposed to conventional electric lighting gives the induction ceremony a liturgical feel.  The homily that the headmaster gives is not normally seen in an opening day introduction. He is also shaking hands as people exit, very similar to a religious event, and the music is also nonexistent until the bagpipes and organs. The camera movement is sudden and jerky, which seems to convey an idea of nervousness. The lighting, camera movements, and attire of the attendees suggests a religious feeling.

Reading post one

I'm on page 105 of the order of deaths heads and it is detailed and heavily cited. each chapter has 100+ citations and sources. The book follows the nazi and ss rise to power from the end of WW1 to the end of WW2. So far I'm at the year 1934. The detail it goes into describing the people places and situations is incredible. Its nonfiction so its kinda hard to describe characters, but its talking about Hitler, Himmler, Rohm, and others of their ilk. It ranges all over Germany  and Austria, so I guess thats setting. It explained the postwar feeling, the rise of the SA, the failed beerhall putsch, rebuilding period, the seizure of power, and the elimination of the SA, which I'm currently on.

Claim/Duo

The elements that I witnessed in the upstate NY house were the walls, lighting, surrounding landscape, furniture, and technology level of the appliances. The walls were wood, but I can't tell what type or the stain, if any, that was used, although it looks aged to me, yet some rooms were almost hospital white. The lighting is heavily dependent on natural light in the pictures, but this may not be the case all the time. The house itself is surrounded by a garden close by, and a woods farther out. The furniture seems to change room to room, as one has a almost post-modern table and chair set in a white, almost sterile room, while another room had a formal appearing dinning table with wood walls, striking me as much more down to earth. In the same room, they have what on first perception seems to be a flat screen HD TV, with a wood burning stove next to it. The house mixes modern and classic overtones seen in the varying wall designs, furniture, and technology level, but there is a permeation of a rustic and artistic feel to the house because of the illustration the natural light and surrounding area provide.

Literacy Narrative

I was introduced to reading by my Mom by her reading out loud while my older brother was at school. She helped me work through everything from picture books to comprehensive historical essays. By the time I entered grade school, the trips to the library at school were always kind of weird. I was reading near middle school level by second grade, wrote my book reports on unabridged copies of novels like 20000 Leagues Under the Sea and Animal Farm, and read any chance I could get, sometimes to the ire of my teachers. I never really read very much at home because most of my free time was spent playing and messing around with my brother. While we normally did not talk about school work or learning, we were very competitive. This lead to an interesting contest on a road trip. He had a reading list for the summer and I was bored. So my mom made me a similar book list and challenged us to be the first one done. He was reading lower high school level books, and I was reading upper middle school  level books. He was on the last chapter of 1984 while I had just finished Das Boot. I was then able to gloat about it to him for the rest of the summer. I mostly read now to pass time during online games in between matches on Halo 3. I have recently started heavily reading fan fictions about My Little Pony: Friendship is magic. I plan on trying to achieve a history major and I also now have started heavily reading historical essays and research documents. I truly loathe Shakespeare.