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Final Test

18Dec09

So this may be my last post. It’s pretty clear to me now… I really don’t have what it takes to blog. But I’ll try to make this one a good one.

I wouldn’t say I chose my final project so much as it chose me. I’ve been helping my friends for some time with their lyrics, and they’ve been encouraging me to write my own. So for this project I decided to do my presentation in 32 bars. I failed… miserably.

For those who are interested, here they are.

Started in the BX,
So unforgettable.
playin dozens on the corner,
and becomeing trendsetters.
The hoods answer to disco,
As far as this go,
Jamaican club music greased them beats like crisco.
So they pulled the baseline,
dropped it with rhymes,
Some kid popped his shoulder
and they asked “one more time?
Artists with spraycans beat the streets,
so you can see
their genius with every wall you meet.
This hiphop, it was born in the NYC
and like kudzu down in Georgia, it spread so deadly.
G-funk in the west on round to the dirty south, check it out
Got that Mid-west flow like bullets from my mouth.
This movement rocked the world, it’s like a duty,
B-boys from Japan and France movin with beauty,
We can hit dominicana if you don’t approve B,
Just let the vibes of Reggaeton move your booty.

Not hard to have opinions on the state of gangsta rap,
here’s a fact, when it comes to play that game the deck is stacked.
It’s like 30 to one, they got guns, this ain’t bout fun.
They mean to make you take ya life back, without a refund.
Suits in black ties swarm like flies to shit
onto that gangsta spit
You know, it’s just incredible
almost inevitable, it took off just like a freight train.
record execs hypin it like a presidential campaign.
Insane – it’s street and they sure do flaunt it.
Some decry the death of hiphop when they don’t know jack about it.
Controvertial positions, sure as I mention
I think gangsta rap is needed just like a whole new dimension.
While hiphop has a history of hate in racial relations,
And on face or simple ignorance, some call it mental castration.
For those of presence of mind,
These lyrics represent lines,
Not to outward appearance, but inward significance held in these rhymes.

I’ll continue trying to perform, including going back to doing standup. I’ll also be starting b-boying next semester. No matter how hard I crashed and burned on this one, I still love hiphop more than anything.

Peace – Isham

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Another life

07Dec09

I think anyone who writes already experiences another life. It’s just way to easy to try and escape from your original life. So I’ve done this before. Whenever I write about small children having an adventure, or warriors fighting to the death, I am living out an entirely different life.

That being said, I’d be this guy!

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Class Response – The Alien

24Nov09

Ever felt like an alien in a foreign land? Walking into class on Monday, I certainly did.

Truthfully I hadn’t intended on going. I started my first day of work, and because of nerves I hadn’t slept the entire night. For reasons of my own, I simply didn’t feel like I would be comfortable that day, especially since everyone would be bringing food to share, and truthfully I have none of my own to do the same. However because the person giving me a ride decided to leave me at the building in which this class was taking place, I wandered up to class (in my own zombified sort of way) and found a movie playing.

Normally I’m a fan of Adam Sandler. Even though his more recent movies have been pretty blah, I think he’s a pretty funny guy. However after 36 hours of being awake not much is really funny, so I couldn’t find myself amused by the movie they were watching. Instead I felt I would do best to make my time more pleasant by lying down on the floor and going to sleep. Some stuff happened, someone broke their ipod, the class got pizza. I was there, but wasn’t a part of any of it. Nobody took notice of me, down on the floor. People who walked by me stepped around me, as if I weren’t even there. When the movie was over, I left. A single person had noticed I came in, and nobody noticed me leave. I was like an alien in a foreign land, never more welcome than the moment I left.

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Holiday Blues

23Nov09

June 1st – 31st: Culture Festival. America takes an opportunity to celebrate the differences in it’s cultures, as well as what makes us fundamentally American.

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50 What Ifs

09Nov09

Request: Ask 50 “what if” questions about myself.
Time frame: 2 weeks.
Initializing in 3… 2… 1…

GO!

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What if I stopped watching anime?
What if I kept my dog?
What if I’d never left my fiance?
What if I’d never come to college?
What if I’d actually gone to Europe?
What if I had joined a religious order?
What if my life was an Anime?
What if I was born in an ancient time?
What if I could observe an ancient time?
What if I had the opportunity to creat a film?
What if I translated ancient texts into scripts?
What if I had something better to do?
What if I played sports?
What if I were more physically active?
What if I’d never started smoking weed?
What if I hadn’t gained all this weight as a kid?
What if I were gay?
What if I am gay?
What if my life were a sitcom?
What if I knew kung fu?
What if I were a ninja?
What if I were a power ranger?
What if I actually took my assignments seriously?
What if I were born in another country?
What if I spoke more languages?
What if I had been born with money?
What if I didn’t have an open mind?
What if I were paying attention to the questions I’m typing?
What if this weren’t a natural process?
What if I had a pointy face?
What if I needed to have back surgery?
What if I needed to get plastic surgery?
What if I were heavilly physically deformed?
What if I were a world class chef?
What if I were the greatest artist in my field?
What if I were an influential person?
What if I were a dictator?
What if I were a tyrant?
What if I were president?
What if I were a ceo?
What if I never had another strugger again in my life?
What if I had never had to struggle before?
What if my tarot readings were correct?
What if I wore shiney pants?
What if I wore a suit every day?
What if I were a pimp?
What if I were still homeless?
What if I turned into jelly?
What if I were more serious about my life?
What if I’m too serious about my life?

Request complete.

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Self Muse-ilation

28Oct09

So I walked into class over an hour late. Not really surprising to me, but I think it surprised Beth that I actually showed up. Ciest la vies, or so they say. I suppose when I walked in, the class was attempting to identify who Beth had been in HighSchool. God I hated highschool. I think that’s why I identified her as someone who hated other people, because I did also. As she said, we are a species with a tendency to relate our own experiences with those of others. But I digress.

I was identified as “the philosopher”. I guess everyone else in the class got stereotyped as well. I’m somewhat offended that I didn’t get to be called something a bit more offensive. I’m also curious as to what everyone else was called, since I missed that portion of class. I suppose, unless it was posted on everyone’s blog, I’ll never know.

I made a new friend. Find her blog here: http://lindseyjo107.wordpress.com/

Now for the self musing that ended up butchering me. The events of that day, combined with a few other things, have me thinking about myself. I’m coming to the conclusion that I’m arrogant, aggressive, and foolish. Remember my roots, such is that which I need to do.

Fuck the images, I’ll give you something later. – A_O

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Class response for 10/12

14Oct09

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Started with a PSA

12Oct09

I’m going to start off by saying I had NO idea that this project was supposed to have a POSITIVE impact. Instead, I believed it was supposed to be memorable. However ironically my psa had a positive, if humorous, message.

I started out with an idea for a short commercial, about two or three minutes long. Giant monster is attacking the city, obviously in pain. Giant monster finds giant headphones. Giant monster continues destroying city, but now happily and with music. End caption: “Music. It may not save your city, but it’s still freakin awesome.” This advertisement for music comes on the heels of this audible art being considered expendable in America’s schools.

I’m going to be posting my various steps here. You may not, and probably will not, see everything. However you will see enough.

Storyboard: To be shared later

Setting Modelling

I created the setting with a python script called the discombobulator. Basically it’s supposed to create a bunch of funky shapes in a square, and that’s just what it did. However later I decided that I wanted the headphones to come off of a funky looking nightclub, so I had to model that individually.

I had originally created these backdrops to be animated over in 2d, however because Windows 7 killed Flash on my computer, I had to improvise with Blender 3d. More on that later.

Animatic: To be shared later.

Audio Track
After creating the animatic, I began mixing sounds to be used for the first few scenes. I had a friend do some screaming in japanese for me. It literally translates to “Your mother is dirty!” I simply couldn’t help the your mom joke. This sound mix actually took longer than any of the modelling I did on this project. More than 14 hours, in fact.
screamingjapanese.mp3

Creature Modelling and Rigging
Because flash stopped working on my computer, and I couldn’t find a comparable 2d animation program on short notice, I was pushed into a crash course in 3d rendering, via Blender 3d. This was the part that gave me the most trouble, as the rigging didn’t at first wish to cooperate. However on Sunday morning I finally figured out how to make it stick. Unfortunately, by then it was too late to do any animating.

Rendering Scenes
Because I was forced to learn 3d modeling on short notice, I didn’t have time to do the animations that I wanted too. However I worked really hard on this project, so the least I can do is provide some renders of my giant monster in his natural habitat.