Thursday, October 30, 2008

My thoughts on Project 4

I have a lot of ideas for my list that I posted for Tuesday. I want to give each word to someone and have them write the first sentence that comes to their mind. I think it will bring personally what each person thinks when they see each word which would be different from me or anyone else. It will bring different perspectives and different moods and feelings to each word. I want to collaborate all of these into a narrative, maybe use pictures. This may lead to something a little chaotic but I think it will be interesting. I do not plan on editing their parts at all as I think it would take away from the point. I'm curious to see what happens. I'm thinking I could ask for responses on the web but I want to make sure I get them back and wouldn't know where to start really so for now I think I'll just stay using friends and people I know.

Not sure how this could be scandalous...

I really can't think of a title yet...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Response #6 (metatext)

So my list is basically what I do at work. I am a server(obviously) and I don't really think about what I do at work anymore it is such a habit. I decided to give it a little thought and thought it might be interesting for my list. It's very simple but it's all the steps I take when waiting on a table not in actions but in things I see as I see them or utilize them.
I am not really sure how I could use this for project four but maybe I could turn it into a story, maybe give each word to someone and have them use it in a sentence and see what it creates when put together. It could atleast be a start, I'll see where it goes.

Response #6

-coasters
-wine bottle
-table
-people
-wine glasses
-brown book
-pen
-paper
-glasses
-ice
-soda machine
-tray
-straws
-table
-menus
-computer
-large tray
-appetizers
-tray stand
-cheese grater
-refills
-large tray
-entrees
-tray stand
-cheese grater
-refills
-dirty plates
-dessert
-check
-mints

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Thinking about project 4

For project 4 I am interested in getting some friends together or even co-workers and writing a narrative. I have done this before and it always has really interesting results. As far as personal and everyday I am not sure where I want to go with that yet. Scandalous could be interesting if i find the right people to help me. Overall I want to play off what the others write and them to play off each other.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Project 3 Metatext

I found this project to be alot of fun. I got to change things I had written and just play around and see what came out of it. Although I used two things that were written with strict guidelines I think they resulted in interesting products.

For the first part I used part of a research paper I had written for English 384. I had to take a comic book and compare it to the theories of the assigned authors from class. I chose the issue of The Amazing Spiderman that was dedicated to the World Trade Center buildings collapsing on 9/11. The original paper talked about the racism experienced at the time and the comics reaction to it. It was dry and straight to the point since it was a research paper for class. Since the subject dealt a lot with hatred and tragedy I thought that using the Shannonizer to edit it with Hunter S. Thompson would bring more intensity to it then to counter it by having Dr. Seuss edit it. I really like the tone it ended up with, a little bit of silly sarcasm. My favorite line is "This is LSD" which can be saying in a way it's crazy. I think it brings much more meaning to the original subject like how it repeats "in recent years we serve hot dogs", hot dogs are usually referred to as American food as part of culture. A lot has changed after 9/11. The silliness almost captures the seriousness of the subject and I think it makes it more interesting.

For the second part I used a saved file on the computer at school which was just a gold quiz for someones class. Since golf is more reserved as a proper sport, quiet and sober, I thought it would be funny to use the redneck dialectizer. Golf is definitely not connected with what people consider redneck the way nascar and budweiser are so I think it gives it a humorous appeal. It serves to lighten up a perspective on a very uptight sport. My favorite part was question 5 which you would think would be worded differently for the original quiz but wasn't, it fit well.

Finally for the third part I used the cut up spell check idea to write a story. I basically wrote whatever came to my head which was ridiculous anyway without making sure I spelled things right, I just kept typing. I clicked on all the misspelled words and picked randomly at the suggestions. After I did that I took the new story and used google to translate it from English-Bulgarian-Dutch-Ukrainian. When i copied the story into the text box for my blog I used spell check prompts again. The result is interesting, the story became one of her and the birds going into the cave and not just her. My favorite line is "This Anteater waited for their friends to join the tea party, proteins and genotype", a strange mix for a party but adds to the strangeness. Overall I think it added a darker tone to it and surprising lines that make you want to make sense of them.

Project 3...part 3

Story written with cut up spell check then translated through 4 languages:

She believes a good set of the same day she went in demoralizing way. The birds were alive with joy, and she was ashamed of feeling as bad as they did. Sunday at the time and was feeling bad now, just how to throw her a pity party. It was good that they want to feel better. Half of her self-disgust and display life Santayana only thread that I forgot to look dangerous rabbits were on the horizon. Secondly, that the time Come spaying attention in the yeses and bit her brain. She did not die because they threw him out of it and run, but it went on the road, they came inches in the middle of his escape from the forest, hips, and in the body. Finally they found a cave, where they fled in two escaped heavy rain, which began shattered open wounds. Unfortunately, or fortunately for the cave was finally abandoned. This Anteater waited for their friends to join the tea party, proteins and genotype. As these interesting creatures in the forest. She was impressed at first, but then fell to freeze its damage from rabbits. In the Anteater was brazened because it is so in love tea parties, and he does not want anything to slow. Because he was pushing then have been adapted for other animals to go with his friends arrived and persuaded him against it. She refused to help her because they also pestered on rabbits exile who lives in the forest. They decided to name the mother owl, who lived nearby, and they came. At first glance, a girl who saw it as isocyanate's, since most people. In order to ensure that they are still alive at raccoon said it hit in the head, legs and stomach, that if he moved. He did it and there was no movement, so that all negotiations officer died, and it would be good fertilizer for their crops, it is that summer soon. In proteins rubbed his hands together just thinking about all those beautiful flowers rotting flesh will do. When she awoke from the beginning and corporatism tea against the protein perspective of the cave. In the Anteater angry and threw his arms attaints pubescent animals, and ultimately she was dead. End.

Project 3...part 2

The Redneck Golf Quiz

1)Whut in tarnation is th' maximum number of clubs wif which a player may start a roun'? 14

2) Th' United States Go'f Associashun was fo'med in whut year? 1894

3) Water hazards is defined by whut colo' stakes o' lines? Lateral hazards marked wif red stakes an' regular hazards marked w/ yeller

4) Whut in tarnation is th' penalty fo' hittin' a ball outta boun's? 1 stroke

5) A warnin' shouted t'ennyone in danger of bein' hit by th' ball? Fo'e!

6) Who won th' 1999 U. S. Open Championship? Payne Stewart

7) Name th' four majo' championships in professhunal go'f. Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship

8) When hittin' a shot outta th' san' trap is yo' allered t'hit th' san' when takin' a prackice swin'? No

9) Who won th' four events yo' listed in quesshun 7 in th' 2008 season? US Open- Tiger woods, Masters- Trevo' Immelman, British Open- Padraig Harrin'ton, PGA Championship- Padraig Harrin'ton

10) Whut in tarnation city is th' Masters tournament held at? Augesta, Geo'gia

Project 3...part 1

Essay edited by Hunter S. Thompson reedited by Dr. Seuss

The ideologies shared by the sharpest knife with me in their point. Red fish, sir, the crash is chewing! What a sleeve? How much longer the Goo-Goose is LSD. Gooey goo for chewy chewing! What a clam or convince others of a star, the crash is chewing. Gooey goo for chewy chewing. Their protests of a bottle with heads in the moon, in a bottle with a hamburger with paddles and Thing Two! This is LSD. “In recent years we rebuild.” This is chewing! I do tricks with a giddy, the dark. And cheese! That's what that Zummers call zumming! What a giddy, and the dark. Red fish, sun, we serve hot dogs, in the Goo-Goose, they cut all kinds of holes in the Ballantine Ale now, 2001 catastrophic events happened that means the big ones! This is accompanied by the United States in a taco in this white stuff on fifty hippo-heimers backs! This is accompanied by what he grabbed a taco in the street with heads in the crash is LSD. They clearly narrate their plumbing, so I do not like pickled limburger cheese! This is your head? Let's do not like plumbers. Thank goodness I'm a hamburger with no good.. “In recent years we serve hot dogs, Middle Eastern people have been tribalized and Thing One fish, blue fish, they cut all. “In recent years we serve hot dogs, no conscience and ham or convince others of high that Goo-Goose is chewing. “In recent years we serve hot dogs, and the big ones! Oh dear! It is no sleep and their plumbing, and they buy a sleeve? Act natural, the light of unification. Suddenly the light of a star, blue fish, with me on the light of Spiderman, no good.. They smell like this trick, funny things are instigated by the dark.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Beginning of project 3

Essay edited by Hunter S. Thompson:

The ideologies shared by what kind of holes in the Ballantine Ale now, Middle Eastern people now believed or convince others of Spiderman, so I said nothing: No. Would they cut all kinds of unification. “In recent years we rebuild.” This is LSD. They clearly narrate their standing beliefs that means the United States in our security and hatred. “In recent years we recover…One as the United States was irrelevant because they buy a sleeve? Act natural, 2001 catastrophic events happened that means the bathtub, the country. The purpose of different races, no sleep and hurt Americans of shock and factionalized by every single citizen but they can be the citizens of excessive consumption of the closing statements of 2001 Marvel Comics released issue number 36 of high that means the street with me in this white stuff on the background and they cut all the suicide bombers as Osama Bin Laden and beat me on September 11, Middle Eastern people that means the middle. Their protests of American people are instigated by what he dare to leave fast, sun, a thousand casual unkindnesses” they cut all the crash is accompanied by what kind of their point. “In recent years we rebuild.” This is accompanied by what he grabbed a giddy, and my arm is your bedroom window and sliced it hard to act normal, I stated earlier after the morning with no sleep and factionalized by people have been tribalized and their legitimacy but to suck a taco in the greatest threats to suck a sleeve? How much longer the big ones! This is accompanied by what he shouted suddenly disappeared... then suddenly. Suddenly the sharpest knife with a hamburger with no conscience and sucked out our anger.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

google ad libs

I ate * for breakfast:

I ate Pumpkin Pie for breakfast
! Heh, that sounds like when somebody thinks they 're a big tough guy and they're all, "I eat squirts like you for breakfast!

I * in the dark:

Dec 12, 2007 ... I am cute! You try to escape my cuteness by turning out the lights! I fool you! I glow in the dark! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE KITTY'S CUTENESS!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

George Bush quote dialectized.

Cockney:

"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the bloody reasons I asked yer ter turn off the bleedin' TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got an 'angover. The question is 'ow long will it sober up and not try ter do all these fancy financial instruments."

Redneck:


"Thar's no quesshun about it. Wall Street got drunk -- thass one of th' reasons ah axed yo' t'turn off th' TV cameras -- it got drunk an' now it's got a hangovah. Th' quesshun is how long will it sober up an' not try t'do all these fancy financial instroomnts."

Original quote:

"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."

Quote from George Bush translated through 6 languages.

This was translated from English-Finnish-Czech-Greek-Hindi-Norwegian-English

The people of Louisiana "that across the country, much prayer - a prayer for those who live upside down to find out what is needed. And I am one of them. "

Original Quote:

"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer -- prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them."

Monday, October 6, 2008

Text mixing.

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My text Shannonized.

Death is closer
as edited byHunter S. Thompson
Death is closer and I'll kill somebody! Don't try to where life wants to act normal, zombie drunk and behave like wild animals in silence not enough just listening to take the blame! But when? Act natural, totally incapable of grapefruit and closer every type of high that goes by never promises happiness for a motorcycle. I think would be happy but every second. You drive at six in any direction, unable to act normal, quavering sort of craziness now...

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Reflection on project 2.

First of all here is a link to project 2
This was a very frustrating project for me. My first idea about getting my friend to narrate for me didn't work out for reasons out of my control. Compile this on top of getting sick. I felt like this left me with nothing to work with when I should have had more already done. Anyway, life goes on I got it done and posted it to my other blog. I'm pretty happy with the end result especially since I feel like it was sort of a last ditch effort. The video player on my blog is kinda small compared to what I used to play it on my computer so the words are small and hard to read. Maybe there is a solution to this that I don't know about besides changing the video. I feel like I put in alot of time for only about a minute and a half of video. Overall I didn't have any major problems using the programs and compiling it once I got started and I look forward to the next project and having ideas that work out.