Oh the Frivolity

"So, Morgan, how'd you spend the last six days of absolute vacation" you ask?

Oh, let me weave a tale! I spent my Thanksgiving cleaning and washing and having dinner at midnight. BUT that's how we do holidays in my house ^^ Doing what needs done. I spent a whole day helping a friend move, and doing a lot of heavy lifting. And the rest of the time I was visiting my high school.

Speaking of which, if you want an evening of laughs and a bit of a mind boggle, I would recommend visiting Boonsboro High School's auditorium on December 1, 2, and 3 at 7:30 pm for a showing of "Break a Leg"

Back to the point, "What did you miss in all that fun, Morgan?" Oh well I'm so glad you asked... You see, last night at one in the morning I had a revelation while at my friend's fireside birthday party. The Compare and Contrast paper is due Monday! DRAT! So I rushed on home and forced myself to sit down and focus.. poorly.

And now, the obligatory review:

I do not like Compare and Contrast papers. Yes, if you pick something you know in and out and enjoy, it's easy. HOWEVER, the task of making it interesting is what killed me inside. Compare and Contrast papers have this easy of feeling "This is my point about subject A. It is different from subject B because the themes were different. The themes were different because A did this but B did this". And I that is just boring to me and sounds like you don't care about writing or your paper, so I struggled to make it sound less A and B and more like I truly knew and loved my topics. Which I DO. There are many differences that are slight and inferred, and I love stopping to analyze and pick them to shreds.

All in all, it was fun to look at my subjects, but painful to create the paper itself.

Third Media Review

Unthinkable

For my third media review I chose the movie Unthinkable. It was released in 2010, however was never shown in US theaters for its controversial themes on government interrogation/torture.

I LOVED this movie. It creates quite the emotional roller coaster between Samuel Jackson and Carrie Moss, pulling the audience between what's morally and constitutionally right and wrong for one man versus hundred of thousands. There's also the controversy of "what the government doesn't want you to know about". Obviously, these appeals affect different audiences differently.

 A coworker of mine (a veteran) stated that the government has all rights in what they do, even when it affects the constitution. "We do what we have to to protect our nation"

Another coworker talked about how inhumane it was to chop off his fingers, and how can the government torture a man like this? Even if they did revoke his US citizenship

They were countered by a statement of "What's that one man's over the life of your daughter? If she was caught in that bomb blast?"

It divulged into quite the arguement.

Essentially, we all agreed that the movie was created for the purpose of spurring conversations like that one. To get the public to think, and ensure we don't become too complacent with what the government is pulling in the shadows, what's off the record, the people who never existed.
It's a movie to help us remember, and be aware...

Second Media Review

Heh, oops, been missing for awhile again... I got busy I guess. Anyway, it's due today, so here's the magazina article I chose:

Cosmopolitan Worst-Dressed List

(Warning, you'll see one exposed chest for those conservative viewers)

I'm sure people in my class are sick of hearing about Cosmo after my presentation, but what can I say? It's an easy target! This article was written by Cosmo about the worst-dressed celebrities of the week, and I must say I actually think the first one is really cool T-T.

Take my words with a grain of salt, and beat me down if you want, but I see this as a way for people to get that superiority complex. "Oh, look at that dress, she looks terrible! HOW much did she spend on that thing?" I mean people gain security in themselves by beating others down (not everyone, but I just graduated from high school and I saw it a lot). And it's a pretty common Californian mindset from what I've had explained to me.

I would say this is aimed at fashion-concious women in their teens onward. And they make it simple and straight forward with a flash scrolling interface and just quick blurbs. They make their remarks not about "How it doesn't work for them" but rather in snide comments. "Drapes don't make a good dress", "You look like a pinata", "We have to look at you wear that? Eww"

When you look at show like TLC's What Not to Wear (Which I'll admit to watching a late-night marathon with a friend for giggles), they talk about how it's a bad outfit because it doesn't work for your body, or talk about how it's so vibrant it's silly. Cosmo... goes on the attack.

Just to touch on how others would view it differently... Men seem to see the female obsession with lady-magazines and fashion awareness a tad overboard and... well.. annoying.

I just think this is a beautiful picture.

If you can't tell I'm on a Pokemon binge

 

Think I'll upload some drawings next 

Oh yeah, and these were the only Dragon types in first gen

Hmm, Now What'cha Think 'Bout That?

Hmm, Part of my class's blog assignments is to "Comment on three other class blogs".....

I'm trying to stay ahead of the curve, but it's hard to comment on another person's blog when nobody posts.

Makin' life a little hard people. KTHXBYE

A Girl Can Dream...

I'm sure there's someone out there who still secretly loves Pokemon. C'mon it was awesome! Is there anyone out there who remembers these two little gems? The Snap and Stadium games have given me years of entertainment. Wouldn't it be awesome if they did some remakes of these? You could do SO MUCH with Snap

Almost Worth It..

For all you Pokenerds young and old...

Isn't this almost worth joining MineCraft for?

Only in America...

> Do the skanks never quite realize that it's either too hot for a scarf and jacket or too cold for mini skirts

> Do we get our news from The Daily Show

> Do we refuse to wait two minutes for traffic to move and decide it's a good idea to drive on the wrong side of the road

> Do children REFUSE to use proper grammar in their school writings and professional interviews.

Straighten up, America

KTHXBYE

First Media Review

 

This is dead island, you play as a vacationing family that falls into a zombie attack (In VERY short summary)

This game traded hands a few years ago and was put to the backburner by the new

holder, claiming it wasn't a top priority. However, it's finally come to fruition and,

in my opinion, fallen a little... flat. But that's another story for another day!
 

I love this advertisement so much because it starts with this sense of "Wait.. what's going on?" and it's SO dramatic as you go backwards in time and gain more and more understanding of what's actually happening and the relation of the three non-infected... Well I guess the child doesn't count anymore..

It's just so well put together because it appeals to the generation. It's very well detailed in its cinematics, there's the gore that seems so important these days, it takes after the already popular Left 4 Dead, and the advertisement just comes across as a movie almost and throws you into this amazing world you wanna explore.

Ismyth

This is Ismyth. A character I started concepts on almost a year ago now. She's still a rough design, but I haven't had any time to refine her completely. I AM working on it though heh heh heh.

Anyway, I was looking for some possible feedback. Just wondering what people think of the idea. I'm going to use her as a guardian of the forest in a story my friend and I are collaborating on for WattPad

Sensory Thought

I found this picture while I was exploring the Tumblr of an artist I follow.

It didn't come with any description of the photo just a comment: "I want to poke it."

It got me thinking though of how poor our senses are. I mean, humans are only so advanced because of their intelligence. Think about it.. What defenses do we have? Sharp teeth or claws? Armoured skin or scales? Speed? 

 Then simply compare our pets. They have teeth and claws and see the world through a different set of senses. Eye sight that functions on minimal light, hyper hearing and amazing senses of smell that, especially for those of us with seasonal allergies, will never be able to compare to.

I mean, scientists say cats and dogs are colour blind. Who's to say they just see colours we can't?

What else looks awesome that we're missing? :3

That's Me!

Well let's get this outta the way...

My name is Morgan, I'm a freshman in community college, and to be honest I'm not a fan of blogging. I'm not really a fan of Facebook either, but it's the only way I can ever keep in contact with my friends. 

The reason I created this blog is merely for a class I'm taking, we'll see if I get sucked into the newest fad. I decided to just use this space as sort of a dump space for my brain; I'm planning to post doodles and sketches in hopes of criticism and maybe an odd thought or two.