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inspirato yo!

i draw inspiration from my music.

http://www.last.fm/user/axmooseman

here's what i listen to.

I feel like I can relax more when I have music going in the background that I can listen to. It helps me focus and come up with ideas for what I want to do. If I didn't have my music I would go insane. I spend a lot of time trying to find new music to listen to. I'm a lot more productive when I can sit and have my music going and just do my own thing.

class 11-5-10

Class was fun. I felt like some people got a little too serious and rambled about it, which kind of killed the discussion. I thought class was pretty entertaining and was more relaxed than usual. I was sad i didn't get to go but next week should be interesting.

Who Am I

I love music and it shapes who I am. I am always going to shows or finding out new artists to listen to. People that know me know that I love music. I have a youtube channel, that i upload videos I take at shows. I think that it really shapes who I am. I always surround myself with music and I love finding new things to listen to.

Bliss

I have no idea what I am going to do. I haven't really come up with any good ideas. I might have something by time class starts but I'm drawing blanks right now. It makes me nervous that I have no ideas but I'm not too worried to get assigned one because I know it will be something crazy or wacky and it could turn out to be really fun. One thing that some friends and I have talked about are making a really wacky and stupid music video for "Dangerzone" from Top Gun. I think it would be fun to do for this class since Zach is in it and we both came up with the idea. I'm not sure if that is what I am going to do but it's an idea.

class 11-1

i forgot about this, but, not too late yet.

i honestly have no idea what i am going to do. i'm nervous in that regard because i'm afraid i won't come up with anything but i'm sure i'll think of something. nothing in this class really pisses me off so i can't say that i am mad. i was kind of pissed we didn't have to go to class. i enjoy going to this class, surprisingly, so when i saw we could skip it was a little bittersweet because i could go home but i didn't get to go to class.

i spent the time relaxing and being lazy. i figured i deserved it, kind of. i had to work during the weekend a lot and i just wanted to take it easy.

what's what

I think we are doing this to confuse us and make us think a lot harder than we really have to. I have no idea what it was but I am fairly certain my guess was wrong.

Call it

I work at a grocery store and I hate it. I hate how old people always have to come to the store 1000 times a day. I want to figure a way to keep people from coming. I wish they could just buy the shit online and not come to my store. Me and me fellow co workers have always talked about blocking the entrances off with carts so they can't drive in. However, I have a feeling that people would still find a way in because nothing stops them, not even snow. It's ridiculous. I think if I was paid more I would be happy because I don't get paid enough to deal with the shit, figurative and literally, that I have to deal with.

I also hate pushing carts. I work with this guy who sucks and I always have to make up for all the shit he doesn't do. It hurts my body. My friend, Austin, and I are trying to get him in trouble but I don't think he will change. I'd be happier if I made more than 10 cents above minimum wage.

A way I'd like to incorporate New Media into it would be to have a cave type thing for people to have so they can figure out what they want and it would be waiting for them when they go to the store, that way I don't have to deal with them. Plus, our technology is awesome enough that these things can happen. I want a robot to push carts for me, or my manager to not be a dick and buy us a cart machine so I can be lazy.

I'm not sure if this is more of a rant or what but uhh... oh well!

10-11-10

Class was interesting. It wasn't as violent as I expected but then again I kind of lost interest at times. I don't really have much to say this week. I didn't get the chance to say this in class but, I was raised that I had to go to mass every weekend and I hated that and it kind of pushed me away but recently I have sparked more interest in my religion and I don't think I need to go to Church to be with God, like i was taught. I was curious as to if anyone else in the class had anything to say about that.

oh praise him

I hate talking about religion because I feel it just leads people to make assumptions and they look at people completely different. I don't let people's religious views effect my friendship with them. To me, I have my views and you have yours. I usually just tend to drown out religious debates in classes.

I am Catholic and went to Catholic schools from kindergarten to senior year of high school. I just kind of went with the flow throughout grade school and middle school. Towards the end of middle school I hated going to church. I'd find excuses not to go and by the time I was a sophomore my parents stopped making me go. My senior year of high school I went on the senior retreat my school offered. It re-established my relationship with God but I still hated going to church. I would go every once in a while but I didn't go every weekend. My retreat made me realize that, for me, going to church doesn't make me a bad person. I just have a different way of expressing my love for God.

A couple weeks ago I went to a concert, Sleeping Giant was the band that was playing. They booked the show the day before and I saw them earlier this year and they really got my attention and I loved their show. They are a Christian hardcore band. There are A LOT of Christian hardcore bands but Sleeping Giant is totally different. Everything they do or sing about is for God and about God. I have never been to such an emotional show. It was the best experience I have ever had at a show. I have been to a ton of shows and this one takes the cake. The singer was telling stories about his life and how they live for God. I have never had goosebumps at a show like I did at this show. Towards the end of the show you could tell the show was effecting everyone. As they were getting ready to play their last song the singer said, "If you want to lay down, lay down. If you want to jump, JUMP! Do what ever you want to do. But, if you want to hide, DON'T." They began to play and played the song for literally 30 minutes which was incredible. About halfway through the singer fell to the floor and was lying. A kid ran up and put his arm around him and they were talking. He got back up and started dancing and everyone at the show was dancing and singing along. It was amazing. The whole time i was watching I was holding back tears. Towards the end of the song I couldn't hold it anymore and it felt like tears of joy. It was such a great feeling to hear the music and it really re-established my connection with God again. After the show I went up to the singer and gave him a hug and told him that I needed that and he said me too man and had the biggest smile on his face. It really made me so happy after that show.

It made me realize that I express my love for God through music. I live for music. Everything I do, I try and relate to music. All my friends know me as "their music friend." They always come to me to find out new bands. I don't feel like I have to go to church to show my love for God. I have other ways in doing it such as through music.

This is a video that shows kind of what the show was like. I don't expect anyone to watch it unless you really want to sit and watch this for 10 minutes. My favorite quote from the video is, "this is where the hardcore show is over and where the real hardcore show begins." I love it so much.

Fear Before the March of Flames

THERE ARE MOTHA FUCKIN' SNAKES IN THIS MOTHA FUCKIN' ROOM.

What the fuck! I hate snakes. Once i found out there was a snake in the class i started getting nervous. When I actually had to hold the snake i was so nervous. I held it and was still scared that something would happen but i felt better after doing it because i confronted my fear. This assignment reminded me a lot of the episodes of Maury when he makes them confront their fear. My favorite was always the one with the girl that was afraid of cotton balls. However, I loved this assignment. It made me face a couple of my fears and they don't scare me as much anymore. I hate holding animals that aren't a cat or dog but so far in this class I've held a ferret, mouse, and a snake. The fact this assignment was called Fear Factor made me think of Joe Rogan and the episodes of Chappelle's Show he was on. I'm sure this blog has strayed off from what was intended, but, fuck it.

JOE ROGAN

FEAR FACTOR!

1. Fear is something that we could have had a bad experience with and we are afraid to be around that situation again.
2. I am afraid of needles but I couldn’t think of anything realistic for me to do. I decided to go with people being afraid to touch things they cannot see.
3. I think some people will agree and some people will be hesitant but I would think some aren’t as afraid as others.
4. I am going to have the person close their eyes and cover their hands so they can’t see what they are going to touch and then ask them to grab what is in front of them.
5. Blair reached in the bag and he seemed to be okay with reaching in and grabbing what was inside.
6. I expect some people to freak out or be hesitant to grab it. He seemed kind of hesitant but reached in.
7. I would go with more things that would freak people out, such as fake eyeballs or cobwebs from Halloween stores.
8. My favorite project was Blair’s. He had a bag with something wrapped up and made everyone touch it and try to figure out what was inside.
9. I thought it was funny and I was kind of nervous as to what it was and I didn’t really trust it.
10. It makes me wish I would have done things better such as getting other things to put in my bag.

Fear class

This was probably my favorite class. There were a lot of laughs and it was very interesting seeing peoples projects. My favorite was probably Kathryn's. It was funny seeing people beat the crap out of the box while Blair was inside. I was disappointed I couldn't come up with anything to do in class though.

reaction

i know what fear i'm going to use but i dont know what to do in class.

i'd expect other people to have the fear as well.

ohhh a ferret!

Class was awesome today. Probably my favorite so far. It was funny having a ferret run around and distract us. haha! It was fun sharing stories of our fears and near death experiences. Going to White Castle around 2 or 3 in the morning in the ghetto is scary. I enjoyed having class in the dark however. I am excited for this next project. It will be interesting to see what people come up with!

Listen... LISTEN

Don't you hate it when you are talking to someone and they don't really listen. Wouldn't it just be awesome if they actually listened rather than it go in one ear and out the other. Well now you don't have to worry. In this world everyone will listen and will perceive what you are saying and not just blow it off. The world could be a much better place if people would actually listen. Hey! We might even be smarter because of this.

Class 3! NO! 4?

Class was interesting today. I thought the egg discussion kind of dragged on but it was still interesting. It was cool seeing what other people did and hearing their stories about walking backwards. I wish we would have done more with the things we wrote on the boards in class. There were some funny things on there.

Joe went to a museum

It was cool. I was thinking about this and I thought it would be cool if someone made something like the AVL lab except it was in a museum setting and things came towards you that were in the museum. Such as, statues and anything else that is in the museum. It kind of reminded me of the House of Boo in Super Mario 64 when you go inside and the books and piano attack you if you get close enough.
It would be awesome if they had a way to put you in a big warehouse and you could climb around and it was like you were inside a level. You could bring your friends and fight the things off together. I'm not sure how possible this is now but I'm sure someone is trying to find a way to do it.

oh, and when I did the walking backwards exercise, I was trying to visualize what was behind me. I would try and remember what it looked like and I tried not to run into anything but it didn't always work out so good. I thought it was fun.

Egg!

I wasn't sure what i wanted to do with the egg until about an hour ago. Everyone was telling me to smash it but i figured that would be too easy. I decided to put food coloring in it and see what it would look like if I smashed it. This is what came out.

First Class

The first class really got me excited for the rest of the semester. I didn't know what to expect and after sitting through class I know that I will really enjoy this class.