Project In Progress

My group spent our time going over the stories for the "draw my life" project. We practiced drawing our stories and talked over how were going to record the footage and when we're going to do the VoiceOver's for the drawing segments. We cleared out any confusion and almost executed a schedule of when we will meet up and  record the project. It was a very productive day. 

Best Of Am Lit.

I feel like there are a lot of things i did really well throughout the year, but as always i feel like i could have done so much better and tackled every assignment, test and essay in different ways. Though i do not regret any road i have chosen to take for this course so far, i do know that i am always open for improvement and for that reason i have nothing to list for what I've done best, because i am aware that everything i have done and can do as far in life in general can always be improved.

Project Proposal

Thanks to Danny George's help, My group managed to stumble across a project labeled: "Draw My Life." It's a project where each member in the group literally draws out their past and present life on a white board and explains the events that took place.

Here's An Example.

My Brag Sheet.

Academics/ Awards:
* Honor Roll 7th-8th Grade
*Golden Warrior 9th-11th Grade
*3.6 weighted GPA

\Volunteer:
*Youth Teacher
*Feeding the homeless
*Church Pianist/Drummer/ Dancer 
*Childrens' praise dance/ flagging teacher

Skills:
*Great with children
*Quick learner
*Communication skills
*Team Player
*Reliable 
*Confident
*Hardworking

Travel:
*DC, Washington 
*Atlanta, Georgia
*South Carolina

Gonzo

First thought that came to my mind when I begun to read this was how strange the font was, some of the letters were pushed together and the font made it a small struggle to process it all.

The second thing i noticed was, this story makes the bare minimum of sense, disorganized and no solid foundation for a theme, these things made it difficult to even want to continue the story.

There will be some quotes i read that i won't be posting due to the fact that half of it is full of nothing but vulgar language and the ones i tend to comment on don't seem to have a censored word in the entire sentence.

"Say," he said, "you look like you might be in the horse business. . . am i right?"
Out of all the things. . he felt that he was in the horse business? Okay. . .

He laughed, "Well damn What're you gonna take pictures of- -nekkid horses?"
Either this character is lacking excessive amounts of grammar or he is beyond belligerent.

"I almost crushed a Volkswagen full of nuns when I  swerved to catch the right exit."
Hmm. . .

Johnny Cyberpunk

Okay so this wasn't exactly a genre I was feeling too much due to the fact that as much as i love technology i can't stand it at the same time. It's so useful yet it can be so stupid at the same time. So "Cyberpunk" definitely isn't a genre I'm about to go dropping $5 for on amazon.

This story was about a man named Johnny who has important information stored into his head that he's unable to retrieve. The man who has placed this information in his head (Ralfi) basically want's Johnny dead which i found rather strange due to the fact he's the only one able to retrieve it. . . anyways ! Instead of making things simple Ralfi hires Yazuka assassins to kill Johnny and extract the information placed in his heads with devices called squids, the story didn't go into detail but I'm assuming the squids are used to extract information. After that it all seemed EXTREMELY long so i started to skim, due to my superb skimming skills i can tell you that Johnny was rescued by a woman named Molly and from what i saw she was made out of blades? Then the story gets a kinda violent after Molly saved Johnny, mainly due to the fact that after she saves him and takes custody of Ralfi the assassins he hired end up cutting him into pieces , after Johnny realized how much danger he's in he asks Molly to get him a squid so he can completely remove the implanted information out of head. Later on into my skimming i stumbled across the word heroine ? That threw me off a bit but i managed to see that in the end The assasins cut their hands off and the "Lo Tek" (I have no idea who that is guys) is killed. Johnny becomes the new Lo Tek and works on getting his memories back.

I know that was a terrible description, but in my defense my doctor diagnosed me with Junior Itis and it's very severe. The daily dose of learning he's prescribed has yet to cease any of the symptoms so I'm hoping for a full recovery over the summer ! Thank you for understanding (:

Postmodern who?

Sorry guys! I realized i never posted my groups project video . Shelbi Nunes, Danny George and i created a hacked/remixed version to the movie trailer "The Purge."  Please enjoy (:

My Slaughterhouse.

There are many ways and forms of postmodernism, and even more examples of postmodernism that can be given. Postmodernism is the act of denying the existence of lifes principals and breaking it's fourth wall. It's pretty much the same thing as hacking but with more opportunities and options. Because there are really no "Do's" or "Don'ts" in postmodernism, Slaughterhouse-Five is a great example of postmodernism and what it's really about.

Vonnegut's novel is a great example of postmodernism because it has no limits. The book is chock full of unexpected events and unthinkable surprises that fill the readers head with limitless questions. Slaughterhouse-Five is consistently breaking the fourth wall of traditional literature throughout the entire novel. Most authors make an effort to have a set structure and order laid out for their novels before they're published but Vonnegut strays away from the normal novel structure and decides to chop and screw or "hack" the chronological order of traditional novels and change it into something that show's the readers who he really is. At that note, that brings up another important key to executing postmodernism, self expression.

Self expression is one of the main elements to postmodernism, theres really no point in denying the existence of principals if you're not denying your own principals. Postmodernism isn't breaking the rules of others, it's breaking your own, thats why Vonnegut's novel is so unique. He achieved breaking the walls through his own standards and because of that the walls will never be broken in that same way again. The beauty of Postmodernism is that it's never the same. Due to the fact that self expression is one of the main ingredients needed to stew up a good pot of post modernism strew, every expression of it is different. 

The last thing needed to succeed in creating a nice batch of postmodernism is to break away from the "do's" and "don'ts". There really are no limits to postmodernism, if Vonnegut were to have stayed in the few limits traditional literature had to offer when he was publishing the book it would be similar to any other book. The
"do's" and "don'ts" are restrictions to full self expression, when one is told what they can and cannot do they can only allow themselves to think and create within the small boundaries provided. Breaking away from what society does and does not approve of opens endless possibilities onto the creativity table, it's what's needed for complete self-expression. 

Vonnegut is Postmodernism, and a great inspiration to other postmodernist. His works are not only inspiring but eye opening, the postmodernism used in Slaughterhouse-five was so compelling that it was able to leave even some of the most serious readers in awe. Vonnegut concocted the perfect recipe to postmodernism, and it will continued to be passed down for many generations to come.