I Can’t Believe It’s Over

I Can’t Believe It’s Over

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
December 12, 2014

Well…it’s finally come to an end…I didn’t quite end in the hardcore way I wanted to but life got in the way and I did the best I could. Don’t blame me, blame Pre-Calculus and me being too old to … Continue reading →
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Getting Our Video Chat On About Those Corner Boys

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
December 12, 2014

After meeting with my group the night before our video chat, I logged on to talk about the Corner Boys episode with Ian, Danielle, and Demi. I did a quick video clip of a scene in the special class … Continue reading →
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Props to “Unto Others”

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
December 12, 2014

Since no one else signed up to discuss this episode I figured I would kick it old school and just blog about it as I couldn’t let the classic lines and plot in this episode not be given the props … Continue reading →
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An ESPN inspired Video Assignment idea

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
December 3, 2014

2014 Season Highlights My idea that I submitted for a new video assignment was to take highlights of your favorite athlete or athletes and clip them together to make a ESPN highlight reel. You can add an intro and some … Continue reading →
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Coming down to the wire (pardon the pun) – Weeks 13 & 14

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 30, 2014

So we’re coming down to the wire (pardon the pun) as the semester is winding down and the last two weeks reflect the chaos that is the end of a college semester. Here is a glimpse into the last two … Continue reading →
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The Wire’s Favorite Teams Mashed Up

by ahotcrazymess

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November 29, 2014

Here is a mashup of two teams out of Baltimore just like The Wire. I took the logos from the University of Maryland and the Baltimore Orioles and blended with a photo blending app to create this assignment before uploading … Continue reading →
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If Tumblr and Sound Cloud Had a Baby…

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 28, 2014

Since I spend a lot of time on Tumbler looking at blog posts or online listening to music, I decided to merge the two together. So with the help of screen shots of both Tumbler and Sound Cloud, as well … Continue reading →
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10 Seconds of an Oldie but Goodie and a New Fav

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 28, 2014

For this assignment, I used an app on my phone called iMashup to smash up two songs I had previously purchased on iTunes. Once that was done I cropped it down to 10 seconds and uploaded it to Sound … Continue reading →
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A Comedy Remix

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 28, 2014

The remix that I came up with and submitted a remix card for was a merging of the comedy that I find funny with the comedy of my kids (even though I can’t pretend that I don’t like Sponge … Continue reading →
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A Hot Mess of Weeks 11 & 12

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 16, 2014

The last two weeks were hectic but productive. Lots to share so here it goes. 2 Daily Creates completed each week. Week 11’s Daily Creates included Safe Haven and Forgetting to Look In. Forgetting to Look In was my favorite … Continue reading →
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An Old Biddy Swede

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 16, 2014

This week I got to reunite with my radio show biddies to do a group swede. Kisha found some good scenes from upcoming episodes for us to recreate. With scripts in hand we met at the Fredericksburg Bus Station … Continue reading →
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A Part of the Wish I Have for my Babies

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 10, 2014

Here is my Lyric Video Snippet assignment worth 3 stars. I used Audio Copy to clip a segment out of one of my favorite songs that always makes me think of my babies and transferred into iMovie. Then I … Continue reading →
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Because Sometimes You Win Without Actually Winning

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 10, 2014

This is the Sports Mashup video (worth 3 1/2 points) I created by taking video clips of some of my favorite moments in sports and splicing them together in iMovie. These aren’t the “typical” sports clips showing professional athletes … Continue reading →
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A Week of Going to the Video

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 2, 2014

I can thank my procrastination in other classes for my week of production in this class. Turns out that my avoidance of paper writing turned into doing extra work in DS106. I justified this by telling myself that I was … Continue reading →
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Inspired by the Words of the Wire

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 2, 2014

I was inspired by Ien’s epigraph post because there are many instances in life where you have to decide why you are doing something or why you are holding onto something, especially if … Continue reading →
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Inspired by Unity

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 2, 2014

I was inspired by Brittnay’s Unity picture because it brought back the great memories I had of being part of a team. Being part of a team is more than just playing a sport. Being part of a team is … Continue reading →
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The Complete Package – A Video Assignment Idea

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 2, 2014

Binge watching of television shows is so popular nowadays with the help of Netflix and Hulu and that is what inspired my idea for this video assignment. Pick a show that has already completed it’s run on tv and … Continue reading →
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A Mashup of Baltimore

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 1, 2014

I couldn’t help but mashup a trailer for two shows filmed in Baltimore. Clips that I downloaded from YouTube of Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire were combined with the theme song of The Wire and pictures … Continue reading →
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Crash Will Never Be A Royal

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
November 1, 2014

Since I tend to use my kids and my dogs for a lot of my projects for this class, I decided to exploit my dog yet again for 3 1/2 stars worth of video assignments. I used my iPhone … Continue reading →
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A Video Created for My Boy of Fall

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 29, 2014

I used an app on my iPhone to create this 5 star video assignment. It’s pictures of my son and his teammates over the last two seasons set to the tune of Kenny Chesney’s “Boys of Fall” song. Makes me … Continue reading →
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A Hot Crazy Mess of Time

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 26, 2014

Weeks 8 & 9 are in the books and they have been crazy ones for sure. Week 8 was full of meetings with my group of old biddies for our radio show (Melinda and Kisha), researching crime for my radio … Continue reading →
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Inspried by Words

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 26, 2014

I was inspired by Brittany’s example of typography in her design blitz because I looks like something that I have in my house. I try to put up pictures that my kids can see of sayings that might inspire them … Continue reading →
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Inspried by the Color Blue

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 26, 2014

I was inspired by Maggie’s picture because of the moment that it captured in the stained glass window. You never know who you might be inspiring. I always try to remind my son of that. He plays football for … Continue reading →
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Inspired by Lyrics

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 26, 2014

I was inspired by this picture by Stefanie for several reasons. My life as a single mom of two kids going to school full time and working tends to be a little much at times so I can completely related … Continue reading →
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That Pesky Sound Cloud

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 23, 2014

“The Baltimore Wire Radio Show” brought to you by Kisha, Desa, & Melinda That pesky Sound Cloud was giving us a hard time regarding copyright regulations so I’m posting our show on my blog for now until we … Continue reading →
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“Give Us 25 Minutes, We’ll Give You Baltimore”

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 14, 2014

Our group (Jonathan, Lakisha, Melinda, & me) is plugging away on our radio show. We’ve decided to do a news broadcast type show using the events occurring in The Wire as our content. We’ve all chosen different aspects of the … Continue reading →
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After this week I’m ready for a remake of the show “Designing Women”

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

Yes, I do realize that I just dated myself by bringing up “Designing Women” so let the judgement begin…I brought it on myself. Week 6 was much easier for me to get through than the week of sound. … Continue reading →
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The Design Blitz by A Hot Crazy Mess

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

It’s amazing the designs you see every single day without even realizing it. This assignment helped me realized just how dependent our lives are when it comes to how things are designed. Welcome to the design blitz of A Hot … Continue reading →
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“Traced” Angels

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
October 3, 2014

A Hot Crazy Mess and her fellow “Angel” hockey peeps turned into a “trace” of their former selves with the help of a pair of scissors and a nifty photo editing app on my iPhone Before: After: … Continue reading →
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Photo Blitz by A Hot Crazy Mess

by ahotcrazymess

| Syndicated
September 29, 2014

I got in just under the 20 minute wire. Thank goodness I waited to do this assignment until the kids were at school or I might not have made it in time. Love my kids but they are homework blockers … Continue reading →
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