This is a short clip called “My Rock Movie”. It didn’t take that long to do and was kind of fun. I used a coin pen, 10 Stick notes, and two sheets of paper. Enjoy!

This is the ocean at the end of my back yard. The only thing that you need is a swimsuit and an imagination.  It was in this very ocean that Moby Dick was born and Captain Ahab perished.  Jaws used to swim  here until he met his demise in 1975. Captain Nemo and his ship the […]

Hello, everybody! I want to formally introduce you to my new host character, Cousin Eddie! Welcome to the show, Eddie! Yes, he may look goofy. And yes, every time Catherine revved up the microwave, he’d piss his pants and forget who he was for about half an hour or so. BUT, don’t let that fool … Continue reading →

After listening to this or should I say attempting to listen to this I would have to say that I am disappointed.  I really tried to listen but could not get into it.  The reader (Dr. John) had a nice voice but that’s about it.  I found myself board with it and uninterested.  Since I […]

So in class we talked about The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and even watched a little film about the story. (Which I have never seen before.) I absolutely loved that story, I read it back in high school, so I was familiar with it way before I came to college. Anyways, let’s get to talking … Continue reading →

To achieve peace out of chaos is a fool’s errand.

Today I made a music video, I will be honest it was a little harder than I thought it would be. Not so much due to the work, but more so due to the photos or the people in them are connected to me forever.  

The story grabs your attention by making an appeal to your sense of pity toward the young couple since they are denied their happiness by the uncle. This particular story would fall into the gross side of the spectrum since it involves cannibalism.  It’s not got any ghosts or super nasty bad guys. It was […]

After watching Certain Shadows on the wall, I have to say Karma can be a party killer. It wasn’t that scary of a story it’s more about people getting what they have coming to them.  I would guess that there will be at least two more shadows on that wall. The dialog and music were […]

The story was told by using your imagination and what I would call word pictures.  This was largely due to the lack of special effects during this era of film.  Over dramatic acting accompanied by music to generate motion and effect. The way the story is told reminds me of telling ghost stories at a […]

This is to cheer up @KelseyStanbro due to her computer crashing. @ds106dc, #tdc1339

The Grand Budapest Hotel. Last night I watched the wonderful movie called The Grand Budapest Hotel.I found the movie to contain and entertaining dry humor throughout.  Accompanied by some awesome music and a spectacular cast of characters.  The movie is an entertaining look into the past. The movies two main characters are the hotels Conciser […]

Well I enjoyed class and learned allot during the last week.  I also enjoyed looking at the work of the other students on ds106 and digital story telling. I was reminded this time to pay attention to detail and look at the little things.  Missing the little things can have undesirable consequences. I would like […]

The first and second weeks of school are super hectic. And yes, this was  a holiday weekend so I was as far away from a computer as I could possibly be. So I am just now finishing up last weeks assignments. Let’s talk about week 2. It was kind of a hectic week for me, … Continue reading →

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/noirpulp-book-cover/ For this assignment bank I chose to do a Noir book cover. I convinced my wife to model for this book cover. We shot the photo In our kitchen. Continue Reading →

I watched the video “Amelia.” Horribly cheesy, horribly. But that’s what you get for a horror movie that was shot in 1975. I think these kind of videos are good to watch, because it shows just how far we’ve came. In those days of filming, there wasn’t many visual effects. Nowadays, that is what makes […]

Isn’t it crazy how mainstream stories can be taken completely out of wack just by the internet? Let’s talk a little bit about Slender Man, shall we?Slender Man was created on June 10, 2009 on a thread in the Something Awful Internet forum. The thread was a Photoshop contest in which users were challenged to edit everyday […]

For this weeks lesson I dreaded doing the about page, mostly because talking about myself is not that natural to me. I had been looking through the pages of my fellow classmates. As I was looking through the pages one page and fellow students stuck out and that was Kelsey’s Kairos’s page. She did an […]

First of all I have always liked the twilight zone.  The only trouble is it was always on at a time that I should be sleeping so I rarely finished and episode. After watching Tina and the Trilogy of terror I am happy to report that there are no dolls in my house.  They moved […]

One of our tasks for the week is to identify our favorite phobia.  I would have to say mine is Arachnophobia. This makes me want to break out the gas and matches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQ6vg3JB2U

Here is my daily create for 9-13-15 The task was to create “somthing in your toast”

One of my favorite movies was the John Wayne movie Big Jake.  I included the American dialogue and the British dialogue for your amusement. American John Fain: Who are you? Jacob: Jacob McCandles. John Fain: I thought you were dead. Jacob: Not hardly. British John Fain: Who the bloody hell are you? Jacob: Jacob McCandles. […]

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/i-like-to-move-it-move-it/ I never really had a freshmen move day. You know the ones you see in the movies, giant carts full of fuzzy pillows and posters of beer bottles. Unfortunately I had already had my start in life. I cant say it has been easy going back to school at 30 years old in a completely new career field, with a wife and 4 kids. …

 As with the end of any other day, I stopped at the end of my very long driveway on my way home to check the mail. After retrieving the stack of bills and sale ads, I got back into my car and pulled up to the house.  Several hours latter I needed to make a […]

I chose this assignment due to the fact that I love history.  In particular I love the history of the 1800 and early 1900’s. This time frame in American history had many colorful characters.  Most were larger than life due to the dime novels of the day. One of the most colorful characters of the […]

Since I was a teen during the debut of First Blood and several of the other Rambo pictures that followed, this project was something I could easily relate to.  One thing I do remember about Rambo is every helicopter he flew ended up in a spectacular crash.

I went through the assignment links on ds106 and the one that stuck out for me was the one titled famous last words. I really thought that I could have fun with that one because often when someone says watch this, you are getting ready for a show. More than likely my famous last words […]

Hello everyone, It is really cool to be involved in a class like this. The week I got acquainted with some new media websites. I hadn’t had any experience with WordPress, Flickr, and Twitter but they were pretty easy and straightforward  to understand. For this weeks assignments I created and linked my Soundcloud, Flicker and…

Well lady’s and gentlemen It has been a very busy week. In the process of getting the semesters routine down. I had to set up several accounts for Digital Media 2. I have set up a new blog. We also shot a “music video” heavy on the quotations. Here are some pics of our set up In addition we used a Cannon XA10 and an Radio Shack …