I did this 4 star assignment using this soundboard. Shinji is a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion, and his english voice actor is regarded as one of the most whiny sounding individuals yet. picked this assignment because I had the soundboard at the ready, it would knock out my remaining stars for the week, and … Read More →

My radio bumper is fairly short- only 11 seconds. The audio clip I used was Prelude no. 14, because I liked the piano introduction. I heavily distorted it, though. The first layer was the original audio, cut to my liking. The second was cut, pitched down, inverted, normalized, echoed, and faded. On the second layer, … Read More →

  For 3.5 stars, my sound effect story takes place in Delia’s lounge. She is singing in the background as the listener hears two people have an exchange. The man comes in first, lights a cigarette and starts to drink. The woman follows shortly afterward, sees the man, sits beside him, and opens a briefcase. … Read More →

Daily Creates This week, I did things a bit out of order. I did start out with organizing my blog, which was pretty easy. All I really had to do was work with the parent and sub categories on my menu, rearrange them into a better format, and tag my existing posts. I then did … Read More →

A little mood music This week, I watched A Killer’s Kiss and He Walked By Night. Both of these movies were beautifully shot, if the plots themselves were only pretty good. They mostly employed the use of shadows and perspective to create drama. Here, ~The Killer~ gives off an almost Phantom Of The Opera vibe- creepy … Read More →

A silent movie about silence Paper Sculpture (Thumb Wars playing in the background) How To Sit In A Chair  

Okay here we go 1. NOIRCAT 2. VENETIAN BLIND EFFECT 3. LIGHTING FROM ONE SIDE   4. DRAMATIC SHADOWS   5. GRIT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WARNING NOT SAFE FOR LIFE That is the basement bathroom of Virginia Hall. May God have mercy on all of our souls. This sure was an enlightening experiment. Good … Read More →

I’m not super big into photography. I can appreciate beautiful photos, and I know how to compose something technically good, but I tend to not really care. When I take photos, I use my phone and I capture a moment. Most of the time, it’s selfies. I tend to have the subject in the middle … Read More →

DROPPING AT A RECORD STORE NEAR YOU FULL OF DOUBTS BY JARDINELLA I did the album cover assignment for three points. It looked like fun, and I like fun things. It also satisfied my remaining stars. My band name was Jardinella, a type of snail or something. The album name was “Full of Doubts”, someone said … Read More →

OKAY THIS WAS REALLY HARD TO DO AND IM NOT GOOD AT THINGS I wanted to do this assignment for two stars for Delia, showing what she would daydream about. I didn’t anticipate it being hard. I was wrong. I took a photo of a window in VA hall. I downloaded and installed GIMP. I found … Read More →

    Panel 1: Mail! Oh boy, I bet it’s from one of my friends- look at that cute envelope! Panel 2: Glitter… What did I ever do to them? The cute envelope was full of lies and falsehoods   In this three-star assignment, I was to show a change of emotion in two panels. … Read More →

How uncultured. Let’s begin with my beauty items- Powder Compact I sing under hot lights all night, I can’t look oily! I’m the backbone of the whole place, imagine if Frank Sinatra came in one night and saw me looking anything less than perfect? I would be ruined. Perfume Darlin’ if you’ve ever been backstage, you … Read More →

To start us off, here are my daily creates: This week was really, really, really rough. I don’t like reading very much, and I especially hate reading when I dislike the characters. I also hate Hemingway. Honestly, the majority of my week was spent just trying to get through the literary tumors of this week’s readings (except for … Read More →

Original assignment here   I am thankful for: Love Health School Pizza My fantastic art skills   (obviously) Honestly, I thought that this assignment would be easy to knock out. That was my main motivation. I mean- it takes 20 seconds max, right? I read through the tutorial/tips on the assignment page before actually doing … Read More →

Original assignment here Original recipe here Melt butter, low heat Two tablespoons unsalted Ten inch iron pan Quarter cup sugar, Brown, melts with spices on stove Allspice and nutmeg I like it “to taste”, But allspice and nutmeg ground Half spoon each is good One shot of liquor Banana, then simmer it. Cook two bananas … Read More →

Original assignment here We went a little way, and then she stopped. “Frank, I feel funny inside.” “Here, hold on to me.” “Oh, Frank. Maybe I strained myself, just then. Trying to keep my head up. So I wouldn’t gulp down the salt water.” “Take it easy.” “Wouldn’t that be awful? I’ve heard of women that … Read More →

  French creole, tall, average build. Conventionally attractive, but not anything out of the ordinary. Long black hair, deep set green eyes, a small gap between her front teeth. Enjoys wearing a full face of makeup. When singing, she wears a stereotypical long dress with a slit up the sides and elbow-length gloves. Born April … Read More →

Dear god were this week’s readings painful. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE: I hated everyone. I hated the disjointed writing style, the lack of imagery, the choppy dialogue, but most of all I hated the story itself. Cora is an ungrateful, unlikeable character who is matched perfectly with “trampy” Frank. In reality, they’re both asshats who … Read More →

Daily Creates   I would have to say that this bootcamp week wasn’t too rough. I already had twitter, wordpress, and soundcloud accounts. Flickr and gravatar were easy to join and operate, though YouTube was a headache. I had to go through and validate 3 different emails before I could do anything. The biggest headache … Read More →

My name is Lesya (pronounced like Liza) Hey, fair warning: I'm in an online class that requires me to tweet a LOT. #ds106 too bad there's no twitter savior — Lesya (@Plamkeen) January 13, 2015 Just moved back in, internet is up and running. Should I bump up from 25 mbits to 50? #ds106 — … Read More →

Hello, ds106! My name is Lesya.