I chose to complete the audio assignment ‘rhythms with things’ an assignment worth three stars. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/rhythms-with-things/ For this assignment I used a pen, kleenex box, and hands to create a rhythm. For this assignment all I did was play around with a couple beats until I felt comfortable enough to replicate the rhythm for an […]

This assignment was completed to satisfy the creation of a bumper for ds106 radio. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/creat-a-ds106-radio-bumper/ I used Audacity to create an mp3 which I uploaded to soundcloud. I converted a youtube file to an mp3 using an online converter. Afterwards, I recorded a voiceover using audacity. This assignment was straightforward. The only challenging part of it […]

This assignment is a submission for the Sound Effects Story assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-effects-story/ I utilized the sound effects downloaded off of free sound in audacity to create my story. This story reflects my characters need for a drink. He walks into a saloon. His footsteps are heard up until he reaches the bar. The bartender displays […]

My most prominent memory and initial learning of the power of audio storytelling was when my teacher in grade school introduced us to Orson Wells who produced a War of the Worlds broadcast. It has been noted that the 1938 broadcast of HG Wells work on CBS sent many listeners into a panic due to […]

I chose to complete the Reverse Audio Quiz assignment worth 3.5 stars. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/reverse-audio-quiz-2/ I thought it’d be interesting to reverse a song and hear what the track sounded like. I used the Audacity program. With a little clicking around, I figured out how to reverse the mp3 file. The result is below: Figuring out the song […]

So this week was pretty challenging. I got it done though. This week taught me to be more patient while taking photographs. It also taught me that there’s more to photography than just taking random snapshots of things. I ended up watching the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Admittedly it’s one of my favorite movies, […]

I watched ” the man who shot liberty valence” for my reflection piece. It was shot completely in black and white. To me the movie instills longing for the old west. It seems more believable than if it were shot in color. Many other westerns produced during the same time period had landscapes that weren’t […]

I just took the photoblitz challenge. The Challenge: Take a photo of (or something that represents) the moon. Someone else’s artwork in an interesting way to make it yours. Features a repeating pattern. Make a photo that represents the end, termination… Make a photograph of a plastic object. Take a photo depicting the weather. Your […]

I chose to do the assignment ‘that’s not what i expected.’ It tells us to take a close up picture of something and see if people can guess what it is. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/thats-not-what-i-expected/ My picture above is not just of the letter W. The canvas on which W rests is the real medium. I used my […]

The directive was to pour out one’s character’s bag and write a description of each item carried around in it. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-bag/ Here’s the items in my character’s bag: There’s a lasso. My character carries it around just in case he needs some rope. He never knows when he needs it. I can be employed during […]

The assignment was to compose a brady bunch like picture. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/were-the-real-life-brady-bunch/ Here’s my version.  The squares on the periphery are of all close friends with myself in the middle. From left to right descending from row to row their names are Mike, Sami, Elizabeth, Alieh, myself, Akeem, water, Mike (with Chad and Emerson), and my […]

I attempted to complete the visual assignment “can you see what i see.” http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/can-you-see-what-i-see/ I’ve never cropped two photos together. So I figured how hard can it be? It was fairly challenging. I couldn’t really figure out how to change the opacity of the cyclist. That was the hardest part of this assignment. I poured […]

What a lovely couple they are! Abu and Amy are soon to be married. Abu grew up on in the United States. He was a stage monkey who most notably appeared in the hit film Aladin. After appearing in several other films, this monkey made an appearance as an extra in the Planet of the […]

I was thinking today, and it occurred to me – I’ve never really given one thought to photography. I’ve taken photos only with my phone. Thoughtless photos. Photos that have been taken with just a flick of the wrist and no consideration to the content. Lighting, angle, frame, etc have never really crossed my mind. […]

What a busy week this one was. Time management is key to success in this class. I now realize this. For this week I completed a couple assignments: the monologue for a toolshed, the alphabet story and the letter to my younger self. Monologue I believe the monologue of a household tool was the most […]

Kyle Masala was inducted into the 37th infantry regiment of Kentucky in September of 1865. He was born September of 1848 in Kentucky. Growing up in Kentucky, Kyle devoted his life to the family ranch. In his late teens he joined the Union. After leaving the army in his thirties, Kyle Masala grabbed his Colt […]

Vonnegut refers to a goodness and ill fortune scale that can be applied to stories. Many times stories can be seen to have similar themes, ending with the same goodness ranking (or at least some goodness ranking). This generally pleases the reader, listener, viewer, etc. I noticed in the ICE man story the goodness to […]

I attempted to write a short story with each consecutive word’s first letter beginning with the next letter of the alphabet. I put a little western twist on it. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-story-in-alphabet/ A bronze cowboy drove eerily fast, gravitating heavily into jungled knots; laughing maniacally, never once peering quiveringly, riding south toward Utah, veering with xenolith yellow […]

I completed the monologue of a household tool. I figured it was pretty interesting. I never thought much about how a tool would feel. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/monologue-of-a-household-tool/ It’s winter again, and half of me is freezing. The only time I can escape from the cold is during the brief moments I go inside the house. These times […]

A letter to a little me.. Based on the assignment below: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-letter-to-you-as-a-child/   Get excited! The future will bring many things. Here’s a little list of tips to help you along the way. Leave the seat down. Get in the practice now to avoid any headache you’ll endure in the future. You’re not the only […]

Tropes are spread throughout westerns. The characters most commonly seen are the cowboys, drunks, sheriffs (the law), or women behind the men. Just depends on the story. The Ice Man and the Bride Comes to Yellow Sky both deal with a person in a similar station in life, however these persons deal with the situation […]

Week two went a little more smoothly, I think. I completed one weekly assignment posts in the photography, design, and written sections each with the photography example linked below: ABC Pic The rest are linked to my front page under the titles haiku! and informed decisions. Were they the most creative? No. But I’m practicing. […]

I was perusing through assignments the other day while at work and came across the visual assignment find yourself. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/find-yourself/ It directs us to find your name in your environment. Didn’t expect this assignment to come up. I looked behind my shoulder and lo and behold my name appeared! It didn’t actually appear. I’m an […]

I decided to complete the haiku poem assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-haiku-poem-about-a-haiku-poem/ Writing a haiku poem about writing a haiku poem seemed interesting. Being a geology major, I generally write about things with a physical existence. I don’t write about thoughts or feelings but about the immediate physical world around me. Needless to say, this writing exercise was […]

I was scrolling through assignments trying to figure out which one to attempt when I came across the motivational poster one. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/motivational-poster-2/ It caught my eye due to the fact that many motivational posters nowadays floating around the internet tend to be sarcastic and funny.   At the time of creation I had been listening […]

This week went smoothly. Although I have no experience writing a blog or creating a website, I feel as if it has gone smoothly so far due to the clear, concise and easy to follow instructions from the bootcamp page. The most difficult part of this process was figuring out how to utilize the web […]

From the futuristic thoughts of the 1980’s and 90’s being reflected in Back to the Future to the social unrest of present day being mirrored by Django Unchained, Westerns represent a movie genre reflecting America’s current social state in a setting of the past. But to me, westerns still conjure up strong images of cowboys […]