This reading reminded me a little about The Postman Always Rings Twice. There was love, affair, hurt, and cruelty. I figured death was coming to either Queenie or Burr. It so happened that Burr died. I’m not surprised though. The reading seemed fast as if everything happened so quickly. There was definitely a mystery to it. I […]

“The Shadow” was my favorite reading that I did this week. I chose it randomly off the list, and I am happy about my decision. This story had a lot more mystery in it, even though it was pretty short. It was actually a pretty quick read because it kept the reader interested in the … Continue reading theres no shadow without light →

Writing Assignment Random words: optional, source, decadence, bloody, kind, animal, biological, balloon, audio, halting. Random animal : Canary I am relating this post to my character! Edie walked up to the bar. A deflated balloon blew in the cool night air is the rain splattered down around her. She heard the music still playing inside, the type … Continue reading A Canary →

This week was rather challenging I found. It required a vast amount to read upon use of creative work.  All of the readings this week seemed to share a sense of dreadfulness to them. All the readings of this week showed death and hopelessness. As compared to “Dark Knight”, the viewer had hope that a […]

What I did for week two: for my first trick, my daily creates The first daily create was write a haiku that covers our original feelings of the DS 106 class. For mine I tweeted one and used PowerPoint to create another one. On PowerPoint I set an image to the background and he’s a text box right … Continue reading Another Ending →

Wow! This was a busy week. To start off we were introduced to some noir reading. Despite popular believe noir is not just for film. We were given a list of choices to read, and I chose to read The … Continue reading →

This week, I did some noir reading, blog editing, and creative writing. I only did two daily creates (1) (2), which was an oversight on my part due both to procrastination and a misread of the weekly post. Looking back, I realize that I really should have budgeted my time better. That’s my new-week resolution […]

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This puts a cap on week 2 of The Dark Times, this week was the start of the daily creates (“Lets Get Creative!”; A Cat on Synthesizer, A Yodel, and An Eye Selfie) which added some creativity for each day. I for one really enjoyed the daily creates so much so that I would be … Continue reading Week 2 Throwback

I read the following four stories about Noir: A Matter of Procedure- Jessica Miller This is the story of a criminal investigator who become so involved with a crime that she mimics the victim as her fantasy. This disturbing, sinister story not only is dark it includes many components of noir, murder, sex, alcohol, crime … Continue reading Readings and Readings About Noir

Rose King was born and raised in texas. She is a small town country singer who performs at local bars around town. She believes in owning a gun because she was once mugged as a young teen. She has lived in poverty all her life and is working on becoming a famous singer one day. […]

The alternate ending for The Postman always rings twice. Frank and Cora moved away to Indiana to start a new life together. To escape all of the drama and affairs. For the first couple of years, it was peaceful. Little did they know, “The Greek” also a had affair a grief-stricken woman over the death…

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For this assignment, I had to write a recipe in haiku. I decided to challenge myself to find a filling main course recipe that could be conveyed in a single haiku. Using allrecipes.com, I found the perfect dish. Garlic Chicken Breasts   Sprinkle ...

In Hemingway’s “The Killers” I was waiting for something to happen but nothing ever did. There was no ending to the story, it basically left you waiting and wondering if they were going to come back, or something going to happen to the men in the restaurant. It was very anticlimactic. Noir-ness This story was … Continue reading The Actual Killers →