On the fifth week of New Com Tech, my tutor gave to me.

He gave to me this task of finding (or alternatively dubiously procuring) a series of pictures that represent the various words he's provided me with. One picture per word.

Lets see how I go.

Friends

What can I say? They look like they're a group of young individuals who are enjoying life, and more importantly in this specific example - enjoying life together.










High Tech

Hell yeah. The first thing that came to my head was that whole realm of micro-science technology. Computer chips and overtly complicated wiring with that innovative, creative looking twist.

But fuck that - this is a toilet.

And really it's a good example of advanced technology. Technology is essentially becoming an infestation of comfort. We don't need all these extra technical functions on a toilet. The function of a thunder box is to collect and dispose of your persistent human waste. The comfort infestation I'm talking about is placing all those toilets with electric seat warmers, stereo systems and intricate water fountain features. >_>

It's an infection!

News

So it'd really be -more- appropriate to have a picture of a modem. But I'm still currently, and blindly might I add, choosing to believe that -most- of the worlds population are first and foremost informed by television.

So yes, look - it's a satellite!







Summer

Summer - Heat - Get it? >_>

Well, realistically it was probably released in the summer.

But still. Heat.











Unconventional














So for this one I decided to use an example of my own work. I had a character I once created an avatar for who had a glass eye. I went through several stages of creating that glass eye, and -eventually- I decided to do something 'unconventional', aha! I created this symbol above, and incorperated it into the image, among other rigorous procedures, to be the actual 'iris' for his glass eye. Turned out like this.


University life

-Ha-.

Yeah, bad narcotics jokes aside.

I was looking for a picture of a bearded man sitting in front of a computer screen. One of those caricatures showing the depravity of the computer-reliant junkie.

But I failed. So look - all uni students become addicted to meth!


Well that'll do it for this week. If anyone knows where I live, please bring by either food or money. Or crystal meth, preferably.

Movie quote for the day is as follows: "If there's a hole in the Ozone layer, how come I can't see it?"

Anarchy in Week Four

Everything is hectic - I'm behind on -all- of my readings, I'm not sleeping very well, I have absolutely no money to rent dvd's with my brand spanking new rental account though I'll never stand down and admit that particular defeat, and my girlfriend is spending the weekend in Brisbane so I'll -somehow- have to mange the weekend without any social or digital support.

-Fuck-.

And to top it all off, my favorite blogging tutorial includes a rather stomach-churning scavenger hunt regarding -both- pumpkins and Grant Hackett, I have to figure out what I would want my essay to be written on using only library resources, and last but pointedly not quite so least detail a few opinions and definitions on the topic of search engines.

Take a breath, we're going to powerhouse it until we strike gold.

Part 1

This certainly isn't -exactly- what I've been told to set out and do, but I'm taking creative steps here and that should be appreciated! I've been looking at articles concerning computer games and honestly, and actually to my surprise as well, almost all the articles I've found have been -negative- accounts. This has inspired me to suggest my -own- thoughts an opinions to base my fictional essay on. I'm a firmly believer that like any form of interactive media, be it books, dice-games, fucking boggle, trivia pursuits of different varieties and even ridiculous choose-your-own-adventures, computer games have the wonderful ability to dispense knowledge at an inspiring rate. This isn't of course to say that any computer game will benefit you with copious amounts of knowledge - Of course not - one of the points I'd want to raise in such an article would be the idea that -interacting- in any sort of game that requires you to think is a tool that can help one learn. Admittedly, it's an idea that needs a wealth of time and extrapolation, but I'm just outlining points at this point.

Another topic I'd like to do would be concerning 'creative media', and how it inspires us and also provides us with further knowledge. I'm not talking about 'this is how you build a fucking house' knowledge, or computer programming knowledge, or even arm-chair knowledge. I'm referring to a much more primal, 'visual' sense of knowledge. Let me explain what I mean.

I consider myself an ideas person. As an amateur, aspiring novelist/whatever the hell I end up being, I consider myself a storyteller. It's important to me to absorb as much knowledge and as many ideas as I can to give my imagination the broadest palette I can afford. Every time I play a computer game, watch a movie, listen to music or read a book I am contributing to the enriching process of that palette. I'd stay away from the topic of reading other novels and such in my article, as every bastard I've every run across and likewise crossed has told me that I will ultimately and superbly fail as a writer if I do not read. Fuck them, says I! I have other methods of inspiration, and just because I don't draw it from one -particular- source out of a possible universe of media doesn't mean that I will write something that is -boring-. In the article I'd defiantly focus more on the concept of movies, music and interactive video games. Music and movies have always been the underdog to the theory of 'development' regarding the more you read the better you write, but none have had such a bad rap as video games has endured. It's literally the -only- media platform that can potentially, and often does, combine visual aesthetic (such as in films and television), music, written text and present it in an -interactive- environment. So consider that this platform can encompass all these different elements that cinema, television, music and written literature provide and you've got a wealth of possibility for new, innovative storytelling. Fucking for the win.

So yeah, I'd elaborate on those sorts of ideas for my essay.

Disclaimer - I fucking -hate- television. I'm not for mindless consuming of propaganda and restless, boring sitcoms and commercials that essentially boar away at your intelligence. That isn't to say that I don't enjoy some of the programming that's selected and created for television - I just don't watch it. I suppose it's like music - what's popular and rates well usually never coincides with what is quality.

Part 2a:

So firstly I'd just like to point out the coincidental links to the grandiose Teamo Awesomeo on my blog page, two of which who have supplied me with different accounts of the very answers I need for the scavenger hunt. Yes, I want to copy these answers. Not because it'd be dubiously easy and I'd not have to -actually- research the length of a Giraffe's tongue, but because It'd be an example of me not relying on Google or Wikipedia to search for the information I'm looking for. Unless I'm heavily mistaken that's the point of the scavenger hunt in the first place.

But alas, here I go.

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?

The largest pumpkin ever grown is 1,502 pounds. It was grown by Ron Wallace of Greene, Rhode Island. It was weighed in on October 7, 2006 at the Rhode Island Weigh-off.

http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/record.htm

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?

Check it out - post on his LiveJournal.

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffe’s tongue can be up to 21 inches long. It is also prehensile, which means it can grab and hold onto objects. Some people think the color is to keep the tongue from getting sunburned.

http://www.plsd.k12.pa.us/final_projects/06/vaughnessa/fun%20facys.htm

Good lord.

4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?

The study of existence, essentially.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=ontology

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?

Stereo.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065036/

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?

January 8 1986

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker's_Manifesto

7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

For many years, 555 was unassigned as a dialling code in the US and could thus be used to prefix fictional numbers with impunity.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2357,00.html

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?

Ferry at 4:30 in the morning that arrives at 2:10 pm, with three stops in between.

Ridiculously long link.

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

1. Que Sera Sera - Normie Rowe and the Playboys

http://members.optusnet.com.au/designprint/music_1965.htm

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Stephen played keyboard for Brisbane punk band, the Black Assassins.

Pure bloody awesome.


Bluh. I'm going to leave it there for a bit. I'll come back later with a fantastic addendum to this blog, finishing off this little task.

But for now, I'm going to retire into the depths of my cramped, dusty apartment and contemplate how I'm find the money I need to rent a few movies this weekend.

See you next time, devout and aspiring readers. >_>

Quote: 'It's not that I don't trust you, I just don't fuckin' trust you."

If any of you can get that one I'll give you a shiny penny.

-Me4

Having further read my third week notes I've discovered that I need to speak on the New Communication Technologies that directly influence my life.

Well that's easy.

Some of my closest, best friends are people who I've never known in a personal space. As strange as that sounds, the internet has provided me personally with enough mediums of communication that I've developed friendships with like-minds and essentially people who are on the same wavelength as I am who I'd never have the opportunity to otherwise.

The internet aside, I do own a mobile phone, and have found myself dependent on the use of it. So what? I can recognize the fact that I am a human being who's grown up involved in the progressing technologies and have become an important part of my lifestyle. I'm all the wiser for it. I'm computer literate, I can touch type, I've got a broad selection of knowledge that I'd otherwise not have been exposed to. I fucking rock .

So yeah - it's everywhere. It's a part of my life and I can comfortably admit to that.

Another quote for you Cronenberg fans: "All hail the new flesh!"

It seems fitting, considering the content of this post. >_>

- Me4

Well, I suppose still being here gives me -some- points at least. I've spent the last few days being stressed, chronically ill and moving an assortment of ridiculously heavy boxes from my old, stingy apartment to my -new-, stingy apartment. But I'm here - so I'm claiming credit for my effort.

I've started to realize that the more i type outside the whole realm of fiction writing the more I get inspired to do so. As a result I'm currently considering taking a completely different style -and- narration perspective to the story. An interesting transcendence. I might post further if I feel inspired to at a later date.

Today's tutorial task however is about adding -contacts- to my blog. I'm -thrilled-. >_> I'll need to create my own blog community - which simply entails no less than three other oppressed bloggers need to be connected to my own, inspiring blog. Thank god I've got Teamo Awesomeo to back me - who should hopefully soon be all added to my contacts of this repressive little blog site. I'd like to take this opportunity to officially -blame- Beanie for naming Teamo Awesomeo. Sure you hate it now, but you're the one that inspired us all to adopt the name and got it drilled into our subconscious. Yes Beanie, it's all your fault. Relish in it.

This week's been an interesting one to say the least. There's been quite a bit of content and quite alot of happenings. I've moved from one lame apartment to a better, cheaper lame apartment. I've given five-hundred milliliters of my blood to the Red Cross, which is roughly ten percent of my entire blood supply, dragged myself up a few rows of surprisingly painful chairs in the name of 'performance' in Creative Arts Practice and even staved off Sam's flue for long enough for my immunities to fully kick in. So congratulate me. I am Me4 - hear me roar.

The quote for today is as follows: 'Look up the word 'idiot' in the dictionary, you know what you'll find?
"A picture of me?"
"No - the definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are!"

Try that one on for size you mind-expansive drug inducing hoopleheads! Yes, look it up - Hooplehead. For the fucking win.

-Me4

Dear god, I'm blogging.

I'm taking a Hunter S. Thompson approach this this whole blogging concept. And no, that doesn't entail copious drug consumption and inventing a new form of journalism. It's more a reflection of the fact that I, considering myself a pseudo-intellectual, hyper-creative sociopath, am currently writing my first 'blog' in history. Considering I'm a person who generally despises the idea of creating and maintaining a journal of any kind, I've found the first few overtly-descriptive sentences to be more stimulating than previously anticipated. Still - Dear god, I'm blogging.

This, of course, is my New Communications and Technologies student blog for the duration of (at least) this semester.

So welcome, I hope you enjoy the ridiculous ranting of my train of thought. Now that I'm thinking creatively, aptly tilting my head to the side as I listen to my tutor Adam (yes Adam, that's you) with my eyes roaming between my classmates, the -almost- closed door and the tutor, typing this here blog, I wonder actually how many job possibilities there are for someone like myself who can type without looking at neither the keyboard or the screen. I realise that touch-typing is becoming somewhat of a commodity with this new and hip upcoming generation, but how many of them can look around the room, listen to a few words of wisdom from a potential distraction and continue trying their train of thought with no more than a few, uncommon typo's and spelling mistakes?

I ask you, dear, loyal reader, is there a place for me out there?

>_>

I suppose I'll have to flush my childhood dreams of being a typist. Shit.

I've decided to post a different movie quote every time I 'blog' as they undoubtedly say, for you enthusiastic readers keen to reply. Considering I'll probably only be giving this blog address to my tutor he'll probably be the only one, if anyone, to try and answer the trivia.

The first quote is as follows: 'Thought I'd never call?"

Yes, it's a recent movie, and to anyone who can guess it off the top of their head, bite me. I'll make it more challenging next time.

-Me4.