-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.
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
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