The "Report": Status Update

For class this week we watched part of the movie Minority Report. Never before had I realized how close we were coming to a world similar to that which was depicted in the moive. In the movie they had some very futuristic ideas from cars that basically drove themselves to advertisments that scanned your eyes and greeted you by name. In the world we live in today, we are not to far off. Car companines are looking to the future were cars are designed to just that, drive themselves. I don't know about living in a world were advertisements talk to you. That's just a little too personal for me. It would be kinda cool thought to walk in a store and some billard greets you. Who knows were we might be in another 10 to 20 years.

Ebay Challenge

So, here is my presentation on The Ebay Challenge! In a earlier blog entry, I talked about the walk we made in the freezing cold to the thrift store. NOW, I'll talk more about what I brought.

So I brought this Billy Joel album, An Innocent Man. I stumbled upon it right after i found a skateboard i thought about getting. I went down the isle, on the skateboard, when I saw the rest of the group looking at old vinlys. I thought to myself that I could probably get more off of an good vinly than a old skateboard. So I browsed throught the various selection they had when I came upon the one I needed up buying. One of the people that I walked with said I should get it because of one of the songs. Can't remember which song, but he said it was a good song nonetheless, which is why I needed up picking up the one that I did. So check it out. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=250383436478

Super Bowl Laughs

The Super Bowl commericals this year were not all that. Some of them were better than others. There were a few that I just didn't understand. Nevertheless, some of them stood out from the rest, such as the Doritos' commerical. My favorite of them all was the Career Builders commerical (http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43/videos/commercials#page:4/video:09000d5d80e7b66d). I think what made the commerical was between the screaming lady and the guy repeatedly hitting the koala in the face. Still, the message and what the man says go so well with what the commerical is really trying to say. That is, if you are so depressed with you job, depressed to the point were point were you sit around daydreaming of punching small animals, then its probably time to get a new job. Anywayz, it's hilarious and thats how they pull you in. YOU MUST WATCH THIS AND LAUGH REPEATEDLY!!!

The Trail of Tears

For class this week we had to go and find a product at this local thrift store. First of all it was freezing cold outside and it feel like the longest walk I have ever walked. It was to the point where I couldn't feel some of my body parts anymore. But I regress from my point. The project is to find something at this thrift store to advertise for on ebay. The objective it to get as many people to come and view the product through, of course, advertisement. I found an old vinyl of Billy Joel An Innocent Man. I picked it because I figured I could make something off of it. There were some other vinlys and some old toys but nothing looked very interesting. On top of that, the ablum has a few decent songs up there, so i decided on the album. Then there was the walk back, and it was JUST AS BAD as it was going up there. It was a little easier because I had a group with me, but it was still freezing cold.

True Creativity

This man is something else. The guy, Vik Muniz, is a artist/advertiser who's advertisement is a work of art. In our Creative Lab class we watched this video of him on Ted Tv. (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar.html) During the whole video, I was in shock. I've seen some creative things in my life, but the mediums that Vik Muniz uses and the work that is produced was incredible. He has used some of the most creative things like chocolate and wire to some of the weirdest things like dust and sugar, and yet they come out looking like masterpieces. The video shows it all. I definitely think it is a "must see"!!!

First Timer

Ok, so this is my first time creating a blog, and I can honestly say it was one of the most confusing things I have ever done. Not so much that setting it up was hard, but just trying to figure out what to write about. I sat at this computer for almost two hours trying to think of something to write about, and all I could come up with was to write about how I couldn't figure out anything to write about. Speaking for myself, I can safely compare blogging to rocket science or something like that.