Tuesday, October 20, 2009
In Class: Man In The Irony Mask
Stephen Colbert is not the typical man, he is on the other end of the spectrum from the other lady we were typing about last week. I think its funny how he works his show each night, monday through friday at 11:30, because its not your typical show. Yes, there are a bunch of late night shows, but this one is unique. I never knew half of the things that he had done with guests on the show before. Apparently he has his own flavor of Ben and Jerry's ice cream?? That's pretty dope. Also, he says he basically puts the voice of the people into the show but just uses his voice. Stephen Colbert is an interesting dude.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Rhetorical Blog #3
I was skeptical about this article before I read it, because I didn’t think it was going to appeal to my tastes, but it was a pretty dope piece of writing. I wish I could just submit that as my profile essay. The author of this piece was extremely good with giving us details. There were not many that he left out. He even included her typical conversation endings. A great example of this is where he says
“On most of those magazine covers, Badu is elegant and graceful, defiant and iconic, like a sixties “Black Is Beautiful” poster. In person she’s just another five-foot-two, black, thin, pretty, vegan artist with light greenish-brown eyes. For our interview and photo shoot she wore her hair long; her jewelry consisted of a gold bracelet on her left wrist and a silver ring around her left forefinger. She looked as if she’d just come from a morning cruising thrift shops, wearing a black shirt, white plaid pants, purple leggings, and an apron because she’d forgotten to put on a belt. She walked around her house barefoot and began and ended conversations with the word “peace.”
When I read this paragraph, I felt as if I was having the conversation with her. It was really nice to place my own picture in my head, just by reading a few sentences. When I saw the music video that was showed in class, it was the complete opposite of what I had expected because she was all done up in makeup and nice clothes, but we were let into her personal life and basically saw what she lounges around the house in. I believe from the clothes she was wearing, that she really does not want to be a celebrity because if she had wanted to be a celebrity she would’ve worn nice clothes, make-up and all these other accessories for the interview, but she’s a down to earth lady.
Constantly, we are reminded that Badu is from Dallas aka Dirty Dirty D-Town, and she lives on the Southside of the city. Since I’m a tourist to this state, but I guess the Southside of Dallas used to be the place to be, but a few years later, it’s a thug’s mansion. It’s described here by both the writer and Badu.
“This used to be one of the most beautiful neighborhoods ever,” Badu said as we drove along Pennsylvania Avenue in South Dallas. “Families were active, lawns were beautiful, trees looked nice, people put up Christmas lights at Christmastime. It was a neighborhood. Now I feel like I’m in New Orleans after Katrina.” We turned onto some of the cross streets. Many houses were abandoned, while most just looked worn-out. Plenty had their windows boarded up. Yards were muddy, and stray dogs walked slowly down the street. “South Dallas dogs are so slow,” said Badu with a chuckle. We drove some more. “South Dallas used to be called Sunny South Dallas,” Badu said, sighing. “It’s not called that anymore.” It was the usual suspects, she said: “Time, drugs, lack of money, lack of education, lack of willpower.”
Once I read this, it reminded me of some cities up in New England that used to be really popular, but now you would not drive through the west side of Boston or any of the suburbs of Boston. It’s sad that these things happen to the nice cities, but different groups of people can change a town drastically.
I think it’s pretty tight that she’s holding down her hometown and is not abandoning it at all. That takes a lot of heart, even if she is the only one of wealth in that area. I also like how she bought that theatre and leases it out for performers. All it takes is a few big shows to happen there and you could raise a lot of money. Badu is a cool lady, from the writing, and is representing Southside D-Town.
“On most of those magazine covers, Badu is elegant and graceful, defiant and iconic, like a sixties “Black Is Beautiful” poster. In person she’s just another five-foot-two, black, thin, pretty, vegan artist with light greenish-brown eyes. For our interview and photo shoot she wore her hair long; her jewelry consisted of a gold bracelet on her left wrist and a silver ring around her left forefinger. She looked as if she’d just come from a morning cruising thrift shops, wearing a black shirt, white plaid pants, purple leggings, and an apron because she’d forgotten to put on a belt. She walked around her house barefoot and began and ended conversations with the word “peace.”
When I read this paragraph, I felt as if I was having the conversation with her. It was really nice to place my own picture in my head, just by reading a few sentences. When I saw the music video that was showed in class, it was the complete opposite of what I had expected because she was all done up in makeup and nice clothes, but we were let into her personal life and basically saw what she lounges around the house in. I believe from the clothes she was wearing, that she really does not want to be a celebrity because if she had wanted to be a celebrity she would’ve worn nice clothes, make-up and all these other accessories for the interview, but she’s a down to earth lady.
Constantly, we are reminded that Badu is from Dallas aka Dirty Dirty D-Town, and she lives on the Southside of the city. Since I’m a tourist to this state, but I guess the Southside of Dallas used to be the place to be, but a few years later, it’s a thug’s mansion. It’s described here by both the writer and Badu.
“This used to be one of the most beautiful neighborhoods ever,” Badu said as we drove along Pennsylvania Avenue in South Dallas. “Families were active, lawns were beautiful, trees looked nice, people put up Christmas lights at Christmastime. It was a neighborhood. Now I feel like I’m in New Orleans after Katrina.” We turned onto some of the cross streets. Many houses were abandoned, while most just looked worn-out. Plenty had their windows boarded up. Yards were muddy, and stray dogs walked slowly down the street. “South Dallas dogs are so slow,” said Badu with a chuckle. We drove some more. “South Dallas used to be called Sunny South Dallas,” Badu said, sighing. “It’s not called that anymore.” It was the usual suspects, she said: “Time, drugs, lack of money, lack of education, lack of willpower.”
Once I read this, it reminded me of some cities up in New England that used to be really popular, but now you would not drive through the west side of Boston or any of the suburbs of Boston. It’s sad that these things happen to the nice cities, but different groups of people can change a town drastically.
I think it’s pretty tight that she’s holding down her hometown and is not abandoning it at all. That takes a lot of heart, even if she is the only one of wealth in that area. I also like how she bought that theatre and leases it out for performers. All it takes is a few big shows to happen there and you could raise a lot of money. Badu is a cool lady, from the writing, and is representing Southside D-Town.
In Class: Home Girl
I did not read Home Girl in the text book, but I did have a very relaxing/much needed fall break.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
In Class Freewrite- Image
KING KONG. I think this image is dope, because its so crazy that this movie came out in the 1930's but they just remade it into some huge film a few years back. The picture is very captivating, because the KING KONG is in big yellow print and if I was walking by this poster, I would definitely stop and take a good look at it. You see this massive gorilla man-handling an attractive blond in a city. Then a picture below it shows the gorilla in a fight with a monster of some kind.
The humongous gorilla is seen stealing away this attractive blond girl wearing a white dress. If I hadn't seen this movie before, I'd be full of questions. Why is this big thing carrying her? He looks really mad at the city streets, what did they ever do to him? I thought big monkeys stayed in the jungle, why is he in a big city? Perhaps New York City?
The color really caught my attention. The title KING KONG is in a cool font and in bright yellow, so if these was blown up and put on a wall, it would definitely be an attention-grabber. It has a yellow sky behind the gorilla, but it's just unique how you see all of this yellow which catches your eye, but then this massive black figure takes up a good part of the poster...oh yeah...this huge black gorilla is cradling a small white girl wearing a white dress.
The image is probably trying to get me to feel excited for the movie, I think. I'm supposed to be feeling sorry for the girl in King Kong's arms.
The humongous gorilla is seen stealing away this attractive blond girl wearing a white dress. If I hadn't seen this movie before, I'd be full of questions. Why is this big thing carrying her? He looks really mad at the city streets, what did they ever do to him? I thought big monkeys stayed in the jungle, why is he in a big city? Perhaps New York City?
The color really caught my attention. The title KING KONG is in a cool font and in bright yellow, so if these was blown up and put on a wall, it would definitely be an attention-grabber. It has a yellow sky behind the gorilla, but it's just unique how you see all of this yellow which catches your eye, but then this massive black figure takes up a good part of the poster...oh yeah...this huge black gorilla is cradling a small white girl wearing a white dress.
The image is probably trying to get me to feel excited for the movie, I think. I'm supposed to be feeling sorry for the girl in King Kong's arms.
In Class Freewrite- Generating Ideas
I'm still a little bit stuck on who to choose, but there are several people on this campus that I could never forget.
My theatre teacher Dr. Walsh is a chill guy and he's experienced a lot because he's been so involved in the theatre business.
This random old guy that watches Waits. I forget his name, but he's an old dude that let me into my room once and you just got a vibe that he's a cowboy.
My theatre teacher Dr. Walsh is a chill guy and he's experienced a lot because he's been so involved in the theatre business.
This random old guy that watches Waits. I forget his name, but he's an old dude that let me into my room once and you just got a vibe that he's a cowboy.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Brainstorming for Essay 3
Professional Sports
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
New England Patriots
Driving Cars
Entourage
Listening to Music- Jordan Thompson, Radio Host for TCU Radio
Finding new Hip-Hop music
Staying up late
XBOX
Eating Chinese food
Sleeping
Talking to strangers- John Householder, director of admissions at TCU
I was thinking about interesting people that I know on campus, someone who seems like they've been through a lot, had a lot of different experiences. The only person who I could see as fitting some of these characteristics would be my survey of theatre professor, Dr. TJ Walsh. He's told us some of his resume and it includes; writing plays, directing plays, acting in plays, dealing with movies, broadway, and pretty much anything else you can do to participate in the arts. I would like to have a few more options though, even if he would be a good candidate.
There's this one old man who randomly is the person working at my dorm's front office from time to time. He's got a thick Southern accent. I forget his name, it was a unique one like Clarence or something, but he seems like he would have an interesting story.
My professor for survey of theatre class, Dr. TJ Walsh, is an interesting man. In class, he connects his teaching with some personal stories that he's experienced in the past. His humor is evident, and you can tell he's a very laid back person. He's cancelled classes on multiple occasions and that moves him up to the top in my books. Furthermore, he has had his hand dipped in the performing arts business his whole life. Doc. Walsh said that he's written plays, acted and directed plays, movies, the whole sha-bang. So if I could get ahold of him, I believe he would be an interesting topic.
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
New England Patriots
Driving Cars
Entourage
Listening to Music- Jordan Thompson, Radio Host for TCU Radio
Finding new Hip-Hop music
Staying up late
XBOX
Eating Chinese food
Sleeping
Talking to strangers- John Householder, director of admissions at TCU
I was thinking about interesting people that I know on campus, someone who seems like they've been through a lot, had a lot of different experiences. The only person who I could see as fitting some of these characteristics would be my survey of theatre professor, Dr. TJ Walsh. He's told us some of his resume and it includes; writing plays, directing plays, acting in plays, dealing with movies, broadway, and pretty much anything else you can do to participate in the arts. I would like to have a few more options though, even if he would be a good candidate.
There's this one old man who randomly is the person working at my dorm's front office from time to time. He's got a thick Southern accent. I forget his name, it was a unique one like Clarence or something, but he seems like he would have an interesting story.
My professor for survey of theatre class, Dr. TJ Walsh, is an interesting man. In class, he connects his teaching with some personal stories that he's experienced in the past. His humor is evident, and you can tell he's a very laid back person. He's cancelled classes on multiple occasions and that moves him up to the top in my books. Furthermore, he has had his hand dipped in the performing arts business his whole life. Doc. Walsh said that he's written plays, acted and directed plays, movies, the whole sha-bang. So if I could get ahold of him, I believe he would be an interesting topic.
As of right now, I am all done wiith essay 2. Last night, I finished it up in the library so I could get it off my chest. I'm kindof confident in it, I believe my first essay was stronger, but we shall see. It's under five pages, like my first essay, but hopefully I'll still do well.
I got a B on essay one and I'm proud of that. B's are good. B's keep the parents happy.
I got a B on essay one and I'm proud of that. B's are good. B's keep the parents happy.
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