What if put to life(kind of)

The what if question that I chose to do came from Surrogate, and it was- What if cannibalism was normal and eating other things other than human flesh taboo? I tried to make an image that would represent that, but was unable to recreate the image I saw in my head.

Reflections on Newspaper assignment

For the newspaper assignment, I chose to take the page of comics that I had picked up and read it while I ate my lunch, pork chops and apple sauce. Sadly, I only put my pork chops in the microvave for about 1 minute, but it was enough to burn one of them on the side. It was still good, but what made it even better was the Hagar the Horrible comic I was reading while I ate. It was about how Hagar had stuck around a bar playing darts or something, he won first prize and was bragging to his wife about it. The funny part though was that she said great job winning, but you are 3 hours late for dinner. I found it ironic that the first comic that I read was about food, while I was eating food. I reminded me of how Beth kept talking about how everything is joined together and somehow always comes full circle.

Reflections and 50 what ifs

I thought that the last class was quite interesting, as many members of the class that normally remain quiet, including me, decided to speak up and voice their opinions of some of the issues that we covered. Honestly, the main thing that I can remember from class is that everyone seems to be in agreement that the egg discussions need to end, and also that the new Metallica album is only half good, which is still far superior to the St. Anger release. I look forward to seeing what this week has to offer as far as out-there discussions and partaking myself.

Here's my 50 what if questions.

1. What if the sky wasn't blue?

2. What if there was one universal language?

3. What if birds couldn't fly?

4. What if humans had never been inspired to fly since birds didn't fly?

5. What if America was never discovered?

6. What if the seasons didn't change?

7. What if water wasn't wet?

8. What if there was world peace?

9. What if the Mormons are right?

10. What if men gave birth?

11. What if fish couldn't swim?

12. What if the Nazi's won?

13. What if Hendrix didn't die?

14. What if man never walked the Earth?

15. What if you could turn back time?

16. What if apes ruled the world?

17. What if we are descended from apes?

18. What if the grass wasn't green?

19. What if people didn't wear clothes?

20. What if there were no rules?

21. What if fairy tales were true?

22. What if we really are the only intelligent beings in the universe?

23. What if Martin Luther never came up with the Ten thesis?

24. What if babies could speak at birth?

25. WHat if music never existed?

26. What if independent thought never existed?

27. What if the cotton gin was never invented?

28. What if pain was pleasure?

29. What if we were all the same sex?

30. What if we didn't have an energy crisis?

31. What if I choose not to complete this assignment?

32. What if the Colts won today?

33. What if fire didn't burn?

34. What if pigs weren't so tasty?

35. What if the moon was really made of cheese?

36. What if hell froze over?

37. What if there was no disease?

38. What if Eastasia vs. Eurasia is really going on?

39. What if there was no gravity?

40. What if your shit didn't stink?

41. What if we pooped out of our mouths?

42. What if there were no forks in the road?

43. What if art wasn't subjective?

44. What if Al Gore really did invent the internet?

45. What if there was no Oprah?

46. What if Old Yeller made it through?

47. What if everything we do is for nothing?

48. What if AIDS was airborne?

49. What if the remaining 90% of our brains would allow for telepathic or psychic abilities?

50. What if Star Wars Episode 1-3 didn't suck? 

Favorite egg assignment

My favorite, and also most memorable, egg assignment was the one where the egg was in a video telling a childrens' story. It reminded me of the type of material that you would find in Adult Swim, and it was certainly as crazy as most of the things that are shown there. I thought that the idea was incredibly original, and could easily slide in to a show such as Robot Chicken, it's just too bad that the egg is now destroyed and there will not be any sequels.

Idea of Time

I thought about this assignment of creating something that relays a concept of time, and the idea that finally came to me was to create an image that demonstrates how we get so wrapped up in our schedules, and living according to what time it is every day, that it consumes our entire existance.

Bible Dipping

My experience with bible dipping came from a book that I haven't read in a while called, "Snow Crash," a book about a crazy futuristic world. The page that I happened to open was about the Deliverator, specifically about his car, which apparantly has enough horsepower to launch a pound of bacon to the moon. I began to ponder that thought, what amount of force would it take to lauch a pound of bacon to the moon, and why would one do such a thing in the first place? Could it be that there are people who still believe that there are lifeforms on the moon, perhaps the famed man on the moon himself, and that they would like a pound of bacon every once in a while? Or is it deeper than that, maybe these people who most would deem crazy know something that I do not, that there really is a man on the moon, and we must blast a pound of bacon his way every so often to avoid his rath? I don't know the answers to these questions, but I know that every time I look at the moon my mind begins to wander along these lines and suddenly I feel the craving for some bacon.

The Egg Experience

This is the story of how an egg changed the way I look upon the world. It began when I recieved an egg at the end of class. It's name was Roy, I found out, and soon enough we were the best of friends. I felt that he was making incredible progress growing as fast as he was, and so after twenty minutes I felt it was time for Roy to leave the nest. So I placed him on a window seal and went to class eagerly anticipating the stories Roy would tell me once I returned. However, when I came back, Roy was on his death bed. It seems that he couldn't take life without me sitting there on the window seal, and so he began to contemplate what drove Humpty Dumpty to leap to his demise from that wall he sat upon, much as Roy was now doing. This train of thinking turned out to be too much for Roy, and so he finally decided to follow the path of Humpty, and end his suffering. This he told me before he faded away, shortly after I came back from class.