I used to play this game all the time during the bush years http://www.playitontheweb.com/games/Give-Bush-a-Brain-game.htm and its so much fun! Not only do you get to drop a brain into his empty head, but also you get to hear something funny upon inserting the brain. Just a nice game for when you need some laughs as you wait to lose power from a storm!

Last night I was watching the vice presidental debate and a graphic came up at the bottom that said go to some site to talk about and fact check the debate live. This made me realize how sad our politics have gotten recently, that we have to fact check our leaders and potential leaders. How low have we stopped, to where our leaders will lie to get more votes. Part of democracy is people knowing the facts so that they can make an informed decision at the voting booth, something that we are seeing slip through our finger tips every day. With parts of speeches being proved false, and ads saying that someone lying, its quite shameful that we as a country where we are constantly surrounded by the media and advertisments trying to sway us that most people already constantly tune them out, that we can't even rely on our commander and cheif, and our potential commander in cheif to tell what's really happening.

    This is a basic poster telling people to drink Bonum, the energy drink that helps to fuel the dystopian society in our film. I wanted the poster to be pretty basic to where it could be understood with just a glance, but also for it to pop out, like someone with extra energy would. If we are going to use it in the filming process is still unclear.

I read the article "A Voting Issue That Isn't" by Eugene Robinson. He does a good job of highlighting the struggle that we will have to go through to preserve our right to vote against tough, powerful opposition. Also I enjoyed the simple way in which he explained the republican effort and showed how terrible it is.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zElhrWOM47g&feature=g-upl

1. Bus coming to the stop
2. Luther Rice Church out of the bus window
3. Screen saying "STOP REQUESTED" on bus
4. Goats at a house that I pass
5 .Me opening the door to my house


     To make my 5x5 I used a simple point and shoot camera. I stated at the bus stop, and took a shot of the bus coming around, which lasted about 20 seconds. Next I took many shots along the ride, but I decided after some long weighing of the shots that the one of Luther Rice Church was my favorite. As a transition shot to show the end of the ride, I chose to show the screen saying "STOP REQUESTED." Then, I always thought it was really cool how I walk by goats every day, so I had to include them. And Finally to show the end of my journey, I thought that opening the door with the key was a great idea.
     To edit the video i used the web based, WeVideo, which was not the hard part of the post production, it took upwards of a half hour to figure out how to upload the clips, a process that included me having to install a new software. Overall I am content with my 5x5, considering my lack of experience and skill I think I did pretty well.

For a new video challenge we could make a video of a typical day at blair  

Dystopian trailer

V for Vendetta James McTeigue R 2005

     V (Hugo Weaving) , a fighter against the rule of the totalitarian government, rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from the hands of the police. Together, they try to fight against the government in search of freedom.


      The trailer for V for Vendetta is exemplary because it clearly illustrates many characteristics about a dystopia and a dystopian protagonist, such as oppressive government, and a protagonist who has been cheated by the system, and finds someone to motivate her to do good. The government in the trailer is shown to be oppressive through shots of marching soldiers, people shooting at V, and torturing Evey in an attempt to get his whereabouts. Also the dramatic music helps to build the idea of forceful power. Next Evey shows many characteristics of a Dystopian protagonist. Firstly, the shots of her parents getting taken away, and her young innocent voice shows what the government has done, which she reflects upon later while talking to V. Also Evey has V who leads by example, and sets the course for her to act out against the opressive government.

I read the article, World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others and made some annotations to create a page that shows the article, with some highlights I selected that are interesting. The article discusses how we are entering the age of collaboration, and that "experts are at our fingertips, through our keyboards or cell phones, if we know how to find and connect to them. Content and information are everywhere, not just in textbooks," Meaning that the technology has arrived to allow us to explore the vast world, even from the school classroom. This came as a shock, I mean I know how vast the internet is, but I didn't realize that it was as plausible as the article displays it to improve your skills by collaborating with people and talking to experts worldwide to improve your own skills, I think it's a phenomenal advancement that we can all use to our benefit. For example I would love to learn about how to shoot professional sports, and other students could learn about whatever topic they want, to create a more advanced learning society as a whole.