Empty - "Half full or half empty?"

I choose to do my final on the word EMPTY, because my apartment looks empty right now but it is not empty at all.

That got me to thinking about the saying "half full or half empty?" Most people believe that the answer picked decides whether your a optimisitc person or pessimistic. It's interesting how people can tell so much about a person just based on that. Wikipedia says that: The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one's point of view and that there may be opportunity in the situation as well as trouble. Which is what this class is about in the way that it helps us not only think outside of comfort zones but to think of situations in different ways. To see all views of the situation.

I asked some friends what they thought and three of them said full and one said empty. Ever since someone asked me that question in high school I first responded with empty and still think believe that. My reasoning for that before they told me the answers was that the glass was half empty because it was full then someone drank out of it and now its almost empty they just have to finish drinking it.

Book report

"When you've been somewhere for a while, you aquire the ability to be practically invisible. This lets you operate with a minimum of interference."

- Jenny Holzer

Connections in class

For the connections project I thought of a couple ideas. At first I thought of a family tree but that is too obvious. Then I remembered what i do when im bored Thursdays at work I look up animals in the encyclopedia. Then I thought that I could make the family tree with the animals and how they all somehow probably came from each other. Then I got to thinking about the group experiments on facebook about inviting all your friends and so on to prove the point that everyone is somehow conected to each other in a circle of friends.

In class a lot of people had the start of some really good ideas but I think only two people who spoke posted stuff in their blogs. We went on random trips all over campus and explored. We did start to try to go through all the buildings on campus to see how they were all connected. In the end of class there was a little skit. I wasn't sure what to think of the skit at first but once I sat down to type this I think I get it. There was one person one all four corners giving them all something in common. Or that they can relate to each other. Beth and doug skipped in a circle together in the middle of the four cornered kids. I'm not sure what they meant by that but it may be because they were connected by the arms and went in the same motion and dirction.

My Onion Project

I choose to use pictures of trash cans of downtown Indianapolis because it was the first thing I thought of when told to find something that had layers, was more then what they appear. The trash can to most people is seen as a diposal device for stuff that they no longer want but in many ways it could be seen as a gold mine or a design of the surrounding landscape. There were two different styles of trash cans downtown, one that was a black metal frame that opened outward and a octagon shaped one made with rocks surrounding it. Some of the trash cans had a tarp wrapped around it that had a design on it that sutied the seaon of basketball. That is the desgin approch for the trash cans but more importantly is the people who go rely on there being good trash in those cans. The local homeless look for any left item like clothing, or food. They do a pretty good job making sure most of the trash downtown is taken out but I had to looked in most all of the main trash cans and all the best stuff I could find were a black pair of socks.

Onion Ideas

We stared out class with sharing ideas on the onion project. I began writting down some ideas but I was not in the direction that I wanted to be for this project. One student had an idea of making a video with music that showed how much polution there is in the canal. There was one person who did a sketch of a time period that was really important to them in their life. Then during one of our exercises in class there was a crane that was made out of the obituaries, which made it have more meaning than what it origionally had before. Another idea was a paper gun, bottle, and bat to symbolize the word intent.

Five Senses

Have you ever gone to a new place, with a different culture than your own? All five senses start going except for one. Your eyes are looking at everything they possibly can to absorb everything in as fast as possible. The smell in the air is forcing your nose to try to break each sense apart to figure out what or where it is coming from. Your ears are listening to all of the sounds from all over the area. Both of these, senses and sound, are related to your vision trying to relate that sound or smell to an image. After those senses are near done something will attract the eye and the temptation to touch something of a weird texture would be the next action. Taste is not usually used unless a local food item is tasted.

Senses could lead to curiosity, which leads to many questions. I had this Dairy Queen ice cream cake in front of me because it was my sister's birthday and I had to put her candles into this cold ice cream. Which did not work at all. Thankfully who ever designed the cake but a frosting along the edge that I put the candles in around the cake. The worst part was trying to put the cake. You could tell by looking at it that the ice cream on the top was starting to melt but the cake would not cut still.

Then there was the problem that arose. There are many layers in Dairy Queen cakes. There is the ice cream on the bottom, then the layer of fudge or caramel, then a layer of crumbs of cake, followed by the top layer of ice cream to finish it off. It was the middle layer with the fudge that was giving us trouble cutting. It was not frozen, but by the time we got the piece of cake to come out with the help of two people working on it, the piece jumped out and flipped over onto the rest of the cake. That is one of the hardest things to do that most people under estimate, taking the first piece of cake, pie, or brownie out of the pan.

If this was new to someone they could use all their senses but one. To touch the cake it is cold at first until it starts to melt where it is being touched. It can be tasted my those that are not lactose intolerant. Everyone enjoys the taste no matter how old they are. The only thing is it can not be heard. It might make some noise once it is taken out of the freezer into a warm area, but that is an observation of mine and I could of been just thinking I heard a noise.

It is like those guessing games at animal places or the zoo. Where you have to put your hand through a hole and feel different objects or types of fur and guess what they are. What if we had something like that but for food? That would be fun cause its messy and it deals with using one of the main five senses. The ice cream cake would have to be one just for the fun of it.

Two hour bliss...

This weekend I was trying to find something to do for two hours that was fun and nothing came to my mind sadly. This weekend though, one of my roommates had her sister and one of her friends come to stay over and on Sunday we had a two hour shopping trip to the Circle Center mall. Spring break is coming up and my roommates have been keeping their eye on some shorts that they wanted to get. I did not get anything at the mall because the more I was standing in the mall the more broke or poor I was feeling. Bills were coming and we have to put a deposite on a house so our trip to the mall was not that much of a bliss for me. But there was not a whole lot that went on this weekend or week besides working and doing homework. It is hard to find time to do something fun, especially if time is never usually taken to do this on a daily basis. It gets hard to think of something to do. I kept thinking of the other stuff I had to do like my web develpement homework or to do laundry or needing to clean the kitchen because looking at the mess was bothering me. Those are not fun things to do, they are things I have to do because no one else will. The trip to the mall was probably the most relaxing thing to happen all weekend.

In class today we watched a movie about the physics of wether something is really there. They were saying that, for example, when a basketball is bounced it does not really hit the ground. It creates friction with the pavement and bounces back but never hits. With the electrons acting against each other.

What moves you?

For this assignment, I would have to describe an experience that most moved me. Recently I got a cornea ulcer. And this has probably been the most unluckest thing that has ever happened to me in my life. I was the stereo typical girl that tans more than what I probably should and wears contacts, but now I can not do either of those because of the cornea ulcer or at least for a while. It happened in my left eye making my vision in that eye so fogged that I could not see out of it. It was really light sensitive too. Things that happened to the left I would usually miss. I trip over more things and definitely lose more things, most commonly my keys. For example, I was walking from the car to a friends house and in the process was completely blind sighted by a tree branch hanging on the left side of the side walk and walked right into it. To a normal person this would of looked really stupid and comical, but I never saw the tree coming. I would also find myself hoping for dark cloudy days or maybe rain because that would only mean it would have to be cloudy out. The medicines that they had me on would not let me sleep either. I had to take them every hour so the most sleep I could get at a time would be every 55 minutes. The first week was the worst because I had to go to Wishard everyday and I would have to try to get one of my roommates to take me until just recently I can with stand more light and I walk there now, especially since I have been lucky enough to not have many sunny days at all during the week. The worst part is that this will effect my vision in that eye because of the type of bacteria was the worst and will leave a scar on my cornea. But all I keep thinking about is if I will be able to wear contacts in time for spring break, because for the first time ever I am actually going somewhere for spring break and now I am not sure how my eye will be at that time.

What if all cows ran out of milk?

Simply there would be no milk. We would have to try to drink powdered milk or just not drink milk at all. More people would have weaker bones and there would be more accidents with people breaking their bones. Doctors would have more business then too.

What if...

1. What if all the chocolate in the world ran out?
2. What if there was no such thing as fashion, everyone wore uniforms?
3. What if cars were never invented but roads were still made the same?
4. What if video games and television were never invented?
5. What if lions, tigers, and bears were pets?
6. What if we had noses like elephants?
7. What if dinosaurs never became extinct?
8. What if we could fly?
9. What if there was no such thing as sweat pants?
10. What if we could go to space whenever we wanted?
11. What if we did not need money in life?
12. What if dogs and cats were wild animals and not pets?
13. What if squirrels had wings?
14. What if no one liked OJ(orange juice)?
15. What if all cows ran out of milk?
16. What if there was no such thing as country music?
17. What if dessert always came before dinner?
18. What if everyone had to have a tatoo on their foreheads?
19. What if cell phones never existed (which includes text messaging)?
20. What if we had to wear masks of animals on our faces allthe time?
21. What if caffine was illegal?
22. What if seafood was meant to be left in the sea?
23. What if boys were smart?
24. What if no one liked string cheese?
25. What if we never got scars?
26. What if it was never freezing cold outside?
27. What if there was no such thing as homework?
28. What if everyone had tentacles?
29. What if the moon was really made of cheese?
30. What if we were allowed to disintegrate people we did not like?
31. What if we were allowed to smart mouth people at work?
32. What if there were no stupid people in the world?
33. What if everyone had paws instead of hands?
34. What if the spoon was never invented (for soup or cereal)?
35. What if spiders took over the world?
36. What if flies could speak English?
37. What if there really was 16 foot giants?
38. What if no one liked football?
39. What if Peeps came alive after three days?
40. What if nothing started (work, school) before noon?
41. What if apples were meant to be thrown at people, and not eaten?
42. What if there was no such thing as fast food?
43. What if Santa Clause lived in a desert instead of the North Pole?
44. What if chairs floated?
45. What if we could go back in time?
46. What if you never went to college?
47. What if the sky was green?
48. What if we had floatation devices to travel, instead of cars?
49. What if everyone had to eat green eggs and ham for breakfast everyday?
50. What if monsters really did exist?

Fork

After getting our fork assignments I took mine home and washed it so I could eat dinner with it. Luckily it was a good dinner to use with forks, possible our forks favorite. Dinner was BBQ mini hot dogs. But diner got messy for fork and only forced me to clean it again. Then we played some Guitar Hero for a couple hours. Or it was more like the for sat next to me and watched. Then it was time for me to finish with the fork for the day so I could get online. I put the fork under the couch so I would not lose it or anyone could step on it. 

Another day with the fork started out with eating macaroni and cheese. And washing it again afterwards cause it is always getting dirty. Then I sat and thought about what to do next with the fork and the only thing that came to my mind was that my fork looked like its name could be Joe. It randomly just came to be but that is the first thing I thought.

My list of ideas to experiment with the fork or Joe would be:

If the canal had flowing water in it, throwing it in to see if Joe would float and then how far down the canal Joe would make it.

Putting it on a hot plate and seeing how long it takes to melt.

Putting it in battery acid to see what would happen to it over a period of time.

Sticking it in a melted candle and then letting it dry like that at someone's house but do not tell him or her about it. Let them find it on their own.

Melt it in a skillet (along with a couple other forks) and letting it dry in the skillet so that it is no longer a fork but a plate. Then the project would become from what to do with a fork to what to do with this plate or frisbee.