Alternate Identity

I liked Erika's alternate identity as Martin the alien and Kate as a cowgirl as well. I thought that these two stood out very nicely among the rest. Their videos were both very strong and it seemed like they stayed in character the entire time. I liked how both went the extra mile to include props and accessories as well as back story to their identities. They were very creative and hilarious identities. I liked how Erika was communicating with the plants and telling them they deserved a better life it was endearing and interesting how they would intercommunicate. I thought her use of props and strange antics was really funny. I also liked how Kate actually took her identity very public and filmed peoples reactions to her at various stores. It was a great idea to lasso her food at the grocery store and her dinner looked delicious even the components reflected her alternate identity. The way she treated her horse was very in character. I thought that these two were the best examples of alternate identity because they executed the project and also had a great video documentation to follow it up with. They went the extra distance and it definitely showed, they could have just taken photos but the choice to do both made their project with both and i thought that was one of the things that made it most effective for me because I'm really into the effort and professionality of a project no matter what the subject.

My least favorite would probably have to be Dane's: I mean it was a good idea but it needed more documentation. He had a minimal amount of photos for a 48 hour project and not real laid out guidelines as to what "living casually" meant.

Alternate Persona Project

For my alternate persona I chose to be a frat guy for 48 hours. I was called Andre and dressed like a frat guy and joined in on frat activities.The guys totally played a long with the project and got really into it. They let me film a good amount of my experiences. Some things were kept off film though because filming would upset people. For example in the morning the guys all sing in the shower and yell hilarious things usually commenting on their morning shits, but no one wanted to be filmed during that part of their day. The Rec Cen at UCSB would not let me film inside their facilities while I did bench press and was led in a work out by one of my frat brothers, that was a shame.  Also, they had a huge party the first night that I was there but I could not film it. It was interesting being on the other side of their parties though, I usually attend them as a girl obviously, but it was fun hanging out with the guys and hearing the things that they pay attention to at parties like how the girls look and how fucked up their friends are getting. I learned alot from this, for example, "Bass Fishing" is a term used by the frat to stop their bros from hooking up with an unattractive girl. I.E. "Dude let's go bass fishing this weekend, you down? I heard there are a lot of bass out in the lagoon to catch!" Then the guy knows to try to shake off the girl. I also played volleyball, drank a lot while playing dangerous drinking games, went to the gym, played some video games, fucked around with some kitana swords and learned a lot of new frat skills like opening a beer with a lighter. All of which is documented. It was an exciting project. I feel like I bonded with the guys and will always have a little frattiness inside me after this. It was a great experiment and I enjoyed it very much. I would love to keep doing alternate personas because they are so fun.F

Response to Final

I had a bit of a hard time with the final exam,
I recognized all the work and remembered what they were about but I only remembered the artists that I had just reread about in my notes minutes before the final. I hope I get most of the points. The girl next to me took the whole time writing about the work so that kinda made me feel like an underachiever.

I liked the TA presentations alot. I would have liked to have more background info on the first guy's class projects. It looked like they made a lot of dioramas or something. Then I didn't understand what the portraits of the students had to do with anything or if that was a project too, I also didn't get why some portraits were all tribal and some were all black and white and clean. I have no idea what went on in that section but it still looked like a good time. The other 2 sections were good as well. I would have liked to see more confession pieces. I know Kiki Neibhur is in one of the sections and got a lot of attention for hers because she made herself look like a date rape victim and had video of that. I would have liked to see it. Our section's random performance was great! Alex is hilarious! It was easily the best show of alternate persona in the lecture. So Funny!

Today it is Fraturday

So... I'm in Sigep and it is just as epic as I thought!
I basically rage and hang out with the bros all the time. It is livin the fuckin dream let me tell you.
50 guys all in one house and there is never a dull or quiet moment.
We burp and sing and drink and work out all together and motivate each other to excel in all aspects of our lives.
I had a philanthropy this weekend, which is like...a party for a cause.
I worked out.... obviously.
I played fuckin epic and dangerous drinking games but thats what being a bro is all about.
I volley balled it up and showed my skills.
I also killed fuckin zombies on the new Call of Duty map. All the guys will appreciate this.
Alot of the events that we do are secret aka too epic to let the rest of the school know what we're doing so I'll just have to write about those things because they aren't documented.
We had a great weekend. Me and my Bros for life.
Later. Gotta Blast.

Which artist I would be...

If I could be any artist I would be El Mac. He is a great photo realist and street artist. I would love to have talent to be able to render such realistic images. A lot of his images center around latino heritage and celebrating latina women. I like how his images look like they are photoshopped but they are done with paint. It would be amazing to be commissioned to make beautiful murals such as the one above in LA. It is like 15 minutes away from my house and I have always admired it. I would like to have talent like his and have my street art shown in a legitimate way where people now pay me to  put my art on the street to be seen by a huge number of people. I like how public the canvas is. I would love to have both this artists skill and his job. i love the intricate details and how he embodies chicano culture.

Super Villain

If I could be any super villain I would be Star Sapphire from the Infinite Crisis Comic Series.Her alternative identity is Deborah Camille Darnell and she is also Remoni-Notra; a princess from outer space who doubles as Deborah the flight stewardess. "As Star Sapphire, Darnell can use her gem of power to fly and to hurl blasts of force nearly equal to the power of a Green Lantern's ring. Moreover, the Sapphire bestows upon her a certain amount of invulnerability and allows her to survive in airless space." She battles the Justice League and is eventually killed by them but until then she does some really bad ass things. She can fly so she just flies around in space and causes chaos and annoys the justice league. Personally the justice league seem like a bunch of self righteous pricks that are super nationalistic and non questioning. I like star sapphire because she obviously has a vast knowledge of what else is out there and has been indoctrined into the secret society of super villains and obviously has a problem with the justice league who all seem pretty annoying to me. It seems like a battle that our government has waged for a while advocating ignorance and fighting outer space ideas and possible alien encounters, we are so quick to judge and just kill people who are different. I think this is highly symbolic and I am on the side of Star Sapphire.

Superhero

If I could be any superhero I would be Wonder Woman. She has a lot of badass qualities that make her a top superhero. She has super agility, stamina and strength. Standard. Her accessories are what really make her cool. She has bullet reflecting bracelets, a magic lasso, and an invisible plane. The thing that I like about her is that she seems like she could really live a normal life if she wanted to. She can control her powers, they aren't too crazy to make her like a hermit or a freak. Then also she can whip out her magic accessories and kick ass if the occasion calls for it. If in some case she were to lose her accessories and just had super physical powers she could be a marathon runner, an Olympian, or a supermodel with her natural abilities. Always gotta have a plan B.  Having your own invisible plane would also be awesome. You can get places super fast and not have to worry about the paparazzi or other annoying people knowing where you're going. Now that there are no more Nazis for Wonder Woman to fight she might just use that plane to relax on various exotic islands, or if she gets really bored of that she could always hunt out Osama Bin Laden, Tupac and Biggie..... or Elvis. If I was wonder woman I would use my powers and resources to solve large world issues. I would use my plane to transport high calorie food from people who really don't need to be eating more...America! cough cough and bring it to the starving people in Africa and Asia. I would also sabotage the massive slaying of endangered species and dolphins (recently saw The Cove). I would also definitely start trying to work on the pacific ocean garbage patch and start trying to see if there are aliens out there that are smarter than we are that would like to lend their technology to fixing the damage that we've caused to our planet. Wonder Woman would be pretty good at these things with everything that she has to work with.