Freeform

I am about to go to Las Vegas tomorrow. I am really excited for the trip. I have to do my freeform today so that I can take  the weekend off in Vegas. I can start by telling you about what I'm going to do there.
I am going to Vegas with Sigep. My favorite bros. :)
We're staying in 2 bedroom suites at Planet Hollywood. We have Jacuzzis in the rooms!
I am really excited for that...who doesn't love a jacuzzi?
I can't wait to have a vacation day before finals although Memorial Day traffic is going to suck!!!
I am going to check out some art while I am there.
We're going to the Cirque Du Soliel  Love show that features the Beatles music.
It should be really interesting. I like the idea of acrobatics as art.
I also want to see the Bellagio where they have a whole ceiling constructed by Chihuli.

It should be a fun trip.

Critique of Persona Projects 2

Today I really liked Mary Beth's project. I felt like her persona and the way she presented it as an audition tape for the Real World was so smart. I appreciated how she went all the way as to get fake nails, bleach her hair and get a spray tan to get more into character...and that stuff isn't cheap! Her video was well made and she stayed in character the whole time, I felt like this was a very opposite role for her because she seems so laid back and quiet. She really went the extra mile with her persona. I also thought that the ninja persona was good. The video was also very well made. I liked how he was always creepily hiding, but yet always getting discovered by people. it made for a funny video.

I don't want to say that there was any project in particular that was weakest today. But, as a closing statement to this project I would like to say that it really showed when people really got into their work and diligently documented and acted out their persona effectively. Projects that came out of this kind of an experiences were 100 percent better than those who didn't get into their persona or didn't change much about themselves. It often reflected in the documentation as well. Overall there were a lot of great projects and a few ones that could have used some work.

Alternate Identity Reflection

I had a great time doing the alternate identity project. It made me think of how we conform to our own social niches quite often. I feel like based on what category people fall into, they dress a certain way say certain things and adopt a certain persona. It is not always the other way around. I thought that it was interesting how it was so easy for me to think of how to dress and how to talk because such a stereotype follows the term of frat guy. I feel like even if I had not said what I was that people would have still been able to tell by those markers and I think that that says something about how our social system works. In an age of online social media I feel like there are a lot more people trying to give off a persona. as opposed to a more accurate representation of their personality. I think that they think that this may be easier than actually letting people see who they are, because after all this is such a public space, but also maybe people try to attract certain types of people to them by the way that they represent themselves online. I think that there is much to be analyzed in the range of reality vs projection and the projected persona and stereotyping. I would love to learn more about the social experiments or research in this area because it is so pertinent and intriguing.

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.