4/19 Class Reaction

Duct Tape- (Check!)

I would of never thought when coming to class on 4/19 that we would be duct taping our mouths closed. It was a lot harder to communicate with only hand and eye movement, some people understand verbal directions better than hand signals. So, this presented a challenge to some of the "talkers" in class. One thing I enjoyed was walking past people and they would look at you like you had a problem, like you was crazy. I just duct taped my mouth that's it lol! But, I really enjoyed the walk on the canal, even though my legs where kind of hurting from carrying my laptop bag, I think my bag might weigh more than me.

The way we communicate plays a big role in whether somebody understands you and how clear you get your point across. With your mouth ducted taped you really can't get to much across, people will have mixed thoughts about what it is your trying to say/explain in gestures. Even though you get a lot of information about a person on how they stand, sit, and even eye motions. All of these counts as gestures I would say, because if you are saying one thing but your gesture is saying another, you could possible offend someone. This has happen to me, I have been told that sometimes I can come across rude when text messaging friends, HOW IN THE WORLD IS THAT? I figured that sending a text message is sort of like having your mouth duct taped in a sense, the person can only take the worlds and how they want to interpret them. So, I'm ready to duct taped our hands together and in class we should have some type of hands on activity to see how hard it is when you have to use other methods to solve the activity.

Seeing vs. Looking

Definitions: (My Opinion)

Looking: is the direction your eyes are pointed at a particular point in time. You are

Seeing: is actual being able to describe what you see and recalling what you seen if asked you at a later date.

Both are quite similar, but to me this is what they mean.

4/12 Class Reaction

Well, today's class was quite interesting, just seeing what some people considered their "identity". I know that my identity is spread out now across my 3 children, they are the reason I live and continue to push everyday. But, class was quite interesting when the teacher went around the room and stereotyped everyone. I thought the teacher when came around to me, that I was quite, most people say that until they know me. Too bad I had to leave class early, we were watching willitblend.com and the man on there was blending all types of items. I thought it was quite funny when he blended the ipad and it was in complete dusty. But, other than that class was nice and smooth and I always love sitting-sideways!!

Who the hell are you?

Think about yourself... Who are you? Who do you want to be? Who knows the real you? Do you have any idea who you will be 20 years from now? When I was young I thought I would be someone completely different from who I am today, and I know I will be someone different in 5 years... How has new media had an impact on who you are? How have you adapted to college life? These are all just examples of how to think about this assignment. There are billions and billions more ways... What can you come up with?

I had two people write about me, the first knows me very well and the second person doesn't really know me.

Cushandra Andrews says:
"As long as I have known Anthony Marshall, he has been very goal oriented and determined. Anthony is very much focused on becoming successful and setting a foundation not only for himself but for his children as well. Anthony is also very personable. Many may not know this, but he is a bit of a goof ball. but, on the flip-side of that it's extremely hard to get him to open up. His guards are always up and he doesn't let too many people into his world. He figures the fewer people he lets in, means fewer disappointments he will encounter."

Catinya Brown says:
"I really don't know a lot about Anthony Marshall. But, what I do know of him is that he is pursuing his education, that he's a father and around me he is a little quiet. But, he is a good looking guy, clean cut and dress very well."

Well, I must say that the two individuals who wrote about me is only describing 20% of me. As I stated before my three sons (Jeramyah, Sean, and Zahrius) are my world, I love them to death. Next to that I'm very serious about my education, because without an education where would I be in the world? I graduate May 9th 2010, but I have two summer classes that I have to take in order to receive my diploma. Right after that I'm suppose to be starting graduate school (New Media still), I have been talking a lot to the Masters adviser and my academic adviser about the direction I should pursue. Hopefully after completing the Masters program at IUPUI, I may take a break for a semester. After that break I want to pursue a doctorate degree, I'm undecided on what I want to pursue. So, as you see I'm very serious about my education, I want to set a standard, a bar for my children, nieces, and nephews. It upsets me to see so much talent that people possess and it goes to waste. As before I mentioned my company 26 Entertainment, we are a media company that offers consulting, promotions, marketing, graphic/web design, audio/video production, artist development, direct mailing, event planning. We offer just about anything that a individual or company could need or want. I would say these last 16 months have been very beneficial to my company, I have built up my portfolio, gained business partners and connections that will last a life time. I currently film video productions for Adore (local R&B Group), Milton Maxwell (Comedian), Alonda Lovell (Poet), 3 rap artist and this is on a regular. One thing that I'm about to start doing that I think is very beneficial for my portfolio/company, is teaching the youth (ages 12-17) graphic/web design, and video production at Friendship. (The old boys and girls club on West 16th.) Now, we are dealing with trying to get the Adobe suites and some nice computers, so I can have the opportunity to teach the youth, while giving back to the community with different projects that we plan on pursuing. I'm very big on sharing the education that I receive to get other interested or willing to help along with what I do. With my degrees, I doubt if I use them in my field of study, I would rather show younger kids and I'm hoping that by doing this that I spark an interest and this will motivate them.

Now to answer a couple questions from the assignment:
In 20 years, I see myself in a suit and tie, attending business meetings for my company and any other ventures that I pursue in my life. I'm a people person, I may come off shy at first, that's because I like to sit back and listen to others. I listen before opening my mouth and that was instilled in me by my mother at a young age. Coming from the area that I come from you would think that I would have been another statistic, but I thank my parents for keeping me in order. Most of my friends that I knew or grew up with didn't graduate from High School, not because they weren't smart or couldn't make the grades, they just got involved with the wrong people and messed up a portion of they life. I'm always very optimistic about life and the things that happen to me, so I take everyday like it's my last. I love with no question, I value friends, family, and me as a person. I know I'm not perfect, but everyday there is a struggle because I try to better myself as a person, father, and son. Next month seems unbelievable to me, I have worked soooo hard for this degree and I see it as a stepping stone of many accomplishments that I plan on pursuing. Even after typing all of this about me, I still feel like I could next explain the real me, so I'm just going to leave it to you to assume, but hey you can't worry about what people think about you (good or bad), YOU ONLY KNOW THE REAL YOU!

3/29 Class Recap

Today was quite an interesting class, seems like everybody got they issues and they need to be talked about. Seems like whenever somebody has something going on in their life and they decide to discuss it with the class, EVERYONE listens and can relate. But, I want to comment on next weeks assignment, I LOVE IT!! That's all I have to say, because I have some plans on where I want to be in some years and how I see my life in the future. But, other than that class was intense today, listen to one of our classmates discuss what has recently taken place in her life. I couldn't do nothing but listen and felt my heart drop watching her go through this. Just because I know that what happened to her, could of easily happen to me or someone close to me and that's scary. This class gets more intense and interesting ever class, I would say this is the best class by far that I have taken at IUPUI!!

Fear factor

When trying to think about something that I wanted to do my "fear" experiment over, I was stuck. But, in the back of my mind I always knew that I was kind of shy about revealing what have happen to me in the past. But, I was inspired when the teacher(Beth) stood in the chair and conquering one of her fears and basically exposing herself. So, the whole week I was deciding on whether or not I wanted to show and tell about my eye. The only thing I wasn't planning on doing was taking my eye out, but when Beth asked I thought about it and took it out. I have never showed a whole class, the only people who have seen it is some people that is real close to me. But, now I feel more comfortable then before, so now I'm ready to show the world, well not really. The reactions were pleasant I thought, cause I like the way some of the students looked after I took my eye out, it was funny.

The best experiment I would have to say would be when (I forget the students name) but, Beth went up to the cage and looked inside it like something was going to jump out. I thought it was a spider in the cage, but it turned out to be a paper spider.

Fear.com

Critical Thinking, Amazement, Sadness

Fear is Coming! Response 3/8

Today's class was kind of different from any other class I've had, but I could've expected it from Beth. When we first went outside I thought we were about to do some type of spiritual enlightenment type actives, because I knew that with a mixture of Professor Powers and Beth...WHOO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN!!...I say that because I have had the pleasure of sitting in Professor Powers classes.

The next assignment that we are touching on is fear, so when listening/watching Beth show her fears and conquering them at the same time were pretty astonishing to me.

Overall, I had fun today and I'm very angry that whoever came up with spring break would schedule it when we are suppose to sit sideways...this is a tragedy, devastating..I'm done! lol

To Be Continue.

Class Recap 3/1

3/1 class was quite interesting, getting to see all of them rocks amazed me. I really liked when the teacher took the ray lamp and put it over the rocks and watching them illuminate was pretty nice. Another thing that I was pretty moved by was when one of the students I forget his name, showed us the video and talked about his niece Zelda(I believe). I don't know why but it made me start thinking about my son Zahrius, who was born on February 1st of this year. About how never really to take anything for granted especially something so precious as your child. O yeah, the bowl that would make "music" I thought would be a nice sound for my capstone project which the theme is about a Murder Mystery. Other than that I had a pretty fun time sitting sideways, over and out!

Onions, baby!

Instructions

Create (note the word CREATE) something that is more than it first appears to be. See my blog for examples. This exercise can be a bit more difficult than it first appears to be.

For this assignment I really didn't know what I wanted to create, so I created this logo for my company in photoshop. To anyone who first views the art design they will just think its a street sign, with the words 26 Entertainment on it. Maybe it could represent a company of some sort, DING DING DING, well your right. But, it's not just a logo for my company, 26 is the street that I grew up on and where my parents currently reside. Within, my company there are four of us and yes, we all grew up together on the northwest side of Indy (23 years) on 26th and Martin Luther King. So, this "street sign" or company sign, has a deeper meaning to it and anyone who first views the sign/logo could only guess that this is a company logo, only because of the "Entertainment". The logo represents who I am and where I come from, as well as where I plan on going in the future.

Recap of Class 2/22

Well, today's class was more laid back, I think because we watched that movie for almost the whole class. I really enjoyed seeing the three students work, but I can vividly remember the faces that one of the students(forget his name), dad was making and that reminded me of The Beast off of X-Men. I always watched the cartoons every morning, so the effect was very hilarious to me. Now, the movie "Ink" I really didn't understand from the beginning, because I was barely watching it. But, after a way I got into the movie although at sometimes the movie was dull and boring.

Fin

Bliss + Time + Breaking rules = ????

Well, I'm going to start off talking about what I did with my 3 hours of freedom in my life. With my 3 hours I just sat around and watched television, because I never really watch t.v. I'm always working on things either for school or my company, or driving to see my sons. So, I'm a very busy person, but with the 3 hour block that we usually have class, I was being flat out LAZY. I only say that because I'm use to always being on the go, never wasting a second of my life, except to sleep!

I really couldn't think of a rule for software, but instead I think I'm going to break a New Media "law" that everyone knows and should follow, this separates an amateur from a professional I would say! The text in the picture is hard to read, mainly because the background color and text is similar and that's a BIG NO NO!

Class Recap: 2/15

***CLASS CANCELED!!!!!CLASS CANCELED!!!!!CLASS CANCELED!!!!!CLASS CANCELED!!!!***

Monday morning I woke up and looked out the window, I thought to myself "Mann do I want to go to school?" So, after going back and forth over that question and checking oncourse like a maniac, I soon decided that I would go to school. So, this means I would have to get dressed and go outside to shovel my car out of the snow, because I didn't drive my car Sunday. Got to the school 15 minutes before my first class which starts at 12pm. Little did I know that the teacher would cancel class 5 minutes later of me arriving at the school, so I was a little upset but ahhh' I knew I was about to be sitting sideways. So, I worked on some homework, then I checked on oncourse to see if Seeing Sideways was canceled and I was sad after learning that I couldn't sit sideways that day. But, I soon got myself together, wiped away my tears and went home to a nice warm bed.

Thinking Circles

Consider a circle. Critically think about what a circle is. What defines a circle? How does a circle make you feel? Where do you encounter a circle? Please answer those questions (and any others you dream up) on your blog.

To me a circle is a round object, either in the making or already complete. Anything could possible make a circle, a circle has no ending point. Everyday you wake up you see circles everywhere i.g: street lights, tires, watches, circular batteries, I could go on for days. But, below are a few examples of circles that I thought was neat.

Circles

Circles
This was a crazy assignment, I really didn't know what to do my homework over. So, I just decided to take pictures of a traffic light, tire, and a smiley face made from peanuts. The first two objects are things that reminded me of circles and things we see everyday while outside of our houses. If you own a car, you have tires. Also, if you drive a car, you encounter traffic lights. Crop circles has always puzzled me, the first thing that comes to my mind when I thinking of them are "UFO's". I think I have watched to many alien and Sci Fi movies dealing with aliens, crop circles, the world, and the president just to name a few. I thought of creating the smiley face with the peanuts so that it would resemble a circle if the correct measurements were sought out. But, wouldn't you say the face is adorable?

2/1/2010 Seeing Sideways

Well, today I missed class due to the face that my son Zahrius Amere Marshall was born at 1:10pm.

I was at the hospital ALL day, I think I still have that hospital smell lingering on me still lol. I really had a good day yesterday, my son was born and then my closest friend Ricky came over my house with a bottle of Champagne. So we(Mother, Father, Friend, and I) made a toast to the birth of my new son.

Rules

5 Rules that I would change would be:
1.) Drinking age from 21 to 25
2.) Driving on the right side of the street
3.) Driving Age
4.) Jay Walking
5.) Freedom of Speech

5 Rules that I think should exist would be:
1.) Can't get drivers license 'til your 21 years of age.
2.) Legalize Marijuana
3.) Somebody who kills another person, gets put to death no exceptions.
4.) Citizens of the U.S actually had a say so on who became the president.
5.) Fair Court system

1/25/2010 Seeing Sideways

Today, was our first day of class since the very first day that school started. The teacher is still out not feeling to well, hope she gets better soon! The class today was quite interesting we all sat in a giant odd shaped oval, which was suppose to be a circle). We had to tell something that we feel is special about ourselves to someone we didn't know. I met a woman by the name of Emily, she is pretty laid back and not to mention she is a 17 year veteran of the U.S army. After everyone went around introducing their "New Friend" to the class, we started to present our Egg blogs. There was some interesting egg blogs, but overall I think the assignment forced everybody to think outside the box and not to mention I had fun doing so. I really enjoy the class, the class is a change from my past 2 years of experience with the New Media program at IUPUI.

Signing out
Anthony Marshall

Lonely Ed

Ed The Egg

I want to introduce you to Ed, Ed is a 3 year old egg. He comes from a very big family of eggs, but he is the outcast of his entire egg family. Everywhere Ed goes he is by himself, he has no friends because everyone thinks he looks funny. The picture above shows Ed driving his 2000 Ford Taurus, he is about to go to the park and shoot some hoops.


Ed on The Courts


Ed doesn't have any friends to play with, so he usually goes to the courts and play all by himself. Even though he is not even a foot tall, he still has a good basketball game. Only if Ed had a friend that he could play hoops with. So, after shooting around for a hour, he decides to go to the nearby park.

Ed Taking a Break

Finally after all that horse play on the court, while walking over towards the park Ed decides to take a seat on a bench and stare off into the distance. As Ed's long silky hair moved around like greased lightning in the wind, he could only wonder what it would be like to have a friend to be there for him.

Lonely Ed
Ed sits on the swing, thinking if only he had a friend that could push him. Seems like everything that you do in life involves having a partner and this makes Ed very sad.

Thinking...

Ed yet again, stares out at the empty park, usually filled with kids. Ed is all by himself in this cold dark world, with no one to play with. As each second passes Ed is contemplating committing suicide, giving up seems to be the answer to his lonely life.....

Boredom.....

Ed is bored, he goes down the slide and plays on the swirly thing at the park to pass time.

Leap of Faith

Ed is debating whether or not he wants to keep living his lonely life. One step down this slide would certainly crack him up!!! (Funny huh?)

While Ed was turning to walk away he accidentally stepped on his own shoe string....and next thing u know he fell down the slide.

CRRRRAAA-CCCKCKK

R.I.P Ed the Egg
1/11/2007-1/25/2010