February 2012
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Patrick Wolf - This Weather
For this assignment, we were asked to pick one song and analyze why it speaks to us. It’s hard to do this, pick only one. I narrowed it down to my favorite artist, Patrick Wolf and I started thinking about what got me into him in the first place. That takes me back to Wind in the Wires—an album that to me, was life changing. When I think about that album as a whole, it has a lot of...
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It Was Better Before & What is Taste?
As a makeup for a cancelled class on Monday, we were asked to post an additional blog to further discuss the previous mentioned blog article, 5 Things That Killed Hip Hop. In doing so, the class has been asked to answer specific questions about the article:
1. How does J-Zone’s nostalgia for the Hip Hop scene of the 90s relate to arguments made by key figures from Chapters 2-3 of Storey?...
January 2012
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How The Internet Kills Art Through Theft
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For class, we read a blog post that was republished in book form entitled 5 Things that Killed Hip Hop. That article can be read here and will be more thoroughly covered tomorrow night for an extra assigned blog post. Now, the last thing the author, J-Zone mentions is the internet. His argument (paraphrased) basically says the internet kills Hip Hop because of it’s too...
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The American Dream and Why Girls Want a Diamond...
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In class we briefly discussed the American Dream in pop culture and how it influences society. When thinking about the American Dream, it’s easy to think that being born and raised in the US, we’re immune to the “American” set of ideals, that perhaps we’re above them, or lack the naivety to believe in them. Yet, so many of us still follow a handful...
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I’m taking a creative writing course right now and tomorrow we’re supposed to bring in work that is our own to share with the class and get constructive feedback.
I told my professor that I was concerned because most of my pieces are horror stories and she said “Yeah! Bring them in! Let’s get scared!” So, I figure it’s time to finally start sharing these creepy...
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Is the US Constitution Pop Culture?
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Today in class we discussed the different things that can be considered “pop culture” while being presented with a few images (The Beatles, William Shakespeare, The Oprah Winfrey Show) and being asked if they were in fact, popular culture. Most things have a clear cut “yes” or “no” response from people, however it seems that the older and...
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My Survey of Pop Culture Class
I just wanted to let those that follow me on here know that for my Survey of Pop Culture class for college, I need to keep up a blog and write on it weekly. Instead of making a completely new blog, because I already have too many, I’m going to use this one but not my main one to do so.
The posts will be about 300 words long and will cover and discuss about the topics we are covering from...
November 2011
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You think you're alone? WELL, THINK AGAIN.: Horror... →
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Title: Hellstar Remina
Author: Junji Ito
Synopsis:
One day, the world found out about newly discovered star, that was “eating” other stars. At first, it was so far away, that it became just a nice curiosity entertaining people in their normal daily lives. Then, it begun to come…
“Sometimes, when people come home, they feel a little paranoid and check every...”
– (via fuckyeahnightmares)
Fuck Yeah Nightmares: Kokkuri San →
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Two people must be sitting across from each other over a paper scrawled with the hiragana alphabet grasp a pen between them, chanting the name softly. “Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san, tell me, when is the date of my death?”
The question hangs in the air as the pen should slowly begin to move,…
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Inspiration-Amnesia: The Dark Descent
I like to post about unconventional inspiration I find for my writing, and this one is a big one. It’s a horror survival game called Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The whole game wreaks of Lovecraft inspiration and it’s incredibly creepy and unsettling in the slow, digging under your skin and into your brain kind of way, my personal favorite.
In this scare filled title you’ll be...
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Personal Update-Illness and Life Changes
The week before last I began to feel sick. I thought I could shake it off and I skipped my Math class, slept in, and tried to take care of myself, but it got worse. Another week went by and I was coughing so bad at night that I could barely sleep and I’d been on cough medicine so long that it stopped working. I went to the doctor last Wednesday and he gave me antibiotics, but I remained...
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Thoughts on American Horror Story
Last night I watched all 5 current episodes of American Horror Story after hearing a lot about it from various sources. I didn’t know much about it besides the buzz that everyone seemed to like it and that it’s a show about a haunted house that plays on FX. I’ve heard from a few people that it’s incredibly frightening and I even read that someone threw up while viewing...
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Writing plans and inspiration.
First and foremost in my life I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was about fourteen years old. I’ve kept it on the back burner due to the fact that my father has always pushed me to get a “real job” and refuses to stand by and watch me get a degree in English/creative writing, which is why I’m now working hard to get into nursing school.
As much as I would like to be...
“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into...”
– Neil Gaiman (via unicornism)
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Aokigahara Forest
Aokigahara (青木ヶ原) Forest (Sea of Trees) lies at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. It is famous for it history involving demons in Japanese mythology, but more recently for the incredible amount of suicides that take place there each year. It is the second most popular place in the world for people to commit suicide–the first being San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge.
It’s popularity as a...
As requested, a tumblr for writing.
I think it’s best to just start fresh for the most part, but I think I’m going to carry over my creepy place of the week onto here.