Nearing the End

The semester is nearly over with less than two and a half weeks of class left. Next week I have a kinetic text project due and two papers. The week after there's a presentation to give. It's a very busy time!

I started a deviantArt account to show off some of the things I've been doing. You can find it here.

I'm really enjoying my kinetic text project for VCOM 363. We had to choose some text that would take up about 2 minutes of time and I choose one of Rorschach's journal entries from the classic epic Watchmen. :)

"Rorschach's Journal
October 12, 1985

Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No."

Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in the night. Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us."

-Rorschach, Watchmen

I also found audio for this, which is here.

This project is due on Monday so I won't be sleeping much until after then.

In DIFD 322, we're testing paper prototypes of the Winthrop web site in order to determine usability. We've finished testing and have a paper about our findings due on Thursday. I also have a research paper to write for CSCI 327 (ethics) that is supposed to be 10-12 pages long. It's also due on Thursday. I've decided to write about electronic paper and electronic ink. I did a technical report on e-readers and the technology used in these devices sounds really interesting to me.

I didn't sleep last night so I could have more time to do homework so I'm going to go try to catch up on some of that now. :)