Oh hello. I know it’s been a while. While I don’t believe in excuses, I have a reason for my absence. I’ve been in Los Angeles with some Comm Fellows! The trip has been absolutely unreal. We met with many Hollywood executives and even Jay Leno after sitting front row for his show.

We also met up with the worst weather to hit the West Coast in 50 years, which meant that half our trip, including our day at Universal Theme Park was pretty soggy. It also means that our flight back to school was canceled and we’re spending three days in Arizona. Some adventures defy real life.

Samsung's Glyde

When touchscreen phones first came out, I couldn’t have been more excited. I’m a very visual person and now I could navigate my cellphone just by pointing at what I wanted. SO much easier than using a corresponding push button. Needless to say when I graduated high school, I was the proud owner of a Samsung Glyde from Verizon. I was a huge fan of the sliding rather than flipping action and with a full QWERTY keyboard it was love at first type. However, when the weather got chilly, I soon discovered that gloves do not get the job done. It’s frustrating to choose between a frostbitten hand and a missed call. So while I still appreciate the technology, I’d prefer to see it implemented in other (read: indoor) electronics. Touch screen TV remotes, anyone?

I have a new guilty pleasure: Glee. I haven’t seen every episode, so by no means am I claiming to be an expert or a junkie. But the show is endearing in its mix of impressive singing voices and shaky camera shots. One thing I noticed Glee does is use spotlighting during certain songs to enhance the performance vibe. One example is when a former Glee Club-er  April sings”Maybe This Time“ for the current Glee Club to prove she’s still got it. Another is the “Defying Gravity” diva-off between Kurt and Rachel. Although both performances take place in the Glee Club’s rehearsal room, a few lines into each song the April and Kurt’s faces become illuminated similarly to stage lighting.  It’s a cool little effect that I missed during Mercedes’ rendition of “And I am Telling You I’m Not Going.”

Hello again blogosphere. Its been a while.

But after a semester off, I’ve decided to try and change that. As of about 10 minutes ago, my new year’s resolution is to blog more (that and to stop slouching as much). I’m not sure where this will lead me or who else besides my mother (Hi, Mom) will even read this, but thats not really the point. I’m doing this for myself. And as a birthday gift for Tiger Woods of course.

The final video project I made my freshman year!

The About Lindsay page is now officially updated and linked!

For my college writing class we had to create a page for Wikipedia so we could then do a rhetorical analysis. 

So I wrote mine on HGH treatment for athletic enhancement. 

Enjoy!

My idea is to investigate unique and a-typical stories behind why some people are fans of teams that are, geographically, unexpected. I also want to explore how someone can come to despise a team that is not a natural rivalry.
Once these individual stories are established, I plan to delve into what being a fan means to them, and what they’ve gained from their alliances.

Even the movie poster is somewhat humorous.

For a movie whose main characters were so somber and downcast for a majority of the film, there were a surprising amount of small humorous scenes peppered throughout, such as:
+ Bill Murray’s character Bob Harris towering over everyone else in the Tokyo elevator
+ Harris trying to shower with a shower head that was too short
+ how at the photo shoot, the long winded Japanese was translated into a short, concise English explanation and a question in English became expanded to a lengthy Japanese translation
+ when a Japanese hooker came to visit Harris in his hotel room
+ a shot of Harris dining by himself at one end of a table for two
+ huge digital dinosaurs and elephants marching across a sky scraper as if it were a jumbotron
+ Harris having clips on the back of his suit jacket during and after this photo shoot
+ Harris losing control of the Japanese elliptical machine, screaming for help, followed by a shot of him limping the subsequent morning
+ a person dancing while playing a video game at an arcade
+ Harris receiving a package of carpet samples from his wife
+ the orange camouflage shirt Harris wants to wear out
+ the scene where Harris is in the waiting room at the hospital, sitting next to an older man with a cane wearing a punk hat and shoes, with Harris ultimately ending up with some sort of pillow
+ the scene where Harris attempts to shave with a dinky razor and is then interrupted by a phone call
+ the matching striped suit worn by the talk show host
These amusing moments contrast from the overall serious tone created by the film’s characters. However, their presence lightens the mood and prevents the movie from becoming too heavy and depressing by allowing the viewer to release small amounts of tension.

Furthermore, the film utilized repetition to crate familiarity. By my count, three times the opening shot of the bar was a singing red head. When, later in the film, the bar is introduced by showing a different band providing the musical entertainment, the viewer notices the difference in the way the scene was set. The rule of three appears again with showing Scarlett Johansson’s character, Charlotte, sitting by the window looking out at the city. This effectively paints her as someone who feels trapped and wants part of the ‘more’ that is out there.

Elon’s student run radio station, WSOE 89.3 FM has recently begun blogging.

From the sports blog, you can link to the other WSOE blogs through the blogroll.

Keep checking in as these new blogs are only going to get better!