Final Blog Post

1) At least two analyses of photographs.
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/04/reading-photograph-tuesday-april-15th.html
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/04/war-between-states.html

2) At least two creative pieces. This might include poems, short stories, or other innovative forms.
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-remember.html
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/05/through-eyes-of-syllables-575.html

3) At least two letters.
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/05/letter-to-todays-soldiers.html
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/05/assignment-pretend-you-are-soldier-and.html

4) At least one group effort post.
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/04/resistance-is-futile.html

5) At least one post that relates, refers to or deals with a medium other than writing or photography (i.e. film, sculpture, etc.). Push the medium to its limit here. How does the form of a blog allow you to do something you couldn't have done on paper?
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/05/world-is-drawing-one-picture.html

6) At least one post completely of your own design and execution.
http://warlore.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-drawings.html

My Drawings

I really wanted to do a small comic for my original post, but unfortunately, that was already suggested in class. So I figured I would show some of the drawings I have made. I drew the girl in my blog profile, as well as the two in this post. As you may have noticed, I am a huge fan of pinup. Because I am so entrenched in military life, and since pinup originated in the military planes of WWII, I have made several pinups with a military theme. I am fond of Andrew Bawidamann at http://www.bawidamann.com/gallery/galleries_militarypinup.html, who does a wonderfully stylized military themed pinup.

I realize that pinup isn't incredibly deep, or thought provoking, but I like it.

Letter to Today's Soldiers

To all the Soldiers serving in Iraq,

First off, thank you. Thank you a million times over. Everyone in America loves you and thanks you so much for just doing what you are told to do. I am so happy that people support the soldiers, even if they hate the war. America learned it's mistake with Vietnam, they learned not to hate the soldiers for something that they cannot change. I hope that everywhere you go, you feel like everyone looks up to you.

I hope that each and everyone of you comes back home safe and sound. Even though there is no way to take away your experiences of the war, I hope that instead of giving you nightmares, it makes you stronger, and makes you a better person than you were before.

Your biggest Fan

Letter Home

Assignment: Pretend you are a soldier and write a letter home or a journal entry of a personal account of your experiences and how war has effected you.

Dear Mom,
First off, I want to say that I love you, and I miss your hugs so much.
I am tired of this, tired of everything. I cannot count the number of people I have seen that have no homes anymore. It seems like everywhere we go, the bombs have kissed the land, leaving behind broken buildings, and broken towns. What's really horrible is that for every homeless, tired, unfortunate person I see traveling the roads, there is a dead body lying somewhere in the streets. I know you don't want to hear about things like this, but on the bright side, my unit hasn't run into much trouble, since we're far from the front lines of battle. I am going to be fine, so don't worry too much about me, I'll make sure I get back home safe, promise.
Your Little Girl

Through the Eyes of Syllables: 5,7,5

Assignment: Write five haikus about war.

Rain pours down my face
Red bodies, sky, and anger,
Blood is all I see.

Stars shine in the wind,
Red, White, and Blue flutters high,
Ready for battle.

Sir, reporting in,
The target is in my sights
Waiting your orders.

The sky yells with jets
Carrying the weight of war,
Destruction flying.

Alarms sound, time to hide.
Airraid puts fear in our hearts,
Who will die this time?

The World is Drawing One Picture

Assignment: At least one post that relates, refers to or deals with a medium other than writing or photography (i.e. film, sculpture, etc.). Push the medium to its limit here. How does the form of a blog allow you to do something you couldn't have done on paper?

DrawBall.com
The most prevelent, and yet probably the least thought about medium of the internet is the website. Everyone thinks of the hosted on Youtube, but who ever thinks about how interesting the concept of Youtube as a whole, about how it is set up to showcase the videos it holds, the fact that it allows for comments, staticstics on video populatiry, or any of its other features. Next time you look at your favorite websites, think about them as a whole, and how much thought and effort had gone into it's look and function.

The website I would like to present to my readers is Drawball.com. The first thing you see is a large ball with what looks like scribbles all over it, and a few words. By clicking on this ball, it zooms in closer, to reveal that what looked like scribbles before are actually pictures. This ball is a giant, ever evolving and changing ball, consisting of drawings by countless thousands of people. This takes collaboration to a whole new level. Particularly any of the larger drawings, such as the Xenu.net collection, which is obviously drawn by hundreds of people (view the playback feature.) This would be possible off of the internet, but so much harder to orcistrate that it would never happen, and certainly not constantly evolve like the drawball does.

I hate to be the type to make excuses but...

I was stuck outside all day yesterday due to car trouble,
which led me to be stuck in bed today due to dehydration.

I will post my Final Blog ASAP.