Author: nixmem
“You need therapy and shit.”
The Wire Sweded
The scene that I decided to swede from The Wire was from Season 2. I’ve talked about this scene during my group’s radio show and am including it again because I love the dialogue in it so much. The scene involves Ziggy and his infamous Italian leather …
Cassryn Jane’s First Year in the World
For my first video assignment, I chose the Special Person Montage because it immediately made me think of how much I miss my niece. My niece, whom my brother and sister-in-law named Cassryn Jane, was my brother’s first child and the light of me and my family’s life. She’s the …
Winding Down
Daily Creates
November 7, 2014 – Make a Sound Map
Last Friday was a cold windy day. I heard the howling winds shake the trees and in an effort to avoid the gloomy weather, I stayed in a friend’s apartment and listened to music as I watched him play Grand …
Carcetti, who?
I decided to do my Video Essay on the first episode of Season 4 of The Wire. After watching this episode, I feel like the overall theme of the episode is learning. The street kids are learning who Marlo is and what the game is about. Prez is learning how …
Women in Wikipedia
Module 2 Reflection
Our goals for the Wikipedia module were to learn about Wikipedia’s history, learn about Wikipedia’s processes for adding/editing information, determine the cause of the 91% male editing dominance on Wikipedia, and to create our own Wikipedia page with information. Jessica and Emily had the great idea to …
Rest In Peace, D’Angelo Barksdale
Inspired by Alison
I was so enlightened by Alison’s READ poster as it featured the now deceased D’Angelo Barksdale. Throughout Seasons 1 and 2 of The Wire, I could tell D’Angelo’s perspective on his life and the game was changing. He seemed unhappy back on the streets, as well as …
A Sketch of Grief
Inspired by Lauren
Going through all the old DS106 design assignments, I came across a really cool cartoon-like sketch. After opening the post, I saw that it was modeled after a screen shot from the The Wire. I think Lauren did an excellent job at sketching a shot from the …
Time Flies
Week 9: Get Inspired
I loved that this week was so relaxed, and all about reflecting back on the work that all of us DS106ers did over the past 9 weeks. Wait… did I say 9?! It’s already been 9 weeks! It’s ridiculous how fast time flies by, and because …
Teach Me How to Ziggy
Inspired by Maggie
For Design week, I really wanted to do the assignment called “How-To”. Before creating my own graphic, I decided to check out some how to’s designed by my fellow DS106ers. I stumbled upon Maggie’s How to Ziggy which I thought was amusing and hilarious! I love that …