Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Mindy Sterling once said, “Breast cancer is scary and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too.” It is scary and I really don’t understand the pain of it but I know my mom knows the pain of it because she was diagnosed with it …

Week 7: The fabled week

Usually in works of fiction, the number 7 shows up an exorbitant number of times as a special number. 7 years, 7 gods, 7 kingdoms, lucky 7, 7 valar, etc. The number 7 is even considered the favorite number amongst a high number of people (radiolab has a cool segment …

Week 7… a scary mix of audio assignments

Week 7 is another week focused on audio assignments. These assignments are the most time consuming and hardest to complete so I found it to be a “scary” week of homework which fits perfectly with the Halloween month. I finished three audio works that involved a  lot of sound effects …

Audio From Now On

Week 7 happened in a blur. This week has been rough with all classes because of bloody midterms. They suck, don’t they? That’s why this week went by so freaking fast. I was grateful to have ds106 as a relaxer. Audio is by far my favorite aspect of ds106 so …

Downton Shabby and Guinea Pigs: A Weekly Summary

Episode summaries: I couldn’t listen to the commentary broadcasts on ds106 Radio because of scheduling conflicts, but I was able to download and listen to them on Saturday morning instead.  I lined up the video in one window and started the commentary in another and synched them that way so …

Downton Shabby and Guinea Pigs: A Weekly Summary

Episode summaries: I couldn’t listen to the commentary broadcasts on ds106 Radio because of scheduling conflicts, but I was able to download and listen to them on Saturday morning instead.  I lined up the video in one window and started the commentary in another and synched them that way so …

Can you hear me now?

Audio week was a little more difficult and time consuming because I had to get used to GarageBand and Audacity, as well as explore new outlets to work with. I worked with my group on our project a bit though and made a banner for our group, as well as …

A wire fence

Episode 12 and commentary:

Zimny’s discussion on the reality of the show is so true to me. The whole show is always so realistic. I love the commentary by Thorson on the opening sequence because she notes the lack of dialogue in favor of image and direction. I love the …