Baby Steps...

So, i've got my very first design up for my splash page .
(i also just bought the domain, blueprintsf.com)*
*the masking/forwarding is still in process so use the splash page link
After hearing Josh speak in class today, I'm starting to see the path in which I want to take my project. I still want to create a database of slang for viewers to refer to... However, I'd like to cover events, lifestyles, music, and parties within the SF Bay Area Region. Eventually I'd like to have "teams" around the region covering various events, but with BluePrintsSF "guidelines".
Time to brainstorm, and contact from old friends from young years.
wish me luck,
por favor

Interactive Fiction

My brief interactive fiction site can be found here.
I JUST downloaded Dreamweaver 8.0.
It's an amazing web authoring program, and It's a big step up from version 5.0 (which I've been using for the past 5 years)... I'm really excited to check out all of it's new features!

Interactive Fiction Exploration Style-e

Character: 21 year old man. 6'0", 200 lbs, skate shoes,baggy pants, collared long sleeve button up shirt, head phones, and a skull cap.
Setting: United States, California, SF, BUS Stop, 19th and Taraval, cold and foggy day.

- As you walk around the corner from Taraval to 19th Ave, you check the bus stop to see how many people are waiting for the 28 bus. You see 3 people huddled around the bus stop, peering southbound down 19th ave, attempting to catch a glimpse of the next bus arrival.
Your leg is in tremendous pain from an epic fall you endured while skating the day before.
Your body is begging you to take a seat, and rest your leg... Your mind is beginning to ponder whether or not (a)you want to sit in between the rancid derelict and the cute brunette on the bus stop bench, or (b) suck it up and lean against the brick wall until the bus arrives...

(a) You approach the bench, to cop a squat, and the derelict snarls at you. You immediately advert your eyes to the cute brunette, you briefly lock eyes, and almost as soon as your eyes have lock, you advert them again with insecurity rushing through your body. You're nervous, you want to (c) break the ice, and say hi to the cute brunette, but you'd almost rather (d) just smile and play with your cell phone.

(b) You slowly lean up against the wall, to avoid any interaction with that mangy hobo. As you finish propping yourself up against the wall, you noticed that you just stepped in a huge, wet, and gooey wad of gum. The cute brunette smiles at you during your moment of misfortune, you're feeling inclined to (e) smile back and give her a witty response. However, you're in so much pain you just might want to (f) belligerently curse at your unwanted misfortunes, in order to relive some of that tension the pain has built up inside of you.

Project of final-ness tools.

Okay... So I had an interview with CurrentTV a few weeks back... And while talking to one of the associate producers, a few ideas popped into my head (concerning my final project.) The producer challenged me to give him 3 pitches for 'pods' that I would like to begin working on.
I did so, to the best of my ability, and he seemed rather pleased...
Here were my ideas...
- Metal, what is the stereotype? And why (or is it even)perpetuating destructive behaviour within the Metal scene? -I live with THEE ultimate metal head, and despite his natural born antagonistic qualities, he's one of the chillest guys ever.
- Graffiti/Culutre jamming/Dialouges in public: I want to explore the various 'pieces' in the bay area... Are they used simply for 'gettign up', mocking an advertisement, or delivering a strong social messege? Who are these artits, why are they writing on our walls, and how did it all begin (for them.)
-Slanguage: Words of the Week-esque... I want to provide a weekly series on new (regional) slang/dialect. This pitch really sparked a fire. If I can start with a weekly series (video blog) on slang/dialect... and overtime devlop a dtabase (Slang-tionary), with the etymology of where it all began, and where it is now... I could devlop a rather large community.

So, I'm going to take the idea of "words of the week", and run with it..
Here are the tools that I anticipate on using:

• Urban Dictionary
• Google Maps
• Bay Area Slang
• Etymology Dictionary
• Eponyms
• Bay Area Slang 2
• Atlanta Slang

Also, I am going to begin devloping various online groups revolving around all that slanguage. By having a homepage (the video blog of sorts)... i hope to genrate a 'buzz' in these online 'Slanguage groups' that will in turn give me leads to the newest and hottest slang out there.

Various Sites in which I shall infiltrate with my slang:

• Tribe
• Myspace Groups
• Suicide Girls Groups (must be a paid member in order to view groups)
• Yahoo Groups
• MSN Groups

Now, one might anticipate various amounts of confusion while facilitating all these sites... Well, hoefully I'll be able to generate soem moderators, or just go with the group that blows up (with members) first.

Also, I'm going to need some hardware:

• Pen and paper (best brainstorming devices, ever)
• A video camera (maybe grant can hook it up... or I can use my webcam)
• an accessible FTP server (got it! thank god for netdojo.com)
• Video Editing Software (I need to get a copy for my home cpu, but until then , I cn upload my video to my FTP server, downlaod it at school, and edit here)
• Texts (Dictionarys, theasaurs, Etymology manuals, Slanguage Books, etc..)
• An awesome map ( I'm start off with an American map...)

Now for all the misc. tools I'll need:

• a crew/production assistants (time to rally the troops!)
• a logo/graphic/insignia (photoshop, here i come!)
• a binder (to organize ideas, potentila words of the week, references, logs, etc..)
• motivation, and lots of it.

Here I go, AGAIN.

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