Class Recap (Sept. 24th)

Today we discussed what we had learned so far in class and what our best memories of class had been.

We also talked about the importance of making connections. We explored this through a "connect-the-dots" activity on the board, during which each classmate had the opportunity to do "something" with a dry-erase marker. I decided to play the role of "that guy" that decides to not conform to the rules and I just passed the marker to the next person.

I brought in my Pillsbury Doughboy cookie jar to discuss, but I never got to show it to the class because I had to leave early.

Senses

For me, a cookie sounds like the Pillsbury Doughboy. Similar to Ivan Pavlov's conditionalization of his dog, my sister and I were "conditioned" to the sound of the Pillsbury Doughboy cookie jar that my mother had purchased. We actually happen to still have the jar out in the garage, so I will be bringing it in to show to the class.

Rules! What are they good for?

For this project I decided to break two of my most cardinal sins of graphic design: auto tracing and using the Comic Sans MS font. These two components can add up to one tremendous eyesore, but perhaps they can be modified to become something halfway decent (honestly, I don't have a lot of faith in that, but who knows)?

Memories

I would have to say that the project I remember the most is the origami butterflies.

I will never forget when my drama director told me, "The serious productions get all of the acclaim because they are memorable. Comedies are funny in the moment, but people will not even remember the jokes the next day."

The butterflies were memorable to me because I used to love creating origami creatures when I was in middle school, so I could relate to them. The fact that I had a tangible item that I could take home with me and continue to look at also makes the memory last longer.

Wow us!

For this project, I have to decided to bring in a scrapbook about my life. I want to be able to show the class a little bit more about me, because it's so hard to really get to know people when you only see them once a week for one semester. The scrapbook contains some of my fondest memories of my life so far, and I think it will be fun to share these memories with the class.