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Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
Learning to Love from Hate.

‘Eagle’, by Alexander Calder, is a piece that I just really hate at the Sculpture Park. I don’t really like any of the pieces there but this one in particular is the worst in my opinion. I started off trying to like Calder’s work by first looking into his early years, when he was first starting out. I came upon a bit of information that I thought was pretty interesting. Calder had actually invented the mobile. The mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture created to take advantage of principle of equilibrium. Alexander wasn’t just a sculpture though. He also created painting, lithographs, toys, tapestry, and jewelry. This is something I was also unaware of beforehand. When I looked at his paintings, I hated them even more than his sculptures. I thought of them all as being a muddled mess. The same went with his tapestry and lithographs. The toys he made were not bad at all though. Especially for the time they were made. The jewelry he did was not too bad either. It reminded me of Egypt in the style they were made. After studying the work I DID like from Calder I came to the conclusion that I still HATE his sculptures, including the first one I ever lay eyes on, Eagle. In all fairness, I am not someone who understands a lot of abstract art. Most of it is just not for me.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
The Lexus 'Dumb Blonde' commercial is, in my opinion, a mix of 'Bandwagon', 'Appeal to the People'and 'False Analogy'. There could be a bit of 'Hasty Generalization' as well. This one was a bit hard for me to just name one fallacy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXT3Sma4-rg&feature=PlayList&p=8997BCE610391CD0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23

The Dutch commercial was tougher for me to figure out and I may be completely wrong. I think it would be concidered 'Complex Question'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IKrnbAj6tU

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My research and development for my final project of this class has gone very smoothly so far. Being interested in my subject has definitely helped me sustain motivation. What I have so far is research from the Atlantic Paranormal Society website, an interview with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson (the founding members the TAPS family), an online scholarly journal and the book, Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death. I have also included terms, vocabulary and the names of the equipment used when partaking in investigations. I have not gone on an actual paranormal investigation yet, but have plans to do so this coming weekend. Also, I have not decided yet on whether I want to present my final on a large poster board or as a PowerPoint presentation.

Final Presentation

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< > I have done my project on becoming a paranormal investigator. Paranormal investigating is a usually a volunteer only thing. A lot of people in the field are interested in history and the unknown. They do it for the love. This is why I would like to become one.


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Ghost Hunters (TAPS, TV show) WSPIR (Washington State Paranormal Investigation and Research)


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I didn't get to go on an actual investigation but I definitely learned much of what it takes to be an ghost hunter and will be taking steps closer to my goal in the near future.


 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well

The research went well. As I mentioned before, it is very easy to research something that your interested in greatly. I had the opportunity to learn of all the equipment used and found out about local building in the area that are perceived to be haunted.


 * 2)What went poorly

I was not able to go on the ghost tour that I had originally planned to do. It required at least 4 people per group with 15 bucks a piece. I am the black sheep in my friends. Nobody else wanted to go on any nerd escapades with me.


 * 3)Future strategies

In the future I will ignore the ghost tour all together and and just start attending WSPIR meetings in order to get a foot in the door. WSPIR is not accepting applicants at the moment due to a completely full staff. I will continue to participate in the activities they have available until an opening comes along. Then I will take that position for myself by any means necessary.