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Influence.

Pierrot Le Fou

Out of the sea of mundane ads comes the fabulous(ly annoying) Marianne! She has come to take away dear Ferdinand/Pierrot

Persona oh ho

Idea of two people as the same person/ that one shot with the two main characters, but me! (and kate winslet)

Ce personne est une stupide

Oublier-to forget

Singular

1. oublie

2. oublies

3. oublie

Plural

1. oublions

2. oubliez

3. oublient

Quelle malin!

Savoir-to know the answer, rather than to be familiar with

Singular

1. sais

2. sais

3. sait

Plural

1. savons

2. savez

3. savent

Non suis studieux

Apprendre-to learn

Singular

1. apprends

2. apprends

3. apprend

Plural

1. apprenons

2. apprenez

3. apprenent

Overdue identity...

Identities are like languages. Both change over time because of repetition outside influence. Both have distinctive traits: accent and modulation. Both are passed along from parent to child, from friend to friend etc. Both help people to identify themselves with others. Both influence humor and ideas. Both can be secret and well known. One can be part of the other, but can never be interchangeable.

Je voudrais expliques ce à moi

Expliquer - explain

Singular

1. explique

2. expliques

3. explique

Plural

1. expliquons

2. expliquez

3. expliquent

Est-ce qua?

Demander - to ask

Singular

1. demande

2. demandes

3. demande

Plural

1. demandons

2. demandez

3. demandent

Quande je te fais signe

Permettre - allow

Singular

1. permets

2. permets

3. permet

Plural

1. permettons

2. permettez

3. permettent

RVH

Mon pied fatigué

Marcher - to walk

Singular

1. marche

2. marches

3. marche

Plural

1. marchons

2. marchez

3. marchent

Ai WeiWei

The well respected artist Ai WeiWei was arrested by chinese officials for producing and spreading information that the government was trying to cover up. Censorship of the artist's work is speculated to be part of a movement in which China is trying to silence outspoken individuals in order to contain dissidents about the upper class currently in control of china. This incident shows that artists can be more than just people who make "pretty things", but objects that go beyond face value to create a controversial concept and make a difference.

Je suis fatiguè

Singular

1. dors

2. dors

3. dort

Plural

1. dormon

2. dormez

3. dorment

Cesse paroles!

Singular

1. parle

2. parles

3. parle

Plural

1. parlons

2. parlez

3. parlent

Non est appétissant

Manger (mahnjey) - to eat

Singulaire

1. mange (manjuh)

2. manges (manjey)

3. mange (mahnj)

Plurale

1. mangeons (manjeohn)

2.mangez (manjehz)

3. mangent (manjeun)

Non suis un haltérophile

Porter (porte) - to carry

Singulaire

1. porte (pohr)

2. portes (pohrtey)

3. porte (portuh)

Plurale

1. portons (pourtoh)

2. portez (portuz)

3. portent (portuhn)

Ruining Good Design

Designing is a very temperamental art form. Changing proportions and blurring significant characteristics can change a great design to a mediocre design. Often when designs are redone they become watered down versions of what they once were. Two companies guilty of ruining their designs are UPS and Citröen. Another company (it wasn't mentioned in the article, but it's relevant) is Comedy Central. There isn't anyone I know who likes the new typographic logo in comparison to the old image and type based logo. The new logo keeps the circular design, but uses rather boring type that doesn't fit with the station's image in terms of programming.

Je suis un suréaliste

Étre - to be

Singulaire

1. suis (sue e)

2. es (eh)

3. est (ey)

Plurale

1. sommes (sohm)

2. étes (eteh)

3. sont (sohn)

Singular

1. I am

2. you are

3. he, she, it is

Plural

1. we are

2. you all are

3. they are

L'evil facebooooooook

Une Nouvelles Saisissant

à (a) - crazy awesome preposition that means up and lots of other things

La soleil au ciel.

The sun is up in the sky.

Je suis Derek, et suis un stupide

En bas (En Bah) - Down

Derek regarde en bas.

Derek is looking down.

Pour mon anniversaire

Comptine pour dessiner

La pointe du crayon

Tourne tourne tourne tourne

La pointe du crayon

Tourne tourne tourne en rond

Ell' dessine un gros ballon

Une bulle de savon

Le bouton du pantalon

Et trois flocons qui s'en vont

Drawing Rhyme

The pencil top

Turns, turns, turns, turns

The pencil top

Turns, turns, turns around

It draws a big ball

A soap bubble

The trouser button

And three flying flakes

SPRING BREAK HOMEWORK (YES, ALL CAPS)

ALL THREE OF THE ARTICLES DISCUSSED DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WORDS ARE USED IN TYPOGRAPHIC WAYS. GLEN LIGON USES FAMOUS QUOTES DEALING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, GAYNESS AND "OUTSIDERS" AND CREATES AN IDEA IN THE WAY HE PORTRAYS THOSE QUOTES AND OR IDEAS. STEVEN PINKER TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF PROFANITY. PINKER CLAIMS THAT WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE USE PROFANITY CHANGES WITH CONTEXT AND DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE AN INAPPROPRIATE MEANING. JAMES GEARY SPEAKS IN A METAPHORICAL SENSE. METAPHORS SHAPE THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE VIEW AND NAME THINGS. GEARY EXPLAINS HOW SUBSTITUTING A WORD WITH THE NAME OF ANOTHER, DIFFERENT MEANINGS CAN APPEAR.

L'acier bleu

Droite (drwot) - Right

Derek Zoolander, il peut tourner droite seul.

Derek Zoolander can only turn right.

Le ballad du Beyonce

Gauche (Gausheh) - Left

À gauche, à gauche, tout il a dans une boîte à gauche.

To the left, to the left, everything you own in a box to the left.

Le ballad du R Kelly

Dans (Dahn)- In

Qui est piégé dans la penderie? Probablement R. Kelly.

Who's trapped in the closet? Probably R. Kelly.

Que est-ce une chienne mal

Sur (syr) - On

La chienne non autorise sur le canapé.

The dog isn't allowed on the sofa.

Inspiration

Both the ted talks and the Art 21 all discussed the process of creating an idea. The two ted talks talked about how an idea stems out into different variations and the processes you can take that lead you to that final idea. The first of the two ted talks speaks of how one can arrive at final destination completely different than the original idea and how that original idea can be considered "nature", while the different ideas that spawn are "variations of nature". The second Ted talk speaks of how you can change particular ideas or commonalities by changing the context or something about the subject matter. The Art 21 is more broad as it talks about the different ways artists "ingest" the topics they "consume" and from which, create a theme in their work.

Nous Conjuguons: parte une

Dessiner (Desiniye) - to draw (infinitive)

Dessiner conjuger á présent

Au singulier

1. Je dessine

2. Tu dessines

3. il, elle, on dessine

Au pluriel

1. nous dessinons

2. vous dessinez

3. ils, elles dessinent

En Anglais

Singular

1. I draw

2. You draw

3. He, She, It draws

Plural

1. We draw

2. You all draw

3. They draw

La Mode Noir

Chapeau (Shapoh) - Hat

Il son Chapeau a de la classe e "Noir".

His hat is classy and Noir.

L'homme de l'acier

Cape (kepi) - Cape

Superman aime sa cape a il.

Superman loves his cape.

DO YOU ROCOCO?

Faire Mourir D'Ennui

Pantalon (Pantaloh) - Pants

Le pantalon non peut marcher.

The pants can't walk.

Noam Chomsky et la Media

Manufacturing Consent is a documentary that examines the life and ideas of the individual: Noam Chomsky. The book expands from the ideas of Chomsky's book entitled: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. Chomsky's thesis is that the media is run by profit-driven institutions to churn out propaganda to the masses, so as to brainwash them into the mind set of a corporate elite. Throughout the film his message is revealed, but is portrayed as a movement towards voter organizing, almost a brain washing of sorts. Over all the movie is hard to understand and very "intellectual".

La Mode Inconnu

Chemise (Shemeese) - Shirt (of a man)

La chemise est bizarre.

The shirt is bizarre.

Dans Vous Chaussures

Chaussure (shosyer) - Shoes

Les chausseurs sont une paire.

The shoes are a pair.

Monsieur Pauly D

Monsieur Pauly D aime les cheveaux

I for one, welcome our new computer overlords.

For the past three nights on Jeopardy, a computer built and designed by IBM was one of the three contestants. Amazingly it wasn't perfect at the game, but ended up being the victor. Some of the answers given by the machine, especially during double jeopardy, were incorrect. It seemed as if like categories were easier for the machine to process rather than when the categories were constantly switched. Of the two human contestants, Ken Jennings put up the most fight against the machine and before final jeopardy lagged behind by only $5,000. In the end, it was rather disheartening to see Jennings lose to Watson, especially his aside during final Jeopardy (even though it was funny at the time...). Overall this experience shows how our intelligence works in comparison to that of robots and how we are limited to function, while they are limitless in design. Who knows what may come next, maybe adorable humanoid robots, like those from the ashley wood universe or some crazy robo-revolution like the Flight of the Conchords song "The Humans Are Dead". You never know what they can do with technology nowadays...

Tu peindrais

Toile (Twal) - Canvas

La toile veut peindre.

The canvas wants to be painted.

Je suis une minimaliste

Trait (Tray) - Line

Ce le trait est simple.

That line is simple.

Cyberscapeeeeeeee

Jaune et Vert et Orange

Analogue (Analogh) - Analogous

Jaune est analogue à vert et orange.

Yellow is analogous to green and orange.

Bleu et Orange

Complémentaire (Compluhmuhntayr) - Complementary

Orange et bleu sont les colours complémentaire.

Orange and blue are complementary colors.

Le signe maléfique

Noir (Nuar) - Black

Le chat noir est une signe maléfique.

The black cat is a bad omen.

La huile de coude

Blanc (blanc) - white

Mon chemisier blanc on tache.

My white shirt is stained.

L'aubergine cadeauf

Violet (Violette) - Purple

L'aubergine est violet, donc le roi.

The eggplant is purple, therefore king.

Un'interruption des navets

In 1991 author Hakim Bey, aka Peter Lamborn Wilson, wrote the book Temporary Autonomous Zone. The book is a book that explores what the web or Internet is like on the inside. Bey believes that the Internet is the upcoming frontier of this century and centuries to come. The author argues that as humans we cannot control our need to leave nothing undiscovered, but to turn over every rock and solve every single mystery. This essay programs an image of what may inhabit this strange new frontier by describing the places that make up the settled parts of the Internet, which are called “Pirate Utopias”. These utopias are mini societies that are not under the reaches of law or government, but are societies that depend on pillaging others. Bey also explores the idea of space inside of the Internet. The argument that he makes is that topographically space cannot be translated 1:1 into the Internet from the real world, but that the space can be larger or smaller (from what I think I understand). Bey goes on to talk about how the Internet is used for different purposes, some good others not, and how the Internet may be the only place in which anarchy can survive. To be honest I didn’t understand much of this, but from what I did understand cyberspace is a very complex, unexplored area that no person has ever really seen so any interpretation can be correct or become correct in the future as we delve further into this amorphous space we call the Internet. But really, what is up with the turnips?

Je suis un bleuet

Bleu (bleuh) - Blue

Les bleuets sont bleu et délicieux.

The blueberries are blue and delicious.

Je suis un zool pareseux

Vert (vehr) - green

Pourquoi est-ce que le zool pareseux vert?

Why is the sloth green?

La Référence de Beatles

Jaune (Jahn) - Yellow

Tous nous vivons à l'intérieur un naut sous-marin jaune.

We all live in a yellow submarine.

L'Orange Orange

Orange (ourahnjh) - orange

L'orange orange effrayait la carotte.

The orange orange frightens the carrot.

Le Rococo Rouge

Rouge (rooj) - red

La rougeur est rouge.

The blush is red.

(or the rouge is red, haha get it?? A play on words!)

Où est le couteau?

le fils (lu fees) - son

le frère (lu frehr) - brother

la fille (la feey) - daughter

la soeur (seur) - sister

La Famille Adams a un fils et une fille.

The Adams family has a son and a daughter.

Le frère s'appelle Pugsley et La soeur s'appelle Wednesday.

The brother is called Pugsley and the sister is called Wednesday.

Je suis une marsupial

La mère (la mehr) - mother

Ce Kangourou est une mère.

This Kangaroo is a mother.