Sunday, December 5, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Genie/Jeannie in a Bottle
"If you wanna be with me, baby
There's a price you pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do"
We had definitely never seen this music video. Our video was much more focused on the genie and the bottle. I don't remember if Ella's costume looked like Jeannie from the show "I Dream of Jeannie," but that was the image we had in our heads. We also used a tiny perfume bottle for our Jeannie's bottle. We put the camera close up to the perfume bottle to make it look bigger than it actually was.
Ella's dance focused on belly dancing and holding her arms above her head with her hands twisted, palms touching. We struggled to teach her the lyrics. I'm not sure the video ever happened; getting ready for it is what I remember.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Fetishscreen
If "fetishes" are things that you do and have that give a sense of security and confidence, mine can be put in three main categories: family, activities I do for myself, and meaningfulthings. When I am at home, and with my sisters and parents I feel tot
ally comfortable and like I can completely be myself. My close
friends, roommates, and boyfriend fit into this family category
too because they have come to know me so well. Things like my house, my dogs, and my yard all remind me of home
and make me happy.
The second category of my fetishes would be activities that I do that
make me feel good about myself. Off the top of my head some of these things would
be working, exercising, and photography.
Finally there are things that I have come to acquire that I see, wear or use on a regular basis that make me feel comfortable because I have grown used to always having them there. This includes some of my jewelry that I always wear, my phone, computer, etc.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Why I did it this way...
First of all, I tried to combine the four assignments in order to create my micronarrative. I chose a childhood memory, and described it in under 300 words. Although I don't remember all the details of the day, the atmosphere was really important. I tried to get across the idea that dressing up, and just pretending we were orphans living outside, was the fun of it, even if we didn't actually really do anything. I used images that reminded me of this memory. The picture of the children is one of the boxcar children, yet also depicts the kind of look I remember us going for when we dressed up. The picture of the yard reminds me of my yard where we played this game. The bright green shows that it is spring or summer, and therefore, much too warm for all the clothes we had on.
As family/home is part of the popcycle, this memory really helps to depict the relationship I have always had with my sisters and family.
According to Ulmer, the anecdote "is useful for locating sensory details of the home environment that evoke the atmosphere of the place" (90).
This micronarrative does just that for me. While it is not necessarily something I tell people or even discuss with my family very often, thinking about this day reminds me of my home and family life. It makes me think of what my house and yard look like, and how being there makes me feel. It also reminds me of how close me and my sisters have always been; even in the game we were a family.
Childhood Micronarrative
One memory from my childhood I always remember is playing dress up with my sisters. We kept a big basket in the downstairs of our house, with all sorts of dress up clothes in it. There were four of us, all girls, so we always had someone to play with. As I am the second oldest, I was lucky enough to have a baby sister to take care of and dress exactly how I wanted. Although sometimes we stayed in the house, I remember us all liking to go outside and make a house in the woods, under the trees.
One day stands out in my memory, although its possible we did this numerous times. I have a vague idea that this day was influenced by the Boxcar Children books. We were pretending to be orphans, and when lunch time came around, there was a nice lady that decided to welcome us into her home and give us food...(my mom, of course).
During our dress-up games, we always, no matter the weather, wore layers and layers of clothes; dresses, skirts, shirts, and of course shawls. The shawls were very important for some reason. We packed baskets of blankets and little trinkets to take with us outside. These were our only belongings in the game.
On our day of being orphans, I don’t even remember exactly what we did. I just remember sitting in our house under the trees, all dressed up, and probably very hot. I think the fun was in inventing the game, and getting ready for it.
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