Easy trick to learn, and cheap to buy

A few months ago, I encountered a trick that amazed me and also was really bummed out about how the trick was actually developed and manufactured. But I'm not here to tell you the trick, but to encourage you to see the trick and perform it as well. It's called "the invisible deck" where a spectator gets to choose any card from a borrowed deck or to think of a card. It will not sound satisfying if I explain it to you, but better yet show you the trick and how it is performed.And it is very cheap to buy, actually, i should say it is a steal off the market. You can buy it off from Amazon or a Magic shop. Enjoy!

Recalling Magic Trick/ Update

Sorry for the long absence, I've been busy with homework and college applications. I am at the home stretch and soon to being finished. But, i wanted to share a trick that I came across and actually learned. The name of this trick Is called"jeopardy".Where the spectator is given a choice to shuffle cards into a random order, then again. But some cards will be shuffled face down into face up cards. Making chaos or known as "Order in Choas". And just for a head ups, my school talent show is in a couple of months. And I am currently working on a couple of new tricks to preform. And with this trick presented, this is for sure one I will preform in the Talent Show. Stay tuned...

Its been a long time.....

It's been a long time since I last posted. I haven't posted in a couple of months now, I kind of forgot all about the blog. But I will try to get back to it if I can. Recently I found a youtube documentary about Weight Cutting. For the people that don't know what weight cutting is, its a process of dehydration that has the ability to lose weight in dramatic fashion. Not a lot of people know about weight cutting because its behind closed door, and not spoken of. The process is usually spent on MMA fighters. For example; let's say an MMA fighter is in a weight class at 145lbs. And the original weight they weigh without exercise is 170lbs. They have to lose weight by training for months. Now, let's say that MMA fighter has trained 6 months and lost 15lbs of his original weight. So, that person is at 155lbs.


They're done with their training and are sitting at 155lbs, and have to make weight at 145lbs. And there is a deadline they have to meet to do an official weigh-in for their fighting company, to see if they made weight or not. Now, that person who weighs 155lbs had not met the weight. And the weigh-in is TOMORROW (15 hours from now). They ran out of time and have to lose the weight fast. Now they have to go to a mental and physical state of dehydration. No water consumption at all for a whole day. They have to lose all their water weight in ONE day. All that water lost, is weight lost. It's a very dangerous method to go with and a health/fatal risk. This documentary displays the dangers and effects Weight Cutting can do to someone's body.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_FO7MzAnzM&t=250s

                                   The difference in appearance

The Ultimate Prize

Wow, it has been a long time since I last posted. But today i came across a video discussing how to achieve an ultimate prize with your talents. The video talks about on what drives talent to get an ultimate prize. This fellow speaker is Kevin Spacey, a respected and hard working actor in the movie/television business.

Demi- The Psychology of Murder/Profiling Murderers

Jack the Ripper was originally a barber, and a surgeon

Every victim he killed made sure they felt excruciating pain.

BAU- Behavioral assignment unit

A unit that investigate the mind of a Serial Killer or Psychopath 

A sadis is a person who enjoys the pain a person feels

Psychopath will kill someone in an instant

Killers often move around. They don't stay still

There was an experiment where three people were tested on watching a video. A disturbing video. And scientist checked the three peoples brains to see how the brain would react to a disturbing video.

Repeatable stabbing to a person can be considered showing hatred.

Maria- should abortion be legal

types of abortions: take a pill at the clinic (miscarriages)

people say it's "defying God"

abortions reduce the lives of people coming to this earth

the supreme court has declared abortion a "fundamental right"

a woman dying from an abortion is  .6 to 1,000

a woman should have the right to choose what they want to do, don't let your religion get in your way of your decisions.

Angel- Does the internet control us?

There is not much privacy on the apps we use

But the apps give a warning to you to once you join a program

specific search can record what you search things

it's easy to hack anything now

if you don't want the website to record your searches, you can use duck duck go

Edgar- How to deal with a child

No sleep

stress

no privacy

love

memories

tired

the true meaning of joy while having a baby

no more "I" there is "we"

more patient on things

becoming a better person/ Role Model

Esperanza- Creativity and Education

creating something on your own

School kills creativity

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anyone can be creative
 list; actors, writers, directors, etc

art is the way we express our emotions

Maria- Does it take something bad to do good

People think they have rights to do something wrong to do right

a lot of sacrifices goes to do something right

Daniel- changing the past

FLASH THEORY

The reality would be different

alternative reality from what we live in right now

ruins peoples memories

DRAGON BALL Z THEORY

changing the past is not gonna help

we all wish to go back in time

there are different outcomes if we try to change the past

"time is really confusing".

Perspective

In my presentation, I talked about perspective in a performance in Magic. Perspective happens a lot once we encounter a problem. Because when we look at a problem, we say to ourselves "how do you solve this, this is bloody hard"! But see, we fall into a silo mentality, we only look at a problem from one perspective, our own perspective. Nine times out of ten, or ten times out ten, the solution is extremely clear.  Originally, I wanted to show a video about perspective, but I had a change of plans. So, here's the video of how we fall into a silo mentality.

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Angel- Migrant Farm Workers/ Maddi- our own voice

Migrant workers come to the U.S for a better life

population relies on their labor

lack basic rights, and live in fear of reporting abuse

78% of workers are immigrants according to the NAW survey

the system fails to recognize the people who work hard

they face discrimination and deportation

Maddi

Finding your true identity

Group of voices: Cultural, community, conversation

she has found her voice, she became more confident in herself

Regina- Was religion invented to control people?

Originated religions started in India

Spread across china, japan, and parts of Southeast Asia

monks think it's their responsibility to teach their religion to other people

Roman Catholic authority: 10 commandments

End Suffering

going to Heaven

Paradise

Yasmin- Sleep Paralysis

She has experienced it as well

It can cause sudden death

Sleep Paralysis can mostly occur when you are lying on your back face up

Different figures can come up once Sleep Paralysis has happened

There is another saying for Sleep Paralysis: The Old Hang Syndrome

Scientist have not yet concluded on why this happens

People consider this as philological paranormal activity

Sleep Paralysis can contently keep going for years

Jorge Presentation: Acting

To get out of your comfort zone

You will always critique yourself to make yourself better at your art/passion

Fear is inevitable to go through

Never let fear stop what you want to do.

Formulas to shake off your fear

Memorize your lines

Table Read: get involve with other actors to see what you can expect from what your character you are presentation and to see what other characters are going to be present beside you.

Directors pay attention to who you are and how well you can create a relationship with them.

Monologue: The narrative of a long speech of how a person became or did something. (Backstory)

Journal Topic (own topic)

Im just thinking about which day to preform my magic to the streets or to my school. Im wondering what tricks to do to see the greatest reactions to people. I have a couple of good ones, but not great ones. I'll see if i can think of any new ones soon.

Over Spring Break part ll

On the first week of spring break, i went to go watch The Fate of the Furious with my friends. I wasn't really a fan of the recent movies, i only enjoyed the first two movies of the franchise.

Over the Spring Break 1

Over the spring break i didn't do much except for two days out of the spring break. For the first weekend of the Spring Break i went to go watch the movie Logan, the last movie of the wolverine  franchise with my family. And i say that the last movie was quite amusing. Had a lot of story that developed in the movie, and good connections between characters in the film. I am a very critical person on movies i watch in my spare time. i would give it an 8/10 on how the movie progressed to  good character development.

Five Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_catch

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1688160-the-prestige

https://hobbylark.com/performing-arts/top-10-rules-for-magicians

http://www.sandlotscience.com/EyeonIllusions/whatisanillusion.htm

http://mentalfloss.com/article/28590/6-magicians-who-died-while-performing-bullet-catch

Masterpiece Academy:Magic

All of you may know what i am going to talk about my Masterpiece topic, and most of you know that it's going to concern of magic. I tried to escape that topic, and think of other things such as Aerospace or engineering for example. But, i just thought to myself "none of those topics seem intriguing to an audience". But at the same time, i couldn't get the fact away that i will be preforming in May for Magic. And I thought "why not talk about the concept of Magic, and what factors are done into making great trick/memorable ones."

Analysis: The Bullet Catch

For example, lets get into the most dangerous trick of all, The Bullet Catch. Many Magicians have put the lives on the line to catch a loaded guns bullet. David Blaine really does catch a bullet with a metal cup in his mouth, but there are some gimmicks involved in the trick. Upcoming Magicians have died during this attempt because of simple errors. The concept of the act is that two Magicians go up and show two real bullets being put into the barrel in either a revolver or a classic French M1177 pistol from the 1700's. Those pistols are real firing objects that can be used in any way. The Bullet Catch looks very complicated once seen at a show, but the most difficult tricks that are easily fooled by audiences are the most simplest trick to know. Trust me, I've had my fair share of tricks that look complex but are so simple to know. When the trick was first introduced, people were amazed how brilliant and astonishing the trick was. Simply a man did not catch a bullet with his hand, the bullet was already in his hand before the pistol was shot. The Magician shows the pistol that in fact it is real, once he goes to his table to prepare the pistol (i'm referring to the 1700's Bullet Catch with a French Pistol) he puts a cloth inside the barrel of the pistol, and puts the bullet in with a gimmick metal rod that looks like the bullet is going inside the pistol. But, on the metal rod there is a button on top of the rod to hold the bullet in place. And once he pretends to put the bullet in the barrel, he releases the button and takes the bullet and hides it in his hand, and hands the pistol to a spectator to shot him. The gun will still make a bang from the cloth because of the gun powder placed in the pistol. Once fired, the smoke comes and releases the cloth to the ground unseen, and the Magician "catches" the bullet with his hand. Very simple.The e modern version of The Bullet Catch has a similar concept, but i will not go into detail because of the respect of the trick. But the key word of the trick is "switch".

Secrets

All Magicians show tricks and get a response of  "how did you do that?" Or "Do that again." And obviously we can not tell because we want you believe it was real. That is why we do not answer that question "tell me how you do that". Back in the day, Magicians would put their tricks for sale, and that's how they make a profit. But now, since we are in an age of technology we can just look things up in an instant. As for me when i learn tricks, i am amazed on how the trick is preformed but not satisfied of how the trick works. But i still preform them, and i love the reaction people give me. Once a trick is taught, you never show anyone. They will beg and will flatter you for the secret. But soon as you give it up, you'll be nothing them.  The trick impresses no one, It's the trick you use it for, it's everything.


The Prestige

A Magicians performance consist of three parts or acts. The first part is The Pledge, the Magician shows you something ordinary; a deck of cards, a bird, or a man. He shows this object, perhaps he tells you to inspect it, to see it is indeed real and normal. But of course it probably isn't. The second act is called The Turn. The Magician takes the ordinary something, and makes it do something extraordinary. Now, your looking for the secret but you wont find it. Because of course you're not really looking, you don't really want to know. You want to be fooled, but you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough, you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part the part we call The Prestige. 

F451 Essay Option #1

Ray Bradbury gives a realistic tone to the narrative of his book. It's almost as if it is an apocalyptic world where Montag is living. Beatty, the villain who criticizes books, Faber the mentor, and guider to a new hope to an allie, Clarisse the person who is the outsider, but does all her thinking on her own, and Mildred the lost wife who has no thought to think or do things. All those characters give a realistic tone to the book as if this were a true reality.  Clarisse is the person who represents how much a person cares and how much humans are such a great value. She gets killed off in the book not because to show how society would function, but how the values she stood for have been killed in society. As for Beatty, Ray Bradbury gives him a tone of being a powerful force. He makes some decent points about the books; literature is very contradicting, forces us the answer questions we never wanted to ask, and It will pull out feet from the rug. Beatty is not willing think and question, the books don't tell the secrets to the universe to Beatty. Beatty is kind of a paradox. He knows very well the texts of books, and recites texts to the old woman by saying "You've been locked up in here for years with a regular dammed tower of Babel.You think you can walk on water with your books.And, Beatty even recalls a text from the Greek myth of Icraus, which a common book to read. He was also a book reader once. He gives that clue once he gives his speech to Montag in part one. Bradbury gives each character his or her own point of view of society. Giving the differences of how Ray Bradbury felt about books, he obviously loves books and in his characters he illustrated showith his emotions towards those books. With the characters given, he also gives the "bad" sides of books from the character Beatty.

F451 Questions

1. That it is very cliche to say about a book. It's been over used over time.
2.Because she is the only family he has right now.He still loved her, but not the way us people think of love.
3.It symbolizes that you can tell a lot about a person, by the look of their hands. Granger's Grandfather was a hard working Sculptor. And Granger explained how busy he was. But as for Mildred, She did not do much. She wasn't much of a "working lady".
4. Because both Faber and Grangers Grandfather talk the meaning of things. Both know that they live in the present, not the past. Metaphorically
5.That time simultaneously goes by really fast, or really slow in those three seconds that occur
6.The phoenix symbolizes a how life can be renewed.
7. Montag has changed drastically with the characters presented to him. Without Captain Beatty, Clarisse, he would have never changed. Being a person who follows society and doesn't think about things, to a person who understands and thinks about what is going on in the world. He mostly developed that by Faber and Clarisse of how they would analyze certain things. And, in the ending the men realize they have encountered a new man. A person with a new state of mind.

Fahrenheit451 Comparison to Phil Collins

Since Montag is running from his dilemma of killing Beatty, and hiding books, i figure a comparison of some lyrics from a song that would relate to Montag's problem. The song i chose was Phil Collins- In the Air Tonight. In the song, Phil says "I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord"..... it reminds me of the moment when Montag was realizing what Mildred had done to Montag, telling Beatty he had books. That moment was as if Montag can feel the tension in the air from Mildred and Beatty. Along with Beatty, Beatty has had a death wish for quite some time. And it finally happened, and it the lyrics which Phil says "I've been waiting for this moment, all my life"... (well maybe not all of his life) but in Beatty's life, he's been waiting for his death for a part of his life. In addition, Phil says in his song "So you can wipe off the grin, i know where you've been, its all been a pack of lies".....The small portion of the song gives me a thought of how Montag and Beatty were with each other at Montags house. And Montag had enough of what Beatty was saying about books, so he torched him. The comparison of Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight to F451 is almost as if the song was meant to be for the book. Yet, the song is talking divorce, but in bits and parts of the song, you can find a comparison to Fahrenheit 451.

A STEP AHEAD OF THE HOUND

1. Montag went to Blacks house to plant books sneaky.
2. Faber describes the war as air borne and the tracks are abandoned.
3. Fabers tv is almost the size of a postal card.
4. That a new Mechanical Hound is looking for Montag, and also a camera crew.
5. Montag was running from the new mechanical hound.

Run Montag Run

I feel as if the police will catch up to Montag and possibly kill him or Montag burns himself with his books like the old lady did. . But before his death, he would probably be surrounded in an old library, or maybe with books he retrieved from his garden and just read them all, before the police execute him at the fire department.  And possibly he would be wearing his firemen jacket, here the sirens get close, and burn with his books. Just a theory of what i think would happen at the end of the book.

The Chase Is On

1. The mechanical hound attacked Montag because he just commited a crime. Killing Beatty.
2. Montag turned on the flamethrower, and try to burn the mechanical hound
3. Montag realized Beatty had a death wish. While the scene where Montag and Beatty were confronting each other, Beatty stood there, not trying to save himself before he would be burned
4. He went to go retrieve the books he buried in the garden,
5. Montag almost got ran over by a bunch of kids joy-riding. (driving)

Montag Kills

Montag was annoyed of how Beatty was calling the books "useless" and forced montag to burn his own house down. He had enough of what Beatty was saying, so he burned him alive.

Appreciation

I came to a realization one day, and stared myself in the mirror. Looking at my cloths, pants, sweater, anything i have with me. I started to think, "how lucky am i to have all these things that i own". Because not a lot of people obtain these kind of things. Both my Mother and Father have been  sacrificing there time to give me the best future i could have. And i feel like we take that for granted. All the things they do is for us. They're taking action of their responsibilities, and making sure everything is done right by them. Without them, i wouldn't even be here. I wouldn't have this personality, the cloths i have, the love, care, etc. Some parents may not come home often because they are supporting us. They may be gone for a week, a couple days, or even hours of not coming home. You know why, because they are supporting us. The new sneakers, make-up, hats, shirts, the chains, earnings, anything we want, is because of them. Those things we want, they didn't have those as kids growing up. My Dad has been working his whole life since he was a kid. I haven't even had a job since i was at the age my Dad was when he was a kid. At the age of 7 he already had a job picking crops. When i was 7, i had my toys and light up shoes. That's all i dealt with as a little kid growing up. If i had the chance to tell my Mother for all of the things she has done, i would. But i don't have that chance. All i got is my Dad now, and the things i will say when i see him. Man! Every day when my Dad calls me up from work, (he is a truck driver) at the end of every conversation i say "I love you". Some people may think it's childish, but let me say this; if it was someones last day, wouldn't you want to at least say you love them? Knowing that you cared about them? Because we never know when it's going to be their last. That's why when i always hear conversations of how "annoying their mom or dad" is. All they are trying to do is help and support you. Not many people are with their biological parents. We take so much for granted, and we don't even realize it. To all the parents working hard, supporting their families. I say thank you. Gracias, Merci, Grazi, danke sehr, mahalo, toda,and spasiba. Go say "I love you" to the people you love, because we may never know when it may be their last.

F451 Questions Part ll

13. Beatty visits Montag because Beatty starts to realizes that Montag is experiencing compassion about books

14. I think that books violate the idea of everyone being equal because if you are the few people who actually reads books in your spare time. Then you have time to make theories, and question somethings. But if someone were to not to read, then those people would not have that mentality of questions things, and theorizing particular situations.

15. Because he doesn't feel comfortable in a situation he is in. Starting to feel sluggish.

F451 Questions

1. To catch the readers attention.

2. Because books can trigger thoughts in our mind, and could lead to ideas. Just like a bird, it sometimes symbolizes things.

3. Clarisse is always curious and wants to learn things. She doesn't care if she doesn't fit in. Montag does not question things, he lets things flow.

4. Technology doesn't make Montags life any better. At work, it could be beneficial, but not in his personal life.

5. To show the characters conflict. And bringing in other characters cause things to complicate. Just like he met Clarisse, a rising action to Mildreds over dose.

6. He introduces her because there can be a rising action into the story. Builds up complications to the main character.

7. For safety reasons from firemen. When they would burn the house, the house wouldn't burn, only the books.

8. Because she was having an over dose on a possible suicide. Montag calls the paramedics who have a snake like hoes to replace Mildreds blood with new blood.

9. The hound is designed to hunt down and kill people who have violated the law.

10. Clarisse does not like to participate in activities. She would rather talk,and think in her spare time.

11. It defines that somethings that we care for so much, define how we want to live and die for.

12. There is basically no relationship between them. Their lives are really different from each other, right from the gecko Mildred is attempting suicide. She obviously isn't happy.  

Fahrenheit 451 Questions

1. In the beginning of the story, we obviously get a vibe of seeing that this America is a dystopia. "It was a pleasure to burn". That indicates that Firemen are meant to burn things, instead of taking the fire out. The society is almost simliar like ours. We barely see people walking on the streets anymore, and if they the people in cars will stare at you. (i had my fair share of walking a long way to places. I've seen this before)And in Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse talks about her uncle being a pedestrian and no one being on the sidewalk. Almost similar to our society.  

2. Clarisse is special because Montag is struck by her. He has never met someone who asks "why" instead of "how". She takes walks for her enjoyment and to relax. Not everyone does this kind of thing on a regular basis.  

3.The mechanical hound senses that Montag is hoarding books illegally.

What I See In Literature

In both Great Gatsby and Prufrock, both characteristics of Gatsby and Prufrock show they are in a dilemma. Of whether of taking advantage to tell someone their feelings towards another person. Also, when both stories have metaphors of someone seeing there every move. Just like in Gatsby, the billboard with eyes and in Prufrock people were judging him. Both metaphors show that everyone is watching you. Lastly, both stories have a contrast the frustration and despair in a bankrupt world. The rich and the poor.

Prufrock Impression

The last line in the poem was actually deep towards the reader. "By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown

Till human voices wake us, and we drown". I dont know what it may mean, but possibly possibly envisioning a beautiful woman, referring to a beautiful mermaid? im not to sure.

Song of the Day

If you may have known in my other post I've played a game called Life Is Strange. A great game by the way, here is the link to check out the blog http://jangelcruz.blogspot.com/2017/02/life-is-strange.html

After i have played the game, there is a song in the game that i really enjoy. The song is very relaxing and soothing. Whenever i listen to the song, i reflect on the things I've in my life, and i thought i would share it. It is called Foals- Spanish Sahara. Hope you guys enjoy.

Life is Strange

Right now i am very speechless at this moment from the weekend, to now. From the title, some of you may be thinking "what is Life Is Strange? Are you talking about life"? Well, it's a video game i have been playing for a couple of weeks now. Yes, it is strange of me to talk about a game that i have been playing. Recently, i have finished the game and i am just blown away on how a game can impact me in my life. The story in the game is very relatable  to me, and possibly to other people who may have played this game. And the story presented to me, hit me on a personal level, and i have never in my whole life felt this way about a games story. The story follows a high school girl named Max Caulfield. She just moved from Seattle to a town named Arcadia Bay (the town looks like city of Oregon) and she is an outcast, a soft spoken, shy person who loves photography. She soon figures out that she has the ability to rewind time, leading her every choice to enact the butterfly effect. And with the butterfly effect, comes with great consequences. All of us especially have felt a moment in our lives to wish we could go back in time to fix things. And this game delivers it.

It gives you the imagination of what it would be like if you had the ability to rewind time. After I have finished game last Saturday,  I felt joy, and a little bit of emptiness because I have never had a connection between a character like this before. This game is not like your ordinary game, go to this place, talk to people, find something, etc. This games involves choices that will effect your story in the process of playing. In every situation I had to choose, I would be hesitatent to make a choice, because I would be thinking of the outcome and the possibilities this decision could make. I would actually take 3 to 4 minutes contemplating in my thoughts of what would be the right choice to make. This game changed my perspective in life, and to my choices I make. And I remember how in class we talked about is music art/ literature . And I explained that it is on how the artist writes, rhymes his or her lyrics. And now, I found a new art/ literature. Specific games are literature and an art. If a game really strucks you like this game made me feel, then this is truly an art forms. I seriously recommend this game, even if some of you may not like games, or find them "not enjoyable" trust me, this game you will love, and relate to in many levels.

It's avaliable on a

the platforms listed: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC (go to the website Steam (it's a website other buy games. It's a safe website), or a local store who has the game. For example:Walmart, Gamestop, Target, or possibly Best Buy), Playstation 4, Playstation 3.

The Great Gatsby Ch 9

denouement

"..a token of forgotten violence staring down from the wall". pg 173

sparse pg 175

Jewess pg 178

bulbous pg 179

gonnegtion  pg 180

Great Gatsby Ch 8 Notes

fog-horn pg 154

Universal theme- Central message of a story

pavilions pg 154

"For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year".... pg 158

"....road outside it sounded to him like the car that hadn't stopped a few hours before". pg 165

Great Gastby ch. 7 Notes

dilatory pg 118

"My Finn".....pg 118

Caravansary pg 119

perspired pg 120

awnings pg 122

"Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles". pg 124

"her voice is full of money" pg 127

"He looked at me keenly"... pg 128

locality pg 131

"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind"......pg 131

mint julep pg 134

Coming across Magic (again)

Thank you Dr. Preston for reminding me about my magic involvement. I finally had the opportunity   to see some David Blaine tricks. (because i have been busy for a few weeks) But now, i have some time to show some tricks. The tricks he does, i still don't know how he does them. Just twoof the tricks he proposed i know how he did them. Now, this was his comeback performance from his old special that was 5 years ago. And now, with this performance, he is promoting his new special.  Enjoy!

The Great Gatsby Question

I have a question about Mr. Gatsby......Why would he lie to Nick that he was rich and inherited his money from being so wealthy? I'm contemplating that he wants to let go of his past. I'm guessing, for him to truly becoming Gatsby he has to let go of his past, and become a new person. But i guess its for the better good i suppose. Well, for his sake.

The Great Gastby Notes Chapter 5 Part I

scrutinize pg 89

dripping bare lilac pg 90

demonic pg 92

"After half an hour the sun shone again and the grocer's automobile rounded Gatsby's drive with raw material for his servants dinner".....pg 93-94

"with enchanting murmurs".... pg 96

The Great Gatsby Questions Ch. 1-4

Chapter 1

1. Who Does Tom keep getting phone calls from?
2. What did Nick want to be, but instead chose a diffrent path of his career?

Chapter 2

1. What does Nick see at the Wasteland?
2. How many times has Nick been drunk in his lifetime?

Chapter 3

1.What are the rumors that people say about Gatsby?
2.Once Jordan is asked to talk to Gatsby alone, who does Nick see inside Gatsbys house?

Chapter 4

1.What is the reason Gatsby is using Nick for?
2.Who did Daisy love before she married Tom?

Accepting Defeat

Anytime anyone loses, its not a pleasant thing to have. We often feel emotional, feeling the other opponents happiness of winning. But, feeling all the anger, sadness, and misunderstandings  are helping you analyze, reflect on what you did. So you don't have to repeat the process again. Helps you build strategies  to make. There is a clip ill put down below of how defeat can be very emotional. But remember, it will help you in the long run.

The Great Gatsby Remix Chapter 3

When Nick and Miss Baker went to Gastby's house. And the moment where Nick did not know he was talking to Gastby. Gave me a recollection of how Nick described Gastby's smile. Where we would only see a smile like that 3 to 4 times in our life.  And it gave me a thought that i have only seen a smile like that only twice in my life. (the way nick describes it) It made me come to realize Nick is right on what he says. It gives the reader a thought if anyone has gotten a smile like that from Gastby to Nick.

The Great Gastby Ch.3 part lll Notes

indignantly pg 59

crescendo-makes things big pg 60

"A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and great doors"...... pg 60

metropolitan twilight - a dimmed sunset from behind tall buildings pg 62

"Her grey sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations , and for a moment i thought i loved her". pg 63

"she was incurably dishonest" pg 63

The Great Gastby Ch 3 part ll

innuendo pg 49

"two finger bowls of champagne...." pg 51

"it was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life" pg 52

"urban distaste"... pg 54

"jovial condescension".... pg 54

The Great Gastby Ch.3

"men and girls came and went like moths"...... pg 43

displacement- out of place (a character that does not belong)

anachronism- out of time (someone who is out of time)

casual innuendo pg 44

"little party" - big party (sarcasm)

 credulity pg  48

The Great Gastby Ch.2 Notes

Saunterd pg 28

sumptuous pg 29

why would tom be with a woman who is luxurious, and also be with a woman with less value?

ectoplasm  pg 34

"flounced over the dog, and kissed it with ecstasy" pg 36

Gastby Remix

Nick her is the narrator in this story, gives his recollections in his experience with Gastby It's almost like the book .  "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" where Benjamin is recollecting his experience with is elder hood, to mid twenties,  and towards an infant.  And both books have similarities of meeting a girl. Daisy and Gastby, and Benjamin and Daisy. Weird coincidence those books have.

The Great Gastby Notes 2

Pungent pg 12

"I'm a bond man". pg 14

..."her grey sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan" pg. 15

extemporizing pg 19

rotogravure -old printing style. pg 23

"he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way." pg 25

The Great Gastby Notes

epigraph- a quote at a beginning of a book that foreshadows the theme.

privy pg.5

"Reserving judgement is a matter of infinite hope". pg 6

"abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men". pg 7

Remix Project: 3 Card Monte

All around the world, there are various games that can be played. Such as in Las Vegas, their are many games that be played all around. For example: Poker, Black Jack, Texas Holdem, etc. Those are the most common card games played in Las Vegas. Not only in Las Vegas, but internationally as well. But their is one game that is also well known, but not in Casinos. The game is called Three Card Monte. It's not necessarily a "fair game" to play. The Areas that play this game is usually Las Vegas or New York. Fortunately not played in Casinos, but in Subway Stations, and on the streets.

  And if anyone ever encounters this game, NEVER play it. This game is a scam game to lose people's money, and to cheat the player. The set up is usually a man or woman behind a cardboard box, with 3 bent cards. 

 Just like this!

Those are the cards that are shown to the player. 4 of clubs, Ace of diamonds , and the 4 of clubs. The handler makes this game look entertaining, and easy. All the player needs to do is follow the red card.

This is a video of the game.

Now this is where remixing comes into play. Remixing is an original idea, but re-edited. Anybody can remix, just take technique, and time. Remixing has 3 concepts; Domain Knowledge, copying, and Transformation. And this is where 3 Card monte is transformed.  This is the common way to play this game, and then their is the erratic way. It involves the same 3 cards, but just bent. The same rules apply, follow the middle card.

   Magic is all about creativity, and improving on ideas of others. Such as David Blaine, he digs up old tricks preformed a long time ago, and adds a new and crazy way. Such as the bullet catch he preformed, he wanted to improve that trick, and actually catch a bullet with his mouth. David Blaine is a great example of remixing ideas. That's why his performances are a higher value in intrest. Remixing doesn't always have to be copying people, but actually improving an original idea to make things much more unique.

Everything is a Remix

Remix-edit published work

anybody can remix anything, just takes techniques

the metaphor of a light bulb is always used when someone has an insight

3 basic elements of creativity: Domain Knowledge, Copying, Transformation

Stars Wars- almost like a updated version of another movie

(some of the movie angles are similar to other movies)

Original ideas are considered PROPERTY
(it really isn't)

If, you copy someones ideas, it is considered stolen property

If someone steals an idea, the person who stole it can improve on the original creators idea

Most remixes are a higher value than the orginal content

taking something that exist is basically making something into a product

Music as Literature

In my opinion, i would say music is literature. Lets say for an example someone is listening to a catchy song, and singing along with the lyrics. Sometimes we don't understand what were saying because it's just a bunch of words. But behind those words tell a story, if we were to listen carefully at a song, the listener would understand what the vocalist is saying. It doesn't matter what genre of music is being played, each song telling a story. Just like a novel, a novel tells a story, place and time. By how the author is using his or her words it gives the mood and tone of the story they are telling. Same thing with a symphony, for example; in Hans Zimmers song called S.T.A.Y that song is telling the relationship of a father and her daughter. (The song is from the movie Interstellar) I strongly believe music is literature.