Review Week 11

Different Strokes (Class Announcements)

I chose this picture because I have a lot of questions about it. Why is she dressed as a unicorn? How does she move in that? Where is this? Why is there a shirtless guy wearing a tutu in the back? Why are those guys dressed as prison inmates? Is that person dressed as a tomato? What?

I chose this video because Samuel L. Jackson is one of my favorite actors. Loved him in The Matrix and S.W.A.T. The video is also pretty catchy haha.

Week 10 Review

Estonian Proverb (OU Class Announcements)

I picked this picture because first, it's relevant, and second, no matter how hard I think about it I don't get it. What do they mean when they say lay the egg? Does it mean to continue your legacy? Why is the chicken laughing? What if the egg is used as breakfast? The world may never know the true interpretation of this mysterious proverb.

It was really cool learning about all the other April Fools-like traditions other countries have watching this video. April Fools is actually one of my favorite holidays just because the jokes and pranks tend to be really funny.

Week 9 Review

Mad Magazine (Class Announcements Blog)

I used to love reading MAD magazine, but I haven't read it in a couple years. Except for today, since I received a copy of the latest issue for free, coincidentally on the one of the creators' birthdays. Spy vs Spy was always my favorite part.

It was pretty interesting to find out that purposeful emoticons went back to the 1880s and have existed digitally since 1982. Kind of funny how formal they were with it, and how they used :-). Would have been interesting if they could have included the origin of some other emoticons like XD or (´･ω･`) though.

Review Week 8

McHumor Comic (Class Announcements Blog)

I chose this image because I thought it was pretty funny and I feel the same way. Losing that extra hour of sleep really seems to affect me... I could hardly get out of bed this morning.

And I chose this video because I occasionally enjoy watching SNL. Haven't seen this skit before though, it was pretty funny. Could have been more melodramatic.

Week 7 Review

Stage of procrastination (chibird)

This still happens to me even though I've been working on my time management... Sometimes stuff just kind of falls on you and you skip to stage 4, you know?

I thought this video served as a a really interesting background to how English spelling and pronunciations were developed. It's interesting to know that our pronunciation and spelling of 'colonel' came from two different languages.

Review: Week 6

I watched this video and my favorite one was Jeff dying for a cookie, because I see a lot of people use "literally" in place of "metaphorically". That makes literally no sense. It's gotten to the point where the word's losing its original meaning I'm pretty sure.

OU in the snow (Class Announcements Blog)

I chose this because the campus looks really nice covered in snow, and also because I do not have any recollection of campus being covered in snow at all. Weird.

Review: Week 5

I liked this video because it provides some useful tips for taking notes during reading, focusing on specific details that stand out instead of general stuff can really help when I go to write my actual story. Most of this stuff we already do while taking reading notes already though, like taking notes when we get ideas.

Extra Credit Meme (Class Announcements)

Even though I do my reading assignments, this was really funny.

Week 4 Review

Dune (Class Announcements)

I chose the picture of Dune because it's the greatest science fiction novel of all time. The spice must flow. Also, I didn't know it was the anniversary of Frank Herbert's death today.

Really interesting to see how the book was received back when it came out, seeing as it's seen as a timeless classic today. Also gives some nice insight into what he was thinking when he wrote Dune.

Week 3 Review

I picked this video because I've watched a lot of ERB videos already. They're always completely filled with clever references and puns. My favorite is probably Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers. I wish they'd make more videos though!

Werewolf comic (Class Announcements)

I chose this one just because it reminded me of a funny similar image, here.

Farquad comic (Imgur)

Week 2 Review

I have to admit, when I saw that he wrote nonsense verse, I was under the impression that the verses would be made up of strings of random words. The story being nonsense instead makes it much more enjoyable though. The stories felt pretty whimsical to me. The illustrations added a lot to the experience.

Comic by BizarroComic

And this is my favorite graphic just because it's really funny.