Sounds okay if you can get the lights to light up somehow, with batteries? Are you talking like christmas lights or what? Also, who's putting up the web?

-jimmy wagner

Web

Oh and just use the extra string to tie it to the tree. Take some scissors and cut the string to connect parts of the web to the branches. i would put the strings on it but i don't know how much slack you'll need and haven't seen the tree's position.

Spidey Web

-jimmy wagner

Hey Ten Right angles,

i decided that since i didn't want to do any work that i would just do this web spider thingy because i have nothing better to do. SO here are some pictures.

*PLEASE READ*: Hopefully someone can pick this up who will be going on sunday to put it up as i might not be. i'm at college ten.

The middle is kind of a mess because i was still figuring out how to do it, but just put one of the big spiders or something there and it will cover it up.

I tried using knots first, but that failed once i realized that the spool of string would be inconvenient to tie knots. So i went with tape. i hope it holds and i hope it's not too bad.

i started out by just taping the middle of each of the 5 strings to the circle as straight as i could.

i then taped down the ends, and started wrapping the string on the web starting in the middle.

This is the 360 degree circle that i used to evenly spread out the strings. Making two crosses with 4 strings didn't tickle my fancy, so i went with 5 strings, meaning about 72 degrees between each which made it a little bit harder, but looks better i think.

At about this point i was like, "Holy shit this just might actually work."

You can see the middle paper, which was the protractor to make the lines evenly spaced. Also, the tape used to tape down the ends of the strings.

And here's the end result:

Oh and sorry about the quality of the photos. They are from my crappy phone.

-jimmy wagner

Spider Web

Hey gang,

Krys just gave me the string for the spider web so i'll be making that asap.

I know you guys were talking about putting it up sunday so ill have it done by then fourshore.

-jimmy wagner

Sounds good krys, looks like we're on our way to completing this web!

Thanks for picking up the materials.

-jimmy wagner

Questions for Interview

-james wagner

Here are some questions for the interview:

1. What sparked your interest to get involved in this field of study?

2. How do you handle criticism of people who think the search for extra terrestrials is all nonsense?

3. How many years have you been working on this?

4. What have been some interesting findings over the years?

5. If you could go back in the past and do this all again, what would you change or do differently? Would you even want to change anything?

-james wagner

DOORS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT

-jimmy wagner

Just writing about the reading of "Behind the Screen Door" by Aronson that we discussed in our group meeting and in class.

Basically what I got from it was actually insight on doors used in theater. Before this I had never even thought twice about important a door could be and took it for granted.

The first example used in the article is how a door can set the mood. A person bursting through the door, such as Kramer in Seinfeld instills a comedic mood in the audience. While on the other hand, a slow opening of a squeaking door creates terror.

Aronson writes how a door can be the boundary between complete order or complete chaos, known and unknown, and how it separates the scene into different parts. Aronson writes, "The door hides; the door reveals."

It was also interesting that the Ancient Greek plays did not have doors, and instead had to make a production out of the elaborate entrances. This took away the element of surprise and anticipation of what could possibly be behind the door. Doors also seem to be very useful because they can completely change a setting, which makes the play more complex and entertaining. For example, an actor or actress can walk through a door and be in a different house, or miles away in the middle of a forest.

The last thing that the article briefly mentions is how a door in a theater represents all of this and more, but that a door on screen or in video is simply walked through.

-jimmy wagner

Collage Pictures

Hey. Just wanted to post the pictures of my collage. I don't have a digital camera, and photobooth for mac actually acts more like a mirror (can you change that?) so the pictures are bad quality (taken with cell phone), and in multiple pictures so that you can see more clearly, but at least its something.

I was going for two groups of people on the stage, fighting for the best and most worthy reward ever, chocolate.

-jimmy wagner

-Jimmy Wagner