[Media Studies & Communication: Week 2]

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

There's a coffee machine in the back of the room - a little dusty, but he'd had to dig it out of one of the closets - and cups, cream and sugar for those who want them. There's also a table by the door with an informational handout for everyone to take.

Logan is sitting on his desk again, the screens off today, and he waits until everyone's taken their seats before beginning.

"So, like we began with the question last week, we're going to be delving a little into your personal relationships with media, ripping off using the format from a radio program called the 'Desert Island Discs'.

"Imagine you're a castaway on a desert island. Now imagine that you're allowed to take four pieces of music with you." He smiles slightly. "I realize that, for some people at least, your tastes are always changing, but this is just for the assignment, so try not to overthink it.

"In addition to the four pieces of music, you get to have one book - not counting the Bible or any of the works of Shakespeare - and one luxury item which has to be inanimate and have no practical use.

"That's the first part of the assignment. Go ahead and take a few minutes to write that down, get it on paper."

Logan lets the class do that, getting himself a cup of coffee while he waits. After about fifteen minutes, he returns to the head of the class. "Okay, now we pair off. Find a classmate and trade lists. Once you've done that, take turns discussing items on your lists, why you made them, why they're important to you - I don't expect you to necessarily be familiar with what your classmate's choices are, but have an open mind, engage in some discussion here.

"Lastly, write a paragraph about the assignment. Do you think media is an important part of your life? Does what you listen to, what you read, really say that much about you as a person?"

[OOC: Wait for OCD! HAVE AT. And sorry about last week guys - it was a very bad day for me and I dropped the ball. You guys deserve more than I gave you. The class assignments are, of course, optional - especially the paragraph - but have fun with it!

Also, I'll be on for a wee bit longer tonight, but back at about 9am PST tomorrow when I get to work. After that, I'll be on most of the day.]

[OOC: Roster/Syllabus]

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

So it collapses, if you please.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie Kawalsky

Make your lists

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Four pieces of music, one book, and one item.

Re: Make your lists

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky spent most of the allocated time gnawing on the end of his pen. Then at the last minute he wrote down his list.

Music:
1. 1812 Overture
2. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
3. Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll
4. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One that I Want

(He snickered as he wrote the last one.)

Book: Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League

Luxury Item: A ball and cup toy (http://www.toypost.co.uk/images/thumbnails/t_330.jpg)

Re: Make your lists

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake brightened at the sight of the coffeemaker, and made herself a cup before she sat down to make her list.

1. Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien
2. Puccini - Tosca
3. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
4. Led Zeppellin - Stairway to Heaven

Book: The Gigantic Book of Pulp Fiction
Item: Coffeemaker.

Re: Make your lists

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray thought about this one for awhile.

Music

Bruce Springsteen - Born In the USA
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Tom Jones - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Blondie - The Tide is High

Book

The Red Badge of Courage

Object

A bowling ball.

Re: Make your lists

[absolutesnark]

Summer started writing her list.

Music:
1. Phantom Planet - California
2. Madonna - Like a Prayer
3. No Doubt - Just a Girl
4. Oasis - Wonderwall

Book: White Oleander
Item: Shoes, preferably stilettos

Re: Make your lists

[fates_jaye]

Music:
1. AC/DC- Highway to Hell
2. The Toadies- Possum Kingdom
3. Guns N Roses- Paradise City
4. The Dandy Warhols- We Used to be Friends

Not that Jaye would pick music she could sing along to loudly without anyone saying anything because of all the blissful silence otherwise.

Book: The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial
Item: Probably the stupid lion. Or my computer, if I had a choice.

Re: Make your lists

[likethegun]

Sam thought hard about potential songs before starting to write, determined to not pick anything from his dad or Dean's tastes.

Music:
1. Coldplay - Trouble
2. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
3. David Gray - Please Forgive Me
4. Carbon Leaf - Toy Soldiers

Book: War and Peace
Luxury item: A pillow.

Re: Make your lists

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Trying to pair down on music and books? So not as easy as you'd think. There are a lot of crossings out on Mac's page.

Music:
1. I Want To Save You - Something Corporate
2. Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows
3. Cells - The Servant
4. Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies

Book: Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder

Item: My laptop (is that allowed?)

Re: Make your lists

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

1. Winter - Vivaldi's Four Seasons
2. Across the Universe - John Lennon
3. Where is My Mind? - The Pixies
4. Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's

Rory took much, much, much longer with the book question.

Moby Di
A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.
The Grou
The Complete Dorothy Par

I CAN'T DECIDE!!

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

Then she bit her lip, decided that what she was wearing around her neck counted as clothes and so she wouldn't include it, and instead wrote, For my luxury item, I'm bringing my stuffed Ewok, George.

Then she put down her pen before she could change her mind about her book again.

Re: Make your lists

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

Music:
Patrick Wolf - Gypsy King
Aqua - Cartoon Heroes
Ok Go - A Good Idea At The Time
Emm Gryner - Dearg Doom

Book:
The Plane Gazetteer

Luxury Item:
My curling iron

Re: Make your lists

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

The hardest part of making the list for Dean was narrowing it down to four songs. Four albums would've been easier. But then he got an idea of how to work around that and grinned as he wrote out his answers.

Music:
1. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
2. AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
3. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
4. Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying

Book: Collected Works of Raymond Chandler

Luxury Item: an mp3 player loaded with all the songs I wanted that didn't make the four songs list. And a lifetime supply of batteries.

Re: Make your lists

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

Music:
Dex Monclair - You and the Universe
Iolus Prima - Colonial Anthem
Rya Brody - Life on Picon
Case Orange - Colonial Freak Quinn C.

Book:
A volume of Kataris.

Item:
hair holder
Bottle of Ambrosia
A Bar
Raft
Sharp pointy stick
Something to beat the person who left me on the island
Fine! My stuffed frog, Alex.

Re: Make your lists

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam sailed through the music and book sections of the assignment, but trying to come up with something impractical? Much tougher.

Music:

Galileo, Indigo Girls
Bye-Bye, Jo Dee Messina
Joy to the World, Three Dog Night
Cello Suites, Bach

Book: A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking

Item: My father's dog tags

Re: Make your lists

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth tried not to smile at the idea that she'd be trapped in the middle of the ocean, far away from home.

Music:
1. KT Tunstall - Heal Over
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet
4. Holst - The Planets (Neptune)

Book:
Vojna i mir - Tolstoi (War and Peace - Tolstoy)

Elizabeth paused, deciding that her father's pocketwatch could be considered a practical item. Technically.

Item: Laptop

Re: Make your lists

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Music:
1. Dusted Bunnies - Demo
2. They Might Be Giants - Flood
Handwavey 3-4. Damn Bendis not giving Peter distinct musical tastes.

Book:
Advanced Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering by S.I. Hayek

Item:
A sheet of gypsum board

Re: Make your lists

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

It's possible that Hamlet took far too long to think up a list, but that could hardly be considered a surprise.

Music:
1. "Adagio for Strings", Samuel Barber
2. "Lovesong", The Cure
3. "Everybody Hurts Sometimes", REM
4. "Summer Girls", LFO "Ave Maria", Mozart

Book: An omnibus of classic literature
Luxery item: A large notebook and set of pens for writing down thoughts

Pair up and discuss

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Find a partner, discuss your choices, try not to make fun of each other too much.

Re: Pair up and discuss

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake was humming 'yellow submarine'.

Re: Pair up and discuss

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray amused himself by chewing on his pencil.

Your Impressions

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Write a paragraph about the assignment.

Talk to each other

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Talk while making your lists, while doing other parts of the assignment, or whatever you'd like.

Talk to Logan

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Questions, comments?

Re: Talk to Logan

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

After class had ended, D'anna stopped by the professor's desk.

"Excuse me, professor?" she said sheepishly.

OOC

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Still need an OOC icon. Suggestions?

Re: OOC

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

If nothing else comes up :)