Indesign PROJECT

These posts are my in design project. I couldn't get them to upload to the server, so i posted them on my blog so you could see them. Hope you approve of these... I really like them. Thanks for all the help again. See you on Wednesday.

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Not enough sleep...

That is the problem with a lot of people. They dont get enough sleep. And I will be the first one to admit that I am a major offender when it comes to this. I never ever get enough sleep. And some days it really messes up my day. I will not go to bed early enough and then i will either be late to work or late to school. Why do we as a nation try so hard to go without sleep?

It always made me wonder why as a nation we dont sleep enough is it that we feel like we are wasting our lives away. Since there is the saying that says " ill sleep when im dead". But wouldnt it be more correct if it was "youll be dead if you dont sleep". I personally dont sleep because I feel like there is always something else for me to do before I go to bed. And by the time I actually get to bed its so late that I dont even want to know what time it is. Sometimes I wont sleep for more than two days at a time. 

Dont get me wrong I love sleep. It is one of my favorite things to do. So why is it that we dont sleep the recommended amount like we should?

I feel that part of it is mental and we psych ourselves out and the other part of it is stress related or some form of a chemical imbalance. 

One thing I know for sure is I cant wait to get some sleep tonight.

reflecting blog post #3

Wow I cant believe that it is finally over... It turned out to be a lot more fun than I originally expected it to be. At first I was overwhelmed and that quickly turned to frustration. But as time went on I figured out more and more what I was doing. The final multimedia project was by far the most fun thing I have done for homework in quite some time. It was challenging and yet I still thoroughly enjoyed myself. I loved personalizing the web page, and creating all the different pages with so much to look at. I am really proud of the website. And I hope that you guys enjoy it as much as I do. If not oh well, so long as Cynthia likes it I guess that is all that REALLY matters. Wether or not it is the greatest website of all time is debatable, although in my eyes it is definitely the most epic site on the internet ( at least the most epic made by me ). I had so much fun this semester.

This project certainly had its ups and downs. For example getting started was a down, but once I got the ball rolling it wasn't so bad. Some of the ups were making the actual ad. I had so much fun making that ad. I really like the concept a lot. One major downer was I also had a Diet coke ad that was a multi cultural ad, but I could not get that from the DVD I put it on, to the web site or to my computer for that matter. So that was a lost cause, unfortunately. Overall I learned a lot about the web through this class. And I had a lot of fun doing it. I would definitely recommend this project to other students because it gives you something to strive for and something to be proud of. And i feel you learn a lot more from something like this than I long multiple choice exam that you study for and forget it all after the test is over. This is something that you can show off for years to come. I cant even begin to express how much fun, and what a great learning experience this was.

check out my final project if you missed my presentation...

Here is to one hell of a semester...

weekly blog bost

I dont know how you feel about going to the movies but I love going to them.  There is something special when you go to the theatre with your friends. I love the conversation it starts and how you turn into such a movie critic when the previews start. For those few minutes you decide which movies are going to be junk and which ones look really good. If you havent been to the movies in a while then a great one to start back up with is Iron Man. I have seen it twice since it has been released and all I can say is WOW! That is quite possibly the best movie i've seen this year. It is also the best reviewed movie of the year. And it is the 10th largest box office opening of all time. If those arent good enough reasons for you to go and see it then check out how cool iron man looks...

That is pretty bad ass! So check out this epic movie or you will be missing out to say the least.

Linked in

I set up my linked in account and I am waiting to see if I will continue to use this in the future....

check out my page

have a super awesome day!!!

reflecting blog post #2

The final project is tough. I am having a hard time with this project. I am learning a lot of new things with the programs that we have learned in class. I had a lot of fun filming the video which you will see when  I present the project. I had a lot of fun trying a lot of different things. But in the end I think I will have the project done by thursday the 15th. At least I had better have it done by then or I will be in big trouble. I cant wait until this semester is over. It was really tough at least for me. Having mono in the middle of the semester was very difficult because I have been playing catch up ever since. I hope I finish the semester strong, and I hope that my final media project turns out okay. 

Myspace and Facebook and Blogs... oh my!!

Many years ago people would connect socially through meeting face to face or a simple call on the super fancy telephone. As time progressed people have stopped writing actual letters and sending through paper mail, as time progresses everything becomes more focused on electronic mail, which is known more commonly as E-Mail. The world is rapidly turning digital and as a result people are becoming less and less social. Gone are the days when you walk up to someone and say hello. In our society today that would be borderline strange. And even if you did do that they would not respond because they would be to busy listening to their Ipod or talking on their Iphone or anything else apple comes up with to take or minds off of talking to one another. Or society has become so rude and selfish. No longer can you get genuine kindness from another individual, unless you have something that they want.
The only way to stay in the loop or meet new people these days is through social media outlets such as Myspace, or Facebook or Blogging about your problems. No longer do you say to people let me get your phone number or email or address. Now it is what is your myspace or let me get your facebook or check me out on my blog. The world has changed so drastically that if you don’t have theses social media outlets then you are viewed as weird or abnormal. It is a sad day when having a myspace account is the norm. But if you can’t beat them join them. That is why I have two blogs, a myspace account, and a facebook. Since this is the way the world is heading I figured that I mine as well keep up.
I still wish more people interacted socially, and not through theses outlets, but one can only hope…

If you are interested in looking me up on one of those social outlets here you go…

myspace

facebook

Getting Started...

For my final project I have pretty high expectations. Although I am not really satisfied with the topic that I chose... But oh well. For this project I expect to accomplish a good grade to start. And I want to create a site where those who are interested in advertising can see what goes into making an ad. Now granted it will not be a real ad. But it will have all the love of a real ad. Or so I am hoping to accomplish. Do I think it will be a worthwhile effort? Of course! If I didn't think that it would be worthwhile then I wouldn't do it. I am hoping that people will love and remember it forever. Or at least one person will love it forever.(Yes Im talking about you Cynthia). I hope that it will be life changing and will talked about for all time. Well that might be a little bit of a stretch. But I am hoping that someone besides myself will enjoy it. This project is different than working on in class projects because there is no one to help me when I have a question. It is difficult to do, especially when you dont really know what you are doing. I hope this gets better. But I love working on things in class because I have a lot of peers to share things with but when I work at home its just me and my precious dog of course but no one to help me when I get stuck. So it is quite different when working on my project at home as opposed to in class. I am not a part of a team so not too much to write about that. And how much time do I think it will take well, lets see I think it will take about as much time as it takes to finish the greatest project of all time!!

weekly blog post

So welcome to another fun and exciting day on Aaron's Epic blog. This week I will be writing on a very important issue that happens this week. It is a huge event that happens on TV and starts this week. Not sure what Im talking about... Well it involves a certain super celebrity.

It is the triumphant return of Tela Tequila! I know not the presidential primary or the great sporting events going on, but this is important none the less. One is because I loved the original and was so glad when Bobby won. But most of all because I cant believe that MTV would give her a second season. Has our society fallen so far that we care so much about a myspace celebrity that used to be a dancer. Apperantly yes if we are asking my opinion, since I will most certainly be watching the premeire. But what I want to know is why do so many care about something so insignificant? Why dont we care more about important stuff like the presidential race or what is going on in other countries? I feel that Our society has fallen far from a society that cares about whats going on in the world. Unfortunately we care more about who is sleeping with who than who is ahead in the superdelagate race. But why? What caused us to care about things that matter so little? This is something that I wonder about all the time. Maybe it has a little to do with sex appeal? I mean sex definitely sells...


Well now that I have told you how I really feel lets get to the good part. So things must not have worked out between Tela and Bobby or else there wouldnt be a second season. So what happened? I hope they tell us tomorrow night. Also if you want to see what Im talking about it will be on MTV tomorrow night at 10 pm.

My sexy Imovie!!!!

This is my video project and it is epic!!! But dont watch it...

It is very personal. I love imovie it was a lot of fun and I loved this project the most so far. Imovie is such a great program and allows so much creativity. You can add effects and sounds and the editing is very easy and simple to do. So if you are ever bored and dont know what to do feel free to view my blog but whatever you do DONT CLICK HERE to view this video. If you click on this link your computer will explode!!! Stop you are thinking about watching the video and you are afraid that your PC will blow up, well it will so dont CLICK on the link or terrible things will happen!!

Spitzer scores!!! more like a strike out...

So in case you don't pay attention to the news lately, here is an update on the governor of New York...

He was found involved in a prostitution ring in Washington. He "used" the service 8 times and his main call girl was a 22 year old female by the name of Ashley Dupre. He was a governor that was all about morals and doing whats right. Then he goes and spends over $80,000 dollars on call girls. That doesn't seem to be what is right or morally sound. He resigned because of the incident, and now the Lt. Governor will take over. It will be the first time the state of New York will have a blind and black governor.

Now that you are caught up on the situation let me put in my two cents. What the hell was he thinking! Are you serious?! How can he pay for sex? How can he cheat on his wife with multiple women? Women that sell there bodies for that matter. This is a terrible thing and something that he should be very ashamed of. I can't believe that his wife is going to stand by his side on this. She is a better women than I could ever be, literally and figuratively.

On the bright side at least the call girls were decent looking. And now one of them is getting free publicity. Hey who said there is no such thing as bad publicity?

Here is her myspace if you want to check it out...

not a link since I couldnt find her...

Weekly blog

This week we were told to read a blog by Ryan Sholin that is titled "links that redefine news" as you can tell by this catchy title the site has many links with web pages that are very unique ways of handling the news. Of all of the different links that were on the site there were a couple that caught my attention.

The first link that caught my eye was ...

• Politifact - St. Petersburg Times & Congressional Quarterly

on this web site it takes things that politicians will say and fact checks them and will give the statement validity on whether or not the statement is true and if it is true how true it is. The tool that they use is called the truth-o-meter. It looks something like this...







this is an example of a half true statement that Hillary Clinton said. I found this both humerus and very informative. It helps the public know more about what the politicians are really saying when they open their political mouths.

The other site that I found useful was ...


Election headlines - KnoxNews & Publish2

This site gives the public all of the info, facts and opinions relating to the upcoming U.S. presidential election from across the web. This is a great way to know exactly what is going on in the presidential debate. It is kind of a one stop shop for the election. In Gilmor's We the Media he talks about making, “the Internet work the way it should. Instead of you searching for everything, the Internet comes to you on your terms.” It is sites like these and many others that really help us get the most out of what the Internet is capable of.

Sweet Photo(shop)

This is the "happiest" thing i've made in a long time... hope you enjoy my skills in photoshop...

Cluetrain Manifesto???

After I read through the 95 thesis' i thought that a lot of them were a little confusing and didn't make a lot of sense to me. For example number 15 and 16 say...

In just a few more years, the current homogenized "voice" of business—the sound of mission statements and brochures—will seem as contrived and artificial as the language of the 18th century French court.
Already, companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog-and-pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone.

This didn't seem to relate to me or make a lot of sense. Not all of them are confusing or difficult to understand here is one that I liked a lot.

There are no secrets. The networked market knows more than companies do about their own products. And whether the news is good or bad, they tell everyone.

number 12 seemed very true. In business everyone knows everything about the products and whether the product is good or bad everyone is going to find out about it. There truly are no secrets. I also liked number 17 because it talks about my major advertising.

Companies that assume online markets are the same markets that used to watch their ads on television are kidding themselves.

this is very applicable today especially since the internet is talking over advertising and online advertising is the way of the future since everything is going viral. one that got a rise out of me was number 74.

We are immune to advertising. Just forget it.

This is a huge problem for me because if this is true then i am totally screwed since advertising is something that i want to do for awhile. If people just forget about advertising than a lot of products wouldnt sell and this would be terrible for the economy. So hopefully this thesis is one that is definitely not true.
It is weird that this was written about a decade ago. And a lot of these still apply today especially since the internet is such a huge part of the world today.

dueling videos

these videos are very well done. i think that they are smart ideas for both candidates. hillary’s video was very focused on being a funny attention getter. i thought the video was done to help sway people into thinking that hillary is cool and hip and it is smart to vote for her. obama’s video on the other hand had a more serious tone but used a lot of celebrity support. i liked obama’s video a lot. i thought it was much better than hillary’s video. i was swayed slightly toward obama just based on the video. so i guess obama’s video worked in the way it was intended.

My Header for my epic blo

so i know what you are thinking what could this epic header be like? well feast your eyes on the greatest creation of all time...
There it is in all its glory. Hope you enjoy it and if you dont it doesnt matter its for me anyway and i'm in love with it.
The reason I chose to make it about the legend of zelda is because ...
1.The Legend of Zelda is the greatest game franchise of all time.
2. My favorite video games ever.
3. Because it was the first thing that popped in my head last thursday.
thanks for reading my blog... come back soon for more awesome updates about me and my life.

Late breaking blog post...literally

Well there are three things that I am allowed to write about.
1. Super Bowl ads
2. Presidential Debates
3. Some event on campus which I know nothing about
This is a really tough decision for me. I have no idea what I should choose. They are all such amazing choices. Well lets flip a coin, heads I choose super bowl and tails I choose presidential debates, Because lets be honest there is no way I'm picking number three. (coin is now flipping in the air... I know that the suspense is killing you... it's heads!)

Well as you can see I have chosen(by a very scientific process) to write my blog about the ads that played during the super bowl. Now these aren't your ordinary ads. These are the greatest ads of all time. People spend an average of over 2.5 million dollars for an ad during the super bowl. I don't know about you but that is a lot of money to spend in 30 seconds. So if I am going to spend that much money then a lot of people had better see my ad. Well rest assured not only did a lot of people watch the super bowl, but 97.5 million people to be exact. That makes it the second most watched TV show of all time. Now enough about how important the ads need to be on such a high volume stage lets talk about my three favorite.

1.Tide - Stain
The reason this one is my favorite is because it made me laugh so loud that I will never forget this commercial. If you haven't seen it you need to go to youtube and find it, I promise its worth it.
2.Lifewater - Thriller
First of all it has thriller in the title so you know its good. And who doesn't like a bunch of lizards dancing like Michael Jackson. This commercial helps prove that Michael Jackson is timeless.
3.Deit Pepsi- What is love?
No comment... this one is so incredibly funny, you just have to go see it. Trust me.

This is only three of so many amazing commercials. Super bowl ads mean a lot of things to a lot of people. For example it is a make or break for some companies. They will spend their entire advertising budget on one ad for the super bowl, and if the ad tanks than so does the company's profit for that year. Also if an advertising firm is hired to do a super bowl ad for some company and the ad fails than you can expect a lot of people to lose their jobs.

Another reason I feel that these commercials are different from all others. Is because it sparks so much conversation every year. You can say to someone "hey did you see such and such ad?" and if they haven't then you can laugh at them and tell them how stupid they are for missing it. I'm only kidding of course. These are the only commercials that people dont skip over with Tivo. These commercials are a part of our pop culture and they demand to be watched. So if you haven't seen them or you weren't one of the 97.5 million people watching then shame on you and hurry and watch these before you become the "karen" of the group. The only reason that is acceptable for missing some of the super bowl is if you were "watching family guy". Then you are forgiven provided you watched most of it. Many people don't even watch for the game, they just want to see the commercials. So now you know the best ones. So make sure to watch next year or just find them online. Have a great day and thanks for reading my super long rant about super bowl ads. Aren't you glad it landed on heads instead of tails?

photoshop 1

here are my photoshop pics from todays lab...

special word

Wayward...
Don't know what that means.
After looking it up on dictionary.com I discovered that it means turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient.

If I had to use it in a sentence it would go a little bit like this...

The wayward cow is starting to get on my nerves.

I found this word in the San Jose Mercury News.

second day of class

alan broke his computer today and i forgot all of my books for other classes. not a huge post today but rambo was awesome by the way. thinking of taking an acting class what do you think? more to come dont be sad.

First day of class

Hello and welcome to fun with Aaron Miller. Hope you are as excited to read this as I am to write this. We are in for a long road together so get ready for the time of you life. Today I created my very first blog and it was easy enough providing that I did it correctly. This is my first blog entry so it is not that exciting I know. But for those of you movie goers I will be seeing RAMBO tonight at midnight! I am very excited to see that film. Check out my pretty face... coming soon.