Exploring 2012

2/13/12  My First Exploration – Found Words

yall – not just for hicks, rednecks, wannabes and pimps like a previous definition states. It is the combination of “You” + “All”. Common slang for residents of the southern states.

forizzle – slang term meaning “for real”

jackalope – A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.

namby – pamby – lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character

boondoggle – An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.

floccinaucinihilipilification – Estimation that something is valueless. Proper pronunciation based on Latin roots: flockə-nowsə-nəkələ-pələ-fək-ation.

doolally – a person who is insane, irrational or crazy

doodle sack – old English word for bagpipe

winklepicker – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe

blowing smoke up your ass – to flatter, embellish, lie

2/20/12  My Second Exploration – Cracks

 This exploration calls for me to take a picture of cracks and say what comes to mind. Well my first thought is…who throws gum on the floor??? This floor is disgusting.  There is a ridiculous amount of hair and this wierd sticky stuff is everywhere. Who cleans this room? Apparently noone. The second thing that came to mind (after getting over the grossness) was that it looked a bit like a map. Maybe it’s because I just got done reading the 1st chapter of How to Lie With Maps? Anyway, it could be because it intersects so much, or maybe it’s because it looks so grid-like? The gum could be cities. The hair could be roadways. The wierd sticky stuff could be lakes. The cracks also remind me of the globe. The latitude and longitude lines and how it almost looks like tiles of earth laid out.

2/27/12  My Third Exploration – Thought Experiments

What if I were a genius?

What would I look like if I had red hair?

If I met Bill Gates would he give me a hundred bucks if I asked nicely?

What if I had been born to different parents?

Would I regret it if I could read minds?

If I skydived, would I die?

Would people be sad if I died?

What if my grandpa were still here?

What if the internet had never been invented?

What if there was no such thing as shoes?

What if guys had babies instead of girls?

What if the globe was a cube?

What if the ocean was white?

What if the ocean were sweet instead of salty?

What if italy wasnt shaped like a boot?

3/5/12  My Fourth Exploration – People Watching

So below this is a map of my workplace. Pretty basic and not up to scale in any way. With this exploration I’m supposed to people watch. It’s a good thing that’s exactly what I do all day.

Where to start? There isn’t much to say about Chelsea because she tends to not do her job. Here, she was pretending to put up silverware while the manager watched. The thing she didn’t realize is that the manager isn’t completely retarded, and he knows she doesn’t do her job. Brooke was standing next to Chelsea making hilarious comments about the latter. Destiny was very pregnant and didn’t say much because she was getting annoyed at chelsea. I tried to cheer her up while simultaneously seating the customers at their tables. The manager was watching us all and he didn’t seem all that interested. The guests at table 100 laughed way to loud and the guests at table 40 complained about table 100. Table 22 was Brookes stalker who has been coming around for months now. He just sits and watches her.