Attack of the Ninja: Video

DJ Uppercut : The Attack of Ninja from Shane Lester on Vimeo.

When Mr. Justin first introduced this video to the class, I was super excited to watch the video about a female ninja, figthing a male DJ cowboy, as Mr. Justin had described it. After watching the video however, I was unfortunatelly dissapointed.

Although the artwork and music ws quite unique, and very well executed, I couldn't recognize a main plot, or even point of the video. It lacked the epic quality I had expected.

What did interest me was the sense of masculinity, and feminism of the video, and how they were portrayed by the characters. I loved that the ninja was a female! I know that when we think of ninjas, many of us imagine a male, or unisex character with very bland features. The gender of this ninja was almost a mystery. In the beginning, you could only tell she was a woman because of her long, thin fingers, and oval-shaped face, and graceful but powerful movements, which are generic female traits. Later in the video however, and during the close-ups of the ninja, she was portrayed with long, wind-blown hair, white-painted nails, blush, pink lips, and even face artwork that resembled eye makeup.

The cowboy on the other hand was very distinctly male. His massive size, boxy and stiff movements, and angular facial features, made the distinction obvious.

What did you think of the video? Leave a comment below!

This is hilarious! Does this apply to you??

Let Go

If you like odd, bizzare, queer, sickening videos, this is the video for you. Rather, if you are someone who would rather spend ther time doing something productive, then please ignore the music video below.

This video is filled with sick images of human parts consuming one another over and over again. The repeditive artwork was put to the tune of an even moe repeditave 12-word song. The only aspect I did like was the "cohesiveness". I did like the way it always came back to the singing lips, and the same face.

Here's the video. My advice: don't waste your time, or brain cells:

The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet - Let Go from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.
 "You try too hard to keep contol, just relax and let go." Will haunt my dreams forever. What are your thoughts? How many nightmares have you had since this video??

October 2nd, 2010-Cross Country Race

Today LVCP's cross country team participated in our first ever race! This 3mile race had quite a few uphills, but was lots of fun. We did really well considering that this was our first real time. Here are a pictures from the event. The boys ran before the girls, and the guys were nice enough to stick around until I was finished. :)

A nice group shot. The OVERWHELMING number of girls CONSUMED the front row, while the guys stod in back. ;) Unfortunately, we're missing two of our boys in the picture.

Jeff, Will, and Dustin. Dustin was making me laugh the whole time!

Devan and Manny!

Paul was super fast!

Finish line! FINALLY! The girl in front of me (in blue) ran the entire race near me. We had the same pacing! I thought that was funny.

MUN Photos

As promissed...
here are a few of the photos I took while attending the Model United Nations conference at Santa Margarita High in S. California. I tried to choose mostly group shots, in case some of you don't want your individual pictures posted.

Panda Express lunches. SCORE!

My Friend Nicole in committee.

A group shot after the conference. Smile!

This group pretty much hung out the whole weekend. P5 + Germany! (You guys know what I'm talking about)

Food break @ Coco's. Not much to say.

Just a shot I took on the car ride home that I thought was pretty.

ADORABLE LITTLE MUSICIAN!

This is most funny if you're a Jason Mraz freak like me, but hilarious nonetheless. Please watch!

MUN Conference: Success!

A few days ago, my friends came back from an academic conference in Southern California. It was so much fun! Three of my friends and I even placed, and got awards! Overall, it was an amazing experience, and was very educational, and also a great bonding oppertunity. If you ever have the chance to attend a Model United Nations conference, try and go! Once I download all my pictures, I'll be posting some of my favorites here.
-JULIA