Let's think about having to act

Acting is fun.  Playing a character is fun.  That's one of the reasons i enjoy playing dungeons and dragons, it's not completely acting, but its setting yourself in the mindset of a created character, that is not your own.

In class i had to act as a homeless guy.  It was okay with me, i was just acting in front of a few people i could possibly call friends.  After that the professor said we could present it on a stage, i panicked a bit on the inside but ignored the comment.  Later i filled in the space for another group's mini play, which was fun, i didn't have to know my lines just act them out and the character was a dick so it was fun to play.  I thought i was done with this.

Some classes afterwards I learned i had to do the same thing i had done on a stage.  OH BOY. Oh no. I couldn't escape.  My crappy acting skills will be shown for other people to see.  I hoped no one will go so they would think of me as "that guy that played the homeless guy" when they see me around.  I hoped i could get out somehow, because it was stressing me out just to think that i would have to act in front of people.  I absolutely adore acting silly but i never do it much if i dont trust or know the person, and just having to act serious in front of a crowd shook me.  In the end it all went well, no one actually cared, i bet everyone that went didn't have much else to do, and they probably understood how i felt, so i was ok with the outcome.

Final thoughts: Holy crap i thought i wouldnt come out alright but i did, somehow. 2/10 would not do again.

Let's think about DM-ing

The DM, the Dungeon Master, is the person that controls a Dungeons and Dragons game(there are other definitions and games, but im gonna go with this one).  

Recently, in this last year, i have accomplished what i believe to be a geek goal of the highest caliber, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons(D&D).  D&D is a game where a DM makes a world and a situation, including characters and battles, and the Players create Characters(called Player characters, or PC's ) to go on an adventure in this world and meet the DM's world and Characters(this time Non-playable Characters, or NPC's).

After a while of playing, I showed it to some of my friends and I became their DM in a game we decided to play.  This is such an amazing chance, but it has so many things to do.  What I love the most and have trouble with DMing is world building.  I have created a new world and created it's towns, but not how they look like and I'm missing it's lore.

Sure the people of Bolkos are peaceful people that escaped the war, but what was that war about? Who fought who?  Sure Kelos is a merchant community, but what does it look like? who lives and works there? What are the Dwarven communities called and what do they mine?  

DMing is a hard job but it's great to see players enjoy the world.

Final thoughts: i enjoy this process a lot, even if i am just a beginner and i hope i can finish this game.

Let's think of Serving in Silence

1. Describe these reactions:

A. Military: Not acceptable;immoral;condemned in military regulation.
B. Father: Doesn't accept it, even when he does he wants it to be a secret.
C. Children Each Son (s):Big three are ok, but the youngest is in denial.

2. Margarethe's decision to tell

A. the military :Just popped during an evaluation
B. her children :has to tell them because of a potential lawsuit.
C. her father: tell her father before confrontation.

3. What is your reaction to this true story? Do you believe that she should have kept her secret or told it to everyone? Explain your reasons why.


I very much enjoyed this story.  I should have looked for more information on it but from what I saw, the story was good.  After thinking on it for a while, I noticed it’s time frame.  I’ve had a few homosexual friends and they’ve had problems coming out in our time, this happened before I was even born.  One must be amazingly lucky to have such an accepting group of family and friends to support you if you go through something like this.  I don’t think there’s a right answer to that question, it’s really about how one feels.  As she said she wasn’t hiding it, she was just, not exposing it all the time, it’s her relationships, she does what she wants, and what she feels is right.

5. How would Dr. Kinsey explain the Margarethe Cammermeyer's sexuality?
She is a mother of 4 boys so how can she be lesbian? Is it her choice?

I'm not sure. We had a debate and we classified her in different parts of his scale, but always on the homosexual part.  If she identifies as a lesbian then she is.  And possibly she didn't know until she fell in love.  It's not her choice, its who she is.




6.What does Margarethe believe about her sexuality as it relates to her identity?

It doesn't change who she is, it's just Part of who she is.

Let's think about Group work

                I have to say, of all the group work I have done throughout the years, I think this has been some of the most successful one.  Sure there’s always some people doing a bit more than others, but this time we all separated work equally and worked together.  It was kind of weird at first, actually, it was weird all over.  Having to act, discuss and comment on each other’s blogs is weird, but it opens up good discussion.  Last class we had a good discussion about lying to one self and the movie we watched, although it seem a bit harsh at a moment, I think we need more of this type of discussion, as long as everyone is respectful of others and accepts to some terms like hearing each other out and not blocking their minds to what the other is saying.

Final thought's:  8/10, i wish i wouldn't need to have to do more group work but i know i will.