Sk-etchbook

Today went OK despite the fact that watching a whole day of presentations is my idea of hell. The room is still far too hot, by the end my contact lenses had dried to a crisp giving me crispy coated eyeballs.

I thought my presentation was alright. I had neglected to anticipate we were presenting our ideas and had my stuff in "bit of paper" format. This didn't take long to remedy however if I had planed the presentation in digital format originally I would have created the background and boards all in landscape format and had the graphic background throughout. The background was probably a more important part then I had considered as the choice of low opacity graphic content and use of imagery communicated the artistic concept behind the film. I should have also made some key points notes as I have researched fear directly for this project and indirectly in some of the reading I've done about mentalism. This gives me a reasonable amount of insight and I should have chosen which points were a must to cover in the presentation.

In general there were some really good ideas from the other kids on the block. The fear ident seemed to be a popular choice illustrating how people seem to have some macabre fascination with this genre. I pondered why this was for a moment and came up with the solution that it may be because it makes no sense. Fear is an unpleasant emotion and it's irrational to want to be scared but people still seek it out. Maybe it's an adrenaline junkie thing?

Also had a look at some stats, the most likely ways to die (this is for US):
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 1-in-5
Cancer 1-in-7
Stroke 1-in-23
Accidental Injury 1-in-36
Motor Vehicle Accident* 1-in-100
Intentional Self-harm (suicide) 1-in-121
Falling Down 1-in-246
Assault by Firearm 1-in-325
Fire or Smoke 1-in-1,116
Natural Forces (heat, cold, storms, quakes, etc.) 1-in-3,357
Electrocution* 1-in-5,000
Drowning 1-in-8,942
Air Travel Accident* 1-in-20,000
Flood* (included also in Natural Forces above) 1-in-30,000
Legal Execution 1-in-58,618
Tornado* (included also in Natural Forces above) 1-in-60,000
Lightning Strike (included also in Natural Forces above) 1-in-83,930
Snake, Bee or other Venomous Bite or Sting* 1-in-100,000
Earthquake (included also in Natural Forces above) 1-in-131,890
Dog Attack 1-in-147,717
Asteroid Impact* 1-in-200,000**
Tsunami* 1-in-500,000
Fireworks Discharge 1-in-615,488
** Perhaps 1-in-500,000

Strangely enough not much chance of been killed by a VHS tape or a spirit with a grudge because someone nicked her hairbrush!

Anyway I'm pooped and my heads dilapidated. Worked every day for nearly three weeks so taking myself off to London and not doing no work for the next couple of days.