I find it extremely ironic that the one week I get behind a post, is the week dealing with Responsibility. Oops!
I have actually been thinking all week about what I want to do with my last post, but I just haven’t had the time to sit down and get it done. Today, finally having some extra time I really wanted to make one of the ideas I thought up, but after starting to plan it out, I realized that it was going to take me a very long time to actually make, and that due to my limited amount of time this weekend, it might be better if I just write about my ideas. I might actually go into further detail about them, and think of some new things, or atleast expand on my thoughts.
So this morning I finally found a coffee make that worked, mine has been out of action for the past week, which has only added to the stress of an already over whelming week.
Well I decided to make some Beignet’s, which are French Doughnuts. And then planned to sit down and write about some of my thoughts on Levi’s and responsibility.
After I made the dough, the oil was heated, and I threw in the first batch to fry. It got me thinking, cooking and especially frying with hot oil, requires a lot of responsibility. Which reminded me of one time probably about 15 years ago I was on the phone with a friend who was home alone, she was about 14 or so, and she was making Doughnuts…all of a sudden I heard her scream and the phone turned off…and she didn’t answer… I freaked out and had by babysitter drive me to her house.. and there was a FIRE TRUCK there! Apparently the oil caught on fire and she had tried to cover it and take it outside.. and in doing so sloshed the oil out, which landed on her hand and the linoleum kitchen floor, still burning… It was BAD she had to wear a special glove on her had for about 6 months, but she’s fine now, just some scars. However this made me really thinking about how responsible you must be while using hot oil.
Since I already had Levi’s on my mind, of course I decided to demonstrate this story though Levi’s and This post, so here are some pictures.
Sorry Will, Beignet’s are only good fresh, so I won’t be bringing any to class…
I guess technically this could be a post on its own, but since I had already planned on writing about some of my ideas, I’ll just continue on..
One thing I wanted to try to do was demonstrate how a “To-Do” List seems never ending, and that it is important to keep track of the things you are responsible for doing, so that you don’t get overwhelmed and start to rip at the seams (LEVI’s PUN!) —
I thought it would be neat to do a still frame of a To-Do List…
It would be constantly changing, things being crossed out, added, deleted, highlighted, circled, maybe one sheet ripped and a new one started.. I actually started to create this, but in practicing I realized it would be a lot of work, but I still might do it over the holiday, just for fun.
Anyways The main thing on the constantly changing list would be
– 3 LEVI’S RESPONSIBLE POST… then cross that out to 2 then cross that out to 1 POST
Then that one post would be continually written, circled, other things added and getting checked off before it… that type of thing…
The finally shot would be it actually getting checked and marked off the list…( Joke being that it would actually be the post) .. cool idea I thought
And since everyone is familiar with To-Do Lists I think that this concept could actually be used with a campaign… maybe a constantly changing list, which keeps getting put into a Levi’s Pocket.. something like that
The other main idea I had was the idea of responsibility means getting your chores done, the dreaded cleaning, and keeping things orderly.
Well, I was going to make a huge mess on my kitchen table(because my desk to too cluttered to attempt to make sense of it) So there would be bills scattered, dirty plates, school work and clothes laying everywhere.. and it would be … what’s new — a stop action type video. I would take pictures continuously of the transformation of a cluttered messy space, to a nice clean and orderly table. The last thing I would change would be folding the clothes, and the clothing on top of the pile for the last shot… what else but a pair of folded Levi’s!!!
I also continued this thought with the new directive… rebellious.. which I might actually expand on this idea for a rebellious post.. have not decided yet…. But the rebellious part would be someone (or something) coming up and completely destroying the clean tidy area I just worked so hard on… think “Never Say No To Panda” gone domestic… could take you a lot of places.. especially if you think Levi’s & Kicking.
Anyways, I have to go be responsible now and go clean the mess I made making the Beignets!