One picture can say a thousand words.

You've probably seen these before. Meme's. Pronounced 'meeems' are ideas or messages that go viral or become very popular. They are easy to create and if the Meme is liked and shared by people then they spread through society and become iconic. Sometimes the chances of your Meme going viral depends on what is happening in society at a certain time. Because it is Halloween week now the chances of finding Halloween meme's becomes higher. It was the same when the Olympics were on or anything like that. If you focus your Meme on a current event it will increase the likehood of it going viral.

 Some Meme's go viral because they contain political messages.

Some Meme's are to uplift and if it has a quote from well known people, then the meme is even more likely to go viral.
 

Some images are constantly used in Meme's but remixed with different text which means that Meme's can be made by anyone and they are; which amounts to a whole lot of shit to sift through on your fb page or whatever social networking site you use. Whether Meme's can be called a new artform I am not sure but judging by what people call art in the passed then its as much art as anything else.

 

Heres some I made up. One serious, One not, both stink.

Studying at MIT

This is my unedited post. Check out my edited post here and see if you can spot the difference

Creative writing has never been one of my strong suits, but that didn’t stop me from enrolling at the MIT Creative Writing course. I started there at the beginning of 2011 after coming back from Aussie. I didn't want to do just any job so I had two choices: either study or jump on the benefit. Manurewa WINZ is evil, evil, evil, so I was looking at courses. I saw that Witi Ihimaera author of the Whale Rider was one of the writers teaching Creative Writing at MIT so I applied. Along with him there was Robert Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Sue Orr and more. To get accepted I had to give them a 15 page sample of my own writing. I don’t think it really matters what you write, just that you can show you want to write. The desire to write is all you need to pass this course and succeed in writing as a profession. If you have a passion for creative writing it’s a good idea to study at MIT in Otara. If you are having domestics at home, CYFS is right next door. If you still don’t have a job after finishing your studies don’t worry as Otara WINZ is next door to CYFS. If you like picnics (like I do) there is also a big park next to course where you can sit under some trees and have some drinks, while you think up new ideas. 


   After almost 2 years at MIT I have had some good opportunities for growth and experience come my way. I've had poems and short stories published as well as books with my illustration work. Other classmates have even received funding grants to travel, perform poetry and write like Daren Kamali who won a writers residency in Hawaii like a boss. Some producers and people in the film industry have also expressed interest with some of the students writing. Our tutors are all well-known published writers and regularly travel like Robert who is having a nice time in Germany at the moment as you can see from past blogs. He was going to skype teach us but the MIT internet was crap so we had a reliever tutor who taught us about writing online. Each tutor brings something different to the class.


    Sometimes we write poetry, which is not only self-therapeutic but it can also lead to getting published. Some students take that even further and perform their poems to an audience. Students also have to write short stories which are mainly so you have material that you can come back to after you graduate. Some of the best novels started with a short story. Then we write academic essay's which are really not my favorite but necessary. We also just started blogging and learning the digital side to writing. I have a background in illustrating and would like to create graphic novels and here everyone has a chance to find their own path because there are also optional papers that allow you to try other creative arts at MIT such as Visual arts and Performing arts. I also did an optional business paper on how to manage yourself as an artist which was really helpful. This all leads up to the final year, where we spend the entire time working on a novel. Something I'm really looking forward to.


    If you think creative writing is something you might be interested in, then enroll in MIT to achieve a bachelor in Creative arts. It may not make you rich but, if you have the desire to write for a living then you will gain a kind of education only MIT can give. Then you might get rich.

Google translate

The translation of the Maori version of the New Zealand national anthem.

O Lord, God,

of all people

Listen to us,

Cherish us

May good flourish,

May your blessings flow.

Defend

Aotearoa

After going through google translate changing the language from English to Kannada to Malay to Urdu to Hindi to Esperanto and back to English and this is what you get:

My God, my God,

all

Let us pray to Go

we thank

Can best be organized,

You can Mjjhob flow.

Adkarkrta

Aotearoa

And how could I forget the English version of the New Zealand national anthem:

God of Nations at Thy feet,

In the bonds of love we meet,

Hear our voices, we entreat,

God defend our free land.

Guard Pacific's triple star

From the shafts of strife and war,

Make her praises heard afar,

God defend New Zealand!

Mungu wa Mataifa ya miguu yako,
     Kifungoni kwa sababu ya upendo sisi kukutana,
     Kusikia sauti zetu, tunajibu,
     Mungu kutetea nchi yetu ya bure.
     Walinzi Pacific ya triple nyota
     Kutoka shafts ya ugomvi na vita,
     Matokeo sifa yake walipopata mbali,
     Mungu kutetea New Zealand.

That was in Swahili. Now I will translate to Vietnamese, Japanese, Indonesian and Persian which looks like this:

خدا پای خود را از کشورهای دیگر،
      زندانی عاشق یکدیگر را ملاقات کنیم
      شنیدن صدای ما، ما گفت،
      خدا این است که حفظ آزادی ما.
      حافظ از اقیانوس آرام 3 ستاره
      از محور درگیری و جنگ،
      در نتیجه، آنها، شهرت،
      خدا دفاع نیوزیلند.

And when it comes all the way back round to English it translates to(sing it if you can):

God  from other countries feet
       Prisoner of love we meet
       Hear our voices, we are told,
       God is protecting our freedom.
       Keeper of the Pacific 3 stars
       Axis of conflict,
       Thus, their reputation,
       God defend New Zealand.

  

Internet language experiment.

The middle class kid said his apology to the plaintiff for pulling out the pistol at the laundry shop. Sometime later the public accusations lead to a sudden plea seldom seen by the troubled crowd. He praised the fatal vacuum harvest epidemic and spit at the skilled naval marine devil who organized the warehouse cargo. The not very articulate but brave woman fits stereotypes that frustrate the foreigner. The likelihood of fame is upon her from the striking gaze of the nation her mind goes blank halfway through. She feels isolated.Fucking embarrassed. She grins then takes the plunge talking about the sponsor, the demographic, programming, and the legislator. The rally squad cheer. This is an example of how to write at my creative writing course. 
by Justin Beiber



Each word highlighted, is from the bottom of a list of the 5000 most searched words on Google. I am hoping that this little story that doesn't make sense, made up of common searched words (but not too common or you will end up on the bottom of the search results list) will get my blog more page views. If you were brought to this blog because of searching one of those words please leave a comment. 

My Facebook Story

There has recently been an outbreak of a stomach bug called the Norovirus in south Auckland. It’s a stomach bug that gives you the shits and spews and also makes you feel like you're pregnant with an alien baby. Officials say it spreads easily through children and is mainly from not washing hands after wiping ass. However there are many ways you can catch it and sometimes it is of no fault of your own such as your drinking water supply being contaminated by wastewater, it can also be found in the food you eat or the air you breathe. It often occurs in semi closed communities like hospitals, rest homes, camping grounds, prisons etc. To some people it’s almost taboo talking of such things but because I think I had it; I don’t mind talking about it.

  Recently at south Auckland's Middlemore Hospital there was an outbreak of norovirus, with over 150 patients, doctors, employees and visitors showing the symptoms of norovirus. One ward is even being used for norovirus only and the hospital was asking visitors to ensure they were well and had no symptoms of norovirus for at least two days, and to wash their hands rigorously before and after visiting. To have a viral outbreak in a hospital like Middlemore is quite a worry. It makes me wonder if they are doing their best to keep things clean there. It seems strange that a hospital in New Zealand could have had an outbreak like this and even stranger that no one is even complaining about it or raising it as an issue that needs to be addressed. Hopefully there will be an investigation into how this could have happened.

                                                             

  My older sister who works in an early child care centre got it first. About a week later her daughter got it. I had to look after her while she had it and then surprise, surprise, I got it. That is how easily it spreads. It seems to last only a few days but it’s a really nasty few days and leads to a forced detox and a spring cleaning of the bathroom to get the smell out as you only have to smell it to catch it. Clothing was washed twice and my bedroom was wiped clean from the upchuck when I was too slow to get to the toilet. I had the urge to purge and salsa with the toilet every 20 minutes that first night. I was quite surprised at the amount of food there was coming out. It was full of chicken pasta from the night before and boiled cabbage in an ocean of miso soup and I haven't started talking about the runs yet! All I’ll say is 'You don't want it." it burns like acid!

  On the plus side I lost abit of weight and also a group of about 20 Australians who had been skiing in New Zealand reported norovirus symptoms after returning home to Australia last month, "Hopefully they pass it on." Public Health South doctor officer of medical health Darrel Beck told NZ Monkey Newswire.

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Edit Wikipedia

I've just learnt how to edit Wikipedia for my digital writing paper. It was so easy I find myself looking back on everything I read on there and wondering how much is really true. I had a turn editing my tutor Robert Sullivan's page. Unfortunately I missed class so didn't get the low down on HTML and all that because I had contracted the norovirus (or something similar) so I was bedridden for the last two days. Luckily I have a fair idea of what HTML is about so shouldn't be too lost next class. If you go down to the bottom of the writing style section in Roberts page you will see my edit is the last two sentences. Thank you. Thank you very much.