My Famous Dead Person Biography

So... For my famous dead person biography I chose the talented and sexy Heath Ledger. Heath was born on April 4th, 1979 in Perth, Western Australia. When he was in Junior High, he had to choose an elective: either cooking or drama. He chose drama and was very talented at it, although he wasn't acknowledged for it.





At age 17 with 69 cents to his name, he and a friend dropped out of school and moved to Sydney, where they thought they could make it big. His first acting job was in a very low budget film called Blackrock (1997). He had a crappy part. The only time you saw him was when he was getting his lights punched out.
After that he appeared in a T.V series called Sweat as a gay cyclist going for the olympics. He got small notice.





When his brief role in Paws only gave him a small paycheck, he decided to move to America, where he had a role in Roar. That went sour too. Finally an Australian director by the name of Gregor Jordan auditioned him for a lead role in Two Hands. He got it. The movie was a hit and allowed him to secure a part in 10 Thing I Hate About You. He was then typecasted as a teen hunk. He didn't like nor want this so he decided to take a part in a war drama The Patriot.





After that he was inconsistanly casted, avoiding roles that would typecast him. He only did charater roles, which sometimes went good and other times just failed. Monster's Ball was one they were hesitant to release outside of Australia. However, his lead role in Brokeback Mountain was a success and he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA.




His life was tradically ended when he accidently overdosed on prescription drugs on January 22, 2008. The pills were painkillers, sleeping pills, and anti-anxiety medication.
After his death he was nominated for 30 posthumous awards for his portrayal of the pyshopathic clown prince The Joker in the movie The Dark Night. He was nominated for the Oscar, SAG, BAFTA, and Golden Globe award.



Heath was best known for his deep husky voice, completely immersing himself in his roles, and best of all, his warm smile.
RIP Heath. <3                                                        ~Jayne Doe


Interesting Facts:
~He and his older sister, Kate Ledger, are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel, "Wuthering Heights".

~Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001

~Former fiancée Michelle Williams gave birth to daughter Matilda Rose Ledger on 28 October 2005, who weighed in at 6 lb, 5 oz.

~Mother was Sally Ramshaw (daughter of John and Jackie Ramshaw) and father was Kim Ledger (son of Colin and Es Ledger).

~Directed three music videos for Australian artist N'fa and Ben Harper.

~Owned a pet kangaroo that was found by his mother as a child.

The Tiger Series

For some background info, I am a major book fan. I could spend all day long reading books and I would be completely content. I love the feeling of becoming part of the story and feeling what the characters feel. Right now I am completely in love with The Tiger series. The series is by an author named Colleen Houck from Salem, Oregon.




The first book in the series is called Tiger's Curse. It's about this girl named Kelsey Hayes who lost her parents in a car crash when she was young. She became a foster child for a family that was complete health freaks. She liked them though.

When she graduates from High School she looks for a summer job so she can pay to go to a community college. She finds one at a circus that is in town for the summer. She is offered a place to stay while she works there, and they also provide food. Her job is to sell the tickets and clean up after the shows.
One of the circus's acts involves a white tiger, Dhiren. Kelsey meets him and immidietly becomes attached. She reads poems to him, draws pictures of him, and sits next to his cage while talking to him in her free time.

One day a strange man shows up, a man named Mr. Kadam. He buys Dhiren and offers Kelsey to assist him in the journey to India, where Dhiren is going to be placed on an animal reserve. She considers it for a day or two. Then she agrees. They leave Oregon on a private jet, with Dhiren in tow.

Upon arrival to India, Mr. Kadam says that Kelsey and Dhiren must travel on their own the rest of the way. They travel by truck to a tiny town in the middle of the forest. They stop at a small resturant and when Kelsey come out of the resturant, the truck is gone and Dhiren is loose, sitting accross the road from her. He turns and walks away and Kelsey chases after him. She catches him once they're deep in the forest. They spend the night there, and the next morning Dhiren leads her to a small hut.
Dhiren then turns into a gorgeous man. He explains to Kelsey that he is Ren an Indian Prince, immortal due to a curse that had been put on him and his brother by this evil Lokesh, a nearby kingdoms ruler. He needs her help to break the curse and she can't help but agree to help him.

The first book is about their journey to break the curse, and fall in love. It is one of the best books I've ever read and I deeply suggest it to anyone who likes to read.

Hope you enjoyed :)                                                             ~jaynedoe

"Is Blogging Journalism?" The Review

After reading "Is Blogging Journalism" by Gina Masullo Chen, I've concluded that I completely agree with her. Blogging is NOT Journalism. Blogging is a way of making yourself heard and discussing what you want to discuss. It gives you a voice.
Journalism has changed in many ways. Nowadays when people want information they get on the internet or look it up on any device that has the internet, instead of getting the newspaper or getting a magazine. The Newspaper and most magazine companys are suffering due to changes in the way we live. We depend so much on the internet. You can get online and pay bills, order things online (including pizza), check grades, do research, and many more. Not to mention all the social networks like Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I think that we just need to accept the fact that the further we go on into the future, everything is going to change. Our grandparents didn't live the way our parents did, and our parents didn't grow up the way we're growing up.

Princesses? Happy and innocent? Ha! Try Creepy, Dark, and Sinister.

     To kick things off I thought I would talk about one of my favoite artists, Jeffrey Thomas. Jeffrey is a Character designer/Concept Artist/Story Artist from Burbank, California. He gives a creepy, dark, and sinister feeling to things, where they're usually thought to be happy, light, and innocent. He has many pieces of work. This is one of his collections of work called Twisted Princesses, where he takes Disney movies and turns them upside down.


This is one of his newer pieces of work. It depicts Princess Repunzel, although in this version, she looks completely deranged. There are Wanted fliers of a man scattered on the floor. There are giant hands clinging to her hair. She's also carrying a frying pan, quite threateningly (no idea why). Even though I havnt seen the new Repunzel, i do know the basic story of it. I don't really get the scattered fliers on the ground or the hands in the hair. Maybe you might understand that part.


Also a new one, this one shows Princess Tianna from the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. It shows her as a frog/human thing dressed in The Shadow Man's clothing. A white aligator surrounds her, acting as a pet. She is shown throwing cards saying Love, Conflict, and Death. I personally like this one. It combines the whole movie into one picture, which looks awsome.


Kidagakash is from the movie Atlantis. In Jeffery Thomas's version she is shown with blood dripping from her mouth. She seems as if she is possesed by the white power seeping up from the ground. I havn't seen this movie since I was a little kid so on this one i don't quite understand it. All misunderstanding aside, this one looks really cool. Watching the movie might help... Possibly. :)


This is Meg from Hercules. I really like this one because it is so accurate. In Greek mythology, sometimes a persons life would be represented by a string. (taking the literal meaning of a "Life Line") There are three old women who care after all the strings- peoples life strings. They also cut the string when the time comes, ending that person's life. I think that it is quite appropriate then that in this picture it shows Hercules cutting Meg's Life String.


      As you can tell, this one depicts Alice from the Disney famous Alice in Wonderland.
      I am a major fan of anything to do with Alice in Wonderland. This one also incorperates a lot of the stuff from the movie. The Cheshire Cat, which is my favorite wonderland character, is shown as a smoke. I'm guessing because of how the caterpillar is always smoking. There's a white rose half painted in red. ( I'm guessing that it's blood) Alice is shown all torn and dirty, and her eyes are swirling purple. Her eyes look crazyyy. She looks like at any minute she'd jump up and tear your throat out.
     Something that is very interesting and cool to me is that there is a stack of books, all having to do with Alice in Wonderland, that are holding up the chair that she is sitting on.


     As we all know, Mulan is a Chinese girl who goes to war in place of her father. She takes with her a tiny "dragon" named Mushu. In Jeffrey's version of Mulan, Mushu is shown as a tattoo that comes to life right off of her body. Mulan looks undead and in battle. There are many arrows sticking out of her body. The sword of Shanu is held in her hand stained with blood. Definitely one of the more bloody pieces of his.

        The Lion King is probably one of my favorite Disney movies as a kid. I like this one because it shows the beast-ness of the animals where in the movie they are peaceful and like singing songs. This shows Timon, Pumba, and Nala. Nala has what appears to be a strip of meat from Simba hanging from her mouth. That's the main thing that gives it that creepy feel. One of the other things is they are standing on an Elephant skull with flames in the back.
 
     I like this one because the Disney version made her out as sweet, innocent, and vulnerable. However in Jeffery's version, she is pictured as a hunter, beast like, and slightly deranged. She's wearing the skin of a cheetah ( It might be leopard... no idea).

 
     This one is one of my favorites. I am a fan of both the movie and of Indians themselfs. It shows Pocahantas with blood pretty much everywhere, along with some skulls attached to her hip. Her left arm bears the armor of that of a soldier. In the movie she falls in love with one of the english men who arrive on her island searching for gold. I'm guessing it ties to him. She also has the racoon on her shoulders, though this one is "mad". (as in crazy).

This one to me is kind of sad. Even the disney version is slightly depressing. Jeffrey's version of her totally brings out that sadness, at least to me. Sleeping Beauty, aka Princess Aurora, is shown with her eyes sewn shut, representing the sleeping curse. The owl is standing in as the "Prince" just like in the movie, but he is clawing her hand, whether she's okay with that or not I honestly have no idea. I think it's possible that he's either a pet or that he's controling her hand. Either way she is all torn up, with a lantern clipped to her dress containing the fairies.
      His version of Cinderella is probably the one that is most unlike the movie. It shows her as a scarecrow, with hay sticking out in random spots. She's sitting in a pumpkin of course, and instead of a blue bird and mouse as her friends, there is a crow and a rat. I think this one is okay, but just not enough... something... to make it one of the best.

     This is also one of my favorites because I love tigers and the culture of India. Jasmine and her tiger Rasha are standing by eachother. Jasmine looks like she's made of sand, which in the end of the disney movie she nearly drowns by sand. And as for Rasha, the sweet tiger, looks terrifiying, which for Jeffrey is a good thing. Quite nice. :)

      Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the oldest Disney movies. This one is really cool because it really gives the sweet and innocent girl that dark side. ( which I love). She has the dwarfs roped and tied up her arm, and think they act as her slave and/or minions. Snow White herself looks dead, and the apple she's holding in her hand has a bite out of it.... However there are worm crawling out of the apple and it is soooo not appetizing. Gross! But at the same time it is of course... Awsome!

     Also one of my favorites. Ariel, also known as the little mermaid, is quite different in Jeffery's version. She has a fork as an arm (inside joke from the Disney movie). She looks evil and... She has a fish hook piercing in her eyebrow! So cool. However, my favorite part of this piece of work is.... Drum  roll.... Flounder The Piranha! Yes folks a piranha!

     As for the last one, Beauty and The Beast. This one isn't as exciting, however it is still pretty cool. The beast has a torn rope around his neck, smybolizing "the untamed beast" or "the beast that cannot be tamed" blah, blah, blah. Something kind of funny though, Bell looks like the girl from the Orphan. :)
     So, whether you like disney movies or not, you have to admit these pictures are sick! Jeffery Thomas is an amzing artist and I deeply hope that we will be able to see more of his completely awsome work. He gives a different look to these stories, which makes it fun for those of us who are grown and no longer watch the Disney movies anymore.
      I also would like to point out a good idea for the next one.... Toy Story! Think about it. It would look so cool.
     Thanks guys. I hope you enjoyed.   :)                               ~jaynedoe