Jackson Pollock

Ok, so I'm taking a break from my papers now and I found a pretty sweet website that was entertaining enough to get my mind off from my work. Its a flash page that lets you create your own Jackson Pollock paintings!

Make a Jackson Pollock painting!

Every time you move the mouse, lines and drops of "paint" appear on the screen and when you click the mouse, it will change to a new color. Here is my quick little painting....


If you want more information, then here is a wikipedia link to Jackson Pollock.

YouTube also has some pretty interesting videos of him. I've watched several videos in my visual arts classes about Jackson Pollock. He was a pretty interesting guy.

Kongregate

I have two essays due tomorrow and a book I still need to finish, but I've wanted to post this website all day now.

This website, Kongregate, always gets me through the boring parts of my day. It is a website dedicated to thousands of really fun flash games! I have always been addicted to flash games, I like being able to play something different and short when I have just a few minutes and can get access to them from almost any computer. I pretty much spend hours and hours on this website playing games and waiting for new ones to get uploaded.

Another fun thing about Kongregate is that that you can get "badges" and points when you beat specific achievements on the games. As you complete badges that range from easy worth five points, medium worth fifteen points, hard worth thirty points, and impossible worth sixty points, you will level up. As of now, leveling up does nothing for you, except show off to other gamers how much time you waste. Eventually, the website says that they will have specific contests and prizes for the players who are higher levels. Currently, I am level 19 with 2,473 points. Yeah...I play a lot.

There are a few prizes and contests they hold every now and then. The website was giving away an XBox 360 with Fallout 3 in one contest and in another they had a Nintendo DS with Monsters Lab or something as a prize. Sadly, I didn't win either, but I completed the achievement to get a raffle ticket!

Also, for those of you who like card games, like Magic, Yu-gi-oh, or pokemon or something, Kongregate has its own card game called Kongai. You create a small deck from character or item cards, which you win through completing game achievements. You can then battle other players and eventually unlock even more powerful cards.

Anyways, Kongregate is awesome and it really kills the spare time you might have. I'm posting the link to the website and where you can sign up. Its free to sign up and they don't ask you any real personal questions or email you anything. My name on Kongregate is ender6275, you can add me as a friend if you'd like!

Kongregate website!

I hope some people find this interesting and fun!