Recently, I have a lot of time on my hands. Maybe this is because 4 weeks ago I had the ASL Show (Where my ASL class preformed songs in ASL ) and that took 2 nights of 5 hour practice and 2 nights of 2 hour performance. That is when I learned to be more productive with the time I have on hand...Maybe I am just getting better at getting my my time management-To that i say "HAHA." Maybe my teachers are giving out less work, because I can't tell you the last time I had English homework.
In English and History, we have been learning about film elements. Please don't get your panties in a twist, the classes are made to learn though the use of film and the exploration of the film elements. Every once and a while, I have moments when I wanted to go strait home, dust off my DSLR, and try to film something, anything, just to experiment with. But when I arrived home, stuffing my face with food and plopping myself in front of the talking box sounds better. Little do I know that my work will soon be plastered in the media that I was consuming.(And I'm not talking about the food) Haha...I am being full of myself. But hey, you never know! :D
As of right now I have no inspiration for a big blockbuster movie, but I just wished to find a scene to fiddle around with my camera and moviemaker. Something that I can practice filming with multiple angles and get a feel for stuff. Then as reaching over for a tissue, that was out of my reach, it hit me. I remember watching a silly YouTube video of a guy tiring to reach the TV remote from his bed, but it was out of stretching distance. He made it so dramatic...well it is not really that dramatic, but it does earn some TeeHee's (SHOUT OUT too any Nigahiga fans out there?).
Also during lunch yesterday some of my friends came up with the idea to make a movie. I don't know if we are actually go through with it, but whatever. Now it will be cool tiring to brainstorm a scrip and whatnot. I mean I thought about interviewing one of my friend's about her weird dreams and maybe create a scene that follows the idea that she gave me.
Come to think about it, my last movies I filmed were pretty much the same. In 8th grade, I made a movie for English about a girl who gets kidnapped and I played the role of the girl. Then last year, in ASL II, the project was to make a movie using medical signs and I played the role of the injured girl. This year in photo, I played a roll of a girl that got chased and then headbutted to the ground. I was technically the star roll in all of them, but that was because of default. Both of them involved my character to get physically harmed by the bad guy and cops (& a doctor for the ASL one, and a wizard for the photo one) had to help save me.I need more variation. I need a new story plot.
So for now I'll keep you posted about my movie related things.
So you want to be more Charismatic? *You shake head (left-right)* No? Well then do you want to look more friendly? *Silence, followed by no comment* Well, you at least want to trick people into thinking you are friendly? * "Ehhhh" and ehhhh faces D: * Ok Great :D we are getting somewhere.
I on the other hand would love to enlighten you...But even more I would like to do my part and help rid the world of self centered people ("my friend" is the best example). Maybe I can almost do this by teaching them how to communicate to a point to when they could help trick people in to thinkin-- (i was going to say "thinking that they aren't shallow or narcissistic")--ehhh what is the use. Just read my list and use it for whatever reason you may need.
This can be narrowed in to a few steps.
1) Acting interested in convocation
-There are times when you should be doing little to no multitasking when hanging with your friends.
When I learned ASL, They teach you to have your full attention on the other person. Well that can be a bit creepy if you stare, flat-faced, at the person. Taking stuff like that into consideration, you can at least take a headphone out, stop txting as much, or getting your nose out of your kindle. Yet again at times it is ok to txt, but not to much or it is disrespectful.
Example: One day during lunch my friend was like 2 feet away from my group of friends eating .When we would be talking she would let out a loud laugh or exaggerated her speech. It over powered our conversation and was very annoying. She did this for like 30 minuets of lunch.
Example: I was in my friend's car and she was listening to her iPhone I ask for her to turn it down cause the stupid One Direction was making it where I can't here my own thoughts. SHE HAD HER FLIPPIN HEADPHONES IN TOO. She looked at me, shook her head, and laughed. Her mom did a more subtle laugh that meant "hey my daughter is being a rude brat, but I am not going to stop her"
2) Body Language
I hated being in elementary school and every one sat on the same side of the lunch table. You had to yell down the row of people to talk to a person. That's why I liked sitting on the other side so I can actually talk to people.
What I am trying to get at is that pick a good angle.Also,like in ASL, eye contact is good,but not too much or it be weird.
Example: When my friend met my other friend for the first time, she showed no eye contact and he called her out on it.
3) cheese stuff.
Be confident - my favorite saying is "You're only human." so it is ok to screw up and laugh it off
Humor is always great--if you use it correctly and not stupidly
Be Ethical- look at stuff in different perspectives, in the other's shoes, ect.
Take put downs like a grain of salt, but if you can't tell them in a way that doesn't sound whinny. Come backs are great too.
What did I miss?
4) What I tend to do...
I tend to ask questions about the other person to get the conversation running. And what is great to do is if they/you throw the same question back that you/they asked them. This shows that they/you are interested to hear their response to the question. I tend to call this as the Meet-Me-Half-Way method. This is also a good chance to see if they care enough to through the question back at you or they don't or/and rather talk about something different.
So you know the feeling? The feeling when you get money and the more you make transactions with it you end up with a crap ton of dimes, nickels, and pennies. Then you either have a coin purse, you toss it the bag to not to have to fettle around with the coin purse or drop it in your bag and you forgot that their is a black hole (or wormhole; I don't judge) in there so you go through this cycle of the loose change cluttering your bag, house, and car. Well when are you going to use that loose change? It is a pain to carry around and hear them clink. Its like they are the equivalent to a human cow bell. Nobody wants to be known as a Mr. Krabs. When you actually get to pay with them, it is a pain to have to take your time jumbling around all of the change while people wait on you.
Yes, you can try to predict how much cents you need, but tax will throw you off. My solution to this is get a coin purse with a dollar amount in change. When you buy something for $7.46 you can give them your $2 in change, a Lincoln ($5 bill), and either $1 or two quarters. You will still get change back, but you have less coins than you started with. The other solution is to go up to the cashier and ask them to exchange your coins (or low dollar bills; $1 or $5) for dollars (or $10 or $20). They normally will be glad cause cashiers also have the problem for getting a bunch of paper money ($10, $20, $50, $100) from customers and so they will need some dimes, nickel, and pennies for the change back. It is like the cashier's have the opposite problem than us (even though they rather have $5 and$1 to break the$10, $20, $50, $100, but that is a different story). In the long run this would kill two birds with one stone. My last option is to make a bet and pay the person in change. My sister won a bet, but her friend payed her in $3 worth of pennies. You can't buy anything with 300 pennies!
Also, YouTube & book author, John Green has some good points. It makes no sense/cents (blehhh puns are hard over txt) to make pennies and nickels when they cost twice the price to make them. I hope he doesn't mind me buying my VIDCON ticket in change. :D
(Yah, If you don't know. The Vlogbrothers invented Vidcon.)
Well here is 2 panorama pictures of my school. I don't know maybe some people will find this cool or interesting. While others will "Mehhh" -__- it. Either way ~ enjoy.
I am also taking request and ideas for me to take a photo of or topics to talk about.
I took the first photo right between the 2 different sets of lunch tables
Well here are a few of my photos from photo class. The project was to take 25 photos of yourself and use different filters on them from Photoshop. As you can see I only have 17. I wont be posting all of them cause some are bad and stupid, but maybe I'll add some more in the next week. (I still need to edit 8 more)
~ enjoy. ~
If you are wondering, that would be my hair.
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cheesy O_O
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Rule of thirds=B-E-A-UTIFUL
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rawr
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rawr (with a light)
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SCURRRY
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My attempt to not have a dark, depressing pic. I was going for cheesy smile.
NAILED IT!
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Every scary movie needs a Cousin It character
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please, don't question my arms. I ran out of good pics.
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-_-
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sord of your typical B&W
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O.M.G.
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Jackson Pollock-ish
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HaHaHa
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I hate the spotlight (is what this picture is trying to convey)
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hairrr.
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pencil-ness
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Tell me your favorites and mine were the #*.
Should I make photo class shoots a regular thing?
I remember hearing your con-fuzzel with Lexie and that other chick (the lurker) on the way home from school friday. I was thinking about this the whole time. Maybe this will solve your problems.
I have a strong belief that Junior Year is going to suck. Where should I start.
Over all, There are a crap ton of students at school. But not one of them is one of my top8 (friends), Paigie. There are about 36-42 kids in each class. This population boost happens ever year, but they say there will be done building the new high school by next year. Like always we can blame this from population growth and that leads the surplus of freshmen running around with their heads chopped off. Gawd, I hate freshmen (Yes, i noticed i offended probably 2 people that found this blog; that would be their parents) with their stereo type of what high school is like vrs. REALITY. The need to over match there clothes and do a cake-face to their pretty face. Even though I bash them, I have a pile of clothes I want to wear myself, but I don't want to give people the illusions that I'm trying to look too decent and maybe even for someone (-___- does this face look like it is for someone). But that is just me and my anxiety and the BLOG THAT EXPLAINS WHY I AM SO PICKY [[CLICK HERE NOW]] .
Speaking about anxiety...I no longer have my awesome physics teacher and chill class. I traded that in for Honors Chem (my first honors class ever), but it is a culture shock. The jokes the teacher (or class) crack aren't even that funny. It could be because I sit in the very back of the room and can't hear or see a darn thing. I couldn't switch desk because the teacher wanted me to see who wouldn't mind my desk and I knew nobody would switch. There is the constant worry that any second the class will get 10x harder or I will have to present something and the fact that people in that class are semi-cliquey. I have no friends in the class.
Yah, I know some faces, but its not like they will at least make small talk. My parents (who didn't even push me into the class; i did that) are telling me to stick with it. Saying stupid crap like "It's only been two days" and "you will make friends cause you will bond over group labs" and such.My Mom said stuff like "Well, don't quit if you don't like it, because that is not a good reason. You will have to put up with people later in life [relates to her job]. Also, collage is competitive and this will be the only edge you will get cause you don't to clubs, AP, sports, ect..." I just stare at her like *You told me not to do it cause you thought I can't handle the work!! I did it for collage (it is a weighted class) and so I can punch you in the face next time you call me stupid (if I get a B or better).* The worst is when they take to the elementary days when they tell you to excessively smile and play 20 questions until you find something in common or one gives up.
I mean it isn't really a hard class (yet). I don't know if I should be saying that yet, because we took an element abbreviation and name game quiz. My anxiety kicked in so much, I only wrote my first name on the quiz. I hope I don't have to retake it cause it got lost in a sea of papers or if I get docked a point. I was worrying that I was taking to long. When I turned it in, I saw only my first name on it. I didn't want to take it back for the question if I was cheating and I was also being lazy. So I made this face xP and walked all they way back to my desk.
Maybe I can use my IEP card (its like what the school calls "special ed" and the card is a that will get myself in or out of stuff cause my mom believes that I'm that mental (I will admit to corks, but I get it cause I'm related to her and I have to live with her (and a few childhood tramas). IDC more perks and being pulled from classes for me.). If I could, I would be switching to the other honers class where I at least would have a friend from ASL. I go through these moods to switch and not switch cause of the befits and the learning environments.I guess I feel out of my element when I'm in this class. Pun in tended. (meaning I feel uncomfortable and in a foreign territory if you didn't get the pun).
Besides that mess of that problem. Kyra and I have been getting to become close friends because everyone else sort of left us (or they are 5 ft away). So its time I dust off my flyers & get some sign twirlers to recruit people.
Also, it is pretty fcken hot & bright at school. I havn't ordered the sunglasses yet, but my dad is letting me. YAHHHH no glaucoma for me.
But other than that I think my Photo, film History, (maybe) collage algebra trig , ASL, and flim English will be chill. What is your opinion about your classes and school?
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