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I woke up exactly 65 minutes after the time that I set my alarm for. It was set for 6:15 and I didn't roll out of bed until 7:20. I like to take my time getting out of bed in the morning, so it's not strange for my alarm to be set 20 to even 30 minutes earlier than I actually want to get up. The only important thing is that I leave my house at 7:05, it gives me just enough time to walk to the bus stop and get on the bus. I'll arrive at school around 7:40 and have plenty of time to socialize and eat breakfast in the morning. Today, I don't know the exact time I got to school, and I wasn't late, but I certainly didn't have enough time to follow my pleasant morning routine. 

It turns out that I rushed for nothing, I had four classes today, since it is Wednesday, and three of my teachers were not in the building today. So that was three hours of nothing. The other class was assistant teaching for a junior physics class, except, there were no juniors to teach seeing they were all taking the PSSA test. Instead, I went to Darlings Cafe with Ms. Gerkie and the four non-junior, non-PSSA-taking members of her spanish 5 class and had a nice hot chocolate. I guess you could say that made it all worth it. 

So I totally had a pretty nice day today. I went to school and it was a half day so thats sort of on the plus side. Then after school got some food and went for a pedicure with mah bestie. Pedicure = Heaven for feet. I mean really it felt so nice, during and afterwards and even now. Gotta take care of your feet. My cat is pretty cute too. 

​When I was younger, and before my family moved, my mom and I would sit in my room and have "high tea" every night. Tonight, my mom and I decided it would be fun to do it again. I made sleepy time tea and mom made peanut butter crackers. It was nice to have that moment. It felt like things were going back to normal

When I was younger, and before my family moved, my mom and I would sit in my room and have "high tea" every night. Tonight, my mom and I decided it would be fun to do it again. I made sleepy time tea and mom made peanut butter crackers. It was nice to have that moment. It felt like things were going back to normal

​Beginning Defeated

 

 

 In every human being lies the animal like need to be controlled. Lions in a pride that are unsatisfied with or feel as though they can do a better job then the king, attempt to put him out of power. But, they soon figure out that the role they are not ready to take on the role they are fighting for. The Arab nations are going through a very similar situation. The eruption of civil war in the Arab nations is a war between the experienced and those who want new experience.

Tensions between citizens and their governments reached their boiling point when Mohammed Bouazizi lit himself on fire to express his oppression to inaudible government and nation. This eruption flowed into the already boiling surrounding nations and ignited the flame.  At this point there have been multiple protest, riots, and battles between citizens and their own government. War has erupted.  Revolutions have begun.

The youth of these nations have begun to speak up and out. Now that their voices are no longer silenced by repression, the thought would be that there would be widespread rejoicing. This is not the case. In interviews done by the New York Times, citizens spoke their feelings towards the revolutions and events that have been occurring. They spoke on democracy in nations where democracy is not apart of memories. It does not exist in the minds of the people. The rebels are fighting for something the majority of the population they are fighting for does not fully understand. This fight is one that citizens are entering blindly, fighting for a vague idea of freedom. They are fighting in incomplete contemplation.

Essentially, everyone is entitled to certain rights, especially those stated by John Locke in his work, A Letter Concerning Toleration.  This idea is not shared among all.  All people are entitled to the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But, to pursue these rights the totality of the circumstances and full understanding must be made. Blindly fighting for things not completely understood, is beginning defeated.

 

“Historically an Arab has always lived in a tribal system…When you come up with the idea of a self-governing people, it’s a bit absurd.”

                                                -Ghassan el-Hakim, 26, director, Rabat, Morocco

 

Across the Atlantic and in Europe nations have been trying to decide whether or not it is in their interest to assist the coalitions in the feuding countries. Selfishness. In the U.S President Barack Obama ordered a bombing in Libya.

 

“Where ever people long to be free, they will find a friend in the United States”

-President Barack Obama

 

These words spoken on behalf of the same country that fought for the “no-fly” zone to be issued over Libya, and then detonated a bomb post the issuing. Obama also states that when assisting other countries we must always measure our interest over the need for action. Who are we to determine when some one seriously needs our assistance? Do we wait for our “friends” to be in the most destitute position? Or do we step in regardless of our interest? Selfishness.

Humans are animals that posses the need to be in some way controlled and care for self before others. Unsatisfaction leads to rebellions and revolutions. But, those are only successfully when what is being fought for is fully understood.

Tonight, I went to a Sixers' game, wearing a New York Knicks jersey.  I didn't get as many mean faces as one cold usually expect when rooting for the visiting team.  Half of the stadium was in blue and orange. In fact, there were sections with signs declaring, "MSG. We in here!" 

The Knicks were winning the entire game, until their defense let up in the last 10 mins of the 4th.  Sixers fans began to lose their minds as the team climbed back from a 18-point deficit.  After Iguadala hit a three, the man beside me proceeded to high-five the man behind me.  He almost slapped me in the face. Secretly, I think he was mad that my team won. 

While waiting for my food, in the Chinese store with my boyfriend and his niece. I opened and ate a fortune cookie. She looked up and said "I want a Chinese Dorito."

"Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac aint gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, aint gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor"

Many people complain about the problems of the world but never do anything to solve them.

Why am I here?

We fuss and we fight then the next day we're tight. This is crazy boy you need some help.

$80,000+ in debt or about $40,000, I think you know which one I'm choosing.

This show makes my day.

My passport expired. My mom was really worried because tommorow were flying to North Carolina and she thought they would reject my only legit form of ID, which is my passport. I wasn't to concerned because we weren't flying out of the U.S but she got me all worked up and I was freaking out. I called the place all panicked and asked if they wouldn't let me board due to an expired passport and if it was okay if I use my school ID, birth certificate, and social security card. They guy made me feel like an idiot. He gave the blunt response of, "yeah you can", but he said in a tone like duh you can what kind of question is that. So i was like alright thanks asshole I'm just trying to be on top of things here. I didn't actually say that but it's what I was thinking. I kind of wish I had the balls to say that. Anyways, what I learned from this whole situation is that I should have gotten my drivers license because that would have been a legit form of ID and would have not been expired by now.  However, I have no interest in learning how to drive and will just get my passport renewed.

My character has started her twitter. She really not in to the whole social media business. But she in love and what's to be able tell all her friends at the same time. She doesn't put many updates because she doesn't own a computer and usually does this at her public library. 
Creating this character in real time has been hard. I know she not the social media type so it's hard to "make" her that type. As I'm going along I'm still trying to figure out how to stretch this story out. It's kind of like I have to slowly evolve into this character to make this seem real. Hopefully, I'll be able to do that. 

         This quarter in art class has been all about perspective. We did small practice drawings to get us started, and then we moved onto our project. The project was a drawing of one of the walls in art class in detail.

            The first drawing that we practiced with is the box drawing. Following the rules of perspective, we drew squares and turned them into three dimensional cubes around the picture, showing the tops of those below the horizon line, the bottoms of those that are below it, the left of those to the right of the line and the right of those on the left.
            Then we drew our names in boxes to give them the right structure and drew lines to the vanishing point show the three dimensions.
            I drew the long wall in the back of the classroom. The one facing west, I think. I started by marking the vanishing point in the center of the page and drawing a box around it, whose dimensions were based on the number of ceiling tiles there were along the wall. Then, I drew the pillar in the corner by coming out onto the sidewall a bit and following the guidelines of the ceiling and letting it come back to the wall.  The tables were a bit tricky at first, especially the underneath.

            I think the hardest part of my drawing was making sure my lines were completely straight. I wanted to go by the edges of the paper to make it easier, but the paper was not edged straight so I couldn’t.

            The artwork that represented this project well was Alisha's drawing. She included clear detail and she showed perspective correctly. She even included what she could see outside the window.

Happiness in a bowl :)

Happiness in a bowl :)

​For this mini project, I did the Artist Focus. The artist that I chose to do was Andy Warhol. I am fond of the different pieces that he created, so I tried my best to recreate them. I am proud of my Mickey Mouse drawing, because I was really focused when I was doing it, so I think it turned out well. 

Original Pieces by Andy Warhol:







Recreated Pieces:

So far, I'm doing OK. I believe that I have to up my game and do more for my project. I'm excited for the ending outcome. I know that I will doing a video blog tonight and adding a few more things like songs and pictures to the blog for my characters. I hope it all turns out very well.

Here it is. France and Australia. 

Had a great time with my girls today. We had lunch chatted and than we went home. What more can I say they will forever be my girls and above all my sisters.<333