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32 more days of school left!!!

This weekend has been very exciting. About 6 of my cousins came over and stayed until Sunday Evening. On Friday I spent the evening cleaning my room and watching "Scream 4". On Saturday I went to Men's Warehouse to get fitted for my tuxedo. While leaving Men's Warehouse I went to purchase a water ice around the corner from my house. When I finally arrived home, I watched tv with my cousin that night until we decided to watch Scream 4 again. On Sunday I slept for majority of the day until that night when I'd awaken to work on school work.

Link to prezi:
http://prezi.com/b-p_zyot4bzz/world-war-ii/

Citations:
Primary sources:

"World War II in Europe Timeline: June 28, 1919 - Signing of Treaty of Versailles." The History Place. Web. 09 May 2011. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/versailles.htm>.

"World War II in Europe Timeline: London During the Blitz." The History Place. Web. 09 May 2011. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/london-blitz.htm>.

"World War II in Europe Timeline: British Children Endure an Attack." The History Place. Web. 09 May 2011. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/children-shelter.htm>.

Secondary sources:

"World War II." Digital History. Web. 05 May 2011. <http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/ww2/index.cfm>.

"The Treaty of Versailles." History Learning Site. Web. 05 May 2011. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm>.

"World War II in Europe Timeline." The History Place. Web. 05 May 2011. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm>.

Next week is prom week. It's about to go down. 

Boy do I hate Mondays...get me out of here!

Yesterday I played basketball all day. It felt so great.

now that i'm here baby show me a good time; <3.

i'm falling for you but i'm afraid to say something because of how you'll react.
so i'll just keep my mouth shut for now &enjoy the time we spend together while i can.

i haven't posted a story in like, DAYS.
I mean...DAAAAAAAYS. WEEKS.

On a better note, as of right now:
10 days 17 hours until prom.
35 days 12 hours until graduation.

BYE SLA.

Prom
Shore
Beach
Ocean City!

On Saturday, I went with my dad to get fitted for my prom tux. I'm wearing steel grey and silver. 

Here is our lovely Keynote. Feel free to click :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1084745/War%20Project-%20Mexican%3AAmerican%20War.pdf

http://prezi.com/hnwrwoo_ul5w/the-korean-war/

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddns4w8f_0x8hnnkc6

Jesse & Kashif

Marquis Simmons and Rashaun Williams

http://prezi.com/_7rosmflepqh/civil-war/

These are my three edited photos. I took them with my camera phone that is 3.2 megapixels. I worked with different angles. The one of the flower was taken with my Photo Booth camera. I chose the flower one because it was given to me by it was given by a great friend of mine. The middle picture is the most recent. I adore the way the sky had a lighter blue creeping through the clouds and the buildings reminded me of Hawaii. The last picture was taken right outside of SLA. It had a nice glow from the buildings in the night.

By Jobe & Ryan Barkdale-White
 
Note: it's a google doc here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/present/edit?id=0AT8_SdXmLtCdZGdyNmR0aGRfMHczaHI5YzI4&hl=en

Rafiq Robinson & Kern Clarke

Calculus quiz today.

I'm nervous.

Alexander Ringgold and Ryan Francis Google Doc:

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1BigW2vLi2hELZqb8BXFzjachHLrxIlMrkrYsh6Ji7UE/edit?hl=en&pli=1#

36 days

*includes nights and weekends

My mom was in Las Vegas for mother's days.  She knows how to celebrate.

The first 5 pictures : DIY Project ; Stenciling 

The first picture is a stencil from a stencil website that I then printed out and cut out the black of the picture. I gathered my materials which were 50% bleach/ 50% water solution, an old black shirt, cardboard (I could've used paper as the stencil but cardboard would ensure that the bleach didn't soak through) I placed the stencil on the shirt and sprayed the bleach around it a little bit at a time. I repeated this process once more on a polo shirt instead (thicker fabric). I actually enjoyed the crispness of the first try. 

Next 3 : 200 pictures 3-4 edits 

 before & after 

These are my favorite because they are simple there isn't much going on and the way I edited the pictures were only slight color, contrast, or saturation alterations.

Next 5 : 200 pictures - non-edit just think look cool 

Next 2 : Copying an Artist

I like my representation of Murakami's original. It was fun creating it and shows something about me, impatient and messy. (:

Missing - Bicycles

For this assignment, I had been absent due to a stay away science fair when we had begun working on it. Reviewing and studying others pieces I do believe I have gotten the concept of the assignment and the way one must view an object in not only different perspectives but also its different spaces. I cannot say that I've first hand great experience with these techniques but considering myself an artist I want to set this as one of the goals for myself, at least to try.  

Next 1 : Outside 

I chose to keep my outside piece very simple and almost sketch-like but I paid attention to "sloppy" detail without thinking to much into it I added shades where my eyes told me I seen shades. I really wanted to stray away from a piece that would like semi-realistic or artistic to tacky by adding unnecessary bricks, which in my mind would appear more like squares. When relating to an outside piece the way you portray that artwork is also a representation of the way your mind as an artist processes the environment around you. For example, usually in fast pace environments the artist will show that fast pace with the quickness in strokes or how much space is being used on the canvas. Blank negative space, in this case, was the best choice in my opinion for this specific work. I was sitting in a simple calm park and with not much clouding my thoughts or view I didn't believe that there should be much clouding or lingering around the main focus, the tree. 

Goals: 
Try different spaces/perspectives with negative/positive
Try different styles of simple and complex drawing/painting
Do more painting projects ( I never realized that I had potential in this field until this year :')
Do more arts and crafts ( This was also fun and creative )
Learn from others but still finding my perfected personal techniques
Not be afraid of A. Failure B. Mistakes C. Something not being perfect 
& to really keep in mind "Art pieces are living..."- Hull : so I can't REALLY control what happens sometimes (: