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It is for a photo contest. Using stock images you had to use one cat, one clock and one fruit. It took forever for me to get all there to mesh but I did. The strawberry though is placed in a fun way.

Your outlook on life is solely what you make it.

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It had been 14 mins and she was still in line. Actually, a line isn't the best way to describe what she was in. She stood in a crowd of people, silently waiting as the numbers slowly increased.  Her feet hurt and after a long day at work, the brightly lit building was the last place she wanted to be. Her briefcase dug into her shoulder, but she was too nervous about the bacteria on the floor to put it down.  She continued to wait as slices were cut, weighed and bagged with the precision of an artist. The problem was, only one artist seemed to exist at that moment. Where are the rest of the employees?, she asked, careful to not appear insane as she talked to herself. As 30 flashed on the screen, she stepped up to the counter. 

"A quarter pound of oven roasted turkey, please." 

"Sure," the clearly exhausted deli manager replied. 

Today I left early to go to the dentist. Last time I went I found out I have 6 cavities, so today I was going to get 3 filled in. I didn't think much of it as I walked down market to 16th st. When I got there the dentist was friendly as always. He kind of reminds me of that grandpa that slips you money in a handshake. Anyway, they got started soon after I got arrived. He numbed my mouth first, and I did not understand the seriousness of that until I tried to laugh at his corny little joke. The then he pulled out this tiny little Satan's drill and started digging and scrapping, and digging and scrapping so more. It was the worst pain, EVER! Then he left, and another one came in to actually do the filling. Then she pulled out these huge tools and drilled them into my teeth! OH MY GOD! I hate her now. She left and then another one came in, to do the cleaning. Which doesn't sound too bad, right? NO! She started scrapping on every single tooth with that little pointy thing! I hate her now, too. When it all finished I was told to rinse, but the water just fell out the side of my face. As I stared at my numb I couldn't stop thinking about how hungry I was, and the fact I couldn't eat for another 2 hours. The worse thing about it is...I have to go back tomorrow to get the other side done!

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E1 U5 Mi Carta a Venezuela 

So besides doing homework tonight, my attention will be focused on the Men National Championship Basketball Game between UCONN and Butler. Butler was in the championship game last year but they wound up losing tow Duke. UCONN won the national championship in 2004. This game wasn't expected to be played by these two teams by most people across the country, but there is some really talented players playing and it will for sure be a fun game to watch. I'm rooting for UCONN because of Kemba Walker. He is one of the best two players in the nation, the other being Jimmer Fredette of BYU. He is a real talented player and it would good for him to go into the NBA with a national championship on his prolific college basketball resume.

Kemba Walker

I am choosing to interview Danielle Little for the Ethnomusicology Interview.

Jordan: Do you believe music has history?And Why?
"Yes.Music has call and response, one person telling a story or sending an important music."

Jordan: What is Ethnomusicology?
" The study of different types of music throughout history. The root in the word is "ethno" meaning different cultures or ethnicity. So ethnomusicology is the study and understanding of music through the years that derived from different cultures. "

Jordan: Do you think Artist create songs for a reason, such as telling a story?
" I think that messaging was through music existed in different times but not now.
Jordan: What are the three popular songs in 1960's? 

One song is "Ain't too proud to beg" by The Temptations, Another is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Tammi Terrel. "Where Did Our Love Go "Supremes.

Jordan: "What is your favorite thing about music?"
The stories that artists tell through they're singing or rhythm.

     This benchmark had us interview three people, one each from 10,20, and 30 years older than me. I asked them what their favorite song was from that time. The results I got were Ghostbusters, "Gloria" by Them, and "We will rock you" by Queen.
     On top of that, we researched historical events from around that time. A summary of these articles, as well as links to the articles themselves are located here.
     The purpose of this project was to study the music and events of different time periods. As well as study the similarities of the two.

For this quarter our purpose in the benchmark was to find 3 people that were 10,20, and 30 years older than us and tell us a song they liked from when they were born. We also had to find events that occurred in the years 1986, 1976, and 1966 to match with the songs from those time periods. The reason why we had to find songs and events was to see how that specific time period had to do with african american history. As to the events like what was occurring in that time at Africa or the songs to how the singers saw life at that time and showed the world through lyrics. The best part of this project was actually finding out about the songs that were chosen and seeing the singers point of view. Also it was very fun to put all my effort onto the wiki and feel proud of the work i did. The most challenging part was finding events that related to African American history in those specific time periods. 

The purpose of the project was to learn about how music influenced and was influenced by different time periods, by interviewing different people.
Questions asked:
How does time influence music?
How does the music influence the culture?
How does pop culture in general compare to music?
What makes it different/or alike from other music from other periods of time?

Best Part: Getting to interview Mr. Nueman, and my mother.
Worst Part: Not being able to upload my slideshow i made because of the deadline. :(

Interviewer: Seamus Kirby
Interviewee: Michael Roth

What was the purpose of this project?
To find out more about the music of the times and how they relate to important African American events of the times.

What questions did this project raise?
How did the music influence the events or how did the events influence the music?

What was the best part of the project?
Being able to hear the explanations for why the people I asked like the songs.

What was the most challenging part of the project?
Finding the three events from the amount of articles there was to chose from.

Michael Roth's Project

The 10-20-30 project was good. The need for the project in my eyes was to teach us the differences about everything back then and how we are now. Like the way we are now is completely different from back then, the music the way we dress the art everything. Now its all about sex drugs and money back then everything has meaning. I didn't have any questions the project was quite easy and fun to do. The best part was hearing the different types of answers and the music, made me realize a lot and where i get my taste from. The most challenging part was the wait, i have no patience and they would make me wait till they thought their answer was perfect and had the best songs. But in the end it wasn't that bad like i thought it would. I would love to do this project again or something similar to it.

The purpose of this project was to find people who were 10, 20, and 30 years older than us. We had to ask them their favorite song from the years 86', 76', and 66'. Once that was done we had to research an event related to African-American history, write a summary about it, and post the link to the article itself. The part I found to be the best about this project was asking my family what their favorite songs were, it was interesting to find out what kind of songs they liked during that year. Music shapes your character in some ways and learning what type people grew up around sometimes shows you what their personality. The events I chose to put into my 10-20-30 were in a ways chosen at random because it was hard to find African-American events that occurred but, I found them to be interesting to learn about and hope others who read my summary and maybe the article like them too. 

it is so nice out today. I was starting to get down and drowsy earlier, but as soon as I stepped outside the warmth of the sun lifted my spirits. Spring is coming. Well technically it's here but last week it hailed. Hopefully now the spring climate will stay and not come and go like it has earlier this month. STAY SPRING. STAY. I MISS YOU. I WANT YOU. I NEED YOU.

Danielle Little
Interview

Quinn: What is Ethnomusicology?
Danielle: Ethnomusicology is the study of music. You can study the time and history of all types of music.

Quinn: What questions did you ask about Ethnomusicology?
Danielle: I wanted to find out, why music has so much history to it. Why did songs have call & response.

Quinn: What was the most fun part of the whole project?
Danielle: For me, i liked searching for songs that i thought had a meaning to that time period till now.

Quinn: What was the hardest part you encountered during the project?
Danielle: The articles were the hardest part. Trying to find an article that relates to Africian-Amercian history and music history.

Quinn: Is there anything extra you wanted people to know about the project?
Danielle: Music has more to do with the lyrics. There is a story in every artist songs, either if its the history or a fairytale there is a story.

  10-20-30

Interview

1.     The purpose of her project was to study the history of music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

2.     She was interested in the types of music people in the past listened to and the events.

3.     The best part was making the imovie

4.     The most challenging part was researching the articles because they weren’t all accurate.