Final Project

Silent No More

so here's the final project :) by Jasmine, Lissett, Melissa, Shelby, and myself :)

Projects!!!!

I'm in a group with jasmine, Lissette, Shelby, Melissa, and Karla working on a project mainly about originality. At first we had focused on doing a draw my life video, then today we decided to switch gears and do a video where we give people the chance to let their voice be heard. We'r going to show videos of different people holding a flash card of something they've wanted to say but feel like they never have the chance. As the videos are rolling we'r going to be playing the song Words Never Said by Lupe Fiasco.

Brag Sheet

• I was on the varsity girls wrestling team for two years
• Cross country for one year
• I started working at age 16
• certified babysitter 
• volunteer at the Red Cross
• cook for my family
• i have received te Renissanc award every semester since freshman year
• I have been a part of the CSF program
• average of a 3.5 to 3.8 GPA

Best of American Lit

well overall I think this has been one of my most favorite classes out of my whole high school experience! :) I really got a whole new perspective of different ways to learn, how to put my self out there, and new opportunities I can take! What stood out to me the most out of this whole year would have to be when we talked about remixing and making something our own. Watching the TED talk with Amanda Palmer really stood out to me, especially a part in the video when she talked about having a concert in Germany and after the show she stripped down in the middle of the crown and let the crowd draw on her body. And she explained how she let her trust take over and left her trust in this crowd ad she felt safe. I thought that was really interesting and even though that was from the first semester its still very clear to me. I wish we could've spent a little more time on the big question subject but other than that this year has been one of the best school experiences! :)

Derby Reportage part 1

• Hunter S. Thompson outs himself in the article

• is this kinda like breaking the forth wall? 
• the reporter usually doesn't put him self as a character in the article nd he's explaining his own experience 

• he's very straight up with everything, just says what he thinks, a lot of vulgarity, yet it makes it a little funny
• he's going to a horse derby to write about the horses, but he realizes that what people are more interested I are the people around them nd their bets
• there's going to be a riot at the derby? I'm not sure if he's making this up or not
• Diane Crump was the first woman to ride in the derby 
• he says he a writer for the playboy magazine, has a a lot of tags on his bag to show off or make it seem like he travels a lot nd even has a playboy tag that he bought 
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Johnny Cyberpunk

well this story was really confusing and I didn't quiet get the whole meaning of, but I get the Cyberpunk part of. Just to recap what cyberpunk is, Cyberpunk is a sub genre of science fiction stories, set around the near future and whats ahead of us, and is mainly focuses on the high tech low life. It plays on reality, and makes the reader wonder of what advances are yet to come in technology and even human beliefs, for example drugs. What I got out of the story is that Johnny is a very smart and clever man, who has megabytes of data stored in him, and he is holding a whole bunch of information in him that made not be too safe. Ralfi, the man the instilled this data in him, is trying to set up a contract with him, (yet e he is setting up for him to be killed) allowing him to get the data instilled in Johnny.  Johnny then meets a woman named Molly, who seems kind of edgy, and decides to help Johnny escape from this "contract deal." Ralfi hires an assassin to kill Johnny with this thing called a squid, ( i don't really get that part?) and now Johnny realizes what kind of people he is dealing with and decides to stick with Molly.  ***this story was really long and confusing so i just skimmed through to the end and tried to piece it together. So Im not sure if this is completely right*** It turns out the assassins go against Ralfi and kill him instead, and Johnny doesn't want to deal with it anymore so he tells molly to use the squid to remove the data from his head.....and yeah there you go :) hehe

Future Me

Chapter 1 SlaughterHouse Five

• Dresden was the main point
• Vonnegut is the one telling the story at this point and gives an out look of his life
• has a strong dislike about war, antiwar
• Fought in the war and was taken as a prisoner, Slaughterhouse was where he was kept
• so it goes is used for when anyone passes away
• everything happens for a reason
• so it goes: just let it go
• you cant go back 
• I was a little confused about the crayons and how it connected to the characters?

IM BACK!!!!!

sooo i know i'v been really behind on a lot of post, Iv just been a little caught up with work and after school practices but I promise to get everything on my blog by the end of the week! :) ....better late than never i guess hehe

Gatsby Essay Prompt answers

Well Im not really sure if this is suppose to be an essay or just answer the questions so I hope this covers everything.

Everyone has that one person who we can call the, " the cheese to my macaroni," or the "laces to my shoes." It's that one person we can depend on and know you can trust, which can also be known as a confidant. A confidant is usually a friend or relative of a hero, who is there for the hero when they need someone to rely on. In the book The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is seen as the confidant, who helps Gatsby in his time of need, helping him get closer to the life he wanted, and in a ways escape his past. With Nick being the narrator of the story, the reader can see direct contact with Nick and Gatsby,and see how Nick imagines and thinks of Gatsby. Through their conversations, Nick was able ot get first hand of what Gatsby was all about and how he was personally. Despite the fact that Gatsby was a very mysterious and reserved man Nick as able to get close with Gatsby and get a look of his past. Nick also helped Gatsby reunite with his love, Daisy, and would help arrange meetings with his lover, knowing that she was married, and keeping everything a secret.  

Character project

so here's the dealieo!:o Karla, Melissa, nd my self were all going to do this project together since someone us had to go out of town we didn't really get to put our project together but here's what we might do once we all get together tomorrow....I was thinking of getting characters from different popular movies today that everyone can recognize and each will relate to a certain character from the Great Gatsby nd since one the thing on everybody's mind right now is prom we' ll wrap it around that idea.

The End of Gatsby

• Nick is worried about Wilson going after Gatsby
• Nick goes to Gatsbys house and Gatsby tells him about his early life, when he used to be with Daisy, and how he would take blame for Daisy killing myrtle in the crash
• Tom tells Wilson that Gatsby was the one that killed myrtle in the car crash, so Wilson went to Gatsby's house and shot him then shot him self
• two years later Nick is talking about Gatsbys death and his funeral
• nobody was to go to his funeral, some even said he deserved it, this kinda shows what kind of man Gatsby was
• Nick calls a lot of people trying to find people who will come but everyone is either busy or just doesn't want to go
• nick contacts Tom and Daisy, they moved and have left no address, nick realizes they are selfish low life people are are just wrapped around money and social views
• Nick finds Gatsbys father, he has so much pride in his son saying he was always determined and had a future ahead of him
• the only people who go to his wedding are nick, owl eyes, Gatsbys father, and a few of his servants

Chapter 7 reading notes

• Gatsby nd daisy are accepting nd showi g their love to each other; Gatsby stops throwing all of his big parties since the only reason for them was to attract daisy nd now that their together he doesn't need the parties anymore
• Gatsby fire all of his servants to prevent any gossip about his and Daisy's love for each other 
• Tom is starting to suspect nd finally realize the feeling this wife lost for him nd that she is more in love with Gatsby but he doesn't want to accept it and just let her go
• they all meet at Toms and Daisy's house and the love and feelings toward daisy nd Gatsby are very obvious nd tom knows that he's loosing her 
• I'm realizes that what happening between daisy and Gatsby is the same thing he's doing with myrtle nd Wilson, even tho Tom is a rude nd pretty selfish guy he still has some human decency in him nd he feels bad bout what he's done
• Gatsby finally meet Daisy's daughter nd I shocked to see that she was really "alive"; him and daisy are starting. to see that you can't run away from your past and can't undo your mistakes
• it seems like daisy feels her relationship with Tom nd having kids was a mistake
• They all take off into the city nd the truth gets out
•       Gatsby reveals his love for daisy infront of Tom nd that their love is more real than what Tom and daisy ever had 
• Daisy knows she made a mistake being with both men nd now she says she loves both of them when really she's in love with Gatsby

reading notes: chp. 6 The Great Gatsby

• Gatsby's real name is James Gatz
•     he was a bootlegger nd didn't want the police after him
• he explains about his background more in this chapter, about how's he's from North Dakota, nd his friend Cody
• Cody left him his inheritance money but his wife didn't let Gatsby take the money, encouraging Gatsby to dedicate his life to being successful
• Nick hasn't seen Gatsby or Daisy together for a couple weeks but finds Tom at Gatsbys house
•     Nick is shocked because he knows how Gatsby feels about Tom nd how he doesn't deserve Daisy 
•      Keep your friend close, keep your enemies closer
• Tom starts realizing Gatsby's nd Daisy's little connection nd starts to keep an eye on Daisy

Brave New World Essay Refelction

Weeellllll today could have gone a lot better, but for the most part I think I did well on my essay. Once again, I feel like managing my time and laying out my pre-write is what I struggle on the most, because I can never fit in my conclusion or all the examples and points I want to mention. I know thats what I need to work on the most, and also having confidence in my writing and not letting the pressure of tie get to me. However, I feel my pre-write did help me see what I wanted to base my essay on and layout my main focuses, just using my time wisely into making my pre write is what I need to remember for next time.

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

• Born: August 6, 1920- March 9, 1994
• born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski
• born in Andernach Germany
• moved to America in 1923
• Pasadena CA

• His father was usually unemployed, frequently abusive, both physically and mentally, beating his son fro the smallest reasons.
• Charles Bukowski was very shy and socially awkward, he had a very serious case of acne, and made fun of for his german accent, and the clothes his parents made him wear.
• it seemed like he suffered from Dyslexia, but was highly praised for his art work in school
• "This [alcohol] is going to help me for a very long time", he later wrote, describing the genesis of his chronic alcoholism; or, as he saw it, the genesis of a method he could utilize to come to more amicable terms with his own life‘   
• http://www.poemhunter.com/charles-bukowski/biography/

• Graduated from Los Angeles High School, then attended Los Angeles City College for two years taking art, journalism, and literature courses. Later he moved to New York to begin his career as a writer.
• on July 22, 1944he was arrested on suspension of draft evasion
• worte many short stories, but became disillusioned with the publication process nad quit writing for almost 10 years, he was reffered to as a “ ten-year drunk”.
• was a very strong drunk 

MAPLAN

Well Im doing a group project with a couple people from class, and our idea is to all link our own authors to one another and set a scavenger hunt amongst our blogs. The clues will be based on facts about author, and in one way they shall connect to another author have it as a chain link. Then in the end we will reveal all of our authors.

Josie College

After Mrs. Durkis presentation about college, it made me realize that I actually don't have that much time left before I need to register for colleges. A lot of her information, and websites were very helpful, and to know about those websites and how they narrow down schools to your interest was really cool! A campus that I've been interested in for a long time is Cal Poly SLO, mainly because they have a good liberal arts classes, it's close to home, and I love the environment of San Luis. Although I haven't had the chance to explore other schools that deal with journalism, and I think the websites from the presentation could help me see a bigger variety of schools.
I think the biggest challenge after high school is going to be money, and debt. Even though I know I can get a lot of help from scholarships I'm still debating on going to Hancock for my first two years and then transferring, just so I won't start off my college life with a big debt.

I am Scott F. Fitzgerald

1. I am in love with living large, and feeling luxurious.
2. I am an alcoholic, and died at age 44 from alcoholism.
3. I am known as one of the greatest writers in the 20s.
4. I am most famous for my first book This Side of Paradise, which later allowed me to marry my wife.

Introducing F. Scott Fitzgerald

1. Fitzgerald was named after the man who made the " Star Spangle Banner"
2. He died of alcoholism at age 44
3. After he sold his first most famous book This Side of Paradise he married his love Zelda
4. In 1917 he dropped out of school to join the army, but he was afraid that he might die in World War I without fulfilling his dreams in writing.
5. Caught in a big debt because his and his wife loved to live luxurious.