BLAH!!!!!!!

There are times in our lives, when we know we must let go of certain things. maybe you feel you're not ready to give it up just yet, but then you feel like you're forced to. i feel like im forced to give up lots of things i do not want to give up, but hey that part of life. all you can do is look at the opposite direction, and never look back, no matter how much it hurts!
                       Its time.....
                                   .....MOVE ON!
    
                                                                          Depressed Arian :'(

My Digital Story!!!

HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!

photographic truth :'(

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      Depressed Arian

UGH! I can't give up! I WONT

so last night i came to get my report card. i start looking and so far so good. they were all A's and B's. then i get to the very last grade.....the worst i expected was a C- or D+ if anything, but no, i had a D- i almost cried. it was so  disappointing because i could of been on the honor rolls this quater. but no not anymore since i have a failing grade. i feel like such a failure. i'm just so angry because in the past years i was bad in school, and now that i actually do try i still do miserably bad. I never used to care about grades, but now i consider my grades to be one of the most important things. it's just not fair. IT HAD TO BE PRE-CALC!!!!! sometimes i wonder if i should even keep on trying but then i realize that i shouldn't just throw in the towel like that, because i don't give up. i haven't given up on anything that truly matters to me, and i just wont do it. if i gave up on anything, i would give up on my family, my education...and myself. but no because giving up is for quitters, and i am NOT a quitter. i never will be. i just gotta apply myself more i guess, and if it doesn't work out, then bring me a gun!!!!!!!
                                      till next time
                                                     DEPRESSED ARIAN :(  

OH THE LOVE!!

As you can see, my friend Amy and i, love each other sooooo much, that all we do is show our love for each other. We are NOT ONLY friends, but more like SISTERS...cant you tell? I LOVE YOU AMY <3 FRIENDS FOREVER!!!

lyrical triptych reflection :)

            For this assignment we were asked to do a lyrical triptych.  Basically we were asked to choose a song, and use part of that song to create three different images that would basically describe the song, and what type of mood it is. I started off by downloading many images from gettyimages.com, but not just any images. The images I was downloading had a certain theme to them, because I wanted my lyrical triptych to look a certain way. It was very difficult to find what I was looking for, so it took me a little longer than the rest to get the images I wanted, but I wouldn’t settle for less. Once I had my images, it was time to create my first triptych; following was second and then the third.

            For the song to use on my lyrical triptych I chose the song “meet me on the equinox” by Death Cab For Cutie. I really like this song because It feels like an opinion but it really makes sense. When my lyrical triptych was completed I was very pleased with the outcome. It came out just like I wanted it to.  It came out the way I wanted to because I used a variety of adobe Photoshop tools.  I used the lasso tool to get the people of a certain image, because I didn’t really need the whole image. I also used filters in all three images. In the first one I used it in the hands that were reaching to each other. In the second one I used it on the couple, and in the third one I used it on the background image. Besides the filters, I also used adjustments. In the first triptych I made it darker. In the second I used it on the overall image, I made it just a little brighter, and on the last one I used it in the background image, because it was too bright, and I changed the color a little.

            I really wanted the overall outcome to represent what the song was actually about. For the first triptych, it talked about meeting on the equinox, halfway. So what I did was kids about to meet each other halfway, when the sun was at its brightest. For the second image talked about holding hands in the dimming light. So I took a teenage couple, walking on a street, with a sunset, which represents the dimming light the song speaks about. For the last image I chose and old couple crossing to the other side in a forest, and they are walking toward the white light, because the lat part of the song talked about how everything ends. I did my project a certain way. If you notice, I chose a change of age progression. And I chose a difference of places, and times of the day.

            I feel that I have come a long way since the year began, because I’m more familiar with Photoshop. I have a better understanding of how to use tools, and how to use them properly. I used to think that Photoshop would be very difficult to understand and use, but it turns out to be that it’s very easy and it’s also fun.  I feel that my lyrical triptych was very successful and I’m very proud of the outcome. If I was to do the assignment all over again, the only thing I would change is the first triptych, because it seemed less interesting them the other two. The first one just looked too simple, but I’m still learning how to get better at it.         

MY lyrical triptych

The School Is Out Of Control!!!!!

So We went from a good school, to a school that is out of control and it's sickening! School started off with over crowded lunches, to fights, and arrests, and last but not least: bomb threat. Oh yeah I said BOMB THREAT. This happened today 10/13/10. so let me tell you exactly what happened today, well with me anyways. I came early to school even though i wasn't suppose to. It was Psat day for the tenth graders. I came in and hanged out with my boyfriend, until he had to go to testing. Then i went to guidance, and helped Mr. john louise do some paper work, and file students grades. Then at around eleven i went to the cafeteria with my tray of meat pies, which i had reserved for advisory, because it was snack wednesday. while i was in the cafeteria, the admin start coming out and telling us to go to the football field. after being there for a couple of minutes , they tell us that there is a bomb threat so we have to leave the school area, so all i see is a lot of students going down thayer street. while we were walking i meet up with my bf and he notices that i still have my tray of meat pies. He wanted to carry them but i said no thank you. after a while i start thinking that we are not going back into the school, so i start the "MEAT PIE SALE." i started selling each meat pie for one dollar. those meat pies were gone quick. even teachers bought them. it was kind of funny. after, we were told to go inside the moses brown field, i layed down in the grass for a while until we were allowed to come back inside the building. so now i'm sitting here in advisory with no meat pies, lol but i decided to bring them in next week! no one seemed that hungry anyways.
Im not going to lie, i got a little worried about this bomb threat because this is like my second home, and i'm glad that nothing serious happened to anyone, or to the place i love HOPE HIGH SCHOOL!

I LOVE MS. WEIGAND

I absolutely love having Ms. Weigand as my Homeroom/advisory teacher. I love how i can get everything done during advisory, even though advisory is only 40min. I also love the fact that NOW we are starting "snack wednesday". so now i'm eating cookies, chips, and the most amazing cheesecake made by my bestfriend jose velasquez!!!! i swear, when the year ends, we will be 500000 pounds over weight lol. I told Ms. Weigand that i would bring snacks for next week, but i don't know what to bring, maybe some empanadas, or lasagna...UHHHHH UHHH or maybe tamales, hahahaha.
    I'm not gonna lie, i been in a bad mood the whole day. i been feeling like i want to beat up half of the world, but now i feel more calm. i must admit that i hate days like this because not only i'm mad but i also feel like a failure, and i tend to be mean to people without realizing it. this is one of those days where i feel that theres no hope. but i do know that life continues, so i try real hard to let the bad situations pass by me like nothing. and In case i forgot to mention why i'm more calm, well, it is because OF MS.WEIGAND'S advisory. I'm not completely happy, but more calm. so thats good :)
I LOVE YOU MS. W.
ps. I'm not sucking up, just being HONEST!!! :)

DEAR SCHOOL DISTRICT: you have ruined our school!

(this is a speech that i wrote and read to the school board on 9-27-10)  

you probably remember me as i am standing right before you once again to stand up for my rights as a student. I'm pretty sure you also remember a great number of other students who used to come and who are not here with us tonight, and i will tell you why!!! First, students are disillusioned. I talk to students who ask me what's the point of standing up for themselves. They tell me that they did so many things in which you did nothing. They came to all the school board meetings, and you did nothing. They walked out to stand up for their students rights, and you still did nothing. We filed a lawsuit in which we were victorious but you are still doing nothing!! So when students ask me what's the point, I honestly don't know what to tell them because i don't know if you will ever listen to us. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
   Also,  there are other students who like the 6-period schedule better, but don't get too happy yet, because you will not like their reasons why. They really like the 6-period schedule because class time is so much shorter that they feel that they do not have to do work, and they feel that they can get away with not learning anything. Since teachers are busy doing topic after topic, and also because they do not have enough common planning time to talk about their students, they cannot have a teacher and student bond, and that just ruins the spirit of the school. Students know that they will not be haunt down for not doing the right thing in class, so they do not care. And once again, this is because of your schedule change. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
   Finally, I want to touch upon a topic, which is also the main reason of why we are here, and that is because you are  not following the law. Last year we had the moral right on our side, but this year we also have the legal right on our side. We filed a legal challenge which said that you cannot under any circumstances reduce common planning time at our school because it went against the regions regulation.
Deborah Gist which is the commissioner of education, ruled that the schedule you implemented is in violation of the law, and we are here to call attention to that. You are breaking the law, and ruining our school, and you still do nothing. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!!!

MY MAGAZINE COVER

      For this assignment, we were asked to create a magazine cover.

In this magazine cover we were told to do it on something that you might want for the near future.

We first started creating the magazine, by choosing the logo we wanted to do it on. i chose "Theatre World." Even though it is a very old magazine that might not be on sell anymore, I thought that people needed to see what I'm interested in. After I had chosen a logo, I started coming up with headlines, but not just any headlines. Headlines that had to do with my logo.

      For my background I decided to use a stage with the traditional red curtains. For the photograph I decided to use a formal gown, that would give an idea to the person looking at it, the kind of play I might of performed. The logo, was bright red letters in 3-D. For my headline I chose bright yellow letters for the viewers to notice that the headline was about me. For the other three headlines, I chose softer colors, two of them were aqua, and the last one was lilac.

     In this magazine cover, I wanted people to know what my true passion is. The way I positioned my body was by me looking to the side, making me seem very focused on the play or the act I was putting on. As a prop I used a mask. I was not wearing it, but I was holding it in an angle that could be seen completely. I really liked the fact that my mask was the same color of my headline. 

    Overall I feel that my project was a success. I must admit that maybe if I was 100% focused, the outcome would had been better. I feel that I need to improve on my cutting skills because there were certain areas of my image that I could still see part of the background I originally took my photograph at. I also feel that I could of improved on what I wrote for the headlines. This was my very first digital media project ever done, so i feel that even though it wasn't perfect, it was still pretty good, and I'm very proud of it.

Carmen Azurdia: A true friend!

so my friend Carmen and i are having a very interesting conversation about life. She feels free and happy, feeling so much better about herself. And all i gotta say is that: ITS ABOUT TIME! lovely girl with so many hidden emotions, but not hidden to me...each day we get closer and closer and it feels good to be there for someone and her to be there for me. Any struggles we go through we will deal with TOGETHER, and thats what friends really is about, not only the good moments but also the bad.

The Unknown Truth

I am an 18 year old, who still doesn't know everything there is to life. There are times when i try to hide my emotions but my facial expressions gives it all away. I really try to live a normal life, but sometimes that just seems impossible. People think they know everything about me. but can that really be true? considering the fact that there are things about myself i have not yet discovered. All i pretty much know is that i am very sensitive, i love theatre, and i sing my troubles away. Something i must add that really bothers me, is that i have noticed that a lot of people get into a relationship based of looks, but let me tell you something. If u are only looking at the outside beauty instead of the inner beauty then you do not know what you're getting yourselves into, because someone can have the looks, but not what really matters, and that is what's in the heart. so I'm very happy to say that i am in love and trust me, it's the best feeling in the world.
Maybe you should focus on true love instead messing with different people.
And that is The Unknown Truth!!!