Monday, March 28, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Spring Break
My 2016 Spring Break, in chronological order (along with the abuse of parenthetical asides):
The Saturday after school got out, I had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to get up, dress, and get to Waco in time to meet my grandparents and their friends at a breakfast restaurant by 7:15. In the morning. Yeah. Shortly after, I attended by little sister's birthday party on the other side of Waco (a Hollywood-themed birthday party for my turning-three-year-old sister?); no children attended, which was a relief, and Jocelyn's too young to care, anyway. I sang Disney songs with my biological mother and read a fiction novel (simultaneously, because I have that kind of talent).
I went home Sunday after spending the night at my grandparents', did absolutely nothing on Monday, and waited impatiently for most of Tuesday for my older sister to arrive home. She did, we had dinner for her- and a family friend's birthdays, and went back home. She convinced me to watch the first episodes of Gilmore Girls (which I had not planned to start until after the English STAAR), and we fell asleep somewhere in the third and woke up with a dead laptop (she had stolen all the covers on the bed we were on, and my fingers had been frozen). We spent the day doing idle things, and started taping up my empty room in order to get it ready for re-painting. After we finished that, she went back to her apartment in San Antonio and I went to sleep.
The next day, I started watching Major Crimes again, and ended up speeding through three seasons of the amazing show while doing absolutely nothing else. Suddenly, it was Friday, and my mom told me that it was about time to start painting my room, so we put the "Academy Gray" on the crown moldings and let it dry over night.
On Saturday, I touched everything up (pertaining to the molding and door frames) while watching the last episodes of season three, we went out for brunch at 11:30, and took a Segway tour in downtown Austin (which was a really bad idea, since it was SXSW and there were a lot of people milling around - I swear, it wasn't at my suggestion). The Segways were cool, I'd say, but I'd never do it again - I had never felt lazier in my life. I like to walk, and it felt like cheating, somehow.
We went back home, slept, and then started painting the walls of my room "Wet Pavement," and I'm way too excited to finish everything and get my bed back into my room (which is sitting inside the den, which is where I'm sleeping, which is where everyone in the house spends time, which is where the largest TV happens to reside, which is where NOBODY LEAVES, literally ever). I purchased season four that morning, watched as much as I could while painting, crammed practicing my viola into the short time my parents were seeing "Allegiant" (which I DID NOT want to see, judging by the first two movies and how terrible they were). I ate, crammed all my homework into an hour and a half, and then went to sleep. That was the extent of my Spring Break, in chronological order, along with the abuse of parenthetical asides.
The Saturday after school got out, I had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to get up, dress, and get to Waco in time to meet my grandparents and their friends at a breakfast restaurant by 7:15. In the morning. Yeah. Shortly after, I attended by little sister's birthday party on the other side of Waco (a Hollywood-themed birthday party for my turning-three-year-old sister?); no children attended, which was a relief, and Jocelyn's too young to care, anyway. I sang Disney songs with my biological mother and read a fiction novel (simultaneously, because I have that kind of talent).
I went home Sunday after spending the night at my grandparents', did absolutely nothing on Monday, and waited impatiently for most of Tuesday for my older sister to arrive home. She did, we had dinner for her- and a family friend's birthdays, and went back home. She convinced me to watch the first episodes of Gilmore Girls (which I had not planned to start until after the English STAAR), and we fell asleep somewhere in the third and woke up with a dead laptop (she had stolen all the covers on the bed we were on, and my fingers had been frozen). We spent the day doing idle things, and started taping up my empty room in order to get it ready for re-painting. After we finished that, she went back to her apartment in San Antonio and I went to sleep.
The next day, I started watching Major Crimes again, and ended up speeding through three seasons of the amazing show while doing absolutely nothing else. Suddenly, it was Friday, and my mom told me that it was about time to start painting my room, so we put the "Academy Gray" on the crown moldings and let it dry over night.
On Saturday, I touched everything up (pertaining to the molding and door frames) while watching the last episodes of season three, we went out for brunch at 11:30, and took a Segway tour in downtown Austin (which was a really bad idea, since it was SXSW and there were a lot of people milling around - I swear, it wasn't at my suggestion). The Segways were cool, I'd say, but I'd never do it again - I had never felt lazier in my life. I like to walk, and it felt like cheating, somehow.
We went back home, slept, and then started painting the walls of my room "Wet Pavement," and I'm way too excited to finish everything and get my bed back into my room (which is sitting inside the den, which is where I'm sleeping, which is where everyone in the house spends time, which is where the largest TV happens to reside, which is where NOBODY LEAVES, literally ever). I purchased season four that morning, watched as much as I could while painting, crammed practicing my viola into the short time my parents were seeing "Allegiant" (which I DID NOT want to see, judging by the first two movies and how terrible they were). I ate, crammed all my homework into an hour and a half, and then went to sleep. That was the extent of my Spring Break, in chronological order, along with the abuse of parenthetical asides.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Newspaper Terms
Broadsheet:
The New York Times, the Harrison Daily Times, and Times Standard are broadsheets.
Tabloid:
The Current, The Hawk Eye, and the Cincinnati Requirer are tabloids.
NewsMagazine:
The Bakersfield Californian, La Opinion, and Examiner are newsmagazines.
Headline: a very brief summary that teases the story that follows.
Subheadlines: words that come after headlines that provides more insight than the original headline allowed.
Boxes: lines that separate a section of text or a flag from everything else.
Photo: pictures that are placed on the newspaper for appeal, added effect, sympathy, and human impact.
Teaser: a short little something that gives insight into later stories.
Flag: a statement printed on an issue giving the publication's name, the name of the owner/staff, etc.
Folios: a line of small text across the top of each page.
Caption: lines of words that go under or close to pictures, giving information on the picture that it both provides and doesn't provide. Also usually includes who took the picture.
Story: the news being presented on the newspaper.
Byline: a printed line of text accompanying a news story that usually gives the writer's name.
Jumps: a story started on a page and continued on a later page.
Story dividers: horizontal or vertical lines that help distinguish between articles of text.
Screen: a patter of tiny dots used to create grey areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone.
Infographic: a chart or graphic or something else visual that gives information in a simple way.
Masthead: information giving the staff, publication, etc.
The New York Times, the Harrison Daily Times, and Times Standard are broadsheets.
Tabloid:
The Current, The Hawk Eye, and the Cincinnati Requirer are tabloids.
NewsMagazine:
The Bakersfield Californian, La Opinion, and Examiner are newsmagazines.
Headline: a very brief summary that teases the story that follows.
Subheadlines: words that come after headlines that provides more insight than the original headline allowed.
Boxes: lines that separate a section of text or a flag from everything else.
Photo: pictures that are placed on the newspaper for appeal, added effect, sympathy, and human impact.
Teaser: a short little something that gives insight into later stories.
Flag: a statement printed on an issue giving the publication's name, the name of the owner/staff, etc.
Folios: a line of small text across the top of each page.
Caption: lines of words that go under or close to pictures, giving information on the picture that it both provides and doesn't provide. Also usually includes who took the picture.
Story: the news being presented on the newspaper.
Byline: a printed line of text accompanying a news story that usually gives the writer's name.
Jumps: a story started on a page and continued on a later page.
Story dividers: horizontal or vertical lines that help distinguish between articles of text.
Screen: a patter of tiny dots used to create grey areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone.
Infographic: a chart or graphic or something else visual that gives information in a simple way.
Masthead: information giving the staff, publication, etc.
Other High School Newspapers
1. My favorite newspaper front page is the "B&G," which is near the very top. The way the picture of the iPhone has text wrapped around it is unique and drew my attention to it immediately.
2. Um, the reasons stated in number one.
3. "Twitter takes over" is my favorite headlines because it's not surprising.
4. There are two stories on the front page of my favorite, and lots of flags and an ad.
5. They don't all have very much in common. There's a dominant photo, that's for sure - but a lot of them look like weird magazine covers, instead of the front page of a newspaper.
6. Their layouts vary, a lot. A few look more professional than others, a few look more chaotic than others - it's due to either the pictures selected, or the layout designed. Most of them aren't appealing in any way, but a few of them are nicely done in terms of headlines, photos, sizes of pictures, etc.
7. Yeah, they're different. Most of these look more like magazine covers than newspapers.
2. Um, the reasons stated in number one.
3. "Twitter takes over" is my favorite headlines because it's not surprising.
4. There are two stories on the front page of my favorite, and lots of flags and an ad.
5. They don't all have very much in common. There's a dominant photo, that's for sure - but a lot of them look like weird magazine covers, instead of the front page of a newspaper.
6. Their layouts vary, a lot. A few look more professional than others, a few look more chaotic than others - it's due to either the pictures selected, or the layout designed. Most of them aren't appealing in any way, but a few of them are nicely done in terms of headlines, photos, sizes of pictures, etc.
7. Yeah, they're different. Most of these look more like magazine covers than newspapers.
Front Pages of the World
1. My favorite newspaper cover is from the New York Times. It has nice pictures, and it's very clean and organized, rather than chaotic like most of the others. The colors in the pictures (and text) don't very enough for it to be visually confusing.
2. My favorite headline is "After the Game, Women on Guard." Well, I wouldn't say it's my favorite, but it stands out to me. It's very bold and a different font from the rest of the headlines, and it jumped off the page.
3. Six stories are on the front page of my favorite.
4. Each of the front pages had a dominant photo - one bigger than the rest of them. They all had a few headlines and at least two stories. Most of them have ads on the front page somewhere near the sides or the bottom.
5. The designs are different on each of them, and the number of total stories. Some have a lot of stories, some have only two. The font sizes vary in terms of headlines, and the level of sophistication in the layout also vary.
2. My favorite headline is "After the Game, Women on Guard." Well, I wouldn't say it's my favorite, but it stands out to me. It's very bold and a different font from the rest of the headlines, and it jumped off the page.
3. Six stories are on the front page of my favorite.
4. Each of the front pages had a dominant photo - one bigger than the rest of them. They all had a few headlines and at least two stories. Most of them have ads on the front page somewhere near the sides or the bottom.
5. The designs are different on each of them, and the number of total stories. Some have a lot of stories, some have only two. The font sizes vary in terms of headlines, and the level of sophistication in the layout also vary.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Magazine Cover Peer Review
Lit Weekly
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "Lit Weekly" and the person who made it is Maya.
3b. I like how she used the trunk of the tree as a solid background for the words, and, in the picture itself, the pen she's holding really stands out against the colors of the rest of the picture. I like it, for some reason.
3c. I'd suggest to change the font sizes of the headlines a little to make the cover a little more varied.
3d. I chose this magazine cover because of the abbreviated word "lit." Literary magazine weekly. Literature appeals to me.
3e. There's a barcode, and it's in a good place and a decent size.
3f. I probably wouldn't have picked it up, but that it for personal reasons: I don't like magazines - at all, really. I walk by the magazine section all the time in Barnes and Noble, and I never spend any time at all looking at anything on the shelves.
3g. I wouldn't have been able to tell it was a self-portrait if I hadn't vaguely recognized her from class.
light&day
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "light&day," and the person who made it is Max.
3b. The use of different font sizes is effective, and the font selection itself is an extremely good choice. I can't really decide why I like the font choice so much, but I do.
3c. Even though I really like the magazine name, I would suggest choosing a title that had a little more to do with the picture and/or the headlines.
3d. I chose the magazine cover because the colors are appealing, and so is the font size, and also the simplicity.
3e. There's a barcode, and it's in a good place and a decent size.
3f. I will answer this hypothetically - yes, if I were at all interested in magazines, I would probably pick it up and consider it. It's visually appealing.
3g. I know who Max is, but otherwise I wouldn't be able to tell.
ShutterFeed
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "ShutterFeed," and the person who made it is Joseph.
3b. I like a lot of things about this magazine - one, it's a unique picture. It's also a unique way to place the headlines, and the colors of the headlines stand out.
3c. Yellow and white are colors that stand out very much against black (the background color of the picture), but it hurts the eyes when they're against each other. IE, the title of the magazine hurts a little to read, but I'm not sure what I would've done instead.
3d. I chose the magazine cover because holy crap, it's really good. In comparison to mine and quite a few others, it looks really good. Appealing, unique. Honestly, why wouldn't I choose it?
3e. There's a barcode, and it's a little extensive on the horizontal side, but it doesn't take anything away from the cover itself.
3f. I wouldn't pick it up, because all I would be able to see from a magazine shelf would be the title of the magazine and it hurts a little to look at.
3g. I wouldn't be able to tell if I didn't know who Joseph was.
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "Lit Weekly" and the person who made it is Maya.
3b. I like how she used the trunk of the tree as a solid background for the words, and, in the picture itself, the pen she's holding really stands out against the colors of the rest of the picture. I like it, for some reason.
3c. I'd suggest to change the font sizes of the headlines a little to make the cover a little more varied.
3d. I chose this magazine cover because of the abbreviated word "lit." Literary magazine weekly. Literature appeals to me.
3e. There's a barcode, and it's in a good place and a decent size.
3f. I probably wouldn't have picked it up, but that it for personal reasons: I don't like magazines - at all, really. I walk by the magazine section all the time in Barnes and Noble, and I never spend any time at all looking at anything on the shelves.
3g. I wouldn't have been able to tell it was a self-portrait if I hadn't vaguely recognized her from class.
light&day
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "light&day," and the person who made it is Max.
3b. The use of different font sizes is effective, and the font selection itself is an extremely good choice. I can't really decide why I like the font choice so much, but I do.
3c. Even though I really like the magazine name, I would suggest choosing a title that had a little more to do with the picture and/or the headlines.
3d. I chose the magazine cover because the colors are appealing, and so is the font size, and also the simplicity.
3e. There's a barcode, and it's in a good place and a decent size.
3f. I will answer this hypothetically - yes, if I were at all interested in magazines, I would probably pick it up and consider it. It's visually appealing.
3g. I know who Max is, but otherwise I wouldn't be able to tell.
ShutterFeed
2- Magazine cover blog post.
3a. The name of the magazine cover is "ShutterFeed," and the person who made it is Joseph.
3b. I like a lot of things about this magazine - one, it's a unique picture. It's also a unique way to place the headlines, and the colors of the headlines stand out.
3c. Yellow and white are colors that stand out very much against black (the background color of the picture), but it hurts the eyes when they're against each other. IE, the title of the magazine hurts a little to read, but I'm not sure what I would've done instead.
3d. I chose the magazine cover because holy crap, it's really good. In comparison to mine and quite a few others, it looks really good. Appealing, unique. Honestly, why wouldn't I choose it?
3e. There's a barcode, and it's a little extensive on the horizontal side, but it doesn't take anything away from the cover itself.
3f. I wouldn't pick it up, because all I would be able to see from a magazine shelf would be the title of the magazine and it hurts a little to look at.
3g. I wouldn't be able to tell if I didn't know who Joseph was.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Outside Prompt Shoot
I would love for these to not be submitted.
Childhood Terror.
Current Events 5.1
1. For the Republican party, Ted Cruz held the lead in Texas with 41.6% of the vote. For the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton took the lead in Texas with 67% of the vote.
2. The million-dollar donation has helped 1,080 students graduate high school and continue onto college.
3. Savara Pharmaceuticals, with their $20 million, has created an antibiotic for Cystic Fibrosis that can be inhaled.
4. The film I'd see would be "Before We Go," because Chris Evans. No further explanation needed. (I'm a huge freaking MARVEL nerd.) (...And a huge freaking everything else nerd.)
5. The Kansas Jayhawks beat the UT boys' basketball team, and the Baylor Bears beat the UT women's basketball team.
6. No, I most certainly do not think Apple should be forced to create a "back door" to information on iPhones. That's risking the safety of the private information of everyone who has an iPhone. I'm willing to bet at least 80% of the population of this school alone has an iPhone, and leaving all of that information at risk to anyone smart and determined enough to find their ways around it is not only highly unintelligent, but will cause a lot of people to lose their trust in Apple.
I wouldn't want anyone rifling through my phone, even my closest of friends. I don't exactly go keeping extremely private information on it, but it is my phone. I read stupid fanfiction and lurk on fan sites and social media to find spoilers for shows and upcoming books and read on my Kindle app and take stupid quizzes for my randoms and I do not need anyone to know all of it. I'm not ashamed, but it's my business, and mine only. In general, "national security" shouldn't be reason enough for the FBI to carry out anything; they need to have a little bit more than that. And "national security" is also a problem of Apple's side of things, too.
My parent's most definitely do not censor my phone, and I'd honestly be horrified if they did - not because I'm doing anything bad, but for all the reasons above. Gods, it's such an invasion of privacy. I should be able to say what I want to my friends or read what I want on the internet or take whatever quizzes I want on QuizUp without being paranoid that my parents are watching as I do it. As for if parents should be doing it, it should depend on the child. If they're truly trustworthy, their children should be awarded with not having all of their actions censored. If they've proven themselves untrustworthy, as far as decisions and friend-making go, parents should keep an eye on what their children are doing or saying on their phones.
I was exposed to electronic devices when I was seven (I got my first flip-phone), because I was going to be taking an airplane trip to Georgia by myself to visit my mom. The phone was for contacting the people back home in Texas without my seven-year-old mind having to memorize phone numbers. Children can be exposed to electronic devices at a young age if it's necessary, like it was for me. But any younger than fifth or sixth grade, and it can take away so many good things from their childhoods.
2. The million-dollar donation has helped 1,080 students graduate high school and continue onto college.
3. Savara Pharmaceuticals, with their $20 million, has created an antibiotic for Cystic Fibrosis that can be inhaled.
4. The film I'd see would be "Before We Go," because Chris Evans. No further explanation needed. (I'm a huge freaking MARVEL nerd.) (...And a huge freaking everything else nerd.)
5. The Kansas Jayhawks beat the UT boys' basketball team, and the Baylor Bears beat the UT women's basketball team.
6. No, I most certainly do not think Apple should be forced to create a "back door" to information on iPhones. That's risking the safety of the private information of everyone who has an iPhone. I'm willing to bet at least 80% of the population of this school alone has an iPhone, and leaving all of that information at risk to anyone smart and determined enough to find their ways around it is not only highly unintelligent, but will cause a lot of people to lose their trust in Apple.
I wouldn't want anyone rifling through my phone, even my closest of friends. I don't exactly go keeping extremely private information on it, but it is my phone. I read stupid fanfiction and lurk on fan sites and social media to find spoilers for shows and upcoming books and read on my Kindle app and take stupid quizzes for my randoms and I do not need anyone to know all of it. I'm not ashamed, but it's my business, and mine only. In general, "national security" shouldn't be reason enough for the FBI to carry out anything; they need to have a little bit more than that. And "national security" is also a problem of Apple's side of things, too.
My parent's most definitely do not censor my phone, and I'd honestly be horrified if they did - not because I'm doing anything bad, but for all the reasons above. Gods, it's such an invasion of privacy. I should be able to say what I want to my friends or read what I want on the internet or take whatever quizzes I want on QuizUp without being paranoid that my parents are watching as I do it. As for if parents should be doing it, it should depend on the child. If they're truly trustworthy, their children should be awarded with not having all of their actions censored. If they've proven themselves untrustworthy, as far as decisions and friend-making go, parents should keep an eye on what their children are doing or saying on their phones.
I was exposed to electronic devices when I was seven (I got my first flip-phone), because I was going to be taking an airplane trip to Georgia by myself to visit my mom. The phone was for contacting the people back home in Texas without my seven-year-old mind having to memorize phone numbers. Children can be exposed to electronic devices at a young age if it's necessary, like it was for me. But any younger than fifth or sixth grade, and it can take away so many good things from their childhoods.
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