Thursday, December 31, 2015

Week 12

I finished recording clips of me telling the story, which took longer than expected. i was a bit camera shy, but hopefully I can scrap together some view-able clips. Now I realized being on camera isn't as easy as it seems. During the project, I've worn many caps such as a character animator, script writer, film editor, and now, I'm in front of the camera. It was a bit reassuring to be in the behind the scenes making the magic happens, but when there is a face attached to the project, more things are at stake. Hopefully, I can finish this project without anymore problems .Happy New Year!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Reflection Week 12

Merry Christmas everybody! Now on to what I did this week in terms of my workouts. I didn't do much this week because I was visiting family this Christmas, but I tried my best. On Monday, I did Cardio and ran. On Tuesday i did some strength training and I did the same for Saturday. Sunday I decided to do some flexibility training, and I skipped Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday because I was preparing for Christmas. Well that was my reflection this week because I didn't change anything this week.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Reflection 12

I am actually quite happy the progress I've made over the past week. I finished up the basic look, and design for my website and now i just have to input the writing in different sections. This week I don't think i will get much done because of a huge presentation/project for English and History. Hopefully over break I can add more and complete the unfinished parts of my code. I will continue to do lessons on CodeAcademy to learn anything else that may help make my website more polished.

REFLECTION DOCE

Last week I made the promise to cook jollof rice independently; therefore this week I followed through with my promise. I followed the same procedure explained in the previous week and the jollof rice turned out fine. The rice was not horrible .... neither was it good. Personally, if I had not cooked it and I could opt out of eating of it, I would retain from eating it. I understand that this quality was expected because I do not have a lot of experience cooking jollof rice. However, I will not give up and I will seek my mother's guidance to determine what went wrong and how I can fix this error because I am at lost for the exact cause of the lack of taste. Hopefully, I can have this problem ironed out in the coming weeks.

Week 12

Sometimes I sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. This is an album I've been recently listening to, and it perfectly describes where I am with this project. Sometimes I do things and sometimes I don't. It's just a thing at this point that I play around with at this point. It's not very much enjoyable if I'm being honest. If I'm not working and not napping, I'd prefer to spend my leisure time playing video games or listening to music or watching a documentary or something else. Because of the nature of making a beat, I have to put my entire focus and effort towards this singular goal. probably worst of all, I can't have any other music on in the background. Regardless, I'm still doing it, because it's a commitment I have to make. I don't know what else to say. I mess around with things on the software and make sounds that sound pleasurable.

Reflection 12

This week was a bit more productive than last week. I played the guitar a few times but I'm still slowly progressing through the song. For Christmas, I even asked my mom for my own guitar so I can return my friend's guitar. It'll be exciting to have my own. Even though I was able to practice, my entire weekend was packed with Christmas shopping so I wasn't able to devote as much time to practice as I had hoped. Over Christmas break, I'm hoping I'll be able to practice but I'm not so sure because I'm going to California. I think my cousin there has a guitar but I'll see. Wish me luck!

Reflection week 12

      This week for my 20% project I did not really incorporate any new techniques. Instead, I just kept using what i had previously learned. What is the best way to learn how to do something? Putting in Practice! So that is exactly what I decided to do with my scrapbook this week. I want to strengthen what I have learned. What good is it to only put a technique into use once or twice? So I added some more cool backgrounds, sewed in some more pictures, attached some objects and kept everything going. I do realize that it is crunch time which is definitely stressing me out a bit but, I can handle the pressure. I have like a month left so that should be plenty of time and this winter break that is coming up is definitely going to help me out time wise.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Reflection Week 12

This marks week 12 with our 20% time. I can say I enjoyed everything I did so far. Thinking back I did a lot. I enjoyed the Pink Run the most probably. I enjoyed running and donating for beating cancer. This week however, i stuck to my diet plan and did a few more workouts. After working out i have had a great attitude and my behavior in schoolwork has increased greatly.

Reflection #12

This week, I did a complete review over a range of subjects that I have already learned over the past weeks. I learned that the majority of the things I learned I had retained most of them. I could recall the things I would use in a daily conversation like introductions, greetings, expressions, and emotions. But it was harder to remember things not typically said like sports references, certain objects, or parts of a home. So now I know what I need practice on and will continue to do so.

Week 12

Almost there !! I'm happy to say I reached 12 miles. Honestly, at this point adding on miles is somewhat easy. After 5 miles I feel like I can go on forever and now that i can do 10 and up, after the 10th it really does feel like since I've been running for so long I can continue running. My breathing at that point is stable and has a rhythm. The only thing is I get slower and more reluctant to continue.

Today I ran to my friends house in Scotch Plains (about 8 miles) and then ran back after hanging out with her. So I did 16 miles today in 2 intervals. I'm very proud of myself for that. I ran every other day this week, 6-7 miles each time. This week is the last week for the program I found online but I haven't been following it exactly. I just used it as a base to come up with something that works for me. Next week, since I have more time, I'll reach the halfway point hopefully, 13.1. And after that I'll work on speed.

Diet. Pretty okay until today. My mom baked pizza and I couldn't resist. But it was loaded with spinach and other veggies.


Reflection 12

So I believe that I am done with the animation part of the video. I have decided to enhance my story line by including myself in the video, inspired by Swoozie. I will work on it during winter break because I will have time to film. The rest of the 20% time will be dedicated to editing the parts together to create a smooth flow. I'm very excited to see the final product. Right now it does not seem like a lot, but hopefully by decision to include myself in the video can improve the current circumstance.

Reflection Week 12

I will be putting together my video soon, as the deadline for C-SPAN's StudentCam 2016 competition is January 20, 2016. I organized my notes on articles that were on Citizens United v. FEC and also legal documents pertaining to the case. Doing this made me realize just how dynamic the problem is and how there are so many ways to investigate the corrupt political process; this may be hard for me to put into a mere five to seven minute video, trying to express my position and backing up my assertions with evidence. It is unfortunately not in C-SPAN's library of videos, but I watched "Citizen Koch" on Netflix, the documentary explained the relationship between "big money" and democracy. Obviously the documentary was against money in politics, but it showed how the vast majority of Americans are against the current system, regardless of their political ideologies.

Reflection Week 12

This was another bad week for me. Projects, tests, and practices really restrained me this week, and I'm hoping to make up the time I've lost next week. This week, I've decided to have two workout days, two aerobic days, and one flexibility day. My flexibility day was Saturday, My Cardio days were Sunday and Wednesday, and My strength training days were Monday and Thursday.

Reflection Week 12

This week, I didn't create any new blog posts. I had a lot of projects to complete and quizzes and tests to study for. Also on Saturday I went somewhere with my famly since my birthday is Monday. Since we have a big break this week, I know I can make two blog posts out of the week.

Reflection 12

This week I actually found a lot of time to work on my scarf. I used up all of the yarn in the first package, so I had to learn how to attach more yarn of the same yarn so that I could continue with the scarf. My mom showed me how to tie it so that the knot would be in the middle of the scarf, where it isn't so visible. I would say that I am just about halfway done with it so far. I have a feeling that I'll have a lot of time to work on it over winter break so I might even finish it during that time. It's really soft and thick but I'm still not sure about how its going to look when I wear it. I guess I'll have to wait until I'm done with it to find out.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Reflction #11 12/17

Kamryn
Intro to Humanities
17 December 2015

Reflection #11

          My project is to learn how to braid hair, install, and style hair. Honestly, I did nothing new this week. I am still trying to perfect my braiding technique and braid faster. I practice braiding pretty much everywhere and on anyone who will let me do it. The other day in Human Body Design I gave my classmate a few cornrows and she loved them. I am definitely getting faster and my braiding is becoming neater. In class, I continue braiding my doll's head. At home, I took out my sister's weave and it showed me basically everything backwards. I can count that as a lesson for this week. I already knew how to take the hair out, but this time I did it with a new approach. I attempted to learn from it. Next week is Christmas so I most likely will not bring my hair doll home to braid. Maybe my parents will get me a new one. You never know....

Reflection Week 12

Christian
This week has been very busy so far. With all of the tests, quizzes, and projects being crammed in before winter break, I wasn’t able to get out of the house very much, but I still wanted to take some pictures when I was able to find the time. I used the bedside lamp in my room for artificial light and placed the light in the background of the shot. I took pictures of objects in my hand, on my bed, and even tried to throw an object up to capture a still in midair. It ends up that the best shot I got was of one of the shoes I own resting on my bed. The heel of the shoe and the light, blurred out, in the background are the main two components of the shot, while the wall of my room is even deeper in the background.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Reflection 11

Well this week was too hectic for my own good, and since I have time, I decided to kick back a bit. I only ran 3-5 miles, but I ran 6 days a week instead of the 4-5 I usually do. Sunday, my long run day, I ran 6 and that was it. I took it easy to give my body a break and prepare for the upcoming long runs I'll have to take. I also found this interesting website which gives me good breathing practice techniques. I started doing them in my spare time. It teaches you to focus on the rhythmic breathing and establish patterns so that when I run, the pattern will come naturally and it won't be as tiring.

My diet, not so great this week. I threw my entire schedule off with work. I ate one meat a day, a huge unhealthy one, at midnight for 3 days in a row (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). It's hard to find the time to eat during the day let alone cook a healthy meal!

On a brighter note, nothing to do with running BUT I got into the Rutgers School of Pharmacy (my number one choice) SO this weekend I plan on taking two days off from running and celebrating with junk food. But I'll be back on track on Monday.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

REFLECTION ONCE

Given that my mother came back from Ghana about a week ago and so she has a week a rest me and her continued our apprentice-master relationship. Therefore, as promised I learned how to cook jollof rice, a famous western African dish. We began by filling a pot with oil and seasoning it with onions, tomato paste, spices, and other various things. Once this seasoning was done we proceeded by adding rice to the mixture and for more taste we added turkey broth. Afterwards we cooked the rice as if we we were cooking plain white rice, therefore we steamed the rice and followed the other white rice cooking steps. Overall, the rice turned out fantastic, however I do not think I would be able to cook the rice this well independently. In order to sharpen up I will practice cooking it by myself next week or some other time.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Reflection #11

       This week for my 20% project I had to go print out some more pictures. I cut them up and made some more little flip books within the book. It is coming along nicely. We do not have much time left for this project so this is definitely crunch time for me. There is so much to do in so little time. I am hoping i will be able to finish it in time but i do not think that i will be able to. I want to add something to the hard inside covers so lets see if this week i can get some kind of textured material or fabric to put on those areas.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Reflection #11

This week, I learned how to speak about the classroom and the objects inside. I didn't learn more than the basic stuff such as the Klassenzimmer, Stift, Bleistift, Tafel, und Radiergummi. Or they are better known as a classroom, pen, pencil, chalkboard and eraser. I also learned in order to learn more advanced vocabulary and phrases on Babeel I would need to pay for it. I never really realized or noticed this because I haven't a need to know more advanced language. I only intend to learn basic conversation. So I have no intention of paying the extra fee.

Reflection 11

This week I stumbled across one of my favorite Youtuber, Swoozie, who similarly made a video about types of drivers. I was really fascinated with his storytelling and the way he incorporated real footage of himself with inserted clips of his animation. I'm not sure if I want to include the clips of myself in the cartoon, but it will progress the story and offer the flow I am currently facing. This will change the perspective of my 20% time to focus more on the storytelling than the actual animation, but I think finding the balance is answer. I can already imagine the story being told in my voice with my experiences blended into the voiceover and I'm leaning towards that direction. After I complete my animation I will update you guys about what's to come!

Week 11

Honestly, this is just more of the same stuff. I don't have much to tell you. Sometimes I mess around with the software, sometimes I don't. I'm still making my trap influenced beat. I'm still listening to occasional tutorials on this stuff on youtube. I'm still listening to way too much music on a daily basis. I really don't know what to say. At this point, I just want Winter Break to be here. I need winter break. I like cupcakes.

Reflection Week 11

This marks week 11. This whole week I wasn't feeling well at all due to a stomach sickness I got from eating a bad meal at lunch. I wasn't moving around much and I was in and out of the doctors office. My body and I weren't on the same page this week so absolutely no workouts were done. I drunk lots of water though. I plan to recover and get back on track.

Reflection Week 11

This week, I rewatched the 100 basic signs  video and a few more Lifeprint videos. I did watch one thedailysign video, but I think I need a break from those because I have been doing them a lot lately. I realized that I forgot a lot of the pattern for numbers, so I started doing that again too. I was kind of overwhelmed this week. I feel like I was making a lot of progress and now I am just stuck. I think I need to work on tutorials and practice at home more often than I do; I definitely need more reinforcement. This is especially true with winter break coming up. I do not want to undo the progress I have made.

Reflection Week 11

Before I say anything, I want to state that my idea of creating this month long schedule was a total bust. I wrote it up, and for about one week, I was following it. All of sudden, things popped out of nowhere in my schedule, and I would have no choice but to skip my workout day. So I've decided I'll simply workout whenever I have time, rather than making a schedule. Now on to what I did this week. This week wasn't very productive. I only got to workout Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and a little bit on Saturday. I did Aerobic Cardio and workout on Saturday at practice. I had strength training Monday and Friday, and I had Anaerobic Cardio on Wednesday. I still continue to do Ab Workout 5 times a week.

Reflection 11

To be honest, I didn't get much done this week. I was really busy with school work and had no time on the weekend because of semi-formal, clubs, and a Sweet 16 I had to attend. Overall, it was a busy week but an unproductive one for my guitar. I feel bad that I wasn't able to practice much because of the time constraint that I'm on. If I keep this up, I won't be able to learn my song and perfect it. I was only able to practice the intro a bit and I'm planning to maybe practice tonight and learn more. I don't really have much to say because of my lack of practice, but I hope that I will get back on track this week.

Reflection Week 11

Christian 
            I’m actually happy that I decided to wait until Sunday to write my reflection. On Saturday, I went to work with my dad. He is the project manager of a construction company that works in northern New Jersey and builds houses for the richest people in New Jersey. He took me to one of his jobsites in Weehawken. The property overlooks New York City and the Weehawken High School football field. The view was awesome and it was a great experience being there and being able to see New York City from a different perspective. I can only imagine what it’s like living there!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Reflection #10 12/12

Kamryn
Intro to Humanities
12 December 2015

Reflection #10

          My project is to learn how to braid hair, install, and style hair. This week I have been playing around with different braiding techniques and in class, I started doing the full circle I have talking about for a while now. The hardest part about this braiding is the size. I am getting better at keeping them neat, but I braid very slow and very big braids. I think this problem has something to do with how the hair doll is set up. I am beginning to hate my hair doll more and more as I keep going and have thought about asking Santa for a real hair doll. I did not watch any videos this week because they are all starting to become redundant. I am looking forward to finally sewing the hair in and styling. I really like to curl hair and straightening is fun too. Next week, I plan on practicing styling one of my sister's hair.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Reflection 11

I'm kind of upset that I forgot to bring my scarf to school today because I wanted to work on it during class. Oh well. I was just thinking about how cool it would have been if I took progress pictures every week, but its a little too late for that because I can't just go back and start over. I have like one picture from before, and I'll probably try to take one every time I make significant progress. I'm surprised that I haven't really made any big mistakes on my scarf so far. I'm glad I did a practice one before because I think that really helped. Anyway, this past week was pretty similar to the one before. I worked on my scarf a little bit. I haven't been working on it a whole lot, but I still feel like I can definitely get the entire scarf done at the rate I am going. Another thing that I noticed was that my yarn sheds a lot. I find little tiny yarn hairs all over my clothes and sometimes even my couch after knitting. I hope that doesn't keep happening once the scarf is done because I want to be able to actually wear it. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Reflection Week 11

I got back on track this week and made two posts this week, both of them being on mixed identities. The post I created today was actually my tenth post, and I got a notification for it. WordPress last alerted me when I created 5 posts, so I'm assuming they will tell me when I created my fifteenth.

I haven't been telling my friends and family when I have been posting for a while, so I'll try to tell them today so they can catch up.

Website: https://malinasite.wordpress.com/

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

REFLECTION 9

This week was all about short runs to maintain my stamina, but not over work my body and focus on my long run on Sunday.
I did 3-5 mile intervals every day, stuck to my diet (except for sunday, but I'll explain that).
Saturday into Sunday I made the mistake of pulling an allnighter with my friend. Netflix got the best of us. And Sunday morning at 7 am, I had work. After work, I decided it'd be a good idea to go on a run, seeing as I did not feel any fatigue. So I went for a run, and somehow, I managed 10.5 miles! Insane, I know. But I managed it and felt so happy and proud of myself. So I went home, and since it was my sister's birthday, I ate a whole ton of cake (there was 3 different cakes and I had to try them all) and then, being a very rude hostess, proceeded to taking a 7 hour nap on the couch.
But I reached 10.5 and could not be more happy. However, I can only hope that my stamina continues to increase.
As for my diet, I've come to terms with the fact that weekends will simply be cheat days. My main concern is that I will not be so motivated once Christmas break comes around.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Reflection 10

This week I have just continued adding more to my code. I still have A LOT to do and I honestly do not know how soon I can finish this up. My school workload is increasing and I need to manage my time better. This past week wasn't very productive, and I am a little disappointed that my code isn't as complete as I expected it to be at this point. For this future week it will be a high priority to get as much done on my code as possible.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Reflection Week 10

This marks week 10 with my mile run improvements. I wasn't able to run indoor track this year due to the stress and the multiple things I have to do for college and personal things at home. I was kind of disappointed because indoor track could've helped me out greatly for this final project. Anyway,I am still keeping up with my diet plan and constant workouts. I actually enjoy it now because I fell like I am deleting stress off my mind when I'm working and/or working out. It feels good.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Week 10

     
       This week for my 20% project I was not able to accomplish as much as I would have liked to. I only finished one page. I hope I will be able to finish it on time. I thought of some new things to put in there like old jewelry that I don't wear anymore . It makes the scrap book look even cooler . I have gotten spammy little necklaces and bracelets from my sister when wee were younger that started to rust that I can now use in a creative way. It's one of my favorite parts of the scrap book now and I still can't wait to see how the final product is going to turn out!

Week 10 Reflection

To start off, nothing changed in my schedule this week. I'm still doing ab workouts everyday, and I'm still checking my schedule everyday to see what I have to do. Tuesday and Friday were days to workout at the gym, so I went during Co-Curricular. On Saturday I had a competition in Baltimore, so I decided t count that day as high intensity cardio. Wednesday was a Flexibility training day, and Sunday and Monday were low intensity cardio days. Thursday was my day off, so I gave myself a break. This week's blog was short, because I didn't have much to say about improvements.

Reflection 10

I've been really indecisive on the song I'm going to play, and so that's been a big setback on my progress. I went from Creep, to A Thousand Years, and now I want to play Wonderwall. Creep didn't sound right on an acoustic guitar, so I tried A Thousand Years, but that song seems too simple. I think I've come to the conclusion that I will play Wonderwall by Oasis. To tell you the truth, I didn't have much time to practice during the week, so I only got to practice today. I was playing Wonderwall and I've already learned the intro and first verse. Although I was unfamiliar with the chord transitions at first, I improved by continuing to practice. I think this song's level is just about right for a beginner like me. The strumming pattern is a bit more tricky than a lot of other songs, and it is what a lot of other people struggle with. However, I am starting to get used to it, because I practiced it over and over again. I'm hoping to at least manage to squeeze in a 10-15 minute practice each day (or maybe every other day) so I can finish learning the song as soon as possible to brush up on my skills during the rest of the time I have. I can't wait to see how this turns out. It can either be successful or a complete failure. Hopefully successful though! :D

Reflection Week 10

In our Twenty Percent class time this week, I decided to return the the Lifeprint channel that I used in the very beginning of this project. Specifically, I watched the 100 Basic Signs video, which I found helpful. The signs were broken up into groups: like time, family, colors, etc. At the end of each group was a little review which was nice so I didn't have to keep rewinding. The only minor problem I have with this video is that the captions didn't always work, so when the people in the video were covering I could not always tell what they were saying. However more importantly, the words being taught were displayed in the video so it didn't matter for most of the video anyway.
Today, I rewatched the 100 Basic Signs video, because I really liked the selection of words in it. A good amount of things I already knew from the other resources I have been doing, and some I remembered from the class time. The rest came back pretty quickly once I got into the video, which I think is good.

Reflection 10

I've hit a problem that I can't seem to solve. Last week I've said that I would try to make the scenes smoother. However, no matter how many scenes I put in between for transitions, the cartoon still seems a bit jumpy to me. I also think that I would like to add a voice over to include emotions in the video. By taking a rest from working on this project, I am able to have a fresh perspective to the cartoon. The little break allowed me to forget the script of the cartoon and when I went back to work on it, I've noticed that the storytelling aspects were not as prominent to what I expected. I'm excited that I am able to wear another hat in this project as a character voice actor. After I am satisfied with the cartoon, I will work on the voice over addition.

REFLECTION DIEZ

This week I did not get to learn any new meals because my mother who acts as my mentor was out of the country. She returned on Sunday morning however I insisted that she rest and overcome her jet lag before we continue our lessons. Therefore, all I got to do this week was practice cooking what I already know. Regardless I felt as though I was still able to grow as a cook through practicing cooking rice, turkey, egg, and cheeseburgers. I attempted to add variation to the turkey by adding new spices and now there is a good idea in my head which spices works well with turkey and which don't. Although no new dishes was learned the experience I gained this week was incredibly valuable to me.  Next week I plan to learn one of my favorite dishes and a very, very popular dish in Western Africa, Jollof Rice.

Reflection #10

This week, I learned how to express my emotions. I can't articulate myself but I can say the simple emotions that everyone expresses each day. Happiness, sadness, anger, love, and hate are the simplest emotions to say: glucklich, traurig, wutend, liebe, und hass. Other words would include joy, to feel, disgust, and fear. Typical phrases using some of these words would be consider more advanced vocabulary so I shall learn those later on. The core emotions are used first so they can be expand upon.

Reflection 10

This week was simple. Nothing new happened. I only worked on my scarf a little bit last night because I didn't have much time during the week. I learned a lot about knitting in these past few weeks, and I feel like the rest of my time is going to be spent on completing my scarf. I still have a lot to do because I want it to be pretty long. I've already gotten some compliments on it, so I'm really excited to finish it so that I can actually wear it. I might work on the short powerpoint I started a while ago. I think I'd like to have some slides about the basics of knitting, different types of stitches, and pictures of my progress. Anyway, I hope next week is a little more productive.

Reflection 10

This week I sat around and cried. No, just kidding. I feel like I never do anything productive in a week. This is actually depressing and sobering. Anyway...

That's right, music producing. I dabble it in from time to time. At this point, it's sort of a little thing I do if I have free time and the will to want to create. There's just a ton of things you can do to edit sounds and the such, it becomes a bit overwhelming. My focus is coming up with something I can perhaps show in a presentation for a midterm. Still, the last...few months, wow, they've been a ride with this stuff. I've learned a lot, especially about what the sounds I would hear in the past actually were. I listen to music differently as well now; sometimes, I'll tune out lyrics to focus on instrumentation, and it's fascinating, trying to imagine how the sound is created on a computer. That's probably the major thing I'll carry with myself going forward from this; being conscience of all the sounds in the music we love.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Reflection Week 10

This week I was back on track and created two blogs this week. I wrote about the suffrage movement and the savior complex about Africa. I didn't get many views on my posts this week, but I am okay with that. Although it's nice to get views on my posts, my main focus is just to have a space where I can freely express my opinions. Having other people read and enjoy my posts is just a plus.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Reflection #9 12/3

Kamryn
Intro to Humanities
3 December 2015
Reflection #9

          My project is to learn how to braid hair, install, and style hair. I am very proud of myself this week, I tried to braid a foundation for weave to sew into and it looks nice. In the pictures, the big braids are for the hair that will be left out to give the style a more natural look. There was no need to start a circle on the left side of her head, but I wanted to challenge myself and it was kind of hard. Using this child hair doll is very annoying and kind of unrealistic, but real haired hair dolls are out of my budget at the moment while I still have to apply to college. I did not take a final picture because I forgot my hair doll in my locker when I realized I would only be in class for 30 minutes. My braiding skills have improved and I am getting more excited. Also, my sister asked me to curl her hair so I got some practice curling a short weave. So far, styling hair is my favorite but it is very tedious. Every curl must be perfect and bouncy for the perfect look. If you have one saggy curl, then the whole style is ruined and it is hard to correct a bad curl so it is easier to just do it right the first time. Typically, I use a wand, but my sister brought a new curling iron so I learned something new. Next week, I will try a new braiding pattern to see which works best and try to braid faster.







Reflection Week 10

Christian

            Yesterday was my 17th Birthday, and I got my driver’s license! I have a 2006 BMW 325xi that I bought myself and now I don’t have to just take pictures of settings within walking distance. Sometimes I’d ask one of my parents to drive me somewhere to take pictures, like the Watchung Reservation, but sometimes they’re just too busy to take me there, wait for me to take a picture, then drive me back. Now I don’t have to worry about scheduling that into their already busy days. All I have to do is find the time in my day to head out and take some pictures, which shouldn’t be too hard considering football is coming to an end this weekend.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Reflection 9

With thanksgiving in the middle of the week, I happened to do less workouts than I usually do. This week I decided to put it on hold so I can hang out with my family I haven't seen in a long time. I plan to get back on my usual workouts however.