6th Progress Journal

Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Finished editing the video. Changed the song and added different statistics. Put together the Works Consulted list.

2 hours.

Rape Awareness Ad (5th Progress Journal)

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

November 30, 2009

Finished sequencing and editing our advertisement. We are going to put it on our Facebook page, so the members will be able to view it.

1 hour and 15 minutes*

5th Progress Journal

November 27, 2009

Planning on finishing up the video today or over the weekend.

4th Progress Journal

November 25, 2009

Began gathering/sorting through the pictures for the video.
Still need to decide on a song from the list.

50 minutes.

3rd Progress Journal

November 20

This weekend and over break, I plan to construct the videos/commercials/advertisements for our Facebook page. Still need to sort through and get more pictures/figure out the layout of the whole thing. Also need to find a song to play in the background.

2nd Progress Journal

November 18

As a group, we worked on our proposal. We discussed our purpose, thesis, audience, modes of communication and how they're directed to our specific audience, and also, how logos, ethos, and pathos are incorporated throughout our purpose.

We also divided up the work and figured out what each of us have to do.

45 minutes*

1st Progress Journal

R.A. (Rape Awareness)

November 12, 2009

10 minutes

Project Goal: Raise awareness of rape and its' affects and consequences

Audience: We plan to reach out to teenagers and young adults

We plan to create a Facebook page with various video advertisements and statistical information.

We chose to do a Facebook page with video advertisements because it obviously appeals much more to our specific audience.

"and isn't faith believing. all power can't be seen"

Sometimes God takes things away from us and we can't see why

Sometimes we question how God can be so "cruel"

In no way, shape or form is God "cruel"

He gives us more love than anyone ever could

We're so blind as to why God gains such wonderful people

I know your view from Heaven is so much better than mine down here.

God's got a good one up there.

Rest In Peace Thomas :)

"it always protects. always trusts. always hopes. always perseveres"

God has truly blessed me with amazing things. gifts.

And lately, I've gotten my head on straight and started thanking Him for those everyday.

Because those things become more and more prevalent everyday.

so, so thankful.

so, so happy.

fall :)

fall. fall. fall.

the leaves. the colors. the cool air.

love it :)

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Dauphin Island.

Notre Dame.

Muncie sunrise. Beautiful :)

Both from Spokane, Washington.

Best 3-day vacation everrrrr.

mondays.

Mondays really suck. And you would think, being just over 2 months into school, that my homesickness would have subsided. NOPE. Still here. The only point that it does subside is when friday comes around. I know, I know... "get involved, keep busy" blahh blah blahhhhhh.... i'm shy, quiet, reserved, and I like to keep to myself. But I'm trying to stay positive. After all, I'm stuck here for the next SIX years... so I might as well suck it up now, right? I do have a lot of things goin' for me right now though... things that keep me goin'...very, very thankful for those :)

This morning

So I ended up coming home last night (Thursday) because my Friday class was cancelled. So I wake up this morning, at my house, walk upstairs, and see smoke, or what I thought was steam, coming from my mom's driver side window of her van. Now there's a big difference between steam and smoke... and the more I looked at it, the more I realized it definitely wasn't just steam. "Mom... what is that?" As she stood up, I took a closer look in the window. Yeah. Her van was ON FIRE. Soooooo... we run outside, think about it, and then realize it's probably not a good idea to be standing anywhere near a van that's on fire. So we run BACK inside, saving the outside cats of course, and call 911. By this time, it's a-blazin'... it's really burnin.... So long story short, the firemen come within 5 minutes, and put that baby out. So the smoke clears, and man is that thing done for. Interesting morning.

literary element

So this is the hardest paper I've ever had to write. And I think I picked the hardest song possible to analyze. Awesome, right? So I'm using allusions as my literary element, which there are plenty of, religious ones, specifically, but which direction do I take them!? How do I connect them with the actual meaning of the song? There are so many different directions I could go with this... Sooooooo confused.

I just want to travel and take pictures.

All day.

Every day.

i love cats.

These are just two of ten. I know, I know... crazy cat lady. I'm ok with that though.

So we have...

1. Woody

2. Grey Kitty (Crickity?)

3. Grace

4. Kitty

5. Oreo (Dude)

6. Sophie

7. Kathy

8. Bill (Boo or Boobie or Boo Bear)

9. Edward

10. Stumpy (she has no tail)

There ya go. I have a lot of cats and I'm obsessed with them :)

I would leave my head behind if it wasn't attached to my body. I lose EVERYTHING! I can't count the number of pieces of jewelry I've lost. I'm on my 4th driver's license, 3rd debit card, always lost my school IDs in high school, already lost my Ball State ID once, but let the countdown begin of how many of those i'm gonna lose... that won't be the first time. You name it, there's a very good chance I've lost it at some point in my life. I've lost my little brother for God's sake. When I get married, I will be that girl... the girl who loses her wedding ring. It's inevitable. This is bad. Really, really bad.

It's funny how the worst of situations make you stronger, inside and out.

Someone can tear you down and tear you down and it ends up making you a better person.

It ends up being their loss.

And someone else's gain.

Well I've been running from something
Twenty years in my car
Down a road that's leading me nowhere
Yeah we drive through the farmland
No one knows where we're from
Could I kiss you and make you a queen?
Or something in between

Do you want to see
The place where I was free?
Cause in my mind I need it
But you're nowhere near to me

Move to new york city
Take your woman by the hand
Leave her there with your things on the doorstep
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
So fall asleep with the TV darling
I'll be back again

Do you want to see
The place where I was free?
'Cause in my mind I've been there
And there's no one here but me

In the morning it'll find you
Let the light shine away
Down a road that's leading me nowhere
And there's no way around it
Could this be our last dance?
Just fall asleep with the TV darling
I'll be back again
I'll be back again

So many different possible meanings.

A Long Way Gone

I found Ishmael to be beyond inspirational. His wit and sense of humor just proves his resilience to overcome the past. His ability to forgive not only others, but himself, is truly remarkable. Being in that situation, I could only imagine the strain and the images it left in his mind to have forever. Like I stated earlier, his sense of humor and ability to forgive were two of the qualities I noticed that were the most profound. Even though he was "still good" at rapping, he wouldn't perform some for us, which is something I would've loved to have seen. But most importantly, in my eyes, was his ability to forgive those who took his life away. He saw the importance of moving on and making himself a more whole, respectable person. And through forgiving himself, he finally gave himself the chance to move on and become the man he has always wanted to be, and to prove that he's not longer a soldier of war, but a soldier of life.

Places I want to/WILL Travel To

1. Italy...beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

2. China

3. Puerto Rico

4. France

5. Egypt

6. Scotland

7. Mexico..again

8. California

9. Montana

10. Brazil

11. Morocco

12. South Africa

faaaavorite foods

1. PICKLES.

2. Chicken, any kind, any way, so good.

3. Beef Jerkey, preferably my dad's.

4. Chili, no beans, gotta be spicy :)

5. Ramen Noodles, the chicken kind... oh yeah

6. COOOOKKIIIIESSSSS.... all day every day

7. Pasta

8. Bread...my weakness

9. Celery... good with anything

10. Pizza Rolls, Funions, Pringles, literally anything fattening and REALLY bad for you :)

"Some of the greater things in life are unseen. Thats why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream."

-Anonymous

I haven't been afraid to close my eyes. And I've found some pretty amazing things. Especially lately. Who would've thought.

Memoir

Who would've thought you couldn't put metal, particularly foil, in a microwave? I missed that memo. I was starving so I needed a quick fix. I opened the refridgerator only to find such an inticing, delicious-looking piece of pizza, wrapped in foil, awaiting my stomach. So I plopped that piece of Heaven into the microwave and began the countdown till it was in my mouth. Only seconds later, a blue, fiery haze engulfed the inside of the microwave. Now the smart, intelligable thing to have done would to have been to stop the microwave and put out the fire. What do I do? I run. Fortunantly, my mom heard my piercing screams and came to the rescue. My slice of pizza was annihilated. The kitchen was filled with smoke, and the fire alarm was screeching. No more pizza. No more microwave. And I was STILL hungry.

Anyone else noticed how nice the people that hang out at the "smoker's circle" are? I'm not a smoker myself, but one of my friends is. So I was down there with her and found it to be an interesting spot. Hookah, cigarettes, and music is all they needed. Despite the fact that they stay up sooo incredibly late and I can hear them yelling/singing/just talking until about 2 a.m., they're cool people to get to know :)