Photo Essay

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Hmm so lets talk about the photoessay process. This process took forever in gettting together. In order to finish this we used the big nikon cameras after checking them out.  After that we pretty much had a photo shoot at our own home or wherever we decided to shoot our images. I think this was pretty fun because I felt like a model for my own magazine. This photo essay consisted of 3 spreads or if you were to count the pages there would be 6. Some people chose to only work on 2 spreads. My pages were based off of the idea of a perfect imperfection.

I.D.entity!

Mi Heroe. This project was kind of life turning. I guess what I’m supposed to do is tell you about this long process. So at the beginning Randy told us about it and told us some options we can choose to make our movies about. We were told there was an option of spoken word,rapping,or singing. After we chose what we wanted to do we were split into groups and began writing something called a monologue or at least coming up with ideas on what we wanted to write about. This process was the hardest for me. I think it was for everyone but like I started thinking I was going to write a song. Turns out after i sat down to write at 2am i came up with a pretty cool monologue.I found out that a part of my I.D.entity was realizing that it was based on my mommy. The woman who gave birth to me and has been there through anything. It took a while for me to come up with the footage for my video The reason being was that my mom kept getting annoyed of me bringing home a camera and taping her. haha I thought it was pretty funny plus my family isn’t very used to being video taped. When i finished gathering my footage i captured it onto FinalCut which is the program we finished our videos on. The night of the performance was overwhelming. That day was kind of hectic for me and I was pretty sure that my mother wasn’t going to make it since we had argued all week and she said she didn’t want to come and she wasn’t going to. So as my turn came up I felt a knot in my throat and I didn’t want to perform. I asked Loris hat it felt like not having the person you made it for there and she tried cheering me up then Sally,Jr,Raymond and Jazmine came to try to get me ready. I guess what it then took was Randy to come talk to me and talk some sense for me to perform. As he announced my name I was quivering in the back When i got to the mic my friend Luis ran up with a boquet of flowers and all you heard was a crowd of aww. I felt really nice then i started talking and said why I wrote my I.D.entity project and that I didn’t think my mom was there all of the sudden i heard “Anna your mom’s over here” I couldn’t believe it and plus it was hard seeing anyone in the audience because of the spotlight. Then in the darkness i saw a shadow waving at me. It was my mom (: I felt a rush of like nervousness and i really don’t know what else but i began to cry. As i tried gathering myself I took a deep breath and cracked a joke saying my mom bought me the dress I wore. After that I told Art to start and I began presenting. My voice kept breaking up I guess it was all the emotions I was feeling Im not sure. I choked for about 45 seconds I had no clue what to say after that I remembered the last lines and tweeked them a bit. I said “Now, If you ask me what’s my Identity I’d gladly be able to tell you it’s a mirror reflection of what you can see . A picture of you. Thanks Mami” After I was done I walked off stage and my mom gave me a hug after that my little sister came then i was surrounded by all of my DSA family! I loved it it’s something that i had inside me for ever and now that I came out about it I feel great I think it’s making me and my mom closer!  I love it and i wanted to say everyone did a wonderful job regardless if they presented or not. I love you guys and thanks for all of your love(:

PS:I met Sally’s little brothers! and he fell in love with my fluffy duckky! Haha It was a great night!

jelly belly/random moments

i’m thank ful for having jelly belly’s or the jelly belly factory i felt like such a little kid in a huge candy factory getting to sample eveything! it was amazing like a trip to my childhood. also there are pictures that make me smile so they are also on here!(:

 

 during thriller(sally’s birthday) my smiley fries ( bought at the jelly belly factory) meet the jelly bug! plus me and erika! this car reminds me of ms paul! (:       gaby’s birthday party! *hint:look at sally’s face!   two of my favorite link crew leaders(link conference vacaville high)

akqa pictures(:

these are the pictures i promised to post from our trip to akqa(:         

time.

  Today being the first day that we have had off I’ve done some reflectioning. and homework!(ms fonti’s lol) but what i want to say I know that I am thankful for is time. Well time along with many other things. I recieved a message today from a friend telling me how they hate having breaks because they miss everyone too much already and it’s true because i do too but these breaks also work as having some time for us to catch up. Not necessarily with others but with ourselves. how often do we just sit and listen to our surroundings? to the breeze or the bugs in the grass anything? we’re all blinded by having our lives pass by so quickly and we dont seem to realize it. theres times when we NEED to take the time and think of us. what do you need? has it ever occurred to you that when you’re overwhelmed with so much you tend to drift away from those that you love the most or care for alot? Geeze I’m so stuck on that. I’ve noticed how far away i’ve drifted from friends and family the most precious things that have come to me and its like i’m taking it for granted and letting it flutter off like a butterfly. Why do we all tend to be so ignorant at some point? Is it because we are so caught up in what we are doing? listen to your heart. do what you feel is necessary. because think of it like i do. we don’t have more than 24 hours in one day. those 24 hours are the same that annyone has. Our parents,friends,everyone and we need to learn how to figure out how to make them go to our advantage. Sometimes yes we have other things to have to deal with whether it be boyfriend?girlfriend, baby, husband?wife,jobs,family,church you name it but we need to take time and take care of ourselves heal what you have been wanting to heal. I dont think anyone else can make you happy but yourself because in the end thats what you have. I’m thankful for having loving caring parents who seem to get on my nerves and keep telling me every 5 minutes to do something else thats why its taking me forever to finish this post but i love them and if it wasn’t for them i wouldnt be here. Isnt that weird just thinking how we all as human beings started off as one small fertile egg in our mothers? then how we turn out being wonderful people and very beautiful. I am also thankful for my siblings. I know that everyone has things to say about their siblings but i love mine nomatter how many jokes we play on eachother or dog pile theyre amazing. I’m kind of scared though. I have a feeling i can loose my brother. also tieing back to this time situation. if only he realized he needs to take care of himself and stop trying to be with someone or doing nice things. he is so wound up on how much he isn’t home and how he wants to do things. The last conversation we had was about him never being around and how it seems our family life revolves around well will we get to see him today? damn seriously i wish he gets the chance to see my blog. Last thing i saw that didnt please me was his myspace status saying if murder doesnt kill me maybe suicide will. honestly that line is crumbling my insides and i want hime to know that life is a very precious gift we all recieve. it is something that we shouldnt take for granted and time is main key. he never has time and when we aren’t on break i dont think any of us have time. Remember ms paul’s little break down? we all need something and with that something is caring and support not tear downs. Uhm yea i’m pretty sure that these words may be seen as something that doesnt mean much and it feels like i only write these silly old entries so my blog isnt blank but i wonder if anyone reads this. can anyone send me any feedback. This is something i am very thankful and i wish we all had more of. That’s why I cant wait until i go to mexico i will miss everyone but its a break that will be wonderful ill have my brother and well the rest of my family all to myself and i wont have the distractions of a phone or hardly and internet. It isnt that im glad for missing a week of school but its more of a personal level thing that will really help and i’m hoping and praying it will.

AKQA

Todays field trip was SOOOOOO great!!! I loved going to the city! Our bart ride was pretty cool haha this old white man asked for my seat so I gave it up I thought it would only be the right thing to do. (: /i felt pretty good after it because I realized I was the only DSA student from my side of the train standing up. Our students looked mighty spiffy and cute. Also when we got off at Embarcadero we walked all along the water until passing the Bay bridge and getting to the at&T PARK! Also we entered AKQA by the back entrance because the front elevator was broken. Once we got to the top building we saw the inside offices we saw that it was very chill. I liked the offices and how everyone works together! What I really enjoyed the most was when we met Mr. Ikamoto I think that’s how you spell it but anyways that was great and also when Brandon stood up and was very brave to get up and be the first to talk that was pretty funny afterwards I took my notepad out and began writing notes as our presentation began. We saw an ad for Fiat which was about Eco Friendly Cars also we saw an ad for NikeID. I think I want to try that website and the shoes! I loved them. Our 5 on 2′s visit was great we got more of a one to one contact. What I liked about learning the most was the writing people and the copyrighters. I love how they begin with a brainstorm that can lead on for hours and hours and the holiday E-card with the microwaves. After there we had lunch on the roof top now that was AMAZING! the view was so cool and we were all being very photogenic. Also leaving there we all left with many Business cards from all the people we met. Walking back to bart was cool we took more pictures but by that time most of us were tired. On bart all of us were worn out but the first to hit the hay was miguel. Poor thing they were taking pictures of him like crazy haha we’ll be seeing those pictures soon. After getting to Concord we went to Starbucks so that was great and Ms. Paul bought me mine! I bought a vanilla bean with extra caramel and after school to now I’ve been working on my scrap book for Ms. Fonti UGH we all wait to the last minute! So now I’ve got to go to Arturo’s house he’s turning my homework in I’ve got to be at Vacaville for a conference then to the Jelly Belly Factory. So more pictures for this field trip will be up soon and I had fun!

11/18/09

What I realize I’m thankful for right now is my job. Honestly I am thanknful for it because not many people have one and I really love it. My kids are wonderful and they bring out the kid in me. Today I’m sitting in the computer lab as they take myskills tutor and I’m blogging about how great they how cool lol! But yeah My boss and co-workers are really awesome and well they make my day. I know that having a job has a lot of responsibilty behind it and well I’m pretty good! Also theres many transferrable skills that I have learned already to have other jobs the only reason I dont show much during class is because I dont want people to think that I’m showing off or anything so yeah. That’s what I’m thankful for. (:

What I am Thankful for 11/17/09

Alright so what i realized today was that I am so grateful for friends. The reason is because if it wasn’t for support from them it wouldn’t be that I am here writing this today. Last night I had  really rough time my dad and I got into it and it’s been a while since we’ve argued or anything. So i wasn’t feeling so great it got to the point to where I began packing my stuff for today but if it wasn’t for Sally and Gaby I would have left. Sometimes I tend to just go with what comes and decide taking the easy way out. I think it’s because I rather not have anything to do with the problem and want to walk away from it. I love having the support of friends because sometimes when your family isn’t there for you you’ve got another place to look for love and support.

photography!

This photgraphy project was very interesting. I learned that to take a good picture you need to center what you’re aiming for. I also learned that being cloe up isn’t bad pictures actually look better like that. handling one of the big cameras is complicated and flash makes pictures UGLY! haha okay thats what i have to say about our photography also… NANCY and LINDSAY and two very BEAUTIFUL ladies(:

about me(;

hello world this is me life can be  dodo fun for everyone! hello its me anna. hmm what to say what to say Well to start off im Anna. Sixteen is my age. I was born on March 24th in the year 1993 in Walnut Creek,CA. I am Mexican American and i love my nationality. I go to Mount Diablo High School and am currently a junior. I love meeting people and am really involved in pretty much everything tht goes on. I work for CARES After School Program at Rio Vista Elementary School and at The Ambrose Recreation Center. I am a member of the DSA (Digital Safari Academy) which is like thee best academy ever. I love meeting new people and being busy. I’m a very friendly and fun person! I love my job and my kids and very energetic. I have nothing else to say right now so ’till later!