Goals

Long-Term goal: To become a film director
Mid-Term goal: get B.A in cinematography
Short-Term goal: take film, TV and radio classes in college

One year later. . .

March 28,2013

Dear Ms. Henderson,
Since I last been in your class I always in vision myself being the next Steven Spielberg. I want to create better movies than the ones that there have been like the movie Twilight, I remember that one time in class when you announced that you were reading the hunger games and that you wanted to see the movie. You said that you wanted the movie to be as good as the books unlike twilight and I agree with you because I felt there were so much that was left out like in Eclipse there was so much left out in that chapter where Jacob Black's father is telling the story of the chief of the tribe and how magic has been in the werewolves blood since the first time it happen, I had high hopes for the movie to have that part done but sadly they didn't. Well I am still trying to learn more because beside becoming a director I also want to be an actor and maybe a special effects expert. Since I do have a background on special effects because of my high school senior year, I took an elective that taught us how to make videos and how to add special effects. I had fun and when I took that class I unlocked my talent for acting and film. It was my first class I didn't find so tedious. I actually looked forward this class out of all my classes. Then when I took your class last year helped me a lot, I just scanned parts of the text people would hand me but with all the knowledge you provide, the most important for me was the SQ3R because when I try to read a script in my acting class I use it to highlight not just my parts but also highlighting the exits I am suppose to take or the expressions I am suppose to make. I turned 20 three days ago and I feel a bit more mature in acting because now I take it more seriously than the previous years when I just did whatever, now I followed the script thanks with your guidance. Thank you very much :{D

Sincerely,
Luis F. Diaz

(P.S the :{D is my moustache face)

Bedlam : n, a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Source Sentence - "... but the stories that will last forever are those that swirl back and forth across the border between trivia and bedlam, the mad and the mundane." page 85
Context Clue - Example, since I kept reading ahead the word mad came up it gave me a clue that bedlam has to do with the mind.
Original Sentence - When I had a huge headache during my guitar class I was in bedlam, it was super hard to focus on the class and I had to leave early.

Rapture : n, a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Source Sentence - "A haunted look, Rat said- partly terror, partly rapture." page 100
Context Clue - Example, since I have no idea what the word means I kept reading ahead and it seemed to lead that it has to be a state of something.
Original Sentence - When I was going through a tough time the rapture took over my thoughts and I did some dumb things.

Invulnverable : adj, immune to attack; impregnable
Source Sentence - "Dobbins was invulnerable. Never wounded, never a scratch" page 112
Context Clue - Your logic, since I know what the word vulnverable means I figured that adding the in as the prefix means that it's the opposite
Original Sentence - When I was a bully to others I felt Invulnerable, I was made of stone; nothing would be able to hurt me

To do list: Must Do 1. Study for math15 quiz 2. Do read96 blog 3. Beginning voice (Ten minutes ago) Could Do 1. Dance practice 2. GRACE night 3. keep reading the military chapter Should Do 1. look into the hunger games (why is it so popular now?) 2. keep practicing guitar chords 3. try to learn a new song

Weekly Schedule

Last week I didn't set anything for myself. I was planning on making the weekly to-do list but I never got around to do it. So as the week went by I had a lot of free time so I decided to do something with my free time. On Thursday was the day of my quiz for beginning voice and it happen to be my mom's birthday as well. It was on March first, so I quickly took my quiz, which I know I failed. I got my ride from my brother and as soon as I got home I noticed she wasn't home. Worked out for me because as soon as I saw the chance I took it to make her a great cake from scratch not the pre-made Betty Crocker cake mix. I was rushing to see how much time I had left because when she goes shopping she doesn't take more than two hours. So I got the cake done and made my chocolate frosting as well from scratch. Then I made some pasta with tomato sauce as well. Since I have so much free time I watch the cooking channel and get my ideas on how to cook certain things. Then my mom came home and I was so ready to give her the meal I made for her and the cake. She loved it, not only because it was good but because I actually went out to buy her balloons and but the Mexican version of the birthday song on for her. So to keep going on the week, since I had no plans I decided to work on my dance with my sister because next year she turns 15 sometimes called "Fiesta de quince años", "Fiesta de Quinceañera", "Quince años" or simply "quince", is the celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America and elsewhere in communities of people from Latin America. This birthday is celebrated differently from any other birthday, as it marks the transition from childhood to young womanhood. So we are in process of dancing to Lady GaGa's song 'Judas'. And this week I'm going to try to improve her on her mistakes she did because she is still trying to get some parts of the dance. Then maybe I'll put in some time on my other brother's dance with her but I'm not to sure because he wants to do a song that I really, really hate. Other than that I have no special things to do this week at all.