Zoos and Rainforests July 2, 2008
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Yesterday we went to the zoo with my grandparents. Have I ever told you how much I HATE zoos? A lot. I just think they are so cruel to animals. Okay, maybe they have a lot of wide open space but the animals aren’t really free. There are fences every direction they look. The animals are also no longer self-sufficient.. they have to rely on us, humans, to supply them with food.
Sometimes I just want to set all the animals free. There’s a slight problem with that though. There is nowhere for them to go. We, humans, are using up all the space so there is no room for the animals to live freely. Of course, if all the zoos closed and nothing was put on that land there would be plenty of land…. Plus, even if we did set them free they probably couldn’t survive on their own because they have had to rely on us for so long!
People may argue that it’s fun and educational to go visit animals in the zoo. So basically they are saying that we should keep animals in zoos so people can watch at them all day. MAYBE SOME ANIMALS DON’T LIKE TO BE WATCHED!! Sorry, had to get that out. Maybe some animals are in zoos to protect them for dying out. If so, can’t they do something different?
At the Zoo I found this ah-mazing quote (maybe zoos are good for SOMETHING after all).
“Humanity is down forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.” -Isaac Asimov.
How true is that? Yes, I know, very! Well, I’ll leave you to think about that.
With Love,
Theresa
finallyy June 30, 2008
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I am finally at my grandparents house!!! The car ride down was torture though! I mean, I knew that my little brothers were annoying and mean and immature but they were worse than ever! They were so bad to the point that I started crying…. Ughh, let’s just say that I’m dreading the trip back home. 15+ hours of my brothers isn’t exactly fun or even comfortable. Anyways… I bet you are getting bored of this subject.. haha. So I’ll go now and I promise a bigger update later (i know this was really short! and im sorry!)
With Love,
Theresa
Everything is made to be Broken June 29, 2008
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I’m on my way to North Carolina at the moment so I might not update all that much this week. I’m going to be at my grandparents’ house and I have my laptop but I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to go on. So I apologize in advance for not updating as much. Although, I haven’t updated since Friday so ‘as much’ might just be the same. Anyways… on to the actual blog. So I was listening to this song, which is really nothing new because I love that song, and I really listened to the lyrics for the first time yesterday.
When everything’s made to be broken I just want you to know who I am
Well everything IS made to be broken, after all that’s how some companies make so much money. They don’t make their products to last forever so eventually they will have to be replaced (which is fairly good thinking, I might add). That is true of a lot of things. At times, it seems like our hearts are made to be broken over and over again. The same goes for ourselves. We are not made to be indestructible or to last forever. In fact, we were pretty much designed not to but to function fairly well in the time we are still young. So really, we are just like everything else out there; made to be broken.
When the song says: “and I just want you to know who I am,” it ties into what I was just saying. As I said before, we were made to last only a short time. What the song is saying is that you just want people to know who you really are for the short time you live. You shouldn’t hide behind masks or things you want the world to see. You should show yourself, who you truly are, because you won’t have that chance forever.
I found this quote one time: “When words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Anderson. That is so true. Look at the lyrics of any song, like I did, you’ll probably be amazed. Well, I have to go to bed now so I’ll try to blog tomorrow.
With Love,
Theresa
FLASH! June 27, 2008
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Okay, so today in camp we had lots of time to kill so he showed us a website with tutorials. It’s pretty cool. It has tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, HTML/CSS, and some others. It got me thinking about trying a bunch of new stuff in Photoshop. Then I noticed it had Flash tutorials. I was like, “Whoa, that would be something cool to learn this summer,” as Flash looks fun and is used more commonly in websites today. So yeah.. it’s my summer project.
Today we are going to hand out the 150 shirts we silkscreened for everyone in camp… oh I didn’t tell you about that. Well yesterday we had to silkscreen 150 shirts for everyone in camp and then 40 or so others for the little kids going to the childcare program. It took so long and we had only a few hours to do them and it was so STRESSFUL and time-pressed. But in the end we did it. But let me tell you, I am probably never, NEVER going to do that again. Yeah you heard it, NEVER!
On a more positive note, we are going to go eat lunch (pizza) soon with everyone in our and everyone is going do a little show-and-tell thing about what they did this week. So that should be pretty fun. The cosmotology class is doing a fashion show, culinary is making brownies, childcare has a powerpoint, we are passing out the t-shirts, and I’m not sure what the other four classes (robotics, marketing, automotives, and CADD) are doing. I have to go do that now.
With Love,
Theresa
Camping June 25, 2008
Posted by Theresa in camp, graphic design.Tags: camp, computer, graphic design
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Okay, so one thing you should know about me is that I don’t like the outdoors too much. My idea of camping is also probably quite different than many of you reading this. To me, camping is sleeping in a cabin with running water, regular bathroom, and a stove/oven. When I sleep in a tent it’s pretty torturous. I’ve slept in a tent many times thanks to a ‘great thing’ called girl scouts.
Oohh, and I’m at camp this week. Not the traditional kind of camp, though. I’m at a graphic design class at the high school in my city. My friend Emma and I are taking it together. The equipment is pretty ah-mazing here. We have a darkroom, multiple printing presses, folding machines, and silk-screening materials. I cannot wait to take an actual course like this in high school!
So far this week we have designed a sketchbook and are in the process of silk-screening a t-shirt. It’s so much fun. Actually, it’s where I am right now. I kind of had nothing to do so I decided to blog. Haha.
So yeah, basically a computer camp is how i camp!
With Love,
Theresa
Im Just Me June 25, 2008
Posted by Theresa in ME.Tags: about me, first post, theresa
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Okay, so this is my first ever post! Exciting, huh? Yeah, not really. Uhm, I guess I’ll tell you all some things about me? Yeah, probably a good idea because you are probably all wondering who the heck I am…..
Well my name is Theresa and I’m thirteen. I’m going into eighth grade next year! I’m a bit of a math geek… considering I’m taking tenth grade honors geometry next year but it’s okay because my friends love me anyways. Actually, three really good friends of mine are taking it with me so it hopefully won’t be too bad. I’m pretty much a straight A student. I’m fairly quiet at school. After school, however, is a whole different story… As my friend would say, “In school you’re all quiet and as soon as the bell ring’s it’s like wow.” So, I suppose I can get pretty loud and hyper. Wow, that is such an understatement right there!
What do I like? Normal things pretty much. I love all my friends. I run track, not very well though.. I love to write. I love graphic designing and pretty much anything to do with computers. Oohh and I like pink things and shiny things and sparkley things. I also like taking super long walks with friends and just talking. The mall is pretty sweet too, though.
Why am I doing this? I kind of just want to get all my feelings out. So yeah. Basically, I’m just me and that’s it.
With Love,
Theresa
