PHOTO TIPS>

I would say that the photo techniques I need to work on or perfect would be watching the light and being a director. Many times, I take a picture and looking through a lens it looks good but upon review i realize that the subject is blocked out by the sun or have come out darker than I would like. The other technique would be being a director and practicing having an eye for which poses look best. The things I already do well would be taking different angled photos using flash in the proper range.
The difference between these photos and newspaper photos is that these can be posed and newspaper photos are preferably candid or action pictures.

American Graffiti

Set in the 1950s, this classic coming of age story released in 1973 follows a group of friends freshly graduated from highschool, on an evening out. As the night progresses Curt and and Steve are portrayed as two friends planning on  leaving town in hopes of seeing the world beyond their city limits. Curt appears to be getting cold feet while Steve is ready to leave despite having a girlfriend, Cindy. Side characters add to the various humorous situations which occur throughout the night, including Terry "The Toad" Fields getting Steve's car stolen, and Curt finding himself in the hands of a local street gang "The Pharaohs". By the dawning of day, each of the friends becomes enlightened in their own way, setting the pace for the rest of their lives.

I knew about this in very vague detail. I know that the chilean miners where trapped but i am not sure exactly what happened. Of course, I am glad they are finally out and feel the relief their families must feel. Reading on the situation now, it mentions that the government will be offering each of the miners six months of psychological support which i believe is the least they can do for the poor miners misfortune. 

Valley Violence?

The question of whether I feel safe in the valley can be simply answered, yes. I feel no threat as I leave my house in the morning or as I walk around my neighborhood at night. However, I do recognize the recently increasing violence on the boarder and in Mexico due to the drug war. The incident at Falcon Lake is just another example of the present violence as it escalates. I think safety is up to you. I feel safe in my home, in my town, but you are not going to see me on a lake bordering crazy Mexico.

senior...!

Soooooooo...................one of my senior moments would be my lack of enthusiasm for "school spirit" in the form of skipping the academic pep rally. I slept in which felt wonderful. My blanket was amazingly soft the dim light shining through the window covering me in warmth. I arouse to find my snoozing brother, unaware that i was late to school, asked him for his keys, and "sausage or bacon?" and took off to get something to eat. When, I arrived at my destination Bab's Bagels, I ordered to two, well three, actually because it was my friend Danika's birthday. I got home ate, watched some mind numbing television then set off to school, for my important 2nd, 3rd, and 4th periods like the responsible student i am.

NINCOMPOOP>? YOUcompoop!

I do agree that our generation is being perhaps crippled by technology and has led to a media-fed age of children growing up with less tactical skills and instead knowing what myspace is, or how to tevo their afternoon spongebob episode. However, I don't think its appropriate for this author to pass judgement on our generation as "the dumbest" where I'm sure any other generation has its fair share of ignorant, incompetent, no nothings. 
This very topic arouse in a recent conversation I had with a friend, who had sent me something he wrote. He asked, "what do you think of it?" and I told him, "it is really good, honestly." He then said, "thank you, my friends told me it was good too but what do they know, all they read is facebook statuses all day." This is sad but true. I can also surely say that literature and reading are a dying species as we continue to enter the world of touch screen phones and playaways. But, to each his one and if one is a nincompoop in this generation they would have surely been one in another. 

TV!

I really like the cash cab "its a TV show that takes place right here in my taxi cab, wanna play" as the host ben bailee would say. I like it not only to learn new information but to also test myself with random knowledge. I also really like Fantasy Factory. A show following the life and adventures of professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. Another must watch for me, since i was in the seventh grade is Law and Order SVU. The new season premiered yesterday and is still going strong. TV is nice but so is other things so be amused not consumed.