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Monday the 11 Josh From Arts Umbrella and Franzesca came into the class for 2 weeks they came in in the morning and would work with us on the glocal project with the motion sequence and multiplexposure to make abstract art. During the time that we had Josha and Franzesca I learned a lot about abstract art  and the glocal project. My favorite part was using the multiple exposure to layer the images and make one image negative and anther that is fading out, with multipexposure it is really fun making yourself look like a zombie by layering your face like 10 times with different expressions each time. This image is my favorite because it looks like there is a blue stairway down a very tall build and when you look down the spiraling stairway, you know the kind I’m talking about. If I could redo this image I would definitely put the camera on an angle to the right or left to give it a reflective effect and so that you can almost see something inside it. I would Like to thank Franzesca and Josh for giving the chance to do the glocal project and it was really fun making the abstract images.     

As I walk up to the pathway up to the court I approach the finely kept building with gardens on the sides. I notice through the court room window that it’s is already set up with the Canadian flag and crest set up near the witness box. When I walk in I didn’t expect to be search through and go though a metal detector. As I walk thought to the court room doors I hear a small beep from the other people.

I seat myself in a public bench as I wait my turn to Testify. The court clerk who calls up witnesses to the stands. I hear the court recorder tapping away recording everything I say to be read back again. I look at the public looking at me from the public bleachers. The translator translating to the French Canadians who don’t understand english not very well I always wonder how the translators manage to keep up with what the speakers are saying and telling the people what they’re saying. the crown prosecutor is done asking me questions. I see the court room security guard, I guess that you would need to have gone thought a lot of security to be trusted with the security of the court room. I look at the defence attorney and think, what would that like , It would probably be  easy if you were carismatic  and have gone thought a lot of law  school, you would probably be able to identify how evidence that is used against you could look false. I look at the judge listening intently to what I’m saying for the final verdict to if the accused is guilty, But in some courts have a jury that decides.

In Canadian courts they keep it fair by having so that none in the jury has read to much about the case and get biased ideas or the jury doesn’t now the accused as a friend or relative. I think that fairness in the courts very important and not biased because if someone doesn’t have a fair trial and they didn’t do it then they could get punished for something they didn’t do. 

In a quaint road in Courtney there lived a very wasteful family, the family was a very nice family but they wasted water a lot!
When they have showers it was very long .the reason they waste water is because they thought that water never ran out. One night when the random family was falling asleep, then all of a sudden the room started to twist. Then all was quiet again, and then a ghost appears.

“Why are you here?” whimpered Scrooge

“I’m one of the workers at the water dam” replied the ghost “when the dam gets jammed I fix it,”

Scrooge and the ghost are instantly teleported to the inside of the dam. The ghost starts talking. “This poor man here is me on the day I died.” Scrooge notices a young man climbing down into the turbine. A scream

“If that’s you then what does that have to do with me”

“Because I died to help the dam and you are wasting water like it just appears in your house from nowhere, tonight you will be visited by two ghosts, the ghosts of water past and future. The ghost turns and flies out of the room. Scrooge was lying in bed and the windows flew open and in flew another mist. Scrooge woke to a start as the spirit took scrooge’s hand and he was teleported to the local lake 20 years ago.

“Look at the lake you get your water from 20 years ago it was full, compare this to what your lake looks like now”

“Thought that the lake went down naturally and then that it would go back up again in a couple of years,” croaked scrooge

“No! It doesn’t work that way” squealed the ghost the ghost. Scrooge started to sink backwards.

“Can I just go back to my house?” said scrooge. The ghost and scrooge appear back at his house.

“Tonight expect one more ghost more ghost tonight.” The ghost left scrooge “That was weird” said scrooge waiting for the next ghost. Just like last time another swirling mist appeared. This ghost was like the last ghost but a little older.

“I’m the ghost of water of future,” said the ghost

Scrooge you must now stop your water wasting ways if you continue to waste water the earth will lose all its water. Humans will die and plants will wither and like humans, die.” The ghost points to the withering field that was behind their house.
“Is that our field behind our house?” asked scrooge

“Isn’t it amazing what happens to a field when it gets no water?” said the ghost

“Don’t you want to have your children live in a green world?”

No. I guess that that would be terrible, but how can I help”

“You can help by getting a water meter” Scrooge Notices that he’s now in his room “Today we’re getting a water meter! Yelled Scrooge. Then the lived happily ever after… Or did they?

Image by Nupru

On March the 27 Ms.Waters wrote a post challenging other classes to writing a post an how blogging has either helped you build a global audience or how a blogging has changed your life, or a post showing what you know about media on blogs.

During the time that our class has been blogging I have learned about how to write. Before our class started blogging I didn’t really bother with writing because I knew that after the teacher marked your writing it was forgotten.

• When our class started blogging even after the assignment was handed in other people could give feedback about your writing.
• When something really interesting happens in my life that I would want to share with more than the class I can write about it on my blog.
• With blogging you can connect with other people with the same interests.
• One of the most special things when start blogging is when you see that first dot on your cluster map (our class even still get exited when we see a new dot on our cluster maps, ssh)

If you blog what is your favorite part of blogging if you blog and if you don’t what sounds most interesting about blogging.

 Image by castaway in wales

Hi, For all you who don’t know how to drive a car I’ll give you a crash course, (not really crash). Before you can take my course you first must get a car. What you thought that I would lend you one of my cars!

1. Get in the car.
2. Put on your seat belt. (very important)
3. Start the car.
4. Pull out of the drive way.
5. Lightly put your foot on the peddle.
6.  Turn the steering wheel until your facing the directionyou want to go in.
7. Slightly push down on the pedals.
8. Continue until you reach your destination carefully watching for cars and lights and stop signs. 
9. To successfully drive a car don’t follow these tips, please it’s really not good for you.

Image by: kyle may

For one class each week Ms. Prager talked to us about the Alert program.

After waking up in the morning do you felt like you can’t stand up because your so tired, after you eat  do you feel like you can’t sit down because your really hyper. If you said yes to any of these scenarios then this blog post is for you (yes you ,in the chair) these are 8 easy steps to getting from high to just right and low to just right.

1. High to just right and low to just right, Try putting your arm straight in front of you and under your desk pulling until you feel just right.
2. High and low to just right,if you have a small toy that doesn’t distract you and play with it under your desk.
3. If you are high, you can do a chair push up by putting your arms and push down with your arms slowly and quietly.
4. From low to just right. If your allowed to eat during class have something that is sour or crunchy like the stick men in my movie.
5. from high to just right. you can eat something that is sweet or sugary (weird I know).
6. if you are low, you can take a scented cotton ball and sniff it.Also there are ones that can calm you down.
7. if you are high or low you can pull up your legs to your chest and pull hard to your chest. The pulling on your chest would be heavy work and the pressure would be deep pressure.
8. Also you can try experimenting with different way of waking up and calming down with lighting and sounds

Image by:sister72

 This is a story of what the mars rover would think if it could think for itself. 

Month 45 on this barren planet, The Mars Rover slowly rolls among the huge mountain like craters. Taking pictures of the planet surface to help NASA. Doomed to spend a robot eternity taking pictures or till my battery gets to low and my solar panel is covered  to shut me down. All I can do is roll around the surface of mars and collect pictures for NASA. It gets boring after the first 4 months, Now the dust storms are coming towards me and if I don’t move my panels will be covered and its over for me. Oh well, may as well get some pictures in before I get shut down. The rover spots some small lakes of water and starts taking pictures. Mabbie  theses pictures will be enough to get me back home. I sure NASA is ready to bring me home to earth soon so I can see an actual inhabitable planet and show my son the plant that I was born at.   

 Have you seen the Inauguration of president Barack Obama. This morning when I walked in  the class room I saw the whole class staring at the smart board and I thought I was late. When I walked in I saw the screen playing in a small window with a  a person making a speech and right away I knew that we were watching an Inauguration. The first thing I asked was. 

   “Did I miss Obama’s Oath because I don’t want to miss history” When Obama was making his speech one thing that really stuck was the line
    “greatness is not gained but is earned”

I think that Obama beingpresident is great because it shows you that no matter what colour that you are we’re all the same and have equal chances.

Now if I live to see the first Female president in the US I would  have seen two firsts for the states.

If you saw the Inauguration then comment on this post and what you really liked    

Happy New Year 

    A New Year’s Resolution is a good way to make a promise to help make your life or community better. For most people New Year’s is just staying up to midnight and saying “3 2 1 Happy New Year!” then it’s done. Most people don’t think about how to change their life by making New Years Resolutions. When you’re making a Resolution you shouldn’t try to stop war or make world peace. As a resolution you should try to only change your community, to help your friend, family or yourself.

If you can’t think of a resolution you can think of a thing you want to change in your community and that you can achieve or you could do something to help your daily routine that isn’t really constant.

My New Year’s Resolution for my blog is to comment on one blog each day to expand my audience.

What is your New Years Resolution? 

Image by: Between a rock 

 Thump, Thump, Thump, Johnny knew that unless he did something his mission was going to end. 

My story is about a boy named John who’s dad gets kidnapped by pirates. To save his dad he must search for the treasure of Comox to pay a  ransom. But if he can’t his dad must pay in blood money. When Johnny learned that it was buried in a beach long since washed up, his friend with a ship that said would help him is suddenly kidnapped and  he must drastically change his plan and he must board the sailing ship. Will Johny be able to get in and out of the ship before he gets captured and get Comox’s money back? Even If he could save his dad and his closest friend could he make sure that he could save himself from the aftermath that the pirates could cause. 

“This book is an absolute thriller from beginning to end” Kenneth Opple.