Once upon a time there was a turtle named Lindy. Lindy was a very lonely turtle. She went to school at AFES (Animals of the Forest Elementary School) in Edmonds, Washington. At lunch she sat by pond, alone. No one would ever talk to her. Even in class when she would raise her hand, teachers would call on someone else. She was very excluded.
One day she was eating her peanut butter and leaf sandwich when she heard a plop, into the pond. She immediately looked up, but she didn’t see anything. She went back to eating her sandwich. A few minutes later she thought she heard what sounded like sobbing. Lindy looked, but still didn’t see anything. She knew something must be out there, so she decided to explore. Lindy started to slowly walk around the pond. After about 5 minutes she saw something. It was out in the middle of the pond sitting on a lily pad. Lindy looked very hard to try and identify it, but seeing as she had bad eyesight, it was kind of hard. She called out, “Are you okay?” to the green figure on the lily pad, but got no answer. “Is every thing alright?” she tried again.
After several seconds she heard very faintly, “Go away, I don’t want to talk to anyone!”
“Why not, what’s wrong?” said Lindy.
“ I said go away!” shouted the green thing.
Lindy didn’t like to hear people sound upset like that. She decided to swim out to the lily pad to try and comfort the green thing. Lindy didn’t have much swimming experience, but she was going to try anyway.
Lindy stuck her front left foot into the pond. The water was cold, but Lindy didn’t really care though. She slowly emerged her entire body into the water. She started to swim out to the lily pad. The lily pad seemed farther away then it had on land. After a few minutes she reached the lily pad. When she looked up she discovered that the green thing had been a frog.
Lindy asked the frog, “What’s wrong?” She was breathing very hard. She hadn’t had a workout like that in a long time. The frog asked Lindy if she was all right. Lindy said yes, but then quickly started to sink.
to be continued.......
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Rear Window
In the Movie Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock, a man named L.B. Jefferies is stranded in his apartment. Jefferies has a broken leg and is in a wheelchair unable to leave. In Rear Window, the camera does not leave Jefferies apartment. Three ways Alfred Hitchcock made this movie interesting were how he angled and zoomed the camera, the different stories through different windows, and the different characters that visited Jefferies. If Alfred Hitchcock had not done these things, this movie would have been very boring.
Alfred Hitchcock did a very good job of angling the camera, and zooming in and out at the right times in the movie. When he would zoom the camera in, it enabled you to see more details, which you wouldn’t be able to, if it had been at its normal distance. I also thought it was cool how he put a black circle around the picture when Jefferies was looking through the binoculars. This gave me the feeling I was actually looking through binoculars, spying on people through their windows.
Another thing that made the movie more interesting was the fact that instead of just focusing on one window, Hitchcock moved around, viewing other neighbors’ windows. Instead of just having the story of the murder, you also see the story of the piano player, Ms. Lonelyheart, the dancer, and other people. This made the movie more interesting and fun to watch. These characters added a little extra storyline to the movie.
Other characters that added some extra interest to the movie were the people that visited Jefferies in his apartment. Without Lisa, Detective Doyle, and Stella, this movie would have been very boring. Since these people didn’t have a broken leg, they could leave the apartment. This gave them the ability to do things that kept you hooked like digging up the garden, and exploring Thorwald’s apartment. Because these people could do these things and bring in information from outside the apartment it made the movie more interesting and kept you hooked.
In conclusion I thought this was a good movie. The little things Alfred Hitchcock did in this movie like zooming in and out and filming at different angles, having Jefferies look through not only Thorwald’s window, but other neighbors’ windows as well, and having other characters visiting and bringing in outside information to Jefferies all made this movie more interesting. Without these, this movie probably wouldn’t have been very exciting. Even though Alfred Hitchcock was know as the “Master of Suspense,” he was also very good at the little details that kept the viewers interested.
Alfred Hitchcock did a very good job of angling the camera, and zooming in and out at the right times in the movie. When he would zoom the camera in, it enabled you to see more details, which you wouldn’t be able to, if it had been at its normal distance. I also thought it was cool how he put a black circle around the picture when Jefferies was looking through the binoculars. This gave me the feeling I was actually looking through binoculars, spying on people through their windows.
Another thing that made the movie more interesting was the fact that instead of just focusing on one window, Hitchcock moved around, viewing other neighbors’ windows. Instead of just having the story of the murder, you also see the story of the piano player, Ms. Lonelyheart, the dancer, and other people. This made the movie more interesting and fun to watch. These characters added a little extra storyline to the movie.
Other characters that added some extra interest to the movie were the people that visited Jefferies in his apartment. Without Lisa, Detective Doyle, and Stella, this movie would have been very boring. Since these people didn’t have a broken leg, they could leave the apartment. This gave them the ability to do things that kept you hooked like digging up the garden, and exploring Thorwald’s apartment. Because these people could do these things and bring in information from outside the apartment it made the movie more interesting and kept you hooked.
In conclusion I thought this was a good movie. The little things Alfred Hitchcock did in this movie like zooming in and out and filming at different angles, having Jefferies look through not only Thorwald’s window, but other neighbors’ windows as well, and having other characters visiting and bringing in outside information to Jefferies all made this movie more interesting. Without these, this movie probably wouldn’t have been very exciting. Even though Alfred Hitchcock was know as the “Master of Suspense,” he was also very good at the little details that kept the viewers interested.
State Fair
It had been a long day, I had been waiting, and waiting for four hours when they announced, “ first call for lot six.” I was so happy to hear those words. It was almost 9:00 PM, and everyone was tired and ready for bed. Unfortunately I still had one class left, Trail. I put my saddle and bridle on my horse. Then I heard second call. I did all of my little finishing touches before third call. Then I finally headed out to the warm-up arena.
After about 20 minutes in the warm-up arena I got to go wait in line, where I then had to wait at the cone inside the arena. As soon as the person before me had left, the judge turned around and nodded her head, this was the signal to start. I walked my horse up to the first obstacle. I had to walk trough an “L” then turn my horse and back out of a “U”. My horse was fine at the walking, but then he saw it, a fake deer. He wouldn’t hold still. He kept trying to get away from the deer. I eventually got him to back out, but it took awhile. The next thing we had to do was sidepass a log. I had to put a little extra effort into that because he was paying too much attention to the deer. Then I had to lope him right past the deer, and he didn’t really like that so he just trotted really fast instead. After that my pattern was practically perfect. I trotted the barrels, walked over the bridge, moved the bucket, and opened the gate wonderfully.
In that class I got a red ribbon, but honestly I was surprised I didn’t get a white. I think “State” was a good experience for both my horse and me. I know very well what went wrong in that course and what went right. I know my horse spooked at the deer, but then again so did a lot of horses. I had a really good time at “State,” and made some new friends. I really hope I qualify next year because I want to go back.
After about 20 minutes in the warm-up arena I got to go wait in line, where I then had to wait at the cone inside the arena. As soon as the person before me had left, the judge turned around and nodded her head, this was the signal to start. I walked my horse up to the first obstacle. I had to walk trough an “L” then turn my horse and back out of a “U”. My horse was fine at the walking, but then he saw it, a fake deer. He wouldn’t hold still. He kept trying to get away from the deer. I eventually got him to back out, but it took awhile. The next thing we had to do was sidepass a log. I had to put a little extra effort into that because he was paying too much attention to the deer. Then I had to lope him right past the deer, and he didn’t really like that so he just trotted really fast instead. After that my pattern was practically perfect. I trotted the barrels, walked over the bridge, moved the bucket, and opened the gate wonderfully.
In that class I got a red ribbon, but honestly I was surprised I didn’t get a white. I think “State” was a good experience for both my horse and me. I know very well what went wrong in that course and what went right. I know my horse spooked at the deer, but then again so did a lot of horses. I had a really good time at “State,” and made some new friends. I really hope I qualify next year because I want to go back.
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