Claymation Reflection Essay

The first project I had this year was in Mr. Bergquist's class. We had to make a claymation video on a famous explorer. I did research on Amerigo Vespucci, but I decided to do it on Henry Hudson. My partner was Sienna. I learned a lot doing this project.

My favorite part of the project was finishing it and watching it. Even when I watched it I realized there were a lot of flaws it was still turned out OK. I liked the ending the best because it seemed we were more relaxed when we were talking. I also liked the end because it had different music than the video had for the rest of it. The second scene was my least favorite. I think it was my least favorite because we thought we should talk louder at that point, so it sounds like we are yelling the whole time. Also when ever I watch it I don't understand what's going on because you can't understand what we are saying. In some parts it was funny and others it was just stupid. I had a lot of fun watching the video. And it felt good when we were finally done.

The most difficult thing during this project was the computer work. Even though I had a fun time doing it, it was still very confusing. At first I am not that good at using a Mac. I have a PC at home so I'm more used to that. The first thing that I can remember that we had to do on the computer was making the animated map. That was probably the most stressful thing that me and my partner did. First of all the computer we were using didn't have the program we were supposed to use, so we had to a different one that we had no idea how to use. Lets just say it wasn't to pleasant to work with Sienna on this one. You can ask the people that were sitting by us. They will tell you how much we were yelling at each other. During the end of the project though we started to understand how to use the computer way better than before.

The most important thing I learned was... well there was a lot of things I learned. But probably the most important was how to work well with other people. Like I said in the most difficult thing, me and my partner had many problems. Some times it was Sienna mad. But sometimes I was the person in a bad mood. I remember one time, we were making a scene for our video and that day I was in an especially bad mood. So that day everything anybody said made me mad. Another time Sienna was in a bad mood or something, and she wouldn't let me even touch the computer mouse. But as the project went on, we got less and less mad at each other. And at the very end of the project I actually enjoyed working with my partner.

Overall, this was one of my favorite projects. I had a lot of fun doing this project and I also learned many things I wouldn't have thought I would be learning this year. I had to deal with some hard things along the way, but it was all worth it when I watched it at the end.

Angie Coomber

Well I know this kid named Angie, she thinks she is a lot taller than me but I dont see it. I have known her for a little bit more then 1 year I think. The first time I saw was at a football game i think, and I thought she had a nose ring, yeah, I am not sure what I was seeing, I am a little bit blind. But anyways, over time, I got to know her better. And now we are like, best friends. I know a lot of her secrets and she knows some of mine. She said in her blog that she is scared of the day I start driving. And what I say to that is you probably should be, because I bet I will drive to fast and crash! But I a pretty sure she will like run into a mailbox or drive off the ferry into the ocean with her car. Umm both our favorite TV shows is Lost. Even though she has kind of stoped watching it, we still call eachother lost buddy 1 and lost buddy 2. I am lost buddy 2. She is really good at volleyball. I dont mind that she is for sure going or is just thinking about going Archbishop Murphey High School. I was thinking about going there too, but I decided it wasnt for me. Hmmm closing sentence... I ate like 8 brownies while I was writing this thing.

The Tire Swing

When I was about 5 years old, my friends and I were swing around on a tire swing. We were in Kindergarten and we were not very smart. Not only were we swinging on the tire but we were also jumping off them while it was swinging in a circle. At first it was going fine and we were having lots of fun. After a while of jumping off, my teacher told us to stop. We did not listen, which was not the best choice. About a minute after my teacher told us to stop, my friend, Darby, was pushing the tire and I jumped off the tire while it was rotating at a fast speed and I flew straight into the pole. I had a huge cut from the side of my eye to my mouth and I had a black eye. I tired to hide it from my teacher by covering my cut and eye with a hat. But some kid ruined it by telling on me to the teacher. I did not get in trouble very bad though. The teacher mostly just tried to help me.

My trip to Maryland

A couple years ago I took a trip back to where I used to live, Maryland. The trip did not start out to well. We missed our flight, so we had to catch another one (which was very stressful). When we arrived in Maryland, one of my Uncles picked us up. He then dropped us off at our Aunts house. When we got there, we all took a nap. We then visited our Grandma. After a couple of day of relaxing. We took the subways to Washington D.C. I don't remember the exact order of Monuments we visited. But we did go to a lot of them, and it was a lot of walking. After that, we went back to our Aunts house, packed up our things and went to my family's beach house. The rest of the trip we just hung out at the beach. It was very warm at the beach and so was the water. There were tons of people there. We went along the boardwalk and bought many things. When we there we also went to one of my Uncles indoor soccer games and we also went fishing on another Uncles boat. On the boat I got very sea sick. Overall it was a very fun and great trip and I hope I can go again as soon as possible.

Life Graph

This is my my life graph! I am going to tell you about one of the things that have happened in my life. This story is a little sad, so be ready.

In March of 2007, when I was 12 years old, I got two gerbils as a gift. I was very excited, I was always feeding them. I put a hamster wheel in the cage and one of them was always running on it but the other one could not quite figure out how to use it. I also bought a hamster/gerbil ball and the same one that had got onto the wheel right away, learned how to use the ball and always wanted to go in it. The same thing happened to the other gerbil and he could not run very well in the ball.

After about 6-8 months, I was not quite as interested as I used to be in them. A couple of times I would forget to feed or get them water for a day or two, but they did not die from it or anything. But one time I forgot to feed them and give them water for more than just a couple days. I found a bloody half of one of my gerbils later that week. It seems that the other one had got so hungry or thirsty that it had started to eat the gerbil it lived with. After a week or two the I found the cannible gerbil very weak. I tried to make it eat some more but it could not. Then it started to run around the cage like it was crazy. It died that night.

Snowboarding

One of my new favorite things to do in the winter is snowboarding. The first time I ever went was in March 2007. I only went one time that year and I went on the easiest run pretty much the whole time, and I thought I was really good. In 2008 I went 7 or 8 times. The first time I went in 2008 was with my friend Darby and his family. I thought I was going to do pretty well, but it ended up that it took almost the whole day to get OK at it. The second time I went, I was on the skibus. Skibus was a lot of fun, we had to go to Red Apple store parking lot at 6 am, which was the only thing I can remember being a disappointment. The way to Stevens Pass was a very long drive, so they usually played a movie. I Think the only movie I liked watching was I, robot. The way to Stevens Pass was a very long drive, so they usually played a movie. I Think the only movie I liked watching was I, robot. When we got to the pass we had to get all our equipment on and then it was off to the slopes. I remember one of the times I went, I got stuck in powder and it took a long time to get out. I also remember one time I was following Cameron, Madison and Jaidin and I fell behind, but they kept going without me and when they realized I was not with them anymore, they thought I was lost, when really I had just ended up in the R.V. parking lot some how.

After a few days of snowboarding, I decided to see what the terrain park was like. It turned out to be lots of fun. I was in the park for most the of the next times I went.

Sports Update

I had my first select soccer game on Saturday, September 6th! We lost though, the score was 2 - 0. At the end of the first half, the score was tied 0 - 0, but when the second half started, that's when the game started to change. At the moment, my team has three players that are injured, Cameron, Daniel and Stryder. Stryder is not going to be able to play for the whole season. He has a broken collar bone. Cameron, most likely, is going to play this weekend and Daniel is going to play in a week or two. Go Islanders!

The Seattle Seahawks lost their first football game on Sunday, September 7th, against the Buffalo Bills, they lost 10 - 34. Nate Burleson, the Seahawks starting WR for week one had a knee injury and is out for the whole season, along with the starting running back, Maurice Morris. The Seahawks will play the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday. The 49ers also lost their first game, against the Arizona Cardinals.

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