Monday, May 6, 2013

Recommendation Report


To: Friends and Prom Date

From: Cassie

Subject: Recommendation on Where to Take Pictures Before Prom

Introduction

As you know prom is around the corner and it’s time to start planning! After seeing all the best photo spots in San Diego I have gathered information on a few places I believe would be the best for us to take our pictures before prom. I’ve narrowed it down to two places: Hotel Del and Sea Port Village. Now there is a few things we all must keep in mind:

1. Where can we eat around there?

2. How far is it from prom?

3. Background

Recommendation


I recommend that we go to Hotel Del in Coronado to take our pictures before prom, not only because it would be a beautiful background, but because it’s close to where prom is being held and would be more convenient.

Where can we eat around there?

Hotel Del has 5 different amazing restaurants that we could choose from to eat dinner at after pictures. Along with the restaurants inside the hotel there are places like the Brigantine less than a mile away we could also consider.

Seaport Village not having as many places to chose from still has a few good restaurants, The Harbor House and the Edgewater Grill but both of those are a tad pricey.

How far is it from prom?

Hotel Del is located in Coronado along with the location of the event. According to Google maps to get from the Del to prom is 4.6 miles and would take 10 or less minutes to get there.

Seaport Village on the other hand is almost 11 miles from our event and would take 20-25 minutes to get to our destination.

Background

Hotel Del has many beautiful spots to take pictures. You can go in the sand down by the water, into one of the cute little gazebos or just stand on the board walk and get the beautiful hotel in the background.

Seaport Village is simple. No matter where you go your going to get the same background, rocks and water. There is nowhere in that area where you can go in the sand and actually get close to the water.

Conclusion

Prom is supposed to be one of the most important events of our lives, so let’s keep the stress to a minimum by choosing The Hotel Del and making everything less of a hassle on ourselves.







Monday, April 22, 2013

Walter Disney


Birth Place/Family:
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in  small town Herosa, Illinois. Walt's last name Disney originated from his ancestors name "D'Isigny" pronounced Dez-nay. Walts father Elisa Disney was Irish Canadian and his mother, Call Disney was a German American. Walt had four siblings, three brothers Roy, Raymond and Herbert, then there's his sister Ruth Flora Disney.

Childhood:
After Walt was born his family moved to Marcelino, Missouri. Walt went to Benton Grammar for elementary school where he started to draw. When he began to get good with his art, he got the idea to sell his art, he made signs went to neighbors doors and sold them to family. At 10 his family moved again to Kansas City where Walt's uncle lived. Walt's uncle was a train engine and Walt wanted to be just like him. Walt began work at the train tracks with his uncle where he would be the "little helper". When walt got to high school he went to McKinley High and got back into art, took a photo class and got back to his drawing. When Walt turned 16 years old he dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected for being to young.

Hobbies, Interest & Activites:
From a young age art was a very big hobby of Walts. He first started drawing in elementary school at age 12. Walt would draw and paint pictures then sell them to his friends, family and neighbors. Everyone loved his art and was amazed because he was so young. When Walt got to high school he found a passion for another type of art, photography.

When Walt moved to Kansas City he built a closer relationship with his uncle Mike Martin who was a train engineer. As Walt and his uncle became closer Walt began to build a big interest in trains like his uncle. During the summer Walt's uncle asked him if he'd like to work for him, of course Walt said yes.

Anecdotes:
With Walt's love for drawing and photography after he returned from France, his brother and him moved to California with plans to start their own business. Walt and Roy soon after moving opened up "Disney Brother Studios". The first thing the brothers began to work on was a cartoon octopus named Oswald. Unfortunately Margaret Winkler, the women they hired to be the distributer of there company stole the brothers characters and took them to start her own company.

In 1955 Walt opened Disneyland, a place the he wanted to be the happiest place on earth. Disneyland is a wonderful place Walt thought up for children and familys to come and make lifetime memories. Within the first year the park was worth 17 billion dollars. After seeing the way Disneyland took off, Walt and his brother Roy began to work on plans for another theme park the would eventually open in Orlando, Florida.


Reason For Fame:
Walt Disney did so many things in his life time to bring him the fame he had. From his sketchs and creation of Mickey Mouse, to the opening of Disneyland Walt Disney did so many things to make him the famous man he was and still is. It took years of hard work and planning for Walt to get where he did. No one will ever be able to go to Disneyland or watch Disney channel with out thinking of the extraordinary man Walt Disney, who was behind all of these amazing things.

Mid Life:
In 1925 Walt and his brother hiered a women to work for them as their secrtary, and her name was Lillian Bounds. Within a year of her working for the Disney Brothers Studios, Walt had fallen in love with her and they got married.The first time the Walt and Lilian tried to get pregnant it ended in a misscarrige, but on December 18, 1933 Lilian gave birth to their first daughter Diane Marie Disney. Later on the copule decided with all the complications of their first pregancy they would just adot another child later. One Decemeber 31, 1936 Walt and Lilian adopted Sharon Mae Disney.

Death:
Early in life Walt had hurt his neck playing polo and in 1966 was finally going to have surgery to fix the damage. During a pre X-ray for the surgery the doctors discovered a tumor in his left lung caused by all the smoking he'd done throughout his life. Five days after the discovery the cancerous tumor had spread through his whole lung. Immediately the doctors removed the lung and gave Walt the bad news he'd only have 6 months to 2 years to live. Shortly following the surgery Walt collapsed in his home but was revived by the paramedics. Unfortunately two weeks later, right after his 65 birthday, Walt passed away on December 15, 1966 due to acute circulatory collapse, caused by lung cancer.

After Walt passed an urban ledgend began that he was cryonically frozen and his corpse is now stored under neath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. While people like Diane, Walts daughter claim, "There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that my father, Walt Disney, wished to be frozen. I doubt that my father had ever heard of cryonics," the guest of the park dont know what to believe.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

#cutsforbieber


#CUTSFORBIEBER


Justin Bieber, a teen sensation who wanted to have a little fun “forced” his fans to do

something drastic that could have ended their life. On January 7, 2013 Bieber was out

partying and smoking marijuana with his friends. Though the celebrity tells reporters all photos

taken of him while he is out belong to him, it looks like it didn’t stay that way this time. Do to

Justin Bieber’s careless mistake he unintentional caused his fans to be disappointed. Along

with being disappointed his fans started a “trend” called “#CUTSFORBIEBER”. This trend was

thought up to show Bieber his fans care so much about him they are going to cut themselves

until he stops smoking.


Are you a fan of Justin Bieber?
1. No, i don’t like him or his music.
2. Yes, i love Justin Bieber.

What do think about him smoking?
1. Its funny!
2. Doesn’t bother me.

Would you ever join the cuts for bieber trend?
1. No!
2. HECK NO!

What do you think of people who are cutting over him?
1. Stupid, people are dumb to think a celebrity will stop smoking because they are cutting themselfs.
2. Insane!



Speaking with a few of Justin Bieber’s fans, you can see most of them don’t agree with

the “#CUTSFORBIEBER” trend. While most don’t agree, the people who do participate in this

overdramatic infatuation would say that this is a serious matter and they won’t give up until their celebrity crush stops smoking. Even though Justin Bieber made a mistake, his true fans

will look past his misstep and still love him for the awesome pop star that he is!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Coraline!

 
 
 
From the director of Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick brings to us yet another fantasy/horror movie, Coraline, which is based on the children's book written by Neil Gaman. In the movie, Coraline Jones, played by Dakota Fanning, and Coraline's parents, played by Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman, move to a new apartment building called The Pink Palace where Coraline has no friends and is surrounded by strange neighbors. Little did Coraline know her dull reality was about to turn into a crazy fantasy when she enters a parallel universe.

The film begins with Coraline and her parents moving into a very old apartment called The Pink Place located in Oregon. Once they get settled into their new home you learn that Coraline's parents don't really show her much love or attention. Since Coraline is neglected by her parents she tries to find people to talk to and keep her company but her neighbors are all strange and the only kid her age is Whimmey, a boy she doesn't really like. In the middle of the night Coraline wonders the house coming across a little door that will take her to a parallel universe. This other universe is strangely similar to her own but people have buttons for eyes and completely opposite personality's. Entering this place makes all of Coralines dreams come true until her "other mother" tries to trick her into staying forever.

 
To film this movie Henry Selick uses Stop Motion Animation which is a technique used to make an object look like it is moving on its own. Each puppet is moved in small increments before capturing a photo. Each second of the film takes about 24 photos to make the scenes look as realistic as possible. Each charater is made out of clay with moveable joints making it eaiser to capture the stop motion technique Selick wanted for this movie. Althogh puppets were used in the filliming of this stop motion animation production not all filmers will use puppets, offten real people will be used. 



Another major part of this movie was the costume making. All the outfits the puppets wear throughout this movie were acctually hand sewn to fit the puppets perfectly and look real. For each scene though one of the puppets may have mulitples of their outfits so it will look perefect in every picture taken.


The movie Coraline was very thrilling keeping me on the edge of my seat. Its a perfect movie with lots of suspens thats always keeping wondering whats going to happen in the next scene. Although I really enjoyed this film, its definetly not one I think should be rated PG, from the horror to the apperence of some of the characters this movie is a bit to mature for someone under the age of 13.






 
 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Season 4, Glee Premier. *SPOILER ALERT*


The new cast of season 4, Glee.
 
Season 4 is here, which means all you true Gleeks are going crazy with excitement for whats to come even after the dull and boring second half of last season.
 
The last time we were watching our favorite Glee members they were crossing the stage in their graduation robes and moving onto bigger things. Rachel was off to the big apple for NYADA, while Finn was joining the army, and their relationship was coming to an end. Kurt was sticking around home because he didn't get into NYADA with Rachel but was still going strong in his relationship with Blaine. Mike was going off to some ballet school in Chicago, while his love Tina stays back for her last year at McKinley. Mercedes went to LA for her recording contract, all thanks to Sam and his video. And lastly, Santana had turned down a cheer scholarship to Louisville to do who knows what, while Brittany was getting ready to repeat her senior year because she had only received a 1.0 GPA.
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As we watch the new season air, the Glee club members who are left are all competing to see who will be "The new Rachel", little did they know there was soon to be new people in the club wanting to be "The new Rachel" too. Throughout the episode we get to see bits of Rachel's new life in New York where she seems miserable and lonely. Mister Shue holds the auditions for New Directions (aka Glee club) and has two AMAZING people come in, one being Marley who sang "Chasing Pavements" by Adele and the other being Puck's younger brother Jake, who sang "It Will Rain"by Bruno Marz. Sadly Jake had to much attitude and was denied. At the end of the episode were in Central Park with Rachel while she is talking to Kurt on the phone about hating her roommate and just wanting to come home because she cant be there on her own, but in moments of saying that Kurt comes up behind her and they are reunited and about to take on the Big Apple together.                                            .                 
 Like in every episode the singing is always my favorite part! The Glee members did a lot of great songs during the season 4 premier and are about to be hit again by Brittany Spears just like they were in season 2.

On that note, see you Gleeks next week!



 


Thursday, September 6, 2012