Justina Francis Brit-Mackie Timmerman

Justina is on of my closests friends. I've known her sense we were about born. We played recreation soccer, and travel team soccer together, know we play on the same select team and we have been playin on this select team for about almost 4 years and on this team we are basically te veterans of the team. I remember one time it was me, Justina, and Savanah and for some silly reason we bought a 2 liter jug of red fruit punch. I took the jug and brought it up to my mouth and fill me cheeks up as much as I could and with Savannah laughing and Justina trying to make me laugh I ended up spitting cherry red fruit punch all over Justina's wall and kitchen table.After that amazingly enough Justina illed her mouth up ad spit it out for fun. Faster than you could say supercalafragalisticexbealladoshes we had the kitchen covered/drenched in red fruit punch. We have had many more great memories sense then but in order for me to tell you about all of them it would require 13, 70 sheet, colege rulled notebooks. One for each year I've known her.

Nail Polish

Nail polish can sometimes determine on your attitude or personality. For example black could me mean, emo, or goth. Pink could mean happy, or preppy. Im not quite sure what no nail polish means. Right now my nail polish is green. Lime green to be exact. Im not really sure what lime green means but I am happy, and excited. I guess tahts why I chose green. About 2-3 weeks ago I painted my nails black and almost all of my friends called me either emo, or goth, and those two things are the exact opposite of me. I am happy, and enthusiastic.

Emma Olivia Martin ♥

Emma Olivia Martin is one of my best friends ever! I have known her sense the first day of first grade. Crazy how that works out huh? Anyways I met her because it was the first day of first grade and I got on the wrong bus, I just happened to sit by Emma and we started talking and the next thing you know were friends. Sense then we have been to Costa Rica together, met really cool mexicans, and I go to her house all the time. The first time I went to her house I was in second grade and I think the only reason I can remember that is because we took her gymnastics mats and slid down her stairs. I cant remeber the second time I went to her house but third time was the funniest, and they always say "The third times a charm!" Well the third time at her house was not so charming for me. In Emma's backyard she has a swing on a hudge branch connected to an even hudger tree. The cool thing about this swing is that you can take a ladder up the tree and jump off onto the swing. Well lets just say thats not exactly what happened in my case. I was ready to jump, so I did, and when I jumped my upper body went and my lower body stayed glued to the tree! I ended up missing the swing and holding onto the rope as tight as a pair of abercrombie and fitch jeans.


2 Be Continued

Henry Hudson Claymation Animation Project

Cortney Fredriksen
American Studies
November 6, 2007
Stop Frame Animation Essay

My explorer stop frame animation project was on Henry Hudson. I chose to do this project with Jessica Manca. We have been working on this animation for about a month. Jessica and I have been working really hard together and we are looking forward to the final project. It’s been rough when one of us two is absent but we have learned to control those types of problems. My animation has humor and seriousness involved. I am now going to tell you about the most fun parts, the hardest parts, and the most important things I learned.

The part that has been most fun about this project was probably making clay people, and their accessories. We had to make two adults and 3 children but that’s not all. We also had to make a boat, which we ended up not even using, a baby cradle, a window, and a couch. That is still amazingly not all. We ended up having to make tree stands and accessories for our clay people. For example hats and bows. That was the most fun part about the whole project in my opinion. Also another thing I adored about this project was the part that it was a hands on activity.

The most difficult part of this project was the pictures. You had to make sure you didn’t move even the tiniest bit. If you do move even a half of a centimeter it messes up the whole clip. Another difficult part of this project was dealing with the computers. For example when you’re on a time limit and your computer is really slow its makes it very difficult and stressful. It is also very hard to use “your” computer when another group is also using it because then you have to wait until the other group is done and that takes forever. Those were the most difficult parts for me and Jessica.

Some of the most exciting thing that I learned would have to be learning that Henry Hudson was a very strong headed captain. He was also very sure of himself. He made a bet with his crew that within 30 days of beginning his voyage they would find land, and if he didn’t then he would abandon his ship. He ended up having to abandon his ship on his first voyage called the Northern Passage. I also learned that Henry Hudson was involved with robberies and stealing at a very young age. His childhood was unknown and his education was great. Those were some of the most interesting things I learned throughout this project.

I enjoyed the aspects of the claymation process and the steps it took to actually create a claymation. It has never really occurred to me about how hard it would be to make a simple claymation. Know when I look at a cartoon I think off all the steps they must have gone through. Not only that but that claymation project, and making the models, gave me a more in depth perception on my explorer. Most of my classes I would have just done an essay having to do something with a text book but this project was different. We got to have a hands on project and actually were able to do something rather than reading. I really enjoyed this project and the hard work Jessica and I put towards it.