Goooo Art!

This fall I took an art class at Art Smart Studio. Our teacher, Ms. Lorina taught us about tonal value. The first project that we did was an experiment with tonal value. We put corresponding colors to the light and dark areas on a black and white picture.


The second project we did was a simple drawing. We drew scenes of our choice.















The third (and my favorite) was a mini-sculpture that I made by hot gluing perfection pieces to a piece of wood. I spray painted it light green and maroon. The mixture of the paints and the original yellow give it a variety of tonal values to make it interesting.

meatballs and haikus

Today i made meatballs because they are AWESOME. We are having them for dinner tonight . i am also re-learning to cook!!!



recipe:
a touch of heaven
2 pounds ground sausage
3 eggs
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup bbq sauce
3-4 T dried onion
a dash of pepper
1/2-1 cup bread crumbs
mix w/ hands
shape
bake at 375 till nicely brown
and tinged with awesomeness

while shaping the meat i thought up this:
Raw meat is blucky
F**king mushy meat is cold
Meatballs are awesome
It is a haiku!!
The finished meatballs are the best i ever have had.

what happened in chernobyl?

over the last week i learned about chernobyl.

chernobyl is famous for its nuclear power plant. on april,26, 1986 at 1 in the morning, reactor #4 exploded. the neighboring town of pripyat was evacuated within 36 hours. the residents never returned. less then 50 people have been to chernobyl until 2006. now there are guided tours to the area. it is your perfect example of a ghost town.



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Vision Chart

Yesterday Evan and I created his vision chart. This beautiful chart lists all the things which Evan currently dreams of doing. What's on the list you ask? Here's the list:
• skydive
• scuba dive
• water ski
• go to Hawaii
• surf on ocean
• go to an unschooling conference every month
• fly across the country first class
• visit with friends more often
• drive a snowmobile
• shoot an AA-12 (auto shotgun), a sniper rifle, and a machine gun at a shooting range
• own a food store
• custom make a video game
• learn fencing
• own a video game store
• accomplish a spy mission
• assemble arsenal of spy gear and nerf guns
• perform a training mission at a military facility
• get stronger in upper body
• get a big backpack for camping/hiking
• get better at first person shooter video games

4th fireworks

what did you ask? what did i do for the 4'th? alright [sigh] ill tell you

we set off fireworks duh
and here is what i thought of them.

first and definately LEAST were the VERY VERY lame sparklers

the tequila sunrise was like somthing you would see out of a jet fighter (only mini) it was cool!

the second one we put off a.k.a. the california rocket was very eruptive. and i made the mistake of holding it . stupid me. next time we will stick them in the ground!

there was also a smoke bomb witch was not so much a firework because it was just smoke duh

more to come soon!