MY DASHBOARD (Netvibes)

I actually made a Netvibes when Dr. Preston mentioned it thinking "Hey! I can use this because I have so many things I need to look at on the Internet! It will save time and looks cool." I go make my dashboard put all my sites I check.....and then I never go on it because I thought it was easier to just do what I normally do. It's hard for me to change my habits. I do keep a ongoing list of things in my planner, so maybe I will gradually get to using Netvibes but right now since what I am doing is working I think I'll stick to it. Oh I even titled it "STAY FOCUSED. WE HAVE GOALS."

Phonar14 Video

Some notes & quotes I got from this lecture...

Phonar14 Video
-About Photography for your ears
-You can take a picture or post a picture but you need passion to understand a picture
-About how to portray a story within photography
-Rambling about photography
-Thinking about how you portray ideas
-I really liked the quote "If you want to change the world you have to start describing it differently."
-"Your voice is one of the voices but not the voice"
-One picture does not tell the whole story but part of it

Phonar14 to Canterbury Tales 
-People have different perspectives
-Look at the bigger picture because there are a lot of stories
-Chaucer is the Father of English Literature

This is definitely rambling and nonlinear!

CANTERBURY TALES (I) + other notes

Bede Notes textbook pages 74-82

• Five languages and four nations within Britain: English, British, Scots, and Picts and Latin made them unify and study in god and faith
• Writing about English history and most illiterate during period 
• Britain first inhabited by the Britons who crossed from Armorica, located in the South.
• Ireland is the largest island after Britain which lies in the west, Picts sett in the North.
• Picts aligned with the Scots 
• Nice weather and seasons and Isle seen as area of no poison and water can cure it, also abundant in food (fish, etc) 
• Geoffrey Chaucer: page to the wife of Lionel of Antewerp, a son of the ruler, Edward III, Chaucer was introduced to the English monarch, Married a lady in waiting of the queen.
• Chaucer had early poems based on works of European poets such as The Book of the Duchess
• Possibly inspired to write from his pilgrimage to Canterbury
• Incorporates speech and eloquence to English literature

The Canterbury Tales - (pgs. 95-115)

• “AABB” rhyming pattern throughout the poem/tale
• Each major form of medieval literature told through each character that relates to his or her personalities, narrator describes the start of spring; around this time of the year is when people begin to go on a pilgrimage
• The narrator desires to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral and he describes the start of his journey, as he joins a diverse group who happen to be taking the same journey and he then goes on to describing each traveler (29 total) who are all very different
• A story of stories with the bigger story being the pilgrimage to Canterbury
• Basically the story is about pilgrims were going to Canterbury to worship at the tomb of Thomas A becket who had been killed by a King of England because he wouldn't do something that was against his religion. As they walked along they each told a story, and Chaucer, the author, wrote down those poems. 
• Pilgrims include: a knight, the squire, the yeoman, a prioress, a second nun, a monk, a friar, a merchant, a clerk, a man of the law, a franklin, a weaver, a dyer, a carpenter, a tapestry-maker, a haberdasher, a cook, a shipman, a physician, a parson, a miller, a manciple, a reeve, a summoner, a pardoner, the wide of a bath, and Chaucer. 

SMART Goal & Time Investment Portfolio (TIP)

I did these 2 activities in my Honors English class sophomore year, so I am going to use them as examples and update & change them to my goal as of now. 

SMART Goals

Specific: My goal is to to a 4 year university, such as the colleges that are listed on this blog post http://jhaicellelaron.blogspot.com/2014/09/colleges-i-would-like-to-attend.html and major in Business.  I then would like to transfer or attend after my 4 years to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. Some factors that came into play when making this my plan after High School is how close it was to home, the in-state tuition, and the location for what connections I want to make with different influential people. I also really want to have some sort of regular college experience and that is why I want to go to a 4 year before I go specific. I want to do something with fashion, maybe fashion stylist or buyer or grow my own successful company such as Sophia Amoruso!

Measurable: This is definitely something I want to do and I couldn't see myself doing anything else. Some things I will be doing to make this happen is try to get into a college and then to meet people that I could have connections with in the future. I will also for the fashion part that I already do is study my blogs, magazines, and books. I also might want to get a job at a clothing store.

Achievable: To obtain this I will need to start saving money, so I a have a job and I am some what saving money. I am also looking into scholarships and financial aid and if I really have to, I will be looking into student loans.

Reachable: When I say that I have accomplished my goal I will have a job in the fashion industry, but that will just mean that I finished this goal and others will be sure to come after this.

Timely: To get this goal accomplished I have already been shopping and looking at styles and trends everywhere from school, the streets, and the internet. I also have been buying and reading books on fashion, color theory, and fashion history. I am also subscribed to a lot of fashion magazines. I want to learn more about how to help different people with different personalities that want to be styled and helped with their fashion trends and clothing. This goal is so huge, I don't think I can predict the time.

T.I.P. 

I am now looking at my project for this from freshman year and man how much have I loaded up on work since then; a ton more ASB & Special Olympics responsibilities and I now have a job.

I believe I spend half of my time passing time (R + R, using the bathroom, sleeping, and traveling to place to place) and I can't really do anything about that because I need to do that. The other half of the time I then literally spend it selling time (going to school, getting something out of it). The other two categories of Giving Time and Spending Time is not in my life right now.

MASTERPIECE 1

So i just posted a post about my masterpiece and big question but I think I should elaborate on it more than I already have. I wanted to talk about Sophia Amoruso the author of "#GIRLBOSS", I really have gotten to like her a lot. I found out about her because I followed the Nasty Gal Store social media sites and some celebrities that have worn their clothing and I searched her and she had an incredible story. She started a well known fashion store called Nasty Gal and was named the "Fastest Growing Retailer." She originally launched her online store on ebay in San Francisco selling old vintage pieces of clothing that she thought was authentic. She bought the clothes and items from second hand stores and even found an authentic Chanel jacket at a Salvation Army Store for $8 and sold it for more than $1000 and by 2007 she was known by 60,000 people. And get this Nasty Gal's first hire was through Craiglist!!! And all this information can be found on Nasty Gal's Wikipedia! Sophia Amoruso is the definition of what the all American dream looks like and she is definitely an inspiration & a role model to me. She captures all the three elements of what I want my masterpiece is going to be about: Feminists, Leadership, & Fashion. Her website says it all! http://girlboss.nastygal.com/foundation/ Her foundation is amazing and fashion sense is original! I need to just sit and look at her website when I have time but everything I've seen so far is incredible! So this relating to the masterpiece, I have no idea how she even relates to what I even want to do with my masterpiece but I think she is a great muse for thinking of what I can do with my masterpiece. I'M BUYING HER BOOK RIGHT NOW. WHOOP WHOOP.

Big Question & Masterpiece in the making???

My big question and masterpiece is really changing and/ or evolving everyday. I know what subjects I want to do my project on but I don't know how I want to pull it in all together to make it one masterpiece. This is what I know: Feminism, Leadership, & Fashion. Putting all these subjects together could be a big question of, Can women be all three and do well at it? Or what should my question be? I need help evolving my question? I know some fashion icons that relate such as Rachel Zoe (stylist, editor, and designer) and Sophia Amoruso (building/built the foundation of #GIRLBOSS and creator of clothing store Nasty Gal). I would definitely want to become like them in my future. I just don't know how I can make this a project.

WILL STUDY FOR FOOD

Iv'e been using the website scholarships.com and I found a few that are small amounts of money, but hey it all adds up in the end. I will need scholarship money to attend a college (Colleges I would like to attend in past post).