I Dedicate This Post To......

Two more weeks till school is out! And this is my last required blog post! Should I keep posting? I doubt anyone will actually read it, & the million dollar question is: Can I actually remember to post?
Eh, maybe if I had an attentive audience that gives me feedback, or acknowledgement; that kind of jazz. Well onto the important stuff.

I sit upon the couch, typing and remembering. Thinking about how nervous I had been when faced with the prospect of writing a blog. What was I to blog about? I had limited options as I didn't want to seem too mainstream and post photography, how to cook, etc. Yet, upon reflection, I never really did live up to what I thought I was going to blog about. So I apologize with the utmost sincerity.

Well onto the dedication part.

Sorry for the craptastic image quality(it's even upside down)

So I don't think you can really tell, but there is a bike in the white cement, and just random color everywhere else. And yes I do have a background for this. These paint splurges are courtesy of my neighbor, who tends to do everything on his own, as opposed to going out and buying the stuff. The entire family is like that, and I think it's amazing and commend them for that. So since they're moving, I decided to dedicate this one last post to them. I think they are amazing people, and they have helped my family out multiple times. I doubt any of them will read this blog (which is probably a good thing) but I would like to thank them for being the best neighbors, and most phenomenal people I know! So thank you!!!

PEACE

LOVE

HONEST

There was yet another tile that graces the stone pathway in my frontyard that I believe says humor. However, the quality wasn't the best so I decided not to post yet another picture that was hard to decipher. I hope none of you decipher this as mainstream; considering everything that people depict says "Peace, Love, Smile, Hope" etc.  I find all of these words, concepts, to be the basis of humanity. Yet I find that no one really upholds them. Well everyone does to a certain degree, yet they take it to far. People stress the meaning of these words to a point that all there saying is: I'm the one keeping the peace, give everyone hope, smile no matter what comes your way...and so on and so forth.

Yet people also stress the down side of life as well

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People tend to make things larger than life, always emphasizing something in some way. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I had to speak my mind. So to the numerous people who do this, please calm yourself. And I should take my own advice as well so as not to appear as a hypocrite.

I want that sticker

So on my way to orchestra class one day, I happened to walk through the junior parking lot and stumbled across this car. If you look at the bottom right corner of the window, you will see the sign for The Deathly Hallows! That's pretty dang shnazzy if you ask me!

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And of course, we must have the connotation for The Deathly Hallows. 

Yeah, I think I should maybe give you a heads up: I'm totally splurging on this blog because it is most likely the last post I will ever write, unless people say otherwise. But, whatever, I actually had a good time writing some of these posts. Albeit, it took me a while to get into the groove of finding topics to write about.

Reading Statues

So as I was on my way to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Leonardo Museum, I walked through a park that was filled with statues depicting activities that children commonly perform outside. There were also some depicting children performing cartwheels, riding bicycles, etc. However, this was probably the best picture I took. It kind of reminds me of my 2nd or 3rd blog post -  Fountain Art - so yeah, throwback to way back then.

Tangled Symbol?

So anyone else have to go to family reunions on occasion? Yeah, well we do this birthday celebrating thing every 2 months, or whenever there is a holiday such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Easter, etc. Well, me and two of my cousins ended up dedicating our entire time to drawing with chalk. This was one of my creations, the center are the "helicopter" seeds. You know them; as kid you most likely threw them up and into the air, watching them pinwheel downwards. I know I did for sure. These seeds  were littered across the sidewalk, and I created this. Kind of reminds me of the sun-flower from Tangled.

Just another image to commemorate the day

Yeah, I ended up coloring my shoes with chalk.

Well, there isn't much else to say. Well, I guess I could throw in one last dedication to a pretty good ski year....yeah sure why not?

 Skis on Chairlift

A collection of chairlift moments

Thought this was a pretty cool picture

Obviously as seen in the above picture, we were running out of snow. So this is most likely from March or something.

A bit earlier in the ski season, when there was snow

So my ski poles placed oh so majestically into the powder as I took a moment to observe my surroundings. The run I had skied was a black I think, maybe double. I can't remember. I do remember the fact that the snow was great, and I continued to ski that run for the rest of the day as no one else had skied the snow. Fresh powder!

Lots of feet

Some feet

And just because I have an obsession with these kind of pictures. Don't ask me why, I don't even know myself. Anyone see their shoes? The pictures were taken about a month with entirely different people, except myself and one other friend of mine I believe. Well enough of that, onto the last subject of the day.

#cowgirlselfie

So I volunteer at this horse place, and on occasion I am allowed to ride. Huh, I had forgotten I was actually wearing a cowgirl hat. Now upon reflection, it was quite a sunny day, and yes cowgirl/boy hats are actually very efficient in keeping the sun out of your eyes.

Well that's all i've got for now, have a great summer! And enjoy the rest of the school year! ;)

Oh and thanks Mr. Parker for making me write this, it became quite enjoyable. It was an interesting experience that I won't forget!

Ingrid

Over & Out

Random

Snow Spiral

So obviously drawn in snow. I honestly have no idea what to write. I wonder if gibberish would count towards my grade? Hmmmm......probably not which is unfortunate. Hey that's something I could write about!

Anyone here fluent in pig latin? Anyoneay erehay luentfay inay igpay atinlay? For anyone who isn't, you just add ay to the end of a word. And whenever the word begins with a consonant you take the first consonant, put it at the end of the word, and add ay. Pretty simple.

Some of you more advanced? Well then. Here's how to ask how are you in French!

Ca'va?

Commo talli vu?

Yeah, I can't spell. I'm sorry!

Anyone out there weird like me and speak Latin? I thought not. Here are a few things you can say which will completely baffle friends.

Quid agis hodie? - How are you today?

Quiesco! - Shut up!

Quiscum fatuum puerum/puella - shut up stupid boy/girl

Salve! - Hello!

Errare Human est - to error is human

So yeah, there's some latin for all of you. And no I'm not going to post any cuss words, my teacher grades this blog! 

Anyone out there who codes/ciphers/writes in runes? Well here are a few of my favorites:

• A Caesar Cipher is basically mixing up the English Alphabet so that one letter really means another. And you can go to the extreme so that you have to un-code two layers.
• Anglo Saxon Runes have become widely used after the production of the Hobbit. These ruins were also used by the vikings, saxons, and anglos. A little history, the saxons were from Germany and the Anglos were the Frieslanders from Sweden, Norway, etc. Anglos and Saxons both immigrated to England, Great Britain in general really, and took up residence there. Eventually being known as the Anglo Saxons.   J.R.R Tolkein also uses these runes in the hobbit. They are the letters found etched on the outside of the book, the letters on the map, and the letters revealed by the moon.

Ha! Now I've reached the required minimum amount of words! Plus, I can't really remember any other good ciphers and such. Next time I will post more, and hopefully my French and stuff will be spelled correctly next time!!

Friday, At Last!

It's finally friday! Which of course leads to the end of another school week; then the weekend which is abundant with laziness, sports, and hanging out with friends. Amazing right? Most definitely my favorite time of the week. And finally I can enjoy it, because all the tourists are leaving!! The ones who attended the Sundance Film Festival at least. I can now walk to my orchestra class without having to worry about running into people coming from a film in the Eccles. Center. Or go skiing without having to dodge people who think they are so adept at swinging, when really they have no idea whatsoever what they're supposed to be doing.
Yes we do need people to come and visit, it is after all good for the economy. Sometimes though it's like ''How can you be so stupid, it's this not that!'' I know that's unfair, plus I mean I'm a hypocrite seeing as how I have been to other places and not known what was going on.

Anyways, I attempted to try this one project. It involved putting died water into a water balloon, freezing it overnight (Either in the freezer or outside if it is 32º F or colder). In the morning you are supposed to peel off the balloon to have an ice globe. It looked like so much fun, so of course I tried it to appeal to my younger sister and her friends. The only problem, finding a sink faucet that wouldn't tear the balloon. Needless to say I couldn't find one. The metal on the faucets at my house were edged and tore through the fine plastic. 'Why not use a cap?' you might ask, you know the ones you put on hoses to better control the water flow, well of course it didn't fit. So in the end my hands were stained blue, red, purple, green, and pink from all the food dye exploding on my hands when the balloon ripped. Grrrrrrr...........


What Should have
Happened

Maybe next time I will get it right. Oh yeah and this is the end result.

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So yeah, maybe someday I will succeed like this person.

Well anyhow you guys have a good weekend! And have fun with the snow for those of you who live on the east coast of the US!

Epiphany!

Alright, straight to the point. So I have continuously said that the art I post about is street art, which then lead to it being outdoor art. First off, sorry about all the confusion I honestly have no idea whatsoever what to blog about.
Anyways, I realized that half of the art I blogged about was public art and once again outdoor art. Simply that, it's sad that I only just figured that out. Oh well, for the rest of this blog post I guess.

So on my way over to Orchestra one day, I managed to find this.

Ice!

If you can't tell it's a piece of ice. Truly exquisite as it looks as if there are trees caught within the crystal structure. Well at least I find it beautiful. After finding the chunk of ice, and realizing how cold I was, I continued my journey to the orchestra class that happens to be located in a different building. Well as I walked I realized how privileged I am to live where I do. The beauty really does take your breath away at times. People just take it for granted. And I know I sound like a total tourist for saying that, but I can enjoy beauty too can't I?

So how was everyone's holiday? Hope it was well! I spent time with family as I hope you all got to do. This resulted in my attendance of a play at the Ford's Theater Washington D.C! I attended the performance of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. They did a magnificent job!

I sat under and diagonal from the balcony in which Abraham Lincoln was shot. To this day no one has sat in that box, or approached the seat. They have historical tours of course, you can even go across the street to where doctors tried to save him. It truly is fascinating, all that history within a block. 

The Seat

Note, please check out these blogs! They are the coolest! I will be listing more each week. Some are quite entertaining. 

So I really am sorry that my posts are so boring, and don't lie, I know they are. Once again I really don't know what to write about!!! So in the end I decided that each post will just be a random assortment of questions and facts about society, history, and sciences. A very wide variety of topics, but hopefully the posts will be more interesting.

Let it Snow!

"Well the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. And since there's no place to go.....
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!"

Well for one thing, the snow finally stayed! Now I can go skiing, have snowball fights, build snowmen, did I just say that out loud? Or type it for that matter? Well as you can see I am very excited about...Snow!! And now I finally get a chance to go skiing and do all that fun stuff!

So some of you must think I'm totally crazy for freaking out over snow like that, I can't help it if winter is one of my favorite seasons! (Little fun fact right there) Plus, honestly, the snow is just so beautiful, and where I live it creates opportunities. Art for one thing.

Well one more note on the subject of art. Considering where I live, I can't really talk about street-art without having all my pictures come from off the internet. So this is now all about outdoor art. I'm also more interested in it as well. Considering half of my blog has been made up of outdoor art anyhow. So pictures will mainly consist of scenery, and random pictures I find fascinating.

Well here's one for today based on my excitement!

Photo Credits to Me! (I promise better pictures in the future)

Ok so I saw the coolest thing today, and could kick myself for not having a camera or my phone. I was walking home from the bus when I saw the most pristine image. The mountains were coated in snow, the pine trees black specks blurring into patches, and the sky was a light gray, sun shining through the clouds. I glanced over at one of the mountains, a ski resort really, and saw the light hitting them perfectly. Beams highlighted the tips and seemed to creep over them into our surrounding neighborhood. Then my eyes took in a balloon flying perfectly in front of them, a deep royal purple catching and holding some of those rays. I literally froze at the sheer beauty of it all. Just try and picture it. Got the image? Probably not, I will try to take a picture of the mountains some other time so you can picture it.

Was darker, and transparent not opaque.