Today started with Analyssa waking up at 7:15 to go to physical therapy. I got to sleep in because camp started later. I got up at 9:30 to take a shower and then got ready. My brother Noel drove me to camp, and once again I was the first one there. I was alone in the room with Linday for like 15 minutes! Those were very amusing minutes. Once everyone got there, we worked on Alice. Analyssa got to camp at 11:45, and we worked on a walk method for our project. After Alice time, we worked on blood spatter analysis. We dropped fake blood onto paper to mimic an open wound bleeding freely. Then we had a guest speaker. She talked to us about her career and gave us cool water bottles with candy inside. Then it was lunch. I had this amazing chicken and bacon sandwich. I loved it! Everything is made better when it has bacon in it =) After lunch it was open lab, and we worked on lilypad, our app, and a little on Alice. Then we did more blood spatter stuff before going back to open lab.
And now for the prompt!!
I don't really pay attention to fashion, so I don't know what's "in" this summer. I guess I like graphic tees under button-up t-shirts that are unbuttoned, if that makes any sense. I don't like skimpy tank tops or really short shorts. I don't know why girls like showing what they've got. It may be hot, but not that hot!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Fingerprints and Painting
Today started out LilyPad. I painted most of my bag, so now I just have to outline stuff. While waiting for the paint to dry, I programmed my speaker to play Greensleeves from Fantasia! That was relatively easy, because it was a lot of repeated notes. The hard part about it was figuring out the duration of the notes. In the end I got it, though. After LilyPad, we went to lunch. It was so good!!!! We had Andeles enchiladas and taquitos. It was delicious. After we finished eating, we played two games on this cool game called Set. I sorta got the hang of it by the end of lunch.
After lunch we worked on Alice. We made a shooting method and then got to work on our projects. We still have so much to do!!!!!! Once Alice time was up we went outside and did the blanket activity. We came up with a loop-hole by sitting down and having all of our feet resting on the blanket. Eventually the other girls figured out the other loop-hole that the genius Galen figured out. We got a picture and then headed inside. Once inside we got started on fingerprints and had to lift some for a competition.
Now for the prompt!!!
In 10 years, I will be 25 almost 26 years old. I see myself finishing up my masters degree in Computer Science either at NMSU or NM Tech. I hope to have a career in computer science somewhere near Las Cruces. If that isn't possible, then I hope to still live somewhere in New Mexico. I hope to be in a good relationship with someone, but I don't see myself married at that time, and God forbid I have any kids by then. Things could change, but that's what I see right now.
After lunch we worked on Alice. We made a shooting method and then got to work on our projects. We still have so much to do!!!!!! Once Alice time was up we went outside and did the blanket activity. We came up with a loop-hole by sitting down and having all of our feet resting on the blanket. Eventually the other girls figured out the other loop-hole that the genius Galen figured out. We got a picture and then headed inside. Once inside we got started on fingerprints and had to lift some for a competition.
Now for the prompt!!!
In 10 years, I will be 25 almost 26 years old. I see myself finishing up my masters degree in Computer Science either at NMSU or NM Tech. I hope to have a career in computer science somewhere near Las Cruces. If that isn't possible, then I hope to still live somewhere in New Mexico. I hope to be in a good relationship with someone, but I don't see myself married at that time, and God forbid I have any kids by then. Things could change, but that's what I see right now.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
An early start
Today's blog will be short and sweet because I have too big a headache to try to concentrate long enough to put too much effort into it. Why am I so tired you ask? Because I had to wake up at 5 in the morning to be ready to leave at 6 for a doctor's appointment in El Paso at 7:30(the doctor has a lot of patients). I tried sleeping on the way, but for me, once I wake up I can't go to sleep no matter how hard I try.
When we got to the office, I was called into the back after about 10 minutes. The doctor talked to me about my options. What was this appointment about? Well, when I was almost 8 years old, I broke my radius and my ulna(basically my arm) very close to my wrist. For some reason my ulna didn't heal right. It healed at an angle, which doesn't allow my arm to fully rotate. I can only go half-way. So the doc told me that one of my options was surgery. He would have to break my bone again and cut out a wedge so that the bone would re-align with the joint. Then he would have to screw a plate onto my ulna so that it would heal in place. I was so happy when he told me that that the option was availible to me. Most doctors that I've been to haven't told me that I could get the surgery. I'm scheduled to have it August 6th in El Paso.
When we got to camp, we worked on Alice for a while and then on LilyPad. We practiced sewing and then came up with designs. Then was lunch. We had Korean food I think. It wasn't very appetizing, but food is food and I was starving. After lunch we worked on LilyPad and then NXT. Analyssa wasn't there for NXT, so I had to try to program the Segway Man. And guess what? It was impossible! The people who had made the program created their own blocks. So I couldn't program it. But at least I got to play with the machine gun!!
UPDATE: I forgot to do the prompt, so I'll do it now. My name means " most holy". When our mom picked our names, there was a vote, and luckily my name won out against the name Anel. I like my name and how it sounds. My middle name is Margarita, which means pearl. I got my middle name from my grandma. I like it, but whenever I tell people what it is, they laugh and pronounce it wrong and mock me. And my first name is always mispronounced. I've had people call me Adrianna, Arrianna(pronounced are-ee-ah-na), Audrianna, and I've had people spell my name those ways plus Ariana. And all those misspellings do not mean the same thing! It frustrates me. I like being called Ari, though. So you guys can address me by that.
When we got to the office, I was called into the back after about 10 minutes. The doctor talked to me about my options. What was this appointment about? Well, when I was almost 8 years old, I broke my radius and my ulna(basically my arm) very close to my wrist. For some reason my ulna didn't heal right. It healed at an angle, which doesn't allow my arm to fully rotate. I can only go half-way. So the doc told me that one of my options was surgery. He would have to break my bone again and cut out a wedge so that the bone would re-align with the joint. Then he would have to screw a plate onto my ulna so that it would heal in place. I was so happy when he told me that that the option was availible to me. Most doctors that I've been to haven't told me that I could get the surgery. I'm scheduled to have it August 6th in El Paso.
When we got to camp, we worked on Alice for a while and then on LilyPad. We practiced sewing and then came up with designs. Then was lunch. We had Korean food I think. It wasn't very appetizing, but food is food and I was starving. After lunch we worked on LilyPad and then NXT. Analyssa wasn't there for NXT, so I had to try to program the Segway Man. And guess what? It was impossible! The people who had made the program created their own blocks. So I couldn't program it. But at least I got to play with the machine gun!!
UPDATE: I forgot to do the prompt, so I'll do it now. My name means " most holy". When our mom picked our names, there was a vote, and luckily my name won out against the name Anel. I like my name and how it sounds. My middle name is Margarita, which means pearl. I got my middle name from my grandma. I like it, but whenever I tell people what it is, they laugh and pronounce it wrong and mock me. And my first name is always mispronounced. I've had people call me Adrianna, Arrianna(pronounced are-ee-ah-na), Audrianna, and I've had people spell my name those ways plus Ariana. And all those misspellings do not mean the same thing! It frustrates me. I like being called Ari, though. So you guys can address me by that.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Machine Guns!!!
Today was a day quite unlike any other. Not really. But today was sugar cookie day, which has gotta count for somethin. Anyhways, today started with the alarm clock blaring at me, forcing me to abandon all hope of more sleep after a restless night. Reluctantly I dragged myself out of bed and slowly walked to the shower. After 20 minutes under steamy water, I got out and got ready for camp.
We left for NMSU at 9:40. Once again, we were the first people there. As soon as everyone was there, we jumped right into AppInventor. Jade and I tried to figure out how to do a point range for our app. It's still in the works, but we got further than I thought we would. I'll have to work on it later...
Towards the end of app inventor time, we went outside and played a game. After that, we worked on lilypad. I have yet to decide on what I want to do, but at least I have several ideas. Oh, well. I don't think I can top my other bag.
Then came lunch.
We had sandwiches and chips. Once lunch was over we went inside the lab and got to work on Alice. I tried modifying my walk method to make it look smoother until we had to pair up and come up with an idea about what to do for our Alice video.
After that we worked on NXT. We made this awesome machine gun!!! It was so cool =) We finished early and had time to play around with it.
And now for the prompt!!!
My restaurant would be called A Taste of Perfection =) It would be a small restaurant with sofas and coffee tables all around. There would be lamps set up and we would serve finger foods and comfort food. That's all I can imagine at the moment...
We left for NMSU at 9:40. Once again, we were the first people there. As soon as everyone was there, we jumped right into AppInventor. Jade and I tried to figure out how to do a point range for our app. It's still in the works, but we got further than I thought we would. I'll have to work on it later...
Towards the end of app inventor time, we went outside and played a game. After that, we worked on lilypad. I have yet to decide on what I want to do, but at least I have several ideas. Oh, well. I don't think I can top my other bag.
Then came lunch.
We had sandwiches and chips. Once lunch was over we went inside the lab and got to work on Alice. I tried modifying my walk method to make it look smoother until we had to pair up and come up with an idea about what to do for our Alice video.
After that we worked on NXT. We made this awesome machine gun!!! It was so cool =) We finished early and had time to play around with it.
And now for the prompt!!!
My restaurant would be called A Taste of Perfection =) It would be a small restaurant with sofas and coffee tables all around. There would be lamps set up and we would serve finger foods and comfort food. That's all I can imagine at the moment...
Monday, July 8, 2013
A trip to the dentist...
Just to let you guys know, I hate the dentist and I HATE needles. So waking up this morning knowing that I had to go to the dentist for some fillings just made my blood pressure go sky high and my anxiety level rise a few notches. I tried to think of other things and actually succeeded when I got to camp! When we got there we waited about 5 minutes until the other girls got there. Then we dived into App Inventor. Jade and I got the interface done, so all that's left is the programming. Except that we have a lot of programming to do....Dang. I need to work on it later... Anyhways, during our App Inventor time, we took a break and went outside to do the human knot. It wasn't as bad as the last time we did it. We actually made only one circle the first time! Then we did again and 4 girls made their own circle. Once we had ourselves un-knotted, we went inside to finish up App Inventor. We finished the questions and barely started on the program.
Then it was lunch time! I grabbed 2 slices of pizza before going out to meet my mom so she could drive me to the dreaded dentist. When we got there, we waited about 5 minutes before the lady called us back. I was seated in the dentist chair and immediately had a swab with orajell put into my mouth where they would inject the numbing agent into me...*shudders* It was horrible when they got out the needle and told me to open my mouth. I had to breath deeply and clench my hands into fists before opened my mouth. It hurt a lot when they put the needle in. And then they didn't give me enough numbing stuff, so they had to inject me again before they could start. When I was mostly numb, they started drilling. After about half an hour, they were done. I was so glad when it was over.
Then I went back to camp. When I got there the girls were working on Alice. I opened Alice and started working on a walking method. I got it pretty good, too. Then we started working on the lego robots! I was happy when Analyssa told me that we could make the segway. we finished building it, but we still have to program it. Oh, well. That's something to do tomorrow.
And now for the prompt!
1) Favorite candy - Kit Kat
2) Favorite musician - Jimmy Eat World
3) Favorite flower - Red and pink roses
4) Favorite restaurant - Lorenzo's
5) Favorite snack - Pomogranets
6) Favorite drink - Strawberry banana smoothies!
7) Favorite color - Electric blue
8) Favorite books - Divergent by Veronica Roth and Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
9) Favorite animal - Gray Wolves
10) Favorite subject - Math
Then it was lunch time! I grabbed 2 slices of pizza before going out to meet my mom so she could drive me to the dreaded dentist. When we got there, we waited about 5 minutes before the lady called us back. I was seated in the dentist chair and immediately had a swab with orajell put into my mouth where they would inject the numbing agent into me...*shudders* It was horrible when they got out the needle and told me to open my mouth. I had to breath deeply and clench my hands into fists before opened my mouth. It hurt a lot when they put the needle in. And then they didn't give me enough numbing stuff, so they had to inject me again before they could start. When I was mostly numb, they started drilling. After about half an hour, they were done. I was so glad when it was over.
Then I went back to camp. When I got there the girls were working on Alice. I opened Alice and started working on a walking method. I got it pretty good, too. Then we started working on the lego robots! I was happy when Analyssa told me that we could make the segway. we finished building it, but we still have to program it. Oh, well. That's something to do tomorrow.
And now for the prompt!
1) Favorite candy - Kit Kat
2) Favorite musician - Jimmy Eat World
3) Favorite flower - Red and pink roses
4) Favorite restaurant - Lorenzo's
5) Favorite snack - Pomogranets
6) Favorite drink - Strawberry banana smoothies!
7) Favorite color - Electric blue
8) Favorite books - Divergent by Veronica Roth and Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
9) Favorite animal - Gray Wolves
10) Favorite subject - Math
Sunday, July 7, 2013
New things are good things
Today was the first official day of the residential camp! I was so happy =) Even though I've been to every high school camp this summer, I still enjoy attending them. I just love YWiC. Pardon my love.
Anyhways, today started out with me thinking it was a Monday until I saw the paper. As soon as I saw that today was Sunday, I thought to myself, hmmmm....today feels like a Monday... And then I went about my morning. Since we live about 15 minutes away from NMSU, we decided to leave at 9:30 so as to arrive here at 9:45. When we got inside, we discovered that the other campers weren't there! They were still at McDonalds, eating breakfast. We walked around before sitting at our new seats. Finally, the other girls got there. Once they had all arrived, we went outside to do a game. A sentence was read, and if you agreed with it, you stepped into the circle. Once we finished the activity, we went inside and jumped right into the fascinating presentation on core concepts. I always forget what they are (surprise, is it not?) so I took notes this time! See, always thinking ahead ;)
After that, we made posters. I partnered up with my sister (of course) and we made an incredibly boring poster. We did our presentations and then lounged around, waiting for what seemed like an eternity for the food to come. And at last it came!!!! We rushed into the other room and got our food. It was amazing! When lunch was over, we played a running version of Jeopardy. Our team won!!!!! I was so happy, because the team I was on got second last time.
After Jeopardy, we went into the computer lab and got to work on AppInventor. I made a Quiz Me app and altered it so that it was a quiz about my favorite book: Divergent!!!! Then we got into groups for our app. Analyssa and I decided to do the unthinkable and split up!! GAASSSPPPP I know right?! I partnered up with Jade and Analyssa partnered up with Sofia. We decided to make a personality test that showed you what animal you would be if you weren't human. Overall it was a very good day =)
And now for the prompt! My name is Arianna Margarita Martinez. I am a sophomore at Centennial High School. I am 15 years old. I was born on September 10, 1997. My twin sister Analyssa is 11 minutes older than me. I game 3 other older siblings, the oldest being 35 years old. That wasn't that important, but I felt that it needed to be said. I love the color electric blue, I love Italian and Mexican food, my favorite books are divergent by Veronica Roth and under the never sky by Veronica Rossi. My favorite bands are Jimmy Eat World and the Civil Wars. My favorite movie is Tangled. My favorite time of year is fall. I hate spiders, I hate dancing, and I hate needles. I think that's it so far.
Anyhways, today started out with me thinking it was a Monday until I saw the paper. As soon as I saw that today was Sunday, I thought to myself, hmmmm....today feels like a Monday... And then I went about my morning. Since we live about 15 minutes away from NMSU, we decided to leave at 9:30 so as to arrive here at 9:45. When we got inside, we discovered that the other campers weren't there! They were still at McDonalds, eating breakfast. We walked around before sitting at our new seats. Finally, the other girls got there. Once they had all arrived, we went outside to do a game. A sentence was read, and if you agreed with it, you stepped into the circle. Once we finished the activity, we went inside and jumped right into the fascinating presentation on core concepts. I always forget what they are (surprise, is it not?) so I took notes this time! See, always thinking ahead ;)
After that, we made posters. I partnered up with my sister (of course) and we made an incredibly boring poster. We did our presentations and then lounged around, waiting for what seemed like an eternity for the food to come. And at last it came!!!! We rushed into the other room and got our food. It was amazing! When lunch was over, we played a running version of Jeopardy. Our team won!!!!! I was so happy, because the team I was on got second last time.
After Jeopardy, we went into the computer lab and got to work on AppInventor. I made a Quiz Me app and altered it so that it was a quiz about my favorite book: Divergent!!!! Then we got into groups for our app. Analyssa and I decided to do the unthinkable and split up!! GAASSSPPPP I know right?! I partnered up with Jade and Analyssa partnered up with Sofia. We decided to make a personality test that showed you what animal you would be if you weren't human. Overall it was a very good day =)
And now for the prompt! My name is Arianna Margarita Martinez. I am a sophomore at Centennial High School. I am 15 years old. I was born on September 10, 1997. My twin sister Analyssa is 11 minutes older than me. I game 3 other older siblings, the oldest being 35 years old. That wasn't that important, but I felt that it needed to be said. I love the color electric blue, I love Italian and Mexican food, my favorite books are divergent by Veronica Roth and under the never sky by Veronica Rossi. My favorite bands are Jimmy Eat World and the Civil Wars. My favorite movie is Tangled. My favorite time of year is fall. I hate spiders, I hate dancing, and I hate needles. I think that's it so far.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Just another Monday....
Seeing as how I may as well use this blog for other things besides camp, I shall use it to display some of my poems. Enjoy!
Innocent Love
Long I've waited,
So elated,
For this day to come.
My heart is pounding,
Ever sounding
Like a beating drum.
My friends around me,
Sleeping soundly,
Know not of me and you.
Happy feelings,
Longed-for dreamings,
Ready to come true.
Let me know what you think!
Innocent Love
Long I've waited,
So elated,
For this day to come.
My heart is pounding,
Ever sounding
Like a beating drum.
My friends around me,
Sleeping soundly,
Know not of me and you.
Happy feelings,
Longed-for dreamings,
Ready to come true.
Let me know what you think!
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