Showing posts with label jumpstart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jumpstart. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Jump Start: What Day Is It?

My new week will consist of names of great hockey players and countries of the world:

Monday- EsponadaDay (Esposito+Canada)
Tuesday- KolzermanyDay (Kolzig+Germany
Wednesday- StasteniaDay (Stastny+Slovenia)
Thursday- NolirelandDay (Nolan+Ireland)
Friday- GretznadaDay (Gretzky+Canada)
Saturday- ModanericaDay (Modano+America)
Sunday- HueanceDay (Huet+France)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Soy

  1. Soy
  2. Milk
  3. Dairy
  4. Cheese
  5. Cake
  6. Dessert
  7. Dinner
  8. Evening
  9. Night
  10. Moon
  11. Stars
  12. Constellations
  13. Sun
  14. Light
  15. Sky
  16. Blue
  17. Color
  18. Paint
  19. Art
  20. Masterpiece
  21. Museum
  22. Architecture
  23. Buildings
  24. City
  25. Town
  26. Street
  27. Cars
  28. Driving
  29. Speeding
  30. Ticket
  31. Crime
  32. Prison
  33. Prisoners
  34. Guard
  35. Gun
  36. Weapon
  37. War
  38. Army
  39. Soldiers
  40. General
  41. President
  42. White House
  43. Washington DC
  44. Traffic
  45. Cars
  46. Horns
  47. Loud Noises
  48. Explosions
  49. Rockets
  50. Space

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A Song's Story

This piece of music reminds me of a gangster story like Reservoir Dogs or something like that. There is a peaceful conversation at first, but there is something underlying that you can't put your finger on. The conversation would be between leaders of rival gangs or mobs who are in some type of negotiations. As the song picks up, I feel like that is the point where negotiations go south and a fight or shoot out occurs. When I hear a piece of music like this my mind automatically jumps to juxtapositions between tone of music and tone of story, so whereas the song is upbeat and uptempo, I feel like it is hiding something dark and scary like a gang-related fight or massacre. At the end when the song becomes slow and peaceful again, the battle is over and the prevailing gang is picking up the pieces and walking slowly out of the place, which is probably an Italian restaurant or something like that. I feel that a song like this is so upbeat and optimistic that it just HAS to be hiding some sort of dark, scary secret. There is something sinister sounding about the lower portion of the melody that seems to be lying dormant behind the pretty, beautiful of the higher melody.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Ocean Thief











These three items are a bunny in a car, a dock, and a portion of the sea. A man came up to me in a coffee shop handing me a bag containing these three items. He is a super-criminal in the vain of Carmen SanDiego. This super-criminal works for an international crime syndicate attempting to steal all of the oceans on Earth. He is being pursued by Interpol's bunny unit. Several unmarked sedans driven by humanoid bunnies were on his tail until he was able to trap one on a dock. Using his super-criminal powers, he was able to capture the bunny in a car AND the dock and place them in the same bag that he is keeping his stolen portion of the sea. Still followed by the bunnies in sedans, this mysterious fellow offered me refuge in his water castle once all the oceans have been successfully taken in exchange for me holding these items for a short while. Naturally, I accepted this offer since in a short time (after the oceans have been stolen) it will cost Billions of dollars to experience the ocean and I will probably not have that kind of money.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Favorite Smell

My favorite smell is the smell of baked cinnamon rolls in the morning. This aroma is a very sweet and powerful smell and always reminds me of breakfast on Saturday mornings in my home. This smell takes me back to the early days of my childhood and gives me such a nostalgic feeling about the past. Saturday mornings were always my favorite day of the week and they always started with this particular aroma in my nose. It was a day of no worries or cares and it always started out the same.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

10 Things Kids Do Better Than Adults

Here are 10 things that children can do better than adults:
  1. Fit in smaller spaces.
  2. Tell stories.
  3. Dream.
  4. Hope.
  5. Get out of trouble.
  6. Walk through small doors.
  7. Wear wacky outfits
  8. Eat.
  9. Be optimistic.
  10. Get motivated after a failure.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

My Ultimate Desk

My ultimate desk would be made of a durable solid black composite material. the surface area would be very large as I tend to use multiple books, sheets of paper, media, materials, etc. There should also be a very high amount of storage capability included because if I cannot be completely organized, I tend to be completely messy and unorganized; there is no middle ground for me. My desk would also come completely equipped with a dual monitor computer system as I tend to get very cluttered on my computer space just as I do on my physical desk space. A relatively quiet environment with access to a radio and/or my iTunes library is a must as I tend to work to music, however access to a television would also be necessary because I like to work while I watch TV from time to time. It is important to also include strong lighting and be adjacent to a window so I can work by sunlight during the day and still have strong lighting during the night; there is no specific time of day that I set aside to work, although I generally get most of my work done at night.