Blog #10

Lauren and Emma just got a point, it was now 20-24 and they were in the lead.  They only needed 7 more points and they would win the 2022 women’s beach volleyball provincials.  They were facing a team from B.C. which had been trained since they were 5 together but Lauren and Emma had only been doing this since high school. There opponents both had brown hair and brown eyes.  One of them was 6’1 and the other 5’10 way taller than them as Lauren was only 5’8 and Emma 5’11. They didn’t let size scare them and it showed as they were always in the lead.  It was best out of 3 sets and they had already won one of them so this was there chance to win it all.  They shoved it down the B.C team’s throats 4 points in a row.  It was now 20-28 and they only needed 3 points to win!  Emma went to serve and her nerves got to her and it went out, it was now 21-28.  The taller B.C. player served to them and they bumped it, set, and threw in a tip.  This threw off their opponents and they didn’t even have a chance at returning it.  It was down to the last 2 points, 21-29 and Lauren was serving.  The ball is in play and the other team smashes it but Lauren digs it up and Emma sets the perfect ball for Lauren to smash.  The 5’10 player goes up to block Lauren and on her way down she lands on Laurens ankle.  She falls to the ground and everything is silent.  Emma runs to her and asks if she is alright, Lauren can feel the immense pain but knows she must finish the game.  She gets up, gets her ankle wrapped and limps back onto the court.  She knows she can’t jeopardise provincials with only one more point needed.  The game resumes and it is Laurens serve, it makes it over and she plays her best with the one leg she had.  B.C. smashed it down with no mercy and they had no chance at a return from Lauren.  It was 22-29 and the B.C. teams worst severe was up.  It made it over but as Lauren tries to reach it, it seems to be out.  Contemplating her move in the last second she calls “OUT!’’, the ball is out! The crown goes wild and Lauren and Emma are in shock at their win, they are now the champions of 2022!

blog#9

Beep! Beep! Beep! It was the sound Lauren Loldon dreaded every morning… the alarm clock.  She smacked the snooze button for the third time.  It was now 11:25 and she had to leave at 12:00 to get to the airport Her 5’8 athletic body jumped out of bed and started getting dressed.  Her outfit of the day was shorts and a sweater it was her usual.  It was very warm in Sydney Australia so her skin was pretty tanned.  She started putting her long blond hair into a French braid and then did her makeup.  She finished her makeup and brushed her teeth.  She fed her Kangaroo, Kanga, and ate her own breakfast, a slice of cold pizza.  She grabbed all of her bags and kanga and headed out of her small house.  She walks to her small blue ford focus and heads to her boyfriend’s house.  His name was Logan and she met him doing the same doctors apprenticeship.  They had also gone to the same university but never had met.   He has brown haired and is 23, a year older than Lauren.  He packed his bags in the car and they headed out to the local sushi place for lunch.  After finishing they left for the airport.  They were heading to Manitoba as Lauren and her best friend Emma were in beach volleyball provincials and also to visit Lauren’s family. Her whole family lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she was very happy about this trip as she got to do two of her favorite things, play volleyball and be with family and friends.  They got to the airport and boarded the plane.  It would be a long flight and they were well off so they decided to fly in first class.  After 21 one long hours of luxurious flying they landed in Manitoba.  It was summer time there so it as pretty warm.  Emma picked them up and they headed to the courts as their first game was in 2 hours.

Blog #8

My room is medium sized and has a specific color scheme all of my furniture is bright white and my walls are painted aqua.  All of my decorations are either green and blues or white and silver all making my room seem calm and modern.  You open the door and a rush of wonderful smells of the tropics surrounds you.  And as you walk into my room you can feel the carpet, the plush fabric in between your toes. Straight in front of you is my medium sized white desk.  It has many drawers and holds all my books and school stuff, on top of it I have my mac book and a paper organiser.  The wall above it has frames filled with pictures of my friends and family, these pictures help to give me inspiration and make me smile whenever I see them.  Diagonally from the desk you will see my bed, it is a double bed and has a white leather head board and frame.  I have a green and blue striped bed spread and many soft jumbo pillows on it.  To the right of my bed I have a little table that has my ihome and my lamp on it, it is square and has pretty short legs.  Across from my bed is my white dresser.  It has three drawers and above it are my TV and Wii.  The dresser however does not hold my clothes, my closet does which is near my desk.  It is pretty big and has all my clothing in it, neatly organised and color coated.  On the ceiling in the center of the room I have a lamp from Mr. Lamp shop and is a ball with warped blue and green panels.  Last but not least I have is a shelf that boarders the hole room.  On this shelf I put pictures, awards and keepsakes. Overall my room is very tidy and is my place to sleep and do homework.  Although you can hear the dog barking and my brother’s music playing it is a great place to rest after a long day. I just recently re-did my room and love the way it has turned out.  I love my room, the look and the feel of it, it almost reminds me of a bedroom out of a magazine and is always very calming to be in.

Blog entry #7

For the charater of Helena I have choose Kate Winslet.  She is a great actress and has been in over 30 movies.  Some of the movies she has been in are The Titanic, The Reader, Contagion, and The Holiday.  She can play many difffernt roles and it shows throughout all her different movies.  Her  Titanic character would be the closest to Helenas.  This is because the are both in the olden days and both were in love with someone they couldn’t have.  In the play Helena is in love with Demetrius and in the movie Rose  is in love with Jack.  This is a similarity because in both the play and the movie they can not be with there true love.  In the play this is because Demetrius does not love her back and is arranged to marry Hermia and in the movie she is frobiden to love a poor man and she is already engaged. “And even for that do I love you more.” (II,I,202) this quote shows that she is in love with someone that she can not be with and she is sayimg that not having him only makes her want him more.  This is exactly like Kate Winslet character’s  Rose.

For the character Titania I choose Jenifer Lawrence.  She is a great actress and has been in movies such as The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook and X-men.   I choose her because she is beautiful and always plays a strong femal.  This relates to Titania because she is a leader and is very powerful.Her character in The Hunger Games relates the best with Titania.  In The Hunger Games she was a very strong girl, she loved nature and she took care of people(her family).   This is exactly like Titania, she is the queen of the forest and has power over everyone, she is one with nature as she is a fairy and she takes care of all the creatures in the forest.  “Not for thy fairy kingdom!”  (II,I,144) this quote shows that she will do anything to protect her kingdom and is strong enough to stand up for them all.  This is exactly like Jennifer’s character Katniss as she stands up for her district and family.

 

For the character Puck I choose the actor Kevin James.  He is a great actor and has been in many movies such as Grown Ups, Paul Blart Mall Cop, and Here Comes the Boom.  I choose Kevin James fro the character of Puck because he always plays a funny and goofy role.  He usually always messes up and is a joker just like Puck.   For example in Paul Blart Mall Cop he plays a mall cop that is sort of a screw up and  is very quirky.   This relates to Puck because he messed up when putting the potions on the lovers eyes and made the hole situation even worse.  ''Weeds of Athens he doth wear.'' (II,ii,77)  This quote shows that he does not process things very well and he jumps to conclusions.  This relates to most of Kevin James characters and that's why I think he would be a great Puck.

spring break plans

Spring break plans-part 1

This year spring break will be pretty relaxed and fun!  I plan to sleep in till at least 11 every day and eat a lot of junk food.  I am going to have a couple sleepovers and go to the mall with some friends, maybe even go to a movie.  Sleepovers are very fun but the next day we are all zombies because we usually stay up all night. When I am not busy with friends I usually watch TV or Netflix.  My favorite TV channel is TLC and my favorite TV series on Netflix is Make it or Break it.  I was supposed to go to Ontario for the whole week but I can’t because I have to watch my little brother as both my parents are working. This is kind of a bummer because he is very annoying, but I’m fine with not going because I get to see my friends.  Since we have Easter during spring break we may go visit my grandparents for the weekend.  They live in Ontario so it’s a bit of a drive but it is fun when we get there.  The car ride consists of me and my brother watching a movie or listening to music.  After that we usually became antsy and end up fighting.  Once we arrive in Kenora we usually go to get ice cream at the Dairy Queen and then a couple minutes later arrive at my grandmas.   Some things that we do there is swim, fish, shop and play with the dogs.  The best part will be the food because we have a huge dinner for Easter.  My favorite dish at Easter is sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top and my favorite dessert is cheese cake. We will be staying there for three days and then will make our way home.  My favorite part of spring break will be sleeping in and having lots of food and the worst part will be the drive home from my grandmas.

 

This is a picture of Ontario.  I choose this picture because it will be the highlight of my spring break.  The reason being my grandma’s place is not in the city so it’s a good change.  Also the nature is amazing and boating is always a fun thing to do.  It’s great because her place is near the city so it’s not hard to go shopping or grab something to eat but it is still sheltered from it.   We literally have a one minute drive to get to the marina and about a five minute drive into town.  I love going fishing there and going for hikes with the dogs.  We also can go hottubing in the back yard which is fun when its colder outside too.  My emotion towards spring break is very excited because we get a week of not using our brains and no homework.  I will not be happy when we have to go back to school but at least there are only a couple months left.  I am so glad that I don’t have any homework because I probably would have forgotten it anyways.  This picture looks exactly like the marina near my grandmas and that’s why I choose it.  My grandma’s boat even looks like one of the boats in the picture. 

blog entry #6

The book cover that I think is most effective is the last one.  I think that this book cover seems traditional.  All of the other covers seem too childish and cartoony.  I feel that it is good to keep the ancient feel and not make the pictures look like children could have drawn it.  I like the way the illustrator added the balls of light everywhere as it draws the reader’s eye to the cover.  I think that the softness of the drawing is what makes it seem real.  Instead of using cartoon people which could make the book seem like it is for children.  I picked this book cover because of all of the details that are put into it.  You can see everything from the creases in Hermia’s dress to the fairies wings.  Whereas on the other covers you only see the silhouettes or the drawing had very little detail put into it.   I feel that the detail even in the trees would lure young adults to this book.  It is a very beautiful drawing and can be a reference to the book.  The book cover shows a woman sleeping during a summer night and the books title is A Midsummer Night’s Dream this can kind of show the reader what they may be reading about.  It will also show the setting of the book.  In the book they spend most of their time in the woods and that is what the hole cover is.  The reader can make reference to the picture and see that it is an older book.  The cover has somewhat of an old feel to it which is exactly the time frame the book is in.  The cover could lure people to it and also push people away because of the ancient feel.  I feel the illustrator did a great job when designing the cover and i feel it was a great choice to make it extra detailed.

Blog#5-connection between msnd and current book

The connection I am making between Mid-Summer Nights Dream and Catching Fire would be the main character Katniss Everdeen and Hermia.  The first similarity between the characters is that they are rebellious.  Katniss is rebelling against the Capitol whereas Hermia is rebelling against her parents.  Katniss rebels by hunting and gathering in the woods and winning the hunger games with Peeta.  Hermia is rebellious against her parents because they want her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander.  She has the choice to marry Demetrius, get killed, or become a nun.  Hermia decides against all her options to run into the woods with Lysander and get married outside of Athens.  Another similarity is that they both plan to run away from home.  Katniss plans to run away with Gale, Peeta and their families because they know what the capitol is planning to do to them.   Katniss and Peeta won the games together and many districts are starting to rebel against the capitol because they did.   They are planning to run away to District 13, the supposedly destroyed district in order to save themselves.  Hermia is planning to run away into the woods with Lysander.  She plans to run to the forest where the Athenian law can no longer reach them.  They want to get married where they will not be thrown in jail or killed by Theseus.    Another connection that I can make between the two characters is that they both are forced into love.  Katniss has to pretend she is in love with Peeta in order to please the capitol. Hermia Is forced to marry Demetrius in order to please her parents. The final connection between Katniss and Hermia is that they have many complications with their lovers.  Katniss is in love with Gale but also deeply cares for Peeta.  Katniss has to pretend to be deeply in love with Peeta for the capitol but quickly falls out of love when they are not watching.  Although Katniss isn’t in love with Peeta, he is deeply in love with her.  This is similar to Hermia because she is in love with Lysander but is supposed to love and get married to Demetrius.  Although Hermia doesn’t love Demetrius, he is deeply in love with her.