Give A Cheer For Another Year ?

If you've been keeping up with my blog, you'd know how my year has been going. I mean, yeah, it's been great, and everyone has their down days, but I didn't know I'd be down for the last month of the year. But it looks like it's all turning around. So, yes, cheers for another year.

I'm pretty sure that everyone has heard about my 'friend' situation.. if not, read my past blogs. If so, continue reading.

It basically started on Christmas, my turning around. I told my parents that i wanted nothing for Christmas, and guess what i got? Nothing. Yeah, my parents took it a little too serious. I bought myself a pair of slippers. Merry Christmas. Well, my mom tried to find me a Snuggie, but apparently it's a 'hot item' this year, ergo, I couldn't get it. My dad, on the other hand, said I shouldn't even get coal. So, the time before Christmas wasn't the happiest time of the year. But Christmas changed it all. My mom has this friend, who has a son a year younger than me. I have always disliked him. I literally used to attack him when I was younger because he used to piss me off. I mean, he still does bother me, but Christmas was different. He acted like a human being, for once, and we laughed like we never have before. We were dying on the floor for the dumbest things, I'm not sure why. So, i ended my Christmas happily, with family and friends. Which has never happened in the years i remember Christmas.

After all that, I was willing to make up with my friends and accept what has happened in the past. My friends aren't perfect, and i don't want them to be. I don't think they understood that. I just want them to get me, but i have learned that no one will get me. I won't ever get me. My answer for the past week has been 'I don't know', and I'm not just saying it in a cute way or whatever, I'm saying it because i really don't know. I don't know how to explain that, but that's what's going on.

This blog is supposed to say how i narrate my life as an artist. And my answer to that is I don't know. Life will take me where it may, and where ever I end up, I will continue to narrate myself.

Hey, life isn't about finding yourself; Life is about creating yourself.

-ashleycoppolino

Hold On Social Studies, I'm Creating History Instead Of Learning It.

In thirty years when I tell my kids about the worst week of my life, this will be the week I'm referring to.

In the past seven days, I have: Lost 2 friends and one is on the fence

Failed a class

Not received a Hanukkah gift from anyone in my family

Not slept over 17 hours, which is like 2 1/2 hours a night.

Not actually broke my finger, but popped it back in place

Broke my computer

Been blamed for unspeakable things

Been made fun of twice to my face, which never happened before in my life

Never felt more alone in my life

I also told my parents I didn't want anything for Christimas, and they took it a little too seriously. There's not one gift with my name on it.

It makes me feel like how I felt all week: immortal.

I'm not talking immortal like Edward Cullen, I wish, but immortal as in I look like a human, but don't feel like one. Being immortal must run along the lines of feeling alone, I guess that's why I like Edward Cullen so much. I guess I relate to him in a way. I don't know if it makes sense, it's one of those things I can't exactly explain. Like, you can't explain being a vampire to a human so easily.. that's my best way of explaining this. I say this, but I don't even know what this is.

But to top off my week, my on the fence friend decides to text me saying, "I'd miss them as friends if I were you though". And i told him "You'd think i'd be missed too." He said "what do you mean?", I didn't answer, because the fact that he doesn't understand that i should be missed as a friend really says a lot about the past three years of my life. And so, that's it from me. I feel like running behind a pile of snow until it melts and see if I'm ready to come out. I probably won't be. Maybe I should be a immortal vampire, I wouldn't have to go out and face this fucked up world, I'd be able to bite people and watch them die.

Don't take this stuff too personally, like I said, I've had a bad week.

I have to get back to my Social Studies essay now.

Goodnight, well, I hope your nights are good, because mine isn't.

-ashleycoppolino

When the truth came out, I just didn't know what to do.

It's been claimed that I have changed since the summer. So I sat back and thought about what changed me. What changed from the summer to now? I figured it was STAC. After the power cookie sale yesturday and listening to people saying "don't buy from them" or "don't support them", it made me build a shield to block out and protect myself from people who don't need to be in my life. We're people just like them. I don't understand why we're judged as a group so much. But what killed me the most is that I'm judged as in indivisual. I was talking with my 'friends' yesturday and they starting dissing STAC, and I stood there defending the class. It made me feel defeated in a way, like the weak one. But in the midst of this disagreement, I started to laugh. I thought about all I know, and what they don't know. I've learned things in STAC that no one else could learn. It killed me when my 'friend' started to call us, specifically me, ridiculous names, and I kindof had to hold back my voice because I couldn't handle it. I say 'friend' because a friend won't bash you to your face, and won't critize what you love. I guess this blog is sort of like a ventilation, but it's also a message that I really do love STAC and if my 'friends' can't accept that, they can't accept me, which is a shame.
I don't have all that many friends. I have two friends that are best friends together, and i just lost one of them. I should be sad that I lost someone very important in my life, but I'm relieved. Like I said about building the shield to protect myself, I did that here. This person can't pass the shield, as long as it's me holding the shield. I believed her when she said we'd be best friends forever. But like they say, the best part of believing is the lie.

-me, ashley

*don't change fr no one. Let it happen on its own. You'll figure everything you nee to know out.

I don't really see it as a date movie..

Let The Right One In!

-Every time a person stood at the doorstep, the words, "let the right one in" babbled in my head.

I'm going to start off by saying that it should not be remade my Americans. I just don't think it's be as well put together or thought out.

1. I'm not sure the backstory was handeled, because i didn't think there was much of backstory. The camera showed how the parents were divorced and this young boy wasn't happy.

2. The camera movement was amazing! It was SO well thought out. The dialogue tells a story, but when there was no dialogue, the camera told the story. When the camera moves slow, it builds up tension. I literally would lean forward thinking that something is blocking my view of an important scene, but it was just the tension build up. The brushing the teeth scene was brilliantly made! The camera, once again, was set on a tripod and Oskar and his mother walked back and forward in the view of the lens.

3. When someone was being killed by Eli's father figure, the camera was set on a tripod far back so you could see the people in a full view and you see the setting. The camera created a scenery where you would look at the focus point, but there was action in the background. For example, when Eli climbed the hospital building. We had to play it twice, because some people didn't follow it. The director made it so your eyes have to follow the screen. Brilliant.

4. Other than dialog, you could see the character developing. Oskar and Eli's relationship developed when he gave her the Rubix Cube and she returned it in the snow. That one simple moment, the camera didn't even cut, but Oskar looked at Eli's window then at the Rubix Cube and smiled ,you knew they were going to have a relationship. No dialog. Just a smile said it all.

5. The sound was so unique. You don't see any gory scenes, you hear them. You basically hear people playing around with a mixture of sounds in a studio. But in your mind, you can imagine what happens. Eli and Oskar had a relationship by sound. Not voice, but tapping on the wall, Morse Code, they had a conversation. Another scene, the scene where Oskar is playing with his father, Oskars father goes to put the bottle on the table, and you hear him shove the paper that him and his son were playing on. They way i looked at it, as if I was so close to that paper, that paper being the relationship between father and son, i heard it being pushed, so loud and clear, and it didn't affect the father at all because he continued to pour his glass. This scene hurt me the most. I don't like the feeling of a child being neglected, it shouldn't happen. Oskars one time of happiness is shoved out of the way by alcohol with a friend. Not fair.

8. Plot One was the completion of the Rubix Cube.

9. Plot Two was when Eli was saved by Oskar.

10. I'm not sure if this was a happy ending.. i feel like it shouldn't have been the end.

Im not sure who said it, but someone said that "The really freaky stuff is the human stuff." And it's SO true. The terrifying scenes are just between people-no monsters.

New Moon wasn't my expectations.

I guess you could call me a Twihard, but not a massive one.

Twihard: An serious/obsessive reader of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer.

I mean, I could tell you anything you want about Robert Thomas Pattinson/Edward Anthony Cullen. It's gross that I could, but totally true :)

Why didn't it fit all my expectations?

Well, it did. I read the book, so I knew what i was expecting.

But after seeing Kontroll and the incredible angles, etc. it had, New Moon was a bit disappointing.

The camera kept spinning around the characters for absolutely no reason. It's a dramatic movie. I think it's a bit more dramatic to keep the camera in one spot and showing the actors expression in the single shot, but instead... it had to show you a 360 of the actor. And in the fighting scene, it was slow motion to very fast, it was just annoying.

Kontroll kept the camera rolling without stoping quite a few times, but in New Moon, it was about every three seconds that the camera cut and moved. It would take a shot, cut and move it, go back to the origional position and switch back and fourth a couple of times. And if I thought about New Moon as if it was made for me, i would think they did the camera positioning to piss me off-that's all it did.

I would've never known all this stuff if it wasn't for STAC. It's weird how one class can make you see a glass not just half empty or full, but you can see the shape, color, depth and empty spaces. And if that glass was being recorded by the cameraman from New Moon, you'd see the lack of talent that Kontroll should lend over. It's annoying that I notice these things now, but it'll take getting used to. I don't think me noticing these little things that no one usually cares about will ever go away now.

i'm not telling you that you shouldn't see it, i definitely think you should, we can talk about it!

Oh, and I was very sick for 8 days, but I'm better now and will see all your wonderful faces on Monday, 7th period sharp!

-ashleycoppolino

I see it! It's all different now!

You're probably wondering what I see, well, I feel like I see everything.
I didn't notice that the tree in front of my house has a tint on green on the side and it has a strip of dark purple too. As my friend and I walked home, I ran a couple of steps ahead and jumped in front of the tree and asked, "What color is the tree?!" He relied with, "it's brown. Like the next twenty on the block. Can we walk, its cold." I said "No! It's not brown!" I pointed to the bottom of the bark and asked if he sees the green/blue on the trunk. He didn't. All he could say was "So, how was STAC today?" and we kept walking.
I think that STAC will teach you things that will be useful in the future. I think that theatre skils are very imortatnt, even though I'm not to good at mine. Even when we practiced shaking hands, you would think it didn't do much, but I'm at my parents office right now and I see how some people must've never learned how to shake a hand.
I can't express how happy I for choosing STAC. I was unsure in the beginning, but now I'm wondering how i could continue school without STAC! I didn't know if it was what I wanted to do, espicially because I was the only one in my group of friends to apply, but I'm glad I did. I was scared to step out and do something different, but I am different, and I can't fight that.
I love how Nina wrote her college applicaton on STAC. I want to be able to do that too in a couple of years.

Quote of the day: When the power of love is greater than the love of power, the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix

Sincerely Yours,
ashleycoppolino

Taking Kontroll.

The first time I watched Kontroll, i was hung up on the subtitles and had my hands in front of my face because i knew it was going to get gory. Bt watching Kontroll for the second time was a lot better. I knew the story, and i was familiar with the subtitles, so i was able to focus on the actual movie. For example, i noticed that the camera was like a follower to the actors. It wasn't very choppy. The camera followed the actor and picked up on the hands, feet, surroundings, etc. The first time I watched it, i was terrified about the gory images that were going to appear. But this movie didn't actually show any. Yeah, you heard the control guy cut the passengers throat, and you see people being pushed in front of the train but not watching them be killed, but you didn't actually see any gory scenes.

When I see movies, i just SEE them. But this was all new. I was interperting Kontroll. I had thousands of unanswered questions, which i kind of liked, but it's a bit annoying.

I think the movie was even better because it was in Hungarian. Hungarian sounds so cool. If it was in English, i don't think it'd be as good.

These were questions running through my head, but i later learned that that have a mythical answer or another answer you wold have to interperate to figure out.

why was she a bear?

why did Bulcsú's nose bleed?

why did the lights go out before the pusher pushed someone?

who was the pusher?

why did Bulcsú sleep on the platforms?

was it meant to feel like there was no sense of daylight?

why is there a party in the train station? (like, i can't imagine that in new york city..)

why did Bulcsú call Béla "uncle Béla"?

i could go on forever.

over all, it was an awesome movie.

Oh, Luke! I tried googling nasty pumpkins, and I had to try really hard to find one that looked worse than yours. IT was from some site that said "we buy ugly pumpkins".

Fast Film Making 101

Film making isn't easy. You have this high definition picture in your head of a scene that you want to film, but it turns out to be two people standing under a tree.

I'm not sure about anyone else, but i thought it was pretty difficult to film this particular movie. I was the camera person, so i wasn't actually speaking any lines, but i did have ideas. My group and I had very different ideas. We didn't exactly have all our ideas merge together, but we had no choice but to make it merge because of our 60-minute time frame.

I thought the 60-minute filming was a good idea because it kept us on point and didn't leave any time for goofing off. It was a little difficult to keep six people on task, but we made it through!

Also, because six different people had to come together and pick a theme, setting, scenes, casting, lines, etc., we didn't share any similar ideas. For my group, our video was about finding a car in the parking lot, but some of the member wanted it to be a bike. A tiny decision like that is an example of the conflicts that we had.

Overall, the whole idea was fun, and for me, it was sort of like a goal. I wanted to complete the video and watch it. I know i didn't make the best cameraperson (I swear, the camera turned on and off when it pleased!), but when i watched the video, i pictured my group members and i running from the front to the back of the school constantly and asking three librarians over and over to film a 17-second scene.

I most definitely want to continue this. I would love to try being serious. The non-editing saved a lot of time, but was definetly a struggle. In the future, i would like to edit videos, or i should say to learn to edit videos. I'm not to boss at it. I'm not sure why i used the word boss.

-ashley coppolino

Update 'bout My Life; Magazine Ideas

So, my life!

it's been pretty suckish.

so, i am finding out who my true friends are, and well, they're not who i thought they were.

you could imagine how my week went.

MOVING ON!

the magazine!

idea 1: upcoming technology. like, i hear that apple is coming out with a new itouch, and that's what people in the teen age group are interested in.

idea 2: i want to do something with photography. i know nina + juliana want to probably, so i'd love to join them + their ideas + if i come up with any.

idea 3: like a 'top 5' of some sort. like, top 5 sandwhiches in nassau county. i think that Panera's caesar wrap is pretty wicked :)

that's all i could think of at the moment. i wrote a couple of ideas down, but lost the paper.

have a good night everyone. i really want caesar wrap.

-ashleycoppolino

Lame Joke;Picasso

Here's the lame joke that you all must be dying to hear!

i'm so cheesy. i googled Picasso jokes.

i don't think it's funny on Picasso's part.. but here it is!

When Einstein died and arrived at the gates of heaven, St. Peter wouldn’t let him in until he proved his identity. Einstein scribbled out a couple of his equations, and was admitted into paradise. And when Picasso died, St. Peter asked, “How do I know you’re Picasso?” Picasso sketched out a couple of his masterpieces. St. Peter was convinced and let him in. When George W. Bush died, he went to heaven and met the man at the gates. “How can you prove to me you’re George W. Bush?” Saint Peter said. Bush replied, “Well heck, I dont know.” St. Peter says, “Well, Albert Einstein showed me his equations and Picasso drew his famous pictures. What can you do to prove you’re George W. Bush?” Bush replies, “Who are Albert Einstein and Picasso?” St. Peter says, “It must be you, George, c’mon on in.”

lame, right? well, yeah :)

Pablo

Picasso was an artist. given. His two main styles of painting were cubism and expressionism. In cubism, he tried to show the dimensions of the objects in his paintings. In cubism, his shapes were square and hard. When Picasso painted, he had a blue period and a rose period. For about three years in his early twenties, he used mostly light blue colors in his paintings. The Blue Period dates from 1901 to 1904 and is characterized by a mostly a blue palette. To the side is a photo of Picasso's titled Old Gitarist that was painted buring Picasso's blue period. The rose period came after the blue period. It began after he moved from Spain to France. The Rose Period began around 1904 when Picasso's palette brightened, the paintings dominated by pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses.

However, Picasso's cubist period ended in 1915 and paintings such as Femme en pleurs (1937) certainly aren't cubist, although there are elements of cubism visible (Above right). There's no "Ism" that could describe this style in Femme en Pleurs besides just saying "Picasso's Style". Picasso went from doing an "ism" like cubism, to creating his own type of art.

Trust/My Idea

JUSTIN BIEBER WENT TO ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL ON THRSDAY AT 4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. MY MOM TOLD ME TO GO TO THE MALL, BUT I SAID THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY FRIENDS GIFT AT THE MOMENT. I KNEW IT WAS A SIGN THAT MY MOM WAS ACTUALLY TELLING ME TO GO TO THE MALL, BUT I DIDN'T LISTEN. I MISSED JUSTIN BIEBER. FML.

haha, the title is kind of like, 'TRUST MY IDEA', rightt?!

well, it's not supposed to be.

On Friday we did this activity that one person had to wear a blindfold and another person had to give the blind person a tour of the school. Let me start off by saying that it was a lot of fun.

My partner my Lizy. It was really good with Lizy because we didn't speak, which made the tour seem real. I actually got to experience things as if i was blind. When we approached the stairs, Lizy took my hand and put it on the railing, then i knew i was at the stairs. Like, she didn't have to tell me. I trusted Lizy, as she trusted me. She wasn't just my eyes, she was my power of seeing.

I'll admit that when i do things like this, it makes you appericate everything you have and that you complain about things that other people may not even had the chance to try.

Has anyone ever heard os Supermac18?

well, he's pretty funny.

he's a well known youtube video kid who lives on long island.

i just spent about five hours with him and had a great idea.

for the STAC magazine, we could possibly interview him!

he's got over 30,000 followers on twitter, 191,972 subscribers on youtube and has even made it on the cover of Newsday.

I didn't ask yet, and i'm not that close with him, but i want to give it a shot.

Most the freshman at school love him, so i'm sure that will definitely gain us some money if these crazy teens buy the issue :)

check 'em out!

www.youtube.com/supermac18

I've been having a good weekend besides the whole Justin Bieber thing..

-ashleycoppolino

Rilke Rewrite/

I chose Blank Joy by Rainer Maria Rilke

My version of his writing might not be the same meaning that he gave in his writing, but like i said, it's my own version!

Blank Joy

She who did not come, wasn't she determined

nonetheless to organize and decorate my heart?

If we had to exist to become the one we love,

what would the heart have to create?

Lovely joy left blank, perhaps you are

the center of all my labors and my loves.

if i've wept for you so much, it's because

i preferred you among so many outlined joys.

My Version Without a Title :)

No response from my calling.

My heart left with none of you.

If you had to be your true love,

would their heart long for yours?

The joy for you to love me back.

The blank part for you in my heart.

I reached for you, no other love.

For you, my happiness, my joy,

and I only caught air.

Well, it's the time of the night where my eyes feel like 1000-pound weights and i still have books to read, handouts to complete, essays to write and everything else that will kill my soul.

Quote of the day:

So come on and fly with me as we make a great escape - Down; Jay Sean

New Year/Choke/..Back to New Year

Happy New Year!

you're probably like, why is she saying this?

Well, it's Rosh Hashanah!

yes, i'm a jew :)

you're probably like, really?

yes, where do you think i got these jew curls from?!

exactly.

well, i just sipped some diet coke after chugging down a couple twizzlers (talk about lunch), and i choked. i thought i should share with all you bloggers.

anyways, i'm celebrating the holiday with the family tonight.

why am i excited?

my cousin became very involved in photography over the past few years, and she's made some friends in the business. she showed a couple of photos to this dude, half of which were mine, and he said that i am a very talented teen. he would like an intern at his studio to take portraits of kids. major tips involved. i'm meeting him tonight, and we're going to see when and how we could do this, since the studio's in west babylon.

oh, and of course i want to see my cousin that has ten more tattoos than his age, him being 29.

and my aunt that complains that i dye my hair every time i walk in a room.

My uncle that blows in my ear when he says he has to tell me a secret.

I get to see the rest of my band, and preform a show for the television in a stadium called Rock Band.

i get to see the rest of my loving, caring, competitive, loud, family tonight too.

i wonder if i'll continue the Hebrew religion when i have a family. i was raised christian, but my mom is still jewish. I'm not sure what i'll continue, but i couldn't help but think about it.

three cheers to crazy families,

ashleycoppolino

How?/To not be perfect is just perfect enough.

How?

How do yo make me love and hate you at the same time?

How do you make me smile, but feel so unhappy?

How come when we talk, you hear silence?

How do we hug, but feel no warmth?

How do you say you love me, and not even mean it?

-ashley coppolino

i could spend all day asking questions like Why or How.. But i learned that if you worry too much about something, you're missing out on finding the answer for yourself. I'm not sure if it makes sense to you, but i get it perfectly.

I think that's what i like about art. There's no questions. I took me a while to figure it out, but no art is perfect. If you spend hours upon hours correcting every mistake and asking why did you do that, or how can you make it look better, you're wasting your time. Grab a pencil or a paintbrush and start on a new page.

It's hard to believe that i learned all this by painting squares today. I learned i can't draw a straight line with a paintbrush. But the imperfections is what made it unique, and quite frankly, it was perfect to me. I crumpled up two paintings i made because the colors blended and i didn't like it or i didn't know why it looked like a elementary kid did it. The third time made me realize that painting non-perfect lines adds character to it. It adds a bit of me to the painting.

I guess that's how i take on the world as an artist. Art doesn't have to be so precise. In fact, art shouldn't be so precise (depending on the situation).

And so, that's it for todays blog.

-ashleycoppolino

Fabian Fajita

You will need:

- 3 cups jalapeño peppers

-2 Douglas Fabian thighs

-2 tablespoons of acting

-1/3 cup of singing

-1 1/2 cups Lucky Charms

-10 pieces tortilla bread

-1 teaspoon Ass Kickin' Hot Sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 Degrees. When ready, place Douglas Fabian thighs in oven.

2. In a medium size mixing bowl, mix Lucky Charms, Acting, Singing, Jalapeño peppers and Ass Kickin' Hot Sauce.

3. Place tortilla bread in oven for 4 minutes to toast bread.

4. Take Douglas Fabian thighs and tortilla bread out of oven.

5. Place 2 spoonfuls of mix onto tortilla bread and wrap it.

6. Serve hot & enjoy!

For best results:

Serve with macaroni salad and cherry coca-cola.

Add Painting, Dancing, Drawing, Urban Outfitters, H&M, and John Mayer as sides.

Serves: 10

Rating: ★★★★★

Compliments to the chef,

ashleycoppolino

three days in + already forgetting to write.

the title speaks for me.

i already forgot to blog.

so, did anyone see the vma's last night?

If so, can you believe the Kanye/Taylor thing?

like, what the fuck, Kanye. You're an ass.

This 30-year-old man needed to take the mic from a teenager who won her first vma just to say another woman's video was better?

and no offense, but beyonce, dancing it a ridiculous outfit in black/white as a whole video doesn't deserve an award. HEAR THAT, KANYE?

if you didn't see the awards, read what i'm talking about here: http://bit.ly/29sxjF

This is random! My English assignment is to write a memoir about a major event in my life recently. I chose STAC :)

Here's the intro to my writing:

I never get mail. I mean, my parents get bills, my brother gets college notices, my other brother gets detention slips, and i get nothing. But that one day was different. My name in twelve point font on an envelope was in the mailbox. My dad handed me the letter with a comment like, "wow. it's for you". I took the envelope, made a face to my dad, & walked away.

I knew what the letter was for. STAC: Student Television Arts Company. The letter started off with something like, "congratulations," and "beginning in the fall of 2009". Acceptance is a great way to make a person happy. Why was i happy about this STAC program? Well, it meant that i have an artistic ability. Out of the people who applied, i was one who got in. It's cool because only 30 people are in the class and you're there for the end of your day, everyday. There was a problem. I wasn't sure i wanted to do it.

well, you all know what i chose, obviously! I'm glad i chose it too.

-ashleycoppolino

First Saturday; The Girl Photos

why, hello there!

(imagine someone with a country voice saying that. no, actually, imagine Sandy fromSpongebob saying it. Yeah, that sounds a lot better.)

SATURDAY!

first day off since Tuesday! Doesn't sound like a lot, but it is. School's a pain in the rear end.

I dyed + cut my hair! i look totally different.

i'd post a photo, but i want this to be a suprise!

i'm not exactly happy with the color sitaution, but hopefully it'll change a little.

when you see me on Monday, tell me the first thing you notice about my face. I want to see if my reason for dying my hair worked.

I was chit chatting with this 86-year-old woman in her house and we spoke about all theantique/vintage items in her house. She told me i should've been alive in the 50's & 60's. She noticed i like peace, which only made our conversation longer. I am officially convinced that i should've been born 60 years ago.

She has a sewing table so old that there's a pedal, her oven is overhead like a microwave currently that's giant, her telovision only has black & white but the tv itself is red..

i could go on about this old lady Grace forever.

I think saying "The Girl Photos" is innopropriate!

But it's straightfoward.

So, it's remaining in the title.

Anywho, here they are!

Leah looks so happy, it's unbelieveable. I don't remember what made her laugh like this!

This is Kalliopi. There's no A at the end of her name! Kalli's eyes capture you attention really good & her hair looks really pretty!

Hey Nicole, when in doubt, skuint your eyes and stick out your tounge! Looks very good!

That's me! i'm always laughing. (my hair looks so different to right now!)

Becky fits the portrait shape perfectly. Becky's smile just makes you feel a little happier about your day, for some strange reason!

Confusion was upon everyone in the photo, although it shound only be Bari.. Nicole and Cassie fit in it too!

Lizy looks like she was enjoying this breif moment in the day.

Leah's hair/face filled up the ortrait space perfectly.

"Oh hot damn, forgot to feed the Kangaroos". Cassie looks stressed about something here! (i just made that up the Kangaroo thing, btw.)

Believe me when i say there was a lot of pictures of Megan to choose from. This one shows Megan so confused, but Leah and Matt getting a kick out of it.

Mareaid looks pretty happy. Thumbs up to a happy photo.

Juliana's natural laugh was caught with the camera.

Rawr to you too, Jessica!

Elisa's body position shows uncertainty to me, but it adds character to the picture.

Minus the excess room (which i am included in), this picture is good because it shows innocence the way Nina smiles and looks down with her head tilted.

Keren was so still, that she doesn't look real.

Concentration. Hillary looks focused.

Just like Michelle, Molly had that dead stare of amazement. It leads questions into the photograph, like, what the fuck are you looking at?!

Imagine Michelle saying, "Guys! Guys! Look! An alien is breaking through the ceiling. Luke, get your camera". It's like the dead stare of amazement.

Ilana looks like she enjoyed answering questions while being photographed.

Jill looks pretty confused. I like this photo because it makes me think of what i must look like 70% of the time!

There's Dina. In the photos, she looked to her side a lot. I like this because it was only her eyes looking, not her whole face.

well, that's it for tonight, folks. Hear from ya'll ta-morr-a and uhm, goodnight!

-ashleycoppolino

Mainly Boys Photos (sounds odd, right?)

Quote of the day:

Good judgement comes from experience.

Experience comes from bad judgement.

-Barry LePatner

So, my class took these photos during a one-on-one conversation.

I picked the photos of each person that i thought were the best.

let's start with the boys, shall we?

That's Alex. It's basically the smile you flash after a comment you don't know how to respond to.

Props to Doug. I wanna know what made him make such a face!

Matt, right? Well, this photo strikes somewhat serious, which is cool to capture in a photo!

Jack had the only side portrait. It makes the photo different and unique.

Jesse's smirk makes me wonder what he was thinking.

Bobby was probably checkin' out some girl in the class. i wonder who it was!

i think Zach would be a punk model. Hey Zach, consider it!

Whoever took this picture of Nick captured it at a perfect moment. He's got that classic smile.

Out of several photos of each boy, those were the ones i like the best followed by my reason why.

I'd say goodnight, but goodmorning fits the situation better.

-ashleycoppolino