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anyhow, here are pictures from the course - weeks 2, 3 and 4!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Finally time to scratch off another task on my list! I finally was motivated to sign up for a cake decorating class at my local Michael's store. It's only once a week for 4 weeks, so i thought - what the hey, that isn't too bad! The first class was actually dreadful - it was just the instructor talking the entire 2 hours! Felt like i was back in school trying not to fall asleep during a lecture. Needless to say, i'm surprised i came back (my friend, no names mentioned, didn't...haha). But i came back for the second class and this time it was hands on. Cake decorating is actually pretty fun and i was pretty damn good at it! haha. We learned the basics - icing, stars,dots, spirals, shells, ribbons, basic flowers, roses, and writing. We just finished the class this past week and i've already decided to take the next course next month. my ultimate goal is to try to work with fondant but that's in course 3.
anyhow, here are pictures from the course - weeks 2, 3 and 4!
anyhow, here are pictures from the course - weeks 2, 3 and 4!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
This one is done!
#4 - Toxic: Garbage Island (3-parts)
Got interested in this one because of the Oprah episode - I believe it's the one where they were talking about going green on Earth Day! They were discussing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - which is the largest garbage dump - twice the size of Texas that floats in the Pacific Ocean. 90% of the trash is plastic - a great majority of it being plastic bottles and caps! Definitely an eye opener! While i was expecting the footage to be much more shocking where i would actually see physical bottles and everything floating - it was much more different because the plastics had already been broken down but were floating around in mini pieces! Here were some images that show how bad this problem is (and how it's affecting the animals that get their food from the ocean!):
#4 - Toxic: Garbage Island (3-parts)
Got interested in this one because of the Oprah episode - I believe it's the one where they were talking about going green on Earth Day! They were discussing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - which is the largest garbage dump - twice the size of Texas that floats in the Pacific Ocean. 90% of the trash is plastic - a great majority of it being plastic bottles and caps! Definitely an eye opener! While i was expecting the footage to be much more shocking where i would actually see physical bottles and everything floating - it was much more different because the plastics had already been broken down but were floating around in mini pieces! Here were some images that show how bad this problem is (and how it's affecting the animals that get their food from the ocean!):
#5 - Prom Night in Mississippi
This one was pretty interesting. 2007/2008 - Charleston, Mississippi. Integrated schools. Integrated buses. Integrated classes. SEGREGATED PROMS! Can you believe it? Almost 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this school was STILL having a segregated prom! Morgan Freeman helped to initiate the first integrated prom at this high school by funding it - he's a local resident in the town and was just appalled that this was still going on! Definitely a must see!
I have finally caved in! After years and years of hearing about the Harry Potter phenomenon (especially from Sheila! haha), i have finally succumbed to the pressure to read the series so i added it to my list. I finished reading The Sorcerer's Stone this past Sunday while i was stuck in non-moving traffic at the tunnel coming back up from Virginia Beach (good to know something good actually came out of that traffic!). Anyhow, the book was good - i'm assuming it gets better as the series goes on! started reading The Time Traveler's Wife afterwards so i can watch the movie, but after i finish that one - it's back to the Harry Potter series! Thanks Rox for letting me borrow #3-#6! I just got a 40% Borders coupon yesterday, so i'll use that one to buy #2.
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