Day 3 Post!

Yesterday in class, we talked about John Brown!  He was an abolitionist who attempted to use violence to achieve his goals and free the slaves.  Him and some of his followers attacked an arsenal in Harper's Ferry, VA.  It did not end well.  Him and his men were captured outside the arsenal.  Brown was later hanged for his crimes.

Today in class, we read eyewitness accounts about the incident with John Brown at Harper's Ferry.  These accounts were from John Starry, Robert E. Lee, and John Brown.  John Brown seemed regretful, but he still was convinced that he was right.  He seems like and odd guy.  He claimed that he didn't want to hurt anybody... so what did he want the weapons for?  To dress up have a tea party with?  Maybe he meant that he didn't want the people who he deemed innocent to be harmed.  Or maybe he didn't intend for himself to be the one who harmed anyone.

30 Day Challenge:
meh.

Day 1 Post! Oh, and 30 Day Challenge Update!

Hey would you look at that!  I finally set my blog to the right time zone!

Yesterday in class, we looked at the Dred Scott vs. Sanford case.  Scott, a slave, claimed that he should be free because his master had taken him to a free state at one point.  He felt that this should mean that him and his family were freed from slavery permanently.  The courts ruled against him because slaves were considered to be property.  If Scott had been taken from his master, then that would be a violation of the 5th amendment.

Today in class we watched a video about the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.  We then read some quotes from  each and answered some questions about them.  We read about their views on things such as slavery, the Dred Scott case, equality, and a nation divided over slavery.  They disagreed about many of these things.  The only thing that they really agreed on was that blacks were inferior to whites. 'twas a silly time then.  We also dealt with some biological warfare, but we survived.  By the way, why did the plane crash?  ...because the pilot was a loaf of bread.  ... ... ...    ^_^

30 Day Challenge Update!

It has been going decently I guess.  I missed a day though.  Ah well.  I did attempt drawing something on the computer instead of on paper.  Since I don't have to take a picture with my webcam for that, I shall post it.

He's a pretty simple little ponyta, but I have to say that I have improved my mouse drawing quite a bit.  Oh, and he's a vector drawing so I can make him any size I want to as long as I use the right file!  Yay! ...Ahem.

Not posting links for anything because shut up.  I mean, because shhhhhut yo' mouth.  I mean, because shhhh, quiet in the library.

Day 5 Bloghfdgvb,n,gfm

blog blog blog blog blog blog blog yesterday in class we did things.  We talked about Uncle Tom's Cabin and its significance.  We also discussed the author's intentions in writing it.  It seemed like she was trying to make the slaves appear to be actual people so that people could sympathize with them.

Today in class we talked about the Kansas-Nebraska Act.  We also talked about the violence between the pro-slavery people and the ant-slavery people.  We read some papers and answered some questions.

30 Day Challenge:
My 30 day challenge has been going pretty well.  I will possibly post proof of that eventually.

Is that enough? I want to sleep now.

Stephen Douglas Voice Thread

I know I said voice thread, but I have just typed out the comments at the moment.  I kept getting interrupted while recording and I got angry and ragequit the whole thing.  I came back later and just typed out the comments.  I'll update it with actual voice narration when I can escape the interruptions.

Day 1 Post

Yesterday in class, we went to the library!  We answered questions about the states in the 1820's.  To do this, we used an interactive map on the computer.  We answered questions about things like population and land area of the north and south.  I also determined the answer to a far more important question in class yesterday.  This question was "Which is sassier:  Arkansas or Massachusetts?"  You see, if you mispronounce their names, you can say "Arkansassy" and "Sassachusetts."  Mackenzie, Mr. Boyle, Emily, and I all said that Massachusetts was sassier.  Allie said that Arkansas was the sassiest.  Allie made a good point about that though.  She said that Arkansas is sassy because it looks like it should be pronounces are-kansas, but it is not.  I still feel that Massachusetts is sassier though.  Mr. Boyle said that I thought too much about this.  He has no idea what he is talking about.

Today in class, we talked about what we did in class yesterday.  Afterwards, we read excerpts about the Mexican War and filled in a chart.  Yay charts!  Then we watched a video about the war.  Yay videos!

On a darker note, I'd like to include a memorial to my spider friend.  I found him on a piece of the robot today.  He became my friend.  I left him unattended for a little while so he could have peace and I could get something done.  When I went to say hi to him again, he was dead.  Someone killed my spider friend.  I vowed to find the culprit and get my revenge.  Finally, one of the suspects confessed.  He will regret his decision to harm my spider friend.

30 Day Challenge Update

I'm a bad blogger, so we haven't had one of these in a while.  Time for a mass update of all of the songs I chose!  I've been trying not to double up on bands, but I did once.  Oh well.  i'm only going to post links and  explanations for some.  I can't remember which ones have sketchy lyrics or music videos, so i'll only post links to the ones I'm sure of. Oh, by the way, I take no responsibility for language or anything in these songs. Please don't sic the dragons on me if one of them is a little less than appropriate.

Part 1:

Wednesday the 7th: Steady, As She Goes - The Raconteurs

Thursday the 8th: Panic - Sublime With Rome

Friday the 9th: Bleed - The Smashing Pumpkins

Saturday the 10th: Sinnoh League Victors
This one is definitely the best of them all.  Yes, it is Pokemon season 13 theme song.  We watched Pokemon in the car on the drive to and from the robotics competition.  It was fantastic.
Here's the song (unfortunately the extended version didn't have an embed code, so I had to go with the shorter one):


Sunday the 11th: Conquest - The White Stripes
See, this is where I doubled up on bands.  I just couldn't help myself, okay?

Monday the 12th: Float On - Modest Mouse

Tuesday the 13th: Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant

Wednesday the 14th: Heart In A Cage - The Strokes

Part 1 and a half:
I learned Seven Nation Army on guitar.  It's not quite perfect though.  My timing is a little off.

Part 2:
I'm not posting pictures yet because it's a big project that is still unfinished.

Day 3 Post

Yesterday in class, we used the storyboards we made last week to make venn diagrams about the slavery stories.  After we finished that, we were split into different groups.  In those groups, we read about a person who was either a defender or opponent of slavery and filled out a paper about them.  My group read about Abraham Lincoln. Then we split into even different groups and shared the information we took down about our people so we could fill in all of the parts of the paper.

Today in class, we compared the defendants and the opponents of slavery.  We found that the opponents were usually born into poverty and had little education, while the defendants were more wealthy and educated.  We also had a mock election.  Just like a real election we filled in ballots with our votes.  Unlike a real election, we could not write in candidates.  That made me sad.  Oh well.

30 Day Challenge

We watched a TED talk about "30 day challenges" where you do something each day for 30 days.  For my challenge, I have decided to find one new song that I like a day, and pick one or more each week to learn either all or part of on guitar.  I've been planning to learn to play guitar, but have never really gotten around to it.  I might as well force myself to now.  I also decided to draw each day, whether I draw something completely new, or just work on one of my half-done drawings.

Progress so far:

Today's song is Seven Nation Army, by The White Stripes.



As for my drawing, I decided to shade a drawing of Rei Ayanami that I did during chemistry one day.  Here she is (please excuse the poor-quality webcam picture cringe):