Google History for Alice Paul

Google History for Alice Paul

by areeves

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October 27, 2012

I decided to do a Google History for Alice Paul, the suffragist who is pretty much credited with getting women the right to vote. Paul was born in Moorestown, New Jersey. Then, she went to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. From there … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Review!

by areeves

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October 27, 2012

A Road to Somewhere Review Because we are SpiritXPress, we had to review A Road to Somewhere. I really like the reading of “Oh, the Place You’ll Go” by Dr. Suess. As for the background music, I really like it. … Continue reading →
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Webstorytelling!

by areeves

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October 26, 2012

For my webstorytelling assingment, I decided to rework an article by the Huffingtonpost about Lady Gaga and her ridiculous heels. They’re called armadillo heels and they’re by Alexander McQueen. And they’re ridiculous. Anywho, here is my screen shot to my Lady … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates for Week number Nine

by areeves

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October 23, 2012

Daily Create #1: Prompt: Take a picture of rocks. Work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/86336853@N04/8116667857/ This is my lovely picture of the rocks at UMW. Don’t judge. My phone camera doesn’t have zoom. I’ll fill this in with a story later after I make … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary for numbas 7 & 8!

by areeves

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October 21, 2012

Audio Assignments One star! Two stars! Three stars! Three Stars! One Star! For a total of ten stars! Unused Media Names: BritaWaterbottle.jpeg This one was for the eXtreme edit Daily Create. The vending machine won instead of the bottle. SensualAmberbottle.jpeg … Continue reading →
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My boring spring break

by areeves

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October 21, 2012

For the Spring Break!!! assignment, I decided to tell a story about how my spring breaks usually sound. First of all, I work in a Northern gas station that is known for its coffee, so the hissing of the coffee … Continue reading →
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Fall into Autumn: A ds106 Radio bumper

by areeves

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October 18, 2012

I’ve already done a radio bumper for the radio bumper assignment, but this was the one for our radio show. I like this one better because it is “themed.” I can’t find the original sounds from freesound, of course. But … Continue reading →
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Jingle Jangle: Bath and Body Works Soap

by areeves

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October 11, 2012

Here is my lovely Jingle Jangle about Bath and Body Works soap. I got one of the fall scents for super cheap and it smells wonderful. What can I say. So to make this, I sang my little “jingle,” then … Continue reading →
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Irregardless!

by areeves

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October 10, 2012

This, as a feminist, as always been my favoite Mean Girls quote. The original clip is humorous, but with the dubstep behind it, it cracks me up. Anywho, for the Context assignmnet, I choose this quote, then I downloaded it … Continue reading →
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You Can’t Sit With Us! One Quote a Day

by areeves

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October 10, 2012

“You can’t sit with us!” The idea of the one quote a day was to take a movie quote and say it with our own tone. I know we aren’t supposed to say where it came from, but I can’t … Continue reading →
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Chipmunks and Headaches

by areeves

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October 9, 2012

These songs give me the biggest headache, ever. Like fer real. Why is this even cute? Answer: it isn’t. Anywho, I realized I needed to play with Audacity and this chipmunk’d assignment was one way to make myself do it. … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates for Weeks 7 & 8!

by areeves

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October 8, 2012

Daily Create #1: Prompt: eXtreme edit. Take a photo, then edit that photo to the eXtreme, making the photo extraordinary. Work: This was a picture of an ordinary sode vending machine. Now, it is an EXTREME vending machine! I honestly … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary for Week numba six

by areeves

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October 7, 2012

Yet again, all of my reflectionsa are within my posts, so I’m going to copy and paste them here and then link to him. the Design Safari So I did the design blitz, a majority of it in the library … Continue reading →
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Cartoon Headed Obama

by areeves

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October 7, 2012

Seriously, I cannot get enough of this Big Bird stuff. Politics gold. Anywho, for this assignment, I decided to cartoon a picture of Obama and Romney after the debate. I choose the same Big Bird picture I did in the … Continue reading →
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Outline for the Radio Show!

by areeves

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October 5, 2012

This is most likely going to change big time, but this is what we’re thinking so far. I’ll most likely be doing “trends”: fashion, make up, hair etc. that become popular in the fall. For instance, I’ll be covering the … Continue reading →
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Wait, where’d Big Bird come from?

by areeves

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October 5, 2012

Since the only thing anyone got out of the debate last night was that “Romney hates Big Bird” I decided to make a picture for “Wait, where’d that guy come from?” of Big Bird and Romney about to debate. I … Continue reading →
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The Little Caption of Corgis

by areeves

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October 4, 2012

After seeing this assignment, I knew I would find a cute derpy corgi and make him cuter. I also decided to make a little tutorial on how to make this with the text and box. This corgi caption is based … Continue reading →
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Moulin Rouge and Forcing You to Cry.

by areeves

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October 3, 2012

Mine: The Original: For the record, I love Moulin Rouge. Seriously. The flashy dances, the taboo life of a prostitute, and the music mash ups. Except the sad ending. I won’t ruin it for you, but you’ll cry if … Continue reading →
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Ds 106 Poster/Ad

by areeves

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October 3, 2012

Our radio show is obviously going to be about autumn and “everything nice.” I first googled autumn trees and found the background and decided I had to involve pumpkin spice in there some where. Then, for my ad/poster, I pretty … Continue reading →
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DesignBlitz

by areeves

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October 2, 2012

So I did the design blitz, a majority of it in the library and I’m sure some of you were judgin’. I learned a lot though My example of Typography: At first I didn’t think this was typography. But … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates For Week Numba six

by areeves

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October 2, 2012

Daily Create #1: Prompt: “Imagine your own personal font and draw the letters of your name.” Work: Woah! Look at those design elements. Colors! Pink being the swirl and purple being the actual letter. A metaphor! Look at that lovely corgi … Continue reading →
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Life Amongst the Corgis

by areeves

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October 1, 2012

This would be the cover of my autobiography, fer sure. The original picture if from this site. I tried changing the saturation and making it look cool, but it just wasn’t looking good with the color of the … Continue reading →
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And Queen Amber Said…

by areeves

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October 1, 2012

This is my lovely tapestry for this digital assignment. I’m gunna be frank, the only reason I choose this is because I’m stressed and it seemed “childish” and destressing and easy. And it was. In this lovely tapestry, we have Queen … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary for week numba 5

by areeves

| Syndicated
September 30, 2012

Again, I’ve already done all the work for this, so I’m going to copy and paste what I said and link to the original post. Photoblitz activity. Phew! This photoblitz was stressful. When I started: Take a photo of two … Continue reading →
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Create a New You: Red Hair

by areeves

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September 30, 2012

“Fixed” up: Original: I personally think photo touch ups are fun to do, but aren’t needed in the media such as magazines. However, this assignment sounded fun to do. In high school, I took a “photography” (read: photoshop) class so … Continue reading →
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Find Yourself… On a Perfume Bottle

by areeves

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September 30, 2012

I won’t lie, since my name is Amber, I’ve been known to run around Bath and Body Works chasing my friends with bottles of “Sensual Amber”, telling them to smell how nice I smell. No shame. Naturally, I already own… … Continue reading →
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Common Erryday Object: Plaid Scarf

by areeves

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September 30, 2012

Fixed up and messed with: Original: I kinda procrastinated on this one, so I took my plaid scarf off that I wore that day and balled it up and took a picture of it with my dumb phone. There honestly … Continue reading →
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Splash of Color: A Nice Red Tie

by areeves

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September 30, 2012

This is a picture of my boyfriend and I when we were going on our “fancy date” to the Olive Garden with a coupon. I know. We be cheap. The object of this one was to take a picture we … Continue reading →
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An Album Cover: With Greater Contemptment

by areeves

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September 30, 2012

I really loved this assignment. It was fun and it actually sounds like it would be a real indie band. This one was two stars. I did as I was told and found my picture, band name, and album title … Continue reading →
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Best of/Besties Set!

by areeves

| Syndicated
September 26, 2012

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. So mine doesn’t have many pictures because I feel like my camera really stinks. Or maybe I’m just a bad photographer. Either or. How did I do this you may ask? I made my set on … Continue reading →
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