Guatemala, Guatemala City July 6- Jul 8 2015

Guatemala, Guatemala City July 6- Jul 8 2015

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July 27, 2015

Each day my girlfriend and I plan on staying at each country for about 2 to 3 days each. First Guatemala, then El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The flight cost 381 dollars per person from BWI to La Aurora Airport in Guatemala City. 1 USD = 7.6 Guatemalan Quetzal Since we only … Continue reading Guatemala, Guatemala City July 6- Jul 8 2015 →
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Panama City, Panama July 17th – 19th

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July 19, 2015

The last stop on our trip was Panama City, Panama. We stayed in the Hotel Riu Plaza Panama in Panama City at 112 a night. The currency used in Panama is the Panamanian Balboa but they also use the US dollar. The conversion rate for it is 1 to 1. The food eaten in Panama was … Continue reading Panama City, Panama July 17th – 19th →
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Guanacaste, Costa Rica July 15th – 16th

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July 16, 2015

I USD to 537.58 Costa Rican Colón is the current exchange rate, like most other places it was not needed to exchange currency since USD was used at most places. If I needed to exchange it I could go to the bank. Took about 7 hours by bus to get there from Nicaragua. Diana and … Continue reading Guanacaste, Costa Rica July 15th – 16th →
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Nicaragua, San Jual del Sur July 11th – 15th

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July 15, 2015

Took a plane to get here since it was a 12 hour drive from Honduras. It was 4 hours by plane and taxi. Plane cost 372 USD and the taxi was another 30. 1 USD – 27.35 Nicaraguan Córdoba, like other countries most places uses both and credit cards can be used at most urban … Continue reading Nicaragua, San Jual del Sur July 11th – 15th →
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San Pedro, Hondura July 10th – 11th

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July 11, 2015

Currency used is Lempiras the current conversion rate is 1 USD – 21.94 Honudran Lempira. Did not need to get to much Lempidas since mostly everywhere also accepted dollars. Bus cost about 50 USD to get there from San Salvador travel was rough at times but mostly a smooth ride. I stayed in the Real … Continue reading San Pedro, Hondura July 10th – 11th →
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El Salvador, San Salvador – July 8 – 10th

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July 10, 2015

Stayed at the Real InterContinental San Salvador at Metrocentro Mall for about 138 a day. El Salvador started using the USD started in 2001 Took a bus. The trip was 40 USD to go there per person from Guatemala City and it was like sitting in first class on a plane. It took only 4 … Continue reading El Salvador, San Salvador – July 8 – 10th →
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Weekly Summary #5

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June 19, 2015

Five super long weeks passed by. This definitely was a fun class but very stressful as well. The one that gave me the most trouble is coming up with a creative new assignment because there are so many in the assignment bank and there wasn’t one idea that I didn’t think of and it was … Continue reading Weekly Summary #5 →
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Escape..

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June 19, 2015

Our character, the wanderer, wakes up to the sounds of the wind howling and lightning striking out side the dim-litted and musky lair. He does not remember his name or identity. As he gets up attempting to get a grasp and recall everything, he remembers one thing… he needs to escape because he is a … Continue reading Escape.. →
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Created Assignment: Signing Words

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June 19, 2015

This assignment requires you to take a video of yourself or someone else and finger spell a word or a phrase using American Sign Language (ASL). First, you need to learn how to finger spell the word in sign language. Click on the picture if you want to learn more. Additionally, if you really are … Continue reading Created Assignment: Signing Words →
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One Story/ Four Icons Tutorial

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June 18, 2015

Today’s tutorial will be about One Story/Four Icons, which is a really cool assignment because I have done it before. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple four icons. Step 1 – Pick a movie, story, or event … Continue reading One Story/ Four Icons Tutorial →
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Weekly Summary 4

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June 14, 2015

This was a fun an interesting week because it was the combination of the audio and the visual things we have worked on in the past two weeks. I have noticed that little by little every week of assignments are coming together. This week dealing with video was more fun and much easier. A lot … Continue reading Weekly Summary 4 →
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Acronym With Pictures

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June 14, 2015

What do you think represents you? Is it a color? Is it video games? Is it food!?! Whatever it is there are many things out there that make you, YOU! For this assignment you are going to make an acronym using your name and take pictures of items that represent each letter of your name. … Continue reading Acronym With Pictures →
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Google Beauty

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June 14, 2015

I was supposed to take images from Google and paste them together to make a picture that represents beauty from different body parts. In my mind it was going to come out amazing with perfect shape and symmetry. What I got was a creation from Dr. Frankenstein. It was fun though still. I tried different … Continue reading Google Beauty →
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Honest Game Box Tutorial

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June 14, 2015

Today I am going to show how to do the Honest Game Box Visual Assignment. I did this assignment before and it was probably one of my favorite assignments because it made me think outside the box to create this. Step 1 – Pick the game you want. And have an idea of what you … Continue reading Honest Game Box Tutorial →
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I Will Always Love You

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June 14, 2015

This assignment we needed to lip sync a song. The first song came to mind was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” I thought it would be a fun song to do and also I want to prove to everyone out there that I was a better singer then Whitney Houston. Growing up … Continue reading I Will Always Love You →
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Look, Listen, Analyze

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June 14, 2015

When seeing this assignment the first thing I wanted to do was the Old Boy Fight Scene. After watching and listening to it, I wanted to see the other scenes that were selected. To my surprise it was one of the choice scenes to watch. I am so happy that one of my favorite movies … Continue reading Look, Listen, Analyze →
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16 Year Old Me

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June 14, 2015

This assignment was to make a video to my 16 year old self. There is so much I want to say. So many things I want anyone who is 16 to be prepared for but at the same time life is about learning things about the world, many times on your own. I would not … Continue reading 16 Year Old Me →
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Reading Movies

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June 14, 2015

From my prior experience with Robert Ebert is him reviewing movies and films, in which I think his reviews on movies are genius. The way he thinks about movies not just for face value but on everything as a whole from sound design to how the camera is used, to even the actors and actresses … Continue reading Reading Movies →
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Bride-to-be

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June 13, 2015

This mischievous cat did not like the fact the bride to be is putting her wedding before the cat. The cat decided to just end it all here. If she is hurt, there is no wedding and she can spend all the time her time with the cat again. So as she was going to … Continue reading Bride-to-be →
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Flower’s for Polack

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June 12, 2015

Today’s Daily Create was to send flowers to someone in DS106. Well I wanted to send this to Professor Polack. Even though she is really mean at times, really really mean (she called me stupid for a stupid mistake I did -_- ) she still cares about her students MOST of the time. She has … Continue reading Flower’s for Polack →
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Weekly Evaluation Numero Tres

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June 7, 2015

Another week passed by and I can’t believe how fast it flew by. This week seemed easier than the other weeks. When I saw that it is audio that we will be covering this week, I was not too keen about it. I like music a lot, but when it comes to stuff like this, … Continue reading Weekly Evaluation Numero Tres →
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The Truth

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June 7, 2015

I was asked to listen to three audio stories and instead of talking about the story itself, I need to talk about how the story is told. The first story is the “Third Party” it is a story about an independent candidate running for Congress and he is being targeted by a serial killer. The … Continue reading The Truth →
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Paint Lines

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June 7, 2015

For today’s daily create, I had to do something with lines. So I decided to use my girlfriend’s tablet, Surface 3. I used the program called, Fresh Paint, to paint these colorful lines. I just took the stylus and randomly chose colors and different types of brushes and pastels to paint these different lines. I … Continue reading Paint Lines →
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Audio as Important as the Story Itself

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June 7, 2015

Listening to Ira Glass was interesting. Talking about how story telling is a sequence of events and the build up is important as the story itself then giving his example of walking down the stairs and adding suspense to something that was just a basic story of him walking down the steps and talk about … Continue reading Audio as Important as the Story Itself →
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The Family Table

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June 7, 2015

For this assignment we were required to remember a time at the dinner table and act like every member of the event at the time. For mine I did it for the last Thanksgiving I had with my family closest friend that was pretty much family, Mr Patton. He passed away 2 years ago on … Continue reading The Family Table →
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Car Chase Commentary

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June 7, 2015

I love car chases. Who doesn’t? Cops being cops, stupid people being stupid people, a sense of danger. Yeah I hope no one gets hurt in the process but to me it is still fun to watch. I used audacity to record my commentary while watching the clip but I wanted to do it a … Continue reading Car Chase Commentary →
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Mario Kart

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June 5, 2015

Today’s daily create was to put something in a circle. First I did not know what to put in a circle and while I was brainstorming I remembered the previous day Diana talking to me about Mario Kart 8 and the feeling it gave me when she brought it up. Me and Mario Kart have … Continue reading Mario Kart →
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Please Help!

by ruchid

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June 3, 2015

“WTF” I called out when I was shown the nsfw picture from my co-worker. It was a picture of a man that looked like a balloon from bees suffering from the effect of colony collapse disorder. I threw my coffee at my coworker for showing me that while eating my chilaquiles. It was obviously click … Continue reading Please Help! →
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What Would I Look Like As A Superhero?

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June 1, 2015

For today’s Daily Create I simply had to go on the Generator Blog and I scrolled down till I saw the word “superhero”. I am a huge fan of comics so I was definitely excited for this one. The link was “What Would I Look Like As A Superhero?” I had to take ten questions, … Continue reading What Would I Look Like As A Superhero? →
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Weekly Evaluation # Dos

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May 31, 2015

Here is my second weekly evaluation. I need to say good things about all my work or my professor will make my other class harder on me (I AM KIDDING!!). I really enjoyed this week and the concept of design I feel like some of the projects I worked on especially the bumper sticker and … Continue reading Weekly Evaluation # Dos →
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