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- Hanging with the Prices
- Summer Photography Class: Day 1-3
- Spider-Man Homecoming (opinion, no spoilers)
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Hanging with the Prices
Ash and I FINALLY got some good quality time with our faves, Danae and Olivia! :D
The fun started Friday night with a couple of hours of Disney karaoke. Nothing too crazy, just messing around and being ridiculous :) And who knew that Danae loved Mother Gothel? I might have someone to carry the Disney villain flame on after all (aside from Ash because we all know she's already made a freaking bonfire).
I made a spaghetti squash casserole-ish thing that actually tasted pretty good, but I'm not sure if I liked it enough to make it again. I made it 100% right, don't get me wrong there, but it's just not quite...my thing? Maybe? Anyway, the girls tried Melon Pan (melon bread: no melon inside, but the pattern on top looks like a melon skin) for the first time. They liked :)
Danae
Olivia
Saturday, the girls came over for lunch (the food of which I don't remember at this time) and after an hour of trying to make it work, got my keytar going. FINALLY!
Here's a video of our success XD
Dinner was okonomiyaki and we watched Maleficent to wrap up the evening.
Sunday, Danae and I were on worship team. It was my first time playing guitar for Calvary's team, and it was actually REALLY FUN. I didn't have to do any fancy intros (because I know NONE of them) and got to play on full-blast as fast and actually operate on full-speed, something I'm never able to do with CCF songs. It was really refreshing :D
We had mini chicken pot pies for lunch and then made our way to St. Louis for all you can eat sushi at Sushi Ai. Where we proceeded to be ridiculous in public. Surprise, surprise :P
Hmm...
We're not looking at anything in particular lol XD
It was really crowded when we got there (good for them!). Sunday is a "Buy One, Get One 50% off" special at Sushi Ai, meaning that their normal price of $20 per person for all you can eat sushi drops to $15 per person (if you split the bill equally). Not a bad deal at all, especially considering the variety that you can get. We were seated upstairs (our first time, we've been downstairs the other times we went) and got a pretty good view of the sushi making process :)
Here's a picture of the beginning of my sushi haul.
You know me. I enjoyed eating so much, I didn't take anymore pictures. Oops.
Also, can I just brag on my girls a bit? My sister, I know, can eat anything I can eat.
But my PRICE girls? HOLLA at my girls because they were downing that stuff like pros and I'm just so freaking proud that they tried just about everything that I recommended they taste. WONDERFUL side effect of Calvary. Adventurous taste buds. <3
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It's...going okay? I'm feeling stressed because of all the photography vocab that I've forgotten that the rest of the class is throwing around like everyday language (because for them, it IS). They had a moment yesterday when the instructor was asking "Guess the Exposure" and all I could do was sit like an idiot and not understand how things worked.
On the other hand, I have a new camera. Which is exciting, but I literally just got it and haven't had the time to figure it out yet. It's a different brand and is WAY newer than my previous camera, meaning there are lots of things it can do (awesome) that I don't understand (not awesome). I went to the library immediately after class on Monday to check out photography books to brush up while I can since this week is technically the "easy" week, but I have homework due soon.
Please please please pray for the following (with this class):
For class:
- that I'll quickly learn all the terms I don't know
- that I'll quickly learn how to use at least the BASICS of my camera's range
- none of the camera parts will break and that all batteries work
- that I'll learn to use the printers for class and print my photos correctly
- TIME MANAGEMENT because I'm way in over my head
For the outdoor trips I have to take to nature parks and such for photos:
- that I can avoid (or there won't even be any) bugs that I'm allergic to
- decent temperature
- good scenery that I can take photos of (or see hidden bits of that are worth a photo)
- safe environment that I (not too outdoor savvy) can hike around in carrying my camera + pack
- I'll know how to pack WELL, but pack LIGHT
I'll keep you all updated as best as I can. :)
Here are some photos from our class "field trip" (haven't been on one in forever) yesterday to Pomona Natural Bridge:
Class hiking down
Pomona Natural Bridge
Going down to the bridge
Class taking photos for "class"
The underside of the cliff face (in all the coves) were COVERED in centipedes and all
manner of other creepy crawlies and I hightailed out of there quick when I noticed
that there were literally HUNDREDS of these things over my head.
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Spider-Man Homecoming (opinion, no spoilers)
I'm gonna keep this short and sweet so that I don't accidentally spoil anything for anyone, but you HAVE to see this movie. Saw it last night, and WOW. I've seen all of the Spider-Man movies, and in my opinion, this takes the cake.
The previous actors (in my opinion) have fallen short of the character that is Peter Parker.
Tobey Maguire was too nerdy. Andrew Garfield was too "cool" to the point where he WASN'T nerdy (geeks felt it, let's be honest). But Tom Holland? He's pulling off equal parts nerdy + cool (as Spider-Man). MAJOR PROPS to this guy.
To bring up my initial skepticism with the movie, I wasn't happy with how they were making Spider-Man look in Captain America: Civil War because I was extremely put out with how they made him go up against battle-seasoned heroes like Captain America and the Winter Soldier. I loved BOTH of them, so seeing them "lose" against a teen was not a happy time.
Resolved: In SpM: Homecoming, Tony Stark makes several apperances and there's one point where he tells Peter (who was getting a bit ahead of himself) that is Cap really DID want to kill him, he would've lost. Good job, Tony. Good job.
NOT Resolved: um, Winter Soldier couldn't be taken down strength wise by ANYONE PRESENT so how in the world did a teenager fresh off the hero boat (if you will) catch his arm and just stand there and WS wasn't able to move? WHAT. IN. THE. WORLD. I don't care if he's essentially got the multiplied strength thing that Ant-Man has, that was WAY too easy for him. There was not NEARLY enough of a struggle for him to stop WS and I wasn't happy with how that turned out >:( because WS is awesome.
I like him MUCH better after the new Spider-Man movie. He went through the necessary "new hero" inward struggle of finding his place in the hero world. And I'm very happy for him.
Also, Spider-Man is FINALLY a realistic high schooler. I realize the actor is 21, but he looks like high school in the movie, so I'm a happy person. I had almost forgotten all the stupid stuff that happens in high school (obviously because I never participated in it myself, but had heard stories), so good job, Marvel for making semi-realistic high school show up, right alongside teenage awkies that is life.
In conclusion, GO WATCH IT. You will like :D
P.s. Fun Easter egg shared by Kristi, the voice of SpM's suit, Karen, is voiced by the wife of the guy who voiced Jarvis, Iron Man's suit. lol XD
We have homework due (gah) in class (obviously), so #FeatureFridays for the next couple of weeks will feature my homework.
...Yes, I'm cheating.
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