Getting Back On Track

I've been incredibly ill lately. I had been suffering from an odd series of symptoms and they were getting progressively worse.
 I was suffering from abdominal pains, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and loss of appetite.  I didn't understand what my body was going through. At first, I thought it was just pre-menstrual cramps so I had waited a week before going to the doctors. Big mistake. I was in so much pain that I could barely walk. I went to the doctors on Thursday and had to stay over night. I was poked and prodded over ten times with needles. It was horrible. I'm usually laid back and calm, but by the time my mom picked me up the next day I broke down from all the stress.
 My friend's had dropped me off at the hospital about 30 minutes away from my home. They had stayed in the waiting room until 7:30pm (I had been there since 3:30pm). I told them that I wouldn't get out until at least 10:00pm (that didn't happen) and sent them home. My mom found out that was admitted into the hospital but was not able to drive out. So, I was alone in the hospital for quite awhile. A very good friend of mine drove out and stayed with me from 10:00pm until 7:30am the next day. He made my stay better and easier to deal with.
 It took three nurses to find a vein to draw blood. All together, two days in the hospital, three nurses, four doctors, one surgeon, six vials of blood, two bags of IV solution, three different types of medication for both pain, nausea, and dizziness, and many jokes between one nurse and I, they figured that nothing was wrong and sent me home with antibiotics and a bunch of pain killers. Nothing much has changed, but I'm feeling better so, maybe whatever was attacking my body has died.
 Getting back to school has been tough. I cannot remember how to do certain things and other things just seem so easy. Missing a weekend and a half of school is not okay. It has been a tough year but I hope that I still can pass this year.

Daily life with Anecdote. The Most Feared Word.

Every writer must go through the same thing. A few friends of mine know this process. It's really inconvenient and it causes huge writers block. Most people name is as process of elimination. Or every writers fear: editing.
When I'm in the process of writing a story or just writing for the heck of it, I always must go back to my old work and see what I can do to improve my writing skills. As so, I am doing this for my blog as well.
 So far, what I have noticed, everyone seems to enjoy my anecdotes and my opinions. Which is what I was aiming for. Catching peoples attention with my writing gives me more hope and inspiration on writing my stories, that I hope to turn into a novel one day.
 Regrettably, I think my lack of knowledge about more interesting topics that tie in with mine, causes people to become bored and my posts to become more and more redundant.Also, my posts are never long, which makes me wonder if my readers truly understand what I'm getting at or if I should add more detail.
  In the next six weeks, I really want to touch my readers minds. I want to leave an imprint that makes them see something out in the real world and remind them of my blog. I also want to get the interest of other people around the world and hopefully get some attention. I hope to make this blog more interesting and I hope to become more focused on it. Maybe if I actually placed more time on my blogs, my topics would be much more interesting and much more relevant.
 I think to improve my blog, I must research more topics to prospect upon. Spending more time on my thoughts and ideas instead of just halfheartedly type away. Keep my blog updated as much as my Tumblr. Search up different ways and styles to write.  Try to tie in more detail that will catch my readers attention. I must form my sentences better and make sure my grammar is correct. Just over all, love this blog as much as my Tumblr blog.

The Daily Life of photography

When my camera is charging up, I always miss some good shots.

I usually take pictures for my school's newspaper, but I have my own camera for my own time (not as great as the school's camera, but editing helps that.) I had to charge my camera on Saturday night for the photoshoot on Sunday. I decided to go out to the movies with my friends. We had an hour before the movie started and we decided to go out to the parking lot of this plaza.
 Oh, the many shopping cart races we had. My friends and I decided to make a pyramid. We finally got it but none of us had a camera on us. Just imagine. Three metal heads, one skater looking kid, one dancer and then myself, for those of you who know me, making a human pyramid. It was a beautiful sight.
  I now know the importance it is to carry a camera with me all the time.

Not having a voice

It sucks being so passive. Every time I begin a sentence, I'm either cut off or just completely ignored. Not having a say in any subject tends to get annoying. I have to repeat myself a few times just to get my point crossed. I hate how people steal my ideas because they are right next to me and hear me but no one else does.

Stop it guys. Seriously. I hate not being able to speak up. And it's not because of shyness, everyone just knows how to voice their opinion.

I don't know whether to carry around a whistle to get people's attention or just carry around a megaphone. If you hear someone try to get your attention, shut up and let them talk.

Follow up from my last blog.

Hello again!


I just wanted to follow up with my last blog, thanks to all my comments. I wanted to say that yes, there is a bright side to school (e.g friendship and whatnot) but that is not what I was venting about. I was venting on how much it sucks to be stuck in a class room where some teachers can't make the student learn for crap. When the students get bad grades, they get checked for A.D.D or A.D.H.D. Both of those have been way over diagnosed lately. Students with either of those medical conditions have skyrocketed over the past few years. It's ridiculous for adults to not stop and see if the student is okay or if they're just not able to understand what's going on in the class. Just because a student's grade lowered does not mean they have a learning disability or a mental condition. The learning process is different for everyone, and I feel as if the administration doesn't really respect that. The staff in a school isn't the one that I'm ranting about. And yes, I can learn a lot in school, but it's not an easy way. I learn at a different pace than my colleges. I have to both listen, watch, and then explain back to fully understand a subject. Not all teachers get that.
 For my last blog, all I was saying is that they should try to tend for every person's need. Even teachers. Having 40-45 students per class, six periods a day (not including lunch) is just not right. It strips the possibilities for everybody. And I fear, if nothing is done, then the generations after us will just get slower and much more slower at learning than what our past has witnessed.

The Daily life of a Student

I truly hate school.

I have to sit through 15 years (maybe, if I go to a four year college,. which I am aiming for!) of school and be nothing but heavily judged. With each passing year I learn something new and I progress and grow into who I need to be. But, we are so heavily judged on what we don’t know, and how we dress, and how we look. Never on our creativity, never on who we are, never on how much we actually know out side of class. I feel like more than half the students can teach a thing or two to the teachers, or even the administration. I’m not sure what I was going with this, but I needed to say it.

The Daily life that might conflict with my photography

I finally got the job I've been applying for over a year! Please welcome me as your ice cream handler at Coldstone Creamery! I am so ecstatic that out of thirty people -only three of us were chosen-, that I was one of those three. I am happy to say that I am the youngest one to be hired. I must have really made an impact on my boss Felix. I really hope I can get the technique down with handling ice cream. It is actually really difficult to get it right. I have to practice over 100 times before I can start serving people every work day. I'm sure over time I can get the hang of it!
 The only bad news to this is that I will be working Saturdays (which most games are) and I might be too busy trying to catch up in school work to be able to focus on my photography and my writing. I hope to find enough time to do those things.

Daily Life of Photography

Hey guys! So, I just got great news. After the horrible shoot of the Tennis practice, I get another chance to take photos! I am going out of town to photograph our Waterpolo team's match today. I am so excited to be taking photos in an away game (no one really does a photoshoot on away games.) I really hope to get at least a few good shots to make the paper.
Wish me luck!

The daily life of a Photographer

I had a photo shoot yesterday with the girls Tennis practice yesterday. Given, all of my best photo's are the last few on the memory card. Unfortunately, a colleague of mine had the camera that I am accustomed to and was using it to take photos of the practice as well. I was of course, a little angry because it was my shoot. We lost volleyball because of him being at the tennis courts.  
 My camera is an older one and just kept crapping out on me. It would freeze or just refuse to focus. I would have to take out the battery and blow on the inside like an old Nintendo game. All of my best shots of the players got corrupted and deleted off the memory card.
 I am very angry about this outcome. I am wanting to start a fundraiser for new cameras for the class. I hope something works out in the end.

This is my first post.

 Having a new assignment due during the end of class, the girl in the mulitcolored beanie viciously attacked the keyboard at her finger tips. She pondered if she could catch the eye of any given person. She would have to scroll through her pictures that she took of her adventure of walking home, and post it on her new blog. She smiled at the thought of other people viewing her photography.
Hello! My name is Alexie. This is my blog dedicated to photography, my daily life, and small anecdotes that I create as I'm staring at a blank screen. This blog was made because of my Journalism class. I'm excited to start using blogger for a more serious blog. Of course, I am cursed with using Tumblr, but I hope to be able to be creative enough to use a more professional approach to make an impact on someone's life with my words. I hope you enjoy this blog and continue to view it.