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Dixie currently feels:
Negative
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Blog #74
Incredibly Bland Thursday
Media Studies is really getting to be a pain in the arse.
I don't mind doing the coursework - on the contrary, the coursework is quite fun at times.
Today we had to watch the opening sequence to Hot Fuzz and take notes on it.
Then we had to answer exam-style questions about it - ARGHHHH, PAIN IN THE ARSE.
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I had an appointment with Dianne at 11 - today mainly discovering my returning Ash-paranoia, which recently, is at all all-time-high. Gah.
I couldn't be arsed going into town for lunch, so I indulged once more in the processed fried goodness from the refectory. I chose a cheeseburger with chips and a can of 7up.
Shelly is mint at timing sometimes - no sooner as I'd sat myself down to eat, she came along and sat with me.
Ashleigh came in at her usual time of half 12. We got bored after a while, so we went in the LRC.
I decided here I would show Ash the thing I made last night on Photoshop. I'd shown it to Lewis after our Media Studies lesson, just before my appointment with Dianne.
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Last night, I made this:
Using some photographs I took at the end of yesterday's photography lesson - I rounded off the corners, blurred the edges, added a black border - then I used two different layers - left the heart the real colour and made everything else greyscale.
It has a double-meaning too.
It can be taken literally - as Ashleigh actually IS holding a heart - or it can be viewed as my love for her that she doesn't know what to do with, as she doesn't really want it.
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I do silly things sometimes.
I did a silly thing today.
I was waiting for Ash to come out of the ground floor lift from the LRC - I was stood at the top of the wonky stairs.
...I don't know if what I did was revenge for her making me feel so shit last Saturday, but - I spat on her from the top of the stairs.
I'd warned her though - at first I was only messing around, but I did end up doing it.
Fortunatley, I didn't hit her head - I splattered the back of her wheelchair.
I felt bad about it - I wiped her down afterwards, apologising profusely.
She cuddled me after B block too - telling me it was okay, I'd just been silly as usual.
I hope she meant it...
I don't know if Ash would lie to me or not. :(
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The remainder of my night was spent eating cakes, drinking Coca-Cola and playing through dungeons on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
I also managed to fix my Guitar Hero Community account - so I celebrated with a few songs on Expert.
My scores are sending - but they don't seem to be sending to the challenges I'm involved in. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
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Dixie currently feels:
Depressed
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Blog #89
LOL NO.
Today was a day for staying in one's pyjamas, eating Easter eggs and playing Bully.
Then it was for getting depressed over coursework.
- Alright, here's my secret - this is an "empty blog" that I didn't update until the following Sunday - AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I DID.
I do know I barely did anything and I felt proper shit though.
Lmao, the rule be now, no posting of empty blogs - and if I do post them - I don't wait 3+ days to update them.
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One thing I remember doing is faffing on with the photos I took yesterday.
Inspired from what Grahame did to the photo of Ash and I on the Middlesbrough docks (A.K.A. my blog banner) - I did this:
I quite like the effect of it in black and white.
00 was definatley my favourite of the photos.
It's weird - my mam's digital camera takes MINT photos, but it takes about 30 attempts to get a decent one.
My dad's digital camera is smaller and a lower quality, but I'm FAR more likely to get something mint on the first try.
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Here's the photo of Ashleigh I mentioned in the 'Northern Excursion' blog.
I took it off the M drive in last Tuesday's Photography lesson.
Lmao, the dancing woman in the background.
I'd acidentally taken a video of Ash prior to this, the camera was set to video instead of auto.
Hilariously - it's a 2 second video of Ash BLINKING.
If there's one thing Ash does, it's blink. :)
Aw, she looks so deep in thought.
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Anyway - later in the lesson I strayed away from what I should have been doing - I opened the photo on Photoshop and made some alterations.
Our recent joke with Ash is that she's an emo - and when she cries, ten kittens die.
So I made this:
(If you can't read the caption, it says: "SIGH, HOW THE WORLD SHUNS ME. I SHALL KILL ALL OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL KITTENS.")
That's as emo as it gets - crying tears of blood (down my palid face. :D).
I forced my teeth down against my tongue upon hearing this, working at the Deli, recently. If you, the reader, aren't shocked by this, perhaps I need to explain. If the person who said this believes what he speaks, then that says much of his character and beliefs.
For one, he hasn't any background information on Senator Obama. The reason I say that Obama is the whitest black politician to surface is because OF his background. Obama was raised with many privileges unavailable to most African Americans. This is how Obama is different than other black politicians, in that he does not rise from the black socialist civil rights movement. He was very appealing to the Capitalist class in America. Upon becoming another black conservative puppet for institutional racism, his seat in the White House was guaranteed.
This is falsifying history right before our very eyes, just as if Hillary were elected and the establishment media would proclaim "Sexism is Dead! Sexism is Dead!" Sexism would still be a terrible issue to women everywhere even if Hillary were elected. I will further that idea and say that it would be better if Hillary were elected. She at least represents women's interests in the nation, and intends to further measures to end the rampant sexism we see everywhere.
Barack Obama will not represent the interests of Black America, but will actually worsen their situation by giving conservative pundits the ammunition they need to wage a "race war," built upon Social Darwinism.
The person saying the quoted words does not recognize racism for what it is: a structural and institutional phenomenon that can be observed. It may not be the Aurora Borealis, but can be seen just as clearly when catching a glance at the facts and statistics.
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