Campfire Stories & Songs #4, 06/13/06, Main Campfire, Evening

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( Roster )

"Evening, dudes!" Ted chirped. There was the usual junk food banquet. "It's time for another story from me, and then another story from one of you, and then a song. But I've changed the way the class will work. Spooky Dude and Faerie Tale Dude have done a most excellent job of telling their stories, but from now on you can just jump in with a story if you have one. It would be most excellent if everyone could tell one at least once, but just do it when you feel like you've got one to tell."

He launched into his story. "This is the story of Belloe and the Beast."

( Beauty and the Beast: Fandom Style )

Photography [6/14]

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Veronica was sadly coffee-less this morning, as last night had been so busy at work and she had been running late to make it to the classroom on time.

"Good morning," she greeted once everyone had arrived. She frowned when she noted that Nadia wasn't there. "I know the syllabi I gave you at the beginning of the semester said we'd be doing a section on Fashion Photograhy this week, but given the unexpected trip to Washington, D.C. this weekend, I decided to switch things up and teach you about Documentary Photography."

She gave a very brief, but informative lecture on the subject.

"Now, you can spend some time in the darkroom, developing your photos. Don't forget that this Friday is the School Art Fair and I'd love to see you all submit something. If you don't have anything you like yet, I can arrange for the darkroom to be open tomorrow for you."

After the darkroom, they returned to the classroom.

"Let's brainstorm on this week's prompts," Veronica said. "They are Red, Sparkly, and Fire."

Once the brainstorming session was over, she grinned. "Good job today guys. I hope to see you all on Friday at the Art Fair and don't forget about the field trip on Sunday. Bel and Cameron, could I talk to you guys for a minute please?"


[Long note today: remember that post I made two weeks ago about my office move? That's finally happening tomorrow, so I'll be offline from around 1pm EST until I get home from work (which may be a little later than my usual 5:30 EST if I'm not done with my last minute packing). I'll pick up any pings at that time.]

How to Be an Entertainer Workshop #4, Outside Caritas, 06.14.06, Afternoon

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GOB was waiting for his students outside Caritas this afternoon. Whether this was planned or a result of the ongoing zombie strike, he wasn't saying.

"You know those jerks you see around when you're walking in cities? The ones playing saxophone, or beating a bunch of buckets like they're drums, or singing way off-key thinking they're so special, or miming? They're street performers, a special kind of cheap performance whore that thinks they're so good that they can give it up in public in the hopes that a lot of people will donate a couple bucks."

"This week, you're going to be those jerks. Find something you're good at. Or something you think you're good at, but you're actually delusional. Then get out in public and force that performance on people. Get to the park and sing, or play guitar, or do stand up comedy, or play saxophone, whatever, I don't really care."

( Workshop #4 )

Observational Astronomy -- June 14

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Week 4 - June 14 - Hercules, Draco, Bootes

Star maps: East | West | North | South | Overhead

As usual, Ellie meets the class on the beach and begins her lecture.

( ''If you draw a line along the handle of the Big Dipper....'' )

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Tudey's Menoo Is:

-Nechus

-Cheeckee Feengers

-Hem und Cheese-a Sundvheeches

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Library, Wednesday Afternoon

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After his karate workshop, Tyler opened the library and propped his feet on the desk.

He was reading That, a novel about an evil killer spider clown in small-town Maine. The part where a bully got eaten alive by bugs was a little gory even for him.

The library is open.

[OOC: Summer=No OCD.]

Karate, Gym, June 14th, Wednesday Morning

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"Good morning, everyone," Tommy greets his class. "Sorry for not holding class last week- there was an... incident, that I had to take care of."

"Today, we're going to be learning the Meerkat style," Tommy says, and raises an eyebrow. "Yes, Meerkat. Which is, according to some of you guys, the natural enemy of the Stickbugs."

"Although the techniques of the Meerkat style can be adapted for one-on-one sparring," Tommy says as he runs through a demonstration, "they work best when you're working in concert with one or more other people. On that note, I'd like you guys to pair up, if you can, and find another pair to spar with."

"Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions."

Computers & Fun #4 6/14 Wednesday Afternoon - Computer Lab

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The computer lab is set up like an office today, the seats moved apart so each student has their own cube-shaped area. Abby is sitting up front, her usual white labcoat traded for a oversized men's suit jacket.

"Good afternoon my worker bees! Today we're going to be learning the two most important things office workers need to know. How to use offline computer programs like word processing and how to hide the fun stuff from their bosses." Abby ran through a quick description of programs like Word, Excel, notepad and their mac counterparts that the mun doesn't care about because her soul belongs to Bill Gates..

"Of course then you have the fun stuff. Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Freecell, Minesweeper and my personal favorite..." Abby leaned forward and grinned, "Paintbrush! There's just something about making really crappy pictures with a limited color choices that speaks to my soul." She flipped her laptop around to show a couple of her own pictures. "This first one here is my old boss, if he decided to turn goth. This one is a duck." Abby shrugged. "I like ducks."

"So it's 3:00 on a Friday afternoon. You've got two hours before you can clock out and nothing left to do. You need to pick one of the fun activities to play around with but beware of the boss. If he catches you goofing off you might get fired." Abby straightened her jacket and nodded to them. "In order to not get caught you need to work on being sneaky. Alt-tab will get you to another window quickly, hitting minimize with your mouse, or the ever popular turning your screen off and pretending to be reading a report. Come up with a way to get back to your work screen and try not to get caught, and those of you who make it through class without letting me see your fun program get a prize!" Abby held up a box of caffeine-laced candy.

"Oh and I almost forgot! The school is having an art fair on Friday. So if any of you want to use this time to make an art project in paint...I think that would be cool." She grinned and shook the box of candy. "So cool that you might even get two packages of the awesome candy."

[ooc: threads coming up! Go ahead!]