My friend: Hello Ms. Purple!
Me: purple?!
Me: what does purple have to do with anything?
Him: It's a random color, that's all!
Me: uhhh
Me: okay then
Him: You can call me Mr. Black or any other color
Me: so we're color people now?
Him: yes, this is Avatar
Me: lovely
Me: Avatar as in The Last Airbender?
Him: no, the freaking Spielberg movie
Him: they're all blue!
Me: right right right
Me: but we would be from a different planet
Me: because we're not blue
Him: don't get into details
Me: ...
Common peoples of the earth: please address my esteemed self as "Miss Purple" (because as of now I am young and unmarried) and my glorified friend as Sir Orange.
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Computerless Saturday (well, up to now)
My parents were in Jerusalem today and yesterday, so we (my brother and I) slept over at my grandma's. This means:
1. No internet
2. Good food (not that ours is normally bad)
3. Better sleep (see number 1)
4. More time to do stuff (see number 1)
So, I got up after a much better night's sleep than I have had in a while, ate breakfast, and generally prepared myself pour le jour. My aunt came over with a backpack full of cameras (!) and, since she had promised me a few months ago, we were going outside to take photos. She was teaching me to use an analog camera - do stuff the good ol'-fashioned way.
We walked by the Yarkon (the muddy strip of water that we call a river) and took photos of the park around it. Since it's Saturday, the park was full of people. I had a great deal of fun playing with the zoom and focus. We went all the way to the port, which isn't really that long, taking photos of things and windows and stuff, and then took a taxi to meet my brother and then went for hamburgers at a place called Wolfnights. They were delicious. There's not much more to say.
We then went back to my grandma's and sat around for a few hours. My brother practiced his violin. I took more pictures on the cameras. I now have two full rolls of film (36 photos each), which doesn't sound like a lot but it is when you're selective with the photos as we were.
Then, my uncle and cousin came over with a basketball and we went to the park to play. First we were just shooting hoops, then we played a few games that included shooting hoops, then we played an actual basketball game. Kids versus grownups - my uncle and his sister (my photographing aunt) versus my cousin, my brother, and me. And we won - twice.
The best thing? I didn't feel like I needed the computer at all.
1. No internet
2. Good food (not that ours is normally bad)
3. Better sleep (see number 1)
4. More time to do stuff (see number 1)
So, I got up after a much better night's sleep than I have had in a while, ate breakfast, and generally prepared myself pour le jour. My aunt came over with a backpack full of cameras (!) and, since she had promised me a few months ago, we were going outside to take photos. She was teaching me to use an analog camera - do stuff the good ol'-fashioned way.
We walked by the Yarkon (the muddy strip of water that we call a river) and took photos of the park around it. Since it's Saturday, the park was full of people. I had a great deal of fun playing with the zoom and focus. We went all the way to the port, which isn't really that long, taking photos of things and windows and stuff, and then took a taxi to meet my brother and then went for hamburgers at a place called Wolfnights. They were delicious. There's not much more to say.
We then went back to my grandma's and sat around for a few hours. My brother practiced his violin. I took more pictures on the cameras. I now have two full rolls of film (36 photos each), which doesn't sound like a lot but it is when you're selective with the photos as we were.
Then, my uncle and cousin came over with a basketball and we went to the park to play. First we were just shooting hoops, then we played a few games that included shooting hoops, then we played an actual basketball game. Kids versus grownups - my uncle and his sister (my photographing aunt) versus my cousin, my brother, and me. And we won - twice.
The best thing? I didn't feel like I needed the computer at all.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Kony 2012
We live in the age of connection, the age of knowledge, the age of internet. It's a strange thing, how much we know about people thousands of miles away.
This video tells the story of Joseph Kony. Heard of him? Probably not. However, he's number one on the International Criminal Court's Worst Criminal list. Why? He abducts children and forces them to do what he says. He forces them to kill, sometimes even to murder their parents. They become soldiers and slaves.
So why has no one done anything? Because no one knows. But we're in the age of internet. I'm writing this blog post and I've already shared the video on Facebook. It's easy to spread the word. And that's exactly what we need.
This video tells the story of Joseph Kony. Heard of him? Probably not. However, he's number one on the International Criminal Court's Worst Criminal list. Why? He abducts children and forces them to do what he says. He forces them to kill, sometimes even to murder their parents. They become soldiers and slaves.
So why has no one done anything? Because no one knows. But we're in the age of internet. I'm writing this blog post and I've already shared the video on Facebook. It's easy to spread the word. And that's exactly what we need.
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