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In Digital media we learn how to use adobe programs to express ourselves. It is super fun and super engaging way to express yourself, there’s no limitations except our imagination. At Freestyle we learn how to communicate, collaborate, and execute. We learn how to make something truly or own through the adobe programs, we can really get better at art here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date Proposal: A sandwich she couldn\u2019t refuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There she is, the girl of my dreams, Panini. I see her for approximately 24 seconds a day when she walks to her second period. She walks so elegantly, drifting through the crowd like ramen noodles in thin broth. We make slight eye contact and I show a little smile, and she smiles back, but it could definitely just be out of pity. My name is Bryan. I am a 16 year old boy who likes to make sandwiches at the local Subway. I want to ask Panini to homecoming. However, I don\u2019t  really know her that well. I have a plan. I am going to make a sign with a sandwich pun because of her name. I start looking at poster ideas, my brain keeps spinning with ideas, but nothing really comes to mind. I spell out words in little salami slices from work. Her name is Panini, a kind of sandwich. Suddenly it hits me, \u201cwill you be the panini to my press\u201d. It’s a perfect, fun pun with her name and something that I am passionate about. I start by stapling salami slices to the poster and print out pictures of Panini presses, and throw them all onto a poster. I stress for  weeks, turning, tumbling, and sweating every hour. The day finally arrives, I bring my stupid sign to school and walk around first period nervously, palms sweating profusely. There I go, walking slowly up to her in the passing period. My heart beats faster and faster. We lock eyes and I have my sign held up high, she bursts out laughing and comes over and says yes as she gives me a hug. I have never spoken to this girl and just admired her from afar. As she hugged me she whispered in my ear, \u201cpick me up at 8\u201d and slipped a note in my pocket. There I stand like a headless chicken, and was overwhelmed with emotions. I walk to my next class with a smile wider than the West Nile River. As I get to my next class I read the note and it says her address and something rather disturbing. It said \u201cBring at least 3 forms of identification\u201d. This left an uneasy sinking feeling in the bottom of my stomach. I ignore the feeling and carry on with my day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks later, I get the tux and  car ready. My car is not a very impressive, it’s a Chrysler PT Cruiser. I get ready, lather myself in Axe body spray and drive over to her house deep in the hills. I start pulling up to the address, and some things seem off\u2026 Very off\u2026 There’s a 2 story guard house and a moat surrounding the mansion. I peek at the house and can\u2019t believe my eyes. It’s beyond huge. I pull up to the gateguards. I roll down my window, the body guards ask for my birth name and who I\u2019m here for. I state my birth name \u201cBryan Wilkerson\u201d and they all nod their heads and give me a thumbs up, as I drive through one of them says \u201cgood luck\u201d. Twenty-seven henchmen come out and tell me to step out of the vehicle, they check my 3 forms of identification . I am completely stressed out. I enter the house and get patted down to the bone. I am utterly terrified about who I am about to meet. As I\u2019m in panic, Panini slowly walks down the spiral staircase, all the anxiety I have built up leaves in an instant and it turns into butterflies. But coming right after her is her father, a 6\u201910 monster towering over her from behind. Maybe the scariest man I have ever seen, it’s like they’re walking in slow motion. I was overwhelmed by his presence in the room, standing there frozen as he slowly approached me. I nervously start a  conversation with the father, I ask for his name while stumbling over my words. He states his name \u201cClarence Kenny” I almost burst out laughing because of his name, but barely restrained myself, I casually asked what he did for a living. He responded in less than a heartbeat, he said \u201cI\u2019m in waste management\u201d. I laughed nervously realizing he\u2019s most likely a high up member in the mob. There he stood with his stone cold eyes and rock solid physique. He tells his daughter to wait outside in the cutest little voice, even called her princess. Very soon it was just me, him, and 27 armed guards ready to rumble. My knees are weak, my palms are sweaty, and my breath is getting heavier and heavier. He says in the most serious, deep, monstrous voice ,\u201cIf you touch my daughter, or even lay a finger on her, my associates will take care of you.\u201d That single sentence made everyone in the room laugh except for me, it left me utterly speechless and shaking. He slaps my back and says \u201cbring her back by 11 sharp\u201d. I leave the room with my knees almost buckling after each step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drove her there nervously, worrying about what she thought of me. But I think she was excited to go with me, we slow danced all night, hoping her father or his associates wouldn\u2019t see. I enjoyed myself thoroughly and kissed her at the end of the night. I drive her home with the time ticking, it’s 10:53 and we barely make it back on time. Her dad, looking somewhat impressed, pulled me aside and said his associates were watching the whole night .He also said that he’s never seen his little princess smile like that ever. He wants me to continue to talk to her. He shook my hand firmly with a big smile and said \u201cdon\u2019t tell anyone who I am if you know what\u2019s best for you.\u201d The chills I got were crazy, I drove off shaking and excited. And that kids is how I met your mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intention Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title of this short story doesn’t really have a lot of meaning, but is entertaining in my opinion. I feel it brings the reader in and kind of makes them excited to read the short story. I chose to write this story in first person because it just seemed more fun to write. When I write the best work comes when I genuinely enjoy writing the paper. Writing this in first person just felt right and was fun to write, I felt I could express myself more freely with this perspective.  I also chose to write in the present tense because I felt it would be more suspenseful and fun to read, it\u2019s like you’re discovering everything just the way he is. Discovering her dad being some Mafia leader is crazy and unexpected and I think having it in the present tense adds a sense of mystery and suspense that you can\u2019t get from past tense. This story also takes place in a modern setting pretty much 2018, just a normal teenage boy trying to find his love. Once the teenage boy finds her he runs into obstacles that nobody suspected. The mafia dad was meant to be a curveball that was just overall meant to be a joke. In the story he refers to his job as \u201cwaste management\u201d, this is a reference to the show \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d. This show is a very similar situation and when people ask what they do, they refer to their job in the mafia to waste management. The climax is Bryan in the room with the father and the father heckling and messing with the scared version of Bryan. I chose to resolve the conflict by letting the Dad\u2019s love for her daughter take over and letting Bryan continue to see her. He does this because he loves to see her happy and Bryan makes her happy. By the father accepting Bryan and everyone being happy it leaves a satisfying and enjoyable ending for everyone. In pier reviews I got lots of grammar and small critiques like that, but many useful idea changes. For example, Jamie proofread my paper and told me to put more emphasis on certain parts to exaggerate the feelings my character should have which made the story more interesting and enjoyable to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this illustration I wanted to make a fun sticker. I used like lots of inspiration from a very popular studio Ghibli movie “Princess Mononoke”. The characters in the image are tree spirits that mean good luck. They showed the main character out of the forest and saved his life as well as many others. They are very cute and funny looking characters, that’s why I picked them. I used the ellipse tool to create lots of circles, after that I transformed them by duplicating them and morphing their degrees to create these cool effects on the Tree Spirits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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