ArcGIS is actually cool to see

1. ah-ha. ArcGIS is cool, but I missed one class and now I am way behind. Next week, I need to sit down with Adam and/or Nicole to catch up. It is my fault, thusly I am seriously willing to pay the bills.
2. Questions? Nothing in specific
3. Last movie you saw? I saw Australia in the theater over Thanksgiving break. It was delightful and entertaining. Merry Christmas.

Two weeks to go

1. ah-ha. GPS is super cool.
2. questions? Yes. I will see you personally.
3. The toughest thing I have to do is two research papers and two corresponding presentations in the next week, atop all of my other assignments. Pray for me.

World Wide Web

1. ah-ha. I am lost again.
2. Questions? Many. I will be talking to Adam.
3. Favorite Website? ESPN.com where I enjoy worldwide sports updates and can find out information about every team and any player in any sport. Amazing.

Christmas bells are ringing.

1. ah-ha. I am getting the general idea of this GIS stuff, which is good.
2. Questions? Nothing specific
3. I will be honest, I have already started listening to Christmas music because I have a sweet Christmas album by Sufjan Stevens, a singer songwriter. Yet I usually only listen to Christmas music when I am home because I don't have my own classic Christmas music and my mom loves it.

Confusion

1. ah-ha. This is confusing
2. question. What am I doing wrong?
3. Good books recently? Nope. Most recent book read- Undaunted Courage. About Lewis and Clark expedition.

Meat Lover

1. ah-ha. I should be on time so I can learn like everybody else.
2. Question: I have lots.
3. Tucanos is my favorite place to eat. The meat is delicious and the salad bar is deluxe.

Don't Smoke, Tell a Joke.

1. Ah-ha. I was reminded of all that I have learned this unit as we reviewed for the test.
2. No questions.
3. What do you call a bear with no teeth? Gummy bear!
How do you get a Pikachu on a bus? Poke-m-on!

Point of Power

1. Ah-ha. Powerpoint is awesome and has a lot of very useful skills. Interesting to note is that all these programs have similar tools, but different ways of using them which makes things confusing sometimes.
2. No questions. Thank you.
3. Good powerpoint slides, perhaps be more excited about your presentation!

Geology 101

1. Ah-ha! Our paper is not due this week! And our assignment this week is not so intense.
2. Question: When are you going to Australia?
3. Favorite class at BYU: American Heritage.................. hahaha jk. I would say Geology 101. It was so simple and awesome. I am a geology major now because of it. It changed my life.

Where have I lived?

1. Ah-ha. I learned more about Illustrator.
2. No questions.
3. Oklahoma, Illinois, Georgia, Rio de Janeiro, Utah

Free B

1. ah-ha. Illustrator is cool. I enjoy using learning about this program.
2. No questions, but I will for the assignment this week.
3. What is my favorite breakfast food? I like french toast. I am unusual and I put both powdered sugar and syrup on my french toast. A large glass of OJ is also necessary. Breakfast is my favorite meal.

Halloween day!

1. Ah-ha. It is actually important to be here.
2. I might need some extra help on Illustrator.
3. My plans are unsure. I was a giant sheep last night and it was awesome. My friend and I are going to be old school preppy golfers tonight and go party hopping. Today is actually my brothers birthday, but we are celebrating it on Sunday instead. Happy Halloween.

Halloween and Illustrator

1. Ah-ha I learned a lot of new tools like the rotate tool, navigator, the place tool, the duplicate tool, etc. Illustrator is cool
2. No questions
3. My favorite halloween costume was when I was a giant seagull. I glued feathers to my white shirt and I had a beak and yellow long socks on. It was a good one. I also make a sweet seagull noise, thus my choice in costumes.

halloween approaches

1. My ah ha moment was that I realized that I was extremely tired when I woke up so I should sleep in.

2.  No questions

3.  I am going to be a giant sheep for halloween and my friend is going to be my sheperd. 

Death Valley - Mini Assignment 4

Mini Assignment 4
Tools used: merge tool, clone tool, color balance, paint tool, levels adjustment, quick selection tool, lasser tool, gradient tool

sportz fan

1. No questions. Very clear.
2. Ah-ha moment: merging photos was spectacular and fun!
3. I indeed do love sports. I am on 4 intramural teams right now- Frisbee, co-ed basketball, football, and 3-on-3 basketball. I played basketball and some baseball in high school. I am a nerd, yet still manage to be a jock. Well-rounded anyone? Go Rays.

Mini Assignment 2

Tools used: crop tool, ruler, levels adjustment, etc.

Mini Assignment 1

Tools used: crop tool, eraser

Mini Assignment 3

Tools used: levels adjustment, gaussian blur, burn and dodge tools, crop tool

Fall is Falling Upon Us.

My ah-ha moment was everything. I learned a lot, because I am not really familiar with photoshop. I thought the burn and dodge tools were pretty neat.
My favorite fall activity is playing football or softball outside and wearing hoodies everyday. Nothing better.

Late to class.

My ah-ha moment was that I can show up late and still learn what I need to. We talked about photoshop, which is a cool program. My worst injury is a concussion, I have had 4. 1- I fell off a deck on my head. 2- I hit a rock water skiing. 3- Hit a house on my bike. 4- Hit my head hard on the water when water skiing. Peace

Photoshop

Photoshop. Ah-ha. Fall because the air is fresh and clean.

RRRRRRRRRRUFF!

My ah-ha moment was the entire lecture as we reviewed for the exam. I still didn't get a few things but I'll figure it out. My have a dog named Rosie Schleiffarth, you should check her out on facebook. If you have a male dog she is single at the moment. She's a golden doodle, which is a mix of a golden retriever and a standard poodle. She enjoys walks, cuddling, cottage cheese and watching movies.

Excel actually is awesome

Excel was blowing me away all day in class today. Lots of cool features are available, but it's almost too many. I wish I knew more about Excel. My ah-ha momnet was when I was like, "So that's how you do that." I felt like that the entire lecture. I'm not really confused about anything.
OK, so here it is. If I could do any outdoor adventure, if money were not an issue, I would go backpacking in Europe or back-country skiing in Europe, after being dropped off by a helicopter. There are a lot of things I want to do before I die. Like Nicole, I want to swim with sharks, go to Antartica, go climbing and mountaineering in New Zealand, etc. The list goes on. Fare thee well.

Excel

Today we discussed Excel and our new assignment for this week, which is to create an excel page related to our research papers. 8,592 ft. was the greatest difference. I love french toast with syrup and powdered sugar for breakfast. Yesterday my neighbor made me some breakfast and it was delicious.

Rock Band

Today we learned about excel and how to revise and accept revisions on Word 2007. My ah-ha moment was when I realized all the icons on Excel are self-explanatory. It was good to play around with it and figure it out a bit more.
I play Guitar Hero and the drums on Rock Band. I think I could be a good musician but I wasn't interested when I was younger. I played the trumpet for two years and it was embarrassing and lame, so I moved on to bigger and better things. I rock out everyday now on Guitar Hero and I consider myself a Guitar Hero.

Weirdest Relative

Today we learned quite a bit about Adobe and how to use its' basic functions. Adobe is the program used to present a master's thesis. My ah-ha moment was when we learned everything today, because I in fact knew none of it beforehand. Today I took pictures of Brandon and Rachel on either side of me.
My weirdest relative might me a cousin of mine, who is 23 and to this day does not have a drivers license because he simply does not want one or the responsibility of driving a car. He is a nice guy though.

Editor and Chief

Today I was like, "ah ha" when we saw all the cool editing options that Nicole showed us, it was pretty awesome. I am excited to learn and understand Word 2007 thoroughly so that I can use all its' functions properly.
The worst movie/movies ever are the Narnia movies. Bad acting, script and very cheesy. Although they are made for kids, a good movie can be enjoyed by all ages and entertain them. I was never entertained during these lame movies.

Links

Today we learned how to edit and maintain our geology websites. My ah-ha moment was when we made links to the internet! It was amazing, life-changing in fact.
I always wanted to be a weather man when I was little. I was fascinated with hurricanes, tornadoes, lightening, etc. I also and not very shy so it would be a great job.

Momdays are not my favorite.

My ah-ha moment today was that I already knew a lot of internet vocabulary, that I thought I was not familiar with. We discussed terms such as server, network, domain, html, browser, etc. I am enjoying learning about these things and their purpose.
My favorite food is rice and beans. This does not mean that it is the most delicious food, but the most endurable food. I could eat rice and beans two times a day everyday and I do not believe I could say that about anything else. Rice and beans also is a great side dish to meat, vegetables, and starches.
And Mondays are lame.

Princess Brier Rose

Today we discussed writing skills and principles, particularly abstracts. An abstract should include a problem, method of attack, important results, and main conclusions. I realized today that abstracts indeed are important when doing research and many times are the only thing you read.
I want to be able to fly! It has been my dream since I was a little boy. I love heights and thrills. Flying would be the perfect solution to my desires and personality.

Butter Spreader

Today in class we learned about RefWorks, which is a website which helps you site references in various formats. It allows you to easily manage your references and format it specifically to the output style desired.
My favorite tool/household item is the butter spreader. You can put a stick of butter inside of a plastic butter holder/spreader. The end of the butter spreader has a half-circle opening which allows the butter to spread on corn perfectly to your desired amount. My grandpa, in his old-age craziness once said, " This is the greatest invention ever!" It has been a joke in our family to this day. Every time we have corn in our dinner, we bust out the greatest invention ever and enjoy the crispy, buttery taste of nicely spread butter.

I Propose to Write a Proposal

Today we learned a bit about proposals and how to write one in an efficient and effective manner. I like this assignment because it relates to the real world and gives us practice.
My dream vacation is actually in the making. I would love to travel all around Europe by train and with no plans, just doing whatever I want to. A friend and I are planning on going next summer and staying for about 2 months, doing what I want, when I want and where I want. We plan on getting the European train pass and staying in hostels. It would be a very exciting trip geologically and culturally.

Be Prepared

How can I land a job through an interview? What do employees want to see in you? How do yo portray your qualities to an interviewer? Why are you unique? How can you show your uniqueness to the interviewer?
These are some of the questions presented to us today of how to get an interview and succeed in the interview. I really enjoyed the lecture and it has allowed me to analyze myself and my previous job interviews.
I am unique in several ways. My father has his own business which has a been a 10-year process and finally the company is coming together. I was able to assist and learn along with him the last two summers and I lerned a number of skills, several of which are related to geology. I am also unique because I am a very open-minded learner. I am always excited to learn new things and imporove my inteligence.

Hockey Anyone?

Today, September 10, 2008, we learned some things concerning resumes. What stuck with me after today's discussion is that a resumes purpose is to simply get an interview. Once you get an interview, the rest is up to and your people skills.
Alright, so Freshemen year of college is the ultimate time to do pranks. One that I found rather creative and hilarious was pee pucks. A group of my friends all urinated, poured our urine onto paper plates and froze the urine in the freezer. Late at night, we woke, dressed in black, retrieved the frozen pee plates and made our way over to the girls dormitory. A friend of ours let us in the dorms and we flipped the plates, the pee pucks popped right out and we slide the pucks under the doors of a few enemies of ours. Over the period of the night the pucks melted and left an odor worth remembering. If this was a hockey game, we definitely won.

Scar story. Word to your mother?

Today in class we discussed the basic layout of Word 2007. It was good for me to review some of the icons and control buttons to enable me to use Word 2007 more effectively. I realized that I have been making the program more difficult than necessary, when in fact, the program is designed to make writing documents much easier.

Scars on my body are about as common as freckles. For those of you that know me, I have a lot freckles and was known as a young laddie as "freckle face." My most apparent scar has a good story behind it........
The last day of classes of my junior year in high school had ended and my friend threw a party at his newly constructed/reformed house. The party turned into a typical high school party where drinking and mayhem prevail. I took no part in the drinking aspect. The party was broken up by an empty threat to call the police. Everyone scurried like small red ants fleeing a mischievous child. A friend and I started walking towards my house where he was planning on sleeping over. As someone from the party drove by, I pretended to walk into a street sign and fall over, expecting a humorous reaction. They stopped, asked if I was alright, laughed and drove off. It was exactly the reaction I wanted, yet as I stood up I saw that my arm was drenched in blood and it was bleeding quite a bit. Apparently I scraped my arm on the corner of the street sign as I "fell" over. In embarrassment I refused to get stitches, so I settled with ace bandage and lots of neosporin. The scar remains today as a reminder of my idiocy.

Voice Through Style

WATER RECOVERY SERVICES

WE KNOW THAT WATER IS THE ISSUE.

212 Resources owns and operates the platform technology that solves the water management challenge for flowback and produced water from the drilling and production of natural gas. Our transportable drill-site based “Pods” and our fixed treatment plants economically deliver year-round fresh water from complex, high TDS waters. Whether natural gas, coalbed methane, oil, tar sands, or shale production, our patented system economically:

The all caps in the title suggests the theme and the most important idea that the reader should understand. The fonts are different on the web page, so here's the link: http://www.212resources.com/water/
The quotes in the passage suggest a term which is not familiar to the average reader and that it is a term used within the company.

The New Secret Society

I am now part of this new secret society, which is the society of bloggers. I have always interpreted blogging as an emotional and interpretive hobby, which allows people to express the side of themselves that never has been revealed.