My MASTER PIECE

Well I am senior at Ernest Righetti High School. This is my last year of being forced to do something that I am not interested. After this I will be able to do whatever I want and enjoy. Which is to attend cosmetology at Paul Mitchel. At first that wasn't even on my mind. As a kid many of us would say a pro this or that. Which is awesome if you want to still do it and are very talented if you make it and I hope who ever wants this accomplishes it. I have changed my mind so many times as i was growing up like; a chef, a baker, a police officer, a doctor, a clinic forensic psychologist. Something that makes a lot of money. But later on in my life I received amazing advice from my father. Which was "Do something that makes you happy. Not that makes a lot of money." Which I sat there to take it in and I realized he was right. He continued and asked me, "Would you rather do something you love and enjoy and doesn't even feel like you're getting paid. Or would you want to dread to go to work and be miserable?" Well that was an obvious answer UMM be happy! Duh! What I came up with was doing hair which I love doing and I do it everyday anyways. Well that is part of my master piece and a part of me.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Intoducing!

Couple of us have made another blog based makeup, hairstyles and tips on both. HERE IS THE URL:
vanashmi.blogspot.com
HOPE YOU ENJOY!
THANKS

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

VOCAB 4

Accolade-  an award or privilege.
- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.
Acerbity-  sharp.
-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.
Attrition-  action of gradually reducing in size.
- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.
Bromide-  unoriginal remark or idea.  
- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.
Chauvinists-  a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.
-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
 Chronic- constant.
- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
 Expound-  to explain or interpret. 
- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.
Factionalism-  relating or belonging to a faction.
 Immaculate-  perfectly clean or neat.
- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
 Imprecation-  a spoken curse.
- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
 Ineluctable-  unable to be avoided.
- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
 Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
 Palliate- make less severe.
- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
 Resplendent-  impressively colorful.
- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
 Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
 Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
 Vainglory- excessive vanity.
 Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
 Volition- power of using one's will.
- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.

WHY THIS BOOK???

MY LIT ANALYSIS BOOK!:)
 
I chose this book because I really enjoy reading books by this author. For some reason her books make it easier for me to actually get into the book. Where I can't put it down which I like those kind of books that are not boring.

VOCAB 3

apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
 consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
 constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.

Vocab 2

ACCOUTREMENTS: Addition item of dress or equipment.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
-  Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Reflection on the 1st week

My reflection on the first week brought back some memories. I had you as my English teacher last year. The first week I had you as a different class. Then I  switched into your AP class which I'm really trying to catch up in.