Edward Hopper: Nighthawks

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.62.60
Current Song - Highway Blues (Marc Seales)

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg

Below is what I have to write for an assignment (the paragraphs are numbered):


1. Hopper's bio

2. What purpose does this painting serve?

3. Cultural and Social Contexts - what does this painting tell us about what was going on in the culture, or how does the painting reflect the culture. what was going on in the society at the time that painting was made, especially events that may have had an impact on the artist.

4. Painting's background information - what was going on in the art world at the time the painting was created, such as style(s), new techniques, or subject matter. what did the critics and other artists think of the painting and its creator.

5. Era background information

6. How realistic is this painting?

7. What are the design elements of this painting?

8. Hermanuetical Paragraph: identifying the objects - relate them to the picture

9. Wollflin Paragraph

10. Overall conclusion?


I could do it if it had to do with SPORTS!

So here's what I have to get done by Sunday

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Current Song - Hey Nineteen (Steely Dan)

First off, the recent stats on my car say I'm getting 28.6 miles per gallon. Excellent!


MONDAY: Compete a Psychology worksheet dealing with Classical Conditioning.

TUESDAY: Assign and discuss Wolfflin pairs between two paintings.

WENDESDAY: Compare the Psychology research of Bartlett with that of Ebbinghaus.

THURSDAY: Create a "reading" of a painting. Use two of four given perspectives to identify and discuss. Plus do a Wofflin and a Hermanutical circle on it.

FRIDAY: Distinguish between Spearmen’s theories of intelligence with Howard Gardner’s theory of intelligence.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Do the Psychology test.

I hate homework

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.02.60
Current Song - Whispers (unknown artist)

That's all. Would rather be doing site stuff. Or rather just get it out of the way REAL FAST!



(addition - 6/21)

I do. I really do. I was just previewing the assignments for the rest of the year. I'm extremely angry right now! Apparently the rest of the summer requires my undivided attention. There goes the summer projects planned for the website. There goes any research on old schools the rest of the summer. There goes blog entries. There goes my planned comeback to the Turk board. There goes everything, except Friday 5's and work.

If it gets down to that, it's real bull! Really!

Today's Hit Music

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.81.06
Current Songs ...

I've always liked older music. Just about anything before 1997 I like. Songs released after that date just sound crummy. I don't like them. I don't listen to them. These were the songs that were playing on All-Hit 98.9 when I was in school.

Feeling real bored during a drive one day, I found myself listening to B100 - pretty much the 98.9 replacement. Heard that song by the Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow." I really like it. Plus "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga. It made me try to think of all of the songs I like that were released AFTER 1997.

This list is few:

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Sting - Brand New Day
Ja Rule - Livin' It Up
Robby Williams - Millenium
Toya - I do
Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Low - Flo Rida
Smooth - Santana and Rob Thomas
All My Life - K-Ci and JoJo

Plus there's a techno song out there in which I can't understand the lyrics to.

Yeah, that's it.

Day off, getting back on track

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.71.60
Current Song - Livin It Up (JaRule)

The past few days have been hectic with a lot of Northern Illinois Sports Beat site changes and updates. The only two things I have left to do are to change the old homepage, and fix the Story Archive. I've got a couple of more articles left this week.

I can't wait for that mess to get over with. Speaking of messes, my car hasn't been cleaned in quite some time. I'm going to take it to get cleaned today, both a car wash and a good vacuum. I have a box in my back seat of crap that I need put in the house. That box has been sitting there for a month and I never bothered to do anything with it.

I get paid today. I'm going to get my Pick 3 and 4 7-day draws today, get a haircut, get a couple of pairs of pants sewed, and reconcile my money. Typical "day off" stuff.

Ta-Da!

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Current Song - While You See a Chance (Steve Winwood)

http://www.northernillinoissportsbeat.com

What I want to do, at the same place

Cutter's Log - Stardate 09.80.60
Current Song - Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)

Work = like?

I like who I work for. I don't like what I do for work currently.

I was thinking about a capacity in which I could stay under the same employer, but do something that I am capable of doing.

"I want to be a substitute worker at the 50-some-odd J.O. locations, and maintain a J.O. website."

Now I can DO that. I really don't mind traveling to Ottawa or Rockford for a shift, as long as I'm getting paid for it.

It sure beats doing the SAME THING EVERY NIGHT.

[/dream]

Almost Done

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.70.60
Current Song - The Logical Song (Supertramp)

Regarding the new NISB Website:

Everything has been transfered from the GeoCities server to the Small Business server. I've got one more thing to simply add to the new site before everything's complete. I really can't wait to get this all completed. The Story Archive needs some work, and a few audio clips need to be uploaded, and after that the whole transition is complete. Everything should be done by the end of June.

I'm going to take a break from this for now and concentrate on my school work. I'm already kind of behind.

I have a couple of new schools to add to the Illinois High School Glory Days website after this.

Work Routine

Cutter's Log - Supplemental

I think Mary knows how to keep me from going in a downward spiral. Make your statements brief. Going too long can make me insane.

Something along the line of "change your routine."

I always had a list of things written down before I started, and I had until 1:00ish to do it. I guess that isn't working.

I'm going to try something ... again.

Second Chances

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Current Song - Bloody Well Right (Supertramp)

The Illinois Lottery is doing a Second Chance Promotion for their 35th Anniversary. The task is to save $35.00 worth of non-winning lotto tickets and send them in for a drawing. The jackpot is $35,000/week. As a person who sells (and plays) lotto tickets, I was unsure as to whether or not I was eligible.

When I was at BP, there was a Second Chance Promotion involving Chicago Bulls tickets. That's when I got real interested in it. My assistant manager at the time started saving these tickets: ones she bought, and ones that customers asked to be scanned (only to find out they were losers). When she would say the ticket was not a winner, she would set it aside. She would put her husband's name on them (she knew she wasn't elibigle - and I think I told her that), and send them in.

Here's the problem: she didn't buy those tickets. How is that fair to those who participate in the drawing that DO buy their tickets?

Same thing is happening to a co-worker of mine now. She is saving these tickets. There is this brown paper bag that says something like "please save non-winning tickets for (her)." Her name is going on these tickets. She even asks customers what they will be doing with the non-winners, in an attempt to keep them. Once again, I don't think this is right.

I mentioned this to a couple of regulars of mine, and they reiterated that I wasn't eligible in the first place. First, I wanted to verify this. I went to the three other Shell stations, two managers said that we WERE INDEED eligible. I still wanted to check this with the Illinois Lottery. They said it's open to anyone who does not work FOR the lottery. So I guess I'm eligible.

However, I still think it's wrong to take other people's tickets. I inform people about the Second Chance drawing.

So what about the tickets that I play? As a security measure, I don't buy any lotto tickets at my Shell, even when I'm off the clock. I can't play on the clock anyway. The tickets that I do buy I do put in the Second Chance drawing. Each paper ticket has a six-digit code (4XXXXX) that is unique for every lotto retailer. Each stratch-off ticket has a 12-digit code that is unique to each retailer.

I submit my tickets online. Go to illinoislottery.com for more information.

I also made a rare non-workday morning visit to work. I don't like doing this because I know I'm going to get chastised for something. Well, I was made aware that my priorities had to be switched because of the weather. Ice and cold drinks are more important now. Do my chores earlier.

Whoa! It's Friday, and I have yet to do the F5!

A PR Guy?

Cutter's Log - Stardate 9002.30.60
Current Song - Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)

If I can't get a newspaper job, here's something I want. If Johnson wants a public relations guy, I'm qualified. It'll get me out of clerking and into something I like doing. Heck, I can even create a website for the company.

Of course, that position has to EXIST first :)