Hey How is it going!
Hello There! How are you?
Hey again! I am doing really well
Things are going good for me! What has your day been like?
I went and had my braces put on this morning and now I am back. It was a little ruff But everything else is good
I had braces once. They aren't always fun
I never eat doritos, but now that they told me I cant I really want to
What color did you pick for the rubber bands?
Yeah I had them for four years already, and now another round
What's wrong with Doritos?
The orthodontist recommended that I get the ones that match the color of my teeth And they blend pretty well, so ithey arnt so apparent They can pop brackets off
I hope they fix whatever is wrong!
I am guessing I am not sure Thanks! me too, I dont want to ever get them on again
What other foods are on the bad list?
Well No chewing ice, starburst skittle jolly ranchers caramels taffy, gum doritos tostitios and hard pretzels Hard rools PIZZA CRUST FLIPPING PIZZA CRUST and popcorn
Wow! I love pizza crust!
Me too I love it
That's got to be difficult!
Have you ever been to blaze pizza?
Yes! I love that place! What are your favorite toppings?
Oh me too it is totally my favorit eplace to go I like getting a lot of things, I just pile it all on Chicken and ham Pesto sauce and classic sauce Then like all the veggies
What about the roasted garlic?
Oh yes I love garlic
I like getting the pesto garlic on the crust and then red sauce in the middle.
I do that too!
I'm a little sad though.
Oh no Why are you sad?
I have been a few times and my app doesn't work. So none of my purchases have counted towards the free pizza
WHAT that is so wrong.
It's an outrage.
You should protest
Last time I went in I told the girl at the register.
I have taken a few friends there and I scan for them :) so I can get their flames towards a free pizza What did she say?
She scanned two for me that time to make up for it, but as of today I still don't have any flames showing up. If we ever go to Blaze together I'll be sure to let you scan your phone!
Hm that is weird, how many days has it been since you went? That would be awesome! thank you
About a month has passed.
Oh
That's plenty of time for the server to update the totals. I think my download must have a glitch.
Yeah its not coming Maybe have you tried to re download it and all?
yeah, I like to be optimistic but I agree with you there. That's a really good idea- I should give the re-download trick a try.
It does say that it might be a couple days before it pops up but a month is crazy maybe they are all waiting there for you And they will show when you come back in Did you confirm your account through your email when you made it?
Hey I need to move my laptop for a second. While I do that, can you tell me about the best food you've ever had?
Yeah!
THanks!
I think the best food I have had recently, because you know I have eaten my whole life and cant pin down the entire best food
Pick a good one!
It was the other day I had a stuffed tilapia and potatoes and it was so good
what seasonings did they have?'
I am not sure, it tasted really good, it had a lot of tangy goodness I love seafood
Have you tried shrimp and grits?
I think it tastes the best when there is citrus there
Agreed. Without citrus seafood tastes too fishy. We learned about the chemistry behind that in my organic chemistry class.
I LOVE SHRIMP and GRITS, my dad makes that all the time. He just found a new recipe and has made it a few times and I love it Really? What is the basics of what happens?
I would love to try that!
He found these shrimp that are frozen and prepared for shrimp scampi and just uses it over grits with sausage and peppers and oninons Yeah for sure
So the citrus is acidic and the acid part reacts with the fish. I think the nitrogen group on a certain molecule is what gives it the fish taste.  Reacting the acid with whatever that group changes it to something else and effectively removes the fish flavor.
Oh no way, that is way cool. It kinda sounds like how pineapple affects the ham and makes it more tender
That sounds like an easy recipe that your dad uses!
Not the exact same but it seems like it would be really similar Yeah! I think he gets everything from sams club if you can ever go, look for tit it* I am sorry I didnt meant to type that
I haven't heard about pineapple and ham as far as breaking down the reaction mechanism, but I wouldn't be suprised. I wish I had a Sam's Club membership!
I thought that is why they are always together... maybe it is just a chemistry myth that someone made up
Those chemistry myth-maker-upers!
Do any of your friends have a Sams Club membership How dare them!
I have some friends with a membership but they are moving to Wisconsin (sp?) in two weeks. They're busy getting ready to move.
Wow that is quite a big move!
Yeah! The guy just graduated from college and got a job working for a medical software company. My friend is quitting her secretary job for the move.
Okay that is a good reason to move, Hopefully it all works out for them Do you think that you would ever do a move like that? Or better yet what would be your dream job
I would have to have a good reason to. I don't have a dream job; rather, I daydream about a dream lifestyle.
Hahaha
What about you ?
I like the dream lifestyle, i never considered that I think for me a dream job would be working for national geographic. Just think about it you get paid to travel and meet people and take picutres
I want to  be able to be flexible so that I can work hard but also not miss out on important things.
YOu get to learn all about different cultures all over the world in remote regions and what not
That sounds amazing!
I think it would be so great
What would you want to photograph
I lvoe photography but I dont know how to even go about getting there
landscapes? portraits? wildlife?
Probably all of them Right now I am fascinated with people
That sounds amazing!
I would love to go and capture the beauty of people all around the world in so many different culutres
Have you seen that famous picture of the mother during the great depression?
I saw a photographer who did that and she just focused on women It was so fascinanting I havent What is it called?
It's a very iconic picture. I think if you google great depression it will be on of the top pictures. It is in black and white.
I will have to look it up I love seeing photographs and seeing what the express I just looked it up and it is so good. I love that
She is sitting down and I think her kids are crawling around her. She looks so defeated. When pictures can capture those human emotions they can be a powerful tool.
I love how you can capture such beautiful un staged moment
What do you think she is feeling in that moment?
moments* that just show a pure emotion you see strain in her eyes but a refinement has overcome here her* There is a forlonged concern for what will come but a poise that carries her as a mother that will provide for her kids It is really an incredible photo I love those kinds of photos
I think it is a great picture. It is like you get to step into an instant back in time  and try to understand what life was like. When I think National Geographic photography, those are the kind of pictures I imagine.
Yeah it really is, I appreciate when there are photos like that. They make such a unique expression Definietly
You could work up to that!
I want to take pictures like that I just dont know how to start Media photography is so hard
Have you tried doing candids?
Like a reporter like photo or events
You could go people watching and just take pictures of people around you.
I have a few times, I like to try and get people when they arnt paying attention
I bet if you went to a summer festival or even and just took pictures you could get some good practice.
I havent had enough confidence to do that quite yet That would be a great idea I should try that
Everyone would think you were a photographer with the event!
At an event just like you said it looks like I am just a photographer for the event
I'm sure there are rules about when you need a release form for a photograph, but I'm not sure what the rules are.
I think if it shows anyones face fully you have to
Well you could use it for practice. It's not like you
But maybe not think of all the concert photos that are posted with all those faces that is true
would be advertizing anything with the pictures.
I have gone people watching and just try drawing them
How does that work out? I imagine it would be difficult with them moving around and such.
Because in general its a little awkward to take pictures of people at non events
What is your favorite drawing medium?
i try to capture a moment of them and make up my own idea of them I really enjoy charcoal It gives rich tones to use And its moveable on the paper But I am just starting to get into water color So far I have done two paintings
Yeah, I would be freaked out if I saw someone taking pictures of me when I go out! That is so neat! I think people need to take advantage of more creative moments!
I generally learn from watching others so I found a bunch of stuff on instagram that other people do and just watch how they do it Yeah!
Does charcoal get all over when you use it?
that should be a slogan campaing " take advantage of more creative moments" Sometimes
Do you depict different things with watercolors over charcoal?
but for the most part I always keep pretty clean
I like that campaign idea. "Be more Creative"
Yeah for sure, Charcoal has a strong use so I use it to express sharp scenes Watercolor is so much more fluid and almost dull
I bet you could design a pretty cool poster or something for our campaign with charcoal!
So Its always softer scences
Would you say the medium is more about the emotion than the subject then?
Haha that would be so much fun! I have helped design a lot of posters and advertisments Yeah, the medium really helps convey certain feels
Have you thought about getting a minor of some sort in graphic design? It sounds like you are good at it and have had some great opportunities.
But you can still pull out certain emotions in each one of the mediums, some are just better at it than others I have thought about it, I havent really looked much into it I should look into it more
That makes sense. A good artist probably doesn't need to have a specific medium to create something.
I am trying to get into Industrial Design so all my focus has been on that
How is that different from graphic design?
Exactly, but they usually have a favorite medium that carries a theme of emotion in their work
Have you found a theme for your work?
Graphic design is a lot of logos and digital work. But Industrial design is like product development, like a person who makes products look a certain way Im figuring it out Before it was all very dark and grunge but now its changing and I am figuring everything out
Can you give me some examples of things that were created from graphic design? I think it's good to change themes. It shows that you are growing and changing as a person. It would be so boring if none of us ever changed!
Hmm things that I have made before are like movie posters, album covers, digital drawings, company logos and thigs like that Yeah for sure! I like to look back and see how a piece represented where I was at when I made it
What about industrial design?
Its like a piece of me that is stored in time. Almost like voldemort and horcurxes but less creepy
I like that a lot. Your art is like your journal but encrypted so only you fully understand.
Industrial design often designs and models furniture, car bodies, tech designs
I see.
YEah! Other people try to interpret it but it really is more of a personal thing Usually other people inspire my work and what I make
That is what makes art neat. There's what the artist wanted to convey, and then what you discover about yourself as you observe it when you're just the art patron.
Yeah for sure, and to be totally honest I dont understand a lot of art and find it sometimes difficult to appreciate it
Dance is similar. Sometimes there is something set that the choreographer wants to potray, but even then, your experience is based on your own interpreteation of the movement.
That is really good  thought I love it
There are a lot of dance forms that I don't appreciate very much.
How do you express the movement ind iffernt ways ? What kinds of dance forms?
I think the goal of art is to get someone to feel something- even if that feeling is anger or frustration.
That is true, i never thought about it like that That makes sense That still conveys emotion
You can express movement in different ways by changing your focus. Maybe your look at your hand to draw attention to it or maybe you have really explosive  action. You can suspend a movement, stretch it, or never fully reach it. The way you combine it makes it beautiful... or not haha The whole approach reminds me of the Greatest Showman. Do you remember how he responded everytime the critic would start to say things about him in the paper?
He would turn it around to a posititve right? Or what did he do?
Well it didn't matter that the review was bad, he used it anyway.
That is true I remember that now
If you can get someone to react with an emotion, you can draw them in. Even a negative emotion.
I will have to keep that in mind when I have bad reviews or critics next time THat is a good way to look at things
I think modern art does a lot of that nowadays.
That it just draws on the critics
It really is a stab at getting attention .
You should be an art critic and write reviews at that
Quick question, do you know how this contest works? Is it better to write longer sentences or have more turns?
You have great word choice and perspectives
well thank you!
I think it counts more by your words you send
Or does the length of the conversation overall matter?
I dont know if it does anything with time
Gotcha.
Yeah
Would you ever be an art critic? How does someone get that job anyway? Also do you have more people you can chat with yet? My lunch break will be over in a few more minutes.
I think you just start by writing and posting compelling reviews I can just wait on the next person if you have to go I am kinda losing motivation
So someone with good yelp reviews can become a critic?
I cant catch up
Don't give up!
Probably if people keep looking for their reveiws
They will have to go to the bathroom sometime!
That is true
And eat!
So do I ahaha I think a blog would be great to becoming a critic
Well they probably stayed up all night so either they will need to sleep or they wont be able to type as fast as someone who actually slept.
Well so far they can type more then me So I hope they get tired or something
Blogs are interesting. People have started posting their blogs as a way to say they are right about things.
yeah I dont like those blogs
It seems like it is less about opiinion and more about telling other people why what they think is wrong. Facebook has gotten that way.
I dont really follow any blogs because I dont like spending my time reading those things
I deleted the app from my phone. I don't spend too much time with blogs either. If you were to start a blog, what would it be? a geniuine blog.
Hmm I would go around and interview people and take pictures of them Someting like the people of new york
What about if you started a blog to tell other people they are wrong. What would you be "right " about?
Ugh probably to not write pointless biased blogs But it would be hypocritical
People of new york is a pretty great blog!
It is! I have seen some of their work occasionally
Haha you could write a blog on not being a hypocrite after that!
That would be a good one hahaha
What kind of lunch will you eat today?
I might take a break and eat some speghetti
I'm guessing no Doritos or pizza crusts are on the menu?
but i dont know My teeth hurt
It's ok not to know! I feel your pain. My retainer hurts so bad !
One day we will be without teeth pain
And it will be a glorious day!
Haha I am already excited to get these off
me too! I'm excited for you! I need to get back to work, but I'll talk to you Best of luck!