Mindi's COSMOS Blog

2006-08-01T15:01:00.000-07:00

...QUIET ON THE SET!!!!....We have all been working very hard on our videos, posters, PowerPoint Presentations, and scientific papers. Filming is a lot of fun...and we have a lot of enthusiasm that we bring to our video...so hopefully it will be very interesting for everyone on Friday and Saturday! ...I can't believe COSMOS is ending...I definitely do not want it to end!

2006-07-31T11:31:00.000-07:00

Last nite was the TaLeNt ShOw!!! It went really really well!!! ....i waz supposed to be "Mistress of Ceremonies" bt they said I couldn't because i was already in too may acts...bt it waz still REALLY FUN!!! ...n Matt and Tristan were gr8 MC's...the ice cream waz delicioso (and so was Johnathon's elbow...lol!)!!! ...the BeAcH BoYs and the BeAcH hOuSe are both AWESOM!!!...n even Tristan got "laid" (the hawaiian way...of course)!!! haha!!! :)

2006-07-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a DREAM...!!! We went behind the scenes @PETCO park (aka the Padre's Stadium)!!! We saw all of the media equipment and even had the oportunity to work it ourselves!!! I helped work a camera out in the stands!!! We all saw ourselves on the JuMbO TrOn---it was AWESOME!!! We were the 1st tour group to ever get to do all of that (we even went out on the field and in the special clubhouse fot the VIP's)!!! .....Today we worked on collages (in JES) and I made my 1st collage ever (via Jython)!!! ...Impressive...i kno!!! jk!!! lol!!!

2006-07-21T15:10:00.000-07:00

YUMMY...is that ice cream (helado) and el cereal???...LOOKS GOOD!!!

*Photo Courtesy of: JuanV.* Thanx!!!

2006-07-21T14:42:00.000-07:00

WE HEART THE PLAYA (BEACH)!!!

*Photo Courtesy of Sam Schaevitz* Thnx!!!

2006-07-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

Tristan...I hav a question 4u....R U HUNGRY???

*Photo Courtsey of Sam Schaevitz!!* Thnx!

2006-07-21T14:22:00.000-07:00

N we'll have FUN FUN FUN......

*Photo Courtesy of Melissa Chen* Thnx!!!

2006-07-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

Go TEAM XTREME!!! O yea---we ROCK this CLUSTER!!!

*Photo courtesy of Melissa Chen* Muchas Gracias!!!

2006-07-21T14:00:00.000-07:00

Today was FABULOUS, just FABULOUS!!! We worked on programming (mirroring images) and are starting on a mini-project (with video, sound, and/or animation)!!! I'm really excited for the dance and sleepover tonight!!! Also, tomorrow we are going to Baloboa Park and Sunday we are going to downtown La Jolla!!! ....See...told you it was a FABULOUS day!!!

*Photo courtesy of: Melissa Chen* Thank you!

2006-07-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

I'll b missin YOU!!!

2006-07-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

Shout Out 2EVERYONE @HOME!!! I MISS U CHICAS!!! :)

2006-07-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

Lucia and I have been working feverishly on our PowerPoint presentation due tomorrow! In class today we learned how to copy/manipulate images and animate pics on Photoshop! Lunch was at Cafe V/Cafe Windows again--gr8 stuff there---a wide variety of foods! We all clicked our heels in the grass today and rode around on each other (piggy back rides of course)! :)

2006-07-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we learned so much about video editing-we used Windows Movie Maker and Adobe Premiere Pro to manipulate our own video files! Today I gave a oral presentation with Sid on a man named Dr. Neal Driscoll! We will hear his lecture on Thursday!....But today we heard a lecture about diabetes, which was really intersting and informative. I now kow about the lastest advances in the field and I can distinguish the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes!

2006-07-14T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hoy was too AWESOME for words!!! ...i thnk programming iz finally sinking in for me!!! ....that iz a VERY GOOD THING---BELIEVE ME!!! I made a fake sunset and im SOOO PROUD!!! ALso, a SHOUT OUT TO FORREST 4 HELPING ME---MUCHAS GRACIAS!!! .....there were more AppleJax NOW...cause i ran them out of those delicious lil sugared rings the other day....TRY SUM @LUNCH 2DAY THOU--- or some waffles with yogurt...YUM YUM!!! tastey!!! :)

2006-07-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

Today we had another speaker......YESSS.....another "divertido" discovery lecture!!! We gav a few improv presentations.....including entertaining discussions involving....el stone morado y el jugo de manzanas y my own speech arguing the current "dress code" situatione!!! i was sooo proud of myself not 2est any ice cream 2day!!! .....my will power just AMAZES me sumtimes!!! WOW!!! ....we hav a FUNTASTIC dance n cheer we r work'n on 2......!!!! we hav an essay 2do bt its a pretty interesante topic so it's all good....!!! :) adios 4now!!!

2006-07-11T14:37:00.000-07:00

This morning we heard an amazing speaker who works with NSI and even went as far as to use his robots to compete in a "RoboCup!" His team was undefeated! He explained the complex workings of each part of the brain and how those parts were "duplicated" in each robot!
We also learned more about writing scientific papers and techniques to both utilize and avoid!
In addition we engaged in a deep discussion about everything from the meaning of life to what are emotions to what is a university! It has been AMAZING to learn so much about so many different fields of science in just one day!