Jesus Picture Response Assisgnment (mini blog post)

Alright, well from a Christian POV (which I am not) of this photo, someone could say that this is the lifting of Christ's soul into heaven. The light makes his body kind of fuzzy and difficult to see. (side note: sorry if my terminology is inaccurate, I'm not religious so this is from what little I remember from childhood church goings.)

To some this might be disrespectful to put a crusefix (spelling?) into a tank of urine but, however, it makes for a cool photograph with the lighting and representation... until you know what is actually happening.

Basically he's saying we have a rotten culture and I agree. We have no real culture towards anything in our country. We are boring and bland and this art work just shows how little we care, because first off this wouldnt have been approved if someone had looked at what this was going to be and secondly we wouldnt have even cared if we never knew that this crusefix was in urine.

Halloween Haunt at KingsDominion

Saturday Night I went to Fear Fest at Kings Dominion theme park with my best friend from back home, Melanie and her boyfriend Brandon. For anyone who doesnt know what Fear Fest is, its is when Kings Dominion is transformed into a scare-park. They turn rides into haunted trails and haunted houses to walk, where monsters jump out and scare you. Monsters including zombies, ghosts, skelatons, possessed dolls, killer clowns, scarecrows, and upright walking animals. The park is filled with fog, strobe lights, and noise machines with recorded scary noises. Since it was Saturday, the park was filled and every line was extremely long. So, unfortunently we did not get to go into as many haunted houses as we wanted. My favorite house is the Haunted Hotel. The set up is very elaborate and realistic so that makes it more fun. The monsters aren't really all that scary its just when they pop out and surprise you that they're scary. They also come right up to you and growl, gurgle, and snort in your ear and it freaks me out. Its really fun however when you have one friend who is scared easily and you can tell a monster their name and they chase after them screaming their name. It was fun and all but there wasnt anything new this year so I was kind of let down a bit, but i got to see my best friend and have a good time so it was worth it.

Street Art Festival

Richmond Virginia is slowly but surely becoming filled with more and more murals, graffiti, sculptures, musicians, etc. Some may even say it is becoming the Portland, Oregon of the east coast. This previous weekend I made a stop in Richmond on my way home to Stafford for the Art180 street art festival. The festival takes place on Cary Street at an out of commission bus depot. Side Note: Art180 is an organization that helps kids turn their lives around with participating in art projects. So what happens is artists upon artists upon artists get together and paint individual art murals and create sculptures on the walls of the bus depot. Every mural is different and done in different styles as each artist is unique. But the cool thing is, when I went to the festival and saw everyone who was there, everyone was smiling and everyone was appreciating the art together as one. It was kind of magical how the festival brought so many people together. I think if we add some color, movement, creativity and just art all together the world could be a better place. We're so caught up in what the world is and when we stop to appreciate a little beauty, that can make all the difference.

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Sorry, that last post got off topic big time in the last sentences.

My "B.S." Blog Post

This is going to be my first blog post for english class and its going to be my "B.S." post. So its just going to be random fun facts and what not about me. My name is Victoria Dever and I am 18 years old. My birthday is St. Patricks day and thats awesome cause my birthday is a holiday, so technically everyone celebrates my birthday! Or so I'd like to think. I grew up with 2 olders brothers, Ray and Sean. They tormented me my whole life but at the same time taught me to stick up for myself. Growing up with them didn't really make me a "girly girl". I was constantly brought to ice hockey games and practice, so I was not given much time and opportunity to try sports of my own. I did however dance for 5 years but the tights were itchy so I decided not to do it anymore. I prefer hanging out with guys more than girls because girls are just drama and I guess being with my brothers all my life caused that. I love movies more than anything. My whole family, close and extended, are all movie fanatics and constantly quoting movies. I love all kinds of music but I hate how the students of RBC all listen to the same type of just rap music, BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS. Liking just one music genre is boring and makes you not exciting. Sorry not sorry.