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My sweet summer is gone...

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Okay, so let's go over some things. 1) Summer flew by in a flash. 2) Working is hard. 3) Balancing a social life, multiple relationships, and work is even harder. 4) “Nothing worth having comes easy.” ~Theodore Roosevelt I went to GNEW for the second time and formally joined the SCA . I started working to become an Archery marshall and I'm getting into archery, rapier combat, thrown weapons, and homebrewing! What better "art" to learn than making alcohol. My first homebrew was set up for failure from the beginning. I told a coworker I was interested and they gave me a Mr. beer kit and some outdated ingredients... by about 4 years. What do you do with expired malt extract? Make your first beer! It sucked. Hence, Jake the dog. I brewed my second batch with seemingly more success. I got a True Brew kit from my local health food store, I chose an  Irish Stout . Brewed it with my Dad, and finally bottled it today! Our 5-gallon batch earned us 27, 12oz bottles an
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Done is better than perfect

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Does it make sense to write a blog post about every video I make? No. Why wouldn't I just put it in the video? Well, I'm learning. I'm always  learning. One of the first quotes I can think of came from a high school writing class. Bethany was teaching it and she always told us to write a shitty first draft. I have always had difficulty with this. More often than not I will choose to walk away from a project that seems "bigger then I can handle" because I don't want to look stupid. Now the jokes on me, I regularly look stupid (it's mostly my hair)... That isn't the point. Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. -Anne Lamott  Even this silly Tide PODS video. I was almost done and I shut down the program because it wasn't good enough. My ridiculous acting was excessively ridiculous. The lighting was wr
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CollegeLyfe: A photo hunt

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1. A spontaneous moment 2. A compelling place 3. An other 4. Something on a different scale 5. Lush green growth 6. Something sinister 7. Something foreign 8. A map 9. Something tricky 10. Something burning up 11. Something content 12. A system <div class='lr_embed' style='position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;'><iframe id='iframe' src='https://lightroom.adobe.com/embed/shares/8ac9d03d152f4d76a314f00c46f5ec04/slideshow' frameborder='0'style='width:100%; height:100%; position: absolute; top:0; left:0;' ></iframe></div> Connect on Social Media! Blog Behance Instagram Twitter SnapChat
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CollegeLyfe: Photography - Light

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Week 5 is based on light. I tried to modify my position to get a lot of different lighting conditions. I found " DPS: 9 Lighting Types to Harness & Improve Your Photography " really useful for ideas. I am hoping to do some more shooting in the future and add more to this. The lighting conditions I had to work with were fairly direct, I was very happy with the lens flares I got and especially the lantern shots! Don't forget to see my other stuff on social media! Behance: https://goo.gl/PPU6f2 Instagram: https://goo.gl/rAdlqL Twitter: https://goo.gl/8JV2Dv SnapChat: https://goo.gl/gsE416 Thanks, Nicholas.
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How-to, a festival.

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How-To Festival and Block Party This was the 3rd annual How-To Festival . I've never been to a "How-To" festival before, It was very interesting! From writing prompts to 3D printing, a large variety of arts were present. My personal favorite were tech related of course. I learned that the Maine State Library UP room is a thing! While I haven't had the opportunity to work on projects, I hope to in the very near future! I entirely understand that this video is not a production miracle. My goals are just to create. I've spent months watching videos on how to make videos... Yet I haven't been making them... So, I have to start somewhere. I am hoping to do a weekly Adventure log to be posted on Mondays. I just found my school has an open computer lab on Mondays! I am really excited to start working on a decent computer! I will be making more content as time goes on! My current interest are photography, Youtube videos, and Podcasting. I am working to bui
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CollegeLyfe: Photography - Depth of field

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Week 4... Which was 2 weeks ago... Week 4 was based on Depth of Field. I got woefully behind due to some poor life choices (Yes, I do want to work a 60 hour work week! Great idea!) but I'm back on track and moving forward! I have got Adobe Lightroom working, which is what is running the lovely slide show you see above! I did most of my work this week in Aperture mode, The Canon 80D has a touch screen... which made focusing a little bit of a cheat, but I also did some manual focusing. If some pictures appear out of focus... that's why. Thanks, Nicholas.
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CollegeLyfe: Laboratory.

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The verb of science. As a rule, I love science. I especially love doing Labs. Lectures are theoretical. Most of the time you just sit and listen, maybe take notes, but unless you have prior experience you don't challenge the information. You just accept with as a possible theory. Then you go to the lab. In the lab (I say lab, but I mean any place you can apply theory to the world around you) is where science goes from something you read, something you're told, to something you experience. The laboratory, In whatever form it maybe, Is the verb of science. How would you describe the colony morphology? I have the great opportunity to be taking Microbiology and Biology I this semester. Both require a lab book. AFTER I write and sign off on each report I am going to publish them here. NOTE: Plagiarism is illegal, unethical, and grounds for dismissal from an academic institute! Don't be dumb and just copy my work intro your lab book and expect it to fly... Not that I thi
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