Train Travels

So today we went out to midtown to get some footage of music in various places. I think it went really well. First we went to Times Square and got this blues band called Mississippi Delta and they were really good. Then we took the shuttle to Grand Central and found two musicians. The first one was a violinist and he was really nice to us. The second was this band. I couldn't tell you what kind of music they were playing but it sounded good. They had a pimp though and he wouldn't let us film them. So Dori and Stephen set the camera up discreetly and they got some but part of it is partially blocked because Dori's boob was in the way.

After that we went to Union Square because there's always a lot going on there. Our timing couldn't have been better because every Thursday, they have this thing called Summer in the Square and they have bands play and we got footage of one. It was good but it was really hot and the sun was shining right down on us. We didn't get to go to Bryant Park because Stephen said they wouldn't have enough time to edit the video. We got back and Kennequa, Jimmy, and myself went on a story at this place called Black Inc Gallery.

It turns out that HL Flow came earlier and basically did the same story. It was ok though cause the staff was really nice to us and gave us more access than they did HL Flow. I know ours will be better though. We got back a little late and there turned out to be some trouble with the video editing. I hope it all works out but I'm preparing myself for the possibility that we won't have a video for tomorrow's presentation. We want to win but First Amendment keeps coming out on top presentation wise. I know that things are different with my team know but I just hope that we can pull together and win this.

Out and Around

well today my team went on a music search, but like the sun was hitting hard i caught a headache, (yea if i stay in the sun for a long time i will catch one) so he whole music thing made it worst because we were underground 95% of the time, and then standing there with all that music playing my head was really spinning. besides that the day went well. i hope we caught some good footage for tomorrow's presentation. so yea thats how my day went.

-Laterz

Music Video.............:)but:(

Today was all about hard work. My team and i were all over the place looking for streets performers. We went to Grand Central and to 14th street to check out some street performers all around down town. Some of those street performer were wack but when we stepped to 42nd street that was were it was popping.We had fun and we even got free bags...........lolz

wow

Today was a really hot day. We went around looking for people playing music. Fatima my team leader picked some really good spots. We started recording on the 42 street with a old guy playing the violin. He was good but violin is not my stuff. Then we recorded a group of people playing music but some fat gut didn't want us to record them but we still did.hahaha. Then we went 14 street to hear  a band play they were really good but they got boring so we left. I like 14 street because they gave out stuff. I an overall experience it was really good.

MUSICAL HEAT- OMG!!!

BEING ON THAT MUSIC STORY WAS COOL AND ALL BUT DAMN- IT WAS BURNING UP!

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CRAZY HOT IN THOSE TRAIN STATIONS AND UNION SQUARE, IT WAS STILL PRETTY COOL THAT I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE STREET PERFORMERS PLAY. AND I GOT TO TAKE A LONG TRAIN RIDE. WE WENT TO GRAND CENTRAL AND TIMES SQUARE AND UNION SQUARE. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO BRYANT PARK TODAY BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME. I GUESS SOME OF MY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WILL GO TO BRYANT PARK ON SATURDAY. OVERALL I THINK WE DID GOOD WITH THIS P.O.S.

MAYBE BEING AT THE TODAY SHOW WILL BE BETTER- IT WAS STILL BURNING UP IN THOSE STATIONS THOUGH- ESPECIALLY UNION SQUARE!

Wow

Hi everybody i am fine, work was boring but that is the usual. I think my boss don't like me because this lady was telling me that i have to pretend i am working even if i don't have no work. That was right after my boss walked past me as i was reading my book. I understand what she was saying and that was nice of her to tell me that. I don't know how he talking bout me doing no work, when he is not giving me no work to do, that is why all i could say was wow. It is all good i am going to pretend that i am doing work though because i need to get payed. Also my team is going in on our team leader it is funny but it's wow, we need to talk and fix our problems. Well i am waiting for my team to come back so me and Fatima could go on our story. So later everybody and wow again.

Oh So Fun!!!!!

We arrived at the Drew college Sunday afternoon. We were greeted by our mentors and given our room keys. Luckily I have a great mentor and share a room with my best friend. We immediately through all of our things in the room and began looking around. Once we settled we were given our schedules for the week and it is filled with classes and other fun activities.
Anyways after we got over all the formal stuff. We had a barbecue but it had to be moved indoors because of the weather. Anyways the food was great. My best friend and I sat with our mentor getting to know each other. We ate and went to g o play pool. I can't play pool. So my best friend tried to teach me how to play. It didn't go very well. After missing the ball several time and almost killing a mentor I decided to stick to watching the game. When the game room closed we went to the dorms and play more games. When we got to our rooms a few of my other friends came to our room. We played some music and danced like idiots. I'm having so much fun.

i'm here and i ain't going nowhere 'till i'm done

just another day here at harlem live. once again i got here early to check on my teams work.

i may not be the team leader or co-leader but somebody has to make sure that all the work is accounted for and done by tomorrow's presentation...

being a video person and a jounalist is hard but somebody has to do it- with only 2 weeks left in the program i have to step up as much as i can to earn some more points for my team and myself. that's why i finished my point sheet the second i came in. that way i'll be able to help team ambush make up the points we just lost two days ago. maybe if the team pulls together we can have a better presentation this time.

not that the other two weren't good enough- they were but we weren't the best; i want team ambush to be the best .

day of ambush

today we had one of our biggest meeting. we discussed where everyone was in the team and to try to find your seat on the team or your out. and we gave each other our advice and what we want from everybody. we made a plan of what we should do to keep our points up. imma start going on mad stories, posting mad stories, chores, pics, and scheduling stories. AMBUSH

GOOD BLOG NELLA, BEST ONE HERE. WOW YOU SAID IT BIGG WORDS..BUT I AGREE WITH YOU 100% NO JOKE...WOW THAT WAS A GOOD BLOG I GOTTA SAY. KEEP EM COMING. LOL. THIS TEAM IS FUNNIE AND UPSIDE DOWN LOL. BUT THATS HOW THING GO JAJAJA. AND ALANA THAT POEM YOUR DOING IS OF THE CHAIN !!!

- LATERZ

THE QUEEN..NEED I SAY MORE

SHE IS THE BOSS, SO SHE THINKS
SHE'S IN CHARGE- AS IF
THE ONE AND ONLY.....
DOES SHE DO MUCH OTHER THAN GIVE ORDERS? NO!
HOW ABOUT THIS SHES THE QUEEN
WE LISTEN WE TALK
SHE TALKS BUT DOESNT LISTEN
ITS LIKE BLINDLY FOLLOWING A GIANT
THEY SAY LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
I'LL DO MY BEST TO FORGET THE DRAMA QUEEN
AND LEAVE OUT ALL THE REST
ALL THE DRAMAS GOTTA STOP
OR TEAM AMBUSH WILL BE NO MORE

Very very sad

Hi everybody i am fine, just came here a little while ago. Work was okay they did not give me nothing to do so i just read my book which is called Red Roses by James Patterson. It is a very good book, i read two of his other books recently. Since we got over a thousand points in goofs we are like in last place. That is very very sad, how we go from 1st to last place. It is okay though we going to get it up. Doris finished the book signing video, yes she going to post it tomorrow. t came out nice, she did a good job. We need to get on track and get our points up fast. Tomorrow Fatima and I are going out on a story and before i come they going to go look for music. Hopefully everything goes good and we win the presentation this Friday. Id we don't it will be very very sad and we don't need that. Well later everybody, go Team Ambush.

Oh Brother

having brothers can be a pain the ass can't it? from the loud annoying little brothers that snitch. to the older " i'm too cool to be around you" A-HOLE brother. my three brothers are really hard to deal with. two of them are older than me.
i'll start with the oldest. he may be almost 25 but at times he act like he's barely 12! and HE HAS HIS OWN PLACE im surprised he can pay rent without being behind.
then there's my other older brother; for the most part he's not so bad but sometimes he can be really overprotective. when i asked him to help me with starting a myspace he flipped out and said never to log on!! and when i told him i was dating someone you know he says? he says he want to break both my boyfriends legs. i dont know if i have a brother or a father.
last but not least my little brother. at times he's okay. but there are other times when i wish he wasnt born. like when he goes in my room without my permission, listens to ALL of my phone conversatons or when he constantly asks me to buy stuff and i always tell him to wait.
Brothers, cant live with them cant live without them, cant turn them into mind-controlled zombies.

THE SUMMERSTAGE VIDEO IS FINALLY DONE

Yes! the video is done- finally after a grand total of... oh i dont know- 8 and a half hours of editing including,yesterday and today the video is done. basically i used the B-Roll i shot in the park on saturday and put the clips together to make a music video out of it. it came out really good plus,im using as a stand alone, for the TV show, AND for the presentation on friday. i want the presentation to be about music since i put it all together on saturday being the only one from ambush who showed up last saturday. hopefully my team can get it together so we can win this time!

Pete's class

today, peter was showing me how to tighten and lentghen the edits in final cut pro. i think this will help me more when i want to do final cut. as many classes i've been taking for final cut i still feel more comfortable with imovie- just cause to me its easier and i know it better. maybe a few more classes of final cut pro and i just might be as good at that as i am at imovie.

TODAY

TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA RAIN,SO I'M GROGGY.THE COMPUTERS ARE DOWN EVERY FIVE MINUTES.ITS GETTING AGGREVATIVING.I HYAVE TO HANDLE ALL MY WORK TODAY SINCE IM NOT GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW.I JUST MIGHT COME IN LATE.SOMEONE HAS TO GO TO THE CONCERT TOMORROW IN ORDER TO GET SOME FOOTAGE FOR OUR PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY.
BEFORE I COULD CONTINUE,I HAVE TO WARN SHEM.IF YOU COME NEAR ME WITH THAT WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE HOLDING,I WILL COME YOUR HAIR WITH A FINE TOOTHED COMB.(IT LOOKS LIKE IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS).I WANT TO GO ON THE STORY WITH FATIMA TOMORROW IF I MAKE IT BACK IN TIME ANHD I HAVE TO FIND MORE INTERVIEWS FOR OUR VIDEO MAGAZINE.
SO IM GOING TO BE BUSY,BUSY,BUSY.I AM FINISHED WRITING BLOGS FOR THE DAY.
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A LEADER AND PUT THEIR BLAME ON OTHERS.IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE HEAT,THEN STAY OUT THE KITCHENOR OFF THE RED COUCH.HOW CAN YOU GET MAD AT THE TEAM AND UR NOT DOING SHIT.FATIMA NEED TO GET HER ASS TO WORK.ITS NOT TEAM AMBUSH BUT ITS TEAM FATIMA.RACKING UP POINTS DOING CHORES.NONE OF THOSE POINTS CAME FROM STORIES.WHEN I SEE YOUR STORIES(PLURAL) THEN YOU COULD AFFORD TO TALK.WHEN ALLANA DOES HER WORK,SHE WALKS IN AND TAKES THE COMPUTER TO TALK ON THE RED COUCH.GREAT WAY TO COVER UP.AND IF THIS GIRL PUT HER HANDS ON ME ONE MORE TIME.ITS ME AND HER.NOBODY IS SCARED OF YOU.

BEASTING>>>DAMN

i walk in and all this fuss by ..... about posting blogs, like damn people forget. then alana comes and and shows us a video that she put together for our presentation and there goes ...... about how she dont like it and that there wasnt no "music". look alana is not video and she was the only one who went saturday and tried her best to get video footage. so why complaint when the girl tried her best. personally i liked the video and i think alana did good. as for the freaking blog, ill start posting blogs every day !!!!!

Team Ambush is falling apart ...... hahahahahahahaha

Too Tired

So yea today was tiring. I woke up tired. Got to school tired and feel asleep during class. Had to deal with bitchass, heartless trainers that gave me a headache. Got to HL tired. Had to deal little hard headed bad asses that ended up getting 850 points taken away in two hours. I was really upset after that and realized why I dislike working in groups. I had sort of forgotten or adapted or whatever you want to call it for a while but today reminded me. Tracee stopped by tomorrow and had to chat to me about not biting everyones head off. I think she was a bit misinformed because I don't think I'm really mean and I only yell or get mean when people don't do what they're supposed to do. I think Tracee saw the reality tv show version like you know how they always show the bad stuff; that's what she saw.

I think I might have been a bit too harsh on Jimmy but he got the point and I am pretty sure that he'll never touch another bike without a helmet glued to his head. Whenever he even thinks about bikes, he'll like touch his head to see if there's a helmet there. So even though I was hard on him, he got the point. I did apologize to him though cause Jimmy is a good kid and he rakes in a lot of points and I like him and guilt is really annoying. I made some progress stories wise as far as getting info and setting up interviews.

And Rich took me, Rosa, Henry, and Eric on walk/storyhunt which was VERY productive because I got at least four stories from it. I kind of sort of dropped the Flip camera by ACCIDENT but it is totally FINE. No bruises or anything. I have made a resolution not to hit anyone anymore. Even if they piss me off. Even if I feel like I can't help myself.Even if they deserve it. I REFUSE TO HIT ANYONE!!!! I will from this point on, become the a good girl:)

Losing

Hi everybody i was fine but now not so much. My day started off good but now it's like wow. I just found out my teammates made us lose over a thousand points in just one day, that is ridiculous. It is like we are doing stuff for no reason, it is becoming very annoying. We were once in head now we aren't going to be if they keep this up. I need to focus on my stuff though, get myself together and finish my work. Well later everybody i have no words to say any more.

OH BOY

TODAY FEELS LIKE CRAP.IF SOMEONE ELSE TICKS ME OFF,ALL HELL IS GONNA BRAKE LOOSE.STARTING WITH SHEM.HIS TOP FLIGHT SECURITY ASS NEED TO GO SIT DOWN.IF IT ISN'T SHEM,ITS BRAD.DAMN THEY JUST DONT STOP.THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.BUT YOU CAN;T HIT THEM.IF MY DAY GOES BETTER,I'LL RIGHT BACK.

SMOOCHEZ

I CANT BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY WENT TO CNN! AND I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT IT!

This sucks. i mean, yea i was in summer school and everything but come on at least give me a call before you go do something fun without me. at least it wont sting this much. but theres other trips righrt.

Yesterday(talking as if it was yesterday)

Hi everybody i am fine i was just a little tired, that's why i am not attending Harlemlive today. Also because my brother is in the hospital so i went to go visit him, i stayed their for like 2hrs. Hopefully they let him out this week but i don't know because his stomach hurt so bad he can't eat and when he do eat he vomit it. Then his Diabetes is acting up, i love him but he needs to get it together because this is like the 5Th or more time he been hospitalize this year. He is so stubborn and hates when ppl tell him to make sure he take his medicine and eat right because he hates when ppl consider him as a sick person. I also don't get how he don't eat when he is a chef. Well enough bout him, i hope he get well though. Tomorrow is my cousin cookout so tonight i have to make a few Cd's and that's why i can't stay at HL too long. I am going to rush there tomorrow, straight after work and stay for like 2hrs. I been working on my stories though, the story about a hood is going to be about my grandmother projects and their family day which is this Saturday. Oh yeah i went to a poetry/ spoken word lounge with my college mentor the Saturday, it was so cool. The kids there was so talented, they encouraged me to write more. The next one is August 30, i am going. Maybe i will write a story about the one i went to i i wish i would of had a video camera to record it for everybody to see. Well later everybody see you all tomorrow because my blog is getting to long.

P.S I wrote this blog as if i was writing it yesterday because i forgot to write one and Matthew write your blogs please we are losing points.

MINCE MEAT

So today was fun. I made a lot of progress as far as setting up interviews, figuring out where we are as far as the list goes and what not. It was a fun day...I beat up some people, listened to some music, gave out chores (yes you read right, I gave out CHORES!!!! That totally made my day cause for two weeks now, we've had to suffer under the harsh rule of other teams and now this week it's our turn. Poor Tamara and Rosa had to do laundry:) Payback blue team. Everything was going well until stupid Brad shows up and ruins everything. At first it was all good and we're hanging out in the green room. After a while (about 2 minutes) he becomes annoying so I hit him with fake roses and he shoots me with rubber bands. This goes on for a while then he decides he is going to take his shoes off and I nearly die. I get the baking soda to sprinkle on his feet and I put some on his head as well. I guess he didn't like that because about two minutes later, he comes out with a cup of baking soda and I'm sitting in Sely's chair. It didn't even cross my mind that he would even think to throw that shit at me. But he does. I am sitting covered in baking soda and everyone is running for cover because they know shit is about to pop off. I got to the bathroom to clean up and when I emerge about 5 minutes later, I am ready to beat the crap out of Brad. He jumps through the opening of the green room and into the kitchen. And just like that, the chase begins. It is all on videotape and when I finally get him like twenty minutes later, hitting him is not enough. I am going to think of some horrid plan that will make him cry. Just wait

crazii

today my day was crazy. i woke up at like 11:00 and just stayed on the computer till' 3:00. then i left and came here and posted like 13 stories. im ballin'. then every1 fooled around. charisma kept laughin' at herself about nuthin'. chenellya kept dancing doing here bey and jay impressions. i was just being productive and doing my work. brad threw bakin' soda on fatima and flew throught the window. then they ran around the street with water jugz. now im here eatin puff corns and drinking go bananas and teaching nana some myspace skillz

Bike Ride!!!!

Today's Bike ride wasz poppin cause i had madsz fun and did like madsz things today it was poppin we rode like mad far and i was dumb tired. rich is dumb fast too like da 40 year old virgin he rides a bike and cnt get a girl very sad. but any waysz dats rich new word but i forgot his age like 57 58 suthin like dat but i dnt no? christian fell too dat shit was dumb funny he fell and his hand was dumb black he said his chest hurt but i didnt no it was dat serious lolsz. he busted his ass i would've have took a pic but he washed it lolslz i wanna go on a another bike ride again but i dnt think he'll be up for dat lolsz. DUCESZ!!!!!!

=(

Its....6:16pm and I have the biggest headach. i feel like just dropping dead....the pain..it feels like war war II is rehappening in my head....i feels booms and bangs everywhere...when will it stop...i hate this....i wanna go home....3 more hrs to goo

Almost The End!

I have to step up my game and get some more work done. I was doing well in the beginning of the challenge but now that the days are almost over I need to bring in some more stories so TeAm AmBush can win!

I am working on some stories as of now. I have to produce a story on a a youth program by the name of Urban Word NYC. I am pretty excited about doing that story because I have always wanted to perform spoken word or perform a poem of mine in front of people. I may visit the Nuyorican Café one of these days before I go back to college. Who knows?

The rest of the stories that I plan to work on are: 1. a career story; 2. my 2 memoirs; 3. a some poems; and maybe some other stories.


I had fun so far at HL but I feel like I haven't put my all and done as much work as I wanted to produce this summer. I will be back at HL to generate more work. I am going to try my best these last few weeks to get out the most work that I have gotten done in forever. I really like it at HL but wish I got more stuff done. I know I am capable of given more and I will give my all this last week that I am here.


On another note, I am about to create some questions for the people at Urban Word NYC, so I can be prepared for them in the near future.


Lastly, I just wanted to thank TEAM AMBUSH in advance and give y'all good luck (bueno suerte) we gon' take over!!! lol



~peace~

wrong day

Today i starting using final cut to edit my video. I really didn't know anything but Chris helped me out a little. Today was a wrong day because i had a long day at my program and then when i came to Harlem Live the computers in the video room weren't working so i was pretty mad. The computers wasn't working because they overheated because the room is too hot. Yeah , so like i said before today is my first day actually using Final cut to edit my videos. Final cut is not as complicated as i thought. It's just gets me mad because it is a little bit confusing. Yea so im working really hard to get this video done on time.

The Counselor: Prelude

After a long nite of rest, i wake up to the banging of my cousin's feet on my bed. i look at the clock and its 7:32am.  instead of layin down for another 15 minutes and later running late for work, i take a shower and prepare my ironed outfitt for a hopefully peaceful day at work...NOT!

 I am a full time camp counselor at The Dunlevy Milbank Center in Harlem. i have to attend my job daily at 9am to annoying, headache giving 9 and 10 year olds. As a camp counselor, i am left with handsfull of kids form all over the New york City area, mostly from harlem. it is my job to give these kids a learning, interestig and discilplinary experience. However, it is hard to fufill such a task when u have to repeat things more than 10 times and deal with disrespect, immaturity and strees from time to time. there are other times where i do share laughter, fun and sometimes bond with the kids i work with.

do yuo wanna knoe more about being a Milbank counselor? stayed tuned for the next episode...

Memoir class

Catherine taught a class about memoirs. I learned that a memoir is a story about something that happened to you or an excerpt from your life. Catherine helped is with our public speaking because she made us write a six word memoir which was pretty easy and then we had to read out loud. Then after we did the six word memoir we read longer memoir about peoples relationship or an event that happened to them. After we finish reading the memoirs we had to write our own memoirs about our first time. I really like her class.

POS around 125

Today i got to work late because i had to go to the doctor. Anyways i was walking down 125 when i saw my team interviewing somebody. I decided to join them. I was helping them pass out fliers and helping them get interviews. During we was doing the POS i was really tired, sleepy and hungry. The total experience was really good because it helped us with our public spe

Friday

Well friday went very welll.......BUT we didnt win the presentation. =(...the judges gave us great complements and next time we might do better....another good thing was that I made it to the top 5 which is very good. yes yes yes...i wonder whats planed for today.. so far fatima tells me to go to CNN tomorrow morning but i dont think i would make it bcuz i am very commited to my GYM. so idc. Im sticking to my GYM and thats finale. bcuz i did planed to loose weight and even if its one day im missing, its still alot to me........so yea i wondering whats planed for today, i hope alot but not as much jajajaj...


- Laterz

TODAY

TODAY I WANT TO START WORKING ON OUR PRESENTATION FOR FRIDAY.I FEEL IF WE START EARLIER THAN WE HAVE  A BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING OUR PRESENTATION UPSCALED BY FRIDAY.I ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON  GOING TO THE MAURY SHOW.PLUS I HAVE TO TYPE MY MEMIORS AND MY STORY TO SEND TO THE EMAIL EDITORS.SO I'M GOING TO BE REAL BUSY.

FRIDAY's presentation

OUR TEAM PRESENTATION WAS NICE,EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T WIN.I WAS SURPRISED THAT I GOT THROUGH WITH MY SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION.I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE TIMELINE BECAUSE IT STARTED TO GET TOO EDUCATIONAL.I BELIEVED THE TEAM THAT WON DID NOT DESERVE IT BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED THEIR PREENTATION WAS SHAQUOYA'S POEM.SHOUT OUTS TO SHAQUOYA BEAUSE HER POEM WAS DEEP.AMBUSH OVER AND OUT.

Been gone for a millie now

I'm back baby and now i can finally do suthin cause im hearing dat we have not been doin our blogs and shit wat isz wrong wit ya ya cant take jus like 10 20 secs of ur life it. itll be madsz easy jus write about unless if you have no life which i no ya do jus do dat and yall all will be good money. like really its lite easy if you write a blog and da thing is im always writin one all day and ya cnt dats sad dats madsz sad b lolsz. any way good job peopslz we won da point sheet again and hl flow is still garbage our olny competion is first amendmant but these jugesz jus sukin em madsz hard so it really dnt even matter. DUCESZ!!!!

Soooo....... Depressed

My day was so sad and depressing this past three days. My best friend died on thursday. And what is worse is that after that they called my mother from Dominican Republic saying that my aunt Argentina that R.I.P died from a heart attack. You do not wanna know how bad i felt and feel.Do you know what it is loosing two of the most important people in your life! I was the last three day going back and forth to Jersey and Long Island with my family. I hope i don't go in depression because i was not there for my best friend when she needed me. I feel guilty in a way because i was the only person she could count on. I am soooooooooooo sad :( file:

MY DEAR DEAR TEAM

HEY GUYS HOWS IT GOING? HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR WEEKEND. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO WRITE YOUR FREAKIN BLOGS!!!!!!! HOW THE HELL DO YOU GUYS EXPECT TO WIN IF YOU CAN'T TAKE TWO SECONDS OUT OF YOUR DAMN DAY TO WRITE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES. I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN YOUR LEAD WITH THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR. EVERYONE, WRITE YOUR DAMN BLOGS....EVERYDAY....AND GET READY FOR A LONG WEEK CAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DO...BE ON TIME PLEASE IF YOU EVEN BOTHER TO SHOW UP...WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS LACK OF ATTENDANCE GUYS...GET IT TOGETHER!!!!!!!

BIG BROTHER

LOSERS? I THINK NOT

So what a day! Let me go all the way to the beginning of it. I got to HL at about 12pm and there were already people there. I got to work on our presentation and did that until the meeting. I was a bit worried by the time the meeting rolled around, only myself and Allana were present. By the time we had to leave, only Eric had arrived. At the meeting we were briefed and then we watched this video with this tv show host that couldn't stop laughing at his guests. We got to the library and met up with Chanellya and Jimmy and later Stephen and Jennifer.

While we were there, the security guard who works there came over to our table and started messing with us and using foul language and Nella told him to go away while I asked him why he used that kind of language. Then he and Nella got into it and it escalated and he and I got into it and then this guy sitting at another table tried to help us out and they got into it. It was really bad and we couldn't even call security because he is security. We need to find a different location because that library won't work anymore. So we got back to HL and hung out until the judges arrived.

One of the judges was the guy from NBC, Justin, we met at the alumni thing on Tuesday. He brought along his friend Hoda who's a host on the Today show. She was really nice and went around introducing herself which no other judge has ever done. The presentations began and HL Flow went first and they were ok. Next up was First Amendment and at first I thought it was ok but then Tyvon started talking and it was like really emotional and then here comes Shaquoya and her damn poem and I am starting to get worried because it was really good. I'm thinking like we have to beat that.

Finally it's our turn and the nerves are eating me up and I start talking and I feel really disoriented and I can't remember what I was gonna say. We go on and it's all a blur as things usually are when I'm up there. Our presentation went on a bit longer than expected all I'm hearing is that we're disqualified for going over the time limit and I'm hearing that it was good but I talked too much which is true but I'm just like whatever. So the judges are taking a good long time to deliberate and I'm pretty sure we're disqualified.

Finally they come out and Sely announces that we're ok cause the other teams were short. So Hoda goes on and gives each team an evaluation and she's going on and on about how much she loved us but I'm already losing hope because she isn't going in order, she left First Amendment for last so that basically says it all. I hold onto what little hope I have but then she announces that they won. I'm really upset at this point because I thought we should have won or there should have been a tie or something. I was really excited for this presentation and I hate losing and I'm pretty sure that FA will get the most points this week because they have 1000 more points. So Sely comes and announces the individual points.

As I'm listening, I hear more and more of my teammates names being called but I don't hear my own. The closer she gets to number one the more nervous I get because I'm not hearing my name and we're at number one and drum roll and she says my name. That made me smile since I was still upset over the loss. And Francesca who was upset herself over some other things smiles as well cause Sely confirms that she did win last week and we'll both get our prizes. Sely then announces that Team Ambush is first place in points once again for the second week in a row. It kind of made up for the presentation loss but then Rich goes and ruins it by taking our email editor who also happened to be a judge and gives him to FA because we weren't using him. I was so pissed. I'm pretty sure he didn't do that to any other team and he's like copping FA out cause they can't find one on their own. I was really angry but I'm over it now.

I can say that this was a good week but we have a lot of things to do. Next week is going to be super busy because I want everything done by Thursday so that we can start working on the tv show. I'm hype we winning but I know this week there will be a shift so we just have to stay on top. Nana and Doriluz were MIA yesterday and that shows our problem with attendance and communication. Another thing that needs work on. But overall we're good. We just have to stay that way. TEAM AMBUSH ALL DAY!!!!

3 CHEERS FOR MUSIC

one of my favorite things in the world is music. i love listening to music such as pop, rock , old school rap, R&B,jpop , jrock jrap reggae,reggaeton basically all types of music.without music life would be so dull that my old pencils will look like disco ball. i also play the piano and im taking more advanced lessons to get better. the piano is actually my all time fav instrument.  i dont know where i'd be withourt it. so being at today's pos was the best thing that could happen today

class evaluation

today at harlem live, i took a class on how to use and edit green screen. we did some practice takes for the show i admit most of them were pretty good. chris said that out of all of them mine was the best. not to toot my own horn but it was. he showed us how to edit the green screen and he went over logging and capturing. then after that we went to central park to videotPE THE music fest. it was hot i got t use the flip camera and record some B-Roll for the show and website. im going back to central park tomorrow to actually participate in the festival by playing my keyboard. this by far was one of the best stories i went out on - even though i didnt interview anybody.

We got this

Hi everybody i am fine at work reading, about to leave in a little. I should be at Harlemlive in like an hour and half. Today is presentation day and we got this, well hopefully we do. Yesterday i was happy to hear that the team got everything together for the presentation today. Last week the other teams was on point, i give it to them even though we was still ahead in points and i hope it stays that what. We didn't need no mistakes happening to us again like last week. So this was smart to get everything together a head of time. I wish my team luck but we team ambush we don't need, just playing sounds cocky. Well I'll see you guys when i get there, Team Ambush!

class evaluation

Warith's class was really intesting. i learned a lot about doing some effects on "after effect" to be honest i was just introduced to after effect. im so used to imovie that it seems pretty wasy but i think final cut pro is much easier. only because with imovie you have to be really exact. the video is all done and ready for tommorow's presentation.

Anger Management

I laughed so much today. It seems like the later you stay, the more crazy people get. Shem is a) goof crazy and b) should never be left alone with a shouter. OMG he does not stop and he likes to sneak up behind you and shout in your ear in funny accents. Our team worked on the presentation today and made sure the video was all good by the time we left. I have to say though, I think I need help. I get these sudden urges to hit people, hard. Like Frankie and Jimmy and Nana and Warrith and Brad. That's a lot of people to be hitting on. And sometimes I'll hit people without meaning to like a tap for me is like a smack for them. Something is definitely wrong. I had fun though and I'm really psyched for tomorrow's presentation because I think it will be very good. I'm so exhausted like I can barely keep my eyes open. Everything is ok and I'm really enjoying my summer although time is going by quickly. Gonna be at HL extra early to make sure things are running smoothly since I'm expecting some visitors tomorrow. Gonna catch some zzzzzzz's. Laterz

regular day

when i came to harlemLIVE down the stairs i saw a bum. i thought he snuck in there to do someting. but then he got the hose and then i k he was the super. yup and then i came and did my stories, then the site expired ( it expires if you stay too long ). i had to start over but i said fcuk dat. then i got dumb hungry and went and bought spare rib tips and pfr. it was good. then i did some work and stuff. shem kept shouting in the shout thingy and making school imitations. the girls and em' kept messing with the gay magazine. thats public violation. i think today was all about gay. in my skewl program my peeps kept talking about sexual oritentation, now im here hearing the same siht. so yea. but i met a girl who's bi dats hot. at so today was loco.

Yeppers

Today was full of the bitter sweet events that make life worth living. So let's start with what is most interesting the bitter drama. Today during my writing class I was a great student. I came in early and participated allot. My change must have been too great of a shock for the teachers. Because they seemed to be extra large jerks today. For some reason they kept picking with me. then when one of them unleashed her tirade and wrath upon me she tried to make it seem like I was behaving worse than a wilder beast today. 

Today Was A Good Day...Good Week As Well

I came into harlemlive.org and just started talking to my favorite person in the world, Chanellya. Chanellya is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny sometimes. I must admit she is a real cool girl and I hope she we keep in touch and stay in contact.

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I have recently checked out the information for an upcoming story and I found out a lot of information.

This week went well as well. I got a chance to attend at HL Alumni Event in Manhattan and enjoyed meeting with HL Alums and receiving their contact info as well. I got their there but it was refreshing to hear Melvin and the rest of the Alums talk about their experiences at HL too. It was funny to hear Melvin say that most HL Alums want to create their own businesses and to actually know that I want to own my own magazine in the near future.

I have to get on my HL grind as well and help bring in some points for my team and some experience for myself. My team needs to win another presentation too ASAP.

I need to get on my stories as well.

TODAY TODAY

WHAT A DAY IT IS.I STARTED TO RESEARCH MORE STORIES BUT I AM SUPPOSED TO GO ON A STORY TODAY.SEASIDE PARK IN CONEY ISLAND IS HAVING A CONCERT GUEST STARRING SMOKEY ROBINSON.SMOKEY ROBINSOON IS AN OLD TIME SINGER FROM THE SIXTIES SO MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME I COULD GO WITH HER.ITS GOING TO BE HARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO VIDEO OR CAMERAS ALLOWED.SO THE STORY WOULD BE FROM BEHIND THE SCENE INTERVIEWS AND THYE EXPERIENCE THERE.I HAVE TO GET ALL MY WORK DONE BEFORE I LEAVE AROUND SIX.

FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2008

Float Like A Butterfly....

So I'm learning a lot about being a leader here at HL; it is no joke. Today I had the video people there which was Dori, Allana, and Jennifer, edit the POS from yesterday. I at first they weren't really feeling it and like I could tell they didn't like being told what to do but I feel it's essential to give direction because otherwise, we'll be like wandering around doing nothing. I don't want to be a bitch or bossy but if that's what it takes to get work done, so be it. I don't think I am doing anything mean or like erratic but I could see how some might interpret my actions. The list is divided and so excited cause things are moving along. Today we were introduced to Tracey who is going to be our new alumni advisor and she got us some info about music in the city. She was cool and I enjoyed talking to her. Today was fun; I laughed a lot. Someone put post-it stickers on Rich and Brad and it was so funny and when Brad found out, he locked the computers. I had to rough him up a bit for a while cause he thinks he can just mess with people so I had to let him know. I got a booboo in the process though but I'm all better know. As the weeks go by, I get to know more people better and better and I like them. HL is a fun place to be. Friday's presentation is going to be sick I'm telling you. And we'll be done by tomorrow night for sure cause I don't want any of that crap from last week happening all over again.

my day today

my day today was funny as always. first rich was sitting on the coach like all day. then i found out i had to transfer hundreds of stories onto the new harlemlive website. then i had to lite up the mosquitos thingy. rich kept joking on me about my mind limits. and nella kept showin us genital warts. nasty. so yea.

MY DAY AS A EDITOR

Today was a very busy day. I spent it learning more about Final cut pro and coaching doriluz with the imovie editing. The process was long and hard but hopefully by friday it will be worth the work we do today and tomorrow. Plus some of my team members are getting on my nerves. I wont say who but theres someone on my team who's really bossy and thinks they're a queen.

some of the supervisors are getting under my skin as well. Again, I wont name names but i don't think this person likes me too much . well, thats my day in a nutshell

my day

Blur Blur Life

So yea I've been spending allot of time just thinking about my plans for the week. I'm trying to find a way to work and go to the play with my program. I don't even know where the play is, but I still want to go. My program is starting to think my schedule is to hectic. So now they're trying to get me organised to work at HL.
On a personal note. I have like three new crushes. YAY! I can't help it boys distract me from my problems. All my friends are screaming at because I won't talk to them, but I have a good reason not to try to talk to them. I am a bad person. I flirt excessively just to pass the time. I'm not meant date. I think like a guy allot of the time. So I'm not mentally built for a relationship. I wish my friends would just leave me alone about it. I don't need to be in a relationship until I want to be in one.

my day

my day today was cool because i learned alot and did alot i liked my day because im always learning somethin new and thats what i like to do best. i feel real good because i know about a lot of people and i know the slacking ones too. and peoplesz is fighting and stuff like laredo and francisca truw up today too ewww... lolsz alot of things happen at harlemlive live its like the biggest family in the world but at the same time itsz not.DUCESZ!!!!

MESSAGE TO EVERYONE!

Anyone who wants their points to counted towards this Fridays totals must see me either today or tomorrow because I will not be here on Friday. Make sure before you come to me that you have everything together. That includes having your point sheet written up, your blogs printed out && any pictured taken on the server && in the correct folder. Thank You.
-Aleah-

Ambush At Harlem

well today i went on a p.o.s with my team and it went really well.. i got actually went up to people and ask them if they would mined interviewing for harlemlive and some accept. alana who i have to give props to did very well.. whooh hooh alana!!! great job because she was the one who was doing most of the interviews. but yea p.o.s are really good and sherwin got alot of video. he did well aswell because people were actually accepting his words while others would run away from us. (>.<) so yea we got to interview alot of people and everything went well..

TODAY

TODAY IS GOING CRAZY.WE COMPLETED OUR CHORES AS SOON AS WE CAME IN.I GOT US TICKETS TO GO SEE THE MAURY SHOW.I HAVE TO FINISH RESEARCHING MY STORIES SO THAT WE COULD BE IN THE LEAD AGAIN THIS WEEK.OUR PRESENTATION  IS GOING TO BE POPPIN.SO LETS GET IT GOING.OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ON THEIR JOB OUT ON STORIES IN ORDER TO  GET THE FOOTAGE FOR OUR MOVIE SO LET'S GET TO WORK

my day

my day today was crazy. first i came and had class and it was interrupted by coco who wanted us to bring food upstairs to a cab. i dont know gy.WHAT cab service they call. we didnt get a cab for bout 10 minutes, and when we called again they said that a cab came but didnt see us. and when it finally came, they said no food in the car. coco was o.d. sick. then i just went downstairs, had a bowl of honeynut cheerios, relaxed, and wrote my blog while everyone was upstair arguing and stuff.

Social Gathering

So I had a really wonderful time yesterday at the alumni gathering. It was really fun. We left HL a little later than Coco would have liked and he let everyone know it but it was all good. We got to the place at about 5p m and things got a little messy because they wouldn't let us go through the front door so we had to go through the service entry. It was kind of hard bringing things in and it took us a good 20 minutes to get everything inside and it was not easy. So we get there and start setting up and I'm like making all of the platters really pretty with appetizers. The board of trustees were the first to arrive because they had a meeting earlier and I guess it was nearby. Savasia, Shaquoya, Coco, and myself were introduced to a bunch of people but since we had to finish up in the kitchen so we didn't get a chance to speak to them until later on. Sely and Rich tried to get us to like get out there and talk to people but we were nervous so we stuck together even though we didn't really know each other cause we're all in different groups. Then Savasia got up to talk and she was really nervous but she did such a great job. We had a good time and David, who hosted the whole thing, has the cutest twin daughters. It was fun and by the end of the night, I'd gotten the hang of networking. I met a lot of alumni and friends of HL and learned a lot from one guy in particular. His name is Marc and he is the editor of the weekend review for the NY Times and he talked to us for like 30 minutes about journalism and like being detached and stuff. I also met this guy named Justin who works for NBC and they both invited us to stop by their sites so that will be fun. It was a good night and I had a good time; I think we all did even Coco. I can't wait for Columbia!!!:)

IDK Y MEEE..............

YESTERDAY WAS GOOD AND BAD. GOOD BECAUSE I HAD A CHANCE TO HANG AROUND WITH MY 1ST LOVE AND X-BOYFRIEND. BAD BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO YESTERDAY. OK GOING BACK TO MY GOOD AND BAD DAY YESTERDAY. I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I SAW JACOB MY X-BF. WE MET UP AT A PARK IN 103 AND HUDSON STREET. IT WAS FUN BUT NOT 100 PERCENT CUZ WE NEEDED TO CUT SHORT. BUT ALL ENDED UP PRETTY GOO THOUGH . IM HAPPY............

P.O.S

Yo today was popin and i learned some new things from journalism i learned like mad stuff how to ask questions and all stuff like that. im mad happy to finally learn suthin new instead of jus knowin video. like my role i always like to learn suthin new everyday. this day was long to we did like mad walking and goin aroud like every where in harlem some interesting some aint but it was still cool today. stephen was by me like the whole time tryin to slap me and shit like hello personal space he's jus an ass like he really is.DUCESZ!!!! lolz

Need to really get started

Hi everybody i am fine, just got here a little while ago but only like three people from my team is here. I think they are out on a story or something, well i hope. I forgot today was the Alumni thing so everybody is getting ready and stuff, i hope they have a good time. I was thinking about our team earlier, i like it but we really need to get started with everything. We are kind of slacking even though we are in head with the points but i think the other team is going to catch up though. I hope we get on track and start getting our stuff together for we could win this thing. I need to get on track and start doing like at least 2 or more stories a week, the summer is going crazy fast. Well I'll speak to you all later, we going to win.

TODAY

TODAY IS THE ALUMNI AWARD DINNER.NOW THAT KAREEM COOKED,ITS UP TO US TO CLEAN UP.WHAT TYPE IF BULLSHIT IS THAT.WELL GOOD THING MY CHORE WASN'T THE KITCHEN.I HAD TO WALK I N TO CLEAN THE COMPUTER AREA.AS SOON AS I WALK IN,SHEM AND RICH STARTS YELLLING.DIDN'T I SAY THAT I HAD A HEADACHE.PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN.THEN THEY GET BENT OUT OF SHAPE WHEN I START YELLING.MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER.

All Out Attack

So yesterday was okay. Rich was on my back the whole time to get me to make sure that my team is doing what they're supposed to be doing. It got kind of annoying because I don't want to be like a nagger and seem like I don't trust my team. If they know what they're supposed to be doing, then I really shouldn't have to check on them except for like the young ones or the ones that need direction. The list has been divided and now we're organized. Every journalist has a photographer/web person and a video person to go on stories with. Sherwin's last day is today so it's really important for him to get certain things done before he leaves. Kumasi stopped by yesterday and she got us a media site visit for the first week of August. I'm really excited to be able to visit ABC because besides CNN, it's my main source for news. Tonight it that Alumni gathering so I will be networking and helping Coco. I had a bit of problem with Jennifer because I don't like laziness and slackers so I hope that that can be resolved. I learned alot about my teammates yesterday and I really do love my team. We taking it!!!

Today

today was boring because and was not hott. but when it was the afternoon time me and jimmy got a group brothers from another mother and now we is like best of friends. jus remembering good times anyway i had a good time in the afternoon i jus handed in my point sheets and i am doin good. but all these new things and how harlemlive is goin now is not good at all and i dnt like it at all. BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER MOTHER(crew members include nana,and jimmy) DUCESZ!!!!

word of the day

kidfeifdkfiefkdjfalaflalfenvnblvie - (n,) youth of nature accomplishing many tasks. That is me. Rich keeps saying that i'm lazy and not doing work but Rich is the one who was laying on the couch all day doing nothing. But at the end of this program imma be rakin' em' points. 4rellz. Imma "ambush" my team. I k i've been slacking off some times, but since i just found out we have about 3 weeks, im really getting 2 my work. so yea. But my day was okay today. I took a class, did some blogs and work, and some other things.

More Problems

   My mom and I are really  close. Sometimes it's really nice to have a good relationship with my mom, but I really wish she would start to let go a little. I'm trying to have an agreement with her. I tell her exactly where I'm at at all times. If I can't make it home I'll let her know I'm safe and she can just shut up.  I think she should accept it. That's better than just doing what I want and dealing with the consequences later. The worst she can do is beat me and that hurts her more than it hurts me. 

 I don't know what we need to do but something needs to change. Most of the time when I get in trouble it's because I won't lie to her.  It's really starting to annoy me. I'm gonna lie to her more. Because that seems to get me in the least amount of trouble.  She's always telling me to enjoy my youth. I'm trying to do that, but she doesn't really mean enjoy my youth. What she means is don't grow up. Stay her little girl for life.  Well I can't do that and she doesn't really want that. She just has to learn to grow with me, and she has to do it quickly. Because soon I'm just not gonna care anymore.

TODAY

TODAY STARTED OUT GOOD.WE HAD A CLASS THIS AFTERNOON THAT WENT WELL.IT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING NEW THAT I WILL USE ANDE IT HELPED GIVE US POINTS.I HAVE TO CATCH UP ON MY STORIES AND THEN I'LL BE SET FOR THE WEEK.THANKS TO COOPERATION FROM MY TEAMMATES,WE ARE NOW IN THE LEAD.I ACTUALLY HAVE STORIES LINED UP SO GO AMBUSH

Cony Island P.O.S(dorina)

A, JA BABY.......................:)
Well let me tell you something my peoples! Last saturday the video crew we went to Cony Island to capture some dancing people. But everything ended up bad. Anyways we took advantage of our time and started doing P.O.S over there in the beach. Jennifer, Nana, and i forgot this kid name but we all worked together in the P.O.S. We did pretty good.We interviewed so many crazy people over there in that beach that the only thing you could of done is laugh it off. After all those interviews, Rich picked three people to get a free ticket to ride the CYCLONE. I had to pay because i was not picked to get a free ticket but a was not going to miss that ride ever in my life. Ok so we rode the ride and one of our group cell phone got lost in the ride. I told him to sit on it or put it deep in his pocket but it still got lost. Well good luck for him. I had so much fun and i am looking foward in going back to Cony Island...J

Saturday!!!

Saturday was okay and cool we did a lot of things and had mad fun. I enjoyed the day to we went to 135st and Coney Island. At 135st we interviewed people and took b-roll of what they were doin. They had a festival block party there and we were on it. At Coney Island we was interveiwing people on wat they were there doin and wat they came to do. Most of em said to see the band play. We got a get lite  crew there called Team Rush and they danced it out on the camera for us plus that joint was hott. DUCESZ!!!!!

Still On Top

So Friday was our second presentation and it went...TERRIBLE:( OMG is was so bad. So we arrive back at HL a quarter to five with an incomplete presentation because we couldn't log onto the server at the library and someone, Rich, wouldn't help us. So we figure since the keynote is basically done, we'll just put the videos on when we get back. Everything seems to be going well until Matthew shows up and we realize that one of the videos we're supposed to use is gone like vanished. So now I'm annoyed because the video disappearing is a bit inconvenient but I'm like whatever; we still have two more.

The second video looks all good until I try to open it for a test run and you guessed it, it won't play. It wouldn't even open because it was made on a bootleg version of final cut and now for the computer to open it, it has to have a serial number and all this other crap. I am on the verge of tears at this point because it looks like our presentation in going down the drain. I'm trying like hell to get this crap to work and it's not looking good and so I freak out on Matthew and this big scene erupts and I'm really embarrassed cause everyone is watching and I'm mad as hell that everything is going wrong and pissed cause I know it's my fault for not checking before. It is in situations like those that true leaders are tested and I failed cause I embarrassed my team and lost control. We still trying to get the video going and our adult volunteer Lon is helping but then time runs out and we just have to deal.

So we're up first and our team is looking like," damn this is gonna be ugly" and I'm trying to relax and the judges are looking a little mean. So we start and the first and only video we have begins to play and we don't hear anything. I' m just standing there like WTF!!!like who did I piss of for all this shit to happen. So now it's up to me to walk the audience through the video and I feel like I'm talking too much and then the slides for the other videos come up and I feel like shit having to apologize for not having the videos. I am so mortified at this point i just want to step down but that's not an option so I keep going and my teammates talk and they're all nervous but I'm proud cause they're like doing a good job.

Finally it's over and I just want to die. I watch the other teams and try to hold on to the hope that we may still have a chance to win. We get a break and the judges deliberate. We end up losing but we win first place in points and I'm just glad it's all over. Some of us stay behind to clean up and we all loosen up and dance and it's fun. All I know is that never again will I wait until Friday to do our presentation that's for damn sure.

Terry Woods P.O.S

YEAH BABY!!!!!!! I had the oppertunity to go on a one on one interview with Terry Woods. I felt afortunate to have the chance to have this interview with her. I learned a lot from what she did to progress with her book. What really got my attention was that she said she never had the chance to go to school and i felt bad in a way but at the same time good because nobody could do something like that not going to school but have that inteligence in them. I think she is a very nice auther and person. I hope the new book she is going to write is good as the other ones.

Im Sorry Guyz!!!! :(

Im sorry that i left yall all @ the last minute but i wasnt feeling well. I dont know what happened to me but i wasnt feeling well. I think i felt like that was because i didnt eat breakfast and when COCO cooked i started feeling dizzy and with nauncea. I heard we won once again, and i am happy that we win!!! I love yah guyz and lets keep up our good work!!!

ROLLING THRU THE RIVERS

So my team is doing pretty well. Our video crew worked hard today to edit some videos and it came out great. Our team is finally on a roll. Tomorrow's the presentation and I'm hoping we'll win again. I didn't want to prepare the presentation today because I find that my best work comes during crunch time. Kennequa and Doriluz went to HueMan for a book signing and they did a video package which is so good because they both get 750 points and so does the team. We're still in first place and other teams are trying to figure out how we got there. I think the competition is finally on because I'm starting to harbor some dislike; nothing personal of course. But I think for a competition to be real, there has to be some dislike cause it fuels your desire to win. Our team is taking classes nonstop and doing all we can to rack up points. I hope the competition knows what's up cause it is ON!!!!

TEAM AMBUSH

well in this blog i will write about my team, team ambush is the best team out there.... and we try our best to stay in the top....jajaja i do hope our team wins all of these events because i will be mad if we dont win.... i hate loosing and team ambush will not loose because we will stay in the top of our game. i just hope in the long run that none of our team members get into any fights or any problems with other team members because it just wont mak sence team work forever because without team work we will not succed.thats what everyteam needs and so far team ambush has team work, and we are organize aswell....i hope we do well bcuz if we dont all this work was for nothing well not for nothing but we really wanna wiin bcuz we are trying our best to be on top and i hope that wat we are doing works....

TEAM WORK !!!

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

YESTERDAY WE WENT TO BROOKLYN MUSEUM TO COVER A FILM PRODUCTION.IT WAS REVELATING.THE FRESH AIR OF TEENAGERS PRODUCING THEIR OWN FILM WAS SOMETHING NEW AND IT INSPIRED  ME TO REACH FOR THE STORES.AS FOR MYELF I INTERVIEWED FOUR PEOPLE.TWO WERE MENTORS OF THE FILMAKERS,ONE WAS A JUNIOR MENTOR AND THE LAST WAS ONE OF THE FILMAKERS.HIS FILM WAS ON HOW HIS GRANDFATHER HELPED AND ENCOURAGED HIM AND HOW HE FELT WHEN HIS GRANDFATHER DIED.  

TODAY TODAY

WATS GOOD TEAM AMBUSH.TODAY IS CRAZY.AS  SOON AS I WALK IN THE DOOR,I AM HARASSED BY BRAD.LIKE WHATS GOOD WITH THAT.I REALLY DON'T CARE FOR HIM TALKING TO ME EVERYDAY.PEOLE THINK IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT I AM PLAYING.I FIND IT VERY DISRESPECTFUL WHEN YOU STAY AROUND LIKE THAT.MOVE BACK.OTHER THAN THAT,I'M O.K. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE DAY.THANKS TO MY SITE.SO DUECES.I'M OUT. 

No Wow

thanks sherwin for that wonderful comment but since we had to go take care of a more serious matter, eric didn't get a chance to finish so stop having a bf

Museum Part 2

So yeah I'm going to the Brooklyn museum and everything is cool...It was a long train ride on the 3 but I'm used to it. When we got off the train me and the 4 people I was with where DUMB TIRED(....really tired). Well we got our act together and I started taping the entrance of the museum and entrance to the event. The auditorium was real big (first time in this museum). I sat and started doing my thing(Slow down) with the camcorder. When it was all said and done I winded up not being able to find the first tape that I had....Major BUMMER!!! We never found the tape and that was a real BIG let down for me...Hopefully what I have on the 2nd tape saves me.


END...Not really

Wow

Where the hell is the picture of our Co leader? Matter a fact where is the picture of the team???....SMH

Brooklyn Museum??...Yup the Museum!!

Well yesterday was very interesting day but sorta not in a good way. Everything started of well in Harlem Live Land...The birds were churping and the sun was shining. I was putting in alot of work for my team by taking a class on speeches and a few blogs. After that everything goes kinda left. First I was supposed to go to a POS(Person On Street) but when we finally got outside and actually started getting some footage...we figure out that we don't have a "explictive" decent mic. Well I wasn't really tight(slang for angry)...My adult supervisor saved the day by buying my crew italian ices...but yeah WE HAD TO WALK BACK. When we got back I couldn't even finish the POS because I had to go do some recording at the Brooklyn Museum...I eat and leave with 4 other members of Team Ambush.


Part 2 in a few hours

My day off!!!

Omg ...... i got sick!

I woke up and right there i started to through up. I felt so bad because i missed a day in Harlem Live. I was bored the whole day with out doing nothing. I was pist because i didnt do nothing. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

 

Keep Talkin

KEEP ON TALKIN YA ISZ ALL DOING A GOOD JOB KEEP ON TALKIN BECAUSE WHILE YOU TALKIN ABOUT ME WE WILL LOSE FIRST PLACE SO GO ON AHEAD KEEP ON TALKIN.

Holding On

I feel like I didn't get much work done today cause like yea we took classes and wrote blogs but as far as work like stories and stuff, I don't think I got much work done. I hate being idle especially at HL because there is so much work to do. I feel like I'm slipping as a leader like I need to get a grip. It seems like every where I turn, someone has something to say. I don't want to be mean because if I do get a little tough, there's backlash. I wish I could depend on my partner mores so that there would be less chaos but I guess me taking it all on will just make me stronger once I get my footing. But I can't be doing that bad considering my team is in first place by a large margin which I am so happy about but I know that we have to maintain that lead by doing more. I feel that once we spilt the story list up, things we'll go smoother. Today. I had my very first experience at a precinct. Why, you ask? Well one of my teammates doesn't know how to keep their hands to himself. I went on a bike ride through the upper east side, though. That was cool. I hope tomorrow goes much better so that we can get what we need. I'm learning to be more patient with people I would normally ignore and keep my temper in check. I'm such a good girl;)

LALALALALA

Okay today was fun. I had a class with Mr. John McCay (not john mccain guys). Yea he was the best teacher i've had so far (or maybe waarith) because he actually felt interested in what he was teaching. He told us to feel what we say and say what we feel. Yea I woke up and my throat was sore so i could barely swallow so i couldn't taste coco's cuisine *tear*. And i was dumb hungry. I did all my work and fooled around terrorizing dushawn with peanuts (he's allergic to em'). Oh yea and i heard NaNa got arrested for touching a woman......HAHAHAHAHAHA that's crazy. I dont think he would ever do that. SO..yup i had a good day and im about to video tape harlemLIVE so if you want more footage of HarlemLIVE, and award winning online teen magazine go to www.myspace.com/youngjzj_buzzin

Harlem Live...Be LIVE.

Today is live...I mean like Shem got the drums poppin off and Matthew is over here acting the monkey with the fake Nana accent. Smh this place is piff...(random) I'm hungry (random)


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TODAY

TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY.WE HAD A CLASS WITH JOHN MCKAY.WE HAVE A MOVIE SCREENING TO GO TO AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM AT 7 TONIGHT.MY GROUP HAS FOUND NEW WAYS TO PRESENT ON FRIDAY.ITS GONNA BE CRAZY.I WANT TO TALK THIS FRIDAY.SO LETS C HOW DAT GOES.MY TEAM IS TAKING IT THIS WEEK.

MADZ TIRED!!!!!!

I still have to stay longer and it's not even three man come on man come on. Where ya at no one is here and im stuck with a group of morning people when I'm not even in nobody's team thats here this is crazy I tell you crazy!DUCESZ 

The Claws Come Out

Today, once again, the majority of my team showed up punctually. I hope this continues on because I think we could get much more work. My team took 3 classes today which we're so hyped about because we're in last place as far as overall points go and we need to find ways to close the gap. Today day didn't go too well as far a team unity goes. I got into an argument with Matthew about his lack of leadership in our group. It got a little heated and since he wasn't hearing anything I said and wanted mock me, I left. I don't know if this duo will work but you have to try. I'm so upset because one of our key tapes, with two stories on it, got lost. And the people who lost it really tried to make me look for it like it's my fault. I didn't appreciate that one bit but since that tape is crucial, I gritted my teeth and searched. I wish I had a cutthroat attitude that would allow me to do mean things without feeling guilty i.e. delete another team's pictures off the camera they shouldn't have used. I had the opportunity to do it but I hate feeling guilty so I didn't. But I'm sure I'll get tougher and meaner in the weeks to come because a bit of ruthlessness is necessary to win.

My day

My day at harlemLIVE just keeps getting better and better. I'm having more connections with people, i'm more comfortable, and everything is coming to me easier. But i'm multi-tasking. I have to post profile, post poems, post stories, press badges, and some other things i cant remember right now. so yea w/e i guess i get more points like that. Okay so later alligators...(in a while crocodile).

OH BOY

WE WENT OUT TO DO A STORY AND THE PLACE WE WENT TO DIDNT LET US TAKE PICTURES OR SHOOT VIDEO.THAT WAS WHACK.WE REALLY ANTICIPATED ON THAHT STORY FOR POINTS AND THEY MESSED US UP.THAT'S WHY IM GOING TO THE HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE ON THURSDAY SO THAT COULD BE FOR OUR BUSINESS STORY.WE ALSO HAVE TO GO TO HUE-MAN FOR A BOOK SIGNING WITH TERRY WOODS.THAT SHOULD BE FUN.

SMOOCHEZ

Team Ambush

YO!!!!!!!!! Team Ambush I repeat Team Ambush starting now step ya game up hand in points post blogs go on stories no slacking I catch you, you are finished so start now come on do ya want to win so get on it we in third place the others are like oh well take them out the way so you know what I say AMBUSH!!!!!! because they will not see us coming!!!!!! DUCESZ!!!!!

MII DAY 2 DAY!!!!

Today i was pretty busy. When i came in Harlem Live today @ 3:00 I got to work right away because i needed to finish a lot for me to get points. Today all video people are going somewhere today with Luisa. Anyways lately i been having fun and @ the same time doing my work.

TODAY was a good day

WATS GOOD YA'LL.I CAME IN KIND OF LATE BUT IM CATCHING UP.MY TEAM MEMBERS PUT ME ON WHAT TO DO.TODAY I WENT TO THE AFRICAN MARKET ON 116TH ST.IT WAS OKAY.GOOD THING I WENT AFTER LUNCH BECAUSE I WAS NERVOUS AT FIRST.I DONT LIKE REJECTION.WELL I DOT TAKE REJECTION PRETTY WELL.GOOD THING I WON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THAT ANYMORE.IT WAS MORE AT EASE AFTER WE GOT STARTED.THANKS TO THE CAMERAMAN ERIC.

TEAM AMBUSH

Sha's Poem # 1

Black love
Black Love you can see it in my eyes
Touch thugs or sluts though she is not alive
She died in the 80’s although I didn’t cry
I didn’t realize that I need her in my life
BUT
Now we in the future situations I’m not use to (sp)
Women in my life and I’m in needing me a suture
To stitch up the scars in my heart of coarse
But I’m getting money now so they took a loss
SEE
The mentality of excluding love from reality
Just baffles me
Something like a world without no gravity
No majesty no compatibility no history……..
Love is that you see and well that gets to me.

New team

Hi yeah this is my new team, it's looking good so far hope it stays that way. I am at work right now but to go on my lunch break, i am starving. I finish my work a little while ago so i started to write another poem and my art gallery story. I am going to come to HL later to finish the rest, it should be done by tomorrow after it gets edit. My poem and movie review i finished already should be posted on the site today. I am trying to catch up you feel me, our team going to win. By the way nice blog site, very creative. Later everybody i should be there at like 5.

Meetings, Meetings, MEETINGS!!!

So yea yesterday was fun. We, Team Ambush, were there for the most part although we were missing a few members. It seems like the whole team is never there together but the majority was there which was good. We all took a journalism class with Blair and then we had a series of meetings. First I had a small one with Rich and he told me informed me about upcoming events that my team should be involved in. He also told me about the switch ups within HL. Immediately following that, we had a meeting with our alumni advisor, Shelise. She was pretty cool and knows a lot about HL considering she was Editor-in-Chief. Her team also won the SYMC challenge two years ago. I am so glad that she is our advisor because I would be nervous of any team that had her because she is too valuable. I think she will help us get very far in this competition. Once Shelise got us working, Kumasi, our Adult Advisor came through and checked up on us and took Naiquan out to do some POS's. We were also introduced to Lon, another Adult Advisor who is great with videos. With all of these great influences, I don't see how we can lose. Kumasi plans on getting in touch with us to schedule a media site visit at ABC which I am really excited about. I have a lot of things to talk to my team about regarding stories and hours. It is a bit difficult being a leader but since I like my team, I think I will overcome. Nella, Stephen, and myself went bike riding yesterday and the bike ripped one of the legs in my jeans. I had to go home with a big, gaping rip in my pants. It was so mortifying but I like to think it builds character. I am disappointed that my team is in last place points wise but I think we'll catch up once every hands in their points sheet. We have to get organized, we'll be unstoppable.

About Time!!!

I am finally writing on my team blog. For the most part I like my team. People will only annoy me occasionally. I still feel awkward around everyone, but it's nothing new. I can get through everything with my ipod and my religion, but I no longer have my ipod. So my religion is going to have to shoulder all the responsibility of keeping me sane. Now that I mention it let's talk about my ipod.
I miss my boo so much. My ipod broke up with me. I am so lonely. I don't even know what I did wrong. Things seemed like they were going great. My ipod would do the best shuffles ever. I treated that ipod better than all of my boyfriends and this is how it shows it's gratitude. My ipod is being an ungrateful _ _ _!!! We have been through so much together and it has gotten me through some really tough times. When ever I was sad it always knew how to cheer me up. Nights when I couldn't sleep it would stay up all night with me and sing to me until I went to sleep. When ever I was angry it would help me block out all of the bad things in the world. We have had trouble before, but we could always fix it. This time it doesn't seem like we are gonna work things out . So I'm gonna have to move on. Maybe I'll go to the apple store tomorrow and find a new lover.

Today

Okay today was a good day. We got organized with our alumni advisor and talked about our tasks and in which order we should do them. Them really cleared all the mess and organize our team. I think we can win this. I also had classes with blair on interviewing skills. I mostly fooled around. Rich kept bothering me taking my hat, screaming in my ear, acting stupid. Dushawn is dumb over here talking to kumasi about some park thingy so yea....bye.

I Rhyme Ambush

Matthew Sneh is my name. its been a while since i posted a blog, what a shame. yes it shuld be i to blame, for my inconsistency and lazyness which is lame. My goal is to step it up and to put my team on track. my team is in third place, but soon we will be first on the map. its a fact that my team werkin well not hard. we have journalist, video producers and photographers, with Me and Fatima aking Charge. Fatima and I, a strong Duo. We are a strong Duo of leaership which will take or team far. the first week of the challenge i did three stories within 2 dayz, one political and two stories in which people can view whether any age. there is another story on the works, Wordspit, a rapper from brooklyn who spit words like acid and uses words to shank dudes like assassins. All must be done, hopefully by the end of this week. From all the videos i have in store, my team will be on the front of the map for sure.

Today day

Today was ok. I got late to HL.I had the chance to video record people today. Also i went to Luisa to all the subways to film.Eventhough my day was slow i still did a lot of blogs and helped people in my group. I hope i get more experience from this program.

TODAY

TODAY I WARMED UP MORE TO THE GROUP.NOW THAT WE KNOW OUR ROLES,IT IS EASIER TO DO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.MY NEW TEAM MEMBERS ARE EASY TO GET ALONG WITH.SOME OF THEM ARE JUST ON THEIR EGO TRIPS.THATS REALLY NOT GONNA WORK BECAUSE THERE IS NO I IN TEAM.SO EVERYONE,GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.WE ARE IN IT FOR THE WIN.THATS THE REASON FOR ATTENDING EVERY CLASS AND WORKSHOP THERE IS.WE GOT THIS.IT ALSO HELPED THAT WE WENT BIKE RIDING.I HAD FUN.IT WAS REFRESHING BECAUSE I CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I RODE A BIKE.YAY ME.

TEAM AMBUSH WILL WIN.

YEA I GOT SWITCHED TO A NEW TEAM.TEAM AMBUSH.ITS GOOD AND ALL BUT TEAM SUPA NOVAZ WILL ALWAYS BE THERE IN MY HEART.MY NEW MEMBERS AND I GET ALONG QUITE WELL.THEY'RE ABOUT GETTING THEIR WORK DONE,WHICH IS GREAT IN A COMPETITION.WHY DID THEY HAVE TO SPLIT US UP.THE SAME LAZY ONES ARE BACK IN MY GROUP SO ITS JUST AS MUCH WORK.SO FAR SO GOOD.LETS SEE WHAT THE SUMMER BRINGS.

OVER AND OUT SMOOCHEZ

NEW TEAM

GOT A NEW TEAM.TEAM AMBUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ITS ON AND POPPIN.PPL NEED TO PICK UP DA SLACK CUZ AMBUSH HAS NO LOSERS.

Second Post

I am finally invited to my team blog when every one been saying write, write, write. It's been bugging me out. But now if you want me to write I can write I will write more and more to make up for it then I can make up for my team and get a lot of blogs on my team blog. Today I have just mad the second blog but I will be the more productive one on my team better than everyone one else and I will try to be the best too. Anyone on my team come see me for any help or advice. TEAM AMBUSH!!!!! DUCESZ!!!!  

Our First Week

What exactly is a scavenger hunt? Dictionary.com defines it as, "a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items." Yea, I think we have a slightly different take. For two days, four teams scoured the city for 50 odd items on a list. Although the current members on our team were in different groups for the hunt, our experiences were similar. We all visited the same places, met the same people, and walked the same distances. By 5pm on July 3rd, we were all beat.

As we look back on our experiences that week, we realize how important those events were and how they will impact us throughout the next couple of weeks. That scavenger hunt was our first lesson on teamwork. Whether or not you liked your team, you had to work with them to achieve the goal of winning. The arduous task of winning took a lot of effort, skill, and strategy. It was a lot of work but in the end, most of the teams got through it. The members of Team Ambush had many things to say.

Eric wrote on his very first blog, "Yesterday was my second day here @ HarlemLIVE, We were assigned a task "scavenger hunt" as Rich called it. It was intense; we were divided into 4 groups. Once they assigned our groups, they were out to work. Some of us had to stay here to do computer work for the scavenger hunt; I was one of them. Staying here with one of my group member, Courtney, was cool. We got our work done and we helped the others in the city get to the places with the right directions. I am really enjoying it here at HarlemLIVE. The environment is awesome!!!" That kind of enthusiasm is the essence of the scavenger hunt and what it takes to win,

Christian had similar sentiments about part one of the scavenger hunt as he wrote, "What we did yesterday was difficult and at the same time fun and painful because we went on a scavenger hunting all the way from uptown to downtown. One of our tasks was to find a pastry store and that was a lot of walking. Tomorrow we are going to scavenger hunt again because we did not have a chance to finish it today so the battle is still on. Team 4 is gonna WIN!!!" His confidence in his team allowed him enabled him to forget about the pain of walking.

Fatima, who participated in only part two's hunt, seemed to suffer more pain as she wrote, " I have a headache..a very very bad headache. A headache that is making it impossible for me to even think. Why do I have a headache you ask? Well when you spend, oh say, six hours running around the city finding menu's and business cards not to mention waterfalls that are barely visible from the Brooklyn Bridge, you'd have a headache as well. So yea, that's how my day went. I'm oh so tired. Tired like i could totally fall asleep standing. With my eyes open. SLEEPING while STANDING with MY EYES OPEN!!!! But all in all, despite being completely worn out and the migraine (yes my headache has expanded into a migraine), I had fun. Mike and Stephen and their tireless "live nude men" antics made this whole process more bearable. Columbia University is really nice with all the pretty buildings and nice smelling green grass. Yea...that was definitely one of the high points of my day. And I really like TekServe and their ten cent vintage Coke bottles and all the old Apple stuff. The boat basin was cool...you know like walking along the river even though we weren't allowed to go onto the docks. I was so psyched to go on this scavenger hunt yesterday but I have come to the sad conclusion that I am not, I repeat, NOT a scavenger. I mean I love the city and all but, no. Not for me. But I did enjoy myself and that's important, you know having fun. I know that sounds like a cliche but it's true; at least to me anyway." Despite her aches, she and her team preserved and enjoyed the experience.

Nana had thoughts about the experience and his team as well as he wrote, "Today I liked it a lot. It was cool and okay. This scavenger hunt is very stressful. I really don't like it at all. But I am sure that my team won we put a lot into this and I hope that it paid off because it really got on my nerves. I did so much today and I don't know what else to do I went downtown twice and walk, walk, and walk; all this walking is making me die. When I win I'll be so happy. HOLLA!" He may have not enjoyed it as much, but he had confidence in his team and that is important.

Naiquan, who did not participate in the scavenger hunt at all, experienced a different experience on his own. He wrote, " Well my days are still filled up...it was cool walking into the HarlemLIVE office and seeing so many people working and being busy. It's relieving to see more people than myself in the office. Life is cool @ HarlemLIVE." He later commented on his team by saying, "So today was the first official team day. All the teams met up and I just want to say that teammates and I are taking the crown, the prizes, or whatever there is to win this summer. LOL. Y'all other teams better watch out....get on your story grind up... Really though I am just playing. Excited to really connect and get to know my teammates, create good art, and...Have fun!"

Eric, later that week, wrote, "So far, i like it here at HarlemLIVE. In my eyes it looks like I'm going to learn a lot and learn new things. Today we talked about the challenges that we will have to face; I'm really looking forward to it. Last summer I went to Cornell University for a business plan competition and my team lost 2nd place. I was devastated…lol. So with this, I want to WIN first PLACE. And I will keep my head up and as well help my other team members become # 1. I don't want to get 2nd place again. I am also looking forward to the classes like photography or video and as well as journalism. As for the staff so far, they are pretty cool."

The experiences in the last week are essential in to Team Ambush's success because we learned about teamwork and winning. The scavenger hunt was sort of a preview of the challenges we will face this summer and how to persevere. We are a good, strong team, and losing is not an option. With that said, let the games begin!!!