Reflection #2

I saw Iron Man 2 this past weekend. It was exciting, but I liked the first one better. The first Iron Man movie stood out to me because it had to do with current events and it had a non-cheesy moral. It is different from most superhero movies. The new movie was very exciting and fast-paced. It had a lot of elements from the comic books, I guess, because I had no idea where this weird guy called Dr. Fury came from. It was a great action movie, and the acting was good. There was an amazing car chase. I didn't quite see the things that set the first movie apart, though.

Article #2

"Hirshhorn survey gathers Yves Klein's innovative blue" by Blake Gopnik is an article that raves about the wonderfulness of abstract art. Apparently, a canvass painted completely in blue represents an endless void of humanity. I disagree. There is beauty that changes people, inspires them, even saves them, but a single monochromatic picture is not art. This french guy made a pretty blue paint, which I think is nice, but then he made a blank blue canvass. I don't understand how that can be meaningful. I suppose I am being narrow-minded, and not considering that what is meaningful to me would not be meaningful to others.

"Untitled Blue Monochrome (IKB 46)," 1955. Private Collection. (Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's, "Obsession de la levitation (Le Saut dans le vide)" (Shunk-Kender - Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Untitled Blue Sponge Sculpture (SE 89)," c. 1960. Private Collection. (Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives - Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Globe terrestre bleu (RP 5)" [Blue Globe], 1961. Private Collection. (Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives - Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 100)," 1960. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1998 (98.23). (Lee Stalsworth - Courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden)

Senior Reflection #1

I really enjoyed my last two years in high school. I took the most difficult course load this year, and I wish I hadn't taken so many AP's. However, now that all the AP's are over(except Physics...) I am pretty happy. The hardest class I had this year was Calculus. I wasn't sure that I would do well in that class, and last year my precalc teacher did not reccomend that I take BC Calc. I had to do lots of work and study a lot, but I did well mostly because our teacher is great. I don't know what I got on the AP test, but I think I passed. Now we are taking it easy in Calc class.

Article #1

I read the article "Oil spill imperils an unseen world at the bottom of the gulf" by Joel Achenbach in the Washington Post.

The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking tons of oil into the ocean, and not just affecting the birds that get covered in oil. The deep sea life is being affected a lot because of the chemicals used to disperse the oil disperses it into the deep sea. There are coral reefs and crabs and sharks and other freaky creatures that look like nothing we sea above the ocean. The article said that the natural processes of the deep sea life will eventually clean up the Gulf, because the life that deep is used to harsh conditions. Some bacteria even eat oil. I think that this catastrophe should teach companies to be more careful with products that can damage the environment.