Kyros Tablet

Of all the electronic devices I've ever used, I'd have to say that the Kyros Tablet made by Coby is one of the most durable and portable devices I ever had. It's light-weight, touch-screen, it won't be completely destroyed if it gets hit or wet, and it holds a lot of memory. I have always broken a phone, laptop, or an iPad I recieved, but this Tablet just won't let me do that. I love it!

Point of View

The way people percieve things is amazing. I can't count the multiple times I've shown people stuff and they seen things differently afterwards. Take this picture for example. I was at my best friend's house when I took this picture. She had went upstairs and everyone else had went to the basement. I called her and everyone else to come see the picture I took then asked them where did I take this pictures at. Most of them had said that I took it in her mom's room because you could see the rooftops of the front of the houses, and the others didn't have a clue! When I told them the answer to the question they were amazed. The answer was that I had taken this picture on the the couch in the living room. I took this picture because I liked the fact that it looked as though you had taken that picture from higher, but in reality you've only been on ground level. Isn't the point of view amazing?

What I Want To See

I know that my pictures look a hot mess but this is what I want to see in my community. The first picture is a sketch of my vision for the vacant lot that is across the street from Houseman Playground on Godfrey and Summerdale Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. When I was conducting a survery about the needs of my community, the people that I interviewed down to the the youngest one said that our community needs more activites for the kids. We have a playground, but it's not always the best place to be at. Primarily because there is very to do, and trash, glass, drugs, diapers, and bullets lying around. I know this to be a fact because of my short venture there on the Fourth of July.  The swings for the older kids are missing, the see-saw for the little kids had to be removed, the swing set for the little kids are wrapped up around the bars so high that it's rediculous, and just abot everywhere on the vecinatey has graffiti on it. Also, they don't have much acess to it for people who are handi-capped. That is my vision for the Housemen in the Second picture. I also want Houseman to be able to buy the vacant lot across the street from them to create the Creation Station for the kids and teens in our community. The Create Station would be an outlet for kids to show off their skills and to help them to expand upon what they're good at. It'd be an area for painting, dancing, scuplturing, baking, singing, inventing, drawing, etc. Anything that the child was good at they could show everybody there. In my case it would be photography, poetry, and singing. I would just like to know what the other kids in my community can do and make friends with them because that's what this is all about.

Whimsical Feeling

   The other day when I was bored I took pictures of  my yard. I didn't know why I would because it's a mess right now, but then again it has a magical feeling about it at night. I almost was expecting tiny fairies to pop out and orange sparkles to float around in the air. I guess that was because I was watching Tinker Bell with my younger sister. Either way, it gave me a peaceful feeling last night. I believe that at times most things in nature have their own time and way of being enchanting, and think that one of the best things about be a photojournalist is that you get to capture the moments of life in which they are in a way beautiful.

Expect The Unexpected

In my experience, it is always best to expect the unexpected. Today is just of those days where I have too. You see, when I got on the train this morning I was not expecting to hear that there was a fire in Girard, and that I would have to get off the El (elavated-train),  at Huntigdon station. I had to wait for 10 minutes in the heat with these lovely people you see in these pictures. I also didn't expexct the computer I was using to freeze up on me, but it did. Pray for me people! I think I'm really going to need it today. As always thank you for reading my blog. I hope you enjoy it!

You Gotta Do It

I aspire to be a photojournalist in the near future, and so, in order to achieve that goal, as of tomorrow (or when ever I make a post), I'm going to post at least one picture of something and then tell you about what I think of it and why I chose that picture(s) to post. I was going to start doing that today, but unfortunately I forgot the USB cord for my camera and I'm not home. Anyway, I want feed back, critics, and anything else from you guys and girls who read. What do you think I need to add, change or get rid of on my blog. Hit me up! I want to hear from you, the people that read my blog. I know you're out there, and I see my audience. I want to get to know you, as you get to know me. You can contact me four ways:

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• Email: sherissa.griffiths@gmail.com
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Worse Upon Worse

Okay.... So guess what everybody? If you haven't already noticed my Internet at home is off, so I can't post a lot of blog posts for you lovely people out there. Bummer, right? But anyway, as usual my bad luck has screwed me over. You see, before anything really bad in my life actually happens, I can sense it. And that's  exactly what happened 2 weeks ago. Remember how I told you that I was doing a lot of writing for the College Admissions Marathon? Well, 2 days after I posted my last blog I had the strangest feeling that something was wrong. I know it wasn't where I was because I was all the way at Haverford College, and my house is an hour and a half away. The whole time I was scratching myself when I was alone, and trying my hardest not to when I was with other but I didn't know why until I got back home. I'm not at liberty to discuss my current situation right now but it's just a total mess. I hope it'll be over soon. I'm actually supposed to be doing something else right now, but I just wanted to say to all you who read my blog, please continue to share the information about my blog. If you have any feedback or questions about anything I post, please feel free to contact me in the following ways:

• E-mail: sherissa.griffihs@gmail.com
• Cell #: 215-554-9942
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