Magazine ad change

The current ad is geared toward woman and protecting their skin from the sun.

To change this ad up, I would put it in TransWorld SURF Magazine.

The picture on the ad would have a female surfer in the water on a sunny day sitting on a surf board.

On the right hand side of the ad I would leave the information the same.

(1) Word: Barnburner

(2) Source of Word: Dictionary.com [Word of the Day]

(3) How the word was used:“So, ready for the elder's meeting tonight?” Olan said, pouring himself some coffee. “Should be a barnburner from what I hear.” 

(4) Definition:  Something that is highly exciting or impressive.

(5) My sentence: The party is going to be a barnburner.

Fish Out of Water

Marlena's

 

A wooden sign barely sways left and right titled Marlena's with a paintintg of an elegant and fair woman with a tiara on.

Entering the dark and mysterious place, Marlena's Bar sits in the Middle of Hayes Valley, one of San Francisco's premier hotspots.

Bright pastel green on the ouside and dark burgandy on the inside, the bar illustrates two different worlds.

Its narrow, sleak floor design decieves the eye to make it look much larger than it really is.

The bar is on the left hand side with 3 bartenders serving customers.

To the right of the entrance are a couple of tables and chairs where customers can sit and mingle.

In the far back left corner is a stage with a black velvet curtain dropback where singers, dancers, impersonators and drag queens performer nightly.

The people in the bar are extremely friendly and fun.

There is not a single dull moment at Marlena's.

A sight to see, there are drag queens that tower 6 feet tall in platforms, men in leather pants, belts, jackets and hats, and others with barely anything on.

The night still young, people come and go drunk and jolly happiness and joy filling the smokey air in Marlena's.

An excpetional night, male strippers danced on top of the bar with nothing on but a thong.

Both men and women went crazy placing dollar bills on the counter top and in the stippers' underwear.

Marlena's Bar in San Francisco is a sight to see.

WOW

(1) Word: Reconnoiter

(2) Source of Word: Dictionary.com [Word of the Day]

(3) How the word was used: It was necessary to reconnoiter the corral, in order to ascertain if it was occupied.

(4) Definition: verb; To make an inspection or observation. / To inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. / To examine or survey a region or area for engineering, geological, or other purposes.

(5) My sentence: The captain ordered the soldiers to reconnoiter the area before making their camp base there.

WOW

(1) Word: Tony

(2) Source of Word: Dictionary.com [Word of the Day]

(3) How the word was used: When we ate lunch in a tony restaurant near the Empire State Building, Ricky ordered a turkey sandwich and a glass of milk.

(4) Definition: adjective; High-toned, stylish.

(5) My sentence: The upcoming new shop in downtown is a chic and stylish tony boutique.

Descriptive Feature

Towering 20 feet in the air, the mosaic statue of Olympian, Tommie Smith and John Carlos stands proudly on San Jose State University's campus acknowledging a significant time in history.

The statues are made out of blue hexagon shaped textile and cement.

Standing barefoot, both statues have puma shoes next to their feet which supposedly represented the black panther movement at the time.

The shoes are hollow and made out of metal.

Both Smith and Carlos's sweat pants are rolled up showing their black socks.

Smith's statue is chipped in the back on the left pant toward the bottom.

Smith's jacket is zipped up and Carlos's is unzipped showing his t-shirt and a yellow, green and red necklace on his neck.

Their arms and faces are made out of metal.

Both Smith and Carlos have their eyes open, facial hair and are looking down toward the ground.

Both have serious facial expressions.

Smith is holding a plaque with an olive branch painted on it in his left hand and his right arm is straight up in the air in a fist.

Carlos has his left hand behind his back with his thumb up and his right arm straight up in the air in a fist.

The podium they are standing on is made out of solid cement.

The numbers on the bottom of the podium are made out of black mosaic textile.

Under 1st place are the Olympic rings made out of colored mosaic textile.

WOW

(1) Word: Smite

(2) Source of Word: Online

(3) How the word was used: Smite the nations.

(4) Definition: Strike with a firm blow.

Defeat or conquer (a people or land).

(5) My sentence: I wanted the USA to smite the Japanese.

IMHO

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/19/EDLN1MNU9V.DTL

That's the price of entertainment

In my humble opinion, I believe that San Francisco's entertainment is a huge benefit to the cities revenue, especially the nightlife.

Most of SF's nightlife happens downtown, where residential complaints should be minimal.

Comprises should be made for the residents around the bars, clubs and taverns but I think the main focus should be to improve the city's nightlife.

According to the article, $1 billion of spending comes from the nightlife in SF alone.

In order to improve this number I think the Entertainment Commission should find a way to extend the hours of operation for bars, clubs, taverns, etc. not close them sooner.

Putting more cops and safety patrol on the streets is an excellent idea.

This also gives unemployed people more job opportunities.

Communication between the neighborhoods can also help improve nightlife in SF entirely.

Word of the Week

(1) Word: Rutilant

(2) Source of Word: Dictionary.com

(3) How the word was used: He had a round head as bare as a knee, a corpse's button nose, and very white, very limp, very damp hands adorned with rutilant gems.

(4) Definition: [adjective] Glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.

(5) My sentence: The store was surrounded with rutilant crystals from all over the world.

Mystery Character

I stand 6-feet tall and about 180 pounds.

I have dark brown hair and dark brown flirtatious puppy eyes.

My hair loves to naturally fall into a pompadour hairdo.

Girls everywhere are jealous of my flawless and timeless skin.

I still have baby cheeks.

I have big soft lips.

With my long arm, torso and legs, my hips love to move like a cat clock's tail.

I love to dress in disco flared suits.

My facial expression and posture comes off shy and quiet at times.

I love to speak with a heavy southern accent that girls fall in love with.

Word of the Week #5

(1) Word: Wauled

(2) Source of Word: Words with friends

(3) How the word was used: The girl wauled over the death of her cat.

(4) Definition: [verb] to cry or wail like a cat.

(5) My sentence: The Checker's family wauled over the loss of their house.

Word of the Week #4

(1) Word: Quadrennial

(2) Source of Word: Friend

(3) How the word was used: The presidential election is quadrennial.

(4) Definition: [adjective] occurring every four years.

(5) My sentence: The Olympic games is a quadrennial event.

Word of the Week #3

(1) Word: Vendeuse

(2) Source of Word: Words with friends.

(3) How the word was used: I am a vendeuse.

(4) Definition: [noun] a saleswoman especially in the fashion industry

(5) My sentence: The vendeuse helped me find my outfit.

Fairy tale #2 and #3 and #4

The Little Mermaid will have 24 hours to get a true kiss before she will be turned into sea foam forever.

Aladdin must save his friends and the love of his life from the wrath of the evil Jafar.

Prince Charming will wed a peasant Saturday at 3pm in the Kingdom.

News Story

San Jose State’s Student Union will be completed March 2014 due to architectural delays.

Problems with water leakage have delayed the construction two months.

Cathi Busalacchi, executive director of Student Union Inc. said, “When we were drilling for a
service elevator on the left side it actually, the aquifer, the water came up and they had to plug it up two or three times.”

A different route was found for the elevator, and work is making its way back on track.

Students on campus have mixed feelings about the entirety of this project.

Liza Garcia, an advertising and graphic design major said, “I don’t like the fact that the school is using my money to build this when I won’t even be here when it’s completed; it’s a complete waste of my money personally.”

Many students like Garcia, are not happy with the construction that is going on with the Student Union.

Jessica Marquez, a third year undergraduate student said, “I’m glad that the Student Union is
being renovated and expanded. It also gives me something to look at when I pass by.”

Others are glad to see that San Jose State is putting its money back into the school, even
though it will take longer than expected.

3 Different Media's-Presidential Elections

Television

The segment on the television about the presidential election was 8 minutes and 32 seconds long.

It was an interview between a man and a woman talking about the candidates of the presidential election with 10 second clips on each person speaking.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1467240548001/the-state-of-the-gop-race-according-to-the-donald/?playlist_id=87485

Radio

This is an interview with Jackie Gingrich Cushman, daughter of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

It lasted 16 minutes and 50 seconds.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/aacons/2012/02/15/interview-with-jackie-gingrich-cushman-vern-mckinley

Newspaper

The article is from the San Jose Mercury online.

It is 17 paragraphs long.

http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_20020294

Snow White's Fairytale Rescue

The Prince and Snow White wed Saturday in the kingdom after a daring kiss that saved her life and changed his forever.

Favorite Writing

I am not much of a reader.

Recently, I have found a website composed of numerous articles, editors and bloggers that collaborate to bring viewers the hottest and newest trends in the United States as well as 6 different hot spots.

The hot spot that I focus on is San Francisco since that is my hometown and where I go to on the weekends.

One particular editor that I like to follow is Katie Hintz-Zambrano. Her articles appeal to me in a way that I found useful and helpful. One column that I enjoy to read is "5 Things to know This AM."

In the most recent article, she gave spoke about artists performing in San Francisco and the cheapest and best food places in San Francisco.

With each mini description she provided a link to actually go to the website where the information is provided.

Her other articles range from the best spa's in San Francisco to "What we'd buy if we were a facebook billionaire."

This range allows me to keep up with what's happening in San Francisco and I get to learn a thing or two about something I didn't already know.

This is certainly not a typical column or editor you find in the Wallstreet Journal or NY Times but it is one that I find interest in and actually enjoy reading.

Word of the Week #2

(1) Word: Succinctly

(2) Source of Word: My business textbook

(3) How the word was used: The company states its case as succinctly as possible.

(4) Definition: [adverb] with concise and precise brevity; to the point

(5) My sentence: Explain your side of the story succintly, no beating around the bush.

Word of the Week #1

(1) Word: Disseminate

(2) Source of Word: My boyfriend.

(3) How the word was used: The Internet has allowed information to disseminate faster than its predecessors radio or television.

(4) Definition: (verb) To scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse.

To distribute or scatter about; diffuse.

(5) My sentence: The president disseminated a lot of information during his State of the Union address.

All About Me :D :D :D

At the age of four, I witnessed a man go on a shooting spree around my apartment complex.

At the age of five, I saw my father being brutally attacked my four police officers in front of my apartment.

I grew up going to Catholic school.

My mom is Austrian and my dad is Polish.

I can speak Polish but not German.

I grew up playing sports but developed my athletic career in competitive gymnastics.

My dad sent me to Poland every summer to train with the Women's Polish National gymnastics team.

We traveled to places like Greece and Belarus to train with other countries.

Originally, I decided to come to San Jose State for gymnastics.

Unfortunately, my injuries prevented me from competing for San Jose State.

San Jose State's reputation for public relations and mass communications was astounding so I had to stay.

Now, I am a third year, public relations major.

I am the first person in my life to go to college and hopefully graduate from college.

I am a full time student, an intern and a gymnastics coach.

I currently intern at HP Pavilion.

I am a recreation coordinator at California Sports Center.

My main focus is event planning and I would like to become an event planner some day.

My favorite colors are green and purple!

I love swimming, dancing, and relaxing with friends!

I am very fortunate and grateful for everything that I have in my life.