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Entry 6: Aftermath

TED Talk           Soooooo... I hate public speaking. The TED Talk was a complete and utter failure, I mean, I did meet the requirements, but I still hated every second I was up on stage. I managed to get through the whole thing, surprisingly, but I talked extremely fast and I am pretty sure my TED Talk was like under 3 minutes. That is probably one of the worst parts about the TED Talk, because I timed myself a hundred times, and managed to get 5-6 minutes most of the time because I had good pauses and kept a decent speed, but then stress just snatched my extra 2-3 minutes that I needed. Afterwards I deliberately ran out of the school to the bus because I wanted to escape the comments from everyone and get it officially over with. The Actual Project           So now for my opinions on the actual project that we have been doing for the past 6 weeks, I feel accomplished, but a bit rushed. I did manage to reach my goal of throwing a c...
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Entry 5: I DID IT

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The Day Has Finally Come           After a few days of a break, I have gotten back to throwing cards at apples, and to my surprise, I did it! From about 4 feet away, and with a hit ratio of 1:17.6 (5 hit out of 2 decks of 44), I managed to impale an apple with a card! My five difference impales can be seen below: Out of the Blue           The most interesting thing to me is the random jump in how well I was doing. I was not able to complete my 4th goal on my timeline, which was to impale cardboard. I mean, I just barely made my 2nd goal, which was to hit a 6-inch diameter target, or my 3rd of impaling Styrofoam. Yet somehow after taking a 3-5 day break, I was able to dominate this apple, I managed to impale it halfway through my fir st deck of 44, which surprised me a ton. I feel my improvement can be described through the diagram below: Is That It?           Well, I guess I am done, I have done...
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Entry 4: Wasted (Vlog)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lYacWT3H1nucUZI_iIb3cezX8OTkwls8 Disclaimer:           Sorry for not following the correct format, but Vimeo wanted me to pay like $25 dollars for extra upload storage, as my video was too large. Same with Blogger, the maximum is 100MB, and my video is around 600MB. As I am on the topic of numbers, Vimeo's limit was around 500MB.
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Entry 3: The Omen of Death

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Legend of the Banshee           There is an old legend in Ireland, of a creature called a Banshee. A Banshee is said to be a fairy that is a disembodied spirit, which can appear in any of the following forms: - A beautiful woman wearing a shroud - A pale woman in a white dress with long red hair - A woman with a long silver dress and silver hair - A headless woman carrying a bowl of blood that is naked from the waist up - An old woman with frightening red eyes, a green dress and long white hair - An old woman with a veil covering her face, dressed all in black with long grey hair           You may have heard of a Banshee, but all the stories that were told consist of some sort of scream, right? The 'caoine', which means 'keening', is an Irish warning that there will be a death in the family soon. Because of Irish families coming together through marriage, it is said that every family has its own Banshee. Do I Look L...
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Entry 2: Purpose? Who Needs a Purpose?

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Note To Readers           Now, I know when Mr. Perlman reads this he will become very angry, but here it goes anyway. Not all things have a greater meaning, an idea which I feel Language Arts teachers either do not understand, or just do not care.                                       Wait, Teachers Are Good At Their Jobs           Dang it, Mr. Perlman wins again. Of course everything has a deeper meaning, even card throwing, otherwise I would not be able to choose this as a topic. Card throwing may not reach the bottom of the ocean as books like Les Miserables might, but it does have some significance. Get To The Point           As I was saying, card throwing has a deeper meaning, or at least the way I am preforming it. Everything in the world has some sort of significance, the most common ones are skill...
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Entry 1: Get A Grip!

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Humble Beginnings           Alexander Herrmann, Ricky Jay, and Howard Thurston, our great founding fathers, or the card throwing grip founding fathers. These three men have developed the three most famous card grips, the Herrmann Grip, the Jay Grip, and the Thurston Grip, obviously as all humble men do, they named each one after themselves.       Alexander Herrmann                            Ricky Jay                                Howard Thurston             I'm Magically A Magician           Despite knowing three, very efficient, card throwing grips, I still cannot throw at the speed of sound, although the only sound you will hear are my screams of rage, so I will have to practice. There are many other factors in play whe...
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