Music Video Editing Blog

My group has been editing our music video for 2 days. Thankfully, we didn't have any technical difficulty issues with the laptops and desktops in our classroom. We decided to use Laurens laptop because it has Imovie. We find it easier to work with Imovie because pinnacle studios held up our editing process when we were editing the commercial. Our music video isn't due until next Monday at 12:30, I think we should have this done by Friday or at the end of today. We began editing by dumping all of our footage into Laurens google drive. After all of our footage was dumped onto Laurens google drive we transferred it to Imovie. The transfer took a while because we recorded 75 takes. We should have enough takes to fill in takes that we might cut out. 

We used the storyboard to assist us with editing. Our storyboard included different types of transitions that we wanted to use for certain parts of the music video. The first thing that we did was look at the takes we recorded for the first scene. The first scene was recorded in Laurens living room. In this scene we were listening to the music and discussing how much we liked it. We didn't realize that our footage was so long so we ended up cutting a lot of the scenes. We did this so we would be able to add in other takes that we took. for instance we have tons of mall footage but we ended up not adding some of it in because of our time limit. Also, because we recorded in different areas and some areas looked better then others. 

We took the modeling takes that we filmed in Forever 22 and we split them up so that we could add more takes. So when one person walked down the runway the next scene would shot an establishing shot of stores that we went into. Our commercial can be up to 1 minute and 20 seconds. While we were editing we had to watch what scenes we added because some of them were too long. 

To make editing easier Lauren and I thought that it would be better for us to place all of the footage that we plan on using first. After we placed it and edited each take then we would go back and add on things such as transitions or time changes. By time changes I mean slowing down or speeding up footage. We sped up the walking footage because that wasn't something that necessarily needed to be seen. We slowed down the footage of Anishka modeling because it looked extremely well and it went along with the beat of the song. 

We didn't do a split screen because it wasn't necessary. The transitions that we added were: swipe ups, side swipes, etc. Filming and editing this music video was honestly a great experience that I will remember. I can't wait to film again.

Filming Blog : A day at the mall

Today I will be writing a blog about my filming journey. On Wednesday, November 27 my group and I met up at Laurens house around 4 in the after noon. I was the first to arrive, with me I brought my 6 foot led ring light. We thought it would assist us with getting good lighting for our music video. When I arrived at Laurens house Lauren and I decided to set everything up in her living room. A few minutes later Jarvia arrived. Jarvia was responsible for bringing the camera as well as the tripod with her. We set the tripod directly in front of the ring light and attached the camera onto it. Anishcka was running a little late because her mom took a detour so that kind of pushed back our filming process. Anishcka arrived to Laurens house at about 5 o'clock. As soon as Anishcka arrived she changed and we got straight to filming our music video.
Lauren connected her phone to the speaker and the intro to the song played at a low volume in the background. The first scene that we recorded was the scene of us talking about how good the song is. The next scene that we recorded was of Lauren and Jarvia singing the lyrics of the song while Anishcka and I danced around in the background. After we filmed all of the scenes that needed to be filmed in a living room setting we headed outside to record some shots of us dancing in the road. Three of us had batons in our hand while we danced around and one of us controlled the camera. After filming this scene we filmed shots of us walking/partying to the car. We also had the music playing in the background during this shot also. Once we finished filming all of the scenes that needed to be filmed at Laurens home Lauren drove us to the mall, with the supervision of her dad in the car with us.
We arrived to Sawgrass Mall around 7:15-7:30. We parked in the parking garage near the high end shopping outlets. We brought the tripod with us as well, even though most of the shots were going to be hand held. We tried to film a shot of all of us walking across the walkway but the security guard said we needed permission from the mall owners to film. After that we decided to go into the elevator and film an establishing shot of the mall from a high angle. We also did a pan shot of us dancing in the elevators. Once we finished filming the elevator scene I took the camera and filmed my other group members walking across the walkway and into the mall.
Before we entered the mall we saw some Christmas decorations so we decided to get some shots near them. There was a big snowball lit by led lights and people were able to walk through it so we recorded a scene of us dancing through the giant snowball. Eventually we made our way into the mall and recorded shots of us pushing Lauren on the shopping cart. We went into different stores such as Target, Zumiez, and Forever 21. In Forever 21 we recorded shots of us modeling different clothes that we tried on.
After we gabbed a bite to eat in the food court we made our way outside to the arcade. We filmed shots of us playing video games and shots of us playing basketball. After we did that we recorded a scene of us jumping off of a bench near a waterfall.
At the end of the night we had an idea to make our music video seem like a big weird dream that we all had. Once we made it back to Laurens house we filmed our last scene. In this scene we acted like we were shocked when we woke up from the dream. After filming a couple of takes for that scene we were done filming our music video. All that's left for us to do is dump our footage and edit our music video.

Filming Blog : How we didn't film

   Unfortunately, this weekend my group and I couldn't film our music video due to complications that came up. For one, I went to the Florida classics football game. It's a big football game between two historical black colleges. The two colleges are Bethune Cookman University and Florida A&M University. Another complication that came up was Laurens ankle injury. Unfortunately, Lauren hurt her ankle in soccer practice. Now she's on crutches which pushes back our filming process. It pushes it back because in certain scenes we planned to run throughout the mall and dance. This week we plan to film Tuesday after noon or sometime this week. The plan is to meet up at Laurens house and film the first scene. After that we'll head to Sawgrass Mills Mall to film the rest of the music video.
   Even though these complications occurred we are still going to film this week. This blog was supposed to be about why my group was unable to film our video this past week. Now that I've told you why we were unable to film I'll tell you about our future filming plans. When we start to film our music video we'll begin recording at Laurens house. We haven't decided if we're going to record in her room or her living room. We should have our final decision by the day we begin to film. Either location will work. After we film inside of Laurens home we will film on the outside of her house for a short period of time. That's when we'll record the tracking shot of all 4 of us walking to the car heading to the mall. Once we record a few takes of this then we'll meet up at the mall. Lauren or Jarvia will take the camera and record a couple of takes of them driving to the mall.
   After we reach the mall that's when we'll record the main footage for the music video. This footage will show us entering the mall through a walkway that connects the parking garage and the outlets. The footage will also include scenes of us touring the mall on a shopping cart. We'll use low angles, high angles, and a ton of tracking shots. We'll also include establishing shots of the store signs to show viewers what store we'll be entering. All of these different shots will show how creative our group is when it comes to using certain camera angles while filming
   Even though we were unable to film this weekend we plan on making it up for it this week by filming an amazing music video.

Planning Blog: Storyboard

 Hi, today my group and I had to create our storyboard. In this blog I'll be explaining each part of the storyboard. Our storyboard fills up 3 pages which adds up to one minute and eighteen seconds when we time it. The beginning of our video will start with a wide shot of all 4 group members talking inside of Laurens bedroom. While were talking the song "Catch Me Outside" will be playing in the background. Only the beat will really be heard, along with a few words that the artist says in the beginning of the song. The next scene will be the girls singing the song and talking about how good it is. The next scene will be a 2 shot of Jarvia and Lauren rapping to a part of the song. A swipe will take the video to the next scene, which is an establishing shot of the clouds and trees. During this shot the song name will appear with our names on the bottom right corner of the screen. After the song name appears the music will start to play. After the music starts to play the next scene will start. In the next scene there will be a split screen. Instead of being split into 2 the screen will be split in 4's to show each girl getting dressed. The next scene will be a tracking shot of the girls walking into the car headed to the mall. 

After the girls make into the car the setting of the music video will change. The next scene will be a point of view shot from one of the passenger seats in the car to show Jarvia or Lauren driving us to the mall. Once we arrive to Sawgrass Mills Mall we will record a wide shot of us dancing across the cross walk entering the mall outlets. The next scene will be a shot taken from behind us showing us entering the mall (the music will continue to play as all of this is happening). The next scene will be a wide shot of two of us sitting on a mall cart touring the mall. We will also be lip-syncing to the song while the cart is moving. The next scene will be a shot of us walking into Hot Topic. While inside the store we'll be walking around dancing and lip-syncing to the song. After filming in Hot Topic we'll go to the next scene which will be filmed in Zumiez. In Zumiez we're going to take shots of us checking out skateboards and clothes in Zumiez. We'll use a pan pavement to film that scene.

The next scene will be of us looking at shoes in Foot Locker and trying them on. The next scene will be a tracking shot of us walking around the food court showing off the different food choices. While we're at the food court we'll also be lip-syncing and dancing around the food court. After we finish recording all of our scenes inside of the mall we'll head outside to the arcade. Once we get to the arcade we'll take a full body shot and then the screen will turn black. After the screen turns black it will switch to a split screen of us playing games which is where the video will come to an end.

Planning Blog

 Today my group and I got together to begin outlining our plan for our music video. We started planning by confirming our different set locations. The locations we chose were: the Sawgrass Mall outlets, Lauren's living room, Zumiez, Hot Topic, the food court, In the Game (a large arcade), and Footlocker. We chose Sawgrass Mall outlets because its an open area outside and it fits the theme of our film, which is teen girls hanging out and having fun. The next location will be at Lauren's house inside of her living room. We're going to use her living room to get an establishing shot of every group member. We chose Zumiez and Hot Topic because those stores have clothes that the creator of "Catch me Outside" wears. The inside of the store has a very cool and dark vibe which goes great with our song. The food court and Footlocker will be to record us walking around the mall shopping etc.

   When we film Lauren or Jarvia driving the car to the mall that would fall into the health and safety category. We will have our seat belts on and there will be adult supervision. None of our group members have a license so it is mandatory that an adult is in the car with us. Another thing that falls into the safety category is asking mall security for their permission to record. I'm pretty sure they will give their consent as long as we aren't bothering other civilians at the mall. I also plan on bringing a first aid kit just in case one of us trips or falls while dancing in the video.

We have multiple props in our music video. The first pr

op that we have is a speaker. The speaker is what's going to be used in the intro of our music video. We'll set it on low and once the first verse starts we're going to blast the speaker. The second prop that will be used is a car. We want to use a chucky doll as a prop but they are expensive. We'll have some type of doll in the video which will count as a prop.
   We don't have specific costumes. We plan on dressing out in a regular outfit that someone would wear to the mall; a nice top, some jeans and shoes. We came up with a schedule on when to film. We chose to film on 11-26-19 (Tuesday). We also plan on filming during our Thanksgiving break. Hopefully we'll be able to record good takes next Tuesday so that we can start editing our films at home over the break. That's all we did today, I'll be back tomorrow with our storyboard.

Intro to new project ; music video

Today we are starting our new project which is to create a minute and 5-15 second video. We want to at least record enough scenes to have the time add up to one minute and twenty seconds. We said one minute and twenty seconds because we know that when editing scenes normally get cut which shortens the time. In out last project we went over time because we didn't properly time our takes. In the last project what worked for my group was story boarding. Story boarding helped us getting a more organized idea of what we wanted our film to look like. Story boarding assisted us with choosing the proper angle shots to film certain scenes at. For example, while story boarding helped us figure out that we could add a trunk shot into one out of the six scenes. On the contrary, using pinnacle studios didn't work for us mainly because of the glitches that came with it. We switched to iMovie because it was easier to work around and it wasn't as glitchy or complicated as pinnacle studios.
My group and I chose to do the song "Catch me Outside" by Ski Mask the Slump God. We chose this song because we want to create a music video with a fun vibe that can include all of our friends in it. The theme of our video is basically girls hanging out with each other. The main scenes will be recorded at the mall. Other scenes will be shot at different locations such as the park or the car. Our song lies in the genre of rap. In this genre the sound that is typically heard is loud bass and a nice beat. Most rap songs are fast and upbeat while others have a slow tempo with a good corresponding beat.In rap songs the songs begin to get hype during the chorus, which usually consists of a catchy slogan. Our songs catchy slogan is "Catch me Outside". In most rap videos the editing is very different from different videos. Some rap videos use different angle shots such as low shots, trunk shots, or tracking shots. My group plans to include all of these shots in our video. The people in our video will be given instructions to dance and have fun once the recording starts. We want the video to have a fun/chill vibe that appeals to this generation.
The costumes will be regular everyday clothes that teens wear. The costumes will consist of a tee shirt jeans or shorts and shoes. The lighting for our music video will come from outside. We plan on recording during the day and during the night. At night we will record near a light so the actors will be seen. The actors in the music video will be some of our friends and family members. We already have people that we asked to be in the film. There will be no make up in this video unless its necessary. When it comes to props we will have many. The car and anything in our setting will be considered as a prop. The main setting will be at Sawgrass Mall. This setting gives off a fun vibe which is what we are going for. I'm ready to start planning and shooting our music video.

Editing Blog

   Today my group members and I had to edit our commercials. Last time we couldn't edit because pinnacle studious wasn't working and some of the desktops were malfunctioning. Today we checked out one laptop. We only grabbed one computer because we only needed to do the editing on one computer. Last class Lauren transferred our footage to a google drive. Lauren signed into the computer after Jarvia checked it out. Our final version isn't due until next week Monday. Since, the film isn't due until Monday we spent Tuesday's class period reviewing our footage. We had at least a good 30 takes. Some of the takes were useless because they were accidental recordings.
   We started by looking at the takes we filmed for the first scene. The first scene consisted of  me (a mother) walking into McDonalds with Lauren and Jarvia (my children). We had to cut a lot of takes mainly because in some takes we were laughing or staring directly at the camera. After reviewing all of the takes for scene 1 we decided to keep two good takes. The next takes that we looked over were the takes for scene 2. Scene 2 was the scene where Anishcka (our waitress) came to take our order and inform us of what McDonalds has to offer. In this case she told us about the happy meal because that's what our McDonalds commercial focused on. We chose 3 takes for this scene. The takes that we chose were the close up of me ordering the food and the shot of our waitress taking our order. Finally we reviewed the shots for scenes 4 and 5. The takes for scene 4 showed Jarvia and Lauren opening their happy meals to find a surprise. The takes for scene 5 consisted of the children discussing their toys.
   Lastly, we chose the takes that we were going to use for the closing scene. After we chose the takes that we we're going to use to edit our laptop died. We made sure to save our work so that we'll be able to get started right away next class. Today is Thursday (11-7-19) and we started using pinnacle studios to edit our film. We had to find a ;picture of the McDonalds sign with a red background to fade into the first scene. After Lauren started reviewing the takes and cutting them she noticed that we went over time. Our commercial is supposed to be 25-30 seconds long. We realized that we had to cut out unnecessary scenes. We also had to do a split screen for the scene where the kids open their happy meals. We did this to save time and add in more important scenes. We ended up adjusting to the issue and we came up with a plan so that we wouldn't go overtime. Our computer died again, however we were able to save our work. Next class we should be done with editing our commercial.
                                                                                                                                                     

Editing: The commercial

   Today my group was supposed to edit our film. However, our entire class is facing technical difficulty issues due to pinnacle studios not working. We filmed most of our footage last class but we couldn't film the last two scenes because we didn't bring the McDonalds happy meal boxes. Over the weekend Jarvia purchased two happy meal boxes. The boxes were for her and Lauren to use as props. Inside Jarvia's box was french fries, apple juice, apples, a cheeseburger and a toy. Lauren had the same order as Jarvia except her happy meal came with nuggets and milk. We signed out a camera and a tripod after we were given instructions. After signing out the items we needed we went to go change into our outfits that we wore when we filmed the other scenes. After we changed into our clothes we went to the same table that we used to record the other scenes.
   We went to the table to record a trunk shot of Jarvia and Lauren opening a McDonalds happy meal and acting surprised. They were surprised to find a barbie doll in their box. Before we started recording Jarvia had to go back to the classroom and grab the barbie dolls. After she brought the dolls we quickly filmed multiple takes of them opening the box. Once we were done filming the trunk shots we went to the media center. At our school the media center is basically our version of a library. We wanted to use the double doors at the entrance. We used these doors to record us walking out of McDonalds onto the outdoor seating area. This scene was the hardest scene to record mainly because the camera couldn't fit all of us in it. By this I mean that only two people were able to be seen. We corrected this issue by condensing as we walked through the double doors.
  Lastly, we went to go dump all of todays footage into google drive. We also had to take our old dumped footage out of pinnacle studios and place it in google drive as well. We couldn't edit today because pinnacle studios was not working on any of the desktops in our classroom. This is slowing down our film making process. Now we're going to have to wait on this issue to be fixed. If we didn't run into this issue then we would have probably finished editing our film in this period. Hopefully this technical difficulty issue will be fixed by next class. If it's not then it's going to hold up the film making process even more. That's all we did today. Next class will be more productive if pinnacle studios is up and running.

Filming day

   Today was filming day. It went way better than I expected it to go. I thought it was going to be hard but with the help of my group members our filming process was pretty easy. All of our group members dressed out. I was in regular clothes because I played the role of Jarvia and Lauren's mother. Anishca dressed in all black and played the role of a McDonalds employee. Lastly, Jarvia and Lauren dressed as children and played the role of two excited little girls. We came into the classroom and filled out a paper to check out our camera. While we were doing that, Anishca showed us our lines and the order of the scenes we were going to shoot today. We  didn't really have a script because we chose to do improv. Although we were doing improv we still wrote up a small script so that we would have some kind of idea of what to say.
   After we checked out a camera,tripod, and a SD card we immediately headed to the senior patio. Once we were there we had to decide on a location. We all agreed that we wanted somewhere with shade but not too much shade. Our faces had to be seen in the camera and there had to some type of lighting. We sat on a bench that had an umbrella. We placed the camera in front of us so that we will be able to be seen by the camera and be in the shade at the same time. The first scene that we recorded was scene 2. In scene 2 I was walking into McDonalds with my children while they were laughing with one another. We took at least 6 or 7 takes. We had to keep re doing takes because we kept laughing but eventually we got a few good takes. After we completed filming scene 1 we moved onto the next scene. In the next scene I had a close up. I was basically looking away from the camera and acting like I was speaking to our waitress.
   After my close up we filmed the last scene two scenes. The last two scenes were of us  ordering our food. The waitress explained what was on the menu and we ordered a happy meal. After that scene we recorded the scene where the children were showing each other their toys. Once we filmed all of the scenes we headed back to the room to dump our footage. We accomplished a lot today. The only thing left for us to do is record the establishing shot outside of a McDonalds building .

Storyboard

   Today my group members and I discussed our storyboard. It is slowly but surely coming together piece by piece. We were given the option to fill in five or six slides, my group decided to complete all six of the slides. Each slide is 5-6 seconds which means the commercial will be about 30 seconds long.

    Slide 1 starts off with an establishing / wide shot of the outside of a McDonalds building. We are using an establishing shot to set the scene for viewers. After the establishing shot passes there will be a tracking shot of our actors walking out of McDonalds. We will be using certain areas in our school to substitute for places in McDonalds. A cutaway will happen which leads to slide 2. In slide 2 the screen will be split. An actor will advertise the McDonalds happy meal box and a child will approach the actor explaining her desire for a barbie doll. After the child pleads for a doll the scene will go into slide 3. In slide 3 the actor will advertise the different food items that come in the meal (french fries, nuggets, yogurt etc.) and then at the very end he will surprise the child and tell her that toys come in the meal. She will end up getting her doll after all. Another cutaway will lead into slide 4 which is where an actor will be ordering a happy meal from a cashier. ( these scenes will take place on school property ). After the actor receives the food he/she will express how delicious the food is and an eye line match will happen. After the eye line match slide 6 will appear. I slide 6 the McDonalds mascot will appear and persuade people to come try a happy meal after he does that a fade out will happen and that will conclude the commercial.

- Blog entry 5

Editing lesson blog

   Hey guys today my class and I had a mini lesson on editing. We basically learned how to operate the different parts of the camera and how to properly hold it. For starters, Ms.Katz started her lesson by informing us on the different rules when it comes to checking out a camera. One of the major rules is that we must checkout a camera by using the paper and we must return the camera the next day. After explaining the checkout procedures we learned about the parts of the camera. I learned how to : open the camera, how to turn it on and off, how to enter and remove a SD card, and how to flip the camera to face me or the opposite of me. Ms.Katz also went over how to correctly connect the camera to a tripod. There is a circular button that you twist on the bottom of the camera and after you hear a clicking noise then that means it is on properly. Once the button is on you secure it onto the top of the tripod. The tripod has cool features. For example, there is a lever that can be twisted to extend the height of the tripod.
   Another thing that I learned today was how to work pinnacle studios. I understood the gist of it but it's still a tad bit confusing to me. I will explain the steps of how to dumpin. Dumpin is basically dumping all of your footage into a folder to edit in the future. Each group has to use the same computer and every time a group uses the computer they have to use the same 06 number that they used before. Once pinnacle studios is open you will right click and open up a folder. You want to make sure that the SD card is inserted. Click on the DCIM folder and you'll see all of your recorded footage ordered by the date and time that it was recorded. Afterwards you dumpin all of your footage from your SD card.
   Lastly, I learned about the importing process which is basically just importing all of your footage into pinnacle studios. You get to click on the videos that you want to use for your editing process but you should use all of them. Once you click the videos you want you can edit them by cutting the clips or adding in transitions. Some transitions can be fades or dissolves. This is what I learned today and I hope to learn more.

     -Blog entry 4

Research

Today I met up with my group to begin researching my commercial idea. We decided to do a commercial on the McDonalds Happy Meal. McDonalds is a fast food corporation that was founded in 1940 by two brothers, Richard Mcdonald and Maurice McDonald. They started a fast food service and Ray Kroc took over and suggested that they expand their business and modernize it. There are currently over 10,000 McDonalds restaurants open and running around the world. That's a pretty large number if you ask me. McDonalds mascot is a clown that goes by the name of "Ronald McDonald". 

Our commercial will focus on the McDonalds happy meal which is basically a kids meal.Happy meals have been sold since June of 1979. In the happy meal box a toy comes with the food. The box has a square shape and it is red with a yellow smiley face on the side. The box is made out of cardboard.

 

That is how the box comes. On certain occasions such as holidays the box will have different things on it. For example: .  That is all we researched on our commercial idea today. When we begin planning we will have more information to go off of. Now that I know about the McDonalds mascot I will add that to my groups list of costumes for this commercial. 

      -Blog entry 2 

Planning

   Hey, today my group and I begun the planning process of our commercial. We chose to do a commercial on the McDonalds happy meal and the condiments that come with it. The happy meals come with: nuggets, a cheeseburger,french fries, apples or yogurt and a drink (milk,juice, water etc.). 

   We sat down and discussed where,when, and how we are going to record our commercial. The first thing that we chose is a location. We will record an establishing shot outside of a McDonalds and we will record the inside setting to give viewers an insight to how the environment looks. We're also going to tape one of our members ordering a happy meal from a cashier. Our second location/back up location will be on Fort Lauderdale High Schools campus. If we aren't able to record someone ordering a menu we'll use the media center tables and have a group member dress up as a cashier. 

   For our props we plan to use a happy meal box from McDonalds. We'll also use the food and toys inside the box as props. There will also be a hat and a clown nose included on our lists of props. The hat will be used as a hat for our cashier. I will use the clown nose to top off my clown outfit. When it comes to costumes my group and I plan to dress like children and one of us will dress up as a cashier. I'm going to try and dress up similar to Ronald McDonald. Ronald McDonald is a clown that is used as a mascot to represent McDonalds. 

This is just everything I said put into chronological order.

• Commercial Idea: McDonalds Happy meal
• Props: Happy meal box, food, toys, drink, cashier hat and clown nose
• Costumes: Cashier outfit, childish outfits, clown outfit
• Location(s): McDonalds and Fort Lauderdale High
• Back up plan: Record in the media center 

                                                                  - Blog Entry 3

Introductory

   Hi, my name is Aaliyah and I am a sophomore that attends Fort Lauderdale High School. I am enrolled in the pre-law program. When I first applied for the pre-law program I was interested in being a lawyer. After my law class in freshman year I changed my mind and decided to pursue journalism. At first I thought I wouldn't like the school but it's been good so far. I met a good group of friends that mingle well. I like to be very active around school so I joined some clubs and attended interests meetings for some of them. I was apart of a club called Bright Casters and a Club called Bloom (a women empowerment club).During the middle of my freshman year I joined the Step Team and at the end of my freshman year I joined the Fort Lauderdale High School flag line. I've made friends that are apart of the dance, majorette, and flag line (all part of the auxiliary).

   I have many likes and dislikes but for now I'll start off by discussing the things I like. For one, I enjoy spending quality time with my friends and family. Spending time with them makes me happy especially when I'm having a bad day and feeling down. Another thing that I like to do is go on vacation and sign up for fun excursions. Last summer my family and I went on a trip to Aruba. We stayed in an all inclusive hotel along the beach which meant that we had unlimited food and drinks. While I was there I went ATV riding through the mountains and some of the towns. I also went in a tube that gets pulled by a boat. Even though I fell out of the tube and had a panic attack it was honestly worth it. Lastly, I enjoy styling hair. I have practiced on plenty of mannequin heads and I've practiced on approximately five human heads.

   On the other hand, I also have several dislikes that I'd like to discuss. One of my biggest dislikes is a person that purposely spoils movies and shows for me. I'm currently binge watching 15 seasons of Greys Anatomy and several people have attempted to tell me what happens at the end of season 15. Before they can even get a word out I cut them off and stop them from spoiling it. Another one of my dislikes are animals. The only animal that I can tolerate is a small dog but other than that I despise animals. I mainly dislike them because of the traumatic experiences that I had with animals as a child. I also dislike when people comment on how tall I am. It's not a big deal to me but when I hear it everyday it starts to get pretty aggravating.

                             -Blog Entry 1