In my last post I mentioned that I am planning to construct a palace that will serve my purposes as a spy in the United States. My top secret residence will be a place to plan my operations and also give me a few comforts of home.

In these things it is always important to consider the different amenities that one could or could not include. It is also critical to maintain a humble balance between practicality and luxury. My secret residence must be a fortress, secure from all possible danger as well as comfortable and provide me with the lifestyle that I have grown accustomed to.

As I was planning my [top secret] palace I decided to create a Pinterest board to help with the planning process. Here are the highlights of my  masterpiece, I’ll explain as I go along.

First, there must be entertainment for my off duty days. A bumbl bee roller coaster is my stress reliever of choice because the bee is the symbol of my namesake, Napoléon himself, and I like to think that it is the creature that best represents my secret agent style:

Part of the grounds must also reflect my royal namesake:

My orchestra must have a place to rehearse my theme song!

And for when my stuffing gets low I have my very own re-fluffing center. If ever I need backup more agents can be made:

And of course, my control room where I plot all of my missions:

To see my board:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateym4d9e3ea56/which-fictional-spy-are-you-120mn?utm_term=.lf4lpaJzl

Original assignment

Dream Room? It’s just a dream for now…

This was my first time using Pinterest and signing up for it was a breeze. I created 5 boards, which successfully divided each idea into specific categories. Starting with “Room,” I wanted my bedroom to embody a comfortable atmosphere in which I can just relax and rest. For “Bed,” since I like the color white, I wanted to decorate my bed with mostly white and maybe complement it with a touch of pastel or monotone color such as pink and/or gray. Some sheets looked very cool so I also decided to pin these ideas. For “Chilling area,” I thought that they were awesome ideas for creating another space within the bedroom itself to semi-rest, hence the term, chill. I think the theme here is to have many cushions as possible, making the space feel extra cozy. For “Wall,” I liked these ideas too because they were creatively utilizing the space to its full potential. Not only can these ideas apply toward decorating, but it can also apply toward organization. Finally, “decorations” was something I thought was feasible in a practical manner. Since decorations do enhance the room’s look, I thought that it would be something worth to try without sacrificing too much.

Overall, I thought that Pinterest was a useful tool to organize my thoughts as well as discover new ideas that are both pretty and innovative. My story here is, my dream room would equate to coming home where everything is just relaxing and peaceful, away from the busy life spent during the day.

WebAssignments, WebAssignments1877

My second assignment I picked was from the web assignments category  titled “Create Your Own Room”. ” Create Your Own Room ” assignment was to create a blog post about my dream room by using the pictures of furniture , colors, rooms, etc. from the site Pinterest. This assignment is my absolute fave and who wouldn’t agree. You get to design your own dream Room, everybody has one and do not say you don’t.

My dream home is anything that came out of a fairy tale and every time I go into my house, I am in disbelief that this is my own home and not a model home from a magazine. However I want my home to be cozy for family and guest to be able to relax from any hardships. I had no problems picking out the pictures from Pinterest so here are my results for my ideal dream home:

I just had to put this. When I was very little I always said I wanted to live in a castle and even though I grown up, some part of me didn’t and that little kid still wants a “castle”.

I love reading books so I also need space to just be able to put my books instead of stacking them on top of each other like I do now.

This right here is on my top dream list. I have to have a big closet because I love clothes, shoes etc. so I need a bigger area to put my all my stuff.

This shows a swing I would want in my backyard for when in the summertime, My friends and I can just go outside at night and look the endless stars.

Of course I had to have a kitchen or I can not survive. I absolutely love food. I found myself in the kitchen cooking up my next meal of the day.

When there is a kitchen, there is a pantry. You cannot have one without the other. Food needs to be store and I mean a lot of food..

A nice open bedroom is all I need to sleep because a girl needs her beauty sleep. and I love to sleep. Who doesn’t?

I need a spacious living room to fit all my family and I love to have space where everybody is together but still room where everybody has their own space.

Lastly, you need a place other than the bedroom to relax and the Theater room will do just that by allowing me to watch movies and hang out with family and friends.

As an active Pinterest fan, I found that I spend my time scrolling the pictures and dreaming of my future home. This assignment was easy for me since I basically dream about what I can make that can come to life in the distant future. It was hard to pick out the pictures since all of them I want in my house. I found it funny because all my life I dream of the house I wanted, telling my family I going to have this when I grew up or that. However when I tried today to think of the possibilities, I came up blank and could not think of anything but once I narrowed it down to the necessities I want to see in my dream home it became clearer. Although the assignment was ranked 4 stars , I would rank it myself 2 since it took some times getting the pictures but other than that It was a fun assignment to do.

Sincerely,

“A girl can dream ”

For my last assignments, I decided to do a BuzzFeed Personality Quiz on What Movie Spy Are you to try and connect it to our class theme.

I have never made a BuzzFeed quiz before so this was a challenge for me trying out a new software. Going into it, I thought it wasn’t going to be hard since I assumed Buzzfeed would make it easy for users to create their own content.

I was wrong.

I didn’t have trouble actually making the quiz, but I had a lot of trouble publishing it and logging into BuzzFeed.  I think Buzzfeed hates me.

The first time I tried publishing the quiz, it deleted all my work.

The second time, It kept loading, and nothing happened, and then deleted my work. The third time it happened, I emailed BuzzFeed but got no reply.

I decided to leave it and just try again another day, and finally 3 days later, here we are. With an actually published quiz.

In the end, I give this assignment 4 stars in difficulty because Buzzfeed hates me so much.

I also hate Buzzfeed.

Never again.