Eli Whitaker

Eli Whitaker a 21-year-old sales associate at 711 has been working there for about a year and a half. His dream job would be an author since he loves to write short stories about funny stuff. one of his hardest challenges would be it's hard to get noticed/ recognized. His favorite place to go is his house because he doesn't like going out much. Elis prized possession would be the book he wrote. In his free time, he likes playing D&D with his friends and girlfriend, video games, and TV. He doesn't have a life goal. He likes the fact that Oregon isn't very populated. Eli is passionate about philosophy. Eli doesn't really have a role model or a hero. the happiest moment of his life was when his book got published. being a decently nice person is the most important thing to him. What inspires him is fun and not being bored at home all the time.

Eli's hobbies are playing D&D, gaming, and writing. His greatest fear is that the world is going to implode itself before he died. He doesn't know where he's going to be in 10 years at the moment. Eli likes watching star trek with his girlfriend Emily on his days off. The one thing he values is being a decent person and not being mean to everyone.

people in 711

Ian Boyer(worker) giving the remaining change to the costumer

Esmerelda Martinez getting Donnie Hernandez his money as he's getting his family the drinks they need while there in quartine. 

the overview of the 711 store on Pacific bvd 

Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems was born on April 20th, 1953. In December 1969 Carrie gave birth to her first and only child Faith. Before she was a photographer she was many things, over her life she was dipping her interests into theatre and dance. in 1973 Carrie received a camera for her birthday and the following year she started going to school for photography at san Francisco city college and was there between 1973-1974. After going threw college she met a guy who associated with black photographers annually and eventually became an assistant for Anthony Barboza. in 1980 researchers and organizes exhibition on women in photography. In 1981 Carrie reserves a Batular of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of arts.  one day Carrie Mae got serious about her research and started finding black artists and interviewing them and recording the conversations. in 1986 she met a man named Jeff Hoone. when she met him she felt a future with him of getting married but Jeff didn't feel anything towards her. Over time she got more and more into photography and got more degrees in art then anyone could ever imagine. many of her photos are now in galleries all over the world. in the 90`s she was in many different programs on PBS and books. in 2005 something tragic happened to Carrie Mae, her father died and she got heartbroken after it. over the next couple of years, many things happened in her life including her moving with her husband jeff and her daughter Faith turns 40 years old in 2009. in 2010 Michelle Obama visits the museum of modern arts and was moved by the photographs that Carrie took. Carrie has won many awards over the years she has been a photographer. Carries photography preference was black and white photos of African American lives.

Carrie Mae Weems's claim to fame would have to be how she shows the life of African American people in there every day lives because over the time she was born and grew up there was still segregation between black people and white. she used a black and white filter to show that black and white people aren't so different.

this is a picture that Carrie Mae Weems took called "Aint Jokin" 1987-1988 (credit to google)

this particular picture really interested me because it shows a black woman who is looking at a picture of a white woman. it shows that people aren't different like during this time of segregation was still around while the carrier was growing up and it affected her a lot. when this "ain't jokin"  was taken segregation was over at the time, but Carrie wanted to make a point. why I liked this picture so much was because it's elegant and suttle with the design.

today in time Carrie Mae Weem is still alive and well. i hope shes still making photography in her free time and continues doing what she loves.

http://carriemaeweems.net/

Self portrait

I'm Chrissy Veach and I am a student at Linn Benton Community College working on my art degree. I an art major, I have been at Linn Benton Community College for 3 terms now I am a freshman in college. having to go threw many things in my life from losing my grandma and my best friend during high school has made me look at life completely differently then I used to. the way I used to look at life as it was just something that gets taken away from us eventually, but the issue with that is life is so short and it could get taken from us so soon that you need to make every moment like it's you're last.

my degree means everything to me. my grandpa has always told me that if you work harder then the person next to you then they will look at they guy next to you and get ride of him because he's not working as hard as you are. ever since i was 7 i knew i wanted to do art for the rest of my life, it was what i was good at and made me happy. when i graduate with my degree i want to do one of two things: 1. open an art studio to get younger kids to get into art and see the joy in it... or 2. open my own store of art piece and try selling them.the tougher challenge with my degree is the math aspect of it. some of my requirements for my major is i need to pass math, welllll that's not a good subject with me. i haven't been good at math. i chose Linn Benton Comminuty College because it was the closest college to my highschool. my greatest moment of life was when i graduated highschool, even though my best friend and my grandma weren't there to enjoy it with me but I know they were there with me in spirit, my graduation was the greatest moment of my life because threw middle school and highschool I struggled a lot with failing grades and trying to understand what they were trying to teach me in school.

If I was famous I would honestly be famous for my art, like I said before I’ve been making art since I was little. The best part of Linn Benton Community College is the people I have met in my classes and meeting a lot of new people. I struggle making friends and meeting people who are art majors like myself is a really good way to meet new people who have the same interest as me.

I am 18 years old almost going to be 19 in August. My family is kinda different then most families, I have lived with my mom and my step dad for many years of my life because those were the people who were there for me. My dad wasn’t apart of my life he thought I was a mistake because he had me at 19. I have 3 sisters who are all younger I have a 17,16, and a 14 year old sisters. Even though I can’t see one of them I still love them with all my heart. My college experience is different then what I’m used to, but college is way different and better than high school. So far my favorite class in Linn Benton Community College is ceramics 1. I love seeing art worked with ur hands and you have the control of the clay. I struggle with math a lot because I am very right side of the brain and am not good with math, science or history. My dream job would be anything that is art, if I can get a job with anything thay is art that would be my dream job and I would be happy with it. My career goal is to get my degree and find a job that involves with art and make a living off of that. My life goal is to have my children ( when I have them) to not have the same life I have where my parents were split and one didn’t want to be apart of my life, I want them to have everything they want and not have to worry about money or if we have food for the month. Linn Benton has impacted my life because I am first generation college student who actually will graduate, Linn Benton is making my dream come to that I can do whatever I sent my mind to.

My role model is my mom. My mom has been legally blind since she was 15 years old. I have watched my moms vision get worse and worse threw out my years of life. My mom worked threw her blindness and has held a job till she couldn’t anymore. My mom has fought  for my education and my love for art. My mom is also my hero because threw everything she’s went threw from my dad leaving, her mom and dad dieing she had kept a strong face and always told me. “ you can do whatever you want to do even if things get in the way.” The happiest moment of my life was seeing my mom get back up on her feet and getting another job after 10 years of not having one.

The greatest challenge of my life right now is balancing my work life, college life and my actual life. Having a full time job, having classes in college and still trying to be a teenager is hard. Getting called into my work because people won’t show up really is irritating because I need to get my school work done but I still come into my work taking people’s shifts because they won’t be there themselves.  The hardest part of college right now is wondering how we are going to do finals online.  My favorite place to go is the part near my house to just sit and take a breather from life

day one of blogging

life's been crazy during the coronavirus outbreak, being a college student and working a full-time job it been crazy. with a lot of works shutting down mine hasn't been shut down yet and it seems like the days get slower and faster depending on the day. its weird seeing myself, coworkers and the customers wearing masks. this virus has been effecting my normal life a bunch. my mom having a lower immune system due to chemo I have to worry about her getting the virus. my boyfriend's family owns a home for mentally and physically disabled adults, with working at a place where I could get exposed to this could put them at risk. this puts my stress higher then it needs to, but I'm working on helping people with what they need at my store and that's the part that counts is making sure people are healthy and getting what they need to live even if that beer and cigarettes.