The month of giving
The 95th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade logo
By, Noah Brown
November 24th, 2021
Are you all excited for NEW Balloons and Floats to new appear this year’s Thanksgiving? My favorite part of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is seeing the Balloons and Floats appearing! The 4 NEW Character Balloons are going to be “Ada Twist, Scientist” by Netflix, “Grogu” by Funko, “Pikachu & Eevee” by The Pokemon Company International and “Ronald McDonald” (5th version) by McDonald’s. The 3 NEW Novelty Balloons are going to be “Santa Starflakes” by Universal Orlando Resort, “Tiptoe” and “Toni, the Bandleader Bear” by Macy’s. The 7 NEW Floats are going to be “Birds of a Feather Stream Together” by Peacock, “Celebration Gator” by Louisiana Office of Tourism, “Colossal Wave of Wonder” by Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, “Gravy Pirates” by HEINZ, “Magic Meets the Sea” by Disney Cruise Line, “Tiptoe’s North Pole” by Macy’s and “Winning Winter Together” by MassMutual/NHL. Aren’t those rousing and entertaining to see on Thursday, November 25th, 2021? The Balloons and Floats are my favorite part! Don’t forget to see The 95th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9 A.M.-12 P.M. on NBC! Have a very Happy Thanksgiving, folks!
By, Justin Lowe
November 19th, 2021
This week I’m reviewing the movie Clifford The Big Red Dog. This movie is funny and good for people of all ages. This movie is about a dog named Clifford and a girl named Emily Elizabeth Howard. Clifford is a different dog. He is bright red and grows to be so big but Emily loves him. They go on adventures together. I enjoyed this movie because it’s funny and awesome. I think you would like it too. This movie can be streamed online and is also in theaters. I’m giving this movie 5 stars!
The Tom Turkey float is leading the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City!
By, Noah Brown
November 18th, 2021
Hi, folks! You getting roused about something? Well, in fact, every year on Thanksgiving, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is when people start to prepare the balloons, floats, etc. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade first started on November 24th, 1924. People used to listen to that program on the radio, but now they can watch it on TV which is on NBC. Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker currently host the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Verizon sponsors the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In Manhattan, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade starts at West 77th Street and Central Park West, and ends in front of a Macy’s store at West 34th Street. Tom Turkey is always the first float to lead the parade because Tom Turkey is the oldest float since 1973 and has always been the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade mascot in New York City. Santa Claus ends up being in last of the parade by appearing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year, who is joyous and confident, saying “I wish to you all a Merry Christmas!” because Christmas is coming on December 25th. Do you like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? If some of you like or don't like the parade, those are different opinions! Don’t forget to see it from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM! I hope you’re all looking forward to seeing it! The parade is very exciting to see in New York City!
By, Helfry Flores
November 12th, 2021
Hey guys, Helfry here, back again to rate more memes. I mean, they don't call me the meme-lord for nothing. So you may have remembered I rated two memes last month. This time around I’ll be rating three. Some of you may already know the rules but if you don’t let me give you a recap. I review a meme, I rate the said meme on a scale of 1 to 10 and repeat the same process for the other memes. Without further ado, let’s review some more memes!
#3 The Rickroll: This meme is a classic. The meme comes from the music video “Never Gonna Give You Up” By Rick Astley, it’s commonly used for tricking people into getting either Free Robux or free V-Bucks however it’s no longer very effective on some people because they have either seen it so many times that they recognize the link, or they just like the song. Anyways this song will always be a #1 classic in our hearts and because of that it gets a 10/10, Now onto the next meme. Totally unrelated, click here for free money!
(Any of you who were foolish enough to click on that link are the reason why humanity is a failure!)
#2 The Annoying Orange: This orange really does live up to his name, he’s incredibly annoying but I don't mind the fart jokes and the puns, but seriously he actually had a TV Show at one point. Who would’ve loved having a Youtube video becoming famous and turning it into a product and a TV show? He’s still thriving to this day. But in all seriousness the terrible puns but funny farts give this meme or should I say a product a 5/10.
Before we do Number 1 here are a few Honorable Mentions: Draw 25, Steamed Hams, He Needs Some Milk, and lastly I’ll Take Your Entire Stock. Now let’s move on to the last but certainly not least meme...
#1,All Of the Team Fortress 2 Memes: Naming all of these memes may be overkill, but I will name some of my favorite ones. The TF2 Soldier Smiling - seeing him smile like that literally makes me giggle. We Need a Dispenser Here - the song that plays in this meme Dancing Pompokolin is extremely catchy (this song is from Dance Dance Revolution). There are a vast number more that I absolutely love. Team Fortress 2 is a great game with a ton of cool people so all those memes get a 10/10.
So there you have it, three more memes rated. My meme series is a monthly installment. Come back in December to check out my next round of rated memes. That's all for now. This is Helfry Flores signing off.
By, Justin Lowe
November 10th, 2021
I just watched the movie, “The Addam’s Family 2”. Have you ever seen it? If you haven’t I recommend it. You should watch this movie because it’s funny, there is adventure, and action. My favorite character is Wednesday Addams because she is calm and quiet but likes to scare people. In the recent movie, the family goes on a road trip. It’s so funny. The theme song is famous, I’m sure you have heard it! If not, click on this video.
If you are bored this weekend, put on the new Addam’s Family movie. I know you will love it!
My final rating: 5 stars!
The Wii Remote (L) and the Wii Console (R)
By, Noah Brown
November 5th, 2021
Are you curious to know about the Wii? Well, the Wii is one of the consoles that is created by the video game company called Nintendo because Nintendo owns the Wii. The Wii console was first made in Japan. Nintendo first released the Wii in North America on November 19th, 2006. On the Mii Channel, you can create your own Miis for yourself, celebrity people, and cartoon characters based on TV shows, movies, etc., but what makes the Miis special is that they have different abilities which are playable and level computer players and they are very unique. The Miis became popular for 4 Nintendo Consoles such as: the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, the Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch. The Wii became very popular on January 2010. The Wii Remotes were used for motion controls because they allow up to 4 players to imitate actual game actions, such as swinging a sword or aiming a gun. There are actually 1,262 Wii games in North America. You know, most of the Wii games are multiplayers because players up to 4 can play anytime with 4 Wii Remotes. Did you know that you can connect the Nintendo DS to the Wii? It is because games like Pokemon Battle Revolution (2007) can connect some Nintendo DS Pokemon games such as: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Versions (2007), Pokemon Platinum Version (2009), and
Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions (2010). With this connection, you can not only have your creatures be playable on the big screen in battles, but also get special event Pokemon distributed to your DS Pokemon games. Do you know why I love the Wii so much? It is because it is my favorite Nintendo console and I love to play some of the Wii games such as Wii Sports (2006), Wii Play (2007),
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007), Mario Kart Wii (2008),
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) and Wii Party (2010). So, that is all you need to know about the Wii for now, but if need to know more about Wii, look up questions on the internet!
Ness Taunting next to the lingering yo-yo hitbox
By, Helfry Flores
November 5, 2021
Hey everyone, I recently found out about a few glitches in my favorite smash bros game which is Smash Bros Melee, but what is a glitch? For those of you who don’t know, according to Google a glitch is "a sudden, usually temporary malfunction of irregularity of equipment". Now that you know what a glitch is, here are three glitches that I found interesting.
#1 The Freeze Glitch: According To SmashWiki, "This glitch is mainly utilized by The Ice Climbers in the NTSC (aka The American release of the game), it’s caused by performing a grab with the trailing ice climber and then quickly using Side-B with the leader. If done correctly the other player will be frozen in place and can’t do anything besides taking damage and the only way to free the other player is either grabbing them or by throwing a Screw Attack at them. This technique is banned in competitive play since it guarantees a victory if the Ice Climbers Player performs it with a stock lead."
#2 The Invisible Ceiling Glitch: This glitch is simply referred to as ICG. Using the easiest method I know, you play as Marth, Roy, or Peach and then counter the opponent’s attack and as they’re reaching the ledge, hit them with any attack, usually one with a lot of hitstun. This literally sends them in a brutal downward angle. If done with Marth or Roy it’s called The Swordsman Spike despite Marth already having a spike, and if done with Peach it’s called The Princess Spike. Unlike the Freeze Glitch this glitch is tournament legal so I guess that’s a win! Now let’s move on to the final glitch.
#1 The Yo-yo Glitch: According to the Smash Wiki, "This glitch involves Ness and his up-smash, his up smash consists of 3 different states each with its own hitbox: outreaching, spinning, and swinging," there are other things about this unique smash attack but i’m not gonna go in depth about this. In order to do this glitch Ness’s Up smash needs to hit any opponent or damageable object like a crate, barrel or a party ball, it’ll then leave out a lingering hitbox on the ground with this hitbox you can use it to do some crazy set-ups such as the deadline. But did you know you can do some other crazy set-ups with this glitch, these are called Jackets by the competitive scene, these jackets are mainly worn by Ness and they are able to make you into a walking explosion, moves that can trigger jackets are the Down Air, Up Air, Down Smash, Throws, and the most popular of them all PK Thunder, Even some items can unleash a jacket. One of the latter jackets is the Thunder Jacket: After doing the Yo-yo glitch you can blast the Pk Thunder 2 onto the ground or near a ledge the hitbox of that move will be attached to Ness’ body. Besides hitting other opponents and destructible stage elements, it can also clash with other attacks and jackets and also just like the ICG, The Yo-Yo Glitch is also tournament legal.
Now I think that’s all there is to this article but stay tuned to the article next week as I'm gonna rate some more memes just like last month, also I forgot to mention I put in the links for each glitch and character that I've talked about or mentioned below, for you to learn more about them. Anyways I’ll see you next time!
November 5, 2021
Table of Contents:
INTRO/CONTINUATION
MY FIRST TRUE OBSESSION (WARNING: REALLY LONG PARAGRAPH)
INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR GAMES
CORLEAR GARDENS LOBBY ON CHRISTMAS/KRIMA
MORE SCHOOL STUFF
MOVING OUT OF CORLEAR GARDENS
THE ELEVATORS AT TIBBETT TOWERS
WASCOMAT WASHERS
THE APARTMENT WE MOVED INTO
SUPERINTENDENT TUDOR
INTEREST IN ELEVATORS?
FROM RED TO BLUE AND CYAN
My first true obsession is revealed!
-INTRO/CONTINUATION-
If you've been following along, this is part 3 of my Corlear Gardens experience. Today I will take you through my final year in the building. Let's start by going back to the year 2010....
-MY FIRST TRUE OBSESSION (WARNING: REALLY LONG PARAGRAPH)
In 2010, I distinctly remember a Russian TV channel which consisted of various programs. Whenever the news was going to start, the pre-intro was a TV clock consisting of music and two digital timers above the analog hands. The digital timers counted the seconds according to their relative position. The news intro visuals consisted of a globe colored yellow and cyan with a red background. It would transition to another visual before showcasing the text. “News” “Evening News” “Time”, etc. Whenever the “Time” news program commenced, it would transition into part of the studio, as seen from the view from a camera that moves around the studio. The camera would then stop behind the journalist next to a big screen. Next, the camera would transition to a view directly pointing at the journalist with the big screen. The conclusion of the program would be an inverse variant of the opening sequence.-INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR GAMES-
During some time in 2013, I came across a game called “Angry Birds” at school. I played it. I enjoyed it. There were also “Rio” and “Space” variants of the game. The protagonists were various birds and the antagonists were green pigs. During the summer of 2014, I moved to PS138's main site and was introduced to a Star Wars variant of Angry Birds.
In September 2014, as an official student of the Main Site, my immaturity impacted my school performance. When getting dressed, to get ready for school, the morning program had transitioned into the clock. It took approximately 23 seconds for the clock hand to hit zero. When it hit zero, it continued on. It transitioned to the news intro about 18 seconds late. Days later, the same case scenario happened, but fewer seconds took to reach zero, and the same amount of seconds past zero. I decided it was time to film this kind of stuff. It only happens in the early morning. (Not very early. I’ll give you the schedule: 7 AM USA news, 10 AM USA evening news, 1 PM USA “Time”, 4 PM USA news, 6 PM USA news, 9 PM USA “Time” rerun.)
At 7 AM in the morning on the weekends, it started the news on time. This scenario where the news starts late only happens at 7 AM on a school day. I stayed home, I went to school, and the cycle continued. I selected high quality video, little did I know it caused me to be unable to send it to my teacher.
Over time, I now know that low-quality video was the best option. I learned that over time as the weeks progressed into December.
From there, the commercial transition videos consisted of two children opening a book, and what led to it was various Christmas stuff. Racing, a Christmas tree above something and way more. Below the tv news clock itself was a text saying “Moscow Time.” The text emits a fade-in only transition every time the Tv clock shows up. I referred to the clock as that, until years passed later.
-CORLEAR GARDENS LOBBY ON CHRISTMAS/KRIMA-
Inside the lobby at Corlear Gardens was a menorah and a Christmas tree. The lights on that Christmas tree were colorful. The table in the lobby was glass. The top of the legs of that glass table were like mirrors in the form of a long cylinder. There was a flower pot on that table, along with a mirror behind the pot. Whenever the right-side elevator at Corlear Gardens would depart and arrive on the basement floor, it would make a squeaking sound. Whenever the left side elevator left and arrived at the basement floor, it would make various banging noises. The banging noises sound different from outside the elevator and inside it too.
-MORE SCHOOL STUFF-
In school at the PS138's main site, when I had a blast with Angry Birds, I also played a little bit of Minecraft in the 2014-2015 school year. Little did I know the true popularity of Minecraft years later...
When the end of June 2015 came around, the text on the bottom of the tv clock on the Russian tv channel was smaller in size every time the clock showed up. The text does not emit a fade-in only transition anymore. During December 2014 and 2015, there was this event consisting of an airplane entering in and loud music. The class’s teacher had us students go on a field trip to that event. It was a good event.
-MOVING OUT OF CORLEAR GARDENS-
In September or October 2015, something else came to my eye. I saw on YouTube that there was the chiming of the Kremlin clock towers. I learned that they show it on tv chiming new year after new year. On the final day of 2015, I filmed the chime of the clock tower. There would also be “Victory Day.” Barely any news happens on the Russian tv channel. Most of it is celebrating victory day. September 2015, was the month and year when I moved out of Corlear Gardens with my mother. I moved into Tibbett Towers. Inside the building premises was a part-time doorman, mostly Yellow exterior lighting everywhere, with barely any cyan-colored lighting. There were also two elevators with mirrored walls next to them. There was a huge painting hung up on a wall that is in front of the elevators.
-THE ELEVATORS AT TIBBETT TOWERS-
The left side elevator only went to floors by 2’s, and the right side elevator by 1’s. Both elevators however do lead to both the lobby and the basement. Those two elevators also consisted of door windows and grids. The basement also consisted of an On-Premises laundry room, which consists of another single pair of washers from Wascomat that look like the ones from Corlear Gardens. There were also four more small Wascomat Washers in Tibbett Towers. Those four looked nothing like the ones with a custom-designed door lock and blue screen on top.
-WASCOMAT WASHERS-
The four small Wascomat washers had instructions on the top part of the machine itself, and whenever the smaller different-looking Wascomat washers would be in use, the screen displayed the minutes, the generic usual. But it also displays “Busy”, too. It displays “Busy”, and then the minutes that are remaining for two seconds. Then it repeats until everything is done. When everything is done, the screen displays “Done.”
When the washer is not in use, it also displays the price. Both kinds of Wascomat washers as seen in the On-Premises laundry room at Tibbett Towers also consist of the same additional wash options. Ironically, both of the washer drums speed up counterclockwise. All of the Washers and dryers in there are number-tagged. This means you can actually be able to count the amount of available washers and dryers in there.
The bigger ones with the blue screen barely shake whenever they are at full speed. However, the one that is tagged “5” has a noisy drum whenever you spin it when it’s not in use. The same noise will also happen whenever it is spinning when transitioning into the drain and extraction cycles. Little I knew, "Small" Wascomat Washers were called "Crossovers."
-THE APARTMENT WE MOVED INTO-
The apartment my mother was given was apartment A on floor 5, resulting in me and my mother riding the right-side elevator down to the lobby and basement for various needs.
-SUPERINTENDENT TUDOR-
The superintendent working there goes by the name of “Tudor.” Back at Corlear Gardens, I always liked seeing the sunshine from the window in my bedroom. It would change color from Yellow to white as the morning progresses. There was a bit of yellow from the window when it was time for sunset.
I would see how the sunshine was shown from the buildings I saw from the view on 20C. On the wall where my bed was were stickers of the vehicle characters from “Cars.” In unit 20C. Since we moved out, the stickers are gone, as I return to Corlear Gardens to check on my mother. The walls were white, the TV was gone, as it was residing in 5A at Tibbett Towers.
I looked at the view for one last time. My time in floor 5 apartment A at Tibbett Towers was a whole other story. I immersed myself with more Russian tv channels with more tv news clocks towards the end of 2015, and 2016 was alright until I graduated from the Main site into IS 90. One of the other Russian TV channels had a tv news analog clock that is in the form of a Kremlin clock tower. That clock consisted of a custom secondhand. And the other one consisted of a green digital clock.
-INTEREST IN ELEVATORS?-
In June of 2016, I somehow came across elevator videos on YouTube. In the summer of 2016, I started watching more elevator videos. In September, I went to IS 90. There was a front elevator next to the front entrance of the school building and cafeteria, and a rear elevator next to the rear entrance of the school building. The digital number panel and button lighting were blue, on both elevators.
The rear one was small while the front one was big. The floor tiles on both elevators were different. The rear elevator also consisted of a bell light while the front one did not. While The front elevator led to the basement, the rear elevator did not. All doors and door frames on the first floor were red, and on the second, third, and fourth floors, the doors and door frames were blue.
-FROM RED TO BLUE AND CYAN-
In the 2017-2018 school year, the outer doors on the first floor of the front elevator were painted blue, along with the door frames being painted cyan for some reason. The outer elevator doors and door frames were also like that on literally all floors above one. Nothing like that happened in the rear elevator, surprisingly.
Something creative is that in IS 90, (almost) every classroom has a bathroom! Now I don’t have to take trips to the bathroom in the halls for that matter. When 2017 was arriving, little did I know I was going to embark on the start of a new adventure. If you are interested in how it goes, stay tuned. That will be after part 3.5, along with a separate article that has nothing to do with this story arc of an article.
I forgot to mention a few stuff.
-INTRO/UNEXPECTED LIGHT-
For all of you who are following my series on my life at Corlear Gardens, I’m back with part 3.5. Today I will describe the intricacies of elevator lighting, fan noises, and cameras.
As an elevator enthusiast, lighting is of particular interest to me. In June 2015, dressed and ready for school, I encountered an unexpected occurrence. I went down the right-side elevator to get to the school bus and I noticed a yellow light above the cab (the inside of the elevator). When the elevator arrived at our floor, the door operator hesitated to activate it. While the door still opened, to my surprise, the “Up” bell didn’t work.
Only the “Down” bell worked, which means both elevator bells only ring “Down.” This remained like that until they got the “Up” bell to work on the left side elevator in August or September every time “Up” lights up on the left side elevator, both “Up” and “Down” light up with low brightness, and no dinging noise.
-DING!-
The only time a dinging noise is heard from the left side elevator is when it goes down. The volume on the bell was low. When the yellow light above the elevator cab was activated, I would purposely press “up” and “down” just to see the light above the cab of the right side elevator.
-LEFT SIDE ELEVATOR DISABLED AGAIN?!-
I took a closer look at everything above the right-side elevator cab, and what I saw above the cab when the doors opened was a dim shine of the light with curtains with hexagon-shaped grids or something. Something also happened from August to September with the left-side elevator. It was disabled again. The left side elevator being disabled only led to replacing the original door operator with a variable speed door operator.
When I saw the left side elevator cab heading up to 19 when it stopped at 19, The outer door would shake when the cab reached 19, and when it went to 20, I saw the functioning of the variable speed door operator in action. It started off slow, but after two seconds or so, it started to open regularly. The new variable speed door operator also closed the left side elevator door regularly.
When it closed, the down arrow above the numbers was still showing. I thought “Why isn't it going down?” And then someone went into the left side elevator. He either was a resident or part of the elevator company. And then the elevator went down when he selected a floor. Above the left side, the elevator might have been one of the building security with a flashlight. Very little did I know it was the functioning of the variable speed door operator on the left side elevator the whole time.
-TIBBETT TOWERS-
About 70% of my mother’s furniture was moved in 5A on Tibbett Towers. During that time, I saw the left-side elevator venture down to the basement in the lobby of that building. It also consisted of a shaft light, which was white. Plain white. When I came back from school one time in either July, August, or September, back when I lived at Corlear Gardens, I saw the right side elevator outer door open up, along with the cab directly at the basement with the activated yellow shaft light and two wheels looking like film projectors which looks like it is part of the door operator. Due to the right side elevator being disabled, only the left side elevator was available at that time again.
-BACK AT CORLEAR GARDENS-
During the scaffolding era in 2012, there was lighting on the ceiling part of the scaffolding. In either 2012 or 2013, they added one yellow gas lamp on each angle of Corlear Gardens. About sometime later, they removed three of the gas lamps. One of them was located at the entrance to a small grassland where apartment units facing east were kept.
The gas lighting on the parking lot at Corlear Gardens was blue and a bit dark, but the new LED lighting on the parking lot is just plain white but very bright! If you wish to hear about the lighting installation and repaving, that will either be part of this story arc, or it will be a separate article.
-STAIRWELL LIGHTING ON THE LOBBY AT CORLEAR GARDENS-
Literally, all of the lighting on stairwells A, B, and C were yellow in the lobby. And one time when my mother was going to take me to the elevator, the lighting on part of the apartment floor hall where the elevators were wasn’t lit up until after I came back from school.
At Corlear Gardens, whenever the elevators reach a floor and slow down, both of the elevator doors would open while it was slowing down. At Tibbett Towers was different. Whenever the right side elevator reached a floor, it would shake at the time the door operator was triggered to open the elevator door.
-NOISES AND LEVELING-
Little did I know until 2016 that this act that the elevators do is called “leveling.” Back at Corlear Gardens, sometimes whenever the right side elevator cab was sitting idle in the basement and lobby, it would shake a bit, regardless of whether the doors were open or closed. Sometimes, whenever the left side elevator even moved up or down, the fan would make a noise that sounded like the LG front load washers at full speed in the OP laundry room. This made me to think I was hearing those LG front load washers at full speed whenever the elevator moved up and down. The fan then goes back to normal when the elevator cab stops at any floor in general.
-CLEO'S OFFICE/CAMERA FOOTAGE/TO BE CONTINUED-
When my mother took me to PM Cleo’s office, I had the security camera footage to entertain myself with. There was one camera with the lobby where the entrance doors were seen, which is also seen on my mother’s tv, footage of the playground, parking area, OP laundry room, (presumably) basement hall, and both of the elevators. The camera lighting on the right side elevator made it look like a different elevator on camera, the same as the left side elevator. The camera footage on the right side elevator made it bright, making it look different to me, same thing with the left side elevator, except it wasn’t bright.
The elevator cameras at Corlear Gardens were from the brand; “Orwind.” I only knew that on the day I created part 3.5 of this story arc of an article while writing it. The elevator cameras almost looked as if they were exactly like a triangle. There were also various ambient humming noises in each floor hallway. In the lobby were wind noises, and in the basement were the washers doing their thing, and the Speed Queen dryers had the role of the humming noises.
The bathrooms in the OP laundry room and management office consist of the same toilet brand. When you flush the toilet, the water is fast and loud! (Not LOUD loud) Some of the playground lighting from the lampposts tend to flicker sometimes. If anyone wishes to see my TRUE time in Tibbett Towers, that will be next week, so stay tuned if you’re interested, because next week's article is about how I am coping in class this year. So for all of you guys who are liking my storyline, I really am sorry.
By Helfry Flores
November 19th 2021
Hey guys, this week I’m taking a break from rating memes and letting you know a little bit about me. Today I’m going to talk about how I got into drawing.. Around 7 years ago in 2014 I found out about a website called DeviantArt. Now if you know about DeviantArt, don’t worry I didn't go into the cringe stuff because seriously if I had done that, it would’ve traumatized me, I mean I was only 9 years old at the time, and that stuff was WEIRD. .About 5 years later I tried to draw myself but it looked terrible so I trashed it. I did this on my old computer, which ran on Windows 7 and it didn’t come with a keyboard or a mouse when we first got it. A year later when all of us had to be quarantined I decided to get back into drawing, so I opened MS Paint and did so by doing a few of my OCs, (OC stands for Original Character), then drew a few more, and then a few more, and then a few more. I was literally a drawing machine. During COVID, drawing helped me get through difficult times. It allowed me to discover my own artistic style, which honestly, felt great. I'm considering posting and sharing my stuff on DeviantArt and maybe a few other social media platforms. For my 16th birthday I got my very first laptop (a Dell). It has a touch screen and can convert into a tablet. I’m still doing some drawing but not as often because of some personal issues with life but who knows maybe I’ll get back into it. That’s the thing about drawing, it’s always there when you need it. So that’s my story. Do anyone of you like to draw? Next week we’re off for Thanksgiving break but I’ll be back in December with more memes and hey, if you’re lucky, some more about me. I know that this story is a tiny bit short but I promise I'll work on a longer story in December, That is if I have some time to work on it.
By Jonathan Mnukhin
Publish Date: November 19th 2021
Table of Contents:
MARCH 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020
JULY 2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
ROOMS
MR. FRANK FERNANDEZ
REACTION ACTION
TOURING MS. SARAH CULLEN AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL
NO CAFETERIA?
PLANNING FOR CLASS FIELD TRIPS
PROS
I THOUGHT WRONG.
CONS
Recaps are usually long, and this recap is no exception. Here is how I am coping with in-person school as of 2021 so far. Omicron is happening.
Salutations to all of you readers out there. Some of you might know me as Mr. Story-Arc article man. Today I wanted to share with you how I am coping with coming back to school in person.
-MARCH 2020-
Let’s take a trip back to March 2020, (specifically late March 2020) Everything was closed down resulting in a disappointing graduation for various graduates named Nicolas, Milvio, Nathan, and a few more that I forgot. The reason why I said it was disappointing is because in the 2019-2020 school year, we can’t see them graduate in-person, like we used to. A con that has made me angrily unhappy was that I was one week close to filming the elevators at my highschool. Next week was the parent teacher conference, and after that, I could film the elevators there, but when we transitioned into Monday the 16th of 2020, I would usually be woken up to get dressed for school. But it didn’t happen. And it didn’t happen for the rest of the month. It also didn’t happen for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.
-SEPTEMBER 2020-
We take a look at the 2020-2021 school year. In September 2020, kids were going back to school, except for me along with my classmates named Cesar, Kendra, Jahiem and Derrick and some of my other school friends in IS90 named “Brianna Luke” and “Deven Small”. (For Deven, I met her in the 2017-2018 school year, and Brianna in the 2018-2019 school year.) Along with Joana and Dariel who were my classmates in Mr. Nick Fraley’s class in 2018-2019. The Coronavirus vaccine was still in development by the time it was September 2020. Me, Jahiem, Kendra, Matthew, Derrick and Cesar were in Ms. Ashley Morgan’s class for the 2019-2020 school year. Michael Brito and Jeffrieal Hylton, along with various other students graduated in the 2020-2021 school year, but to explain this in the shortest way possible, some of those graduates have come back to Park West High School for more fun this year.
-JULY 2021-
When it was July 2021, I came back to school In-person for the summer year, along with Kendra, Joana, Brianna, Pouli, Derrick, Jahiem and Matthew. The name of the school we “Migrated” to was called “JHS117/Tito Puente Education Complex.”
One time during the summer year, I went to the office at the school building. (I was participating well, I didn’t get in any trouble.) Inside, I met my soon-to-be teacher named Ms. Sarah Cullen in that office. Ms. Sarah was a teacher in that school. Usually, I would see PS138M students and staff from Park West "Migrating” to “IS90/Mirabal Sisters School” in summer school years 2017, 2018, and 2019.
IS90 has two elevators consisting of blue digital numbered indicators on the inside and outside of both. JHS117/Tito Puente Education Complex only consisted of one elevator, while Park West High School/Park West Education Complex consisted of Two Elevators, along with IS90. In September 2021, All of us were officially back at school. Helfry was my classmate again. Formerly, we were rivals in IS 90. (SEPARATE ARTICLES, ONE EACH FOR ALL THREE SCHOOLS)
-SEPTEMBER 2021-
The 2020-2021 school year was the final year of Ms. Sarah Cullen in JHS117. She is now a teacher at park west high school. Thus resulting her to be our teacher there for real. Mr. Frank was my 1 to 1 this year because I need entertainment when class gets boring. Even in the library is boring without Ms. Joanna Pannell scolding us off. Ms. Molly O’Rourke was my teacher for the summer. In JHS117, there were very loud high velocity pedestal fans. (Specifically the ones with two blades.) Almost no classrooms had working air conditioners! Especially the one where we were at for July! We had to yell directly at each other just so we could hear each other. The only pro in that class is that it had a Promethean touch screen TV. We were watching this earth cam thing, we meditated to Minecraft music, and it's all courtesy of Mr. Frank Fernandez. That was about to change as of August.
-ROOMS-
We were moved into a permanent room with air conditioning, but also a noisy light whenever that light is dim. The first room we moved in had no space and no light from the ceiling. A pro was that it did have air conditioning. The second room was all the way next to the front exit of the school building, consisting of a working air conditioner blowing air that I never felt, and a promethean “Non touch screen” Variant of a TV. The third permanent one also had a working air conditioner, lots of desktops, and an actual smartboard.
In September 2021, it was a bit chilly in the classroom that we were in for weeks since the beginning of the school year! During the summer and the 2021-2022 school year, Mr. Frank Fernandez was a paraprofessional in both classes I was in.
-MR. FRANK FERNANDEZ-
Ironically, before I was in that classroom this year, Mr. Frank was a paraprofessional in that classroom I was in as of the 2021-2022 school year in the 2019-2020 school year with Ms. Doris and Mr. Luis. There were also students like Dante Paiva, Robert Perez, Nisyra Barros, Alfosine Batchilly, and many more students that I forgot the first and last names of. At that time, there was a teacher named “Ms. Lauren.” Now as we transition back into the 2021-2022 school year once again, I was introduced to a science experiment activity. It was called the “Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Activity” or “STEM Activity” for short.
-REACTION ACTION-
We learned about the behaviors of Physical Reactions, Chemical Reactions, and Capillary Actions. Ms. Sarah shared a little with herself (specifically her dog) and has asked me to share a little something about me just like that.
The only catch is that it had to be under a minute. Mine consisted of videos I did of Elevator, Laundromat, and Automated Gate Machinery. All of which can be seen at Corlear Gardens, my former apartment building. (SEPARATE ARTICLE)
We were also commissioned to do our own memes to share with the class. We even created this website you’re on right now for me, Noah, Justin and Helfry to write amazing stories to share with you guys out there!
-TOURING MS. SARAH CULLEN AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL-
Since she was unfamiliar with the building interior and exterior as of September at first, it was up to us students to make her familiar with all of the building interiors and exteriors. On the first day back at Park West High School, A rule was created in the cafeteria stating we can only sit down on ONE SIDE of the tables when our masks are taken off to eat whatever food is given to us for lunch. The only time we eat breakfast is in the classroom. Ms. Sarah also won some “Big Apple” thingy as it says on the homepage of our website.
-NO CAFETERIA?-
In JHS117, we eat breakfast and lunch in the classroom. No cafeteria, no gymnasium room. No regular elevator ride. And no speech or counseling sessions this whole summer year! Only pro is I was able to succeed in filming that elevator, along with the two elevators at Park West officially, starting in October/The Spooky Month.
-PLANNING FOR CLASS FIELD TRIPS-
Right now, on the week where this article was generated, we are currently working on where to go for field trips. Before the pandemic, We would go to the auditorium there when I was in Grades 1-8, to see various classes dance to single songs they pick, or songs in mixes they create. When I was in Mr. Nick Fraley’s class, it was time for me to bust a move in front of the audience. And I busted that move, like jagger. That was literally the song he picked for us to dance to. It was a single song he picked.
-PROS-
I was hoping that in March 2020, we would bust a move for the audience/PS138M students and teachers from other schools. I was hoping to see Deven Small, Brianna Luke, Dariel Reyes, Mr. Nick Fraley, Ms. Jaquelin Fraser, Ms. Rosa Alexandre, Mr. Alexei Frazer, Ms. Ashley Pandicia, Ms. Sonja Palmer, and all the rest of everyone i knew from IS90, even though Ms. Sonja wa from the main site... However, that didn’t happen. IT NEVER HAPPENED. Everything was shut down due to Coronavirus infections worldwide. Everything got worse in June. It was the causing of one certain movement that could be controversial to talk about. On October /Spooky Month 29th of 2021, there was a fall festival. I was dancing with everyone at the festival. I also filmed the elevators in PWHS to commemorate an awesome day I had to end off October/Spooky Month. During lunch sometimes, I would dance with Dante.
Now I can finally have In-person sessions with Ms. Lisa Harte, and we go on the roof for gym or just to go outside now, along with delivering mail and doing other library/mail room stuff now.
-I THOUGHT WRONG.-
When I thought the 2019-2020 school year was over, we would go back to school at IS90 in the summer. Boy, was I wrong. We were remote for the summer. Along with the 2020-2021 school year. It was satisfying for me to be remote, so I could witness and film the repaving on the parking areas in my current building at Tibbett Towers. (SEPARATE ARTICLE)
-CONS-
Only cons when arriving home in traffic is that I missed out on the (rest of the) electric gate repair at Corlear Gardens on September 20th, 2021, along with the Speed Queen Laundry Machines at Nathan Hale Gardens on October 15th, 2021. (SEPARATE ARTICLE) The part with the electric gates caused me to stay home for almost the rest of that week. (SEPARATE ARTICLE ALONG WITH LAUNDRY MACHINES)
Yes, I hope this year will be a good year. Next week will be a “full” Part 4 regarding my "new life," so for all who are interested in that story, please stick around.
By, Jonathan Mnukhin
Published on November 24th, 2021
Table of Contents:
UNIT VIEW PROS AND CONS + FLICKERING LIGHT
ACTUALLY RIDING THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATOR AT TIBBETT TOWERS
NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN 2016
THE OTHER TWO ELEVATORS AT TIBBETT TOWERS?(IT’S A BIT LONG.)
THE OFFICIAL DEBUT TO MY ELEVATOR HOBBY (IT’S A LONG STORY, LITERALLY.)
MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT CORLEAR GARDENS. (THIS IS A VERY LONG LITERATE STORY.)
MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT NATHAN HALE GARDENS.
MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT TIBBETT TOWERS.
My elevator backstory revealed!!!1!111!1!'
-UNIT VIEW PROS AND CONS + FLICKERING LIGHT-
-ACTUALLY RIDING THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATOR AT TIBBETT TOWERS-
-NATHAN HALE GARDENS IN 2016-
-THE OTHER TWO ELEVATORS AT TIBBETT TOWERS?(IT’S A BIT LONG.)-
-THE OFFICIAL DEBUT TO MY ELEVATOR HOBBY (IT’S A LONG STORY, LITERALLY.)-
-MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT CORLEAR GARDENS (THIS IS A VERY LONG LITERATE STORY.)-
-MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT NATHAN HALE GARDENS.-
-MY ELEVATOR ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT TIBBETT TOWERS.-