Vocab Blog 1

1. Adept
    skillful
    (e-dept')
    Adjective
    1655-65; Medieval Latin
    Synonyms: expert, talented
    Antonyms: inept, amateur
    "Adept Technology Enhances Sales Network in North America" - http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/01/16/602991/10064422/en/Adept-Technology-Enhances-Sales-Network-in-North-America.html
     This picture shows an adept worker who is skilled at many trades.  - http://www.skilledhands.biz/SKILLED%20HANDS%20LOGO%20BLUE%20SHIRT.png

2. Encompass
    to include
    (en-kum'pes)
    Verb
    1545-55; Medieval Latin
    Synonyms: enclose, covers
    Antonyms: exclude, exempt
    "Postal Credit Union Selects Ellie Mae's Encompass Mortgage Management Software" - http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/Postal-Credit-Union-Selects-Ellie-Maes-Encompass-Mortgage-Management-Software-20140122
     This picture is the cover of "The Theory of Everything", a document that encompasses how everything came to be.  - http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/uploadedImages/articles/1207_encompass996584.jpg

3. Entrepreneur
    A business investor
    (on'tre-pre-nur')
    Noun
    1875-80; French
    Synonyms: producer, executive
    Antonyms: employee, peasant
    "Houston Entrepreneur Starts Microfinance Program to Boost Startups" - http://www.xconomy.com/texas/2014/01/24/houston-entrepreneur-starts-microfinance-program-to-boost-startups/
    This picture demonstrates the busy life of an entrepreneur who deals with daily business deals and investments.  - http://www.mauritiusdirectory.org/images/Entrepreneurship_finance_fox.jpg

4. Eradicate
    To Erase
    (i-rad'i-kat')
    Verb
    1555-65; Latin
    Synonyms: abolish, eliminate
    Antonyms:  create, construct
    "Bill Gate: 'Capitalism did not eradicate smallpox'" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/21/bill-gates-capitalism-did-not-eradicate-smallpox/
     This picture demonstrates the desire to eradicate cancer from the world and calls for a cure for the disease.  - http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/98636/98636,1266120627,2/stock-photo-eradicate-remove-cancer-concept-as-eraser-erase-the-word-cancel-46634923.jpg

5. Homogeneous
    the same throughout
    (ho'mo-je'ne-es)
    adjective
    1635-45; Medieval Latin
    Synonyms: alike, uniform
    Antonyms: different, heterogeneous
    "...that would take down a large portion of the electric grid) is that the control systems are not homogeneous."- http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/01/how-likely-is-a-successful-attack-on-the-electric-grid/
    This picture shows a homogeneous mixture where the composition is the same throughout and all parts of the mixture are identical.  - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsXYQn0cT6CJS7m3d3IBBOilMK_cSCgXmFAC-sNiXp5Pbi3-ZNTtmYJGkr6y4B813F0y8PqDbsV7wO6XhQaf7vXJJEfS0FT8m0iOn2o3E7LIQvz0DqR8InGL8SMehkoD3MWGW_ZgzCMyf/s1600/IMAG0006.jpg

6. Presumptuous
    too forward
    (pre-zump'choo-es)
    adjective
    1300-50; Middle English
    Synonyms: overconfident, pretentious
    Antonyms: cautious, humble
    "Doubt if our grandparents were ever startled by a presumptuous automatic flush." - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-durst/streaming-hulu-in-the-wom_b_4660907.html\
     This picture shows a man who is presumptuous in showing that he thinks something is stupid and a waste.  He visually whose disgust and rejection. - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/picard-facepalm.jpg

7. Sordid
    ugly
    (sor'did)
    adjective
    1590-1600; Latin
    Synonyms: disreputable, nasty
    Antonyms: clean, decent
    "BBC miniseries 'Fleming' takes look at the sordid life of the creator of James Bond" - http://www.dailybulletin.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140124/bbc-miniseries-fleming-takes-look-at-the-sordid-life-of-the-creator-of-james-bond
     This picture shows a woman whose sordid attitude spread to her exterior and how she became a nasty, old lady. - http://tonicolemanbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ugly-thoughts.bmp

8. Standardize
    to make consistent
    (stan'der-diz)
    verb
    1870-75; Latin
    Synonyms: assimilate, normalize
    Antonyms: differentiate, vary
    "LPO and Carnegie Hall standardize local music curriculum 'with a New Orleans slant'" - http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/01/lpo_and_carnegie_hall_standard.html
        This picture shows a girl who has standardized her work out routines daily to get in shape. - http://media4.onsugar.com/files/2013/01/05/1/192/1922729/dc032d61db546b45_157167732.preview.jpg

9. Stint
    an assigned job
    (stint)
    noun
    1150-1200; Middle English
    Synonyms: assignment, duty
    Antonyms: pastime, entertainment
    "Parise back after stint as Olympic 'model'" - http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/241765071.html
     This picture shows a job application for a stint at the new burger joint. - http://www.bu.edu/today/files/2011/02/jobapplication1_h_0.jpg
   
10. Stringent
    demanding
    (strin'jent)
    adjective
    1595-1605; Latin
    Synonyms: binding, forceful
    Antonyms: lenient, amenable
    "Bail-out policy for highways sector likely to be more stringent" - http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-23/news/46514255_1_highways-ministry-highways-sector-toll-revenue
   This picture shows a stringent political leader who is calling for change and respect for his views.  - http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Protests%2BPrayers%2BErupt%2BAZ%2BAfter%2BStringent%2BAZJL_4RLAMxl.jpg

"Who am I? I'm Jean Valjean!"

“I am a question to the world, not an answer to the Earth.” – Goo Goo Dolls.

I’m Madeline C Lipscomb.  I don’t particularly like my name.  I was born on November 20^th, 1998, born and bred in Clayton, North Carolina. 

I am an avid dreamer and I constantly feel like I’m being held captive here.  All I desire is adventure and something new.  I wanted to travel the world and see new cultures and people.  However, I based everything I thought the world would be on stories and figured the great big world to be something magical and more than here.  I had made expectations for the world that I knew the world would never be able to live up to. 

My sensible, practical brain is always tormenting my creative mind.  I want to do all these things and go to all these places, but my brain is telling me that I should settle like so many other people.  I need an actual job to support myself.  End of story.  And then I thought of my long forgotten childhood dream of working for Disney, a place I knew was magical and adventurous.  Plus, it’s an actual job. 

So my new old dream is to be a Disney Imagineer.  However, I do still want to see the world, I just won’t have as big of expectations for it.  I also never want children or to be tied down.  I want to be free to create new things and write stories.  I believe life wasn’t meant to be lived in one place and I want to be able to move and do things without lifelong commitments like children. 

My ultimate goal is to be free and create new things. 

“I don’t ever want to be a man.  I want always to be a little boy and to have fun.” – Peter Pan.

"To die would be an awfully big adventure."

http://blogofgreengables.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/peterandwendy.png

My favorite story is the classic “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie.  I read this story just a week ago and I was completely submersed in the book.  The philosophies of death and forgetting that are hidden in the book are strangely in depth for a children’s story.   The descriptions of Neverland and Peter, a heartless adventurous, forgetful boy, make it seem like I’ve known them all my life.  My favorite aspect of the classic is how the author, J.M. Barrie, perfectly captures what life is like from a child’s, adult’s, and a deity’s point of view.  I fell in love with the story with the single quote: “When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”  This story is the definition of beauty and bitter-sweetness; to read it was one of the best decisions I have ever made.