I really enjoyed listening to all of the senior's interviews...they were very entertaining and interesting! I was actually surprised that so many of them had a pretty good plan for when they graduate. My favorite interview was probably Nathan Rebelo's because he was so sure about what he wants to do with his life. He wants to be an architect, it is his passion and he said that he wants to "put his stamp on society." This stood out to me because he is determined to do something productive so he can get the best out of life. The other thing that I enjoyed about his interview was that he talked about the college he is hoping to go to and how he wants to "spread my wings." I am a lot like this too; my parents want me to stay in Ft. Wayne and go to IPFW for two years, but I want to get away and live on my own and be my own person.
Not all of the students' interviews were very realistic, in fact one girl named Shauna Casale said she could see her self as a big shot movie star in 10 years. I give her props for having such a big dream, I mean who doesn't want to see their name in lights? Even, I have often found myself wanting to be in the spotlight as a big shot on Broadway, But I know that the odds of me ever making it are very slim. So, I just hope that Shauna has a back up and isn't too disappointed if her dream never comes true (I really hope it does though, I admire people with big dreams).
In ten years, I could see myself with a steady teaching job (cross my fingers the the market gets better), maybe I will even be married or at least engaged :) and I want to start off by living in an apartment with a roomate, I think that would be very fun :)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Water For Elephants ps. 105-159
by: Sara Gruen
Summary:
My reading started in modern day, Jacob is an old man. His is grouchy because his nurse, Rosemary, has entered the room to start his day. He explains to Rosemary howmuch he hates that everyone does everything for him all the time and assumes that they know what he wants. So, to try and make him feel better, Rosemary leaves the room only to come back and knock before entering, and asking for his opinion on things. After this, Jacob begins to like Rosemary a lot more.
In Chapter 9 the circus has stopped in their latest town. An abandoned circus is still set up with a few stragglers and animals that were left behind. Uncle Al uses this opportunity to hold "auditions" for some new freaks to add to his show. Later that day, Unlce Al tells August, Marlena, and Jacob that he has a huge surprise....he bought an elephant! Sugust nearly blows up when he hears this and the fact that they spent all of their extra money on a trailer car for the elephant.
Jacob suffers his first real hangover in chapter 10 when he attends a party that his bunkmate, Kinko( later known as Walter), is throwing. He is upset about his conflicting feelings that he has toward Marlena so he gets pretty wasted. While he is in this drunken stupor, two of the circus's more prurient women thought it would be nice to have a little "fun" with Jacob. He ends up barfing on one of the girls. Jacob wakes up the next moring to find out that the previous night was planned by Kinko to get back at him for taking up some of his "space". Later that day, Jacob officially meets the elephant for the first time. Her name is Rosie and he learns that she does not respond if she i sbeaten or whipped, she likes to be talked to like a human being.
In Chapter 11, Jacob is invited to go to a speakeasie wih Marlena and August. You can tell that Marlena is aggrivated with August because when he goes to get more drinks hse pulls Jacob in for a dance. During their dance, the cops intrude and Marlena and Jacob get separated from August. In an alley behind the club, Jacob kisses Marlena. She runs away mortified and Jacob wanders aimlessly through the town untiul he eventually makes it back to the circus area. The next morning at breakfast, Jacob can tell that August knows about what happened becasue he pretty much says that if Jacob ever tries that again he will kill him...
Response:
I really am enjoying this book even though I can't really tell you what it is about. So many things happen that I don't think there is a specific plot. I am also really confused as to why the book is called water for elephants...I'm halfway done with the book and the elephant just now appeared...strange. Oh well, I guess I will have to keep reading ot see what happens next....
Summary:
My reading started in modern day, Jacob is an old man. His is grouchy because his nurse, Rosemary, has entered the room to start his day. He explains to Rosemary howmuch he hates that everyone does everything for him all the time and assumes that they know what he wants. So, to try and make him feel better, Rosemary leaves the room only to come back and knock before entering, and asking for his opinion on things. After this, Jacob begins to like Rosemary a lot more.
In Chapter 9 the circus has stopped in their latest town. An abandoned circus is still set up with a few stragglers and animals that were left behind. Uncle Al uses this opportunity to hold "auditions" for some new freaks to add to his show. Later that day, Unlce Al tells August, Marlena, and Jacob that he has a huge surprise....he bought an elephant! Sugust nearly blows up when he hears this and the fact that they spent all of their extra money on a trailer car for the elephant.
Jacob suffers his first real hangover in chapter 10 when he attends a party that his bunkmate, Kinko( later known as Walter), is throwing. He is upset about his conflicting feelings that he has toward Marlena so he gets pretty wasted. While he is in this drunken stupor, two of the circus's more prurient women thought it would be nice to have a little "fun" with Jacob. He ends up barfing on one of the girls. Jacob wakes up the next moring to find out that the previous night was planned by Kinko to get back at him for taking up some of his "space". Later that day, Jacob officially meets the elephant for the first time. Her name is Rosie and he learns that she does not respond if she i sbeaten or whipped, she likes to be talked to like a human being.
In Chapter 11, Jacob is invited to go to a speakeasie wih Marlena and August. You can tell that Marlena is aggrivated with August because when he goes to get more drinks hse pulls Jacob in for a dance. During their dance, the cops intrude and Marlena and Jacob get separated from August. In an alley behind the club, Jacob kisses Marlena. She runs away mortified and Jacob wanders aimlessly through the town untiul he eventually makes it back to the circus area. The next morning at breakfast, Jacob can tell that August knows about what happened becasue he pretty much says that if Jacob ever tries that again he will kill him...
Response:
I really am enjoying this book even though I can't really tell you what it is about. So many things happen that I don't think there is a specific plot. I am also really confused as to why the book is called water for elephants...I'm halfway done with the book and the elephant just now appeared...strange. Oh well, I guess I will have to keep reading ot see what happens next....
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Some Pretty Awesome things
There's this cool website that has a list of 1000 awesome things..the site itself is pretty awesome! Here are a few of the items on the list that I think are pretty cool and would put on my own list of awesome things:
- Eating the thing you're cooking while you're cooking it-I don't know about you guys, but whenever I make cookies I think I eat half of the batch before it's even been baked yet!
- Seeing a dog or cat chasing its own tail-this is just too funny!
- Finally finding the start ofthis stupid roll of tape-it's so aggrivating!
- Forgetting you ordered something in the mail then having it randomly show up
- Rubbing your eyes at the end of the day-this happens to me a lot because my contacts gets so dry
- making a baby laugh-this probably makes me the most happy out of anything
- When little kids hit the age when they say "hi" to everyone-it's so adorable!
- When you're sleeping and the sounds around you turn into dreamsthis happens to me almost every morning when my alarm goes off
- Showing old people how to do something on the computer
- Jumping through the sprinkler in your bathing suit
- Smell of a lbrary-if I could bottle up the scent of Barnes and Noble and spray it in my room, I would
- clean baby smell
- Saying "see you next year" to everyone on News Years eve and laughing hysterically-i do this every year and it never gets old ;)
- seeing old people hold hands-it's so cute :)
An amazing 3rd quarter....
Wow! We only have one quarter left until we're SENIORS!! I have had so much fun in etymology this quarter and have learned so so so much! I officially believe that I can successfully write one heck of an essay now...well descriptive ones at least :D Not only have I been open to more "fancy" adjectives, but I have also broadened my vocabulary skills (even though sometimes the tests are agony). I actually think that this class helped me on my SAT (which is good cuz that's why I am taking it). On the test, I was extremely confident when it came to the grammar and vocab sections. There were words that we studied on the test!!
The other thing I have absolutely loved doing this quarter is all of my reading. I am a book nerd, I love love love reading!! Some of my favorite books I have read were The Hunger Games, Sundays at Tiffany's, and Beastly. I also am so into the book I am currently reading. I have discovered this quarter that I mainly enjoy reading pop fiction. In this pop fiction genre, I've noticed that I mainly love reading books that are or will become movies. About half of the books I've read are already movies or will eventually become movies.
For the fourth quarter I am going to try and read more novels by the author Jodi Picoult. She has a new book out called Sing You Home. It looks very interesting :) A friend of mine also recommended that I read this book called Atonement. She said it was very good and it takes place "back in the day". I love books that take place in the olden days....most particularly from the 1920s-present.
I am looking forward to what's to come in the future of this class!!
The other thing I have absolutely loved doing this quarter is all of my reading. I am a book nerd, I love love love reading!! Some of my favorite books I have read were The Hunger Games, Sundays at Tiffany's, and Beastly. I also am so into the book I am currently reading. I have discovered this quarter that I mainly enjoy reading pop fiction. In this pop fiction genre, I've noticed that I mainly love reading books that are or will become movies. About half of the books I've read are already movies or will eventually become movies.
For the fourth quarter I am going to try and read more novels by the author Jodi Picoult. She has a new book out called Sing You Home. It looks very interesting :) A friend of mine also recommended that I read this book called Atonement. She said it was very good and it takes place "back in the day". I love books that take place in the olden days....most particularly from the 1920s-present.
I am looking forward to what's to come in the future of this class!!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Gleecap of "Original Song"
Ohhh myyy Goodd...last night's Glee was EPIC! They sang original songs..I have been waiting for this day since I first started watching the show.
Once again Rachel tried writing her own song, this time it was called "Only Child", Finn told her that she was improving, but it still wasn't regional material. While this was happening, Quinn was telling us why she wanted to be with Finn...so she can be Prom Queen. (yeah now I definitely don't like her). She kept saying that she needed to keep Rachel away from Finn, and that you need to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. She then ended by saying "Well, Rachel Berry, you just got yourself a new best friend." Later, Quinn told Finn that after Regionals they were going to go public with their relationship and start campaigning for Prom Queen and King. Personally, I think Finn is a bit of an idiot for not realizing that the only reason Quinn wants to be with him is so she can get a shiny crown.
Meanwhile, at Dalton Academy, Blaine suggests that they should sing a duet at regionals. The glee board agrees and they all vote to have Kurt sing with Blaine. Later, Blaine tells Kurt that he wants to do this duet with him so he can spend more time with Kurt. Then he kisses him!! This part was really awkward (Darren's lips are huge lol), but I was so happy for Kurt because he finally got his happy ending :)
Once again Rachel tried writing her own song, this time it was called "Only Child", Finn told her that she was improving, but it still wasn't regional material. While this was happening, Quinn was telling us why she wanted to be with Finn...so she can be Prom Queen. (yeah now I definitely don't like her). She kept saying that she needed to keep Rachel away from Finn, and that you need to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. She then ended by saying "Well, Rachel Berry, you just got yourself a new best friend." Later, Quinn told Finn that after Regionals they were going to go public with their relationship and start campaigning for Prom Queen and King. Personally, I think Finn is a bit of an idiot for not realizing that the only reason Quinn wants to be with him is so she can get a shiny crown.
Meanwhile, at Dalton Academy, Blaine suggests that they should sing a duet at regionals. The glee board agrees and they all vote to have Kurt sing with Blaine. Later, Blaine tells Kurt that he wants to do this duet with him so he can spend more time with Kurt. Then he kisses him!! This part was really awkward (Darren's lips are huge lol), but I was so happy for Kurt because he finally got his happy ending :)
Back at McKinley High the glee clubbers are hard at work on writing their own original songs for regionals. Santana writes one for Sam called "Trouty Mouth," Puck writes one for his girlfriend called "Big ass..heart," and Mercedes writes one called "Hell to the No" (this one was actually really good). Mr. Shue tries to explain to the club that most songs are written about something that hurts someone, so they get talking about how Sue has hurt them. They end up writing a song called "Loser like Me". While this is going on, Rachel and Quinn are in the auditorium trying to write a song together. Rachel had heard Quinn talking with Finn in the hallway and asked Quinn to tell her the truth. Quinn explains (rather rudely) that she is going to marry Finn and they are going to raise a family and that Rachel does not fit anywhere in the picture. Heartbroken, Rachel goes home and writes a beautiful song called "Get it Right".
At the competition, Sue's glee club sings some song about Jesus. The Warblers sing the song "Candles", alone Kurt and Blaine are amazing singers, but together they sound icky :(. Right before New Directions goes on stage Rachel tells Finn to listen closely to the lyrics in her song because she means every word. They basically blow the audience away and, yes it has finally happened, GLEE MAKES IT TO NATIONALS!!!!! I am so happy!! :D So, Glee is on a "break" right now and won't be back until after Spring Break...so sad :(
The above video is Rachel's song "Get it Right"
The below video is the song "Loser Like Me"
Thursday, March 17, 2011
No Day But Today
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Renee Elise Goldsberry: she is my favorite Mimi |
I am a huuggeee Broadway nerd, I love love love musicals (especially the really old ones with the really show-tuney songs). As you all have probably realized I especially enjoy the musicals Wicked and RENT. They are my two absolute favorites. I rend to waver back and forth between which one I like more, I guess it just depends on my mood. Well, for the past couple of weeks I have leaned more towards the RENT side; mainly because it was just at the Civic theatre and I went to go see it. So, I've been a little "obsessed" with it lately. I have the last Broadway performance (which was filmed live like in movie form) on my ipod and I love the cast, so I've been mainly watching/listening to that, but I also have the movie soundtrack, the actual movie, and a cd of the best songs by the original Broadway cast (yeah, I know that's a LOT, but hey it's worth it!) Basically, I have the song "Out Tonight" on my ipod 3 times...each one is sung my a different Mimi..Ha! Anyways....the reason I wanted to make this blog was not to show you all how crazy in love I am with RENT, but to announce that IT WILL BE RETURNING TO NEW YORK CITY ON JULY 14th!!! I am so excited (I bet you couldn't tell). See, the show had its last Broadway performance in 2008 and they did this huge thing on Tony's. Usually when a show leaves Broadway it is YEARS before it comes back. Take West Side Story for example, it was on Broadway ages ago and now it's back. Well, I never thought RENT would be back in only 3 years! The only bummer is that it's not technically going to be on Broadway, the thing that I read said it's going to be an "off-Broadway" production. If and when I go to see it in New York, I don't really think that I will care where exactly it is located :)
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| Mark and Roger...the're roomate and Best Friends :) |
I decided to blog about this today because tomorrow the auditions start. Just think, while we're at school trudging through our day, hundreds of people will be auditioning for the chance to play the unforgettable characters Mark, Roger, Mimi, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, or Angel. I am looking forward to finding out who the cast will be :) Ahhhh! I just am so excited!!
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| Roger and Mimi :) My favorite pair |
Water for Elephants Pgs. 70-104
By: Sara Gruen
Summary:
In Chapter 6 Jacob examines Marlena's horse, Silver Star. He says that she has a foundering hoof, and that it will be a long time until she can perform again, if ever. Uncle Al is outraged by this and tells Jacob that if he wants to stay on with this circus he better "fix that d**** horse" (wow someone's got some anger issues...). Because of Silver Star's illness, Uncle Al makes declares that this city just won't get to see the circus, so they pack up and move out. Halfway to their next stop, the train stops so the workers can feed the animals. August asks Jacob to help him feed the cats (the lions, tigers, and panthers). The food is rotten and disgusting and Jacob tries to tell August that they can't feed the animals this. August tells him that this is all they've got. When they get to the cat den, Jacob nearly gets his arm ripped off by a lion named Rex. Luckily he didn't have any teeth, so it just bruised him really bad.
In Chapter 7 Jacob gets invited to go have dinner with Marlena and August in their train car. At the dinner, they all get pretty drunk and there is this moment when August gets this glassy look and looks like he is going to hurt Marlena just before he passes out. Marlena tells Jacob that August has a "problem" but won't say what the problem actually is. The next day, Jacob tells Marlena that he is probably going to have to put Silver Star down. They have a moment when Marlena starts balling and Jacob is there to comfort her (foreshadowing??)
Response:
I really like this book even though it has some pretty gruesome details. As I read about the conditions that Jacob, the workers, and even the animals live in, I can't help but get a little sick to my stomach. It's just disgusting to think that they serve the animals rotten food. I think I detected some foreshadowing with two different parts in these two chapters. First, when August gets that look where he wants to hurt Marlena and second, when Marlena and Jacob have their "moment". I can't help but wonder if Marlena and Jacob are going to have an affair because of something that August did to hurt Marlena. I guess I will jsut have to keep reading to find out.......
Summary:
In Chapter 6 Jacob examines Marlena's horse, Silver Star. He says that she has a foundering hoof, and that it will be a long time until she can perform again, if ever. Uncle Al is outraged by this and tells Jacob that if he wants to stay on with this circus he better "fix that d**** horse" (wow someone's got some anger issues...). Because of Silver Star's illness, Uncle Al makes declares that this city just won't get to see the circus, so they pack up and move out. Halfway to their next stop, the train stops so the workers can feed the animals. August asks Jacob to help him feed the cats (the lions, tigers, and panthers). The food is rotten and disgusting and Jacob tries to tell August that they can't feed the animals this. August tells him that this is all they've got. When they get to the cat den, Jacob nearly gets his arm ripped off by a lion named Rex. Luckily he didn't have any teeth, so it just bruised him really bad.
In Chapter 7 Jacob gets invited to go have dinner with Marlena and August in their train car. At the dinner, they all get pretty drunk and there is this moment when August gets this glassy look and looks like he is going to hurt Marlena just before he passes out. Marlena tells Jacob that August has a "problem" but won't say what the problem actually is. The next day, Jacob tells Marlena that he is probably going to have to put Silver Star down. They have a moment when Marlena starts balling and Jacob is there to comfort her (foreshadowing??)
Response:
I really like this book even though it has some pretty gruesome details. As I read about the conditions that Jacob, the workers, and even the animals live in, I can't help but get a little sick to my stomach. It's just disgusting to think that they serve the animals rotten food. I think I detected some foreshadowing with two different parts in these two chapters. First, when August gets that look where he wants to hurt Marlena and second, when Marlena and Jacob have their "moment". I can't help but wonder if Marlena and Jacob are going to have an affair because of something that August did to hurt Marlena. I guess I will jsut have to keep reading to find out.......
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