We had Harvey Awards on Friday night. I was up for Best Comedic Actress for comedy night, and I was up for Most Important Female Tech. I won Most Important Female Tech, and got a really cool trophy. As a thespian officer I also announced two awards, and as a senior I did my last performance on stage. It was an original poem called, "Theatre Moves Me". I think my mom got some great pictures of me, and she said my poem was really great. (I'm gonna put it on here unless I can't find it).
On Saturday we had our senior barbecue. As an officer for that I created "fake" awards to all the seniors to organize the goodbyes. The awards were really just thank you cards personalized for each one of the 33 seniors. It was pretty great, and we also did senior gag gifts.
At Angie's B-Day party, I hung out with my cousin Emily and she reminded how thankful I should be that my family is helping me go to the school of my dreams this fall---
You guys probably don't know this, but Drake originally wasn't even on my list of schools I was interested in. We were visiting the University of Iowa and my mom said lets check out other schools while we are here. First was U of I, and it was HUGE. Way too big for me. And the next day, we went to Drake. I have never believed in love at first sight, but the moment I started learning about Drake and saw their campus, and took a picture with a bulldog. I knew it was the school for me. I applied officially for two schools, the third school said I didn't turn in my essay (I did though.) I got in to all three schools. I got into Drake, CU Boulder, and University of Colorado Denver. I didn't want to go to CU Boulder, because it was too BIG like U of I. UCD was really a back up plan, but it would of only cost like 6,000 dollars a semester if I lived at home with my mom. (Sorry I didn't choose there). I chose Drake. Yes, it is a private college. Yes, it is an expensive college. But I didn't choose it, because of wanting to go to an expensive college or because the name will look great on resumes. I chose Drake, because of the class sizes. I chose Drake, because of the First Year Seminar I will take that will let me meet new people. I chose Drake, because when I set the bar it has to be too high and I have to get out of my comfort zone. I chose Drake, because when I picture myself at a school I can't see myself anywhere but there.
My family is really helping me accomplish my dreams, and that means the world to me. I'm sorry that it has been a bit of a burden, and that maybe I never showed my passion for this school. However, Drake is my school. It is where I'm meant to go. So Thank You All. A Lot. I couldn't get to Drake on my own.
Graduation is this Thursday, and Honors Convocation is on Wednesday at 7 pm. I have a very busy graduation agenda, but I can't wait to see all my family. Before I post this blog I want to put my poem on here, and I also want to put a song on here that I really like.
"Theatre Moves Me"
Theatre moves me
to crawl out of my comfort zone
to say hi to strangers
to welcome others into my life with open arms
Theatre transforms me
to become an eagle and soar
makes me be a lion and roar
it sends me to make new friends
get back old ones,
and tells me to be the change in the world
that I want to see in it
Theatre moves me
to set the stage for Ghandi
to remember the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
I have a dream, A dream of where
sound isn't just a tech its an art
its more than just a job for some
old fart-
Sound moves me
to shout to the heavens
and thank God for all the blessings in
my life
Sound moves me
to smile when you don't show up
rather than cry
it moves me so much
that I can say I forgive you
and it allows me
to dance about the stage joyously
praising the love I have received-
Theatres moves me
to try new things,
act like a butterfly my director may say
or play a drunk
or how bout you drown tonight?
Theatre moves me
to have a passion
about fashion,
fashion setting the world on fire
like wildfires!
Japan, Haiti, Bullying, Suicide,
Poverty-
Theatre inspires me
to write a play all in slam poetry
to sing even when I can't hit the right notes
"I see a river, flowing for freedom,
I see a river just in you..."
Music moves me
it sends me in to the past
a time machine to the 1930's
or to the future where
cars hover and the water is all run out,
placing me all around the world
A mirror to the world, music
fills my heart-
Theatre is a movement
setting a movement within me
sending me far away
taking me back to the good old days,
Back to that special day-
Theatre is the Earth, wind under my feet
Acting is me coming out of my shell
Sound is keeping me close to the ground;
Theatre moves me
in so many ways.
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| Me performing |
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| Me and Annie (She is a freshman, and will be on American Idol one day) |
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| Prom (me and Regan.) |
