Actually I'm going on vacation. But I keep thinking about that game from when I was little, and everyone sat in a circle and went one by one saying "I'm going on a picnic and I'm going to bring..." and you said an item in alphabetical order. I'm not really little anymore,and it's been years since I played that game. However, I think I play that game every day I work at Taco Bell.
"I'm going to the back and I'm going to get large lids, medium cups, kids toys, and strawberries." Not exactly alphabetical order but life doesn't happen a to z it happens a to q to c to 7. (That's right sometimes it throws in curve balls or in alphabet situations numbers.)
Anyways I keep thinking of this game as I prepare to go to Iowa, where I will attend summer orientation for Drake University. I'm hoping to meet my new best friend, and a few other people who I can hang out with immediately getting to Drake this fall. We are also going to find a bank for me, and after Iowa....FLORIDA! I'm so excited all I brought was tank tops and shorts. Actually let me put it this way: "I'm going to college orientation and I brought my work application, my immunization forms, and my FYS choices." and "I'm going to Florida and I brought my clothes, flip flops, Drake hoodie, and Make Up. Sun lotion too!"
Can't wait to blog about orientation and Florida!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Graduation
It is the Sunday before Graduation. I celebrated with the family Angie's birthday tonight after work, and it was a blast hanging with my cousin Emily. I got done with school last Thursday.
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.
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.) |
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Did you know I'm going to college?
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| I got this really awesome Drake Hoodie today. Thanks Aunt Karyn and Uncle Tom |
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| I got a box full of college stuff. (Including an Iron, gum, razzles, poster putty, sewing kit, laundry hamper, and more)! Thanks Aunt Karyn and Uncle Tom |
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| Me in my Taco Bell hat, because today is Sunday and I have to go to work. |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
It's official. I'm going to Drake.
Although there was never any doubt in my mind. We got the financial aid package this weekend, and Drake is giving me a little bitmore money and I qualified for work study. There's about $9,000 I still need, but the important part is I'm practically there. I'm going to work over summer to get probably 2,000 more dollars. Then any graduation money I get is going straight to the college account. I am so excited to go to Drake. I just can't wait.
This month has been really busy. I made it to sixth place at state for DECA. I got a call back for the spring play, and find out tomorrow if I'm in it or not. The show is "You Can't Take It With You." It is a straight play, but a comedy none the less. My club is about to do a huge event, and I think as an organizer it is going to go very well.
My last highschool spring break is next week, and I'm going to hang out at home cleaning and doing homework. Maybe playing a little sims. I'm totally ready for a break from school.
I currently weigh 156 lbs to 157 lbs. And the goal is to lose about 11 more pounds before prom which is April 16. I really hope I make that goal, so I can look Fab-U-lous at prom.
This picture is from this summer before I took my senior photos. I had allergies which is why my eyes look so watery. Hopefully I don't have allergies during the summer at Drake.
This month has been really busy. I made it to sixth place at state for DECA. I got a call back for the spring play, and find out tomorrow if I'm in it or not. The show is "You Can't Take It With You." It is a straight play, but a comedy none the less. My club is about to do a huge event, and I think as an organizer it is going to go very well.
My last highschool spring break is next week, and I'm going to hang out at home cleaning and doing homework. Maybe playing a little sims. I'm totally ready for a break from school.
I currently weigh 156 lbs to 157 lbs. And the goal is to lose about 11 more pounds before prom which is April 16. I really hope I make that goal, so I can look Fab-U-lous at prom.
This picture is from this summer before I took my senior photos. I had allergies which is why my eyes look so watery. Hopefully I don't have allergies during the summer at Drake.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Getting Graduation Ready.
It is almost the end of the month of January, and I can say that I have lost about 5 to 6 pounds. The goal is to weigh 130 by graduation (which is May 19). I'm really proud of myself for taking initiative to lose the weight, and I'm hoping when it comes to the Freshman fifteen mine doesn't happen.
The month of February is going to be crazy! I have a charity theatre show that I choreographed two parts in and I'm doing the sound for. I am going to DECA state at the end of the month, but have practices once a week. Then the weekend of DECA is the first week of Footloose at school. The month is so busy, it will probably just fly by.
I'm so excited to go to Drake this fall. I can barely describe it into words. My mom is going to take me to Florida for a few days as a graduation gift. I've decided I'm definitely going to do a Double major in English and most likely Public Relations with a degree in secondary education. It will be a lot of hard work, but I think I can handle it.
These next few months are going to disappear so quickly, with Spring shows, comedy night, working at Taco Bell, everything! I guess I'll just have to keep pushing through it all.
The month of February is going to be crazy! I have a charity theatre show that I choreographed two parts in and I'm doing the sound for. I am going to DECA state at the end of the month, but have practices once a week. Then the weekend of DECA is the first week of Footloose at school. The month is so busy, it will probably just fly by.
I'm so excited to go to Drake this fall. I can barely describe it into words. My mom is going to take me to Florida for a few days as a graduation gift. I've decided I'm definitely going to do a Double major in English and most likely Public Relations with a degree in secondary education. It will be a lot of hard work, but I think I can handle it.
These next few months are going to disappear so quickly, with Spring shows, comedy night, working at Taco Bell, everything! I guess I'll just have to keep pushing through it all.
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| This is from Christmas when I got new make up. Sorry that it is sideways. |
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