Podcast Movie

I am really enjoying this podcast assignment. I think it is really neat that we get to do something so very creative, especially around Halloween! Even though it started out as a scary movie project, and I think it should have stayed that way regardless of students complaints, it was kind of whatever one wanted to do. I stuck with not so much a 'scary' movie, but a dark one with suspense and gore. As anyone who is following this blog can plainly see, I LOVE Sweeney:Todd. I think I have managed to weasel it into as many topics as possible while still following instructions. Obviously, I chose this for my podcast, so here is a brief video of the trailer. Happy viewing!

commented to Sylvia Kansfield

Big or Small

I have experienced many things in my short life, and they all make me who I am today. One of the moments that impacted me the most was going to downtown Chicago for the first time. This may not seem very important, but it had a huge impasct on me because it showed me how big the world can be, how small we are as people, but also how influencial a small person can be in the big world. It takes only one acorn to make a giant oak tree, a single spark to cause a wildfire. Everyone in this world came from nothing. If others can make a difference in the world, why can't I? Why can't you? Think about it.

Report Card

I feel rather well about my report card. I moved up in most of my classes, but there are a few in which i stayed the same. Church History is my best subject, I have an A+. My worst class is probably Spanish, but even that is not too bad. Geometry is one or the harder classes for me. I just have trouble wrapping my head around some of those problems, but I usually get it in the long run. One of my favorites (besides Computers, of course) is American Literature (H). Writing is my passion and i really enjoy taking notes on the lectures more than anything, but that does not happen very often. I also enjoy writing the five paragraph essays.

10 Important Things to do Before I Die

1. Publish a book (or hopefully several)
2. Write a screenplay (for film)
3. Act in said film
4. Meet Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter
5. Repay my parents for all they have done for me
6. Make a real and distinct difference in a single person's life
7. Make a distinct difference in the world
8. Be in at least one community production of "Sweeney Todd" (preferably as Mrs. Lovett or Johanna)
9. Find my soulmate
10. Do what God put me here to do, and not just what I want to do

I chose the older looking Peoria logo. This one, of course, is not as modern as the others look. In fact, it does not look modern at all. Peoria is not exactly a modern city though. it is a more historical are and we should be proud of such a great past. I like that it was different from all of the other ones and I think it has an air about it that the others did not. This one seemed like is was, for lack of better words, wise, and knew more than the newer looking ones.

oooOOOOOoooo Halloween!

Halloween in one of my most favorite holidays. i don't care too much for the deep, dark, gory side, but I LOVE the costumes and candy and the slight fear of everything that goes 'bump' in the night. This year is going to be my best year of all as far as costumes go. i am dressing as Mrs. Lovett from the screen version of Sonheim's thriller-musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street". I saw the movie last December and was immediately hooked, and then I was fortunate enough to be able to see the national tour of the stage version at the Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago this past April. I had planned to make the costume myself, but I was in a time crunch, so I turned to eBay. We found this amazing person who we msent my exact measurements to and he is custom making a fantastic costume for me! It is just like the movie dress and I 'Lovett'! Sorry for the poor pun...

iPhoto

Well...progress is going well! I really am enjoying this project! My only trouble as of now is my camera, or lack thereof, because on homecoming I dropped it and broke it. Way to go Alicia... Anyway everything else is going great. All of the pictures for my name are there, all I really need are some more pitures of my inrerests, and then I just have to pick out a song!

Speaking of songs, I was just cast as Bet in 'Oliver!' at CCT (who wants to help me sell the most tickets?). The video that I have posted below is one of my favorite songs. It involves Doger (boy in top hat) and Oliver (tattered clothes) professing loyalty to Nancy (red dress)and Bet (cream/green dress). It promises to be a fantastic production! Ask me about it!




p.s.-I commented to Mary Huether! :)

Project Progress

The project is going ok with my group. One of our members has been sick for two days, one hasn't even talked to me, and I cannot figure out how to change the colors on the newsletter template. Well...I guess it isn't going that well afterall. I really work best on my own, and while I appreciate being able to work in groups, it just does nothing for the overall grade on my part. I think my writing portion went well, but as for the others, I cannot really say.

oh well...

p.s.- I commented on Kate Carroll's blog :)

Physical

My main physical goal this year is just to get out there and do something. I am really busy, so finding extrea time to do anything is quite rare for me. Seeing as i am not very coordinated, it may be better that I do something outside of a team. I work best on my own, and I always have. I think running or even just walking may be a good thing for me, and mornings would probably be the best time.