Monday, April 30, 2012

Things I Want...at this very minute.


1. A Time Turner


2. Super Sized Rockstar


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Ken Jennings: "Go get em."


So I'm doing the College Test for Jeopardy tonight, so as a one off I tweeted Ken Jennings for some encouragement:

Monday, April 23, 2012

t-2 weeks and counting...

  1. 4/4/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 4
    Covers: Lighting design paper work, Scene shop hand tools, Scene shop hand and portable power, tools, Scene shop stationary power tools, Scenic materials, Fasteners and adhesives
    Grade: A
  2. 4/5/12 - Public Speaking Major Speech 2
    Persuasive speech
    6 min; Speech portfolio: Purpose/thesis development, audience Connections, Works cited, Formal outline, Note cards
    Grade: A
  3. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 1
    A)
    Choose a decade in American history and view any film, which, in your view, epitomizes or represents that decade.  In essay form, answer some or all of the following questions. How does this film define the decade? (Consider all aspects of “mise-en-scene” if you wish.)  OR B)View a film that addresses a historical event in America. Briefly research that event and compare and contrast the historical facts with the film’s interpretation. 
    2-3 pages, 12pt double-spaced
    Grade: 98/100
  4. 4/9/12  - Connections Essay 2
    Write a synopsis (1-2 pages max) of an idea for a film that addresses a cultural or historical issue. In this paper, identify (a) the theme, (b) major characters, (c) setting, and (d) plot including the background, rising action, climax, falling action/denouement. Balance telling your story succinctly with including enough detail for me to understand your concept.
    Grade: 38/40
  5. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 2
    Self-reflection - Think about all your general education courses. Discuss how one in particular has prepared you for subsequent academic courses and/or for your future career. Identify specific knowledge, skills, and abilities you gained, which will insure your future success.
    1-2 pages max, 12pt , double-spaced
    Grade: 48/50
  6. Connections Discussion Participation
    Grade: 10/10
     
  7. 4/10/12 - Irish History Paper 2
    Custom topic: Comparing and Contrasting the Famine Era Irish Traveling Accounts of Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont from Peter Gray's The Irish Famine
    5-7 pages (10 max, excluding works cited), 12pt, double-spaced
    Grade: B+



  8. RTBP Marketing Blitz
    Laser cartridge busted...printing delayed!
  9. 4/16/12 - Voice/Movement Play Review
    Two pages, double spaced
  10. 4/17/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Rehearsal Assistance?
  11. 4/18/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance?
  12. 4/19 - Public Speaking Group Symposium Presentation
    9 min part in 45 min speech
    supposedly conclusion...more to come
  13. 4/19/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance
  14. 4/20/12 - District Student Activities Funding Meeting
    9AM, Ybor, District wants to cut all Extracurricular Performing/Visual Arts funding from Ybor Campus
  15. 4/21/12 - RTBP Load-in

  16. 4/22/12 - RTBP Lighting/Focusing
    Ahead of schedule!
  17. 4/24/12 - RTBP Tech Rehearsal
    *Everything running very smoothly...just a couple of rough spots in memorization, but sound and staging running very well!*
  18. 4/25/12  RTBP Tech Rehearsal
  19. 4/25/12 - Jeopardy College Championship Online Test
    9PM EST
  20. 4/26/12 - Irish History Final
    Take home final due
    3, 2-page responses to given topics, 12pt double-spaced
  21. 4/26/12 - RTBP Final Dress Rehearsal
  22. 4/27/12 - RTBP  Performance
    6:30 Crew Call
  23. 4/28/12 - RTBP  Performance
    6:30 Crew Call

  24. 4/29/12 - RTBP Performance/Strike
    1:30 Crew Call 
  25. 4/30/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 5
    Covers: Curtains and stage drapes, two-dimensional scenery, flat construction, Hardware/joints/knots, Dimensional scenery: platforms and wagons, Scenery: Windows and doors, Scenery: Stairs
  26. 4/30/12 - Stagecraft Paper
    1 - 2 page / 500 word (typed) paper discussing the Lighting and Scenic design for Betty's Summer Vacation.
  27. 4/30/12  - Mod European History Final
    Take home essay based on info Covering Chaps 19:Empire Modernity and the Road to War-24:The New Globalism
    Assigned or due on the 30th?
  28. 5/4/12 - Commencement
    2PM, 1:00 check-in

  29. 5/7/12 - Stagecraft Final
    Semester Cumulative
  30.  5/7/12 - Voice and Movement Final
    Memorized Performance final - "Comings and Goings" Excerpts
  31. 5/8/12 - Honors EOY Social!
    Western Mystery Dinner Theater

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

I GOT IN!

 
19 June 2010 8:56AM EST was my first post here.
The time you see on this post is the exact time I received my acceptance call.
17 April 2012 9:49AM EST.

1 year, 9 months, 29 days, 53 minutes, and the title of this blog is now true.

It is an oddly stark reflection and there is much yet to be done to finish with HCC.  It's all bit overwhelming. I'm forgetting things.  Miscommunication is rampant; I'm exhausted.  I've seen people just check out after they receive news like this.  Just let go and fuck the world, for lack of a better idiom.  I don't want to be one of these people. I've come so far to let things slip now because of complacent satisfaction.  It seems so easy though.

Let's face it though, when in the past two years, or the six since I started college, or the ten since I entered high school, flunked out, and went back, have I done what's easy?  A little horn tooting is not what I'm aiming for, but in this moment maybe I should.

I'm the second person in my family to go to college, the first to get in to an out of state school, never mind an Ivy.  I'm wrapping up a significant part of my life and actually have viable options for the next steps.


Wednesday, April 11, 2012

list update...fast and furious

  1. 4/3/12 - Reasons to be Pretty?
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  2. 4/3/12 - Public Speaking Field Trip
    Lara Logan talk at USF
  3. 4/4/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 4
    Covers: Lighting design paper work, Scene shop hand tools, Scene shop hand and portable power, tools, Scene shop stationary power tools, Scenic materials, Fasteners and adhesives
    Grade: A
  4. 4/4/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  5. 4/5/12 - Public Speaking Major Speech 2
    Persuasive speech
    6 min; Speech portfolio: Purpose/thesis development, audience Connections, Works cited, Formal outline, Note cards
    Grade: A 
  6. 4/5/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  7. 4/5/12 - PTK Pinnacle Scholarship Essay
    2 winners receive PTK Membership fee paid in full
    500 words
  8. 4/6/12 - Straz Center Phone Interview
    7PM, for PT House Management position :)


  9. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 1
    A)
    Choose a decade in American history and view any film, which, in your view, epitomizes or represents that decade.  In essay form, answer some or all of the following questions. How does this film define the decade? (Consider all aspects of “mise-en-scene” if you wish.)  OR B)View a film that addresses a historical event in America. Briefly research that event and compare and contrast the historical facts with the film’s interpretation. 
    2-3 pages, 12pt double-spaced
    Grade: 98/100
  10. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 2
    Self-reflection - Think about all your general education courses. Discuss how one in particular has prepared you for subsequent academic courses and/or for your future career. Identify specific knowledge, skills, and abilities you gained, which will insure your future success.
    1-2 pages max, 12pt , double-spaced
  11.  4/9/12 - Screenwriting Pitch
    Write a synopsis (1-2 pages max) of an idea for a film that addresses a cultural or historical issue. In this paper, identify (a) the theme, (b) major characters, (c) setting, and (d) plot including the background, rising action, climax, falling action/denouement. Balance telling your story succinctly with including enough detail for me to understand your concept.
  12. 4/10/12 - Irish History Paper 2
    Custom topic: Comparing and Contrasting the Famine Era Irish Traveling Accounts of Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont from Peter Gray's The Irish Famine
    5-7 pages (10 max, excluding works cited), 12pt, double-spaced
  13. 4/10/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  14. 4/11/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  15. 4/12/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  16. 4/13/12 - Student Excellence Awards7pm, Formal Dinner and Awards Presentation from Campus President


  17. RTBP Marketing Blitz 
  18. 4/16/12 - Voice/Movement Play Review
    Two pages, double spaced
  19. 4/17/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Rehearsal Assistance?
  20. 4/18/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance?
  21. 4/19 - Public Speaking Group Symposium Presentation
    9 min part in 45 min speech
    supposedly conclusion...more to come
  22. 4/19/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance
  23. 4/20/12 - District Student Activities Funding Meeting
    9AM, Ybor, District wants to cut all Extracurricular Performing/Visual Arts funding from Ybor Campus
  24. 4/21/12 - RTBP Load-in

  25. 4/22/12 - RTBP Lighting/Focusing
  26. 4/24/12 - RTBP Tech Rehearsal
  27. 4/25/12  RTBP Tech Rehearsal
  28. 4/26/12 - Irish History Final
    Take home final due
    3, 2-page responses to given topics, 12pt double-spaced
  29. 4/26/12 - RTBP Final Dress Rehearsal
  30. 4/27/12 - RTBP  Performance
    6:30 Crew Call
  31. 4/28/12 - RTBP  Performance
    6:30 Crew Call

  32. 4/29/12 - RTBP Performance/Strike
    1:30 Crew Call 
  33. 4/30/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 5
    Covers: Curtains and stage drapes, two-dimensional scenery, flat construction, Hardware/joints/knots, Dimensional scenery: platforms and wagons, Scenery: Windows and doors, Scenery: Stairs
  34. 4/30/12 - Stagecraft Paper
    1 - 2 page / 500 word (typed) paper discussing the Lighting and Scenic design for Betty's Summer Vacation.
  35. 4/30/12  - Mod European History Final
    Take home essay based on info Covering Chaps 19:Empire Modernity and the Road to War-24:The New Globalism
    Assigned or due on the 30th?
  36. 5/2/12 - Stagecraft Final
    Semester Cumulative
  37. 5/4/12 - Commencement
    2PM, 1:00 check-in

  38. 5/7/12 - Voice and Movement Final
    Memorized Performance final - "Comings and Goings" Excerpts
  39. 5/8/12 - Honors EOY Social!Western Mystery Dinner Theater!

Monday, April 9, 2012

My stats...

I love reading these.  Lol.  Especially, the audience tab.
So, I thought I'd take time to say "Hi!" to everyone.

Russia is my second biggest readership: Привет мой 170 русских читателей! Спасибо!
Third is Germany: Hallo, meine deutschen Leser! Vielen Dank!
Iran is 4th. Y'all gonna make me work for this. *google search*: سلام به خوانندگان ایرانی  ! تشکر از شما!
#5 is a tie between Spain and the Ukraine! Hola a mis lectores en España! ¡Gracias! / Привіт мій Іспанії читачі! Спасибо!
#6 is The Philippines: Kumusta sa aking mga na filipino mga mambabasa! Salamat sa iyo!
#7 is the UK!  What up mates! Thank you!
#8 Argentina: Hola a mis lectores argentinos! ¡Gracias!
#9 The Netherlands!: Hallo aan mijn Nederlandse lezers! Dank je wel!

...and that's my top 10 readerships!  Thanks for making cctoivyleague an international blog!   
 
  

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Work list Update 1... ♫Let's / get down / to busi / ness...♫

    Made it through the week.  That's a good thing. People on the CC boards who have called in are saying they've called the C:GS office and have been told that depending on when everything was submitted, applicant's may get acceptance notices through May 1st. I don't know if I can survive that sort of anxiety. Especially, since NYU and Barnard my be out of the picture because of lack of application money and the inability to navigate the non-trad independent unfriendly CSS Financial Aid Profile to gain a waiver.
    The stagecraft quiz was a bomb, there just wasn't enough time to study as well as I want to. grr... It'll prob be a low B or High C *ugh* I left class and campus crying, utterly disgusted that I know I can do better. The speech went well, supposedly I went over...I don't even want to guess how much, I didn't bother to ask this time.  All semester, my speeches have run long.  There is a competition on environmental speeches that prof is offering 10pt extra credit for participating in. *looks meekly at Gulf Hypoxia speech from last semester* hmmm...
    I also didn't get my entry in for the pinnacle scholarship for PTK.  *sigh* It sucks, and there really is just no other word for it, that I qualify for things like these "honor societies" and because I can't pay exorbitant membership fees I don't get the honor.  I'd be willing to bet I'm not the only one. Same thing is sort of happening with NSCS.  On one side, I suppose you could argue that it's all redundant accolades, who cares it's too late to really participate in anything with either org.  My answer to that is, well I've qualified for both for numerous semesters and every semester the price of the accolade my hard work has earned, seems to go up.

List with due dates, Blue=Big Deal, Green=Done, Strike=Didn't get done:

  1. 4/3/12 - Reasons to be Pretty?
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  2. 4/3/12 - Public Speaking Field Trip
    Lara Logan talk at USF
  3. 4/4/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 4
    Covers: Lighting design paper work, Scene shop hand tools, Scene shop hand and portable power, tools, Scene shop stationary power tools, Scenic materials, Fasteners and adhesives
  4. 4/4/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  5. 4/5/12 - Public Speaking Major Speech 2
    Persuasive speech
    6 min; Speech portfolio: Purpose/thesis development, audience Connections, Works cited, Formal outline, Note cards
  6. 4/5/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  7. 4/5/12 - PTK Pinnacle Scholarship Essay
    2 winners receive PTK Membership fee paid in full
    500 words
  8. 4/6/12 - Straz Center Phone Interview
    7PM, for PT House Management position :)


  9. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 1
    A)
    Choose a decade in American history and view any film, which, in your view, epitomizes or represents that decade.  In essay form, answer some or all of the following questions. How does this film define the decade? (Consider all aspects of “mise-en-scene” if you wish.)  OR B)View a film that addresses a historical event in America. Briefly research that event and compare and contrast the historical facts with the film’s interpretation. 
    2-3 pages, 12pt double-spaced
  10. 4/9/12 - Connections Essay 2
    Self-reflection - Think about all your general education courses. Discuss how one in particular has prepared you for subsequent academic courses and/or for your future career. Identify specific knowledge, skills, and abilities you gained, which will insure your future success.
    1-2 pages max, 12pt , double-spaced
  11.  4/9/12 - Connections Movie 
    Produce a 1-3 minute film - Produce a documentary or mock-umentary (think Best in Show or Spinal Tap) addressing any aspect of life today. This may be done simply on a camera phone or may be done using a camcorder and editing software if you are so inclined. It is certainly OK to improvise with your phone. In the end, it should “say something.” Think about what you wish to shine a light on.  It may be a serious topic or be a humorous slant on some aspect of pop culture.  Have fun with this, but spend some time on it.  It is easy to spot the haphazard attempts.
    3 min. running time max.
  12. 4/10/12 - Irish History Paper 2
    Custom topic: Comparing and Contrasting the Famine Era Irish Traveling Accounts of Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont from Peter Gray's The Irish Famine
    5-7 pages (10 max, excluding works cited), 12pt, double-spaced
  13. 4/10/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  14. 4/11/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  15. 4/12/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Run rehearsal in Directors Absence
  16. 4/13/12 - Student Excellence Awards7pm, Formal Dinner and Awards Presentation from Campus President


  17. 4/17/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8 Rehearsal Assistance
  18. 4/18/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance
  19. 4/19 or 24th or 26th/12  - Public Speaking Group Symposium Presentation
    9 min part in 45 min speech
  20. 4/19/12 - Reasons to be Pretty
    5-8
    Rehearsal Assistance
  21. 4/20/12 - District Student Activities Funding Meeting
    9AM, Ybor, District wants to cut all Extracurricular Performing/Visual Arts funding from Ybor Campus
  22. 4/21/12 - RTBP Load-in

  23. 4/22/12 - RTBP Lighting/Focusing
  24. 4/24/12 - RTBP Tech Rehearsal
  25. 4/25/12  RTBP Tech Rehearsal
  26. 4/26/12 - Irish History Final
    Take home final due
    3, 2-page responses to given topics, 12pt double-spaced
  27. 4/26/12 - RTBP Final Dress Rehearsal
  28. 4/27/12 - RTBP  Performance6:30 Crew Call
  29. 4/28/12 - RTBP  Performance6:30 Crew Call

  30. 4/29/12 - RTBP Performance/Strike1:30 Crew Call 
  31. 4/30/12 - Stagecraft Quiz 5
    Covers: Curtains and stage drapes, two-dimensional scenery, flat construction, Hardware/joints/knots, Dimensional scenery: platforms and wagons, Scenery: Windows and doors, Scenery: Stairs
  32. 4/30/12  - Mod European History Final
    Take home essay based on info Covering Chaps 19:Empire Modernity and the Road to War-24:The New Globalism
    Assigned or due on the 30th?
  33. 5/4/12 - Commencement
    2PM, 1:00 check-in

  34. 5/7/12 - Stagecraft Final
    Semester Cumulative
  35. ??/??/?? - Voice and Movement Final
    Memorized Performance final - "Comings and Goings" Excerpts