Yeah, so just like everyone else, I realized that I haven't posted in a long time because everything has been crazy. Yeah, so the jamboree is tomorrow.. I'm not that excited for it because basically I can't dance. (At least I can admit it), yeah, I don't really remember all the stuff and I have no idea how I am supposed to try and teach someone else how to swing dance when I don't really get it myself? Yeah, I also thought that it was crazy that we completely switched ideas after that one performance in class.. Everyone had so much fun that one day in class and just decided that we would teach other people to swing dance when we are just learning how to ourselves. Yeah, plus we don't really practice much when we go to Louie's, maybe 5-10 minutes a time? Plus we are short guys so not everyone gets a partner. So, we will see how this works out tomorrow, I'm not sure, plus there is the simple question, will we actually get people to come downstairs? I don't know, I have mixed feelings for this jamboree thing. Yep, but then we are also doing the radio show on sunday night and that is exciting. I want to be in the room for a while just to see what it is like but I don't really know yet if I actually would want to be on air.. Yeah, but that will be cool, plus some pizza...
So, basically everyone on my floor was excited for thanksgiving break. It was just like every other weekend for me though.. actually no as fun.. I normally go home every other weekend to see my boyfriend and my friends from high school. Well, my boyfriend got grounded wednesday night (I saw him for one day) and one of my best friends just left to join the navy. Yeah, so she will be doing that for 6 years and not sure when she will be able to come back and visit. Yeah, so she misses Christmas and her birthday (beginning of January). Yeah, that sucks. Yep, so my thanksgiving break was not that exciting, plus I had to sit in the car all day a few times to visit relatives and I didn't get to sleep in at all.
It's really cold out today.. I don't really like the cold weather.. not fun. I think that if it is going to be cold, we should at least have snow to make the cold worthwhile. Yeah, snow can be really pretty, except when it gets dirty..
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
discussion summary
This is my discussion summary.
Tues. October 31 (Halloweeen!!)
We actually didn't have and perfomances because Kelsey had joined Jesh earlier and Dooner was not ready. Instead we talked about the jamboree and readings and podcasts. We decided that swing dancing in Louie's Lower Level should work. Kat mentioned that it would be better if we dressed up for it because then the people would get a better idea of swing dancing. We also discussed trying to have a small band play a song, so on Tues. they will bring their instruments and try it out. Also, class on Tues. will just meet down in Louie's so we have more time. Some people like Kat, Machelle, and others decided to meet in the library to find some music for the band. That was a success and they had picked out a song called "Haunted Ballroom". Then we discussed work conditions for Kat at caribou and caribou vs. starbucks. After that we got into small groups and discussed things in the readings and podcasts that we found interesting and important. We found out that Kat's grandmother went to high school with Patsy Cline and she thought Patsy Cline was really nice. Brady mentioned that the third episode said they wanted to keep everything in print even if it wasn't popular. He really thought that was cool and enjoyed it.
Thurs. November 2.
We had two performances today, by Jennifer and Dooner. Jennifer talked about Janis Joplin and then sang along to one of her songs. Janis was in three different bands, the first one called Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis was involved with drugs and eventually died from heroin. She did have a long clean break though. Janis was born in 1943 and died in 1970. Jennie then sang along to Bobby Mcgee. She got really into the song and tried to show the passion that Janis puts into her music. We then discussed the meaning of "hard to fill in her shoes" and Nic compared Elvis Preseley to Eminem. We got into a big discussion about Eminem and how he is a really good songwriter but not normally good lyrics. We also talked about random shows on TV like How to capture a rapist, My sweet 16, and South Park. Kat mentioned that she thinks Justin Timberlake is turning into Michael Jackson with the hat and one glove... Dooner did his presentation on Jazz parades and marching band. He talked about Dixieland Jazz. He mentioned that marching band comes from the military bands that would go with the military into battle. Modern marching band is highy competitive and Dooner would call it a sport. Then Dooner exlained some of the different commands. His presentation was cool because it was obvious that he is passionate for marching band. It made it so you paid more attention because the presentor actually cared about what they were presenting.
Yep, that is basically it. So just remember to meet in Louie's on Tuesday and everything is good.
Tues. October 31 (Halloweeen!!)
We actually didn't have and perfomances because Kelsey had joined Jesh earlier and Dooner was not ready. Instead we talked about the jamboree and readings and podcasts. We decided that swing dancing in Louie's Lower Level should work. Kat mentioned that it would be better if we dressed up for it because then the people would get a better idea of swing dancing. We also discussed trying to have a small band play a song, so on Tues. they will bring their instruments and try it out. Also, class on Tues. will just meet down in Louie's so we have more time. Some people like Kat, Machelle, and others decided to meet in the library to find some music for the band. That was a success and they had picked out a song called "Haunted Ballroom". Then we discussed work conditions for Kat at caribou and caribou vs. starbucks. After that we got into small groups and discussed things in the readings and podcasts that we found interesting and important. We found out that Kat's grandmother went to high school with Patsy Cline and she thought Patsy Cline was really nice. Brady mentioned that the third episode said they wanted to keep everything in print even if it wasn't popular. He really thought that was cool and enjoyed it.
Thurs. November 2.
We had two performances today, by Jennifer and Dooner. Jennifer talked about Janis Joplin and then sang along to one of her songs. Janis was in three different bands, the first one called Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis was involved with drugs and eventually died from heroin. She did have a long clean break though. Janis was born in 1943 and died in 1970. Jennie then sang along to Bobby Mcgee. She got really into the song and tried to show the passion that Janis puts into her music. We then discussed the meaning of "hard to fill in her shoes" and Nic compared Elvis Preseley to Eminem. We got into a big discussion about Eminem and how he is a really good songwriter but not normally good lyrics. We also talked about random shows on TV like How to capture a rapist, My sweet 16, and South Park. Kat mentioned that she thinks Justin Timberlake is turning into Michael Jackson with the hat and one glove... Dooner did his presentation on Jazz parades and marching band. He talked about Dixieland Jazz. He mentioned that marching band comes from the military bands that would go with the military into battle. Modern marching band is highy competitive and Dooner would call it a sport. Then Dooner exlained some of the different commands. His presentation was cool because it was obvious that he is passionate for marching band. It made it so you paid more attention because the presentor actually cared about what they were presenting.
Yep, that is basically it. So just remember to meet in Louie's on Tuesday and everything is good.
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