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Week 14 (Spring Weather!)

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The weather has been amazing this past week. I walked outside and I could breathe the fresh air and not wear a coat. It is such a relief feeling like spring is coming. Spring is my favorite season and it seems like each year spring gets shorter and shorter, so I am definitely taking advantage of this weather. Another thing that has been great is the fact that people were outside hanging out and it felt like a lively campus. It has been a while since this campus has felt like that. Due to the wonderful weather, my family and I took advantage of it and spent the day together on Saturday. My mom, her partner, my grandma, and sister all picked me up and we headed to Starbucks. My mom gets a lot of gift cards from work so it is nice being able to get a treat once in a while. My sister and I split a mocha frappuccino, which was very yummy. We then went to the Morton Arboretum! We have been going there every since I was little. We decided to go on particular day because it was the prime time ...
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Week 12 (Rational Argument Topic)

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I am exploring the  topic of slaughtering techniques of chickens and their humaneness. My mom loves learning about different things and doing research on them. Last summer she found articles about how farm slaughter chickens and how relaxed the rules are in the U.S. versus Europe. She shared lots of information to be and I found it very fascinating. So, I am taking this opportunity to learn more about the different methods of slaughtering chickens and figuring out which ones are humane or not.   (This is the electrical stunning way) Chickens g o through a very stressful process to eventually get slaughtered. The most common way: Chickens are first put in crates as they are being shipped to the slaughterhouse. Then, workers put shackles on the chicken’s feet and they hang upside down and dangle by their feet. They are connected to an automated line and submerged into a pool of electrified water. This is so th...
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Week 11 (Musical Weekend)

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  I went to Plainfield East High School and always did the musicals. During my junior year, my choir director asked me to do some choreography for the musical that year. So, I choreographed and taught a couple of dances that year. My senior year we did Cinderella, and I play the Evil Stepmother. My choir director once again asked me to do choreography. I ended up creating almost all of the dances for that show. It was such a fun experience and everyone loved it. My peer had a lot of fun learning dances from me. This year, they did Shrek the Musical. My choir director asked me to come back and some more choreography. They had an actual choreographer come and do most of the dances this year, but she still wanted me to come back and do a couple of dances. I was absolutely thriller to get the chance to come back and work with old friends and peers. I created one big dance and three smaller dances. I came to the school twice to teach the dances and work with the kids. I had such a wonde...
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Week 10 (Spring Break!)

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This week was a well deserved break. I spent a lot of time sleeping in, getting my "me time", and seeing my boyfriend. On Saturday, it was my boyfriend's birthday. Before I went to his house,  I went to my old high school and taught choreography for their musical. After that, I went to his house and then went out to eat with his family at Burger Social. Then we ate lemon cake at his house. On Sunday, I went to counseling, and nyso (naperville youth symphony orchestra) in the afternoon. Then, my boyfriend and I went to my house to eat dinner with my family. We all went to Scene75 for the first time. It is this huge arcade and attraction center. We spent a lot of time playing air hockey and playing mini bowling.  On Monday morning, my boyfriend and I made breakfast. We made scramble consisting of eggs, onions, peppers, seasoned ground chicken, and cheese. I took the rest of the day to rest and paint. On Tuesday, I drove to my boyfriend's house. We hung out in the early ...
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Week 9 (Mid Terms and New Horn)

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This week was definitely a stressful one. I had a music theory test, an aural skills midterm, a gender, sex and sexuality midterm, a piano midterm, and documentary project due. My music theory test was a breeze. I took AP music theory my music theory my senior year of high school, so I got a good grasp on theory from that. Music theory also comes natural to me which is nice. Aural skills is the one I was scared for. I am really good at notating rhythm and recognizing chords, but what gives me struggles are intervals. I did poorly on my last intervals quiz, so I was very scared for the midterm. It went better than I expected though which was nice.  For my gender, sex, and sexuality class, the midterm consisted of writing three one page essays. I was really worried about that because I am slow with writing. I can sometimes hit a wall and just sit there for forever and not get anything done very easily. I took an extra half hour to finish it, but I feel confident. For my piano midterm...
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Week 8 (Documentary Summary)

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I have been working on my summary all week. It is an interesting process because you don't want to put too much information, but you also don't want to put too little and be vague. You have to figure out and find that fine line. Here is what I have for my summary so far. I think it is pretty okay at the moment. I will need to work on it more so it has better flow. Summary of Dinosaur 13 The 2014 documentary Dinosaur 13 directed by Todd Douglas Miller explores the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found, and the government’s seizure of the fossil. The film opens with a shot of a motorhome driving through the badlands of South Dakota. Then, through an interview, the film introduces paleontologist and president of the Black Hills Institute, Peter Larson, Terry Wentz, the chief fossil preparator of the Black Hills Institute, and Susan Hendrickson, the field paleontologist and volunteer at the Black Hills Institute. All three describe the scene of how they fo...
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Week 7 (Two Concerts!)

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This weekend I had two concerts I performed in. On Saturday, I had the Chords for Kids concert. This concert is geared towards kids with disabilities. NCC's Concert Winds performs a bunch of fun tunes. The concert is very relaxed. People can talk, stand, dance around, and sing along. Myself as a performer, got to play all of this fun music and tunes and also got to dance around being silly. It was such a fun concert bring able to give to the community and seeing the kids smile and enjoy themselves.  My second concert was on Sunday with the Naperville Youth Symphony Orchestra. For this concert, the younger orchestra needed help with French Horns. So, the director had me come to all the rehearsals to help out. The reason they needed some extra support was because we were playing Star Wars! It was a lot of fun to rehearse and perform. There are so many fun horn features in the Star Wars pieces which made it extra special. The performance went great. The director was so proud of the or...
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