Melody of Science - The Quantum World
Who ever decided to create this video is brilliant. There's an entire channel on youtube dedicated to making these music videos and songs. This is a great way to teach a little about science and get people interested in the subject. Within this video are several well-known scientists and Morgan Freeman, all of which have been auto-tuned. Then they were put into an order that created a song. All of these men of science speak upon the subject of the Quantum Theory.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Ted Talks
Presenter: Sir Ken Robinson
Title: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Topic: How our schools are killing creativity
Sir Ken Robson gives us a comical yet deep, moving speech on how we should build an educational system that promotes instead of squashing creativity.
Sir Ken Robson is an expert in the field of creativity. His Ted Talks often focus on the idea of a radical rethink of our school’s educational systems. He believes that we should cultivate creativity and promote multiple types of intelligence. Sir Robson says that we don’t get the best out of people because they are taught to be good workers rather than creative thinkers.
The main point of this topic is that schools are crushing creativity, instead of inspiring it like they should. He is saying that we need to rethink our school’s educational beliefs and systems to invite a more creativity-friendly environment.
I think it is a really interesting point. Especially for someone who is in the arts community. Before I came to this school many people would have put eachother down for enjoying things such as art or drama. It would be an odd or weird thing to be seen painting a picture out of sheer enjoyment rather than because you have to do it to pass a certain class. I found that even some of the teachers stopped creativity. Instead of trying to find some sort of outlet for a student who is jittery or unfocused during class, they simply gave them a detention for being a distruption to the class.
Sir Ken Robson’s talk has showed me how badly we need to remake our educational systems. We are far to academic focused in most schools for my liking. We need to look for solutions to problems that lay outside of the usual answers. Instead of giving a student detention, try to find a way to give some sort of outlet for energy or find a new way to keep their attention. Get more students to participate in a creative activity be it in sports or the arts.
Presenter: Matt Cutts
Title: Matt Cutts: Try something new for thirty days
Topic: Trying something you have really wanted to do and sticking to it
Think of something that , for the longest time, you have wanted to try or have been meaning too do. But unfortunately you just never got around to do it. Matt Cutts gives you the idea of trying that thing for thirty days as his challenge to you. It’s short, sweet, and offers up an interesting way to reach your goals and try out new things.
Matt Cutts works for Google on the search engine. He was the man who wrote the first version of Safe search, a family setting, for Google. He enjoys aiding webmasters in learning how the Google search engine actually works. He is an advocate of cutting down such internet problems like link spamming.
The main point of this Ted talk is to get people trying new things, to get them to finally go out and give parasailing a go! To finally stop drinking so much pop. Even if it is only for thirty days, it could change your life!
There are certain things I’ve always wanted to try, but have been to nervous or fearful to. I think this idea that he has is brilliant.
Presenter: Richard Seymour
Title : How beauty feels
Topic: Do we feel beauty or think beauty?
Beautiful objects surroud us. Great works of art, breath taking scenery, or a body or face, but how do we know it's beautiful? Why does it matter to us. Richard seymour delves into the reasoning behind why we believe things are beautiful.
Richard seymour is a designer who works with soul. He creates a diverse menagerie of objects from iron to sleek, modern motorcycles. His partnership, SeymourPowell is considered quite high up in the business world. They have worked with such companies as Ford and Nokia and the pair can often be seen on british television.
The main point of Richard's Ted Talk is why we find things beautiful. He shows us that a simple picture drawn by a five year old appears boring or uninteresting to the general populace. But when he reveals that the picture was the last thing that 5 year old Heidi did before she died our perception of this drawing changes. It draws up new meaning and feelings for us. What once was a simple picture is now a beautiful work of art with a story.
I really enjoyed this Ted Talk. It sort of opened my eyes to the truth of why we find things so beautiful. Not just by how it look but also by how it makes us feel. It's incredible how easily our ideas of beauty are changed with a few simple words. Not only that but beauty is also a matter of opinion. I may find something about a story beautiful, but from the point of view of someone who hates books, it can't be beautiful.
The one image I will remember is that picture drawn by 5 year old Heidi. It explains most of this talk quite well.
Presenter : Gever Tulley
Topic: 5 dangerous things you should let your children do or use.
Title: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
Gever Tulley gives us a lesson on what sort of the dangerous things we should be letting children do and how it would be good for both us and parents.
Gever Tulley is the co-founder of Tinkering school, a week long program for lucky kids who get to work with power tools, solve puzzles and create! He is also a software engineer and paragliding teacher.
This man shows us the five main things that we, as society, consider to be dangerous should let our youth and children do. From playing with fire, to dismantling electronics, and even to owning a pocket knife, Gever Tulley makes some interesting points. This all relates to how we may be stifling children's creative sides or puzzle solving skills by not letting them do these things or use these items. A pocket knife can teach a child about survival skills and using the tools at hand. Dismantling objects allows them to see how things tick and function.
I enjoyed this talk quite a bit. The mix of humor and seriousness was well put. It sort of challenges the way society thinks too. We've been taught that these are bad things that we should stay away from or not do. This man is telling us to do the complete opposite of what society thinks. Let our children do it.
Presenter : Graham Hill
Title: Less stuff, more happiness
Topic: Owning less, and living in a smaller space will reduce carbon footprints, money problems and happiness levels
Graham showed us his home. A small space less than 600 square ft. He revealed to us how much space Americans of today are actually taking up with all their stuff!! And the amount they take up has increased drastically over the past 50 years. Not only do we need more space at home for everything we've bought, but we also use storage lockers now! A billion dollar enterprise. Imagine how much happier we could be, he tells us, if we just had less.
I think that this can apply to everyone. Everyone stresses out over having things. I have to have the newest iphone, the newest computer, the newest car, just endlessly wanting things. We take up as much space as is, we really oughtn't try to take up more. People have problems with letting go aswell. You can't keep the shirt you havent worn for 3 years forever you know.
Presenter: Mike Biddle
Title: We can recycle plastic
Topic: The development of a cheap and super effective plant that can recylce most all plastic
Compared to the huge amount of metals that are recycled, a mere 10 percent of plastic is recycled. Mike Biddle is fed up with this and has developed a plant that can and will recycle any type of plastic.
Mike Biddle is a plastics engineer who in the early 90s set out to find a solution for the lack of recycling being done.He eventually came up with and pateneted a 30-step platics recycling system that includes such things as magnetism and use of plants! He also uses a process called above ground mining.
There are those who see a giant pile of smashed cars in the local landfill as trash to be disposed of through the use of a furnace or some other contraption. But then there are people like Mr. Biddle who see it as an above ground mine. He says that there are many useful raw materials in trash such as cars or plastic. All w ehave to do is use them. He showed several pictures and diagrams showing why metals ( the less valuable resource) are more recycled than plastics. He says, because it's easier, simple as that. Companies will actually burn most of the plastic so they can get to the metals.
I find this to be an interesting and to be honest very inspiring topic. We truly do not put enough effort into keeping our planet healthy. Just burning or landfilling isnt going to help. And neither will just mining more and more out of the earth. We need to take some action, like Mr. Biddle. Unfortunatley we are not all plastics engineers so we cannot doexactly what he did. But we can work on a smaller scale.
Presenter: Edith Widder
Title: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence
Topic: Showing glowing undersea life and bioluminescent creatures
Bioluminscence specialist Edith widder was one of the first to film deep sea life such as this. Now she has decided to share it with us.
Edith Widder is a bioluminescent specialist and uses her knowledge to help design and build new submersible equipment for studys on these creatures of the dark deep. In 2005 she founded an organization known as ORCA. This organization is dedicated to the protection and preservation of aquatic ecosytems and the species within them through use of technology.
Edith Widder is quite enthusiastic about this topic. With her natural comedic ease, this presntation goes from being a possibly boring idea to quite entertaining. Just seeing the presentation you can't help but gape. It's simply amazing what these creatures of the deep oceans are capable of.And even more surprising is how practical the use of these light shows are! They arent just for show, they almost like a language. A way that these fish can communicate with eachother, attract attention to predators or even scare other fish away. The array of colors that can emit from a single organism is purely fascinating and awesome.
Presenter: Pranav Mistry
Title: The thrilling potential of sixthsense technology
Topic: Pranav demonstrates some of his sixthsense items that allow the physical world to connect to the digital.
In TedIndia, a man named Pranav Mistry is showing to us how there are objects that help us connect the physical world to the digital world. This includes delving deep into the Sixthsense tools. During an onstage Q&A he will be opening software of SixthSense for all to use in the near future.
Pranav Mistry is a graduate of IIT and a PhD in the Fluid interfaces group at MIT's media lab.
I found this to be quite an interesting topic. Isn't it odd how we seem to be more and more connected to our technology. First we have cellphones, then computers with knowledge at our fingertips. Then we could control household objects through the use of our phones and now this! It's almost like we're becoming dependant on technology.Who knows what we'll be doing next. Adding chips into our brains that allow us to access the internet? Maybe we'll have wristwacthes that allow us to see the person we're calling while playing a video game at the same time! With the direction we're heading, virtually anything is possible.
Title: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Topic: How our schools are killing creativity
Sir Ken Robson gives us a comical yet deep, moving speech on how we should build an educational system that promotes instead of squashing creativity.
Sir Ken Robson is an expert in the field of creativity. His Ted Talks often focus on the idea of a radical rethink of our school’s educational systems. He believes that we should cultivate creativity and promote multiple types of intelligence. Sir Robson says that we don’t get the best out of people because they are taught to be good workers rather than creative thinkers.
The main point of this topic is that schools are crushing creativity, instead of inspiring it like they should. He is saying that we need to rethink our school’s educational beliefs and systems to invite a more creativity-friendly environment.
I think it is a really interesting point. Especially for someone who is in the arts community. Before I came to this school many people would have put eachother down for enjoying things such as art or drama. It would be an odd or weird thing to be seen painting a picture out of sheer enjoyment rather than because you have to do it to pass a certain class. I found that even some of the teachers stopped creativity. Instead of trying to find some sort of outlet for a student who is jittery or unfocused during class, they simply gave them a detention for being a distruption to the class.
Sir Ken Robson’s talk has showed me how badly we need to remake our educational systems. We are far to academic focused in most schools for my liking. We need to look for solutions to problems that lay outside of the usual answers. Instead of giving a student detention, try to find a way to give some sort of outlet for energy or find a new way to keep their attention. Get more students to participate in a creative activity be it in sports or the arts.
Presenter: Matt Cutts
Title: Matt Cutts: Try something new for thirty days
Topic: Trying something you have really wanted to do and sticking to it
Think of something that , for the longest time, you have wanted to try or have been meaning too do. But unfortunately you just never got around to do it. Matt Cutts gives you the idea of trying that thing for thirty days as his challenge to you. It’s short, sweet, and offers up an interesting way to reach your goals and try out new things.
Matt Cutts works for Google on the search engine. He was the man who wrote the first version of Safe search, a family setting, for Google. He enjoys aiding webmasters in learning how the Google search engine actually works. He is an advocate of cutting down such internet problems like link spamming.
The main point of this Ted talk is to get people trying new things, to get them to finally go out and give parasailing a go! To finally stop drinking so much pop. Even if it is only for thirty days, it could change your life!
There are certain things I’ve always wanted to try, but have been to nervous or fearful to. I think this idea that he has is brilliant.
Presenter: Richard Seymour
Title : How beauty feels
Topic: Do we feel beauty or think beauty?
Beautiful objects surroud us. Great works of art, breath taking scenery, or a body or face, but how do we know it's beautiful? Why does it matter to us. Richard seymour delves into the reasoning behind why we believe things are beautiful.
Richard seymour is a designer who works with soul. He creates a diverse menagerie of objects from iron to sleek, modern motorcycles. His partnership, SeymourPowell is considered quite high up in the business world. They have worked with such companies as Ford and Nokia and the pair can often be seen on british television.
The main point of Richard's Ted Talk is why we find things beautiful. He shows us that a simple picture drawn by a five year old appears boring or uninteresting to the general populace. But when he reveals that the picture was the last thing that 5 year old Heidi did before she died our perception of this drawing changes. It draws up new meaning and feelings for us. What once was a simple picture is now a beautiful work of art with a story.
I really enjoyed this Ted Talk. It sort of opened my eyes to the truth of why we find things so beautiful. Not just by how it look but also by how it makes us feel. It's incredible how easily our ideas of beauty are changed with a few simple words. Not only that but beauty is also a matter of opinion. I may find something about a story beautiful, but from the point of view of someone who hates books, it can't be beautiful.
The one image I will remember is that picture drawn by 5 year old Heidi. It explains most of this talk quite well.
Presenter : Gever Tulley
Topic: 5 dangerous things you should let your children do or use.
Title: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
Gever Tulley gives us a lesson on what sort of the dangerous things we should be letting children do and how it would be good for both us and parents.
Gever Tulley is the co-founder of Tinkering school, a week long program for lucky kids who get to work with power tools, solve puzzles and create! He is also a software engineer and paragliding teacher.
This man shows us the five main things that we, as society, consider to be dangerous should let our youth and children do. From playing with fire, to dismantling electronics, and even to owning a pocket knife, Gever Tulley makes some interesting points. This all relates to how we may be stifling children's creative sides or puzzle solving skills by not letting them do these things or use these items. A pocket knife can teach a child about survival skills and using the tools at hand. Dismantling objects allows them to see how things tick and function.
I enjoyed this talk quite a bit. The mix of humor and seriousness was well put. It sort of challenges the way society thinks too. We've been taught that these are bad things that we should stay away from or not do. This man is telling us to do the complete opposite of what society thinks. Let our children do it.
Presenter : Graham Hill
Title: Less stuff, more happiness
Topic: Owning less, and living in a smaller space will reduce carbon footprints, money problems and happiness levels
Graham showed us his home. A small space less than 600 square ft. He revealed to us how much space Americans of today are actually taking up with all their stuff!! And the amount they take up has increased drastically over the past 50 years. Not only do we need more space at home for everything we've bought, but we also use storage lockers now! A billion dollar enterprise. Imagine how much happier we could be, he tells us, if we just had less.
I think that this can apply to everyone. Everyone stresses out over having things. I have to have the newest iphone, the newest computer, the newest car, just endlessly wanting things. We take up as much space as is, we really oughtn't try to take up more. People have problems with letting go aswell. You can't keep the shirt you havent worn for 3 years forever you know.
Presenter: Mike Biddle
Title: We can recycle plastic
Topic: The development of a cheap and super effective plant that can recylce most all plastic
Compared to the huge amount of metals that are recycled, a mere 10 percent of plastic is recycled. Mike Biddle is fed up with this and has developed a plant that can and will recycle any type of plastic.
Mike Biddle is a plastics engineer who in the early 90s set out to find a solution for the lack of recycling being done.He eventually came up with and pateneted a 30-step platics recycling system that includes such things as magnetism and use of plants! He also uses a process called above ground mining.
There are those who see a giant pile of smashed cars in the local landfill as trash to be disposed of through the use of a furnace or some other contraption. But then there are people like Mr. Biddle who see it as an above ground mine. He says that there are many useful raw materials in trash such as cars or plastic. All w ehave to do is use them. He showed several pictures and diagrams showing why metals ( the less valuable resource) are more recycled than plastics. He says, because it's easier, simple as that. Companies will actually burn most of the plastic so they can get to the metals.
I find this to be an interesting and to be honest very inspiring topic. We truly do not put enough effort into keeping our planet healthy. Just burning or landfilling isnt going to help. And neither will just mining more and more out of the earth. We need to take some action, like Mr. Biddle. Unfortunatley we are not all plastics engineers so we cannot doexactly what he did. But we can work on a smaller scale.
Presenter: Edith Widder
Title: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence
Topic: Showing glowing undersea life and bioluminescent creatures
Bioluminscence specialist Edith widder was one of the first to film deep sea life such as this. Now she has decided to share it with us.
Edith Widder is a bioluminescent specialist and uses her knowledge to help design and build new submersible equipment for studys on these creatures of the dark deep. In 2005 she founded an organization known as ORCA. This organization is dedicated to the protection and preservation of aquatic ecosytems and the species within them through use of technology.
Edith Widder is quite enthusiastic about this topic. With her natural comedic ease, this presntation goes from being a possibly boring idea to quite entertaining. Just seeing the presentation you can't help but gape. It's simply amazing what these creatures of the deep oceans are capable of.And even more surprising is how practical the use of these light shows are! They arent just for show, they almost like a language. A way that these fish can communicate with eachother, attract attention to predators or even scare other fish away. The array of colors that can emit from a single organism is purely fascinating and awesome.
Presenter: Pranav Mistry
Title: The thrilling potential of sixthsense technology
Topic: Pranav demonstrates some of his sixthsense items that allow the physical world to connect to the digital.
In TedIndia, a man named Pranav Mistry is showing to us how there are objects that help us connect the physical world to the digital world. This includes delving deep into the Sixthsense tools. During an onstage Q&A he will be opening software of SixthSense for all to use in the near future.
Pranav Mistry is a graduate of IIT and a PhD in the Fluid interfaces group at MIT's media lab.
I found this to be quite an interesting topic. Isn't it odd how we seem to be more and more connected to our technology. First we have cellphones, then computers with knowledge at our fingertips. Then we could control household objects through the use of our phones and now this! It's almost like we're becoming dependant on technology.Who knows what we'll be doing next. Adding chips into our brains that allow us to access the internet? Maybe we'll have wristwacthes that allow us to see the person we're calling while playing a video game at the same time! With the direction we're heading, virtually anything is possible.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Educational/Inspiring films EVERYONE should see
1. The Lorax
This has to be one of my most favorite educational movies of all time! It has an incredibly strong message and in my opinion is very much overlooked. Far to many people dismiss this as a simple children's show and this includes both adults and children. It's as if they don't believe that our world will end up the way the world of the Lorax has when it is very much heading in that direction. Animals are being chased out of their homes by our massive machines of destruction. Forests are being chopped down like their so easily replaceable. Ponds, lakes, rivers, and even oceans are being filled with muck, toxic waste, and oil. Yet people remain oblivious, and many of the people who have noticed these terrible things going on around us have decided to remain idle and do nothing!
2. Pay It Forward
Alright, So aside from being an amazing movie this film has an important message that I believe we should all pay great attention to. The idea of paying forward is something I think we should all follow. If it really is as simple as helping someone and asking for nothing in return, only asking that they do something good for another, why doesn't it happen more often. Maybe it does and i'm just never around to see it, but it's not evident to me. This movie will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you think all at once. I reccomend it to all people from all walks of life.
3. The Planet Earth Series
You really can't get much more educational than this can you? This entire series of documentaries is dedicated solely to teaching the populace about the planet on which we live. It spans from learning about the marine life filling the ocean to the massive herds of animals spanning across continents. You join teams of explorers who spend months, sometimes years, at a time studying a biome or family of creatures. You are brought through massive caves, recently untouched by man, sent deep down into the murky depths of the world's oceans. It's a fantastic visual experience and I suggest all people who read this blog to find a copy of this and watch it.
4. The Bucket List
Aside from the fact that this film includes a Morgan Freeman narration (Always amazing), this is an awe inspiring story. It makes me want to go and write my own bucket list that I can fulfill throughout my life. I think it also shows you that the best things in life aren't the material things that we may want or ask for, but the experiences we have with those we care for. Thinking about it, I would rather go hang out with my friends and do something than sit at home mindlessely watching t.v. Would you?
5. The Pursuit of Happyness
This is a story based of one mans stuggle with near homelessness for alomost an entire year. I almost feel as if i'm watching some sort of fairytale when I watch this movie. Its the kind of show that you enjoy, but something about it keeps you thinking about it. You're not quite sure what it is that makes you think about so much, but you still do. This is an uplifiting film and again, I would reccomend it to all viewers.
2. Pay It Forward
3. The Planet Earth Series
4. The Bucket List
5. The Pursuit of Happyness
Monday, September 26, 2011
My favourite quotes
-"Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of other's actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from other's activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationship with others." - Dali Lama
-"A government thats robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
- George Bernard Shaw
-"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and i'm not sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein
-The Lorax: Well, Mr. Once-ler?
The Once-ler: Hmm. First the poor Bar-ba-loots. Then the poor Swommee-Swans. Now the poor Humming Fish... oh, Mr. Lorax, Mr. Lorax... this cursed factory of mine! Now, at last, I understand.
Ms. Funce-ler: [over intercom] Mr. Once-ler! Mr. Once-ler!
The Once-ler: Hmm? Oh, yes, Ms. Funce-ler?
Ms. Funce-ler: Stock markets just closed, and Thneeds Inc. stock is up! Up 27 and 5/8 points!
The Once-ler: Wow. Wow! Rowdy-dow!
[to Lorax]
The Once-ler: Now, you listen to me, Pop, while I blow my top! Trees? Ha! You speak for the trees? Well I speak for men, and human opportunities! For your information, you Lorax, I'm figgering on biggering and biggering, and biggering, and BIGGERING, turning MORE truffula trees into thneeds! Which everyone, everyone, EVERYONE NEEDS!
-"A government thats robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
- George Bernard Shaw
-"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and i'm not sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein
-The Lorax: Well, Mr. Once-ler?
The Once-ler: Hmm. First the poor Bar-ba-loots. Then the poor Swommee-Swans. Now the poor Humming Fish... oh, Mr. Lorax, Mr. Lorax... this cursed factory of mine! Now, at last, I understand.
Ms. Funce-ler: [over intercom] Mr. Once-ler! Mr. Once-ler!
The Once-ler: Hmm? Oh, yes, Ms. Funce-ler?
Ms. Funce-ler: Stock markets just closed, and Thneeds Inc. stock is up! Up 27 and 5/8 points!
The Once-ler: Wow. Wow! Rowdy-dow!
[to Lorax]
The Once-ler: Now, you listen to me, Pop, while I blow my top! Trees? Ha! You speak for the trees? Well I speak for men, and human opportunities! For your information, you Lorax, I'm figgering on biggering and biggering, and biggering, and BIGGERING, turning MORE truffula trees into thneeds! Which everyone, everyone, EVERYONE NEEDS!
- " Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"
Obi-Wan Kenobi
-" I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2: Let the Wookie win."
C-3PO
- " When in doubt, spazz out!"
Kelsey Herbert
- " People can have the model "T" in any color - as long as it's black."
Henry Ford
- " History is written by the victors"
Winston Churchill
- "A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."
- "A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."
Journal Posts
Sept. 18th, 2011
Today I realized that I have a very busy week ahead of me. Not only do I have to figure out what exactly i'm going to teach in my class on Tuesday, but I also have homework, rehearsal for smile, rehearsal for Showstoppers, a birthday to attend and have to find a song for my school choreography. Mind you, I already knew about at least half of that! The word of the day is Relaxed! This has been the first day in the past two weeks that i've actually been allowed to sit down and just do nothing. I have no dance, no theatre, and don't have to worry about doing my homework till the weekend. I plan to play some games, maybe catch up on some of the t.v shows i've missed and take frequent naps! What surprised me is how often we tend to be like characters in books that we often see as flawed. As an example, Lenina in "Brave New World." She's quite shallow and very prejudice thanks to her conditioning, but many of us find ourselves being the same, though we'd rather not admit it. We will often base our idea's and opinions on someone at first meeting by how they look. If a man has dirt smudged on his face, wears a worn out trench coat or torn clothes we automatically assume he is poor or worse, homeless. In reality he could just be a construction worker who wears worn down clothes so to not ruin the clothes he actually likes. I'm going to make a conscious effort to avoid basing my opinions off of someone's looks. Instead i'll actually talk to them before forming any sort of opinion. There are definetly many times I have based an opinion on someone based on their appearance, though I don't like to admit it. And of course i'm wrong almost 90% of the time. I'm left with a couple questions this week. How on earth do I find a song that I can relate Charlie Chaplin to and tap to that same song? When will I get used to my new schedule?
October 10th, 2011
So the long weekend has finally ended! I've spent the last few days up at my grandparents place and it was great. I haven't felt this relaxed and well rested since the beginning of summer! I've been able to sleep in everyday totally undisturbed by city noises and telephones ringing signaling the time for school. My grandparents live up on Big Bar road just past Clinton. Now most people don't know where this is and to be frank neither do I. I swear they live in the middle of nowhere! I can find several people that would agree, including their neighbours! I've come to realize how noisy the city truly is. When I walk outside in the morning to walk to the car I hear birds, cars, other people, honking, phones and a menagerie of other sounds. When I walk outside in the morning at my grandparents home there is nothing. Other than the odd gust of wind, or a solitary bird chirping, all there is is pure, golden silence. My word today would have to be sleep. I haven't had this much sleep in quite awhile. Not only did I get a lot of sleep ,but it was deep sleep. I slept so soundly that I dump truck right outside my window wouldn't have woken me up. I learnt how to operate a chainsaw over the weekend, but thats not really the important part. The important part is that after seeing my grandpa and father both use the chainsaw I saw that everyone does things differently. My father said that you should always use the chainsaw this way with this part of the blade, but then my grandfather went and did it completely differently! I'm going to start watching for this kind of thing more often! I'm interested to see how people doing things differently than me. Questions i'm left with from the weekend. My first question is what is the recipe to my grandma's chocolate chip cookies. My second question would be can we survive without technology?
October 31st, 2011
Well Halloween has come to an end and all the trick or treaters have returned to their homes. Mind you I find this kind of dissapointing. I remember when I was younger and actually still went trick or treating I would start at six and wouldn't end until ten! I knew all the best houses to go to. I also knew that the later you stayed out the more candy you got from houses. But now kids seem to get off of the streets by nine o'clock, running home to devour some candy. My word today would have to be thrilled. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. I've loved it since the day I learned that I get free candy for dressing up in a scary costume. The only problem I had with today was the serious lack of trick or treaters! I remember back in my day our street was absolutely packed with people, but nowadays we're lucky to get just over fifty kids coming to our house. Other than that it has been a great week and holiday. Don't have any questions today so I guess i'll finish off this entry now.
November 26th, 2011
Wow! It's certainly been awhile since i've updated this one. I might aswell start with something interesting. Today was the greycup parade in which the showstoppers group performed. We had to arrive early this morning to make sure we were completely prepared for the parade. I cannot tell you how much I hate the journey from Adergrove to Vancouver. It's long, tiring and a little sketchy to be honest. I can handle the skytrain just fine, but some of the areas we have to pass through just don't sit right with me. It looked like it was going to be a half decent day for a parade on our way in. And then it came. It started as a gradual drizzle coming from the sky. But then it become an absolute downpour! Terrible weather for a parade in my opinion. So my word for today is soaked! I don't think i've ever been quite that wet before in my life. Usually i'd get out of the rain but the show had to go on!On the bright side, we were on t.v. We got to meet Cory Monteith, and even better we met Gene Simmons! But the greycup parade was not the best part of my day. Finally, after waiting for four weeks, my tap shoes finally came in. Custom made, k360, triple stacked capezio tap shoes made just for me! I don't think i've felt this happy in ages! In fact, i'm still just as giddy as when I first put them on around three.... it is now eleven o'clock at night. Question I have for this week and today. How long does it take to make tap shoes? Why is British Columbian weather always so terrible on the most opportune of days?
December 2, 2011
Alright, not to long till the winter break now. I cannot wait till we get a break and I can finally get some rest! I could definetly use the sleep that is to come, but for now I have to remain focused on my work. Considering how close we are to the holidays i'm finding this task increasingly difficult. There's quite a bit going on within the next few weeks! Tests, projects due, new studies to give out, all within the time between now and the break. I don't how on earth we could possibly fit everything but we will just the same. The showstoppers are performing in the Santa Claus parade in a few days so that should be fun, just as long as the weather doesn't go crazy on us again. I'm starting to feel like I just have bad luck with parades! Im not sure I like walking forward then stopping anyways! I'd much rather just do a show on a stage than walk through the parade. Well thats it for big events for today, nothing much else new going anytime soon. My questions for today are; Will it ever snow in the valley, how will the weather be on sunday, and whats a better way to organize myself and get more done in a day?
Today I realized that I have a very busy week ahead of me. Not only do I have to figure out what exactly i'm going to teach in my class on Tuesday, but I also have homework, rehearsal for smile, rehearsal for Showstoppers, a birthday to attend and have to find a song for my school choreography. Mind you, I already knew about at least half of that! The word of the day is Relaxed! This has been the first day in the past two weeks that i've actually been allowed to sit down and just do nothing. I have no dance, no theatre, and don't have to worry about doing my homework till the weekend. I plan to play some games, maybe catch up on some of the t.v shows i've missed and take frequent naps! What surprised me is how often we tend to be like characters in books that we often see as flawed. As an example, Lenina in "Brave New World." She's quite shallow and very prejudice thanks to her conditioning, but many of us find ourselves being the same, though we'd rather not admit it. We will often base our idea's and opinions on someone at first meeting by how they look. If a man has dirt smudged on his face, wears a worn out trench coat or torn clothes we automatically assume he is poor or worse, homeless. In reality he could just be a construction worker who wears worn down clothes so to not ruin the clothes he actually likes. I'm going to make a conscious effort to avoid basing my opinions off of someone's looks. Instead i'll actually talk to them before forming any sort of opinion. There are definetly many times I have based an opinion on someone based on their appearance, though I don't like to admit it. And of course i'm wrong almost 90% of the time. I'm left with a couple questions this week. How on earth do I find a song that I can relate Charlie Chaplin to and tap to that same song? When will I get used to my new schedule?
October 10th, 2011
So the long weekend has finally ended! I've spent the last few days up at my grandparents place and it was great. I haven't felt this relaxed and well rested since the beginning of summer! I've been able to sleep in everyday totally undisturbed by city noises and telephones ringing signaling the time for school. My grandparents live up on Big Bar road just past Clinton. Now most people don't know where this is and to be frank neither do I. I swear they live in the middle of nowhere! I can find several people that would agree, including their neighbours! I've come to realize how noisy the city truly is. When I walk outside in the morning to walk to the car I hear birds, cars, other people, honking, phones and a menagerie of other sounds. When I walk outside in the morning at my grandparents home there is nothing. Other than the odd gust of wind, or a solitary bird chirping, all there is is pure, golden silence. My word today would have to be sleep. I haven't had this much sleep in quite awhile. Not only did I get a lot of sleep ,but it was deep sleep. I slept so soundly that I dump truck right outside my window wouldn't have woken me up. I learnt how to operate a chainsaw over the weekend, but thats not really the important part. The important part is that after seeing my grandpa and father both use the chainsaw I saw that everyone does things differently. My father said that you should always use the chainsaw this way with this part of the blade, but then my grandfather went and did it completely differently! I'm going to start watching for this kind of thing more often! I'm interested to see how people doing things differently than me. Questions i'm left with from the weekend. My first question is what is the recipe to my grandma's chocolate chip cookies. My second question would be can we survive without technology?
October 31st, 2011
Well Halloween has come to an end and all the trick or treaters have returned to their homes. Mind you I find this kind of dissapointing. I remember when I was younger and actually still went trick or treating I would start at six and wouldn't end until ten! I knew all the best houses to go to. I also knew that the later you stayed out the more candy you got from houses. But now kids seem to get off of the streets by nine o'clock, running home to devour some candy. My word today would have to be thrilled. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. I've loved it since the day I learned that I get free candy for dressing up in a scary costume. The only problem I had with today was the serious lack of trick or treaters! I remember back in my day our street was absolutely packed with people, but nowadays we're lucky to get just over fifty kids coming to our house. Other than that it has been a great week and holiday. Don't have any questions today so I guess i'll finish off this entry now.
November 26th, 2011
Wow! It's certainly been awhile since i've updated this one. I might aswell start with something interesting. Today was the greycup parade in which the showstoppers group performed. We had to arrive early this morning to make sure we were completely prepared for the parade. I cannot tell you how much I hate the journey from Adergrove to Vancouver. It's long, tiring and a little sketchy to be honest. I can handle the skytrain just fine, but some of the areas we have to pass through just don't sit right with me. It looked like it was going to be a half decent day for a parade on our way in. And then it came. It started as a gradual drizzle coming from the sky. But then it become an absolute downpour! Terrible weather for a parade in my opinion. So my word for today is soaked! I don't think i've ever been quite that wet before in my life. Usually i'd get out of the rain but the show had to go on!On the bright side, we were on t.v. We got to meet Cory Monteith, and even better we met Gene Simmons! But the greycup parade was not the best part of my day. Finally, after waiting for four weeks, my tap shoes finally came in. Custom made, k360, triple stacked capezio tap shoes made just for me! I don't think i've felt this happy in ages! In fact, i'm still just as giddy as when I first put them on around three.... it is now eleven o'clock at night. Question I have for this week and today. How long does it take to make tap shoes? Why is British Columbian weather always so terrible on the most opportune of days?
December 2, 2011
Alright, not to long till the winter break now. I cannot wait till we get a break and I can finally get some rest! I could definetly use the sleep that is to come, but for now I have to remain focused on my work. Considering how close we are to the holidays i'm finding this task increasingly difficult. There's quite a bit going on within the next few weeks! Tests, projects due, new studies to give out, all within the time between now and the break. I don't how on earth we could possibly fit everything but we will just the same. The showstoppers are performing in the Santa Claus parade in a few days so that should be fun, just as long as the weather doesn't go crazy on us again. I'm starting to feel like I just have bad luck with parades! Im not sure I like walking forward then stopping anyways! I'd much rather just do a show on a stage than walk through the parade. Well thats it for big events for today, nothing much else new going anytime soon. My questions for today are; Will it ever snow in the valley, how will the weather be on sunday, and whats a better way to organize myself and get more done in a day?
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