last few days here

i'm so glad to be going home in two days. i'm so excited to be home for a long time and spend basically everyday with my best friend, Lucie. this past weekend though was so busy. i saw the MTP's and theater majors perform directing scenes friday night which was so fun. saturday the freshmen dance majors had our first concert performing with just our class which was probably one of my favorite things i've done here so far. i just have four more finals and this project to get through and then i get to go home thursday afternoon. that night, the honors dance class at my high school has their annual concert so i'm going with a few friends that i was in that class with last year to support our younger friends that are still there. i'm really excited to see what they've been up to and what that class is like with out us in it. good luck to my RDE girls and see you soon Lucie! #rbhsdance #bestfriends #TYP 

one more thing. so i decided i kind of like writing blogs so i might keep writing one at least once a week (i'll try to still write two) even though this class is over. we'll see how long it last but i'll try to keep it updated over winter break!

oncers

not many people know about or watch this show but its called Once Upon A Time on abc Sundays. its basically about your classic fairy tale characters (Snow White and Charming, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood, Captain Hook, The Mad Hatter, etc.) that have been placed under a curse by the Evil Queen Regina (of the snow white story) that sends them to another world (our world, Storybrooke) where they have no memory of who they were in their magical world. all of these character's stories have some kind of twist on them and all the characters are intertwined, have something to do with everyone else's story or want revenge on someone. my mom and I started watching the first season last year and last night was the mid-season finale. by this point, the curse has been lifted but now Regina's mother Cora (who is worse than Regina) is coming to Storybrooke with Hook who wants to kill Rumpelstiltskin.

king henry viii

for our final project my group has chosen to research and write about King Henry viii and his six wives. i was in honors Shakespeare for my English class second semester last year and Shakespeare uses the Tudor family in many of his plays so i already had some background knowledge about that time period. last night in the library, i was basically looking at family trees of the Tudors to see exactly how everyone is related. 

- Henry viii is the son of Henry vii and Elizabeth of York
- siblings:  Arthur Tudor, Margaret Tudor, Mary Tudor
- first marriage: Catherine of Aragon. child: Mary i ("Bloody Mary")
- second marriage: Anne Boleyn. child: Elizabeth i (later declared illegitimate and later Queen Elizabeth i)
- third marriage:  Janey Seymour. child: Edward vi

long week

For the past seven days 20 of the freshmen dance majors have been working with a guest choreographer, Derrick Evans, for a piece in the Fall Showcase. The piece was also chosen to be performed in the Winter Gala Concert which is the best WMU dance concert of the year. Along with this, every freshman in the dance department started working with the Choreo III students (most of them are BFA juniors or seniors) for their works that will also be performed in the Fall Showcase. I love love love the two choreographers I am working with for that, Ronnie and Alana. Those are the last rehearsals I have before I get to go home for Thanksgiving Tuesday night.  :) And now, I will probably be staying up to wait for Coldplay's Live 2012 album to be released. Probably not one of my better ideas, considering I have class at 8am but, oh well I'll live.

reading journals

Seventeen -October 2012

Audience: high school girls. 
the article is about homecoming dresses. that's also the age of the girls in the pictures.

Purpose: to tell the audience what the cute styles are for homecoming this year. achieves this by giving picture examples of those dresses. 

Tone: the mood of this article is fun and casual. sort of like you are just talking with a friend.

Attitude: the author isn't really partial to one style over the other. they are just informing the reader about the styles.

Design: there are not many words on the page at all. the words 'dresses' and 'homecoming!' are in bold and different colors. there are four different dresses shown by themselves and a larger picture of a girl actually wearing one.

Medium: magazine pages. 

Glamour -December 2012

Audience: young women. (20 yr+) 
the article is focused on satin shoes. they are very expensive so not something that teenage girls could afford. 

Purpose: to show what shoes are in this holiday season. there are about ten example pictures of different shoes on the page. 

Tone: the tone of the page is fun and light.

Attitude: you don't get the author's opinion on any of the shoes.

Design: there are hardly any words on the page. there are many pictures of satin heels in all different colors on the page with three pictures of someone actually wearing a pair.

Medium: magazine pages.

memes!

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sunday funday

I actually really don't like Sundays, I don't think they are very fun at all. Anyways, I was sitting here and almost forgot to write a blog and then noticed I didn't write one Thursday either. Wednesday night through this afternoon Orchesis Dance Society had their 2012 concert which was AMAZING. The last three shows were sold out which is always a good thing. I was able to watch only on Saturday night and this show contained two of my favorite pieces I've ever seen. They were choreographed by seniors in the dance program which is probably one of the reasons why they were so amazing. I'm so glad to be a part of this program here and can not wait till I'm an upper class-men, can perform and choreograph like they do and all the freshman look up to us like we look up to and admire them.