SPF 100 Please!

I haven't presented yet so I can't really give my reflections on my presentation in that sense. When I do present my power point on Monday though I hope that it gives the class a little insight to my semester. I have learned a lot at Converse just in a short amount of time. I have also met many new people and have gotten to know someone people better than I did. I don't think I have changed much since I got here personality wise because I'm still loud and random, but serious at times. But when it comes to the way I live it has changed a lot because I really do feel on my own now, plus I don't have the same activities to do as I did in high school. In high school, I was the social butterfly everyone knew and talked to. I was one of the main chorus nerds, was in almost every extra curricular club the school offered, and I had my schedule set. Now, I'm one of the "new kids" who is learning the basic of this new place and trying to get my schedule set like I had it before. I still want to be the social butterfly everyone knows and talks to, but it seems a lot harder in this school. It's funny that this "personal goal" of mine seems hard because Dorman is bigger than Converse. I can't wait though to see how these next 3 and a half years fold out before me. I have had the hardest time deciding whether to major in music ed or vocal performance. (Dr. Hay says I should do performance.) I want to teach, but performing is my life. I think I'll get my bachelors in music ed so I can be certified to teach and come back for a masters in performance.

Converse Tradition: PINK PANTHERS RULE

I think if I were to have to make a new tradition or revamp an old one it would be to revamp an old one. I love Big Sis/Lil Sis week and I assume so does everyone else. Who doesn't like getting present for a week and making new friends? But the revamping I would like to do is that the little need to buy a present for their bigs in return. A week after Big Sis/Lil Sis week the little should have to have spent enough time with them to know at least a small amount about their bigs personality; so, maybe after that time they could get their big a gift to show their appreciation for all they got during the celebration week. I'm a firm believer in returning the favor and I know our bigs spend a lot of money on us; therefore I think it wouldn't be too much to ask of the freshman to get their big a gift. The littles wouldn't have to buy anything if they couldn't afford it because they could make a gift. I just think the bigs should get a token of our appreciation after all the sleep they've lost and money they've spent.

Music=Life

 Music is my life. I've been raised to have an eclectic taste, enjoy going to concerts/recitals, and meet you new people. While growing up, I have had my different phases in life. I used to want to be a country star, then the next Brittany Spears, thought about being a rapper once, but now I think I've settled and realized I like all kinds of music. I know that music will always be there for me no matter what mood I'm in or want to get out of. 

    The main genre I listen to is anything under the rock n' roll category.

 But if I want something to pump me up I listen to:

 I Believe In A Thing Called Love- The Darkness

7 Minutes In Heaven- Fall Out Boy

 Doll Dagga Buzz Buzz Ziggety Zag- Marilyn Manson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BITnk3-D_Fw

These songs have a beat and just make you want to get up and dance and sing.

If I want songs that make me feel inspired I listen to:

Whoa-Paramore

Imagine-Perfect Circle (John Lennon Cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdybbBXDlOc

Defying Gravity-Wicked (saw this live!)

These songs make me want to do something better with the world.

If I'm feeling angry I listen to:

4 Words To Choke Upon- Bullet for My Valentine

Blood Pig-Otep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B56J4v8MWPw (saw this live!)

Playing God- Paramore

Most of these song are dedicated to times/people in my life so when I'm angry and feel like staying that way or even trying to get out of it, these songs help.

When I'm feeling sad I listen to:

Man That You Fear- Marilyn Manson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rthl_O4_G2o

Perfect- Alanis Morissette 

Missing-Evanescne (saw this live!)

These songs are the ones that I listen to when I feel like wallowing in self pity.

And these songs that make me feel....um...me are:

(S)aint- Marilyn Manson

Her Ghost In The Fog-Cradle of Filth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ZJqqrr6jk

Bleeding Mascara- Atreyu (saw this live!)

I guess these songs make me feel like me because they have been dedicated to me. 

Actually all these songs mean something to me and are all dedicated to someone or a moment in my life.

I have a lot more songs in my bag of tricks; so, if you feel like listening to something new or want to venture into the world of heavy metal come talk to me!

PS. When I have the (saw this live!) next to the song, it's because I saw them play the song in concert before. I love going to live shows and hopefully meeting the band. I've met a lot of bands so if you want to see pictures, come to my dorm room. Also can you tell I'm in love with Marilyn Manson!!!

Alcohol at 18

When you are little your parents always tell you not to hang out with the wrong crowd because you will start doing what they do or people will get the wrong impression of you. Well, I hang out with the wrong crowd. I have since high school and probably always will. But hanging out with the "wrong crowd" that does drugs and drinks doesn't make you a bad person; it shows me what not to do, plus I help them stay out of trouble. With saying this I know about drinking at a younger age than the legal twenty-one year old age limit and will admit (even to an employer) that I have tried alcohol and I'm not twenty-one, but I am happy to say that I did not like what I tried and just don't have the "want to" to try anything again. When it comes to lower the drinking age to eighteen, I highly disagree. You are an adult at eighteen and can make decisions for yourself, but you are still a teenager in the sense that most of your decisions are based off your emotions. I know a lot of eighteen year old are very mature for their age, but when you look at that age population as a whole then you notice that a lot of them are still stupid and immature. I feel with this being said that if you as an eighteen year old can't make decisions without thinking logically being sober; then you probably don't need to drink on top of that. I have seen my friends do stupid things while drinking and they can drink legally. Therefore I feel that an eighteen year old should not be able to drink until they are eighteen. Plus if the eighteen year old is mature enough then they could wait 3 years and wouldn't complain.

Finding my Flock in 2013

When I'm a junior in 2013, I would hope to be asked to speak in Dr. K. Vaneman and Jason Loscuito's Student Success Seminar. I would tell my little sis class of music majors that it all gets better with time. All of the stress that they are going through with just moving out of their parents' house and living some place new is all worth it in the end. It is worth it because you learn who you are and gain this since of freedom that you have never had before. Having a roommate might be a shocking change, but as long as you talk to them and work out your problems and try to be friends, you will be able to check one less stressful thing off your list. When it comes to the music building; Make sure that you do what you are told. I used to not practice at all out side of my lessons or my chorus class. In college you can't do that because your teacher will hand you a piece of music and expect you to know it next time you come in. I had to kick my butt into shape and actually make myself sit down at the piano and practice or listen to recordings of my pieces. Also, always jump at any opportunities. For an example: If a teacher gives an optional review day you should show up even if you want to sleep because sometimes they reward your efforts and give something like a pop extra credit quiz. Last, but not least, make the best out of everything.

Time Management...blah

I am a pretty organized person, but I will admit I have had some trouble adjusting to the college life. My biggest problem is that my classes are not scheduled like high school classes that are one after another. In college we have to remember what time the class starts and be there or be square! I have a hard time remembering what classes are on what day and what time they start/end. I have not been late to a class or forgotten one yet, but I know some friends that have.

When it comes to facebook getting in the way, it is only frontierville that slows me down. But once I cut down some trees and feed my animals, I usually get off facebook and continue with my homework. It is Youtube that gets in my way. I like to listen to music as I do my work, but Youtube distracts me into watching the video for the song and singing the words; then end up typing them.

Juggling work, family, friends, and school is really rough. I have a job at Best Buy, a loving boyfriend Coty Roberts, a wonderful family (in multiple places since my family doesn't know how to stay married,) and since I'm a social butterfly, I have tons of friends. All of these places/people want a lot of my time and I seem to not have the time to give them. For example: As a voice student I have to be at all the recitals because Dr. Hay has instructed us to do so. Most of the recitals are on Fridays and I work those nights; so, balancing those two things are going to be difficult.

I don't think it'll take me much longer to get used to college. I just have to work out a few kinks in my schedule and enforce some self control. After these things have been confronted I think I'll be more than ready to face the time I have remaining in my college life.

Answers for 8-31-10 SSS Blog

I decided to go to college because my mom always wanted her children to live a better life than she did. My mom went to Spartanburg Community College and got her Associates Degree in electrical engineering-a man's job. I say that because she would work at big corporations,but they would put her on 3rd shift so "the woman would be out of sight; out of mind." She quit working in the field she loved because her co workers made her miserable and her kids growing up with their mom asleep in bed while they were at home was not how she wanted us to live. But there wasn't really an issue of me not ever wanting to go to college. I was raised thinking you were supposed to go to college if you didn't want to end up flipping burgers at a fast food joint and actually doing the job that you dreamed of having since you were little.

I decided to go to Converse because ever since I had my first voice lesson at the Lawson Academy when I was in 7th grade, I told my mom that this was going to be the college I ended up at. I learned everything I could about Converse during my 7 years of lessons including buildings, statues, faculty/staff names, etc. Because of that some of the freshman girls have given me the nic-name of the Converse Walking Encyclopedia.

I chose music ed as my major in an ironic sort of way. My original major was voice performance and I wanted to be a private voice teacher as a career in the future. Well, at Dorman High School we have job shadowing day as a junior and I decided to shadow my middle school chorus teacher Lynn Morrow really as an excuse to see her and sing old familiar songs again. I got to the class and she insisted I help her teach by starting with rhythm flash cards and then teaching them a song I knew. Becoming a teacher had never crossed my mind before, but at that moment I changed my major to music education!

And last, but not least: If I had to give up either cereal or sandwiches for the rest of my life my answer would be sandwiches. I'm addicted to cereal and would eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I could, but cereal doesn't contain a lot of nutritious items that one needs to survive. But unfortunately, as a voice student I'm going to have to cut down on my cereal intake because milk creates flem (for those of you that don't know what flem is...it's snot) so I guess I better start becoming addicting to sandwiches shouldn't I?