So yesterday I said I wasn't going to do BEDA, and I still don't think I am going to do it... but I just thought I would stop by and write something very quickly. So today was the first day of VEDA, and I think it went well. I needed to record my video a few times before I finally decided it was good enough to post. I don't think my video was that great, but I'm excited to see my own videos improve as well as everybody else improve. I just want to say to anyone doing VEDA or BEDA, Good luck this month ^_^
Have a great night!!
~Chelsea
Friday, April 1, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
VEDA/BEDA
So tomorrow is the first day of April... Who knows what that means?? To some, it is simply the first day of April, for some it is April fools day. Also it is Fred and George Weasley's birthday. ^_^ For me it is all of those things as well as the first day of VEDA. For those of you who don't know what that is, it means Vlog Every Day in April. I have never tried anything like it before, but I thought I would give it a try. I don't think I will be doing BEDA though (Blog Every Day in April).
So I haven't written anything in a while. Here is what I've been doing mostly, in no particular order.
1. Youtube
2. Homework
3. Facebook
4. Yourpants
5. Paying It Forward over spring break
For those of you wondering what that last thing is, over spring break I took a bus with 39 other college students and we went to Memphis to do a service project there. That wasn't our only one though. While on our way there we stopped in 5 other places to do service projects. In Lacrosse we helped clean out a Salvation Army warehouse. That was so much fun ^_^ Our next service project was going to be putting on a talent show in a nursing home, but that fell through, so instead, once we got to our housing spot (which was amazing if I do say so myself) we made cards for kids with terminal illnesses. Reading about all of the kids that we were making cards for made me kind of sad that they have to go through that at such a young age. I don't know if I would be able to. The next day we went to the St. Louis Zoo. It was such a nice day out. I was able to take off my jacket, and just where a t-shirt that day. There was even green grass. I was excited for our service project the next day, because it was going to be something outside. The next morning we woke up and started driving to where it was. Unfortunately when we woke up, there was no green grass, everything was covered in white, and there were big white snowflakes falling to the ground. We were unable to do that service project. However, due to our amazing bus core we were able to find a new service project. We were folding bags for a food drive that is held sometime towards the beginning of the summer. This was fun to do because it was simple enough that while we were doing it we could be having conversations with each other, which meant bonding time. The next night we stayed at a YMCA camp in Louisville KY. This was my favorite housing site out of all of the places we stayed. The next morning we cleaned out the different cabins that the campers stay in. After that we got on the bus. We made a surprise stop in Nashville Tennessee that day. I would say that this day was one of my favorites. I went to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and it was the first day I really spent time with one of the people who I became really good friends with on the trip. When we were walking around, after going to the hall of fame, we went into a bar and listened to somebody singing. I had never heard him before, but he was actually fairly good. His name was Craig Curtis. The next day our project was in Columbia Tennessee. This was such a fun service project. We got to clean out the Boy's and Girl's club. It was amazing how different it looked when we were done. It looked like a new place. After that was when we finally went to Memphis. We got to go to Beale Street, where we listened to several people singing the blues, I had a drunk person spill part of their beer on me, I spilled my water on another person, and Becca and I both fell simultaneously. The next day we had our service project. Our bus got one of the best ones. We got to help set up a St. Patrick's Day party at a nursing home. A few of us went and spent time with the people that had Alzheimer's disease. When doing that and hearing about how a lot of those patients almost never get visitors it made me think of my grandma, and how we almost never visit her. Overall it was an amazing trip.
Another thing that you might be wondering is what are yourpants. This is an awesome website for nerdfighters. I have met several people on it. A few people from the other schools in the area, and then also some from other parts of the world. I have been having a fun time with it, and I just hope that I will keep in touch with the people I have become friends with.
Anyways, this post is getting kind of long, so I think I'm going to leave y'all soon.
In honor of Fred and George's birthday I'm leaving you with this song by Gred and Forge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEpvkTkDLMU
DFTBA!!
~Chelsea
So I haven't written anything in a while. Here is what I've been doing mostly, in no particular order.
1. Youtube
2. Homework
3. Facebook
4. Yourpants
5. Paying It Forward over spring break
For those of you wondering what that last thing is, over spring break I took a bus with 39 other college students and we went to Memphis to do a service project there. That wasn't our only one though. While on our way there we stopped in 5 other places to do service projects. In Lacrosse we helped clean out a Salvation Army warehouse. That was so much fun ^_^ Our next service project was going to be putting on a talent show in a nursing home, but that fell through, so instead, once we got to our housing spot (which was amazing if I do say so myself) we made cards for kids with terminal illnesses. Reading about all of the kids that we were making cards for made me kind of sad that they have to go through that at such a young age. I don't know if I would be able to. The next day we went to the St. Louis Zoo. It was such a nice day out. I was able to take off my jacket, and just where a t-shirt that day. There was even green grass. I was excited for our service project the next day, because it was going to be something outside. The next morning we woke up and started driving to where it was. Unfortunately when we woke up, there was no green grass, everything was covered in white, and there were big white snowflakes falling to the ground. We were unable to do that service project. However, due to our amazing bus core we were able to find a new service project. We were folding bags for a food drive that is held sometime towards the beginning of the summer. This was fun to do because it was simple enough that while we were doing it we could be having conversations with each other, which meant bonding time. The next night we stayed at a YMCA camp in Louisville KY. This was my favorite housing site out of all of the places we stayed. The next morning we cleaned out the different cabins that the campers stay in. After that we got on the bus. We made a surprise stop in Nashville Tennessee that day. I would say that this day was one of my favorites. I went to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and it was the first day I really spent time with one of the people who I became really good friends with on the trip. When we were walking around, after going to the hall of fame, we went into a bar and listened to somebody singing. I had never heard him before, but he was actually fairly good. His name was Craig Curtis. The next day our project was in Columbia Tennessee. This was such a fun service project. We got to clean out the Boy's and Girl's club. It was amazing how different it looked when we were done. It looked like a new place. After that was when we finally went to Memphis. We got to go to Beale Street, where we listened to several people singing the blues, I had a drunk person spill part of their beer on me, I spilled my water on another person, and Becca and I both fell simultaneously. The next day we had our service project. Our bus got one of the best ones. We got to help set up a St. Patrick's Day party at a nursing home. A few of us went and spent time with the people that had Alzheimer's disease. When doing that and hearing about how a lot of those patients almost never get visitors it made me think of my grandma, and how we almost never visit her. Overall it was an amazing trip.
Another thing that you might be wondering is what are yourpants. This is an awesome website for nerdfighters. I have met several people on it. A few people from the other schools in the area, and then also some from other parts of the world. I have been having a fun time with it, and I just hope that I will keep in touch with the people I have become friends with.
Anyways, this post is getting kind of long, so I think I'm going to leave y'all soon.
In honor of Fred and George's birthday I'm leaving you with this song by Gred and Forge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEpvkTkDLMU
DFTBA!!
~Chelsea
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Meh... Thought I would try blogging...
So I have never really tried writing a blog before, but I have had this for a while, so lets see how it goes. Normally I'm not the one to tell people how I am feeling. Most of the time I would rather just sit and listen to my friends talk, but sometimes when I am sitting with all of them and a conversation is going on I want to say something, but I always feel like everyone (minus a couple of people) just ignore me. I feel like they think they know me, but they don't.
Now in my opinion all of my friends are weird, but it is all good, since I am weird also. However, the majority of my friends think I am a lot more strange than all of them are. Me being a nerdfighter and liking barbershop music seems a lot weirder to them than discussing all 20 Shrek movies (long story that I don't feel like getting into.)
I don't think that this would bug me that much, except for the fact that when they ask me what a nerdfighter is, and why I am one, I will start talking, to try to answer their questions, and 5 seconds later it seems like they are having their own conversations. With the barbershop music, it has been such a huge part of my life, and the majority of them won't even give it a try. Some have even gone so far as to get upset with me when I play one barbershop song because they don't like it after hearing the first couple seconds. Several times when they are playing all of their own music, I just listen and don't like it, but I don't complain about it, because it is their music they want to listen to.
I know that this really isn't that big of a deal, but sometimes I wish my friends would accept me for who I am, and not just act like I'm weird for liking barbershop music and being a nerdfighter. If they just took a little time to get to know me a little more, they would see that I am more than just some weird person who makes no sense ever. They are my friends and I love them all, but sometimes they don't realize that by not accepting some of the things that some of their friends like, they are basically not accepting that friend.
Anyways, now that I'm done with my little rant, I hope you all have a great day! Hopefully I'll write another thing on here sometime... (maybe that will be my new years resolution...) Talk to all y'all later!!
~Chels :)
Now in my opinion all of my friends are weird, but it is all good, since I am weird also. However, the majority of my friends think I am a lot more strange than all of them are. Me being a nerdfighter and liking barbershop music seems a lot weirder to them than discussing all 20 Shrek movies (long story that I don't feel like getting into.)
I don't think that this would bug me that much, except for the fact that when they ask me what a nerdfighter is, and why I am one, I will start talking, to try to answer their questions, and 5 seconds later it seems like they are having their own conversations. With the barbershop music, it has been such a huge part of my life, and the majority of them won't even give it a try. Some have even gone so far as to get upset with me when I play one barbershop song because they don't like it after hearing the first couple seconds. Several times when they are playing all of their own music, I just listen and don't like it, but I don't complain about it, because it is their music they want to listen to.
I know that this really isn't that big of a deal, but sometimes I wish my friends would accept me for who I am, and not just act like I'm weird for liking barbershop music and being a nerdfighter. If they just took a little time to get to know me a little more, they would see that I am more than just some weird person who makes no sense ever. They are my friends and I love them all, but sometimes they don't realize that by not accepting some of the things that some of their friends like, they are basically not accepting that friend.
Anyways, now that I'm done with my little rant, I hope you all have a great day! Hopefully I'll write another thing on here sometime... (maybe that will be my new years resolution...) Talk to all y'all later!!
~Chels :)
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