We had a section pumpkin carving contest that the trumpets won because they did a super awesome darth vader pumpkin. My section did Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas and it turned out really well.
We also did section mummy wraps with toilet paper, which Front Ensemble won. Then we had a costume contest which was TONS of fun. I was really impressed with how much work people put into their costumes. Our winner for the single entries was Quail Man, and the winner of the couples/group division was Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swan, with Bryanna Tester as Jack Sparrow and Zach Boyd as Elizabeth. They were hilarious together!
We also had the Freshman Pick-up Contest, in which 3 cocky freshman get taken down a few pegs. We have two lovely ladies sit down on two chairs that are set a few feet apart from each other and then we stretch a blanket across the chairs to make it look like one solid couch. Then a freshman guy comes in a puts his moves on the ladies. If it works, they ask if he'd like to sit down. When he goes to sit between them, they stand up and he falls on the ground. So classic.
After that we had some grub and then the officers and a few other helpers went to their cabins to set up the haunted cabin walk-through. We focused on the theme of phobias (arachnophobia, fear of snakes, fear of dying, fear of mascots - that one was me, and a few other random ones like a cabin with a chain saw, a cabin of just loud noises, etc.).
My cabin was kind of one of the random ones because I don't know that there's a legitimate phobia of mascots. But they generally tend to make people uncomfortable, ESPECIALLY when they're in a dark cabin with only a strobe light. I was in my roomate's bunny suit, and it was really fun to see the looks on some of their faces when I would come at them.
After everyone went through the cabins, we had some s'mores and then the officers cleaned up. We pulled it off really well, I think everyone did a great job.
My life is basically consumed with band at the moment. I'm really excited for the end of the marching season so that we can start moving with Wind Ensemble. I've already started to plan our spring tour, which is in the Midwest area. I'm excited to plan it, but I'm daunted by the responsibility that it takes to be in charge of the welfare (and fun) of 60 people. I hope I can pull it off well so that people remember it fondly.
My design classes are going fairly well... I'm loving my Typography class! So far we've designed business cards, book covers, illustrations only using typeface characters, billboards, reproductions of popular magazine covers, and now we're doing our own original magazine covers. I love it all! I enjoy print media a lot.
Illustrator....not so much. I thought that I would really enjoy using a computer to draw but it's been a challenge for me. Well...I wouldn't say the ENTIRE class has been a challenge, just the last project that was worth 300 points of my grade. We had to pick a Nestle product and EXACTLY reproduce the face of the package. Ohhh myyy goshhh it drove me insane. I still didn't get it the way I wanted it when I turned it in. It was so frustrating. But now we get to do book illustrations, which I'm kind of excited for. My only thing is that I'm not a very good artist when it comes to drawing, and that's a critical part of the assignment because you have to be able to draw what you want and then scan it into Illustrator to use as a template. Still, I think that my creativity will be enough to get me a good grade.
Intro to Design has been okay I guess. I haven't been taking it seriously because it feels like Kindergarten for design students. We're learning about color, form, line, value, and all of the other elements of design. The content is so painfully obvious that it seems like a waste of time. Whatever. It's an easy grade I guess.
Math is math. I hate it. Don't even want to think about it so I'm not even gonna write about it.
Brian and I are doing really well, I'd say. Today was off in my opinion, but everyone has those. He got a job, so we try to spend as much time together as possible without getting in each other's way. I go over to his house way too much for the good of my grades, but I just enjoy hanging out there. It's relaxing to just sit and watch TV. A lot of times, it's easier for me to do my homework there. At least when I'm at his house then it takes away the need to text.
After that we had some grub and then the officers and a few other helpers went to their cabins to set up the haunted cabin walk-through. We focused on the theme of phobias (arachnophobia, fear of snakes, fear of dying, fear of mascots - that one was me, and a few other random ones like a cabin with a chain saw, a cabin of just loud noises, etc.).
My cabin was kind of one of the random ones because I don't know that there's a legitimate phobia of mascots. But they generally tend to make people uncomfortable, ESPECIALLY when they're in a dark cabin with only a strobe light. I was in my roomate's bunny suit, and it was really fun to see the looks on some of their faces when I would come at them.
After everyone went through the cabins, we had some s'mores and then the officers cleaned up. We pulled it off really well, I think everyone did a great job.
My life is basically consumed with band at the moment. I'm really excited for the end of the marching season so that we can start moving with Wind Ensemble. I've already started to plan our spring tour, which is in the Midwest area. I'm excited to plan it, but I'm daunted by the responsibility that it takes to be in charge of the welfare (and fun) of 60 people. I hope I can pull it off well so that people remember it fondly.
My design classes are going fairly well... I'm loving my Typography class! So far we've designed business cards, book covers, illustrations only using typeface characters, billboards, reproductions of popular magazine covers, and now we're doing our own original magazine covers. I love it all! I enjoy print media a lot.
Illustrator....not so much. I thought that I would really enjoy using a computer to draw but it's been a challenge for me. Well...I wouldn't say the ENTIRE class has been a challenge, just the last project that was worth 300 points of my grade. We had to pick a Nestle product and EXACTLY reproduce the face of the package. Ohhh myyy goshhh it drove me insane. I still didn't get it the way I wanted it when I turned it in. It was so frustrating. But now we get to do book illustrations, which I'm kind of excited for. My only thing is that I'm not a very good artist when it comes to drawing, and that's a critical part of the assignment because you have to be able to draw what you want and then scan it into Illustrator to use as a template. Still, I think that my creativity will be enough to get me a good grade.
Intro to Design has been okay I guess. I haven't been taking it seriously because it feels like Kindergarten for design students. We're learning about color, form, line, value, and all of the other elements of design. The content is so painfully obvious that it seems like a waste of time. Whatever. It's an easy grade I guess.
Math is math. I hate it. Don't even want to think about it so I'm not even gonna write about it.
Brian and I are doing really well, I'd say. Today was off in my opinion, but everyone has those. He got a job, so we try to spend as much time together as possible without getting in each other's way. I go over to his house way too much for the good of my grades, but I just enjoy hanging out there. It's relaxing to just sit and watch TV. A lot of times, it's easier for me to do my homework there. At least when I'm at his house then it takes away the need to text.
Anyway, I'm in this for the long haul.
