Pain in The Membrain Roommate

In this video I have improved my skills with working with movie maker. In the beginning of the semester it was hard to figure out how to edit and arrange different scenes that I would record to go into my video. So because of that reason my first video it consisted of a video of moving text and music. Although it was a good video it was not up to par, I believed, to the other students. So in efforts to make a better video than what I had created before, I tried to record and make a motion movie that would be on the same level as the other students in my class. With a lot of hard work I was able to put together a video that I was actually really proud of and wanted to watch over and over again, because I liked it that much.  But I felt like there was still a lot of improving to do for my next video. In this video I believe my skills improved tremendously not only did I work really hard to put together a funny skit, I utilized all of the tools on the movie maker program to create a mini movie to help first year students get through roommate problems. The skit itself was very intriguing to watch not only did it keep the audience’s attention it is informational in the sense that it gives you options on what to do if you were ever in that situation with a bad roommate.  Overall  I am very happy with the video I have produced this time around and hope everyone enjoys!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8t_5aIZdns

LET IT SNOW!!

                                    

SNOW! This week there was a snowstorm that arrived here at Southern. Unexpectedly the school was forced to close early because with a blink of an eye there was snow everywhere, covering all of the cars completely in the parking lot. For all of the residence this had to have been one of the best days for them. I couldn’t tell you the amount of snowball fights that were going on at the same time, It was like war of all the halls.

Being a commuter it was hard for me to go home that night because the streets were filled with snow that looks like a beautiful white velvet blanket. It was nice seeing all of the residence have so much fun making snow men and having snowball fights, because it reminded me that we are all still young and we should embrace life even though sometimes it might get overwhelming. 

My biggest fear!

            My biggest fear is trusting someone. I have always had a hard time putting my trust into someone whether it has to be getting a job done for me or to speak to about what is going on with myself. This tends to hurt most of my relationships with people because I have a guard up when it comes to having to rely on them. I believe this originated from when I was younger and growing up with having people in my life that I thought were my “friends” when in actuality they wanted to be deceitful.

             Not being able to trust someone is a major thing. This has prevented me in not being able to start a lot of projects with other people. I have become to be comfortable in doing things on my own. When put into a group to complete a group assignment. I have been known to take on the leadership role and end up completing the whole project myself. For others to help and do a piece of a project would make me feel very uneasy, because I believe you can’t get something done as efficient as you want to unless you do it yourself.

               Finishing things are hard too. I have always wanted to be the last one to finish a project when put into a group. If for what ever reason I am unable to complete the project on my own. I would make it a point for me to be able to be the last one to go over and review it because I feel like my judgment is the best judgment rather than anyone else’s. May sound very egotistical but that is how I have been shaped to think due to past experiences. 

 

Twyla Tharp

                                  

Reading Twyla Tharp is something that really interests me. Being creative is something I’ve always been good at naturally. After reading, she has inspired me to take my creativity to another level. Who knew there were methods that can take you out of a creative rut? Just like Twyla I also choreograph dances for people to perform and it is very hard to create a new slate and think of something new all the time. Sometimes it takes me days to make a new routine if it doesn’t come out a first thought.

                In the book the topic that really stood out to me the most is, she speaks about leaving things off on a high note. By doing this you save yourself for the next time when you return you are fresh and are not frustrated. Leaving things when you’re still full of energy eliminates room for mistakes. Mistakes can happen when you tired which causes you to become very sloppy with your work. Sloppy work never gets anywhere and will result in failure.  I really like this method because I know when I really want something to be right I will continuously work on it until I am burned out and frustrated. When that happens I tend to just throw things together and it ends up not being my best work.  I find that my best work is when I am fully rested and have energy to come up with something because my mind is fresh and ready to go.

                Something that I have realized in Twyla’s readings is that a lot of her concepts are thing that we already know due to common sense.  By her speaking on these concepts it helps us be more aware about what we are doing to spark or hinder our creativity