Night at the Theatre 2

Night at the Theatre 2

So I just came back from the seeing White Christmas and my expectations were definitely exceeded and the theatre experience was way better than I thought it was going to be.  It was very different going into a small theatre and watching a very old movie because I’ve never really done that before. I mean I’ve seen some old classics but not with the atmosphere included.  It was very cold and actually snowing a little (how convenient since I was going to see the movie White Christmas).  I was actually excited to see how this experience was going to pan out!

I walked up to the theatre and I could already tell that it was old fashion because they only took cash! Which got me a little irritated because then I had to walk in the cold to the ATM at the Allamo ll and get cash. Once I got cash and bought my ticket, I entered the cute little theatre. It was much cleaner and newer than I thought it was going to be, but I was surprised to find out that there was only one theatre! It was definitely a breathe of fresh air to be in such a different environment. They explained before the movie that phones were highly restricted, as if it was a death threat. I thought that was a little funny because I cant go a second without looking at my phone, but I managed for a few hours. So experiencing the theatre was definitely fun, but I was more excited for the movie.

When the lights went down and the curtain up, the show finally started.  I thought it was so cute that before the movie, they played a little cartoon skit. The cartoons were from when I was a baby and it brought back so many memories! That definitely put me in such a good mood. So once the movie started I already had a smile on my face. The movie started and I instantly wasn’t used to the filming and or the sets because they looked kind of fake, but the acting was funny and cheerful. The movie was adorable because 2 men, Phil Davis and Bob Wallace, left the army to go Broadway and later teamed up with 2 beautiful women in the same business, Betty and Judy Haynes, to try and save their general’s beloved inn. The movie was filled with romance, drama, and my favorite; dancing and singing. At the end they end up putting on a phenomenal performance and save the inn!

Night at the Theatre 1

            Tonight I’m going to see the movie White Christmas! I'm actually very excited to see this because Christmas isn’t that far away and it’s just another reason to get into the Christmas spirit! I also can’t wait to go inside the normal theatre.  I decided to wait until December to do this movie project because I believe classic Christmas movies are the best. They have such a lovely touch to them and they’re very romantic. I believe seeing movies and how they used to be filmed is very important because it gives you a little bit of a taste on how the society used to be. It also gives you a break on all the other movies coming out, which seem like they are all the same. 

My opinion right now on the theatre that I will be going to watch this movie at, is kind of old and boring because they play movies that are old and kind of boring. Although I might have the wrong expectation, I will see tonight. I do like the fact that the made this theatre because it puts a classy touch on the Illinois State University campus. It reminds us of the past and how film making used to be.  I asked many of my friends if they have ever been to it just to get a little bit of an actual opinion on this before I went in with wrong expectations, but no one that I know has been there!  I'm excited to go and see what its all about so I can pass it on to my friends.

            Now for the movie, I did some research and I think its going to be really good. In the movie there’s singing, dancing, romance, and a do or die plot. Two dancing acts, 2 boys and 2 girls, fall in love with each other in hopes of dancing and singing their way to saving the Vermont inn. I’m excited to find out how they are going to save the inn and why it needs to be saved. I also want to find out how the dancers fall in love! My favorite movies are dancing and romantic films, so I should definitely like it. I'm glad we got assigned this project because I believe it will open up my horizons and have me think about classic movies in a different way.  

My Thanksgiving break

So my break was pretty awesome because I did absolutely NOTHING! Hahah it was the best. The first day I got back I went to go see harry potter! It was such a good movie but the ending sucked because I wanted to know what was going to happen! The next day I took a bikram yoga class and I can tell I was so out of shape because I could barely handle the heat (thanks a lot college).  The I met up with some of my good friends and we went tanning and I got a much needed pedicure J.  The next day Sunday was definitely the best day over break. I visited my dance studio and sat in on their dance rehearsal.  They all got so good and im so incredibly jealous of all their dances this year because they’re so sick! The dance im most jealous of is their Lady Gaga dance. Oh my god, the choreography is genius and the props are going to be amazing! Ughh I wish I was still on my dance team. I also got to see all my old friends and spend some quality time. We all spent days catching up on each other’s lives.  All my friends had such funny stories from each college. It felt good talking with my friends from home. It reminded me of my high school years, and how fun those years used to be. Besides that the rest of the week consisted of me being incredibly lazy.  I missed being home and having my mom make me breakfast every morning. I also missed my family and on thanksgiving we all talked about how thankful we were that we were all together and healthy on thanksgiving. After that, we all got into our shopping modes and went out black Friday and shopped til we dropped lol. I was a really good break but now I cant wait to get finals done with so I can go home again!

Project 4 blog

I'm writing my letters too 2 very important people in my life. One is my mother and the second is my sorority sister Lexie Robinson.  I picked these two people because they are extremely different and have very different opinions on my fashion merchandising major.

         I picked my mother because she is the one person, beside myself, that I would want to make proud in my life.  Ever since I was younger and started realizing my accomplishments and goals, I wanted to make her proud because of everything she has done in her life. She has a masters and bachelor’s degree in chemistry and she currently works at Griffith Laboratories as one of their top food chemists. She has accomplished so much in her life and she continues to succeed. One of my main goals is to be as successful as her in my major when I grow up and hopefully graduate from Illinois State. I also want to be able to support my family just like she does with us. Although my father supports us too, I’m happy to say she’s a big contributor to our household. I don’t want a man to support me, I want to be just like my mom and be able to support myself and become an independent, successful woman. 

         The second person I picked was my sorority sister Lexie Robinson.  Lexie and I are very close and love spending time with eachother, even though she is a complete tomboy.  I'm into getting my nails done and going shopping, while she rather watch the bears game and eat pizza. Its so weird how were so different but I look up to her because of how she follows her morals so well.  Her opinion means a lot to me and I would love to prove to her that fashion merchandising is an amazing career for me and anyone else with the passion.

Free write

Once again the only thing on my mind is this research paper and my math class. I'm so bad at math its so annoying. I try and get help but seriously nothing works and everything is so confusing to me. This paper too is stressing me out so much. I just have so much going on that I don’t know when to get all of it done! I knew college was going to be overwhelming but not like this. I miss high school so much because it was so easy! I got such good grades and I loved my teachers. They were the coolest people in the world. I guess I just freak out easily when I’m overwhelmed which isn’t good at all. I never wanted summer to be here so bad, or even winter break. I hate being stressed. I can’t wait to just go home and chill with my friends and family. Besides Halloween, that’s the one thing I’m looking forward too. Even thanksgiving break is going to be fun, especially because I love eating! Even though I cant stop thinking about all the breaks coming up, I have to focus on getting my grades up because they suck so bad.  I wish things came easily to me like some other people. 

Project 3 Idea

 So I'm pretty scared for this paper because I honestly don’t know what I’m doing yet! But whatever, maybe some of you guys can help me but this is what I have so far.  Well my major is fashion merchandising. Fashion merchandising is basically a buyer for certain stores, they go to fashion shows and talk to buyers to see what the next hot trend is. After they do that they buy them for the store they represent and put them on the rack.  Some controversy that has been going on with fashion is that the true hard work is going to waste in most ads. This is because only sex sells and that’s what basically all ads have to be based on, instead of the actually clothing itself and the art behind it.  So the argument I was thinking about using would be, to say that fashion is taking over in a more modern way and the art of the clothing is still there. So thats one idea I was thinking about but I really don’t know what else I could use. If anyone has any other suggestions then please help me!!

Free Write

So the main thing on my mind again is school. School is still annoying and overwhleming but not as much as before because last week I dropped my history class which im sooooo happy about!! Lol I would have had to write a 5 page paper about cherokee indians and some 3 page footnotes page! Hell no I couldn’t do that especially with this week being one of the busiest ill have this semester. For my soroity were doing this thing called derby days and im representing my plegde class so I pretty had to go to everything and go out everyday preparing for it so it was sooo busy. But besides that im just trying to do good in school because I don’t want to go back home and go to community college cuz that would just suck so bad. I really miss my dance team and being with all my friends the most. Im kind of excited to come home next weekend even though ill be missing homecoming :/ but I get to take a dance class from a famous dancer! Its gonna be so sick, but that weekend I also might have to get my wisdom teeth taken out cuz I cant even bare to have them in anymore. They hurt so bad its ridicoulous. Ahhhh I don’t know what else to write about. I cant wait for Saturday because its my soroity’s bardance and its gonna be so fun but I still don’t have cowboy boots which sucks. Hopefully I can borrow some from somebody else but we’ll see! Okay so I think that’s enough for now. Peace

My Writing Processes

My process of writing is pretty regular, but also has a few weird components.  I have to start thinking about my paper that day or weekend that it is assigned to me.  When I think about it I have to have all my references there to make an outline or a list of a few bullet points. This reference list consists of some ideas that I will use for my paper.  After making this outline I think some more. I think about how I will organize the elements of my paper and how it will flow. Flow is very important to me and when I sit down to right a paper the paragraphs before each one that I right must all flow before I continue on. This also pertains to revision of my paper. Of course I revise my paper once it is done, but I also revise it while I’m writing it. I can’t move on with my paper when I see all those red scribbles under several words because it becomes very distracting. When I go to sit down and start my paper, it must be at the most a week before the paper is due.  I can’t do my paper the night before and cram everything in or else I will end up with some sort of anxiety attack! I must have a lot of time so I feel comfortable enough to explain all my feelings and so that im not rushed.  I also have to be in complete silence when I type my papers. When im making my outline I can be in public, but when it comes to the bulk of my paper I must be in complete silence. When it comes to my work space I enjoy writing at a desk with all of my references a few inches away, but my ultimate writing spot in on my fouton will a pillow on my lap along with my laptop. This is where I get my best writing done. Something new that I want to try is being able to write in any environment. I would ultimately love to be able to write outside. My goal before I graduate is to write a paper outside in the spring in the quad.

What kind of visual and emotional appeals draw you into an ad? What makes you pay attention to it? What makes you remember it? What makes you want to buy what they are selling?

In my opinion, there are many elements that draw me into an ad like, bright colors, attractive font, models used to sell the product, and how they get me to buy it. Bright colors and attractive font draw the buyer’s eyes to the ad. Therefore, they pay more attention to it and actually want to spend the time to read the ad and maybe even buy the product.  They can also try and make me want to a buy a product by getting me emotionally involved.  For example, someone who is a sucker for puppies may only buy a dog because an ad made the dog look sad and lonely.  They can also throw in some discounts or deals to draw you in. Emotionally drawing someone in is a very good way to advertise a product.

Some things that make me pay close attention to the ad are some popular visual objects such as, a famous actor or actress, a character of a famous brand, or a popular product that everyone needs. As a teenage girl I would pay more attention to an ad with Taylor Launter selling a perfume bottle, than an ad of President Obama selling a political book. It also all depends on the audience and what kind of people you are trying to attract.  If you want a certain population to buy your product, you must use elements in your ad that will draw your desired audience in. 

         So by drawing your customer in, as a result, they will always remember your product.  Thinking of funny mascots and different ways to get your ad noticed is key to having people remember your ad. Just like the gecko in the geico car insurance commercials.  If you go up to people and as them the first thing that pops up in their head when you say car insurance, majority would say geico and even maybe sing the jingle along with it. As you can see all of these elements are crucial when developing a successful ad.

Blog Entry 4: College classes suck

Soooo, pretty much the only thing on my mind right now is all my frickin homework.  I have so many things all at once to do and seriously no time to do it. Its also really hard when your in a soroity too because you have so many unexpected meeting you have to attend and they sometimes take forever. Don’t get me wrong tho, I love pledging for my soroity but its just a little overwhleming because classes give out so much homework. But sometimes maybe I think its not the amount of homework, but the way it catches up to you. Like in highschool I just procastinated and that’s why I was so stressed most of the time. But now I thought I spread my homework out decently; apparently not? I have this english homework to do, get soroity things done, attend soroity meetings that are most of the time unexpected, study for upcoming exams, and on top of all that my only black heels broke and I have an event to attend on friday.  So now I have to figure out how im going to get black heels with no time, no car, and no decent stores around here!!! Ughhh this sucks sooooo bad. At times like these I wish I was back home so I can just jump in my car and go borrow shoes from my friend or go to the mall that’s 10 minutes away and shop at GOOD stores.  I knew college was going to be hard but I never knew that no matter what your pretty much always going to be stressed. Even if you pace yourself with homework and don’t procrastinate.  I figured out from my first month here that the homework will always catch up to you at the worst times. So the only thing you can do is be ready for it and take it like a champ.

Blog entry 3 : questions

For my front cover, I wanted to ask these questions: "Do you suggest I use dark colors? Or something brighter?" Explain how you can get a good picture of my story by looking at it. If not, explain why. What suggestions do u have for the font I used? I asked these questions because those were the elements had the hardest time with.  I wanted my peers opinion.

Book Cover Exploration

So I pretty much have an idea of what im doing. I just don’t know if I should draw it yet or if there’s a better way to do it. Like on the computer or publisher? So if u guys can read this and give me some advice on how I could do this that would be great! I'm thinking for the front cover to be half of my face and in the background I might have a sky or a stage. The sky would represent the quote “the sky is the limit.” This has a lot to do with my life because that was my mind set throughout my life.  The other background I was thinking about would be a stage representing the actually story I was trying to hint to the reader. My book was based on the dancing in my life and how I strived to be the best I can be. That’s why on my front cover, on half of my face inside my eye, there will be words such as, determination, perseverance, sweat, tears, etc.  I might have the words written in the eyes or have them coming  down like tears because when I reached my goals in dance it was hard and there were times when I cried.  The title is also a maybe. I was thinking it would be “My eye on the prize.”  If anyone has any other suggestions let me know!

            So that’s pretty much my front cover, my back cover is a little more confusing for me because I don’t know what to do!  I'm thinking of making it a sky background and then putting an inspiring quote about attitude to get the reader thinking?  I also want to add some elements like a barcode, a few quotes from a few dance magazines, and maybe an award on the front cover. If u guys have any feed back or any ideas on how to design this on the computer that would be great! Thanks!

about me

So my names Jackie, Im obviously a freshamn here at isu. Im from Oak Forest, Il. I went to Carl Sandburg Highschool in Olrand Park. I pretty much got good grades in highschool. I hate math and science.   English is pretty much my favorite subject if i had to pick one. I was friends with the same people all threw high school and i still manage to keep in touch with most of them. I was on poms my freshman and sophmore year of high school and i was on orchesis (dance theatre) for 3 years. I was also on a hip hop team called Xtreme Dance Force. It was the best thing i've ever donein my life and its taught me how to be such a good person with a great attitude. Were also pretty known because we've been on Americas Best Dance Crew and my director has been on MADE twice as a hiphop coach. They've also opened up for many artists such as soulja boy, ludacris, twista, ciara, lupe fiasco, etc. I love my family, especially my little brother. He's the best. Im really excited for college and to meet alot of new people. Im a fashion merchandising major. Fashion is the only thing that i truely love besides dance. After a year or 2 of college i plan on transfering to FIDM ( Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in Los Angeles, California. I want to become very successful in the fashion industry and hopefully get into the public relations with running fashion shows and setting up photoshoots. I cant wait to reach my goals and succeed. And after all this I would love to settle down and have a family. So thats pretty much all about me and what i wanna do for the rest of my life.

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