The Aftermath: Old Skool Projects

So the Presentations went well, and props to everyone all around. I think mine went okay, I freaked a little but tiz chill. Here we have Abe reppin' Beastie Boys, and I think he did them justice.

Here we have Ben... reppin' someone... (post a comment and I'll edit my blog, sorry guys!!) N Ben was awesome, really held it down. No one in the background.... he's just that important, haha.

I know it don't look like much, but I was Queen Latifah, AKA Dana Elaine Owens (We share a middle name!!) and there was a big old bun looking thing in the back of my wrap (aka, t-shirt). Unfortunately, as much as I tried to go all out, the Queen tends to dress like a Queen should: conservatively and with style. So I did that, used small gold chains to adorn my blazer, and called it a day.

I also decided to concentrate on learning more about the song I was singing than about her entire life, which I took a quick look at on wikipedia, but obviously not hard enough. All in all, I think I did a decent job of it, minus the interview. A job well done to all. More pics and some videos to come.

Old Skool Projekt

I am psyched as hell for this!!!

Pics to come, Promise!!

A little more interactive but not by much

It's the little things I love... like sidewalk chalk and beautiful poetry for the person (people) we can love.
My biggest frustration in this course will without doubt be my terrible affinity for rhyming. It is my poetic flaw, my Achilles heel if you will. I try a little something here and there but it's one of the reason's I have so much respect for anyone who can freestyle well. Despite it's offensive content it's also a huge reason why I loved Eminem's lyrics... He's freakin TALENTED with words.

On the other hand, a big reason I don't like hip hop is the repetitive nature of the background music. Which is why I think the best songs are the ones where someone can freestyle over classical music. There have been a couple songs like that (namely from Save the Last Dance but I'm still looking for others) and I hope I can actually find more. Any help would be awesomesauce.

*cough* *wheeze* *cough*

I'm truly beginning to hate this cold....

Anyway I came up with a couplet last night while playing Snakes on a Sudoku (for the love of God just don't ask...), and here it is for your critique:

How can you leave your man to suffer pain and strife
when that same decent man has given you his life
for you and that baby you decided you would keep
and now you're not even within reach?

I know it's not great right now and I'm not sure how or where I'll add to it, or if I'll make anything of it at all, but I'm beginning to feel the creativity flowing again.... YAY!!!

The Latest...

Yay Blogging! I'm doing it!! Tiz cool, methinks. Now, My real name is Kristen, I like Harry Potter and I have every intention of marrying Shia LaBeoff when I grow up.

I am from Bronx, New York and I have been going away to school for nine years now. I have an extremely eclectic taste in music. My favorite “super” hero is Batman and I hate getting up too early. I love going to the movies, and I like doing it alone just as much as going with a couple friends. I am fiercely loyal and I have had the same best friend for 15 years. I have left the country once and it wasn’t by plane; I went to Bermuda on a cruise, and I might go again this year. My favorite musical is Aida and I have never seen The Lion King on Broadway. My favorite Disney movie is Aladdin.

Enough of the random stuff, I am an English major- I love to write. In high school I wrote a one act play and I loved the experience. At the time I was highly involved (a.k.a. president) in the Gay Straight Alliance and I know two people who have made the transition from woman to man. So my play is about a woman who begins with a relationship with a much younger man only to find that he falls for her son, who is much nearer to his age group. It was supposed to be for a Gay Straight Alliance event as well as for a class, but it ended up just being for my class. I have written other pieces; my senior project was a 42 page portfolio of stories and essays I wrote throughout the semester. Among those was a Greenwich Village Fairy Tale, in which two friends fall in love, and in the end face breaking the news to their parents together. It was decidedly more cheerful than Brokeback Mountain.

I am also a Theatre major. I have been in five musicals: The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, The Boyfriend, Anything Goes and Seussical. I cannot pick an absolute favorite, but it’s a tight race between the Boyfriend and Seussical. Seussical was an absolutely huge production in which I was a who, a hunch, a fish, and an animal in the jungle of Nool. On the other hand I had a good role for The Boyfriend: I was Madame Dubbonet, the headmistress of a finishing school in France, and I was in love with one of my student’s father. I got to speak with a French accent and the French teacher asked me after the play if I spoke French, or if I had any specific coaching, which I hadn’t.