So, about 1 and 1/2 weeks after my summer mission trip to Peru and Argentina I began a new adventure with College. I started my Freshman year at Liberty University (I am one of the youngest Freshman being 23 and all ;-). I am majoring in Theater with a Specialization in Drama Ministry.
The first week at college was so FUN! A friend mentioned that it reminded them of summer camp. There was this BIG Block Party (Rush of Fools was there)...and fun thing to do...then the Classes began (Dun, Dun, DUN!!!). The first day we go over the Syllabus which basically tells us what we are gonna cover in class, not bad, then assignments start to come :-( Oh well, its not too bad, didn't have to do too many all nighters...But while in college I got in this bad habit of staying up in to all hours of the night 2am, 3am, 4am,etc...but the funny thing is that my body handled well. My first Semester I took GNED 101 (it basically teaches world issues and has us determine why we believe what we believe...I would have this class Mon., Wed., and Fri. at 8:50am....my professor, Lew Weider, was excellent, Fun and full of energy, ADD, all good mixtures for a morning class!!)...
On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we something called Convocation at 10am. At Convo we'll have various speakers come and speak to us (imagine that!!)...We've had Mike Huckabee (excellent speaker), Martin Luther King Jr's daughter...my favorite was this short African American lady named Thelma Whelms who had a lot of spunk and shared the truth of Gods word...A note for those of you who may one day have a chance to speak to College Students: 1.) Be Interesting, enjoy what you are sharing! 2.)Never whistle at the college students, you will quickly lose their respect 3.) Remember, you are speaking to students who are 17 and older, what would THEY be interested in learning?? 4.) Stories and Jokes are GREAT!! 5.) Also, incorporate multi-media (videos and stuff)
My first semester I also took English 101, uggghh, we had assignments practically every day...then I had a Basic Acting class which totally shared how to act in a way that normal Highschool acting class doesn't teach...it was a growing experiance for me as an actor...I learned that I really need to relax when I have opportunities to act, also I need to do proper research for my characters to make my acting and movement, etc...all believable...Lets see, I also took a Theater History 211 class which was interesting, had an opportunity to be in a Acting Experiment in which we had to come up with an original script and had to incorporate ideas from what we had been studying in class...My group did a Shakespearean-like short skit and since in Shakspeare's day the men played all the roles, I had the opportunity to be a woman...hmmm. I also took a class called Evangelism...
Well, I passed that semester with All A's and 1 B, yeah!!
This last semester I took GNED 102 (with the same professor), I took a class called Voice for the Stage in which we learn how to use our voice with its maximum potential, I also had English 102 in which we read poems, dramas, and short fiction, it was interesting...Took Math 115 which touched on all types of Math...took the second part of Theater History (212)...and I took Spanish 101 ( I have taken Spanish before which helped me stay on top of things in college spanish)...thankfully I got all A's and 1 B again this year, horrah!!!
Now I want to talk about campus life...I love the People!!! My hall is 26-2...my RAs (the bosses of the hall) are lovingly called Chich and Fish...my SLDs (Adam and Adam)...and then you have Prayer Leaders whom I am one of, we have 5 guys and a group who we check on during the week, see if they have any prayer requests...then once a week we meet with our guys (Tuesday night) and share with them a time in which I may share a message, watch something, just be guys...good times...Prayer Leaders also meet up with the Hall leadership on Monday nights and then on Wed. we have to go to a Prayer Leader Class in which we are taught different Spiritual truths...
Ok, so, as some of you may know, Liberty University is a dating college, so they pair up the dorms...and this year my dorm was paired up with both a Sister Dorm (14) and a Brother Dorm (10) and as you can guess there was some competition to get the Sister Dorm to like our dorm more, blah, blah, blah, but I love a lot of the guys in the brother dorm and our sister dorm is The Bomb! Many times I would get to eat with various ones from the brother or sister dorm at the Reuber Thomas Dining Hall (from now on called the Rot)...The Rot's food is something not totally fulfilling. Once in a while you would get food that really hit the spot, but more times the food just made your stomach hurt, ughhh...oh well, as I mentioned before, I love the people, so I would go to the Rot mainly for the company of my bros and sis's (btw, I call the guys on my hall my Seimese Twins since they are closer than the brother or sister dorm, I know, kinda dumb, oh well, this is my blog so I can write whatever)...I have had many an interesting meal at the Rot from eating with Christa and Natalie and talking about Hypothetical questions, to pretending to stalk Leah, to talking about the time Raymond held a door for a girl and she stopped and said, "You can let the door shut" and he left in a huff, or sitting with Vicky and talking about the fact that I DO live in Northern VA and she saying that you have to have a 703 to live there, or talking to my Cousing Bryan about being from West Virginny, or talking to my brother Leighton about how mom loves me more, or crying when Hannah leaves me to sit with people she loves more ;-) or enjoying Brittany's amazing eyeshadow (rainbows), or sitting with the cousins Sean and Becca and getting a kick out of how paranoid Sean is (barfffffff :-) Or sitting with Ciji and hearing her many stories, or sitting with Adam or Adam or Adam, oh yeah, gotta loved that name!! Love you guys!! Oh man, so many memories, sorry I didnt' write them all out, please don't feel left out...feel free to share!!!
Ok, now about my Theater experiances at LU...So, during the first semester I had the opportunity to be on crew for "Fiddler on the Roof" which was really cool...some people said it was better than the movie and the Broadway!!! Then I had the opportunity to be in a play which a LU approved club called Transformation Theater Company put on called "Girl In the Mirror"...the money we raised went to an organization called To Write Love On Her Arms...Then this semester I was on crew for "Crucible"...I was both on crew and had a small speaking part on a play called "A Doll's House" as well!! Fun Stuff!! LU has some grade A actors and actresses!! Its an amazing Theater Family there!
Then you got all the amazing people I have met all over Liberty in Theater, classes, throught friend, wow!! Love these people, what an amazing family...Know I know why Mr. Fournier loves LU so much ;-)
Well, I guess this is long enough, time to call it quits!! Oh, btw, now I am having my summer break and can't wait to go back to Liberty as a Sophomore and create more memories :-)
