Minute to Win It

So, at this event the mentor groups got together and had a minute to complete various events, like keeping balloons/tissue paper in the air, picking up short paper bags from the floor with only your mouth and with only your feet touching the ground, getting up to 125 steps on a pedomater (or whatever) by shaking your head, getting pennies out of pantie hose using only your hands, getting cotton balls into a bowl with only your nose and vassaline etc.  I enjoyed the socialness of the event and how natural it was to cheer on your teammates.  And absolutely, we were more efficent with all of us there giving each other suggestions than if it had been any one of doing it by ourselves.  I know with the penny hose, I would have had a lot more trouble if someone hadn't suggeted stretching them out so they went further up my arms.  I know I wouldn't have had as much success as Balprett did with the pedometer or Renee with stacking the golf balls, so - as cliche as it sounds - it was cool seeing different people do the same activity different ways.  I enjoyed it greatly.

Foodinc.

   Monday, I attended the discussion and video regarding food production.  It wasn't a new topic for me to be exposed to.  In high school, I saw several presentations and wrote several reports on the topic.  One thing I really liked about monday's discussion, however, because it showed just how easy it can be to get around the issues in our agricultural and food production systems.  Also, I had never realized how far-reaching the issues in the system are.
    On a more random note, I really enjoyed the pizza that was served.  It was interesting though that we were eating pizza and drinking coke given the discussion and video topic.  I found it somewhat comical.  Overall, I more or less enjoyed the discussion and learning more about the flaws in our food production, and the ways to avoid subscribing to corporate monopolies in the system.

West Side Story is an American musical that was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. From the onset, I could tell the similarities between the two conflicting gangs (families) and the immediate love interest of Tony and Maria (Romeo and Juliet). However, it takes an interesting twist as it is set in the Upper West Side of New York City. However, while I did not particularly enjoy the story line, I did find the music to be highly entertaining and the performers to be quite superb. This will have been my fourth time at the Ohio Theater, and I hope it will not be my last! Next year the year they are doing two shows that I would really like to see. Wicked (which I have already seen) and Les Miserables! This experience was fun as I was able to go with my friends and watch a play that I had really heard nothing about. I got to meet an older Humanities Scholar and she was really nice. Thank you guys for the opportunity! 

Toronto

Toronto was fantastic! It was a great opportunity for me to get to know the Arts Scholars as well as explore an awesome city. I loved visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario--not only was the building itself interesting, but the artwork was very unique and different from what I'm used to seeing. The dining was great, too. Toronto has a huge international population, and the city had Chinatown, Little Italy, Little India, Little Korea, Little Brazil, Little Portugal, Little Poland, and probably even more that I can't remember. Little India gave me the best Indian food I've ever eaten! To sum it up, Toronto is a very cool city, and the trip allowed me to make some great new friends from he Arts Scholars. I would highly recommend that all Humanities Scholars members try to go before they graduate!

Short North Gallery Hop

Yesterday I enjoyed my first gallery hop in the Short North. Whether it was work or another engagement, something always kept me from going in previous quarters and last night I realized how much I have been missing. I went with a great group of friends and we started our night by eating a great meal at La Fogata. The atmosphere - with music blaring from inside the restaurant, people on the street shouting and laughing as they walked from gallery to gallery, and the candles flickering on each table as night fell - really lent a sense of comfort and relaxtion; a great way to end a hectic week. We also found out that our waiter used to attend OSU and lived on South Campus, so we joked and chatted with him throughout the meal. After leaving La Fogata, our group began wandering down the street, looking into some galleries and entering others. I never knew there was so much artwork on display and I thoroughly enjoyed being exposed to it. My favorite stop of the night had to be Global Gallery, a cute little shop with all sorts of Fair Trade items to promote equality among producers - especially females - throughout the world. Almost everything is handmade, from jewelry to statues. I will definitely be returning for another gallery hop in the near future, that's for sure!

The Hunger Games

I cheated a little bit and watched The Hunger Games today instead of tomorrow since I have work every Sunday. It was great! I haven't read the book so I think I missed out on a lot of the little details that I would have noticed otherwise. Plus I was slightly confused about the background of the story and so I had to keep whispering to everybody during the movie. I'm sure they can all attest to my annoying comments (which kept going all two and a half hours)! I found the plot to be very interesting and extremely disturbing. After the movie, we had a philosophical discussion debating whether or not people would actually allow the publicized slaughter of children if the government sponsored it. I certainly hope not, but you never know. There are some crazy people out there. One thing I definitely did enjoy was Gale. Beautiful man. I would highly recommend this movie to everyone!

Spring Involvement Fair

I went to the spring expecting it to be fairly busy but boy was I shocked to see how busy it actually was. The rows were extremely crowded, I consistently had my path blocked by people was shouted at by the people talking about their clubs. Over all I think the event was poorly organized to make the event appealing, at least to me, and less crowded.