Monologue Reading

This is the monologue I intend to read. It is from Marilyn Monroe's film Some Like It Hot. 

Yeah, you better keep a look out. I’m not very bright I guess. No, just dumb, if I had any brains I wouldn’t be on this crummy train with this crummy girl’s band. I used to sing with male bands but I can’t afford it anymore, have you ever been with a male band? That’s what I’m running away from. I’ve been with six different ones in the last two years . Oh brother! … I’ll say…I can’t trust myself. I have this thing about saxophone players , especially tenor sax. I don’t know what it is but they just curdle me. All they have to do is play eight bars of “Come To Me, My Melancholy Baby” and my spine turns to custard. I get goose pimply all over and I come to them. Every time. … But you’re a girl thank goodness. That’s why I joined this band: Safety first. Anything to get away from those bums. You don’t know what they’re like! You fall for them. You really love them, you think, “This is going to be the biggest thing since the Graf Zeppelin.” The next thing you know, they’re borrowing money from you, they’re spending it on other dames and betting on horses. Then one morning, you wake up, the guy’s gone, the saxophone’s gone. All that’s left behind is a pair of old socks and a tube of toothpaste all squeezed out. So you pull yourself together, you go on to the next job, the next saxophone player. It’s the same thing all over again. See what I mean? Not very bright. I can tell you one thing, it’s not going to happen to me again. Ever. I’m tired of getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

Name.

Name by Rob Bell
Watching this in class...

Is it normal for you? *I like that.
Name was your identity. It made you, you. 
What is your name=who are you?
How much pain comes from not knowing who we are?
"You follow me..." *Yeah, if Jesus said that to me I wouldn't argue, no sir.
Stop asking "what about him" or "what about her", focus on us.
"A heart at peace gives life to the body..." *that is beautiful. I like the idea of a tattoo of that.
"Resentment kills the fool..."

Don't have to be proud of our history, but we do have to claim it
What is it to you? You have your own path.
How can you learn to love other people when we cannot come to terms with ourselves?

There is nothing more important ...I am Emily.
I am more than okay with the life that God has given me.
We have to be saved from all the times we haven't been our true selves.
"May you find yourself comfortable in your own skin." -Rob Bell 

**Holy goosebumps. If that doesn't give emotion I don't know what will. BE YOU! 

**Own up to you. Do what makes you happy; do what makes you thrive. <3**

Tennis Diva!

Maddie? I am not sure on spelling, but I could listen to that accent allllllllllllllllllllll day. 

U.S. Open Tennis video
It Must be Love

-Playing for 14 years
-Started off as a hobby, became more 
-Supportive family
-Provides stress relief
-Boosted confidence, patience
-Enjoys competition
-Plays at CSS
-Different sport; more personal, get more invested
-Andy Murray
-Rely on self
-Billie Jean King; battled for equality 
-Quote from BJK

Chapter 9 Notes: LUDA

Chapter 9: Friends, lovers, and families

Totally jamming to Usher right now...
"Can we be lovers and friends??"
Ahh-ahh-oooo

Friendships: an interpersonal relationship between two persons that is mutually productive and characterized by mutual positive regard.
-Friendship is an interpersonal relationship
-Friendship must be mutually productive
-Friendships are characterized by mutual positive regard
Types
-reciprocity
-receptivity
-association

Communication:
-Initial contact and acquaintanceship 
-Casual friendship
-Close and intimate friendship 

Culture, gender, and Technology
-Culture and Friendship
-Gender and Friendship
-Technology and Friendship

Romantic Relationships
-Love Types
a. Eros: beauty and sexuality
b. Ludus: entertainment and excitement
c. Storge: peaceful and slow
d. Pragma: practical and traditional
e. Mania: elation and depression
f. Agape: compassion and selfless

Communication
Love, Culture, Gender, Technology
-Culture and Love
-Gender and Love
-Technology and Love

Families
Types:
-Traditional
-Independent
-Separate

Characteristics: 
Defined Roles
Recognition of Responsibilities
Shared History and Future
Shared Living Space

Communication
-Equality 
-Balanced Split
-Unbalanced Split
-Monopoly 

Take it away Luda!

Back on the grind. Notes: Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Interpersonal Relationship Stages and Theories
All I am thinking about right now is MTV's "Friend Zone" :)

Relationship Stages:
-Contact: perceptual, interactions
-Involvement: testing, intensifying
-Intimacy: interpersonal commitment, social bonding
-Deterioration: intrapersonal dissatisfaction, interpersonal dissatisfaction
-Repair: intrapersonal repair, interpersonal repair
-Dissolution: interpersonal separation, social/public separation

Contact: you see what the person looks like, you hear what the person sounds like (you get a physical picture of them)
Involvement: the feelings of being connected develops
Intimacy: feeling that you can be honest and open when talking about yourself
Deterioration: weakening of bonds between parties
Repair: analyzing what went wrong and attempting to fix it 
-Recognize the problem
-Engage in productive conflict resolution
-Pose possible solutions
-Affirm each other
-Integrate solutions
-Risk giving
Dissolution: cutting the bonds
-Break the loneliness-depression cycle
-Take time out
-Bolster self-esteem
-Seek the support of others
-Avoid repeating negative patterns

Relationship Theories
-Attraction Theory: forming relationships based on attraction
a. Similarity
b. Proximity
c.Reinforcement
d. Physical Attractiveness and Personality
-Relationship Rules Theory: held together by adherence to certain rules
a. Friendship Rules
b. Romantic Rules
c. Family Rules
d. Workplace Rules
-Relationship Dialects Theory: relationship experiences dynamic tensions between pairs of opposing motives or desires
a. Closedness and Openness
b. Autonomy and Connection
c. Novelty and Predictability 
-Social Penetration Theory: what happens when relationships do develop
-Social Exchange Theory: relationships that will maximize your profits 
-Equity Theory: 

The Dark Side
-Jealousy
-Violence

The Final Round Begins...Speeches #3

Okay...today is the day. I have to get up and talk about baseball. I hate my life. Here I go...

My stomach hurts today...sigh. I think this speech is giving me an ulcer. Perhaps I should have skipped today. 

...

We have started talking about annotated bibliographies. Those are not my friend. I hate them, and do not want to do it. Good thing I am not a communications or English major...right?!

Think about these things when you are using sources for your bibliography:

Main Topic?

Main Resource?

Main Argument?

Credible?

Reliable?

How does it compare to sources in the field or in your bibliography?

Is there bias?

Alex B.

-Volleyball

-Been playing since 4th grade

-Look good, play good

-Be prepared.

-Warm ups

-Celebrate small victories

-Keep your head high

-Thank the fans-love that.

-Pre-season video. <3

-Love Thy Teammate

I went...my God that was scary. Sam and I had the same topic and Babe Ruth quote. Pretty cool!

Sam

-Played a lot of baseball!

- Broke his ankle, couldn't play his senior year :(

-That team went to state for the first time in 30 years

-Played for one of the top 5 teams in the nation (traveling team)

-Traveled all over the country

-Ticket into college baseball

-Plays here at CSS

-PO: pitcher only

-Hoka-hey

Anna

-Rigged Game

-Standardized testing

-Going onto secondary education 

-English

-Gets heated over testing

-Winner of a rigged game should not get to write the rules

-Teaching?

-Build education around testing 

-Being tested on useless things?

-Negative results for ST

-Students who don't speak English are taking the same tests as those who can

-Keep changing the standards

-Being tested on the wrong things

-Standardized boot camp

-Don't do well on test, no money for school

-Kid in her class won't even pick up a regular book, only use technology

-Testing has now replaced instruction

-Trained to memorize, and pass the test

-Need to break away from monotonous practices

-Make sure the students understand the concepts and definitions, trains students to grasp situations in real life

-Need to recognize each student is different and need to learn different. Standardized testing cannot capture true intelligence.

Matt

-Exploring

-Happened naturally, Dad is in the Coast Guard

-Stationed to different states, moved and got to see a lot

-Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Pacific Ocean, San Diego

-Saw a lot on summer vacation last year

-Likes Duluth

-Space stated consistent

-Naturally curious

-Shared human experience, looking at the same stars

-NASA picture, pretty damn cool

-Meteors

-Only thing moving in the sky. Saw shower in 2009

-Space Jam

-Space video: Carl Sagan 

My oh my, I do love baseball. <3

Speeches #2

Gettin' it goin' with the second round of Audio/Visual Speeches!

(Still nervous)

CJ H.

-Music

-Gets a rush from performing

-Emotionally influential

-Music as a form of communication

HE HAS A GUITAR

THIS IS SO COOL!

-Music can have many different emotions.

-Has a voice of its own

-Music can do anything :)

Maggie 

-Competitive Speech

-Different categories of public speaking

-Mom was inspiration to join speech

-Started in 8th grade with humorous

-Started pageants

-Video of her speaking at Miss Paynesville pageant about her articulation disorders. YOU GO GIRL!

-Hopes to continue being involved in competitive speech as a judge or coach

"Damn right!" -Rob

Danielle B.

-Choir

-Video of her choir singing

-Started singing in Kindergarten

-All different sorts of choir: church, college

-Musical family

-Traveled to Greece and Australia

-New York, Chicago, and San Francisco

-Music Ministry Alive. Combines faith and music

Derek H.

-Dog Popeye :)

-Best friend. Awwwwww

-Pure bred Golden Lab

-Almost 3 years old

-Popeye chose Derek

-Loves car rides

-Loves swimming, car rides, baths, watching TV, hunting and playing fetch

-"Go get a towel"

I didn't stop smiling that whole time!

Becca Z.

-Started with sports

-Soccer, basketball, softball

-1st knee injury sophomore year

-Had 3 knee surgeries throughout high school

-Cleared to play softball her senior year

-College softball at CSS

-Passion is also physical therapy; has helped her so much

-Nike commercial

Bailey L.

-Wrestling manager

-Family is huge in wrestling

-Got into it when she was 3

-Started managing in 8th grade

-Junior and senior year she was appointed head manager

-North Branch wrestling video

Speeches #1 10/15/13

Here goes the first round of audio/visual speeches! I solute all of you brave little toasters!

Danielle H.
-Youtube video "How to Live United"
-After school program from her hometown
-Worked for 5 years, do it for the kids!
-Started as a place for pregnant kids, and branched out to high risk kids
-Help about 350 kids a year
-Helps boost academics and behaviors 
-Incorporate fitness 
-Max hated homework, Danielle helped him with his studies.

Lauren H.
-Lil Bub
-How to find passion
-Lil Bub is a cat! Has a rare bone disease.
-Became online sensation
-Youtube video-cutest thing I have seen possibly ever.
-There are different ways to connect with things
-FIND YOUR PASSION
-78.3 year life span, how do we make it worth it? Passion.

Shea K.
-Summertime Fun with Family
-Birthday is part of summer, always spends it with family
-Time to bring together family
-Boating
-Lake house
-Fishing
-Video of niece fishing and catching first fish!

Libby-Jean H.
-Ice Hockey
-Definition of passion
-Started at 2 years old (skating)
-Started at figure skating (10 years)National Title holder...
-Changed to ice hockey 
-Brothers influenced her majorly
-Only girl on the team
-Played for Aukland Woman's team
-New Zealand Woman's team
-2012 Youth Winter Olympics team
-Now plays at CSS
-Youtube video of NZ beating Australia

Michaela C.
-Family
-Totally not creepy
-Who is her family? 
-Why are they her passion?
-What does family mean to me and why is it important?
-Youtube clip that made me tear up... :'(

Andrea S.
-Cheerleading
-Competitive
-4 years
-Youtube video. MIND BLOWN.
-Started as a high school freshman
-Cheers at CSS: football and basketball

Blake H.
-Country Music
-Has a tie on. Fancy
-Relates to everyday life
-Beautiful women
-People don't like the beer drinking, redneck, truck driving aspect
-Brad Paisley
-Eric Church
-Easton Corbin
-Tim McGraw
-A Woman Like You by Lee Brice video
(This song makes me want to get married...sigh.)

Those were all pretty cool. I might want to change mine now...hmm.

What is the Only Thing Worse Than a Zombie Apocalypse?...Public Speaking-Chapter 14 Notes.

Chapter 14: Public Speaking Topics, Audiences, and Research

In Public Speaking: a speaker presents a relatively continuous message to a relatively large audience in a unique context. Public speaking is transactional.

Benefits of Public Speaking:
-Improve your public speaking skills
-Improve your personal and social abilities
-Improve your academic and career skills

Manage Your Apprehension:
-Reduce the newness of public speaking by gaining experience
-Reduce your self-focus by visualizing public speaking as conversation
-Reduce your perceived differentness from the audience
-Reduce your fear of failure by thoroughly preparing and practicing
-Reduce your anxiety by moving about and breathing deeply
-Avoid chemicals as tension relievers

Step 1: Select your topic, purposes, and thesis
-A good topic is:
a. substantive
b. appropriate
c. culturally sensitive

Finding a topic:
-yourself
-brain-storming
-surveys
-news items
-topic lists

Step 2: Analyze your audience
-Cultural factors
-Age
-Gender
-Affectional orientation
-Religion

Step 3: Research your topic
-research for specifics
-research to discover what is known
-research to support a position

-Interview for information
-Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources
-Scholarly and popular journals
-Encyclopedias
-Almanacs
-Biographies
-Statistics
-News sources
-The government
-The web


Thinking about this all, it doesn't seem like something I should be so utterly terrified about, but I am. I am thinking about resorting to a muscle relaxer before my speech, just to calm myself down...

Notes City: In Class Business

Just got done playing the name game. Rob still doesn't know our names, so there's that. Apparently he has a niece named Emily, but it doesn't seem to be working...

I miss Alex today. :( I wish she wasn't so sickly and dying, but what do you do?!


There is a wholeeeeee bunch of jibberish written on the board, and I don't quite know where to start with it, so I may or may not write everything down. Apparently it is the rubric for our next speech? Yikes...

-How to prepare a speech.
-How to speak in public.
-How to communicate.

Tell them, tell them, and tell them again!

Include an audio/visual element. Use media!

Direct quotes need a source to go with them.

PASSION!

Do not end with "that's about it..."

What is cognative dissonance? I don't know why that is on the board, but it is fairly wonky and not very clear.

FEAR. Yeah this makes sense. I am TERRIFIED to get up in front of the class. The name game was stressful enough! As a pathologist, I want to mostly work as a coroner with dead people...they don't talk, and I like it that way.

There needs to be a definite beginning, middle, and end. 

HEY! I think I get bonus points for knowing everybody's names! BINGO! :)

MATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

RUBRIC:
-Wear something sassy. Nothing more, nothing less. <3
-50 XP
-Make up own rubric with information from the board
    **Something about compassion?
    **Look in Chapter 14 for guidelines
    **Topic can basically be about anything. I think I might talk     about my best friend Salann. Maybe include the story of how       we came to be. It's kind of interesting? I have a lot of         pictures.I COULD MAKE A SLIDESHOW! Cool.
    
Cognitive Dissonance: the anxiety that occurs when you are having opposing thoughts or attitudes. Ex: Hey, I really like you, but I don't like that you get "ripped" every single night. (Rob Quote)

Rob is now asking us loaded questions so I need to go...BYE.

Life 2.0: Is This Real Life?!...No, no it's not.

First of all, I will begin by saying I am keeping an open mind about this whole virtual world thing, but in certain circumstances, you just want to reach through the screen and shake these people. I am having a hard time with understanding how these people can live their lives through Second Life, and go along with everything in it. How are people putting their lives on hold or completely altering them in order to satisfy their virtual life?? You have no idea who is behind that avatar; it could be a person of a different gender, age, or a completely different from what they have said to be. I understand a fun, friendly relationship with these aliens of whom you do not know, but to end marriages, to set up meetings is highly naive and risky! 

All I can think about is the Dateline program "How to Catch a Predator", with pedophiles seeking out young teenagers in chat rooms. The avatars may not be accurate, age is lied about, and those molesters have absolutely no idea that they are actually talking to undercover cops. This same concept is relevant in Second Life, you have no way of knowing who is behind that avatar, and it can be a rude awakening if you meet that person and they are not who you thought they were. 

From my perspective, Second Life deems itself more of a danger than a positive thing. Overall, it creeps me out, and that's that.