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