Columbia College Bridge 2009
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Free Style
Many of your have asked about free style writing on our blog. I would urge you, for this post, to write as much as possible; the theme/topic is open. The post, however, should continue to be creative non-fiction.
Hey everybody!!!! So, I wrote my paper last night, and persoanlly, I think it sucks. The paper,it told my story, but I think it told too much. I just wrote non stop, I had too much to say.I talked too much about the past and the future, but barely anything, at all about the present. I will say though, I will have a great weekend. I'm moving into a new apartmrnt (with my mother) and I plan to go explore Chicago all by myself, to see what's around where I live, and what I could do while I'm here. Any suggestions, on what I can do around Chicago?
I dont want to bore you guys with my dance stories anymore. I want to talk about the Columbia College bridge program. The first week is over and I already feel so educated, no only because of the teachers, but because of my wonderful classmates :) This is a great program to be in, you learn so much and you build relationships between one another. I love my english class, we are just so diverse and have our own stories its great! Another thing that I like about my english class is that I feel like I could come to any of you and talk about my life, and you would some how understand my story. I'm looking forward to the next three weeks with you guys :)
Hey! Everyone =)...... Im happy today is thrusday for i can relax and just sleep at anytime of the day. But i have to say this week was a wonderful expriences to be here. Meeting new people. I would have to say by the end of next week i will be more open with people.Would be able to express the way i feel with others. But until then see everyone monday!
after completing the first week of summer school all i can say is god damnit. this has been a very tirsome and stressful week for me. i have to wake at 6 and take two different trains from wilmette to get here. i dont get that much sleep cause atfer school gets out i have to go to work for 5 hours. then i do my homework and go to bed at midnight or 1. this is awful and i'm not enjoying it that much. the only thing i enjoy about coming down here is the city. this city is sweet.
SO GUYS I ACTUALLY FINISHED MY BOOK PERSEPOLIS (I KNOW THAT WAS FAST) SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND I DNT WANT TO REALLY SPOIL IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS READING THE BOOK BUT THE END KINDA LEFT ME WITH MY MOUTH OPEN. I WAS SORTA LIKE WELL WHAT HAPPENDS NEXT SO IT'S LIKE NOW YOU HAVE TO READ THE NEXT BOOK OR YOUR GONNA BE THINKIN ABOUT IT. SO IM GUESSIN WELL THINKIN ABOUT GOINT TO BORDERS AND BUYING THE BOOK OR PAST BY THE LIBRARY. IF YOU HAVENT READ THE BOOK I THINK YOU SHOULD. BESIDES THE BOOK I AM SOO HAPPY TODAY IS THURSDAY BECAUSE I CAN GO HOME AND GO TO SLEEP I LOVE YOU GUYS BUT THE NEXT THREE DAYS WILL BE LOVELY. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF BRIDGE SO FAR I THINK THAT ITS OK? I WOULD RATHER DO THIS THAN HAVE GOTTEN A REJECTION LETTER LOL
I like this class and the people in it and everyday people open up and get more comfortable with each other...Well I guess I'll talk about yesterday. Math class sucked as usaul, in english the blogging was fun I like that part of class I also like to hear people essays and stories always enjoy that. Then there was lunch, I walked to jugrnaut a clothing store with to other friends the prices were high as hell!...so we left...Then the was the mouse lecture CJ fell asleep hard sliding down the wall lol... I dozed off a few times so overall that was boring. Then afterschool I went into the computer lab with Karla where I turned on some MJ tunes Karla said Michael Jackson sucks u guys so make sure to drop kick her whenever you get the chance. And then let me see well Jasmine cancelled our lunch plans today...she sucks....lol j/k oh and Leo we have to collab on some music I hope that we have a showcase before we end the bridge program I want to see everyones talents
what do i want to talk about? there are so many things thatv i want to talk about well so far i've made alot of cool friends so far I hope as we get furhter into this program that I'll make even better connections with you guys. For me i am pretty shy when it comes to maikng knew friends but its people like kingston, karla, cj, leo, sean, and so many other people have made me open up a little bit and I amde me a lil bit more comfortable
The first week has been nothing less then awesome. Its been full of new energies and interactions.
Energies are a large part of what i believe. This is why my energy level is as high as it is. People ask me, "Whats in your fuckin coffee?". Really its not the coffee... or atleast not JUST the coffee.
In essence i set a bar of energy to influence the energy around me. I've noticed that it has made my experience here an easier one.
Just like myself, people here at columbia are very warm and welcoming. However, the first day of anything new, people are trying to feel eachother out and understand their boundries. Everyone has a wall thats up because, like me, we're afraid of the unknown.
However, i have been fortunate to understand that it takes one person to kick down that wall and make people feel like they've known me for a lifetime. This is cliche but, I allow myself to be one-hundred percent myself. This is the energy i give... so i guess that means, thats what i get back. Its like "Y = MX + B". Something you plug in, is the same thing that comes out.
I dont really know what to write about. I'm really bad at writing in general so i'll just write about my first week here at Bridge. My first day was ok but it was extremely hard waking up in the morning especially because i have to wake up super early to catch a train. When i got to school i got lost. I went to my first class and met my math teacher. i dont like him that much because i cant even understand him. he speaks 9 different languages so he has a really strong accent. i'm terrible at math to beign with so its really hard to concentrate. Then i went to this class and i was happy with the teachers. I'm not too good at writing. Thats why i'm a really good listener. I like hearing other peoples stories and thoughts and compare it to mine and see similarities and differences. Being in this class is sometimes boring but i think its just because i'm tired more than half of the time. My second and third day was better than the first. I rememebered how to get to my classes and i knew all of you better. Hopefully we'll all get to know eachother more and pass this program. :)
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYO!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL HAS BEEN CRAZY. I WAKE UP @ 7 JUST TO BE HERE B4 9. THEN IM @ SCHOOL TIL 3. GOTTA TAKE THE TRAIN HOME. THEN THE TRAIN DROPS ME OFF LIKE HALF HOUR AWAY FROM MY APARTMENT. SO I WALK ALL THE WAY HOME BECAUSE THE BUS DOESNT TRAVEL THROUGH MY ROUTE HOME. AND IF I DID TAKE THE BUS IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE LONGER JUST TO GET HOME BECAUSE ID HAVE TO TAKE LIKE 3 BUSSES. SO THEN I GET HOME ONLY TO HAVE TO GET READY FOR WORK. I HAVE TO DRIVE TO OAK BROOK. AND THATS ABOUT A 25 MIN DRIVE WITH OUT TRAFFIC. 45 MIN WITH TRAFFIC. IM AT WORK TIL 9 OR 1. DEPENDING ON THE NIGHT. BTW I WORK AT A RESTAURANT. THEN I HAVE TO GO HOME AND DO MY HOME WORK. IF IM LUCKY ILL BE IN BED B4 2 A.M. ONLY TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER. FUCKIN SUCKS!
HEY HEY HEY!! How is everybody doing? So am I the only one who thought that paper was ridiculously hard to write? Okay well maybe not ridiculous, but it was definitely a challenging paper to write. This isn't what I wanted to talk about, I just thought it would make a nice jazzy intro!
I know this is defintely not the most original post, but the first week of Bridge is over. It's been absolutely amazing. There are lots of cool people here, and insanely intelligent ones at that (Leo!!!) ... And thats actually not what I'm talking out...Actually I'd like to talk about my major. I haven't seen many people declaring theater as their major. I know one girl is a theater major and this guy in my old class is a musical theater major. But yea, the popular choice around here seems to be Film and Journalism. When I think about the question "why do you want to act?" a million things go through my mind. Originally I wanted to be an artist, but after taking some acting classes I realized this was my true passion. There are a lot of people in the industry who have fueled my desire to get into actor. These people are actors, some of them are directors, some might even be producers. See heres the thing. We all know that there aren't too many people who can just do acting for the rest of their lives and make livings off of that. I see so many actors who are also producers, or screenwriters, and they direct and they do all of these things. I'm not sure what else I may want to pursue. I have a strong passion for writing and reading so would I want act as well as do something outside of that in the film industry? I don't know if I would ever consider actually writing a script or if I would interested in producing. Maybe I would want do stage production, set design, who knows...
Thats something I also hope I can find at Columbia. I want to know what else there is out there that I'm able to pursue. I don't know if I can limit myself to just acting, but I mean if I was able to become like the next big hollywood or indie film actor, awesome, but I really want to be able to branch out a little and I know what I'm branching into. Do I want to act and write books on the side, or maybe I actually will be a producer...only time will tell.
Thank you and goodnight...or, good morning! Damn >.>
its so much easier to write about a topic that you are given because when i have the choice to free style its open to so many different things which makes it hard to choose. for today's topic im choosing to write about having a really close relationship with my family. it is so important to me to have a good relationship with family no matter what. my two favorite people in my family is my mom and my sister. they support me in everything i do. we are so close that anything that they feel i feel it too.my mom is like my best friend i can tell her anything thats on my mind and not have to worry about her judging me. then there is my sister we are two n a half years apart and she's pregnant now at age 21 and i promise everything she feels because of her pregnancy its like im going through it too. at first i did not think that this type of thing can truly happen until now that i am experiencing it. when i say i experience it all i mean almost everything including things like morning sickness and now i find myself sleeping a lot which i never did before. all in all my main focus when i leave columbia everyday is my mommy and my sis i love them to death and there is absolutely nothing in the world can change that.
SIMONE: Check out the bean! Its like hallucinating without a substance!
JASMINE: Knowledge is power. It actually makes you sexier! haha, i guess i just think its our job to make it "COOL" to learn.
AUJUENA: The enrgies are contagious! LET IT IN!!
ALEX: and the people... right?... I do understand the ridiculous travel times. I had to drive to High school and hour away and then an hour back... it was far, it does suck. Hopefully we'll get you to just stay here!
I CANT FINISH!
BUT ITS ALL AWESOME GUYS, Let the brain recieve the external frequencies!
Sean-jugrnaut clothing store? never heard of it im gon ahve to check that out you gon isnt the jugrnaut a character from x-man?!
Drea- u really havent told us much about your dance i kno uy have a true passion for dance but u never really elborate on it i would like 2 hear about it sometime!
hmmmm, im not really sure what to "blog" about so I guess I could tell you guys about what im planning on doing this weekend. hah (: well, I pretty much have to work every day. I have two jobs right now, just because I like to keep busy, I guess. Plus getting a paycheck every week from either job isn't so bad. (; I'm working at lonestar steakhouse and aeropostale. Tonight, Saturday and Sunday, I'm working at lonestar. Tomorrow I'm working at aeropostale. After work, I'm planning on going to my friends party, so hopefully it's good. so that's pretty much my weekend ! (:
Hey everybody!!!! So, I wrote my paper last night, and persoanlly, I think it sucks. The paper,it told my story, but I think it told too much. I just wrote non stop, I had too much to say.I talked too much about the past and the future, but barely anything, at all about the present.
ReplyDeleteI will say though, I will have a great weekend. I'm moving into a new apartmrnt (with my mother) and I plan to go explore Chicago all by myself, to see what's around where I live, and what I could do while I'm here. Any suggestions, on what I can do around Chicago?
I dont want to bore you guys with my dance stories anymore. I want to talk about the Columbia College bridge program. The first week is over and I already feel so educated, no only because of the teachers, but because of my wonderful classmates :) This is a great program to be in, you learn so much and you build relationships between one another. I love my english class, we are just so diverse and have our own stories its great! Another thing that I like about my english class is that I feel like I could come to any of you and talk about my life, and you would some how understand my story. I'm looking forward to the next three weeks with you guys :)
ReplyDeleteHey! Everyone =)......
ReplyDeleteIm happy today is thrusday for i can relax and just sleep at anytime of the day. But i have to say this week was a wonderful expriences to be here. Meeting new people. I would have to say by the end of next week i will be more open with people.Would be able to express the way i feel with others. But until then see everyone monday!
after completing the first week of summer school all i can say is god damnit. this has been a very tirsome and stressful week for me. i have to wake at 6 and take two different trains from wilmette to get here. i dont get that much sleep cause atfer school gets out i have to go to work for 5 hours. then i do my homework and go to bed at midnight or 1. this is awful and i'm not enjoying it that much. the only thing i enjoy about coming down here is the city. this city is sweet.
ReplyDeleteSO GUYS I ACTUALLY FINISHED MY BOOK PERSEPOLIS (I KNOW THAT WAS FAST) SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND I DNT WANT TO REALLY SPOIL IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS READING THE BOOK BUT THE END KINDA LEFT ME WITH MY MOUTH OPEN. I WAS SORTA LIKE WELL WHAT HAPPENDS NEXT SO IT'S LIKE NOW YOU HAVE TO READ THE NEXT BOOK OR YOUR GONNA BE THINKIN ABOUT IT. SO IM GUESSIN WELL THINKIN ABOUT GOINT TO BORDERS AND BUYING THE BOOK OR PAST BY THE LIBRARY. IF YOU HAVENT READ THE BOOK I THINK YOU SHOULD.
ReplyDeleteBESIDES THE BOOK I AM SOO HAPPY TODAY IS THURSDAY BECAUSE I CAN GO HOME AND GO TO SLEEP I LOVE YOU GUYS BUT THE NEXT THREE DAYS WILL BE LOVELY. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF BRIDGE SO FAR I THINK THAT ITS OK? I WOULD RATHER DO THIS THAN HAVE GOTTEN A REJECTION LETTER LOL
I like this class and the people in it and everyday people open up and get more comfortable with each other...Well I guess I'll talk about yesterday. Math class sucked as usaul, in english the blogging was fun I like that part of class I also like to hear people essays and stories always enjoy that. Then there was lunch, I walked to jugrnaut a clothing store with to other friends the prices were high as hell!...so we left...Then the was the mouse lecture CJ fell asleep hard sliding down the wall lol... I dozed off a few times so overall that was boring. Then afterschool I went into the computer lab with Karla where I turned on some MJ tunes Karla said Michael Jackson sucks u guys so make sure to drop kick her whenever you get the chance. And then let me see well Jasmine cancelled our lunch plans today...she sucks....lol j/k oh and Leo we have to collab on some music I hope that we have a showcase before we end the bridge program I want to see everyones talents
ReplyDeletewhat do i want to talk about? there are so many things thatv i want to talk about well so far i've made alot of cool friends so far I hope as we get furhter into this program that I'll make even better connections with you guys. For me i am pretty shy when it comes to maikng knew friends but its people like kingston, karla, cj, leo, sean, and so many other people have made me open up a little bit and I amde me a lil bit more comfortable
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ReplyDeleteThe first week has been nothing less then awesome. Its been full of new energies and interactions.
ReplyDeleteEnergies are a large part of what i believe. This is why my energy level is as high as it is. People ask me, "Whats in your fuckin coffee?". Really its not the coffee... or atleast not JUST the coffee.
In essence i set a bar of energy to influence the energy around me. I've noticed that it has made my experience here an easier one.
Just like myself, people here at columbia are very warm and welcoming. However, the first day of anything new, people are trying to feel eachother out and understand their boundries. Everyone has a wall thats up because, like me, we're afraid of the unknown.
However, i have been fortunate to understand that it takes one person to kick down that wall and make people feel like they've known me for a lifetime. This is cliche but, I allow myself to be one-hundred percent myself. This is the energy i give... so i guess that means, thats what i get back. Its like "Y = MX + B". Something you plug in, is the same thing that comes out.
Fuck yeah.
Columbia College Chicago or triple c’s as I like to call it. Is my home away from home I feel so welcome here and the talent here is unreal.
ReplyDeleteI dont really know what to write about. I'm really bad at writing in general so i'll just write about my first week here at Bridge. My first day was ok but it was extremely hard waking up in the morning especially because i have to wake up super early to catch a train. When i got to school i got lost. I went to my first class and met my math teacher. i dont like him that much because i cant even understand him. he speaks 9 different languages so he has a really strong accent. i'm terrible at math to beign with so its really hard to concentrate. Then i went to this class and i was happy with the teachers. I'm not too good at writing. Thats why i'm a really good listener. I like hearing other peoples stories and thoughts and compare it to mine and see similarities and differences. Being in this class is sometimes boring but i think its just because i'm tired more than half of the time. My second and third day was better than the first. I rememebered how to get to my classes and i knew all of you better. Hopefully we'll all get to know eachother more and pass this program. :)
ReplyDeleteYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYO!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTHE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL HAS BEEN CRAZY. I WAKE UP @ 7 JUST TO BE HERE B4 9. THEN IM @ SCHOOL TIL 3. GOTTA TAKE THE TRAIN HOME. THEN THE TRAIN DROPS ME OFF LIKE HALF HOUR AWAY FROM MY APARTMENT. SO I WALK ALL THE WAY HOME BECAUSE THE BUS DOESNT TRAVEL THROUGH MY ROUTE HOME. AND IF I DID TAKE THE BUS IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE LONGER JUST TO GET HOME BECAUSE ID HAVE TO TAKE LIKE 3 BUSSES. SO THEN I GET HOME ONLY TO HAVE TO GET READY FOR WORK. I HAVE TO DRIVE TO OAK BROOK. AND THATS ABOUT A 25 MIN DRIVE WITH OUT TRAFFIC. 45 MIN WITH TRAFFIC. IM AT WORK TIL 9 OR 1. DEPENDING ON THE NIGHT. BTW I WORK AT A RESTAURANT. THEN I HAVE TO GO HOME AND DO MY HOME WORK. IF IM LUCKY ILL BE IN BED B4 2 A.M. ONLY TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER. FUCKIN SUCKS!
This is Cjay . I'm so glad that I can myself around you guys . I enjoy you all company . I'm so happy right now . lalalalalalala
ReplyDeleteHEY HEY HEY!! How is everybody doing? So am I the only one who thought that paper was ridiculously hard to write? Okay well maybe not ridiculous, but it was definitely a challenging paper to write. This isn't what I wanted to talk about, I just thought it would make a nice jazzy intro!
ReplyDeleteI know this is defintely not the most original post, but the first week of Bridge is over. It's been absolutely amazing. There are lots of cool people here, and insanely intelligent ones at that (Leo!!!) ... And thats actually not what I'm talking out...Actually I'd like to talk about my major. I haven't seen many people declaring theater as their major. I know one girl is a theater major and this guy in my old class is a musical theater major. But yea, the popular choice around here seems to be Film and Journalism. When I think about the question "why do you want to act?" a million things go through my mind. Originally I wanted to be an artist, but after taking some acting classes I realized this was my true passion. There are a lot of people in the industry who have fueled my desire to get into actor. These people are actors, some of them are directors, some might even be producers. See heres the thing. We all know that there aren't too many people who can just do acting for the rest of their lives and make livings off of that. I see so many actors who are also producers, or screenwriters, and they direct and they do all of these things. I'm not sure what else I may want to pursue. I have a strong passion for writing and reading so would I want act as well as do something outside of that in the film industry? I don't know if I would ever consider actually writing a script or if I would interested in producing. Maybe I would want do stage production, set design, who knows...
Thats something I also hope I can find at Columbia. I want to know what else there is out there that I'm able to pursue. I don't know if I can limit myself to just acting, but I mean if I was able to become like the next big hollywood or indie film actor, awesome, but I really want to be able to branch out a little and I know what I'm branching into. Do I want to act and write books on the side, or maybe I actually will be a producer...only time will tell.
Thank you and goodnight...or, good morning! Damn >.>
its so much easier to write about a topic that you are given because when i have the choice to free style its open to so many different things which makes it hard to choose. for today's topic im choosing to write about having a really close relationship with my family. it is so important to me to have a good relationship with family no matter what. my two favorite people in my family is my mom and my sister. they support me in everything i do. we are so close that anything that they feel i feel it too.my mom is like my best friend i can tell her anything thats on my mind and not have to worry about her judging me. then there is my sister we are two n a half years apart and she's pregnant now at age 21 and i promise everything she feels because of her pregnancy its like im going through it too. at first i did not think that this type of thing can truly happen until now that i am experiencing it. when i say i experience it all i mean almost everything including things like morning sickness and now i find myself sleeping a lot which i never did before. all in all my main focus when i leave columbia everyday is my mommy and my sis i love them to death and there is absolutely nothing in the world can change that.
ReplyDeleteSIMONE: Check out the bean! Its like hallucinating without a substance!
ReplyDeleteJASMINE: Knowledge is power. It actually makes you sexier! haha, i guess i just think its our job to make it "COOL" to learn.
AUJUENA: The enrgies are contagious! LET IT IN!!
ALEX: and the people... right?... I do understand the ridiculous travel times. I had to drive to High school and hour away and then an hour back... it was far, it does suck. Hopefully we'll get you to just stay here!
I CANT FINISH!
BUT ITS ALL AWESOME GUYS, Let the brain recieve the external frequencies!
Sean-jugrnaut clothing store? never heard of it im gon ahve to check that out you gon isnt the jugrnaut a character from x-man?!
ReplyDeleteDrea- u really havent told us much about your dance i kno uy have a true passion for dance but u never really elborate on it i would like 2 hear about it sometime!
Karla! u still aint gave me ur number fool! lol
hmmmm, im not really sure what to "blog" about so I guess I could tell you guys about what im planning on doing this weekend. hah (: well, I pretty much have to work every day. I have two jobs right now, just because I like to keep busy, I guess. Plus getting a paycheck every week from either job isn't so bad. (; I'm working at lonestar steakhouse and aeropostale. Tonight, Saturday and Sunday, I'm working at lonestar. Tomorrow I'm working at aeropostale. After work, I'm planning on going to my friends party, so hopefully it's good. so that's pretty much my weekend ! (:
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