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2011 PJAS State Competition

Posted by Timothy Best on
Congratulations to the 7 SLA students who attended the PJAS state competition at Penn State's main campus.

Cecelia Baez, Morgan Marant, Manna-Symone Middlebrooks, Cheyenne Pagan, Allison Patterson, and Shamarlon Yates all received 2nd award. Jeff Kessler received 1st award. Jeff also submitted his project to education.com's virtual science fair and won 3rd place, which earned him a cash prize!

Congratulations everyone!

Jared Leto.

Posted by Evett Hawks in Storytelling - Chase on
​I'm not sure if i blogged this yet but i'm gonna too anyways before i post something sad and unconventional. After my transplant i had to stay 3 months more in the hospital for recovery and too check if my body was accepting the heart like it should. During those 3 months I was in the play room on the computers in the middle day. it was a normal hospital filled day doctors walked up and down halls and the heels of their shined shoes clicked as nurses told them the status of the patients they were caring for. Babies cried then were soon hushed by the nurses or mothers. My mom had gone to work so I was alone for the time being. I was surfing youtube when one of the child life specialists came inside the room looking for me. Her name was Sherry. I always remember her name by combing the words Sherbet and Cherry together "Sherry" Her hair was in a ponytail like it normally was and it was jet black. I always wondered what her life was behind the hospital walls but I never asked. She walked to me excitedly like a small school girl. " Jared leto is coming to the hospital" I could only respond with " Whose that?"  Sherry face turned from happy to shock and she said to search him on youtube and started to tell me how he used to be on a show called "My so called life"  he was of course the cute teen actor out of the cast. So I searched him and watched the video " The kill" and i was impressed with his artistic view and morals so i watched other videos then when i was done i left the room to get some to drink. I got distracted and sat in my room for a little bit until sherry told me he was here. I got up  and walked back to the playroom and sure enough he was in the teen room hosting tuesday bingo. when i saw him i got nervous then star struck. What would i say to this guy?I hadn't had time to prepare questions. so I did what anyone else would do. I watched him for a bit and he saw me from the window and waved with a smile I waved back and pulled down my mask to show him I was smiling too. when you got your heart transplant you had to wear a mask so you wouldn't get infected with anything airborne  cause your body is very weak. so when he was down hosting bingo he stepped out the room with his manager . I was kinda startled cause i didn't expect the door to open so fast and he hugged me like I was a friend hadn't seen in years. Then he held me for a bit and told me everything would be okay and the creepiest thing that came out my mouth was " you smell nice" He blinked and he said "that's good cause when your on a hot tour bus with sweaty men your not sure what you smell like" or something on the line of that. I looked up at him he was pretty tall, but then again everyone is tall to me. He had the whole laid back look his hair was long and black and his nails had chipping black nail polish. His eyes i can't describe they said so much but I did see happiness and thoughtfulness. The guy was really really nice. Mr chase and him would get along perfectly. he went around the entire room talking to the kids and playing game with them and playing one of my friends banjo who was hospitalized too.I went back to the computer looking at random videos. From here the story seems pretty farfetched but i swear it happened. one of the videos were playing fallout boy song from the newest album at the time and he said " hey you like fallout boy?"  " Yes"  my voice came out smaller than i wanted too and i gotten nervous all over again he pulled out his phone and started to call pete wentz and told him this girl in the hospital really likes your music and here she is wanting to talk to you. I froze on the inside and he handed me his phone and i put it too my ear " Hello? "  " Hey Evett!" if i died that day i would have died happy. I wouldn't have cared if my heart gave out there. we talked for a bit i can't remember what we talked about but i handed jared his phone back and he smiled at me and gave me a Cd and signed poster and his mangers e-mail I e-mailed him thinking he wouldn't reply but he did and told me good luck and to get well soon.  I really hope that one day i can come to one of his concerts and just have fun. That guy is the nicest person i ever met. 

Rushing

Posted by Oliver Dzierzewicz in Storytelling - Chase on
Well now the time comes where i rush to do all the work that is due during this week. That means my Calculus benchmark will have some pretty iffy problems on it, and the presentation for my capstone will be pretty meh. I mean not that it matters because from what I understand, as long as you have something done, which I do, your in good shape. Im really looking forward to the end but not this final stretch...

Die, or Live

Posted by Andrew Smith in Storytelling - Chase on
The paradox about having something to die for, is that you also have something to live for, so whats more important? to die for something, or to live for something? or purchase both? live for it until you have no choice but to die for you? and if you live for it, and then die naturally, have you died for it as well?

Fairy Tales

Posted by Deja Scarborough on
I didn't believe in fairytales, but after Friday I now believe that anything is possible. But the best part about my fairytale is that I still have my prince charming :)

I don't know what to call this.

Posted by Evett Hawks in Storytelling - Chase on
The kittens opened their eyes and are now curious of their surroundings but still can't walk yet. Lola lets me touch them and pick them up but i still have to wait until they are walking before anything. for now i'll just watch them a bit more and try not to turn my ac on too much cause i don't want them to freeze from the cold. getting that out of the way this weave is itchy as hell and i hate it. when i take this off i will burn it and yell to the heavens above how weave is just one little peeve of my life that i can't cope with unless sewn it which i have never have. Until then i hate this hair. lola ate my hot dog while i was sleeping that thief.

Musical Instrument Blog #1

Posted by Elisa Hyder in Physics - Echols on
So, I've been looking around for a good instrument that has distinct notes that could accompany like a guitar or something well and just be that sweet, higher pitched aspect to a song. I was thinking along the lines of a piano, but that would be far to complicated to make. However, I do know about African Thumb Pianos. I have one in my house. Basically, you play it by striking metal strips that are attached to some type of hollow wood (like a cigar box). The struck metal makes a resonance that plays the tune. Different types of wood and shapes of it make different resonances, and different types of metal and lengths also affects to resonance and frequency. The sound is then released through a hole in the hollow wood.
large thumb piano
large thumb piano

Movie Review

Posted by Emma Connell in Storytelling - Chase on
Hell Raiser is a weird movie. It's not scary it's just gruesome. If you can't handle gore I wouldn't recommend it. Even though it has that cheesy 80's movie theme I have to admit it has pretty good special effects for the violence.  Tonight I'm going to try and watch the Exorcist. I don't like scary movies about religion. They really scare me. It's not like I'm deeply religious, actually I'm not religious at all, yet something about religious scary movies really gets to me. I not an atheist, I kind of believe in religion but I'm not really sure. I assume I'll figure out my religious views as life goes on and for now I'm content with not knowing my religious beliefs all that well.

BREAKING NEWS- Congress Defies Charge of Treason, Declares Independence!

Posted by Douglas Herman on
​After a long and heated battle in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress finally came to accept what the northern colonies had already known for quite some time. War with England now deemed unavoidable, and a Declaration of Independence inked, the focus of the newly united colonies now shifts to New York as General Howe's forces moves in to capture the critical port.

E1 U9 TAREA 24/05/11

Posted by Melanie Manuel on
A. Estudia para la prueba. (Quizlet)
B. Write the correct form of the verb ESTAR. If you get stuck on the form, check your ESTAR handout. No publiques tus respuestas.

   1. ¿Cómo . . . . Ud.?

   2. (Yo) . . . . bastante contenta, gracias. ¿Y tú?

   3. Mi novio . . . . en el sótano barriendo.

   4. Mi papá . . . . en la cocina preparando un sánwich.

   5. Yo . . . . en mi dormitorio porque tengo que estudiar.

   6. Mis hermanos y yo . . . . en el sofá viendo la tele.

   7. ¿ . . . . Uds. en el jardín o en la sala?

   8. El carro . . . . en el garaje.

   9. Mi piso . . . . en Madrid. ¡Pasa, pasa!

  10. Las camas . . . . en la habitación de mi hermana menor.

  11. ¿Dónde . . . . el espejo?

  12. Yo . . . . en el baño.

13.  Mis sobrinos y yo . . . . en casa porque . . . . cansados.

Capstone

Posted by Rachel Patterson in Storytelling - Chase on
Last night I realized that I had to write a three page rough draft of my capstone defense paper.  I also had to throw together a power point by Friday.  Guess how long it took me to do all that?

About 1 hour.

I can't believe that I've gotten to this point.  Other people are freaking out about how much work they have to do and how terrible writing a three page paper is.

And I wrote a basically perfect essay in a flash.

School has gotten the best of me.