Month: April 2017

We did it again! *cue Brittney Spears*

So Destination Imgination happened again. Pretty much, the computers at the Regional Tournament broke, and they sent everyone to the Provincial Tournament. Good job 👍🏽

This meant we got time to improve our project from last time. For starters, we actually had our lines memorized. That was helpful, as last time we had a few group memebers looking at their iPads.

We didn’t awkwardly improvise! Last time we had a solid minute of us standing around and stuttering for words while Tyler encrypted the code. We improved, and added in a few more lines. We still wound up improvising, but there was less and Quinn made a joke about going on wiki-how to survive an apocalypse.

And the gadget. We improved that so much, it was wonderful. Last time, as you should remember, we had a chewbacca mug. Not the best, I’ll admit. But this time we used circuits to make a band. It ‘electrocuted’ me (no Rubys were harmed in the making of this performance).  We don’t have a video of it working, but it lit up when Tyler pressed a remote. It was really cool.

One thing we didn’t wind up improving was the animations. As we forgot to turn them on. I feel so stupid! It’s literally one of our team Choice Elements, and we didn’t turn it on!

Last time, we came in first against St George’s school. This time… well we came in first, but it should have been second.

We lost by one point.

Luckily, the magical people of DI decided to make us tie, so we got trophies and medals.

If I could change something for next year, I think I would switch challenges. I’m not that fond of science, so if I had the choice I would have preferred to do the Fine Arts or Improv, as those are more up my alley with acting.

Well, that’s all for this post

Read ya later

Ruby

Okay I’m actually really excited for this blog post. It’s about something that I really love and really enjoyed doing. So a few weeks ago, before spring break, Willemes gave us an assignment. Pick out five people that we really admire and look up to, and arrange them in a sort of business style meeting.

The head person goes at the front, second and third go beside them, and third and fourth go at the end. I was immediately on board. I love talking about people who inspire me, because maybe it helps other people discover these people and become inspired as well.

But on the first day I already encountered an issue. I couldn’t think of anyone.

Okay, that’s a lie. I had thought of people…. I just thought of too many. I’ll list all the people who were voted off e island at the end, but I finally narrowed it down.

Charlie Bradbury from Supernatural, Misha Collins, who’s an actor I like, Bobby Singer from Supernatural (again), Lin-Manuel Miranda, an actor, singer, rapper, broadway producer…. I could go on, and finally Minerva McGonagall from Harry Potter. 

We should break this down into why I chose each person. So for each person we chose, we had to include a visual and a paragraph to go with it. I took that as ‘go overboard’. I’ll show you the paragraph and visual of each person, and then go into more depth. Seriously, I could have written an essay on each person.

Okay, that’s near impossible to read. Pretty much, it says:

“Charlie Bradbury is one of my largest role models, and would be at the head of my table. She’s a strong female character on the show supernatural. After being in a car crash and being slightly illegal in hacking into websites, she made up for it by becoming a monster hunter. She’s a real role model to me because she always tries to do what’s right. When her mother was in hospital, she used fake credit cards to donate money to the hospital to keep her alive, instead of using the fake money to buy her own things. She’s hunts down monsters and helps her friends whenever they need her, and even died from them. She was also the first real LGBTQ+ representation on the show, who wasn’t a total stereotype. She goes to prove that no matter your genre, or sexuality, you can be a really good person and can achieve anything”

Damn that was a lot. To sum it up, I really admire her. She’s such a nice person, a real hufflepuff. She was loyal to her friends until the end, and helps out her friends whenever they need her. And also, like me…

Moving on, to Misha Collins:

“Misha Collins is an actor, and a really large charity worker. I’d have it my table for multiple reasons. The first is his confidence. He’s so confident, and has great people skills. He inspires and talks to so many people, and I admire that he also is a large charity worked. He uses his fame to raise millions of dollars for charity each year, and has his own charity called Gishwhes. It’s a worldwide scavenger hunt, and all proceeds do to charity. He also came from a harsh beginning, being almost homeless with no money, but he rose and now he’s very famous, and gives back to th community. Misha Collins really inspires me to give back to the environment around me, and not be selfish. And that’s why I’d have him at my table”

I love Misha Collins so much. He’s funny, and caring, and so inspirational. He raises so much with Gishwhes (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) which is a great name. He also so confident, when he does panels at conventions and just when meeting and talking to new people. I really admire that.

Okay the gif froze, but it’s funny. I swear.

“Bobby Singer is the dad-like figure of the Winchester brothers on Supernatural. He would be at my table for many reasons. First of all, he’s very selfless. He always puts other in front of himself, he’s out his life on the line more than once for his friends and family. Another reason is his wisdom. He always knows what to say, whether it be helping with some knowledge, or with some advice, he says the right thing to help. He always has a very good understand of the term Family doesn’t end with blood’. He took in the Winchester brothers when their father was absent, and he treats them like sons, though he could have easily locked them out of his life. They aren’t blood related, but he treats them like it, for no reason other than he cares about the,. Tangs why I would have Bobby Singer at my table”

So Bobby is great. He was one of my favourite characters on Supernatural, as he’s always so smart and caring. He constantly refers to Sam and Dean as ‘my boys’ or even ‘son’, because he was honestly more of a dad to them then their actual dad was. Their father was always trying to teach them how to shoot monsters and kill things, but Bobby helped teach them how to play baseball, and helped them with their homework. Also, another thing

He

Is

Very

Sarcastic

So that’s why I would have Bobby at my table. Next up: Lin-Manuel Miranda. (Manuel is pronounced ‘Man-well’, not ‘Man-you-elle’)

“Lin-Manuel Miranda is a director, hip-hop artist, actor, singer, rapper, songwriter, and has won many awards. He’s achieved so much, and right now he’s only 37. He really inspires me because not only has he won three Tony’s, and many other awards, but he’s such a great actor, and song writer. He really inspires me to keep on acting, because he’s achieved so much in so little time. He wrote three musicals, and the songs for the Disney movie Moana. He wrote the musical Hamilton, and took these amazing historical figures, and cast the actors based on the acting abilities. There are so many people colour in his plays, and that inspires me be amuse he really believes in right for all, and that it doesn’t matter the colour of your skin, it’s your abilities that matter in life. I’d have Lin-Manuel Miranda at my table because he’s such a kind person, and believes in equal rights, and is such a great theatre person”

I love his musical Hamilton. I think if you’ve read my posts, you know this. He wrote the entire musical about Alexander Hamilton, and its got such a diverse cast. He also plays the main character, which I find funny. “I’ve written a musical. Who shall play the main part? Ah yes, me”. There are three sisters in it, the Schuyler sisters, and they don’t even look related. If you just looks at the actresses, every time they are different and new.

Also, comparing the actors in Hamilton to what the actually historical figures look like is really interesting.

Aaron Burr:

Thomas Jefferson (left), and Alexander Hamilton (right):

Thomas Jefferson:

Alexander Hamilton:

Lin also wrote his first musical in his Sophomore year at high school. It’s called In the Heights.

Last one, is Minerva McGonagall:

“Minerva McGonagall would certainly be at my table. She’s a strong character that always does what she thinks is eight, and sticks by it. She was loyal to dumbledork until the day he died, and stood up to shape when he tried to attack Harry Potter. She also stood up to umbridge when she was taking over, but in a way that wasn’t of obnoxious that she’d be fired. She also always helped Harry, even if what he was doing was against regulations. She was very loyal to all of her friends, make sure that they and the students were always okay. She was so selfless, and I really admire that about her. She also was a very good fighter, and a sting negotiator, which is a good trait to have. That’s why Minerva McGonagall would be at my table”

I’ve always looked up the McGonagall. She was a very important and strong character, and I love her so much. She has my respect for her loyalty and her caring heart. She helped Harry when he needed it, and always helped Dumbledore and gave him advice.

We also had to do one more thing. Create a visual with all of them together at a table, or in some sort of arrangement:

But I just thought of something. Why have these people at your table, when you could have them help you make a table? That would be amazing, having all these people go to IKEA and help you make a table. ‘Where are the directions?’ ‘I threw them out’ ‘Guys I can do this myself’. I would watch that.

Okay, so for the others that I really wanted to put in there. Thomas Sanders. I really admire him, he’s so funny and happy and accepting of everyone. Eliza Schuyler-Hamilton. She spoke out against slavery, she raised funds for the Washington Memorial, she interviewed Soldiers that fought in the American revolution to help tell their stories, and founded the first orphanage in New York.

So that’s all for this blog post! I hope you learned more about me, and are inspired by these people as much as I am!

Read Ya Later

Ruby