Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Monday, February 2, 2009

Week 5 Begins ...

Today was a nice if not raining and dreary day. I got to CSAS around nine this morning, headed to my office, and I got to chill out for a bit and work on this scene in my story that's been utterly plaguing my existence. Just being dramatic but seriously it's been throwing me for a loop. So I made two appointments for Wednesday with two girls who were really friendly and who need scholarships and grants for college. I am so grateful to have this opportunity and I am so pleased to be sought after for help. It really makes me feel good. I've really been trying to be very positive and I've noticed that those around me are starting to gradually adopt the same mindset. I keep myself focused, relaxed, organized and music and writing helps. I've been listening to a lot of Jazmine Sullivan and 98 Degrees lately. Also Danity Kane has been in heavy rotation on my iPod ever since the five wonderful and talented women of that group disbanded for good last week.

I got to see my Livy Liv today at school. She was walking from class and heading to her locker. I tried to play it cool because CSAS is her turf and not mine. I showed her my office and I'm glad to be working in the same building as my favorite cousin.

In Andrew Najberg's class today, we learned all about story and plot structure. We talked about the plots of Little Red Riding Hood, Fight Club and the dreaded Lord of the Rings saga. He also told us that we would all be writing a tandem story which I am really excited to do. Grace had to write a tandem story in Greg O'Dea's class last semester except hers was a lot more involved. In this class we'll each start off our own story and other members of the class will write on each other's stories. Sounds like a recipe for disaster but it should work.

Well in edition to all of that I had lunch with a guy from class named Clif who I view as my protege. I think he could be a great writer. I also made an A on my Spanish test which I was so psyched about. I really wanted to do well on the first exam to set the tone. Also today when I drove on campus, I saw Mark crossing the street walking towards Holt Hall and he spotted me and I pretended not to see him. He followed me into the lot so I parked way at the back of the lot and I walked all the way to the EMCS Building just to get away. I did not want to be bothered because I had an hour and a half between the time I arrived on campus to the time I had to be in Spanish. So I ran into Ashely and her fiance in the EMCS building and Ashely and I headed to the library and we talked for thirty minutes until she had to go to her STD meeting (Sigma Tau Delta not Sexually Transmitted Disease).

I hope tomorrow is just as rewarding as today which I am sure it will. It's apparently supposed to snow and stuff so who knows.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Other Day the Music Died ...

Well it's official though I've known it to be true for a few months now. The music sensation Danity Kane is officially no more. The group initially self-destructed upon the dismissal of members Aubrey O'Day and Wanita 'D. Woods' Woodgette. Then there were rumors that Shannon Bex, another member, had left late in 2008. Today it was officially confirmed by member Dawn Richard who I'd pinpointed as the catalyst for the breaking up of one of my favorite girl groups since Destiny's Child.

Yes, Danity Kane was a manufactured R&B / Pop girl group. Yes, Sean 'Puffy / P.Diddy / Puff Daddy / Diddy' Combs rallied several young women together, made them dance, made them sing, cursed at them, made them sweat before finally settling on members Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex, Wanita 'D. Woods' Woodgette, and Dawn Richard. I and many others watched them make their album on MTV's Making the Band and in October of 2006, they released their first album, eponymously named.

After two tours and two albums, the young ladies have all gone their separate ways and it was a bittersweet parting, especially when two girls were asked to pack their bags by Sean Combs. For someone who says that he has the Midas Touch, Sean Combs has ruined more careers. These five young women were extremely motivated and very talented. Hopefully they will all find success. With that said, Rest In Peace Danity Kane. We hardly knew ye.