May 4, 2012

I submitted everything yesterday!! I'm done! I just need to have two judges watch my video tomorrow.

May 2, 2012

I presented yesterday. Today I worked on making sure everything was ready to submit. Everything is done I just need my mentor to sign one thing tonight and then I can submit everything tomorrow.

April 30, 2012

I helped Theo record for his thesis and then I worked on my presentation.

April 24, 2012

I wrote my abstract today. TAKS all week and prom is on saturday. Final submissions are due on April 30 so I plan on submitting everything on Friday so I don't have to worry about it over the weekend.

April 18, 2012

Finished writing today. Benji presented during class so we went to Mr. Martin's room. I looked at all of the final submission requirements to make sure I know everything I need and all of the requirements for my paper are correct. I have my checklist of things to finish and submit.

April 16, 2012

Today I sat on the floor and wrote my paper. I am almost done, just a few more pages!!! SO CLOSE!!

April 12, 2012

I got five transcripts and then wrote for the rest of class.

April 10, 2012

Today I sent emails to potential judges and wrote more of my paper.

April 5, 2012

I checked my online application status for UT. They have received all of my appeal letters. Now I just have to wait and see what happens. I spent the entire period contacting my mentor about people she knows who could potentially judge. I emailed two professors at SMU and one TCU in hopes that they might be able to help judge.

April 3, 2012

Very bad weather today. Tornados all over the place. It was hard to concentrate with all of the concern about the weather. I wrote a little more than a page today. I also contacted a judge who confirmed with me.

March 30, 2012

I went into the conference room so I could concentrate and write. I wrote about three pages today. The plan is to sit down and write all weekend. I have now decided that I will be able to have my paper done by this Friday, which is better than having it done a week later than i had planned. Tomorrow I will be able to talk to judges to finalize a time they can come to my presentation so I can set my date!

March 28, 2012

Today I had planned on writing a lot, but just my luck my laptop was dead. So instead I made a schedule of when my paper needs to be done and set deadlines for myself. My plan is to have it finished in less than two weeks, something I know I can accomplish. This will give me plenty of time to edit it and give to my judges to read. So far I have one judge confirmed. I contacted another judge today during thesis and she is almost certain she will be able to do it. I have a date in mind to present, I just need to confirm with her that she can be there and then I can email Correa to set it. This month is going to be busy!! I am planning on going Auburn sometime this month to visit the campus and I will probably miss some school. I need to make sure that my date to present does not conflict with the days I will probably miss. It is crucial that I have my thesis scheduled by this Friday.

March 22, 2012

I helped Hershey get some stuff for her thesis from Rachel's car. The rest of class I wrote a lot.

March 20, 2012

Today I spent about half the class working on stuff for school next year. Auburn has a camp in the summer called Camp War Eagle. I was trying to register for this summer but the site was down. I then was looking at housing and checked my number on the waitlist. I got my transcript. The rest of the class I wrote for my thesis.

March 6, 2012

I read about some more ballets today and wrote a little bit.

March 2, 2012

I read about Russian ballets.

February 29, 2012

Happy Leap Day! Today I recycled while Caroline sat on the cart and held the bags.

February 23, 2012

Not going to lie I couldn't concentrate and I didn't have my book with me so I just relaxed.

January 27, 2012

I can't remember exactly what I did but I am pretty sure I just wrote the entire day.

February 27, 2012

Today I read some books for my thesis. I read about Pas de Quatre and a brief history of ballet. I looked at housing at Auburn and checked what number I am on the waiting list.

February 21, 2012

Worked on my book all class. Finishing the preface. Hopefully I will be done soon.

February 16, 2012

I worked on stuff for DI during the class. Our competition was on Saturday and we are going to STATE!!!

February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day! Today I started writing the preface for my book. I also added on to my history timeline. In my preface I am going to talk about my project, why I chose it, and what I did.

February 10, 2012

I started writing my history timeline today. I have gone all the way back to the beginning and started with October 15, 1580 with the first ballet, Ballet Comique de la Reine. I made it all the way up to 1730 on my timeline today with Marie Camargo being shortening the original ballet dress in order for the audience to see the steps that the dancers are doing.

February 8, 2012

Worked on my book and researched during class. Still trying to figure out what I am going to do for pictures.

February 6, 2012

I helped Hershey with NHS stuff, making ribbons and posting flyers.

February 2, 2012

I STARTED MY BOOK TODAY!!! YAY!
Before school started today I was reading a book my mentor gave me and had an idea of how to make my book. I am reading a book by George Balanchine and George Mason. I am splitting my book up into 6 parts.

Part 1- Brief History of Ballet

Part 2- Major Ballets

Part 3- Important Dancers/ Principals

Part 4- Pictures/ Illustrations

Part 5- Glossary

Part 6- Index

I found a website to make the books and it will cost me about $30 per book for the type of book and the amount of pages i will write. Now I need to start writing. 

January 31, 2012

Today I finished watching the Children of Theatre Street. I have a lot of notes that I will use for my thesis.

January 25, 2012

Today I watched The Children of Theatre Street. It is about the children in the Kirov ballet from 1978. Princess Grace of Monaco narrates the film. It also gives historical information that I need. I have more than a page of notes that I typed out.

January 23, 2012

Today I did more research and started writing my paper. All of my books I use for research are at home so I couldn't do much today except look for more books.

January 19, 2012

Today I started off class writing an essay for about 30 minutes. I spent the rest of the class searching Amazon for ballet history books to buy for research. I have a lot more research to do. I think I have decided that I am going to make a book. Which means I will have to have at  least three made for judges. Now I need to decide about pictures and how long the book will be.

January 9, 2012

Watched thesis presentations all class

January 5, 2012

Today I watched presentations.

January 3, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
On December 31 I sent my Wake Forest application. Either later tonight or tomorrow I plan on sending my Auburn and Texas Tech University. By the end of the week I plan on sending St. Andrews. After that I will be done!!! So close! I need to start applying for scholarships.

December 15, 2011

Caroline, Hershey and I presented today.