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Exactly one month from now we will be in Mississippi!!! I cannot believe how quickly this trip is approaching! It seems like only yesterday that we were all applying. I am so very blessed to have this opportunity to travel all the way across the country, but the reality of the situation in Mississippi has really just started to hit me. During our last meeting we learned more about how the oil spill and recent natural disasters have effected the economy of Biloxi, and we also focused on how day to day life in Mississippi is different from our lives in New England. It is intimidating thinking about travelling to a place that is so different, but I know that the work we will be doing there will make a difference!
In addition to helping the people of Mississippi, I cannot wait to get to know the other members of the ASB group better! During the meetings I have come to know each member of our group a little better, but I know that living and working together during spring break will bring us even closer. From the limited time we have spent together I can already tell that these people all have huge hearts, and I feel honored and excited to take this incredible journey with them!
Get ready Mississippi, FSU ASB is coming for you just one short month from now!!
-Molly Buckley
Class of 2015
25 Şubat 2013 Pazartesi
24 Days, 8 Hours, 30 Minutes ...But Who's Counting?
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Now that we have less than a month left until we leave forBiloxi, MS, I still don’t think it has quite set in that in a matter of weeks, weare off to do something amazing. I have never had the opportunity toparticipate in such a significant service project, and for that I am trulygrateful. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is considered to be the largestaccidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and it’shard to believe that it has been almost three years since oil began gushinginto the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the worst ecological disasters of ourtime. I have no doubt that the effects of this oil spill will be feltnationwide for many years to come. Today, I see the BP commercials on TVencouraging people to come to the Gulf Coast, as business owners in that areaare trying to restore a sense of normality that hasn’t been felt since beforethe oil spill. Although there is not much media coverage on the long-termeffects of the oil spill, people in the Gulf region are suffering, and I takecomfort in the fact that we will be able to play a role, however small it maybe, in helping a region that has been battered by numerous natural disastersget back on its feet.
Aside from the more serious aspect of our trip, I would alsolike to express how grateful I am to have met such an amazing group of peoplehere at FSU. This year’s ASB trip members are some of the friendliest and most compassionatepeople I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and although I haven’t had theopportunity to get to know everyone, I do look forward to becoming closer withevery member of our group before, during, and after the trip. Like most of us,I can’t wait to leave for Biloxi and I couldn’t ask for a better group ofpeople to be embarking on this journey with.
Nevin Lorden
Aside from the more serious aspect of our trip, I would alsolike to express how grateful I am to have met such an amazing group of peoplehere at FSU. This year’s ASB trip members are some of the friendliest and most compassionatepeople I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and although I haven’t had theopportunity to get to know everyone, I do look forward to becoming closer withevery member of our group before, during, and after the trip. Like most of us,I can’t wait to leave for Biloxi and I couldn’t ask for a better group ofpeople to be embarking on this journey with.
Nevin Lorden
Too bad we can't roast him...
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Ellen wanted to do a "project" this weekend. This is what she came up with. We both worked on him. I drew the body and she cut it out. She cut out the brown wings and did the gluing.
She insisted I take a picture of her with it and post it on my blog.
Voila!
Ellen and her turkey. I think she's going to put him up in her bedroom window. She only wanted 2 blue feathers. Only she knows why.
Ellen wanted to do a "project" this weekend. This is what she came up with. We both worked on him. I drew the body and she cut it out. She cut out the brown wings and did the gluing.
She insisted I take a picture of her with it and post it on my blog.
Voila!
Ellen and her turkey. I think she's going to put him up in her bedroom window. She only wanted 2 blue feathers. Only she knows why.
Makin' a List
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Way back when I still lived in Portland, I remember my wry, eye-rolling amusement at my sister-in-law for her lists. She lived her life by lists and her day-runner (Blackberries and iPads and other such high-tech organizational helps not having been invented yet); grocery, errands, church activities, school activities...etc. You name it, she had a list for it.
At that time I lived such a simple life I thought it was all hilarious.
Times have changed.
Not that I don't live a simple life now, and I am still terribly disorganized.
But I find that a running list helps me to get things done. Hubby always has a running list of things to do.
We, hubby and I, are alike in that we use no high-tech gadgets for our list keeping. Not even a day-runner. We specialize in random slips of paper; stuffed in pockets, lying around on tables, counters or chairs.
It certainly helps me focus my activites to get things accomplished; even the simplest weekly house chores. I write them down and then cross them off when I have finished. At the end of the day or week I have a better sense of accomplishment.
Someday Ellen will probably be rolling her eyes at me, but that's all good. I bet anything she will start making lists by time she is in middle school.
Ha.
At that time I lived such a simple life I thought it was all hilarious.
Times have changed.
Not that I don't live a simple life now, and I am still terribly disorganized.
But I find that a running list helps me to get things done. Hubby always has a running list of things to do.
We, hubby and I, are alike in that we use no high-tech gadgets for our list keeping. Not even a day-runner. We specialize in random slips of paper; stuffed in pockets, lying around on tables, counters or chairs.
It certainly helps me focus my activites to get things accomplished; even the simplest weekly house chores. I write them down and then cross them off when I have finished. At the end of the day or week I have a better sense of accomplishment.
Someday Ellen will probably be rolling her eyes at me, but that's all good. I bet anything she will start making lists by time she is in middle school.
Ha.
"There aren't any more Indians...are there?"
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Last night Ellen decided to watch this movie, again...
When we first got it, a few months ago, she wasn't very impressed with it; if you have seen it you realize that much of the interaction on it is non-verbal. The horse narrates the movie to a certain extent, but the horses do not talk to each other. In that way it makes it a bit above a 5 yr old's enjoyment, although there are sections where Ellen laughs.
I haven't actually sat down and watched the movie through seamlessly; but Ellen has watched it enough and I have caught the majority of it to where I enjoy it, too.
But last night she surprised me.
After it was over she turned toward me and asked; "There aren't any more Indians, are there?"
This necessitated the discussion; "Well, Ellen, you have an aunt and an uncle who are Native American Indian." And I attempted to explain in the simplest way I could the difference between 1800s Native Americans and modern Native Americans, but I dunno how much of it she took in.
At any rate, I knew exactly what she meant because I distinctly remember asking my father the same exact question back when I was about 8 or 9 years old. And I equally remember his astonished reaction and his amusement; "But your brother and sister and their mom's family are all Indians!" (This was my dad's first wife.)
Well, yes, I'd known that, but, but, but... Even at nine years old I felt the poignancy of a civilization lost, a lifestyle decimated. As far as I was concerned my brother and sister and their brand of Indian were about as unromantic as I could imagine. I wanted Natives that wore breechclouts and warpaint, sent up smoke signals and galloped bareback across the prairies in search of buffalo. A brother who drove cars and a sister who wore modern makeup, used curling irons and wore high heels just didn't cut the mustard.
And now, at almost-age-6 my own daughter has asked the same question. And I have to wonder if somehow a youngster of these tender years can catch that same poignancy from this film.
Spirit gained his freedom and wild mustangs still roam free to a certain extent, but what about the Lakota?
When we first got it, a few months ago, she wasn't very impressed with it; if you have seen it you realize that much of the interaction on it is non-verbal. The horse narrates the movie to a certain extent, but the horses do not talk to each other. In that way it makes it a bit above a 5 yr old's enjoyment, although there are sections where Ellen laughs.
I haven't actually sat down and watched the movie through seamlessly; but Ellen has watched it enough and I have caught the majority of it to where I enjoy it, too.
But last night she surprised me.
After it was over she turned toward me and asked; "There aren't any more Indians, are there?"
This necessitated the discussion; "Well, Ellen, you have an aunt and an uncle who are Native American Indian." And I attempted to explain in the simplest way I could the difference between 1800s Native Americans and modern Native Americans, but I dunno how much of it she took in.
At any rate, I knew exactly what she meant because I distinctly remember asking my father the same exact question back when I was about 8 or 9 years old. And I equally remember his astonished reaction and his amusement; "But your brother and sister and their mom's family are all Indians!" (This was my dad's first wife.)
Well, yes, I'd known that, but, but, but... Even at nine years old I felt the poignancy of a civilization lost, a lifestyle decimated. As far as I was concerned my brother and sister and their brand of Indian were about as unromantic as I could imagine. I wanted Natives that wore breechclouts and warpaint, sent up smoke signals and galloped bareback across the prairies in search of buffalo. A brother who drove cars and a sister who wore modern makeup, used curling irons and wore high heels just didn't cut the mustard.
And now, at almost-age-6 my own daughter has asked the same question. And I have to wonder if somehow a youngster of these tender years can catch that same poignancy from this film.
Spirit gained his freedom and wild mustangs still roam free to a certain extent, but what about the Lakota?
24 Şubat 2013 Pazar
Lonestar visits 'The Price is Right'
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Lonestar fans should tune in to The Price is Right on Thursday, June 16, as the country crew takes over house-band duties on the long-running game show.
The band's been making the TV rounds of late showing off their newest album, Party Heard Around the World, which hit stores in April. And hints are afoot that this Price is Right episode won't be prize-boring: The band's press folks say that viewers can expect an "exciting showcase," replete with a San Diego trip, Lonestar concert tickets and merch and the favored Price bounty ("a new car!").
The Drew Carey-hosted game show airs on CBS weekdays at 10 a.m. locally.
Lonestar fans should tune in to The Price is Right on Thursday, June 16, as the country crew takes over house-band duties on the long-running game show.The band's been making the TV rounds of late showing off their newest album, Party Heard Around the World, which hit stores in April. And hints are afoot that this Price is Right episode won't be prize-boring: The band's press folks say that viewers can expect an "exciting showcase," replete with a San Diego trip, Lonestar concert tickets and merch and the favored Price bounty ("a new car!").
The Drew Carey-hosted game show airs on CBS weekdays at 10 a.m. locally.
The Band Perry's Debut Album Scheduled for Release October 5
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Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry - siblings Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry - will release their first album on October 5.
The self-titled album will contain the trio‘s current single, “If I Die Young,“ #27/#32 on the Billboard/Mediabase singles charts. Written by the band, “If I Die Young” is now available on the trio’s self-titled EP, released in April and available through all major online music sites. “If I Die Young” is The Band Perry’s second single for Republic Nashville; their debut single, “Hip To My Heart,” was a Top Twenty hit. The lush, thought-provoking video for “If I Die Young,” directed by David McClister, (Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes), was shot at Nashville’s historic Two Rivers Mansion.
This summer, the band is putting the finishing touches on their debut album while also working an ambitious touring schedule. Their concerts will take them from one end of the country to another, opening shows for such artists as Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band.
The Band Perry originally hails from Mobile, Alabama, and now make their home in eastern Tennessee. After spending years honing their performing and songwriting skills, their music caught the ears of Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta and Republic Nashville president Jimmy Harnen; The Band Perry signed to Republic Nashville in the summer of 2009.
The self-titled album will contain the trio‘s current single, “If I Die Young,“ #27/#32 on the Billboard/Mediabase singles charts. Written by the band, “If I Die Young” is now available on the trio’s self-titled EP, released in April and available through all major online music sites. “If I Die Young” is The Band Perry’s second single for Republic Nashville; their debut single, “Hip To My Heart,” was a Top Twenty hit. The lush, thought-provoking video for “If I Die Young,” directed by David McClister, (Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes), was shot at Nashville’s historic Two Rivers Mansion.
This summer, the band is putting the finishing touches on their debut album while also working an ambitious touring schedule. Their concerts will take them from one end of the country to another, opening shows for such artists as Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band.
The Band Perry originally hails from Mobile, Alabama, and now make their home in eastern Tennessee. After spending years honing their performing and songwriting skills, their music caught the ears of Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta and Republic Nashville president Jimmy Harnen; The Band Perry signed to Republic Nashville in the summer of 2009.
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