Broadcasting Your Aspirations Scholarship

As someone born just before the turn of the century, I have lived in a world where television is prominent in day to day life. Whether for Saturday morning cartoons or for the daily news when returning home; the television has become a staple in the household. However, it has been more than a distraction or an information database for me. The most important thing about television to me is the effort that people put in to produce shows. I think the first time I saw the "behind the scenes" of any T.V shows (such as Doctor Who or Supernatural) was when I was completely inspired. I have always had a love for details, for putting together all of the little bits to see something magnificent appear. Seeing this in my favorite T.V shows made me love attention to detail even more.  Through school I became more and more interested in what it takes to create the visual and audio effects that we see in television and film. I learned from my teachers in Stagecraft and Design when I attended Denver School of the Arts that it takes a lot of people and a lot of effort to put all of the little bits together. I worked on stage productions, and even though we were not being filmed, the creation of props and sets, costumes and lighting all contributed to how the production came together. As I watch the appendices for movies or television shows I know that even though I am not filming my production in theater, that it still takes the same amount of effort in order to bring it all together. When I transferred schools to Denver School of Science and Technology I thought that all of my love for this creation, this producing and designing was going to disappear because I was transferring from arts to sciences. Yet, that is another thing that the background action of television taught me: never give up. There are hundreds of takes for the episodes we watch in order to make them perfect, and everyone knows that Rome wasn’t built in a day. So I did exactly what producers like Robert Singer and Russell T. Davies would have done and persevered.  I have continued building my repertoire throughout high-school and in the beginning of my senior year was struck with a very hard decision. Film studies or theatrical studies? I applied to the University of Chicago at the beginning of my senior year, under the major of Theatrical Design. The important thing that I learned from television, not in the background action but on the screen, is that you should always follow your dreams when you can. Even though the television world has had a big impact on the way that I view the world around me and the way that I create all of my effects, I have always had a passionate love for the theater arts. Television in the most simplest of terms is teaching, influencing those who watch to act or think certain ways. In my life television has influenced not only the way that I view details but how I deal with people around me, more importantly television has taught me that I should never give up on my dreams. No matter where my major takes me in life I know that there are applications I have learned from watching T.V that I can use in every aspect of my day to day life. 

Happy Merry Whatever You Celebrate Day!

Hello my fellow blogians!
I'm going to keep this very very very short.

HAPPY MERRY WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE DAY! (as to be incorporating of every religious/non religious aspect of our beautiful world) 

I hope that this day and every day for the rest of your life is filled with magic and wonder instead of boring and monotonous tasks. Aren't hopes such fantastic things. 

Well I bid you all ado for I am going to go spend time with my wonderful family and chit chat with my fantasbulous friends. 

Enjoy today, it won't be the same as it is right now any other time in your life. Unless you have Deja Vu.... 

Peace in (not out) and keep being oddsome 

Max

Christmas Time and That Chocolate Stuff That Gets Stuck On The bottom Of Your Cup Of Hot Cocoa.

Hello my wonderful blogians! 

Isn't this time of year such a great time? Okay wow...I didn't think that would ever come out of my mouth but it looks like it just did. 

Anyways off that subject. My how the time has flown! I think the last time that I was on here talking to you all was in September. That was so very long ago, months and months at this point. 
I'm going to update you on what's been happening and then I'll get to the title. 

So basically everything has been happening and its been happening very fast. Faster than I thought possible. I took two PACT tests in these past months (The first one I got a composite of 22 and I don't know the second one yet). I have a boyfriend now, do you remember in the September post when I talked about my best friend Dan (Dr. (w)Horrible)? Well he is now my boyfriend and my best friend which makes me rather content. Hm what else..I picked up the violin again and have been practicing like mad since I have, oh and when I feel like I've gotten good enough I'll audition for an orchestra (maybe.) I'm bored with the past and talking about it so I'm going to move on! 

THE TITLE! 

So I think that the first part is rather self explanatory  Christmas Time! Who doesn't love Christmas  Well, that's actually a stupid question because there are sometimes where I don't even like Christmas. Sometimes I feel that it's become way to Hallmarked but its okay because then I remember all of the important things that come from Christmas time. Especially friends and family. I miss all of my Colorado friends right now (if you didn't know I'm in Ohio) but I do enjoy the time that i get to spend with the relatives that I don't get to see that often. 

The next part I do believe needs a little bit of explaining. So remember when you last made hot chocolate from the powdery stuff in the jar? And either you added too much or you let it sit for to long without drinking it and then when you finish it there's this pile of chocolaty stuff at the bottom of your cup? That just happened to me and it was actually what inspired me to blog today (don't ask why, I'm just weird like that). And I don't know what it is about it but for some reason I can drink chocolate, I can eat chocolate but when you make a chocolate cake or an all chocolate cookie I just can't eat it, like it just ins't appealing at all. Weird...I think that is my new adopted middle name. 

well I think that is all that I want to talk about right now. But just wait I'll probably be on in like an hour because something came up and I want to talk about it, haha. 

Have a wonderful day and a happy holiday season 

Peace in (not out) and keep being Oddsome
Max 

Shhh Guys, I'm at school

Hai Guys! 

So I think that today I am going to start off by giving you a Dr. Who quote to think about, just because it is pretty freaking fantastic. 

"There's a corpse by the woods" "What sort of corpse" "A dead one, what other sort is there?"

Now please tell me that wasn't fantastic. 
Alright now for the description of the title my fellow blogians. I'm actually at school! Like seriously guys, even though right now I feel terrible, want to throw up and just go home, I am still at school! And you want to know something amazing? It sucks. I'm so officially tired of this place, all the stress that they put on us and how uncaring everyone is. I think the only person that I can trust here besides my friends is my dean, Mr. Kawlra. He is just fantastic, he let me stay in his office and just chill out for a period when I really needed it and all I can do is thank him for it. So even though he isn't reading it I would like to take a moment out of my blog to thank Mr. Kawlra for being awesome and letting me eat the chewy bar in his room. 
So even though I am at school, I really shouldn't be, they don't like us on websites that aren't educational. BUT FRANKLY (I feel like I've said that a lot today in school, because we were talking about my least favourite person in the entire world. 
Kaitlin. 
Oh god I can't believe I just let her terrible and dirtly whorish name touch a spot on my blog. I feel the need to cross that out. To bad I don't know how. (also my apologies to those who don't like the fact that I swore.)
Anyways in changing the subject off of terrible things I think that tomorrow will be a somewhat better day. I may or may not be able to talk/see my best friend (I don't really know what else to call him, maybe something more than a best friend) Dan (Dr. (W)horrible) tomorrow. Which would be totally awesome if we could like hang out for a while, because I have a later curfew on Fridays then I do on Tuesdays (which was the last day we hung out) 
ANYWAYS
I hope you all enjoyed reading what goes on in my mind when I'm at school and how much I dislike this place.

Have a wonderful day

Peace in (not out) and keep being oddsome
Max 

Being Sick and the Power of French Onion Soup and Scones

Hai Guys!

So today I stayed home sick from school, because I was dying and really tired and all the terrible things that can go wrong did. But in the process of being sick I had a rather great day.
I learned how to plug a car tire thanks to my dad, along with that I learned how to check the PSI of the tires and theoretically how to jump a car... theoretically, I have my doubts that I could do it in real life. 
And then when I got home my mother started making French Onion soup, and I realized that everything was going to get better. I don't really understand it but soup when you don't feel good...it just makes everything okay again, even if everything still sucks. If that made sense raise your hand! 
After everyone left me and I was home alone I decided that making scones would be the most brilliant idea ever. My friend Dan (Dr. (w)horrible) was supposed to come and eat them with me but because he didn't have the car I guess I shall just have to eat them all myself. Such a pity. 
Now have you ever just spent so much time talking to one person and just felt freakin' happy afterwards? I mean you don't even need to like like that person, but if someone holds a 4 hour conversation with you and you enjoy the entire time? Its pretty freaking amazing.  
Lack of sleep is one of the main reasons I'm always tired. 
So today I wrote a poem, and I would love to share it with all of you. Its in it's draft stages so PLEASE don't judge too harshly 
and I don't have a title...but here it is 

Sun-burnt skin, decorated with pearls
dances along my hand
such sweet symphony is this burden
a creation that hides everything 
The world is so dark, yet 
the sun is everlastingly bright 
sweet kisses, gorging upon an intake of breath
for those who are lost behind the gasp
the many days left alone to fester 
to rot 
to grow?
why. it is merely a question asked of us all 
for someone who dreams to often
it is calling for them to say yes
for them to be alive 
fireworks upon my face, burning their designs into my being 
this, my love, is the world as it will be 
words called from afar in anger 
bursts of hate brought upon by themselves
this is life as it will be
this is life at its finest.
How. it is merely a question asked of us allfor those who cannot live a life of love 
it is calling them to run
for them to hide away. 
Shimmers in the corners of my eyes, sparkling in the past 
you see, my dear, there is more hidden then you shall ever understand
who. a question that is asked of us all
for those who refuse to see the world 
it is calling them to open up
to expose their musty pages to the sun 
and throw their history like dust to the wind
to remember, to forget. 
Splotches on my skin, shaking with hands that are eager to learn
and yet you wonder, darling, of what lies beneath the surface
what. a question that is asked of us all 
for anyone that dares to ask 
it calls for them to set down the pen and look around the world 
to let go of the wires and the code 
it is a question that I cannot answer for you my love 
child of mine, carry my heart into the sun 
Smile for the days that everything changes 
wish upon the world and hope that those fireworks never land again
to burn into our souls 
for that sun-burnt skin
those pearls with simple decorum 
is what we have grown to know in this cold world.

Hope you enjoyed, I would love feedback on this one. Remember its supposed to be more slam than anything. So put some sort of rhythm to the rhyme when you read it 

Have a wonderful day guys!
Peace in (not out) and keep being oddsome 

Max
 

Music: Including the Wonders of Europop

HAI GUYS!,

So I was hanging out with my best friend Ives and we came up with a new word. For all those people who you love like family but treat more like friends? Framily! I feel like it should be spelled Fram3ily and the three would be silent but I think that for now we will keep it as Framily. 

In that magical time hanging out in his car and going on adventures (we drove to the middle of nowhere and back) we stumbled upon the wonderful thing called EuroPop that was lurking in my Ipod. 

Its a dangerous thing people, I'm telling you!
Its so darn addicting. 

Now you have to understand, Ives isn't exactly the kind of person to sing, or to dance, or to jam his freaking heart out to some music (UNLESS ITS DUBSTEP) but dude. EuroPop is magical. 

So when I came home I HAD to listen to music, I wasn't tired and things had to be done so I decided it was youtube time. Since I still had EuroPop stuck in my head I turned on one of the only songs that I really knew "Dr. Jones" By the band Aqua. And jammed away over and over again. 
You know how youtube has that side thing that is like "we have cool videos just like this so check them out!" (okay so it doesn't really say that but you know what I mean). Anyways I was clicking around on that bar thing and ran into Basshunter. Which I had heard before but never truly listened to. It's amazing, enough said. 
Did you know that clicking your way on that little bar can run you into an interesting direction? I went from Europop to the early 90's music, you know things like Big Brovas, TLC and Afroman. Then it bounced me back to this era, with Hot Chelle Rae and Call me maybe (I swear that song is EVERYWHERE). and then by JUST clicking on that little side bar thing (I am renaming it to magical bar thingy) I found my way all the way back to Europop.

Youtube is amazing. 
its so darn addicting. 

So that was my adventure last night that kept me up till 5 in the morning. And let me tell you. Europop is soooo worth it. 

Happy Youtubing 
Peace in (not out) and keep being oddsome 
Max

Friends and Fireworks, Oh and New Words!

Hai Guys! 

How has everyone been, long time not talky. 

I think that the first order of business here should be the fact that there are now new words in my vocabulary. Not technically real words but who the hell is going to tell me that my word isn't real, no one! That's who. 

Amazazing- I do believe this one is a mixture of amazing and zazerific, which is the word to follow this one. 

Zazerific- pizazz and terrificness. 

Terrificness- because apparently it isn't a word it is hence know as be amazingness of being terrific. 

The next order of buisness is to talk about this weird holiday we are having (Hehe weird holiday, look at me talking about it like its weather) Its one of my favourites just because we get to blow things up, but other than that I feel as if it has lost its meaning. Im not going to go through the details but what we should be celebrating (and do not count me as some crazy America fanatic)  is our country's birthday. Everyone loves birthdays. "Happy birthday to you/ happy birthday to you/ happy birthday dear America/ happy birthday to you!" Woot random singing. 

So I have a friend, I know its a shocker, but he has a blog also. And I feel that everyone who reads this blog should check him out.
He has some really great artwork and poetry on his blog and frankly I believe its one of the better blogs I've read, far better than me rambling on in an nonsensical way. 

The blogs name is Abstract Obliteration  http://abstractobliteration.blogspot.com/  

ANYWAYS!

as for the title, only half or maybe a third of it has been explained. Fireworks and friends has yet to be divulged. 

fireworks are awesome and sometimes they make your ears bleed but that doesnt matter becuase  guess what, they're freaking awesome. My family  has some great things planned for tonight and I'm super excited to see what the hell happens. 

As for friends, I wanted all of the people who read my blog, seeing as most of them are either friends or family, to know that I love them and that I hope they enjoy this wonderful day.

Go Blow something up everyone 

Peace in (not out) and keep being Oddsome:D 

Max