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All sorts of excitement and wonder.

Mon Mar 8, 2010, 7:48 PM
Sterling Scholar finals were last week, and the awards ceremony for the Springville Museum was on Saturday. These have been some fun-filled weeks! I don't find out the results from the finals until the end of the month, though.

On the plus side, I was featured on Deseret News's website: [link] . I was waiting around before the final judging, being all nervous. :[

And BIG NEWS that I've known about for months, but haven't mentioned on here: I'm going to Kenya (along with some of Uganda) this summer to take still photos as part of a documentary. It's for the non-profit group Reach the Children - see [link] - that helps African communities become more self-reliant and what-not. (They don't have any decent promotional material to get large amounts of funding, so a few of my fellow graduates are helping them out.) I've spent the past three months raising money, and I still have over $1000 of the initial $4000 to get, but I'm feeling pretty good about it.

The same day I'm supposed to leave with the group for Kenya, there's an awards ceremony in D.C., which is awkward. (I earned a Congressional Award at Springville. Each district in the U.S. gets to hang a piece in the Lincoln Tunnel, and "A Deep Silence" was chosen out of nearly 1000 entries!) But we've worked things out so our layovers match up in London the next day, so we're getting closer to a solution.

Besides that, I started a new trimester of classes two weeks ago, and we're planning a dance for March 19th with a group going to Ecuador to raise more money: the Africuador Dance Party!

So my life has just been a whirlwind of activity lately, and I'm looooving it.

  • Mood: Cheerful
  • Listening to: The Killers

:D

Thu Feb 18, 2010, 3:13 PM
I'm one of the finalists for Utah's Sterling Scholar! [link] One student per one of the dozen categories represents their school, but they cut down the initial 728 nominees to 195 finalists yesterday. (So it ends up that I'm one of the top 15 young artists in Utah, which leads to STIPENDS at many universities, including USU, where I'll be going in the fall.)

So wish me luck at the statewide competition on March 3. :]

  • Mood: Cheerful
  • Listening to: Ra Ra Riot

I NEED YOU.

Tue Aug 4, 2009, 8:04 PM
I need your help. Vote for all four photos here: [link]


I want money for school, yo!

  • Mood: dA Love
  • Reading: Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra

Finally home for awhile.

Fri Jul 3, 2009, 4:28 PM
Turns out we went to northern Colorado first and made a loop, going southeast and back around. We had lots of good luck with wildlife.

Monday through Thursday of this week, I was at a science camp at Salt Lake Community College with 20 other high school kids. It was focused mainly on composites and we toured ATK and ITT, learning about the creation of missile segments and aircraft parts.

I'm glad to be home. This summer has been busy. D:

  • Mood: Relief
  • Listening to: Band of Horses
  • Reading: A Tale of Two Cities

CO

Sun Jun 21, 2009, 9:50 PM
I'll be in Colorado until Friday or Saturday. HUZZAH.
Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mt. Evans, and Rocky Mountain National Park.

MORE HUZZAH.


Have a good week, folks.

  • Mood: Sentimental
  • Listening to: Andrew Bird
  • Reading: A Tale of Two Cities

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