Jazz Band Concert

Jordan Becker, Randy Mueller, and I all attended the fall Jazz Band Homecoming Concert. This event was really not up my alley. It was very good, but I'm not much for jazz music and got bored. It was Homecoming weekend (obviously), the company was great even if the music wasn't my style though :)

Lady Panther Soccer Game

Randy Mueller and I went to a women's soccer game in August. It was really nice outside that day. The game was fairly uneventful, our team ended up winning though so that was awesome. I enjoyed going to the game as I used to play soccer in high school, so I knew what was going on and got the teach Randy (who knew nothing about soccer) about the sport. I would definitely attend another soccer game in the future.

St. Louis Zoo

On October 22nd, which was actually a pretty nice day, my Fiance and I visited the St. Louis Zoo. This was interesting because it was FREE. We loved the zoo. Being from Chicago, we were used to the Brookfield Zoo which is expensive and not the best, but we LOVED the St. Louis one!

Apple Days

I went and checked out apple days because of the Chili contest they were having, I mean all you can eat Chili for $5 heck yes! So, my Fiance and I went and it was FREEZING outside. We stood around the fire most of the day and also we petted the animals a little bit. I don't remember the day this took place.

Globe Movie

On September 24th, I went to the Free night shows put on by GC at The Globe and saw the Snow Piercer and stayed for the discussion. I went with my Fiance because she was currently writing an honors paper over that movie. The movie was quite violent and had a lot of blood in it, so that made many people upset and angry. Personally, I enjoyed the movie and the discussion, but I was in the minority. The layout and message of the story, which was based around God, was very interesting.

NEON LIGHTS

On December 12, 2014, there was massive end of the year party at GREENVILLE COLLEGE!! 

I would say that it was one of  the best "raves I have ever been too." This event, Neon Lights, was so spectacular that it even came with free breakfast. The music selection was on point and the dancing were crazy. This was better than Homecoming Dance!!

Best Game Ever

On December second I went with a group of the soccer guys to the Best Game Ever, which is a 7th and 8th grade basketball game that the college students cheer at. We split the college students into two fan clans, the clan in blue for Greenville and the clan in green for Hillsboro. The whole night composed of both groups cheering on the kids, who really enjoyed it. It was a great time and I can't wait for next years.

Almost, Maine

 On December 4th I went to see Almost Maine, by John Cariani, at the factory theater. It was a great show, the acting was good and it turned out to be rather funny. I got to enjoy it with some friends, and I got to support my fellow teammate Parker Wray. Who did an excellent job by the way, and I highly recommend the show.

I attended a bible study on our lounge floor held by Arron are RC it was only about an hour long and I only went to one of them

Photo Shoot

 

THE COVER

 

 

 

About a month ago I was asked to be the cover of our schools magazine. I was a little nervous but the photographer Sam Allen definitely  made me feel better. Lets be honest, who wants to be standing in the woods, freezing, trying to look cute. Bri Phillips, the editor and chief, told me they wanted to use my hair. how odd, oh well, it was fun and surely a wonderful experience for a freshmen to have!

Improv Show

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LAUGHTER <3

 

 

This was my first Improv show of the year!! My friend Eddie Allison, one of the wonderful freshmen rep on the team, is in my friend group! He is incredibly funny and definitely deserves to be on the team. To help support one of our besties, we all made t shirts that said Team Allison on them! I wear mine with pride often. I cant wait to go to the next show, how interesting that will be! I am so prepared to laugh!!

Almost, Maine

What a beautiful little play!! I admit to laughing a little too loudly at some parts. Okay...most parts I laughed too loudly.. OKAY, I always laugh too loud, its genetic I cant help it!!

The one and the only JACK DAWDY!!!

 

 

Well, this picture is a little blurry. But it was super dark and apparently our photographer's finger felt the need to also be in the photo. I don't mind, it looks nice.

I went with these lovely people to help support Jack Dawdy.

 

 

There is only a few of us. This wasn't even the whole group, there were so many more people. It was a lot of fun and a good way to spend my Friday night! Team Theatre

Christmas Party

HELLOOO EVERYONE.

As much as I enjoy (not really) the Christmas season, I had extra fun at my teams volleyball party on Tuesday the 9th of December!


We all wore sweaters, some people wore incredibly wonderful Christmas ones and others just wanted to look adorable! Our coach Tom Ackerman, a faculty member, hosted it at his home. Him and his wife were very considerate of me being a vegetarian, they offered a delicious vegetarian salad.

Proff, you told me to make a good argument. So here it is. Coach is a faculty member, and it was hosted at his home. Hence that becoming a school sanctioned event.

Enjoy this team photo!!

Common Day of Learning

On December 4th, this was the day when half of the Seniors present their group presentation to anyone who came.
 
The two that I went were called "Who's Billy?" and "Club Roots."  Who's Billy was really good and it had some of the Men's Soccer seniors in the group.  They talked about bullying within in GC and tried to fix the problem.  They suggested that we have a group of people that are willing to talk to those who are being bullied,  Their main objective was to let the everyone know that their is a place to go for help.  Club Roots was about feeding kids that live in poorer parts of Bond County.  They are trying to give "sack" lunches and dinner to kids.  Sodexo is helping with the cause.

Spoken Words

I went to a concert in the Blackroom called "Spoken Words."  It consisted of three different people, two are singers and one is a poet. The first person to sing was really good.  He sang a lot of his own music about his past experiences. 

The next singer did his "screamo" jig with already know songs, just he put it in his own way of expressing them.  I even received a free disk of his alternated songs.

The last person to present was the poet.  He was pretty good, even though I couldn't understand what he was saying majority of the time.  He even has his own poetries on iTunes for sale.

Museum of Science and Industry

On Friday the 21st of November I went to the Museum of Science and Industry with my friend Kris at around 10 Am, and we stayed util around 5 or 6 PM. The first things we looked at was the giant toy train track. It is so big that I couldn't even really get a decent picture from the second story (but Im gonna add the picture I got anyway).

We saw a lot of really cool things, including an x-ray of a nebula, and a whole swarm of Christmas trees inspired by different cultures. The nebula was really cool, but some of the Christmas trees were disappointing because they displayed stereotypes that aren't even true at all. For example, the tree inspired by Belgium had a bunch of waffles on it. Waffles weren't even invented in Belgium! However, most of the trees were pretty cool, and I got a picture in front of the Japan one (my cover picture).

Nebula X-ray

Regardless of a few inaccuracies, the museum was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed myself a lot (to the point of briefly considering becoming a physics major, but then I remembered that involves a lot of math). I would definitely go again, though I will probably explore a different museum next year. 

St. Louis Zoo

A while back I went to the St. Louis Zoo with my friend Kris. We went at around 9 AM and left around 5 or 6 PM. It was kind of chilly that day, but it didn't matter because we were walking around a lot anyway. Even though we didn't have time to see everything, we saw quite a few different animals. my favorite was the Burrowing Owl. Alas, I have misplaced the picture I took of it, but it was adorable! 

I had a lot of fun at the zoo, and it was very relaxing. I didn't think I would have as much fun as I did at the zoo because I thought I would get bored. However, the vast variety of animals they have kept my attention very well (I may have gotten overly excited about certain animals like the gazelles and elephants). 

About an hour before we had to leave we went to the sea lion show. It was really cool to see how many tricks it could do! God's creation is amazing!

Homecoming

In October I went to the 2014 Homecoming dance at 8 PM with my friends John, Jeana, Miranda, and a few other people who I can't remember the names of. Despite the fact that it was an outdoors dance, it wasn't cold in the tent people were dancing in because of body heat. Even if you're like me and would rather dance in the outskirts so you don't have to smell body odor, you could still dance without freezing to death because there was a bonfire. Overall, it was a well planned out event if you're into that sort of thing. Looking back on it from a personal point of view, I probably only had fun because of John.

If you know me, you know that I am not the type of person who usually goes to things like dances and parties, and I really only went because A. John wanted me to, and B. I figured I may as well have the dance experience I never had in high school (quite willingly). That being said, to be perfectly honest, I'll probably not be going to any more dances as long as I can avoid it. If I want to get dressed up, I'll go to an anime convention. I'm not saying I didn't have a good time though - at least for the first half when they were playing good music. After they started exclusively playing rap "music" I was pretty much done. No matter how hard I try, I just can not enjoy myself very much when there is trashy, degrading music playing in the background. I was also disappointed that the dress code was "semi formal" rather than formal. I probably will not go to the Homecoming dance next year, unless there's a formal one (and by formal, I mean the music will be classy rather than full of disrespect).

Plunger Ball is one of the most fun games I have ever played. It was invented by someone on campus a few years ago I believe but this match up was against Jansen and Joy hall. it was a blast had I had a great time.

This is from the Janssen soiree only a few of us actually had dates so we went with each other. We called it a bro date and it was really fun until they started playing romantic songs on the dance floor to make things awkward. also the food was really good. 

I attended the art walk with Adrian and Nick where we had some good food and got to look at some really amazing art work.

NSO

NSO was a lot of fun I had a great time hanging out with some of my football buddies as you can see in the picture above with Dylan Massey, Taylor Kaufman and myself. during NSO we went to east St. Louis to a elementary to plant trees with the children then we went back to help re paint some of the parking lot. after that we went to a jungle gym for grown ups and had some amazing food is was very enjoyable and i had a great time. 

So a long time ago, I went on an all college hike. It was very enjoyable because I went with my homedawgs from Janssen 2nd floor. The environment was pretty exciting, but it went down hill because it was a long walk. I got really bored, so I started to mess around with people and then I got tired, so I quit doing that. I expected that it would get boring and I was going to regret that long walk right before practice. I felt that if I did not have to worry about practice afterwords, that I would have enjoyed it more. Other people seemed to be really enjoying it, and when I found a tennis ball that I could throw at people. I really enjoyed pegging people and persuading them that it was someone else. I would succeed in convincing them and I would sit back and relax as I watched them get mad at the other person.
Physically, it was not that hard. (I did walk off the Buffalo Meltdowns that I had earlier). While it was a nice walk that did burn calories, it was not a challenge after I had just gotten done with football camp. I honestly want to do something like that again after I am done with football. I honestly love long walks, and if I did not have anything hanging over me to do, I would probably really enjoy it.






While I was there, I went to the job fair, and I almost got a job. Unfortunately, due to my football schedule, I was not able to get this job. It seemed like a great opportunity, and a guy like me needs a job, bummer.

NSO

 My walk to dinner with Jewellene.

Burgers in Saint Louis after a hard days work of community service.

Improv Show

Sharing some laughs with friends.

Homecoming Parade

Pardon my tounge but me and Anna on the back of the soccer trucks throwing candy. 

Chicago Fire Game

Went and seen the Chicago Fire game with Greenville.

JV Volleyball Game

 

 

Watching the JV girls play volleyball against Westminster. 

GC Highschool Football Game

Me and some soccer friends at the Greenville High School football game to support a COR 401 class, with brining the high school and college community's together.

On September 20, I attended Paws in the Park with my Fiance, which was run by the Humane Society. To start off this event, there was a doggie parade. When the parade was over, people headed back to Patriots park for the remainder of the event. There were booths that had a groomer who trimmed the dogs nails. The groomer also stenciled paint onto the dogs. To help raise money for the Humane Society, Petland and Petsmart hosted a silent auction that included products for dogs. In order to make the event more fun, the Humane Society hosted competitions for the dog who could sit, lay, and had the best trick. The dog that won the contest would receive a ribbon. The two main attractions of the day were the search and rescue dogs from the police department who ran a mock search rescue and the Pitbull puppies that the Humane Society brought to the event. I liked the event because the environment was fun and everyone was so proud and happy. I wil be attending Paws in the Park again next year.

Southern Baptist Church

On August 31, I attended a service at the Southern Baptist Church in Greenville. The service started at 10:30 a.m. and was about an hour and a half long. I of course attended with my Fiance. The environment was extremely rambunctious and chaotic. The church is a family church so everyone is very comfortable with each other and it was not very professional. People would randomly shout out and have full conversations with the priest in the middle of the service, the kids ran around and hid under the tables and didn't really respect anything in the church and they had their dog in the church, he barked a lot. I would have to say the event all-in-all was actually pretty fun, entertaining, and helpful. The event was far from what I expected, but I did enjoy it. Unfortunately, I would not attend this specific church again because I prefer a more formal setting to worship.

Homecoming Dance

I went to the homecoming dance with some friends after having spent the entire day with our "little sisters" from the simple room. We missed supper in the Union but we were able to make our own dinner. After supper we got ready and went to the football field altogether and all danced the night away. We had such a great time. We also enjoyed simply getting dressed up.

Vespers with my Dad

The Thursday before my birthday, my dad came to experience Vespers. He was really excited after hearing all of the good things I had to say about it. He was not disappointed after seeing it for himself. The speaker did a stupendous job, as did the worship band and God was surely moving in that place. I was just glad my dad was able to come and see what I am involved in. I learned that dad is not very good when it comes to taking selfies after taking this picture.

Football and Friends

When I attend sporting events, it is usually just to socialize. I attended a football game with four other friends. We were very cold but all had a good time. We occasionally would get up to walk around so we could warm up. The important aspect to the football games is never the actual game occurring to me when I attend, it is who I get the opportunity to spend time with.

Homecoming Choir Concert

The Choir had a Homecoming concert on the Friday before the game and dance. I have many friends in choir and do not get to hear their talents very often. I enjoyed listening to the music. It is not what I would normally listen to but it was definitely fun. I attended the concert with a few friends after attending the Agape Scholar's open mic night at Adam Bros.