Yearbook: Not Exactly What We'd Planned?

In the past few weeks much has happened with the yearbook. We applied an earlier published date (so everyone can get their book at the end of the year instead of the fall after), we've taken pictures at events (artsy and sporty alike) and we've formed a committee. However, it's been less than stellar sailing. We were denied and earlier published date, some of the pictures I took were pretty awful and our committee isn't exactly easy to get along with. When Emily and I started the yearbook we had been told that we'd be running the show; that we were the leaders, but it seems like what Mr. Toms says goes. I can deal with that, but it's just that the grade 12's on our committee think that they get priority because of seniority and at least half the committee wants to keep this book bland and boring. Everyone seems to be against us and (sorry Emily) but in some ways i'm almost regretting being part of it. Don't get me wrong; i love photography and page design, but it honestly doesn't sound like it's going to be much fun if everybody fights you on your decisions. That's also one of the reasons i really wanted to do the IB yearbook; because our class doesn't care if 10 years later our cover has a picture of a weesnaw on it, or if our pages have insane designs or extremely weird awkward quotes.  Hopefully it'll get better as things get organized.  Who knows, maybe this book will be the best yet!

Not In Kansas Anymore...

So, here's my article for the Rural Reader. You can thank Emily for the picture because i lost my copy of it. The article i wrote was the book review on Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling and as you can read yourself i wasn't really a fan of it. This is most likely because it was just such a sharp contrast to the Harry Potter series. This impeccable author went from bravery and courage always prevails to vulgarness and (spoiler alert) suicide are okay options. To be honest when i was reading it i was just really out of what i was used to and out of my element; i truly wasn't in Kansas anymore. 

Buddy Program

The Buddy Program is a program where once a lunch each week for half an hour one of the kids with disabilities at our school will hang out with us. Maybe we'll go to the library, chill in the cafeteria or walk around school. I think this program will really make an impact; at the moment these kids sit at their own table and are rarely integrated. I hope that by the end the kids we're being buddied with will fell more included and involved. Tomorrow is the first day. Let's hope it all goes well! 

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Finally I have my first action activity! Even though i kinda hate dodgeball and it feels mutually i think it'll be fun! I'm on a team with most of my IB class, some of the grade 12 IB class and possibly some little pre-IB's. It's a co-ed team, but there's only 3 or so guys so we're playing in the girls tournament. Since it's with my equally awkward class if i suck it'll be all good. I think it starts next week; i'll keep you posted!

GISHWHES: A Tail of Insanity

Well, GISWHES officially ended this past Monday. It was interesting to say the least. The list of items were insane including things like:a video of you reciting "The Raven" to a crow or an image of a pumpkin carved to look like a feminized Misha Collins or a commercial sized blimp covered in autumn leaves. So, some pretty crazy stuff (here's the full List of Items). Our Ibsasscats team accomplished quite a bit, although unfortunately some of our items didn't get posted before midnight, but we all had fun doing them! I did #53 ([IMAGE] Carve a Jill O’Lantern! Carve a pumpkin to look like a feminized Misha Collins. Bonus points for realism. 61 points), 83 ([IMAGE] You holding a picture of you holding a picture of you holding a picture of you holding a picture of you holding a picture of an apple. You must have a gold frame suspended around your head. (Inspired by nakedontheimpalacoveredinbees) 33 points), 5 ([IMAGE] Let’s see what Twister would look like with 13 people. Each person must be wearing only one color of clothing, i.e. all yellow, or all red and no two people can be wearing the same color clothing. 56 points) and 131 ([VIDEO] Recode a version of the original Pac Man so that the ghosts are now unicorns and Pac Man is the face of George Bush. Then play a game. 111 points) and i also found our about Miss Jean Louis' kale binge. All in all, even though we won't win a sleepover in a haunted castle in Scotland with Misha Collins it was still a great experience!

Here are some of the items (not just the item's i helped with, but all of our team's)... just remember we tried...

#53

also here's the link to the Pac Man thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pT34M9ZkOw&feature=youtu.be

Halloween For Hunger

The food drive went really well! Even though it wasn't for CAS it was really fun and we helped quite a few people, so all's well that ends well. It was a really cool experience and i got to know some of the grade twelves. so here's what we came up with!


However next year i think we need to do a little bit more advertising next year because not everyone got the word