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I thought I would take a break from my continuous life to share a video I created for my Digital Storytelling class. We had to create an assignment involving pictures of artifacts that we have come across in our lives and cannot part with. I feel that pictures themselves are artifacts not to part with if they involve wonderful memories!

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Most of my pictures included trips I went on over the years. My trips include Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls, and New York City. In New York City, I used pictures from my trips to the Colbert Report and a boatride to the Statue of Liberty! My boyfriend and I are big fans of the Colbert Report, and we decided to get audience tickets for one of his shows. We went in January 2010, and it was an awesome experience! He was giving random people a bracelet of his called "Wriststrong", and he tossed one to me in the audience!!! We were so happy!!!

In July 2010, I discovered that I was able to get a discount (thank you, library job!) to a boatride along New York Harbor to the Statue of Liberty! Despite the 95 degree weatber, my family and I had a great time! I have never been to the Statue of Liberty before then, so I felt it was a dream come true!

Another picture in the video includes a family tree that my cousins and I created in 2006. Every year, our family has a family reunion in Michigan, and my one cousin thought it would be fun to create a family tree of the entire family! We got it done in six hours! Everyone loved it, and I loved every minute of making it!

I believe that pictures are artifacts that I could never part with. If there was ever a rainy day, I would love to take a trip down memory lane if I had the time. This really has been a great life so far!!!

The High School Years

High school felt like a different world. It was a time to start thinking about what I would want to do for the rest of my life. What I have always had an interest in is acting. I wanted to participate in the high school drama club. I bombed the audition for the drama club play my freshman year, but with training, I was in the plays for my sophomore, junior, and senior years! I also wanted to try the musicals as well. I would always be assigned to the stage crew, which would be a pain in the neck at times. Finally in my senior year, I decided to be the line reader/understudy. I had so much fun doing that! I was able to memorize everyone's lines! I also participated in the annual variety shows every year, which I enjoyed doing very much! Being involved in theater and talent shows was my favorite part of high school!

High school was also a time when most, if not all, my friends started to date. That was a time of insecurity because still, no one would ask me out. That made me feel self-conscious and left out of the loop. When we would be at dances, I would sometimes sit by myself while my friends would be dancing with their dates. I started to think to myself, am I really that bad? But, there were more important things I had to worry about.

As my senior year approached, I had to think about what to do with my future. I really did want to pursue theater, but my mother insisted I pick a major that I could make a living from. I looked through different majors and decided to take classes in Business Office Technologies. That involves learning how to be an office secretary. I thought that sounded easy enough. Mom said I could continue with theater, but on the side. Looking back, that is a good move.

Join me next time when I get into...the stress of college!