Fire side chat week four

I attended the fire side chat at San Nic. My room mate/best friend were late so we rushed to find seats and we walked right in front of the speaker. No one seemed to mind or notice. Anyways, the guy talking was talking about engineering. I became really interested in his conversation. He mentioned that engineers make a lot of money and that it's a tough way to get there. I have thinking of going into bioengineering or biomedical-engineering . He really got me pumped when he had an endless answer to my question. I actually introduced myself to him at the end of the event and he told me to pay him a visit for more information on the program that UCSB offers in concentration of bioengineering. How cool is FSSP already making a difference in my college years.

Meditation Session (week four event)

I am not really great at relaxing. My body is always tense. I have fast reflexes due to the fact Im paranoid. I get startled pretty easily and have punched people because of it. So my room mate/ best friend tells me about going to the meditation session they offer in the events for the week. I never have meditated before so I was curious to see what the fuss was all about. We head there and we are on the dot of time. The lady in the room was so tall. I felt even shorter than I already do and I'm 5'6. This lady had such a soothing voice. We sit down on square cushions on the floor. She asked us a couple of questions. She told us to relax and keep our mind empty. There was nature sound music playing in the back ground and I forgot I was in the room. She told us to picture a meadow and a sunny day. I visualized myself in a meadow of flowers and sun flowers. I was laying in the middle and was staring at the nice blue sky and white fluffy clouds. I was in this thought for about forty minutes. My body was so flimsy and stretchy. I didn't feel tense or uptight. I thought of nothing for the first time.The lady told us to wake and come back to the room slowly. I opened my eyes and smiled. The lady asked us questions and we said good bye. I felt new again. I don't know what the hell happened but I for sure wanted to do meditation again. I loved this event! It was too bad that the classes were cancelled after that due to the fact that not many students attended. I wish people would have gone. I got mad. Anyways, this event was awesome!

Macbeth At UCSB

I was surprised when the play started. The actors played the witches very well. They looked so sick and  vile. I was impressed with the choreography.There was so many actors on stage I thought a mistake and accident was bound to happen. I read Macbeth in my AP Literature class my senior year and I was pretty interested in it. I have also read other Shakespeare plays and they all are interesting. They were intended to be acted out and entertain the queen and all her loyal subjects. I was a little dissapointed in the way UCSB played out the play since the costumes were pretty boring. I personally love fashion and  the play didn't cut it for me. The acting was good but I hope they get costumes for the future showings. The man who was playing Macbeth was way to old. I was disgusted when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth  kissed because Lady Macbeth was incredibly younger that Macbeth. The director seriously has to match up the characters by their age. The fight that was played out in the end could have been better. I was getting bored. I was pretty thankful I went with my bestfriend and guyfriend because we made a joke or too to keep us awake during the play. I enjoyed the story of the play and always seem to find another interesting line every time I come across the play. The actors managed to project their voices pretty well to the entire audience. I know for sure they did not have any microphones. Also when Lady Macbeth came out I was relieved that their was some life of fashion. I really liked her outfit and hair. It was pretty simple yet elegant. Like I said I did enjoy the acting of the play.

Professor Apple

I was quite surprised that he just sat down in front of everyone and seemed so casual. All I could think in my head is, "Dude where is your presentation ?!" My thoughts were soon answered as he said he was an actor. He was a right hemispered brain person. These people are very creative and don't really have a way of putting things linearly and orderly. He started of saying that his vision of college was the he was going act, play guitar, and meet women. That was a bit overwhelming but he was as honest as can be. He wanted to be an actor since highschool so he pretty much succeeded since he did alot of work before becoming a proffessor. He told us to take a class you would have never thought of taking, get out of your comfort zone, and do new things. He graduated feeling ready for college . He attended Princeton , wow! He wanted to go to an acting graduate school so he decided on Juliare Acting Graduate school in New York. He considered himself a city person so he absolutely loved the city and all of its energy. He acted in the New York Skakespeare festival there. After he performed throughout thrity five states using a bus as transportion. All the other actors and himself had to improvise for one hour on stage. He had to adjust his presence to all the different stages since some were 500 seats and others were 80 seats. He liked the gypsy life. Well he came down from his endless talk of experience and said he had to settle. He wanted to find a job that he could impose all his talents and desires upon. He married and brought his family to Santa Barbara. He got a job as a teacher in UCSB. He loves his job here and connects to all of his students. 

Dr.Don

Dr.Don's presentation was really enjoyable and entertaining. I really liked that he had a different PowerPoint presentation. He made it very interactive and just easier for me to understand since I'm a very visual person. He focused mostly on talking about critical thinking and it's importance and many aspects. I agree  with him that we need to dissect things and not really trust certain information that presented to us in, any situation because we need to think outside the box. This also promotes a high level of thinking which is obviously critical thinking and in oder to achieve this we can't just stay inside the box. He moved on to  saying how there must diverse professors at the university and that he hopes for many different people to work at the university and as a minority myself I feel very comforted at his thoughts towards diversity. Then came the major lecture and how you should choose something you like.A major that has academic focus and then you can going into narrow focus. That was very interesting and encouraging to those who don't have a major and are pursuing to choose one. He said key to the critical thinker is memorizing ,being able to take certain information and  really get to know it. He says the play it safe and take risks which is a really big oxymoron.He goes on saying how we must trust and don't trust. He gives a short lecture on how we should enjoy college and not think about our career right now just settle in the environment. He also says music is a mashup of critical thinking. I love music and I totally agree with him. He then presents us with our resources such CLAS and how it can help us. UCSB is just a big resource!Also the  physics lectures which can promote very interesting facts and there's free food.! Now moving on from the presentation to my week. I had a fireside chat  me and it was an eye opener  the presenter or speaker I should say was an engineer and he pretty much gave me a lot of information on the major I'm speaking which is bioengineering and he says that there's a new program so I might look into it. I also went to the pool for the first time and it was nice and refreshing didn't think that I would get a tan but I did which is okay since it looks nice on me.