Even In My Mind

My movie is called Even In My Mind because it is about a lonely little girl who draws a boy and he comes to life, but he is actually a horrible boyfriend and she ends up drawing a girl to be her girlfriend. So even in her mind, she can't make a relationship work. Although, she is meant to be about eight, so she's got time. I haven't managed to do that yet, and I'm fourteen. The song is Cough Syrup by Young the Giant and the caricatures of Matt and Jess are available for purchase. I wasn't able to download the movie here for some reason because Windows Movie Maker freaking sucks, so I guess you'll all have to wait until tomorrow.

Hungarian Dance Party

On Saturday, Ellen and her parents brought us into the city to a Hungarian dance event. We only danced for about ten minutes, but I noticed that the choreography really isn't very difficult (for somebody who actually has rhythm in their feet). It's very repetitive, but you have to pay attention for when you have to turn or change moves. Jessica was my dance partner, and at one point I just said, 'Spin me,' because that was what we were supposed to do, but she 'wasn't ready' so we ended up two seconds behind everybody else and it was hard to get back on track. Even after ten minutes, everybody seemed very tired. The dance was so fast-paced that it wore me out pretty quickly. We spent the rest of the night playing Bananagrams and playing a game that Ellen taught us called "Contact." In "Contact," a person comes up with a word and gives the others the first letter. Say, the word is 'gorilla,' The person says 'g.' The players go one by one, asking questions like, 'Is it a country in Central America?' or 'Is it the place where you put food wrappers?' and the person answers, one by one, 'No, it is not Guatemala,' and 'No, it is not the garbage.' If the person doesn't know the  word, but another player does, the player says, "Contact, 1, 2, 3..." and the players say the word at the same time. If they say the same word, the person has to give the next letter of the word. This goes on until somebody guesses the word.
From this experience, I would say that I learned a good deal about Eastern-European dance and word games.

Ideas

I really liked the ideas for the Scholarship dinner that were discussed today. The 'What the Fuck' box and the Thought Balloons are really fun, interactive things that people will see and want to be involved with. Also, I'm pretty excited that we'll be doing sketch comedy. I didn't really have any ideas during STAC, but when I got home I started brainstorming. This is what I have so far:
-How to make a sandwich from the flesh of your enemies. (a Food Channel-style recipe)
-Teaching a grown man with amnesia how to do things such as tying shoes, swimming, riding a bike, etc.
-A football game played on all fours and without the use of your hands to catch the ball.
I'm not sure what I want to do for my Inquiry. I might do writing, but I don't think I could do much research on that. I was thinking about learning how to make films, but they'd just be mediocre anyway and I think I need more experience with a camera first. I would really like to do hair; learn how to do really intricate, complicated hairstyles, but I've been told that that doesn't really count as an art form. Of course, anybody can do a simple braid or ponytail, but it really takes an expert to do a lot of hairstyles I see online.