Thursday, April 24, 2014

Spirit Week !!

This week at school was spirit week and everyday there was something new to do and to wear. This was a way to bring commuters and residents that live in the dorms together. One of the activities that I went to was the block party that was held at the court yard. There was games dancing and also stepping, dancing going as well. The block party was from 9-12am.  There was also wacky tacky day that let you where your silliest clothes and crazy outfits. There was also a crazy sock day and retro day as well where you could where you clothes from the 60-80's. MY favorite day was denim day because it was everyone would where jeans and etc to help a great cause and raise money. Another interesting event was the pep rally that was held in the cafe between the hours of 12:30-1:45.The steppers did a routine and all of the clubs was announced at this event. Another announcement that was made was also about the athletics and how some of the track runners made it to nationals. The last and final announcement made was the new R.A's for the upcoming semester which included myself. The very last event I went to was the talent show where students could display there talents if it was from singing to dancing or new clothes that you have designed. This week on campus was a busy week with all the different activities that was happening I really enjoyed myself and I look forward to many more things on campus happening.

Tie dir is Awesome !!

Recently I did a first time activity that involved my school which was tie dying any piece of clothing that you owned. After my last class I went up stairs to where they where holding this event and saw nothing but everyone in robes and dye everywhere. When I saw everyone dipping clothes into solutions squirting dye on their clothes I began to get excited and threw off my book bag so I could join the fun. Once I took off my clothes I began to read the instructions of how to do this activity because this was my first time doing this. I walk over to put rubber bands on my shirts to make different designs so the colors would come if different spots on the clothes. I finish putting rubber bands on my shirts I put on gloves and dip my clothes in the solution that the science teacher made to help the dye sink into the shirt better. Soon I began to get the colors that I wanted my shirt to be and I used a squirt bottle to squirt the colors out. Once I did this my shirt was drenched in color I took the wet shirt and put it in a plastic bag to let it dry for for 24 hours. Once a couple days passed  I had to rinse the shirt in warm water to the water ran clear. Then I had to perform the last step was to wash the in the wash machine a couple time until the left over color was gone. I performed all of the steps and I dried and wore it to school on earth day. Once all the steps was done I loved the way my shirt turned off it was bright and very colorful!! Having the science department offer this incredible experience was so good I really enjoyed this activity and hope they do it again.