everything that i havent posted until now!

Creative writing club and Sturgeon Production
I’ve spent a number of hours working to cut the booklet sized pages in half so that they may be bound by the spiral binder thingy{a technical term, by your dear droog truly} with the bells and the whistles awaiting Allie Pendergast’s and my finishing this initial step of production. I have spent after school, study halls and lunch breaks working on an enormous box of papers organized 1, 32, 31, 2, so that the double sided pages fit together. Id not realized how similar this was to the production of my own publications which are hand drawn and so to see this device of organization used in such an unfamiliar setting was very comforting to me. As much as I call the work to eliminate that dreadful stack taxing, I can hardly take credit from my phantom partner who alternates with me in duties due to our conveniently coordinated schedule.
The creative writing venture on this matter, hasn’t actually occurred in quite some time, due to absences, acts of god and other phenomenon beyond Mr. Arcenas’ control. Oh well, fancy that. This upcoming Thursday though, he hopes to meet, and maybe even discuss my piece.
Sequential Art Club
This thread has been quiet for a while. That is because I learned this powerful technique recently from a dying breed of ninja monks in Tibet who coincidently invented the waffle iron. It is called strategizing. Ive been getting my ducks in a row and reaching out to people and peeps alike in order to estimate my number of active club members. So far, ive a few seniors, some sophomores and maybe a girl… freshman I mean. Its funny, because of the stereotyped reader…
…tough crowd. Mhm
Okay, so we’ve got that down packed, there is a need for me to get these folks to know eachother so that they can coordinate if their projects are collaborative and because its fun. I want to do this little notesheet thing with folks they like, statements, things like that just to make some folks smile, and so that they can bond in this stage. Some of the more cynical ones I know better, and it might be a stretch getting them to play along. Oh well.
I talked it over with Mrs. Klaiber and on Monday the first we will attempt another meet. This time I really hope she doesn’t bring brownies… that would just kill me, emotionally, and then from the sugar.
Like I said before, address the goals, the resources and the comic-con in May? Is it in May? I think it’s in May… we can call it may. Sigh. We’re getting somewhere though.
Hiking club
I seriously have need to talk to Mr. Patterson, as I have not yet paid my membership fee of 11 dollars, and have not yet gotten approval from my doctor to commit to ten mile hikes, on or off road. It is a shame because I enjoyed it so much, but I cannot say how long my injury will keep me from this
Bull crew
I managed to participate in the set up of the church basement for the junior class’s MEFA presentation on Tuesday aft and dismantled it on Wednesday morning. Financial Aid is crucial into college attendance, and without it, I could not go. This I know. This I trust.

HOLIDAY STROLL II

I arrived at the school at 11:45 due to transportation issues (the bus was half an hour late and walking time had not been calculated into the endeavor, and after obtaining a key from Mr.Heiser, I was able to retrieve an elf two piece costume from Mrs. Bottsford's classroom. The magic show I did not help set up, but their was considerable need for enticing people inside. In front of the double doors, I stood with my fellow elves Jacquie and Brian inviting families to make cookies and complete treasure hunts inside of the building where other elves (the ones who opted to stay dry on this rainy Saturday) attended to their needs and Mr. Heiser was able to educate them on the goals and benefits of Sturgis. As the doormen (elves) we gave the pedestrians their first impression of what to expect inside, and so in keeping with the merriment, since we were cheerful we would spread that emotion to our capacity. I honestly believe that our efforts contributed not only making that day more pleasant for the drenched parties abroad, but helped to improve the atmosphere of main street, by giving reason for people to associate this fairly urban area with a more positive lot. The event had some issues like the three hours of standing in the rain and the odd troublemakers who clashed with our intended goals, but on the whole it went off without a hitch. Personally I felt it was a positive experience for me, as I while I intended to evoke joy in others, the reciprocation was emotionally uplifting on my part as well. I was in great spirits by the end of the day

DRESS A DOLL 12/3

- Kiki took on the responsibility for purchasing the gifts our advisory raised the money for, and on the fourth I helped Tildy to relocate the presents to her car for delivery. I am somewhat ashamed by the role I played in this, not having been the most active of charities. I have the conception that there was a communication breakdown somewhere along the line, and so to improve that for next time I ought to consider making a larger effort on my part. Excuses go only so far, and while I am not suggesting that Ive been completely ineffectual, I am not certain that the work was divided so that we both benefitted from the experience. In retrospect however, I suppose that we did play to our strengths, me with my speaking and her with the shopping, we did contribute to a degree where neither of us was too uncomfortable in the roles we played and we were good at those roles. Conclusively for this reason, I think this should be considered a successful operation, as we have contributed to happier holidays while working (mostly) cooperativly.

BULL SQUAD 12/2

– Thanks to a reprieve in timetable congestion, it was possible to finally finish relocating the boxes from Mr. Steedman's office and move them into Mr. Andre's closet. That same night of the 3rd, Kyle Healy and I again preformed the task of populating the music room with chairs for the introductory meeting for potential Sturgis parents, an event which affects the culture of the entire school with the exchange of classes. The new blood is the result of our leaving and so when we seniors depart for anywhere but cape cod, the void we leave behind must be filled by these children who are responsible for continuing our legacy. So in order to have these youths attend, we (not me and kyle) need to host them (the parents) explain the philosophy of Sturgis, while accommodating the enormity of the guardians of this future class.

HOLIDAY STROLL 1

– At least I now know it's name. This main street event lasts from about 9:30 to 4:30 on saturday, with a variety of intriguing operations within. Mrs. Carmen is most likely to be more aware of the function's nature and so after I discuss matters with her, it is likely I can explain better my role in this phenomenon. My only limitations are transportation and so unless I can get around the breeze bus, that should be the only limitation on how much I can participate in diffusing the holiday spirit.

thanksgiving/dolldressing service #1

me and my co-cordinator presented to our personal advisory the importance of these charities and ways in which we could participate in helping to raise supplies needed to participate in the dressing of a child and the feeding of a family (not in that order, but you know how thoughts are made)
however in the entire cooperating thing, i did make a suprising statement in our presentation about my own experience with these types of charities, on both ends, so i made a decision that i thought was safe to commit into action, aside from that, we are trying to organize a non advisory fund raising event, probably small, but nothing definite. thats all for now

bull squad 4

on friday i organized papers in steedman's room. the majority of them were final exams-related papers, and i spent my entire lunch period sorting office supplies and multicolored printer paper.
the reason this fulfills my effecting the world is that this job meant that the paper would be mostly ready for the senior mock and final exams in the spring without Mr Steedman having to preform any duties to distract him from the courses he himself needs to plan, preform and grade. however this was a solo activity, and so the requirements of the fourth learning outcome are not fulfilled in this physical instance. perhaps my working with others could be interpreted as my dialogue with Mr Steedman as to how to sort what materials and where to put them (like the mouldy stuff,) so it really is a matter of contextual value. although he was not a part of the program (bull squad) he did participate with me to achieve the goal of sorting such things.

bullsquad entry 2

today i moved two packages of paper to the art room during the break period.
that wasnt much work, so i might edit this post as the week continues, or the month.
i'm feeling like i may have made a slight difference in this war against want, but not enough to REALLY benefit my fellow students and teachers.
i will be done when there is a no child without a number two pencil in his or her hand, when there is a sheet of looseleaf paper avaliable for pop-quizes, when the desks are arranged so that everyone has no choice but to stare at the whiteboard and learn! having only just begun, i expect challenges and papercuts galore, with much glory and office supplies for all!

bull-squad entry one

yesterday i recieved confirmation from Mr. Andre that the bull-squad will be working with an on-call in-between class. presently the objectives for the members of this organization are to determine possible candidates for filling the squad's requirements, inadvertantly benefitting others in need for cas oppertunity. I'd like to think this is helping people, while i await orders from the boss. my only concern is that this job will be on an erratic schedual, so i cannot guarentee any regularity in relevant cas journaling.