Alright, well I am going to introduce you to a few of my summer projects!
Summer Project Mission #1 - "Guitar Ninja"
I took a guitar class this last semester and I loved it! Guitar is something I tried as a kid and thought I would never be able to do. Of course, my hands were a lot smaller back then (not much bigger now, but big enough to manage). But, I have made a lot of progress and I think I now have the tools and skills to keep learning on my own.
I want to be able to get to the point where I can pretty much play anything I put my mind to. And I want my songs to sound like the originals. The capstone of this project is going to be whether or not I can play the intro to Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode". On a folk guitar. I'll have to make friends with someone who has an electric I can try out...volunteers can step up anytime now.
Summer Project Mission #2 - "Eh-scahp-ay! Funny, It's spelled just like the word, 'Escape'!" (a.k.a "Summer Reading List")
Not only did I build my own reading list, but my roommate gave me a three page list of her favorite books. So I'll be working on that. Books from both me and her include "Cinder", "Lectures on Faith", and "She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts". Yeah, there's really no reason or rhyme to my selection of books. But if I even read any books for fun, I'll count that as a success, considering I haven't been able to do that since last summer.
Summer Project Mission #3 - "Barkin' Up the Right Tree" (a.k.a. "Family History Book")
I started this project for my New Testament class and quickly realized I wasn't going to finish in time for the end of semester. I am researching ancestors who immigrated from Scotland to Oregon in the early 1900's. This family is stinkin' awesome. There are so many gemstones in this not-even-started-yet-book. (I'm still trying to finish the research before I solidify it on paper.) But I want to have the book finished by the end of August. Here's a little sneak peek!
This is for my ancestor, Peter Campbell Crockatt:
"The picture below is the RMS Lusitania arriving in New York from Liverpool in 1907. In 1908, at 16 years of age, Peter Campbell Crockatt immigrated to America by himself on the Lusitania. In 1915, that same ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, prompting the United States to join the first world war. This picture is probably what it looked like when this wee Scottish lad arrived in America to make a new life! He would be followed across the ocean a year later by his widowed mother and two younger siblings. Peter would grow up to be a Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon, and die in a tragic car accident in 1926 near Spokane, Washington."
Here is the record of the voyage:
Peter's entry is about 8 lines from the bottom.
Well, these projects are only the tip of the iceberg! Hopefully I'll make good progress on them this summer!
Summer Project Mission #1 - "Guitar Ninja"
I took a guitar class this last semester and I loved it! Guitar is something I tried as a kid and thought I would never be able to do. Of course, my hands were a lot smaller back then (not much bigger now, but big enough to manage). But, I have made a lot of progress and I think I now have the tools and skills to keep learning on my own.
I want to be able to get to the point where I can pretty much play anything I put my mind to. And I want my songs to sound like the originals. The capstone of this project is going to be whether or not I can play the intro to Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode". On a folk guitar. I'll have to make friends with someone who has an electric I can try out...volunteers can step up anytime now.
Summer Project Mission #2 - "Eh-scahp-ay! Funny, It's spelled just like the word, 'Escape'!" (a.k.a "Summer Reading List")
Not only did I build my own reading list, but my roommate gave me a three page list of her favorite books. So I'll be working on that. Books from both me and her include "Cinder", "Lectures on Faith", and "She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts". Yeah, there's really no reason or rhyme to my selection of books. But if I even read any books for fun, I'll count that as a success, considering I haven't been able to do that since last summer.
Summer Project Mission #3 - "Barkin' Up the Right Tree" (a.k.a. "Family History Book")
I started this project for my New Testament class and quickly realized I wasn't going to finish in time for the end of semester. I am researching ancestors who immigrated from Scotland to Oregon in the early 1900's. This family is stinkin' awesome. There are so many gemstones in this not-even-started-yet-book. (I'm still trying to finish the research before I solidify it on paper.) But I want to have the book finished by the end of August. Here's a little sneak peek!
This is for my ancestor, Peter Campbell Crockatt:
"The picture below is the RMS Lusitania arriving in New York from Liverpool in 1907. In 1908, at 16 years of age, Peter Campbell Crockatt immigrated to America by himself on the Lusitania. In 1915, that same ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, prompting the United States to join the first world war. This picture is probably what it looked like when this wee Scottish lad arrived in America to make a new life! He would be followed across the ocean a year later by his widowed mother and two younger siblings. Peter would grow up to be a Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon, and die in a tragic car accident in 1926 near Spokane, Washington."
Here is the record of the voyage:
Peter's entry is about 8 lines from the bottom.
Well, these projects are only the tip of the iceberg! Hopefully I'll make good progress on them this summer!
