Langley Aspirations

Daybreak begins. Brain yearns. Accomplishments recorded. Who will be part of the wall of champions? Next champion awaits in their chair, anxious for their moment to shine. Aspirations still to come.


Entire campus provides opportunity for greatness. Around every corner carries a new challenge. Make America proud.


This is the standard. The motto. The dream. The honor.


DO NOT ENTER! Beyond this door lies the trap. Corrupt authoritative figure that wants failure. She will not succeed. Aspirations still to come.


Loitering between classes. Discussions of possible victories.
"Will you be the next champion?"
"I don't know, will you?"
"I know I will!"


Rooms of knowledge fuel the mind. This hallway ends. This hallway never ends. This hallway opens the future for limitless possibilities.


Having bad day. Hallways too small. Too stuffy. Need some space, fresh air and bright skies to get away. Sanctuary from pressure.


Daydreaming over. Life to live. Pressures will not hinder.
Fuel the body. Aspirations still to come.


Entrance to greatness. Butterflies start to flutter. Nervous to walk through.
What if? WHAT IF?


There's the escape. Just one jump and pressures avoided.
It would be so easy. Run!


Run? No. Never. Stay Strong. Aspirations still to come. Opportunity arises; seized. Crowd goes wild. Champion has arrived. Greatness accomplished.

Is it possible for multimedia performances to be less appealing then none multimedia perfomances?

I ask this question with the sole idea of the "mime" in my thought process. One day a few years ago, my parents had some friends from college over and one of their guests was a huge mime enthusiast. Never before had I witnessed such a character. Not being able to maintain the "disciplines necessary to be a successful mime" he just enjoyed watching mimes perform. He found their simplicity to be a breath of fresh air from the elaborate budgets of movies and upscale plays. So my question, after reading about all these monumental guys and the breakthroughs they made to multimedia performances, are they to be valued more than simple performers like mimes? It would be interesting to hear some thought one this subject, for I prefer multimedia performances. Mimes to me are stupid and not funny nor entertaining. However, to each his own, and like my parents friend, mimes are one of the greatest artists in the world.

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When I got the assignment for doing a situational tour, I thought of doing something nearby. Since I transfered into the class late, I assumed make up work would be in the agenda. With that in mind, doing something close by seemed imperative. I grew up in Northern Virginia, attending Langley High School. My high school was not the smallest then again not the smallest; about 400 kids per class. The class I was in had extremely close ties, and everyone for the most part was friendly with each other. For this reason, I enjoyed my high school experience and had no ill feelings towards it. With regard to the four keywords, the word authority stuck out for me the most. During my high school days, I was not the best kid but not the worst. I did however get into a minor incident, where the authoritative figure in charge lied to me, trying to get me into more trouble. Because of this incident, I have always been skeptical of authority; just because they are in charge does not make them a good person.

Would the personal computer be around in our generation if Vannevar Bush hadn't wrote about it in 1945?

In Bushs' "As We May Think" article back in 1945, he preconceived the unconceivable with the invention of a personal computer. Back then, like it states in the article, computers were only used for highly functioning miliarty analysis; a personal computer seemed absurd. But, because of his genius, he realized the possibility of one day having personal computers for everyday use. With his intellect and research, with the help of fellow colleagues, the computer we know of today exist. However, I'm not sure that we would be using this type of computer on a daily basis if Bush had not seen the future capabilities of technology. Say the personal computer notion did not come along until the mid sixties, I doubt we would have the same abilities using the computer we have today. Technology flows like a time-chart, and if the start of the time-chart gets pushed back, the ending does too. So because of Bushs' incredible insight, I can blog for this class.

How influential to the personal experience of seeing an opera is the absence of witnessing the symphony?

I believe that Wagner was absolutely genius in his discovery of hiding the symphony from the audience. Sitting down and watching a play, hearing the music mix in perfectly with the voices while not being able to see where the music comes from, gives the listener a much more personal experience. Even though a patron obviously knows the music comes from the symphony pit, without witnessing the artist' playing their instruments gives the patron the ability to absorb the actors/actresses fulfill their roles without any distraction. I know when I saw some type of musical, I believe it was Gilbert and Sullivan, at Wolf Trap a few years ago, the conductor of the symphony provided a great deal of distraction. I believe it is human nature to wander the eyes when given a chance. However, with the hidden pit and dimmed lights, the audience has no choice but to be completely engaged with the performers on stage.