It's 2:50 PM on a Thursday afternoon. Last year at around this time I'd be in a classroom at St. Lawrence University, learning the difference between a Personal Essay and a Memoir. As I would look around at my classmates, I always knew they were thinking the same thing I was at that moment... even our professor didn't know what the difference was.
Now that graduation is behind me, I'm on to bigger and better things. How's it going everybody?! I'm VTMadSkier, yet contrary to the name I'm from CT originally.
So, what is there to say about me? What makes me "me"? Let's start off with the basics, shall we? I've lived in CT for all 23 years of my life, just graduated from St. Lawrence (SLU) with a BA in English (focus on Creative Writing), and I love to travel.
Last summer, I took part in a three week trip through Ireland with my school (the source for my writing sample). Take my advice - GO!! It's such a beautiful and fun country. Other excursions have included England, Switzerland, France, Italy, and most recently Australia and New Zealand. I guess it's safe to say the travel bug bit me.
Why am I taking part in the ICM Program? I can thank my brother and our skiing adventures together. He is the owner of a recently acquired GoPro HD Helmet Camera, and has instructed me to take his raw video and edit it into a small narrative for him. I don't know what it is, but when I sit down at my laptop and open up MovieMaker, all these ideas just flow into my head at once. I love it. I can't wait to make use of all the tools I'll be learning here. Would go well with my self proclaimed title of adrenaline junkie. Don't know what I mean by that? Google "Delirium Dive Sunshine Village" and "Nevis Bungee Jump". It's just a taste of the extreme stuff I've had the nerve to try :-D As the saying goes, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger.
I feel like your writing conveys the same bursts of energy that you must have life to carry off your personal adventures. You jump right in! The story jumps around too, but you give insight to your self with these many subjects.
ReplyDeleteWhat I take away from this post: you compare your frustration about undergraduate studies rooted in theory (“does the professor even know what he’s talking about?”) vs. the excitement about this new graduate opportunity where you see a direct correlation to learning more about a program you feel personally excited about AND ties to your love for adventure.
Ah, Ireland! It is on my bucket list and I am extremely jealous that you have spent three whole weeks in the land of the ancestors. I see a lot of energy in your writing. Your thoughts come in bursts like little explosions. Your casual tone is conversational which I find hints at personality peaking through your words.
ReplyDeleteI could see that unbridled energy galloping away from you in your last paragraph. Your thoughts seemed a bit more sporadic and your words were harder to follow.
I can't wait to make use of all the tools I'll be learning here. Would go well with my self proclaimed title of adrenaline junkie.
I found this structure a little hard to follow. I can see what you were trying to do; imitate the spoken word. However, I think this statement wold be better spoken rather than written.
There is a lot of energy in your writing. It will be exciting to watch you harness its force to power your topic!