2009-2010: Margery Lucas

The reason why I did the Talent Show....[i won 1st Place] =D

   

Yesterday on Friday, was the annual Talent Show and I decided to be in it this year. My talent was Hula and Tahitian dancing. One of the reasons why I did the talent show was because I wanted to do something DIFFERENT in my life! Since last year I've been thinking about being in the talent show, just for fun. I guess you can say I have a bunch of these "goals" but I never complete any of them. During winter break I was really thinking about it and I told myself, if I do the talent show I have to commit myself to it, especially since I was making up one of the dances and the other one I had to learn the choreography. I also had to make a costume, which wasn't that hard since I already had a sarong, which is a cloth skirt you wrap around yourself.

    My mindset going into this talent show was JUST FOR FUN! I wasn't expecting to place and I just wanted to do something that I love, and that's DANCING! Even if I didn't place I like the feeling that I did something that I LOVE to do, and I can show it to everyone in school. Tahitian dancing is FUN, I even loved practicing in my room, it was a stress-reliever.

    I still can't believe I won FIRST PLACE! I think part of the reason why I won first place is because not every one knows what a hula is or tahitian dancing, or know what a luau is. My dance was so culturally different, and I loved it! I even told some people that I was doing the Hula for my talent, and they thought I was hula-hooping....so yeah. Seriously, I just did the talent show for fun and enjoyment, to be on stage, and do my thing.....AND I GOT FIRST PLACE! It's definitely a good feeling....bringing the Tahitian Islands to snowy Vermont.

** It was also a good way to start my Birthday Weekend because my birthday was the next day!!

Snowstorm, power outages, and other explosions...=\

    This past week we've been getting a TON of snow! It snowed for two whole days, it rained the next day, and then it snowed and then there was sleet. Well, nothing compared to anything when the chain of events happened on wednsday. On wednesday it was the second day it snowed, and it kept piling on. In the morning there was a power outage around 3 in the morning, which made a lot of people late for PT since their alarms didn't go off. Then, the power kept going off and on throughout the day. In the morning the chow hall ran out of food because the power was out for a long time, but it re-opened in time for lunch. The power went off again during physics lab. THEN, the most epic thing happened during dinner! I was eating dinner with my rook buddies around 1830, I was done eating so I decided to just sit there and chill with them...all of a sudden BOOM, power goes out! Then, there was HUGE green flash of light, followed by some sparks! Across the street, a HUGE flash of blue light goes off, followed by some sparks! These flashes of light were enormous!! It was like a camera flash, but the color filled the chow hall,I did not know what was going on! Apparently, a transformer blew up. After all the explosions, everyone had to evacuate the chow hall. There was smoke inside the building and smelled pretty bad.

    I was highly impressed that night. After 2 days of complete snowstorm, power outages, and the chow hall explosions, it made it a very eventful day! The good thing was that the chow hall was opened the next morning and all is well!

going off campus for the weekend =]

        I guess one of the perks of having a roommate who lives in New Hampshire is getting off campus for the weekend. There are times when Norwich can get a little tense, so getting away from it all, even for a weekend is like a vacation! My roomie and I went to house for the weekend and got around 12-13 hours of sleep Friday night, which is very impressive! Then went shopping and made the all important Wal-Mart run. Overall, this past weekend was very relaxing....i loved every minute of it.

    Other than that....where did the semester go? it's already the end of February, surprisingly enough. Three more weeks til Spring Break. My birthday is next weekend and the talent show is this Friday, which I will be performing in. 

Leadership styles, freshmen, and being Corporal Cadre

    Three weeks ago I was assigned to CTC 9-1-1 for the first rotation for CPL Cadre. On my first day I guess you can say I had no idea what to do. I forgot how it was to be a freshmen, much less lead them because you have to remember half the year already went by so you have to be a little bit lenient. You can't go all rook week at them and at everything they did wrong, it's more like a guidance thing and just tell them what they did wrong.

    So my first rotation lasted for 2 weeks and I learned a lot. Like there are many different leadership styles. I think the most drastic change was my switch from 9-1-1 to 9-1-3. The personality of the platoons are completely different, and working with a new staff was different too. I learned how to adapt to different situations and other leadership styles. So far it's been a good experience, but hopefully for the next rotation I'm not cadre. It's a good job and all, but it would be nice to get different training in another billet.