Skydiving!

One of my best friends decided to commemorate her 30th birthday by jumping out of a plane, and asked if I'd join her. Some of the girls asked to see pictures, so here it is...this is what it looks like to fly 13,500 feet up in the air and then drop out of a plane at 120 mph. What an amazing experience!

(Yup, we were upside down!)

Apparently you're meant to fall at 120 mph when skydiving, but because there were two of us, and thus we weighed more, we started dropping at about 200 mph. After a bit of upside-down falling, you'll see the world's tiniest parachute open up. This was to slow us down to 120 mph.

Graduation 2009!

Last Art Show of the Year!

This gryphon is not Barnie art (I think it was Julie's), but it was so neat I wanted to share it.

The ceramics below are Da Hae's.

Hyeon Jin's ceramics!

Sarah's Landscape Photography

Kanae's Landscape Photography!

Hyun Soo's Environmental Sculpture...

Kanae's tea-bag-drawing installation proposal...

Kanae's proposal for a campus installation...a giant metallic bunny on the quad!

Jin's ceramics...

...and more of Jin's ceramics!

coming soon...

Pictures of art show and graduation coming soon!

Then there were the S'mores!!

So after the PADD plays and the nice lists, we went outside to christen our new firepit and make s'mores! mmmmmm.....











We created a monster!!! It's the S'morasaurus!!!

Tuesday

Tuesday was such a special night. First, we did the "nice lists". For those of you that don't know...each girl in the dorm wrote something nice they wanted to say about every other girl in the dorm. (Sometimes it's just kind of awkward to say these things out loud). Then the dorm parents compiled them each into a final collage that each girl got to keep. Here's an example:


It was so nice to hand them out and see how surprised everyone was by what people had to say about them. It was beautiful...it will be one of my favorite memories of this year, just the amazing energy in the room.

Pics from the PADD Performances!

Courtney was in a fabulous piece both written and directed by Juliana, who definitely has a future as a playwright!
























Jenny and Juliana were both in this witty work about a family where the robot is more of a parent than the real parents!




































Cheyenne was a rapping cat in this piece exploring the conversation that MIGHT happen between two cats on a couch. Cheyenne was very expressive, though after winnie-the-pooh, we're afraid she's getting herself typecast as all these animals!

Best.Night.Ever.

Tonight was so much fun...first the P.A.D.D. plays (Juliana, Cheyenne, Jenny, and Courtney, with lighting by Rada)...then our final super clean (well okay, that wasn't really the fun part, but the girls did a great job)...then handing out the NICE LISTS which made everyone really happy, then senior gifts...and special recognition to Sarah, who isn't a senior but was the only barnie to go a whole year without getting a warning!!!! We also finally gave Alicia and Travis the baby gifts we got them ages ago...and then had s'mores and soda and the Throw Down Ho Down Dance and a bonfire.

What a night. The perfect ending to the year. Tomorrow I'll post pictures, but for now...it's time for sleep!!

'night y'all!
Melisa

"We're on a boat! We're on a boat!" (2009 Boat Dance Pics)

End-of-Year Updates

So Cheyenne had her big show for synchronized swimming this weekend, and we're really bummed we didn't get to see her perform, but we know she did great. It was so much fun to see last year, so hopefully we'll make it next year! (and if we're lucky, maybe she'll share a few pictures with us).

Meanwhile, our seniors are getting ready to move on to the next chapter of their lives. Here's what we know of their plans so far...

• Blen is attending Cornell (NY)
• Da Won will be headed to Parsons (NY) --where Project Runway is filmed!
• Hyeon Jin is headed to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
• Jin and Minami will be starting at the Rhode Island School of Design together (RI)
• Jofia is headed to Regis (and Helen is very glad she'll be nearby)
• Kanae will be at The School of Visual arts (NY)
• Katie is deferring for a year to have some really cool adventures of her own
• and Rada will also be nearby, attending Northeastern.

We're really sad to see them all go, but so proud of all they've accomplished at CSW. We'll be officially saying good-bye as a dorm this week, amid s'mores and gifts, and hopefully more laughter than sadness.

Stay tuned for pictures from the boat dance this weekend! The girls all looked so beautiful!

4 days left....