This wasn't too easy, I had to look up a ton of information and I hated it because I'm not really in to computers
Friday, June 5, 2009
Excell Tutorial 7
This wasn't too easy, I had to look up a ton of information and I hated it because I'm not really in to computers
Thursday, May 7, 2009
internship timeline
I liked doing this project because I was able to take the format and enter it in the way that I wanted to do it. So I added my own little nolan style into it.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tutorial 5
This tutorial was a little wierd with the funcitons and the formulas. I knew that the formulas were supposed to create dots but in my case, my die came out as little characters, I do not know where I messed up but that is what I got.
Reflecton #9
Reflection #9
So I broke down in class the other day about gymnastics, I felt so damn stupid, but it wasn’t even what everyone thought it was about. I was doing my presentation and I got picked on a little but they didn’t even mean it. Nolan has to take everything to the heart but I cannot help it. Anyway, I almost cried and what not because the other day before this at internship I fell at internship and I hurt my ankle bad because people want to decide to rush me and what not. Anyway I did not mind the whole falling thing, it was the long term outcome because of all of that, I was afraid that I would not be able to apply for the cheerleading team for Hawai’i and I knew that with the hut ankle I would not be able to make the audition tape to their standards. That is over with and I’m all past that, I can make I know I can.
I walked in to internship today ready to bust my butt trying a new trick but most of all to prove to myself that I can do it. So after watching the video’s for Hawai’i I knew that I would have to do this trick where I do a tuck and at the very end of the tuck, twist like you are doing a half-twist and connect another trick. I didn’t start working on this trick until the end of the internship day. When I started to do it, it seemed really hard but then after doing the twist at the end, it came so easy to me. I loved it. I did it over and over and over until I actually could connect a kart-wheel at the end. The first time that I did it, I busted my butt so good, I laughed so much because it was so awkward but like Mrs. Burke said, gymnasts do not care what we have to do, we just do it. She was right; I had no right to be all scared about the other day. What ever now, I’m just doing what I got to do and that is going to be that.
Well, exhibition is going to be in about four weeks so that meant that I had to start making my routine and helping that girl so that way she can demonstrate my teaching skills. This lady is slacking; I guess she really does not understand that I really have to start making my routine. So she told me instead of creating some crazy routine, I’m going to do my level four routine and it will merge into a creative routine so I really thought that it was awesome. I said okay to her, let’s make the routine and she told me to make, she’s the coach and she’s telling me to make it. I suck at making routines. I’m going to make the dance to every time we touch. It’s cool because; it’s techno so it’s going to be so much fun. I stood in front of the mat and I started to listen to he song for the beats so I can make the routine, but I could not think of anything but like stupid stuff and I really want it to look good because everyone is going to see this routine, well some of the juniors but they look up to me so I have to do super good. After trying to make this damn routine, I went to bars. Maybe I’ll have good luck today on the bars.
Oh my god, I almost go my kip today. It was so hard but she spotted me for the first kip and then after that, it tried it by myself and I did it. I found out that my problem is that I pull away from the bar asking it hard for me to pull in. Next week, I’m really going to have to work next week on keeping close to the bar. I really want to get my kip for exhibition that would be the biggest improvement for me for real. Next week will be an awesome week. Hopefully!
So I broke down in class the other day about gymnastics, I felt so damn stupid, but it wasn’t even what everyone thought it was about. I was doing my presentation and I got picked on a little but they didn’t even mean it. Nolan has to take everything to the heart but I cannot help it. Anyway, I almost cried and what not because the other day before this at internship I fell at internship and I hurt my ankle bad because people want to decide to rush me and what not. Anyway I did not mind the whole falling thing, it was the long term outcome because of all of that, I was afraid that I would not be able to apply for the cheerleading team for Hawai’i and I knew that with the hut ankle I would not be able to make the audition tape to their standards. That is over with and I’m all past that, I can make I know I can.
I walked in to internship today ready to bust my butt trying a new trick but most of all to prove to myself that I can do it. So after watching the video’s for Hawai’i I knew that I would have to do this trick where I do a tuck and at the very end of the tuck, twist like you are doing a half-twist and connect another trick. I didn’t start working on this trick until the end of the internship day. When I started to do it, it seemed really hard but then after doing the twist at the end, it came so easy to me. I loved it. I did it over and over and over until I actually could connect a kart-wheel at the end. The first time that I did it, I busted my butt so good, I laughed so much because it was so awkward but like Mrs. Burke said, gymnasts do not care what we have to do, we just do it. She was right; I had no right to be all scared about the other day. What ever now, I’m just doing what I got to do and that is going to be that.
Well, exhibition is going to be in about four weeks so that meant that I had to start making my routine and helping that girl so that way she can demonstrate my teaching skills. This lady is slacking; I guess she really does not understand that I really have to start making my routine. So she told me instead of creating some crazy routine, I’m going to do my level four routine and it will merge into a creative routine so I really thought that it was awesome. I said okay to her, let’s make the routine and she told me to make, she’s the coach and she’s telling me to make it. I suck at making routines. I’m going to make the dance to every time we touch. It’s cool because; it’s techno so it’s going to be so much fun. I stood in front of the mat and I started to listen to he song for the beats so I can make the routine, but I could not think of anything but like stupid stuff and I really want it to look good because everyone is going to see this routine, well some of the juniors but they look up to me so I have to do super good. After trying to make this damn routine, I went to bars. Maybe I’ll have good luck today on the bars.
Oh my god, I almost go my kip today. It was so hard but she spotted me for the first kip and then after that, it tried it by myself and I did it. I found out that my problem is that I pull away from the bar asking it hard for me to pull in. Next week, I’m really going to have to work next week on keeping close to the bar. I really want to get my kip for exhibition that would be the biggest improvement for me for real. Next week will be an awesome week. Hopefully!
Reflection #8
Reflection #8
Today is very important I have to get my full-twist again, because I’ve been lacking so much with doing my full. If I do not do it today well then I’m screwed because I know that I won’t do it anymore.
Already I walked into internship with a horrible mood, what in the god’s name for real because I know that for a fact with a bad I cannot do anything. So what am I supposed to do? I wish that I could be like Amarfy who wants to just be able to wake up and do an aerial without ever having to learn how to do it. WE all know that that is not possible. That is why we have dreams right?
Like every single day of internship, we started off with conditioning and then we moved on to the bars. Seriously they need to think of a whole different method because I am so sick of losing all of my energy for the rest of the day after the bars. It’s like you should just shoot me in the arms and just forget about doing anything. Hahaha… So I found out that the whole time I was holding the bars wrong. When I fixed my hands I was like damn man, this means more rips. I mean I like rips and everything because it proves that you are really dedicated and do not stop at what ever I am trying but they burn seriously. I do not want a rip right now. Screw it, I did it and I felt my skin pulling. I knew a rip was coming but all I got was a rip in my old areas that I rip in. What ever; it’s all good.
Today was an off day for the P-Bars. I was doing my swings and it seems like my body is too heavy to swing. I was laughing at myself so bad because it felt like I was falling forward. I was going to bang my head and I fell and I was laughing. I think I’m just done with getting mad at myself when I mess up. I tried to do a level five routine. I worked on the beginning and I got it. I was so happy for real maybe I can actually move up a different level that would make me feel like I accomplished life. Level five is awkward because you actually have to run at the bars and then jump in between the bars. It feels weird because you feel like you are going to it your arms on the bars. But if you keep your arms inward, really close to your body, you will be fine. I did it and that’s that. Go me, oh yeah, Go me….wooowooo
Time for the floor. We started to go across the floor with simple things for now like always. Hand stands. Forward roles. Kart-wheels and things like that. Now we are at the harder stuff. I started to do my layout to get ready for my full. I was not comfortable so I did my layout again and again and again. Now I was ready to try it. So I am standing front of the mat like I always do to get ready for my full and I was hesitating because it had been a while sense I did it. Lucia is on the side waiting for me to do it. She was like rushing me to do it. Hurry up, we are waiting and I’m telling her that if I’m not comfortable I know I will not land it. Damn, I’m still not feeling it. I finally go after her rushing me and I do not land it. I was like two feet from the floor. I could have probably kissed the floor if I wanted to while I was doing the full. I could of landed it if I went up a but because I was being rushed it was horrible. I fell and hurt my ankle man, I was so damn angry at her. I didn’t do anything the rest of the night.
Today is very important I have to get my full-twist again, because I’ve been lacking so much with doing my full. If I do not do it today well then I’m screwed because I know that I won’t do it anymore.
Already I walked into internship with a horrible mood, what in the god’s name for real because I know that for a fact with a bad I cannot do anything. So what am I supposed to do? I wish that I could be like Amarfy who wants to just be able to wake up and do an aerial without ever having to learn how to do it. WE all know that that is not possible. That is why we have dreams right?
Like every single day of internship, we started off with conditioning and then we moved on to the bars. Seriously they need to think of a whole different method because I am so sick of losing all of my energy for the rest of the day after the bars. It’s like you should just shoot me in the arms and just forget about doing anything. Hahaha… So I found out that the whole time I was holding the bars wrong. When I fixed my hands I was like damn man, this means more rips. I mean I like rips and everything because it proves that you are really dedicated and do not stop at what ever I am trying but they burn seriously. I do not want a rip right now. Screw it, I did it and I felt my skin pulling. I knew a rip was coming but all I got was a rip in my old areas that I rip in. What ever; it’s all good.
Today was an off day for the P-Bars. I was doing my swings and it seems like my body is too heavy to swing. I was laughing at myself so bad because it felt like I was falling forward. I was going to bang my head and I fell and I was laughing. I think I’m just done with getting mad at myself when I mess up. I tried to do a level five routine. I worked on the beginning and I got it. I was so happy for real maybe I can actually move up a different level that would make me feel like I accomplished life. Level five is awkward because you actually have to run at the bars and then jump in between the bars. It feels weird because you feel like you are going to it your arms on the bars. But if you keep your arms inward, really close to your body, you will be fine. I did it and that’s that. Go me, oh yeah, Go me….wooowooo
Time for the floor. We started to go across the floor with simple things for now like always. Hand stands. Forward roles. Kart-wheels and things like that. Now we are at the harder stuff. I started to do my layout to get ready for my full. I was not comfortable so I did my layout again and again and again. Now I was ready to try it. So I am standing front of the mat like I always do to get ready for my full and I was hesitating because it had been a while sense I did it. Lucia is on the side waiting for me to do it. She was like rushing me to do it. Hurry up, we are waiting and I’m telling her that if I’m not comfortable I know I will not land it. Damn, I’m still not feeling it. I finally go after her rushing me and I do not land it. I was like two feet from the floor. I could have probably kissed the floor if I wanted to while I was doing the full. I could of landed it if I went up a but because I was being rushed it was horrible. I fell and hurt my ankle man, I was so damn angry at her. I didn’t do anything the rest of the night.
Reflection #4
Reflection #4
After last week, I was looking forward tonight. It was such a disaster; I have no idea where the hell my head was. This week is most definetely going to be better, it has to be.
I walked right into the gym and went right to Lucia, and I said to her, “I’m getting my full tonight if it’s the last thing that I do.” She said okay like it was nothing to her. Told me you better with all that talk. At that same time keeping in mind what Mrs. Burke said to me earlier today about yeah you have been telling me for weeks that you was going to get your full. Stop talking about it and do it. I had to.
We started today off with some conditioning, the basic jumping jacks and regular tuck jumps and splits. I assumed that because we have no competition coming up today that we would just work on getting new tricks on the floor. Because I really hate when we start on the bars. I loose all my strength right away.
Tell me why as soon as we got on the bars, I complained to myself because last week I could not get a pull over to save my life. I chalked up my hands, went right to the bar and just stared at it. Lucia kept telling me to hurry up but I was so hesitant. I jumped up to the bar and went right over like a solid board. I was so happy at the same time as angry at myself because it was easier than I thought it was it was just last week I had so many things going on in my head. It was almost virtually impossible for me to get it. So I did it over and over again till I got too tired. Then we moved right to the floor.
I started on the floor with my back-hand-springs and some front flips. It was all good but I wanted to save a lot of my energy for the highlight of the night. My full-twist. She said get ready because you are going to do your full-twist next and I said yeah right, I’ll do my layout first. She laughed at me. So I did my layout and she asked me if I was ready and I thought I was but no I wasn’t. I couldn’t even do the half from two weeks ago. I decided to do the exercise that she gave me two weeks ago, about when you come down from the layout; twist at the end, so I did it once and then I said that I am ready. I ended up doing one more layout. It was time. I stood in front of the mat after everyone else went and waited. I waited and waited and waited, to confuse my mind, Lucia told me that it was just a layout, it worked. So I ran and I hurtled and I went and twisted. I FELL!!! Right on my side. Turns out that I worried too much about the twist and not the height, I said alright, I got this. I was not scared at all any more. I stood again with hesitation in front of the mat. I went and I twisted again I landed and fell. But oh my god, I did it. Woo!!! Now I was ready to get it good. I said ready Lucia; this one is going to be for you. Remember; third times the charm. I stood again and went for it. I did it. I landed practically straight up and sharp with the arms. I could not believe that I just did it. I have only been doing acrobatics for a year and a half and I did it. Nolan Burke got his full-twist. First student ever in Providence Turners to get their full-twist. It was definitely a night to remember.
After last week, I was looking forward tonight. It was such a disaster; I have no idea where the hell my head was. This week is most definetely going to be better, it has to be.
I walked right into the gym and went right to Lucia, and I said to her, “I’m getting my full tonight if it’s the last thing that I do.” She said okay like it was nothing to her. Told me you better with all that talk. At that same time keeping in mind what Mrs. Burke said to me earlier today about yeah you have been telling me for weeks that you was going to get your full. Stop talking about it and do it. I had to.
We started today off with some conditioning, the basic jumping jacks and regular tuck jumps and splits. I assumed that because we have no competition coming up today that we would just work on getting new tricks on the floor. Because I really hate when we start on the bars. I loose all my strength right away.
Tell me why as soon as we got on the bars, I complained to myself because last week I could not get a pull over to save my life. I chalked up my hands, went right to the bar and just stared at it. Lucia kept telling me to hurry up but I was so hesitant. I jumped up to the bar and went right over like a solid board. I was so happy at the same time as angry at myself because it was easier than I thought it was it was just last week I had so many things going on in my head. It was almost virtually impossible for me to get it. So I did it over and over again till I got too tired. Then we moved right to the floor.
I started on the floor with my back-hand-springs and some front flips. It was all good but I wanted to save a lot of my energy for the highlight of the night. My full-twist. She said get ready because you are going to do your full-twist next and I said yeah right, I’ll do my layout first. She laughed at me. So I did my layout and she asked me if I was ready and I thought I was but no I wasn’t. I couldn’t even do the half from two weeks ago. I decided to do the exercise that she gave me two weeks ago, about when you come down from the layout; twist at the end, so I did it once and then I said that I am ready. I ended up doing one more layout. It was time. I stood in front of the mat after everyone else went and waited. I waited and waited and waited, to confuse my mind, Lucia told me that it was just a layout, it worked. So I ran and I hurtled and I went and twisted. I FELL!!! Right on my side. Turns out that I worried too much about the twist and not the height, I said alright, I got this. I was not scared at all any more. I stood again with hesitation in front of the mat. I went and I twisted again I landed and fell. But oh my god, I did it. Woo!!! Now I was ready to get it good. I said ready Lucia; this one is going to be for you. Remember; third times the charm. I stood again and went for it. I did it. I landed practically straight up and sharp with the arms. I could not believe that I just did it. I have only been doing acrobatics for a year and a half and I did it. Nolan Burke got his full-twist. First student ever in Providence Turners to get their full-twist. It was definitely a night to remember.
Reflection #3
Reflection #3
Last week was a successful week and I had expected this week to be the same, but I was wrong. Maybe it was because I was having a bad day, but I don’t know.
I had told Mrs. Burke that I got my half-twist last week and that today I would be going for my full-twist. I was ready and everything. I had my mind set. Nolan, you’re getting your full-twist tonight and that’s all you’re working on.
I get to practice, and for some odd reason, which I do not know why; I was so angry or just maybe I was having one of those bi-polar moments. I could have sworn someone turned off a switch in my head. It was the nice and confident switch; but no instead of being confident and boastful like usual. No I was angry and putting myself down left to right.
So we start practicing and keep in mind that I was not in a really good mood, like I usually am. We weren’t doing freelance tonight, we were only working on our routines. That got me even angrier. Everything was just getting me so angry. On top of that I am just learning my routines today and yeah they are extremely easy because they are only level four but it’s not that. It’s my pride. Because I am so old and I am only doing level four to get me qualified. I just could not see myself competing against six year olds. It just didn’t seem fair. How could I even loose. I have more balance because of my age and experience. Oh, that was not even the cake topper. When they told me what I had to do fore my vault level four routine. I wanted to laugh and walk out of there. All I had to do was just run to the spring board and jump on the spring board with out the damn vault and just land on the floor, not even jump on the damn vault itself. Really though, how does that look with an eighteen year old running to a spring board and not even doing at least a front hand-spring off the vault. I seriously felt like such a loser, I wanted to cry for myself. No, why stop there? I got on the bars and I wanted to die. I could not do the freaking pull-over on the high bar and that’s like all they do in the level four high bar routine. What was I going to do? Do the pull-up and the swing and that’s it? How retarded. I kept telling Lucia that I was going to just scratch it and be done with the whole bar thing. I did not see it going anywhere. I huffed and I puffed the whole time on the bar. Do not get me wrong. I tried and tried but for some reason it just would not happen. So we start to do the level four routines on the floor and doing it makes me feel like a loser, because I can do all these tricks that level six’s can do and I can’t even do a simple back-hand-spring because I am level four. That is such crap man. I’ve been working so hard on all my tricks and I can not even show them off. That made me feel even more of a loser. They thought that the bonus point for the routine was a back-hand-spring, but turns out it was not. Shoot me was all I thought for the longest time. I sucked it up though and I did the routine around ten times full out; just like I would do it at the meet. I had one good part of the night and that was on the pamal horse. I started the pamal horse tonight, it is not as easy as it looks, so I got the simple routine and I kept practicing that over and over. I basically said screw all the other routines right now, I’m good, and I’ll just stick to this. I guess I was angry from earlier and I noticed that anything effects me and I really have to learn how to control that, because I cannot let that effect my progression anymore. It is a sad excuse to not be able to get a new trick. I went home a little depressed, but the meet on Saturday will get me back on my feet. I do not care anymore about the big kid little kid thing anymore. I’ll just suck up my pride, as much as I got and do the routines and go up there with a smile
Last week was a successful week and I had expected this week to be the same, but I was wrong. Maybe it was because I was having a bad day, but I don’t know.
I had told Mrs. Burke that I got my half-twist last week and that today I would be going for my full-twist. I was ready and everything. I had my mind set. Nolan, you’re getting your full-twist tonight and that’s all you’re working on.
I get to practice, and for some odd reason, which I do not know why; I was so angry or just maybe I was having one of those bi-polar moments. I could have sworn someone turned off a switch in my head. It was the nice and confident switch; but no instead of being confident and boastful like usual. No I was angry and putting myself down left to right.
So we start practicing and keep in mind that I was not in a really good mood, like I usually am. We weren’t doing freelance tonight, we were only working on our routines. That got me even angrier. Everything was just getting me so angry. On top of that I am just learning my routines today and yeah they are extremely easy because they are only level four but it’s not that. It’s my pride. Because I am so old and I am only doing level four to get me qualified. I just could not see myself competing against six year olds. It just didn’t seem fair. How could I even loose. I have more balance because of my age and experience. Oh, that was not even the cake topper. When they told me what I had to do fore my vault level four routine. I wanted to laugh and walk out of there. All I had to do was just run to the spring board and jump on the spring board with out the damn vault and just land on the floor, not even jump on the damn vault itself. Really though, how does that look with an eighteen year old running to a spring board and not even doing at least a front hand-spring off the vault. I seriously felt like such a loser, I wanted to cry for myself. No, why stop there? I got on the bars and I wanted to die. I could not do the freaking pull-over on the high bar and that’s like all they do in the level four high bar routine. What was I going to do? Do the pull-up and the swing and that’s it? How retarded. I kept telling Lucia that I was going to just scratch it and be done with the whole bar thing. I did not see it going anywhere. I huffed and I puffed the whole time on the bar. Do not get me wrong. I tried and tried but for some reason it just would not happen. So we start to do the level four routines on the floor and doing it makes me feel like a loser, because I can do all these tricks that level six’s can do and I can’t even do a simple back-hand-spring because I am level four. That is such crap man. I’ve been working so hard on all my tricks and I can not even show them off. That made me feel even more of a loser. They thought that the bonus point for the routine was a back-hand-spring, but turns out it was not. Shoot me was all I thought for the longest time. I sucked it up though and I did the routine around ten times full out; just like I would do it at the meet. I had one good part of the night and that was on the pamal horse. I started the pamal horse tonight, it is not as easy as it looks, so I got the simple routine and I kept practicing that over and over. I basically said screw all the other routines right now, I’m good, and I’ll just stick to this. I guess I was angry from earlier and I noticed that anything effects me and I really have to learn how to control that, because I cannot let that effect my progression anymore. It is a sad excuse to not be able to get a new trick. I went home a little depressed, but the meet on Saturday will get me back on my feet. I do not care anymore about the big kid little kid thing anymore. I’ll just suck up my pride, as much as I got and do the routines and go up there with a smile
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