Yes, it’s now 10 days-ish until I graduate college. It’s been a wild ride, but one I wouldn’t trade away for anything in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a new segment entitled “Wyss’ Pieces” featured on my campus television show “Concordia Spotlight.” In this episode, I wanted to test the geography knowledge of the students here at Concordia. The results were stunning to say the least!

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I really don’t know what to think about this weather. It’s the middle of April and we’re still expecting snow. It’s only been over 60 degrees once so far this year. Our track team has had two out of three meets cancelled, and we’re on the verge of cancelling another this weekend. I just can’t believe the winter is still lasting this long. Read the rest of this entry »

For all you faithful readers, if any of you are still left, I apologize for my lengthy hiatus. A lot has been going on in my life, all of which is good, so there’s no need to worry. I haven’t posted since September, but it feels like a few weeks, tops. Some big things have happened, most notably the CSP Women’s Volleyball team winning the National Championship. Let me tell you the story of that…

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For the past two months, I’ve been leaping inside the mind and body of Leslie the Lizard from Edward Albee’s “Seascape.”

This production is completely run by students. Tara did all the set construction. Greta did the lighting design. Jo did the brilliant costumes. Colby got the sound. Bri and Alex shouted out our lines when we screw them up (which manages to happen ALL the time, but that’s how live theatre goes). Rebekah managed to hone in on what’s going on and why the characters are saying what they’re saying. I’m astounded by this process. And for three nights, at about 100 minutes each time, all of those elements swirl together for the story. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a short video that I made for my Video Post Production class entitled: “The Dark Side of Peanut Butter” - Check it out!

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Well this year’s Spring Break is fairly disappointing on many levels. First and foremost is the weather. It is certainly not Spring, nor does it feel like it. In fact, Spring Break is even earlier this year than most. Secondly, I’m stuck here on campus while everyone else is off enjoying their free week. The baseball, softball, and golf teams went to Florida, meanwhile the Track and Basketball teams are here getting ready for the upcoming games and meets. Speaking of which, our indoor conference track meet is this Friday and Saturday in Bemidji….wish me luck!

It’s spring break for Concordia students this week. I know, it’s the end of February…. BUT the snow is melting. It’s a bit cooler today, but I can live with anything above 20 degrees. Seriously, this has been a tried and true winter.

Anyway, this past weekend, my fellow members of Vox 9 and I traversed south for Creston, Iowa. We were attending the 11th annual vocal jazz festival at SWCC (Southwestern Community College). Read the rest of this entry »

Not to worry, I have returned.
The end of the semester (last year) was a fun swirl of busy-ness. Now I’m adjusting to the spring semester 2008.

It’s SUPER TUESDAY (have you/will you caucus?)!!!

I don’t want to make this extremely long (because I have some homework to attend to), but I’ll give a bit of a breakdown of what my semester entails.

CLASSES
Fiction Writing
Playwriting
Directing
Theatre History I
Lighting and Sound Design
Dance
Choir

(Okay, so I have a lot of classes, but I truly love them all)

OTHER STUFF
News editing for “The Sword”
Acting in “Seascape” and “Pirates of Penzance”
Vox 9 Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Paying my rent every month

Am I in over my head? Not quite, but I’m sure I’ll be flirting with that possibility throughout this semester.

I’m really starting to get sick of the snow and winter.

QUESTION:
Anyone seen any good movies lately?

We are now four weeks into the second semester and things are very well so far! My classes haven’t really gotten hard yet, but I can see the work load a-coming! Myself and the track team have done really well so far this indoor season. We’ve had quite a few injuries, but we have plenty of time to get healed up before our Conference meet. All in all, I’m really happy to be back here at school with all my friends, and to get one step closer to that diploma!