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April 15, 2008

Live Music

Two weeks ago, my friend Matt Stoyanoff and his band performed here at MAC. It was at a concert with multiple bands. The turnout was pretty good and the audience response was impressive. I was fortunate enough to video tape his band performing. His band is very talented. The guitar players are out of this world and I wonder why their fingers haven't fallen off of their hands with the intense speed and accuracy that they use to play. They play mostly metal, but don't be scared, they play the kind of music where the lyrics are understandable versus the screaming into the microphone, "a demon from my childhood is going to get me," kind of screaming metal. Their stuff is audible and has strong diction. Some of the bands that they covered were Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. The one song that they performed called "Demon Inside" is an original song and I fortunately got some close up shots of the guitar solos. I put their songs on www.youtube.com.

On my www.youtube.com page, you can also see the one short film that I made for the www.apple.com insomnia film festival, which is only for college and high school students, and my one-man performance of "Who's on First?" that I did for the talent show earlier in the semester. There is also my one Advanced Acting project with a fellow classmate, who wishes to be unidentified. Most of my videos were done on campus.

If you would like to see the videos you can check them out on my www.youtube.com page. Here is a direct link to my videos:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OwenPStandley&search_type=

April 3, 2008

Major Change

If you did not know my current status here are Mount Aloysius College, I am nearing the end of my third year. Ironically enough, last week I decided to change my major. It's not a drastic change, but I will need to stay at MAC for another semester. I am now pursuing the Secondary Education Certificate in English. Mount Aloysius College has just added Secondary Education this year and I will possibly be one of the first, if not the first, to graduate from here with this specific degree. I am very excited about this decision. What do you think? Post a message about me teaching in high schools? Is this a good idea or a bad one? Would I make an interesting teacher? Post a comment.


Owen P. Standley
From: Summerhill, PA
High School: Bishop Carroll High School
Year: Junior
Housing Status: Resident
Major: English with Concentration in Theatre
Activities: Mercy Presidential Scholar, Resident Assistant, Student Blogger, Student Government Association, Treasurer of Diversity Club, VP for Knot Sew Shabby, Theatre, Belltower Student Newspaper, Vox Nova, Winter Activist Club and Relay for Life
Fun Fact: "Sewing is one of my favorite hobbies because each project presents new challenges. Also, I aspire to assemble a pair of re-constructed pajamas from my childhood that resembles Superman's costume... Velcro cape and all!"


 
 
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