Oct 14, 2015
Its rare to find someone you truly enjoy being around. Eric Darby is that person. He is the most accomplished person I know with a life of adventure and endless great stories. Today he invited me to his metal workshop to learn welding. It was the prettiest workshop ever with a view overlooking Mt. Lamborn. […]
Oct 14, 2015
My challenge was to design my own two day challenge (more like day and a half), and carry it out. To be honest, even the simple act of brainstorming proved to be a challenge for me. But when this idea was thrown at me, I knew I had to do it. I set out on […]
Oct 14, 2015
For my 2-day self-designed challenge I chose to attempt to write a short play, while not eating, speaking, or sleeping. It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I for the most part succeed on the not eating or speaking (I did chew gum and I accidentally spoke several times), however […]
Oct 14, 2015
Picture this, your two most favorite desserts in the entire world combined into one! Well today I made that a reality, I combined a Victoria sponge cake and pumpkin pie. To create the wonderful Pumpkin Spice Sponge Sandwich! My two day self-designed challenge was to create a sweet and savory dish from two of my […]
Oct 14, 2015
My emotions are like the rise and fall of waves as I set out to describe my journey through a self directed challenge. I take into consideration my passion and goal. I am passionate about community and family. I want to create a supportive group that is inclusive and acknowledges all people. I want to […]
Oct 14, 2015
Early this Sunday morning, I jerked awake because of an idea. I quickly grabbed my sketchbook and started drawing a story. This little comic strip became the foundation for my individual challenge this week. I decided to create a video about having scoliosis. My goal was to create and post the video on YouTube. In […]
Oct 14, 2015
For the last 24 hours my challenge was to secretly take a picture of everybody at the UA semester. I started off by putting on camouflage using mud, ash, and charcoal. And then I headed off to the tech barn to look for some specimens to begin the project It was very difficult to get close enough to […]
Oct 14, 2015
This week we had to do individual challenges. This means coming up with your own challenge not super hard that would take serval days and not super easy you could have it all done in a hour. I decided to do something with food my challenge was to make 4 loafs of bread And have […]
Oct 14, 2015
I’m Popcorn, and this is Week 5 of the UA Adventure Semester, as well as our last week in Paonia, CO! This week, we all came up with self-designed challenges, and in two days, completed them on our own. I chose to write a song on my ukulele, and make a music video for it. […]
Oct 14, 2015
Wherefore in center of the storm, while all ‘round Oak trees bent and tore from ancient roots; Where wind is whipped into a frothy thing, As unalike to air as stone to skin and blood to milk; Where Men and Women are as mice and rats, Who scurry from the light or in the […]