Blog Post #6—Finally, some sleep

Alrighty, let's jump right into this!  My TED Talk was Wednesday (4/5/17), and I honestly think it could not have gone better.  In the beginning, I played a bit of a piece by Gustav Holst which, I'll admit, was a bit r o u g h, but I think I made up for it with the rest of the presentation (hopefully I didn't talk too fast!).  I have terrible stage fright with regard to playing, so I think the fact that I did it in the first place is a really big move for me.

Even though this is probably the most unnecessary thing for me to do, I made another vlog going over my presentation, just for fun.  In it, I address my general talk theme as well as how well I think I executed the TED Commandments.  However, I the rest of this blog aside from the video, will go more specifically into the details of my talk.  So without further adieu:

A LINK TO MY FINAL VLOG

(aka: Liv embarrasses herself on the internet, one last time)

(it's a bit lengthy, but I promise it's worth it!  I mean, who doesn't want to see me be awkward on screen?)

(but if it really is too long... you can always skip the TED evaluation and just watch, like, the last 5 minutes)

So, hopefully you've come to this point having watched the vlog, if not: WATCH IT!  *cough* Anyways, I think my presentation had a lot of really good metaphors that helped reinforce and concretize this abstract idea of 'foundation.' With something as vague as that, I'm pretty satisfied with how I incorporated my Genius Project into it, as well as other things that my audience could relate to.  As mentioned in the vlog, I think the commentary on the education system and how students stop valuing full comprehension and continue to progress through school was a nice touch.

LASTLY, I'm really glad with my script.  I think I used some really good metaphors that helped concretize  the abstract idea of foundation.  Overall, I'm really proud of myself today, and I am truly proud of this project; it's unlike anything I've ever done before, and I'm glad I can close the door on it satisfied.

 As always, the reed means a lot to me.  Thanks for sticking with me; it's been one hell of a *concert.

- OMB
*one last bad music joke

For Blog Post #5 I commented on: Klugherz, Zhang, and Meltzer

Extra Blog Post #5—How are things going? Well, they're certainly /going/...

Hello fellow students that will probably never read this because they, too, are preparing for the TED Talks that begin tomorrow (right, guys...?).  However, as you can probably tell, most (and by that I mean all) of the things mentioned in Extra Blog Post #4 did not happen :/

There's a lot of reasons for this, which I will discuss in my TED Talk on Wednesday as well as the last blog post, but, yeah, those aren't happening.

The fifth and final blog post should be up Wednesday night, in which I will discuss every and all things regarding the final moments of this project.  It's been a ride, that's a for sure.

ANYWAYS, here's to all the presentations tomorrow: Good Luck!!!

A final joke...
An oboe player and his friend are going out to dinner.
The oboe player leaves oboe in his friend's car and says, "What if someone takes it?" The friend replies, "Don't worry, we'll look the car."
They walk into dinner, and about an hour later they return to the car.  Indeed, the window to the car is shattered where the oboe was left.  The oboe player reaches into to the car and screams, "Oh my God!"
The friend shouts, "What?  Is it gone?"
The oboe player returns from the car, two oboes in his hand.
[yes, this joke is so overused]

Thanks!

- OMB

P.S. the song "Happy Together" by The Turtles has an awesome oboe solo (1:27 - 1:43) :]