Danielle Brooks
Friday, April 25, 2014
Georgetown Cupcakes
March 29th through March 30th, I had a cheer competition in the National Harbor. The National Harbor is located right outside of D.C. On the way home Monday, my mom and I decided to stop by Georgetown Cupcakes. Georgetown Cupcakes is located in Washington D.C. Sisters, Katherine and Sophie, are the co-founders of Georgetown Cupcake and star on the hit series D.C Cupcakes on TLC. The sisters first decide to open shop in 2008. Katherine and Sophie's first shop to be opened was in Washington D.C. Since then they have expanded up and down the east coast. Once my mom and I arrived to Georgetown, it was extremely hard to find a parking space. Finally finding a parking spot, we had to walk five block to the cupcake shop. Arriving at Georgetown Cupcakes, is was not surprising at all when we saw a big line coming out of the store. Standing in line was not to bad because you could smell the sweet delight of cupcakes every time the door was opened. When it was our turn to go into the door, my eyes got big with the sight of different types of cupcakes. Each day of the week, Georgetown Cupcakes has specials. Just my luck, on Mondays they have my favorite type of cupcake. My favorite cupcake is the peanut butter fudge. We ending up getting four peanut butter fudge, one red velvet, one chocolate coconut and one birthday cupcake. Once back in the car, my mom and I could not wait to dig in. Georgetown cupcakes never disappoint. Their cupcakes are so moist with sweet cream cheese icing. If ever driving through D.C, make sure to stop by Georgetown Cupcakes. I promise you will not be disappointed.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Week 10
The week after spring break is always a struggle. Going back
to school after having a week off is very difficult. Plus Monday was a rainy
dreary day. On and off all day it went between rain and freezing rain. It was
such a crappy day; I could not make myself get out of bed. So instead I spent
the day recovering from spring break and cuddling in bed. Sadly it continued to
rain all the way through Wednesday. So on Wednesday it was still very difficult
to get up, but this time I forced myself to. However, I did get some lovely
Star Bucks with Cate to help me get through the day. When the time rolled
around for Sweeney’s class, I was surprisingly pretty awake. That day we had to
read “The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope. At the beginning of class we
discussed the elements of poetry and wrote them in a huge list of the board.
After discussing these factors of poetry, the class got into five different
groups. This time we were actually allowed to pick our groups and it went a lot
smoother than normal. Once in our individual groups, each group was handed a
work sheet with five questions. Each group got to pick one questioned they wanted
to do. After answering our individual question, we shared our answers with the
class. I believe the class went very smoothly. That was the end of the week for
English, because of Friday Swenney canceled class. I thank him for allowing me
to start my weekend early.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Week 9
Happy spring break week everybody! I hope everyone is
enjoying this lovely break away from school. I know I have thoroughly enjoyed a
stress free week. Even though I was not lucky enough to go to Panama City or
anything, I have gotten a lot of things done. On Monday I did some spring-cleaning.
I cleaned my whole entire room from top to bottom. I dusted and polished all my
furniture. I also set up a new piece of furniture in my room. Then I went
through all my clothes and got rid of some. The rest I straightened up in the
dresser and closet. Then I vacuumed and made my bed. Then on Tuesday I look
advantage of the beautiful day. I washed my car. I call my car Fonda then
Honda. She was quite dirty. I washed the outside and cleaned the outside. I
always feel so much better when my car is clean. On Wednesday, it was another
absolutely gorgeous day. I spent this day fishing on the pond with my boyfriend
and best friend. Then the rest of the week I spent it just lounging around.
Expect of Friday I took my boyfriend’s little bother lunch to school. After I ate
lunch with him, I went to recess. At recess, I played four square with him and
his friends. I was very upset though when Sunday rolled around. Not that spring
break was over, but also because cold weather was coming back. I am so ready
for summer and hotness!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Week 8
This was a very short week of
Sweeney’s English 102 class. Monday, March 3, was canceled due to another snow
storm. This snow storm was crazy because just the day before it was seventy
degrees. I truly do not understand Virginia weather. It can be sunny and
seventy-five one day, then the next be snowing and freezing. I have such sinus
problems because of this bipolar weather. Though I am extremely tired of the
snow, I was very happy that RBC closed both Monday and Tuesday. Having both of
those days off the week before spring break was a blessing. When Wednesdays,
March 5, rolled around another blessing came about. Sweeney sent out a lovely
email informing the class that the rough draft on Glass Menagerie was not due
to the Monday after spring break. This was a big stress relief because I have
still yet to watch the movie. So in class on Wednesday, I guess Sweeney decide
not to talk all class because of how rude the class was that last time we meet.
He decided to type everything instead of talking. Throughout him typing
questions, forcing the class to talk amongst ourselves. I had to say that it
was not a bad idea. It made the class participate, well I should say some of
the class to participate. I participated and gave my input as much as possible.
However I do hope that after spring break, he will begin to engage in class
again. I hope everyone enjoys their spring break and be safe! J
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Week 7
Week
seven of Sweeney’s class was a short week, due to Sweeney canceling class on
Monday due to a stomach bug. I, however, was not complaining when I found this
out Monday morning. Instead of going to English class, I came home and
completed a lot of homework. This made me a lot less stressed. This week and
next is particularly stressful due to a total of five tests, a paper and human
sexuality packet all due within these two weeks. When hump day rolled around, Sweeney’s
102 English class finished watching the Glass Menagerie. During this Sweeney fell
asleep. This made for some funny pictures that just had to be posted of a social
media sites. However, I cannot blame Sweeney for falling asleep because the
movie was not very interesting. I, myself, had a hard time paying attention.
Therefore I am going to watch it again on Netflix before the rough draft is
due. Finally it was Friday on this stressful week. The whole class defiantly
had a Friday attitude. Sweeney wanted to
count us off into groups then play jeopardy with questions from Glass
Menagerie. Counted off into groups took quite some time because the majority of
the class feels like we are being babied when counted off into groups. I feel
as if we are college students, we can get into groups ourselves. In four year
universities the professor does not put his or her students into groups. If RBC's goal is to prepare students for four year universities, then we should not be
counted off into groups. Professors should put trust in their students to put
themselves into groups they will work well with. After the struggle of being
put into groups, the class answered the jeopardy questions. Sweeney’s anger
continued to grow throughout the class because it was obvious that no one had
been reading the story. He finally just gave up and told everyone to leave. I
love Sweeney’s class, but maybe if he did not baby us as much the class would
be more willing to participate.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Outside Class Activity
For the ones
that do not already know, I am a competitive cheerleader for Platinum Cheer
Stars. Platinum Cheer Stars (PCS) is located in Dinwiddie Virginia and has been
open for six years now. I cheer on two
teams at Platinum Cheer Stars: senior four and senior three. I also coach two
teams as well as cheering. The two teams I coach are tinys level one and
juniors level one. The girls I coach range from ages three to twelve. Quick
background information of competitive cheering it is separated by ages and levels.
The levels depend upon the difficulty of tumbling and stunts one can do. In
total there are six levels of cheer-leading. The levels I cheer for are three
and four. Level three tumbling consist of multiple standing backhand-springs, running
round-off-backhand-spring-tucks and front punches. Level four tumbling consist
of standing tucks, standing backhand-springs to tuck/ layout and running round-off-backhand-spring-layout(I am
aware most of you have no idea what these tricks are) .I am not even going to
try to explain the different level of stunts because it is going to be quite difficult.
Each team has a different routine that last two minutes and thirty seconds. The
routine consist of tumbling, stunts, jumps and dance.
This last
weekend, on February 22, 2014, I competed in Jamfest Nationals in Hampton Va. I
had to arrive quite early on Saturday morning because that is when tinys and
juniors went. My tiny team went up against a whopping eight teams. They ended
up placing second. I was truly happy with this placement. My juniors however
had no competition, therefore came out with a first place win. Then that night
came my turn to compete. Senior three performed at 7:55 pm. When we went back
to warm-ups, this is where every team would stretch and warm-up tumbling and
stunts before competing, I was feeling pretty confident. My stunt group it the
stunt perfectly and my tumbling was going smoothly. When it was time to take
the mat, my nerves set it. I always get a little nerves even though I love
being in front of a crowd. On stage two minutes and thirty seconds feels like
forever. Overall the routine went pretty
smoothly, expect for some tumble touch downs and stunt bobbles. Due to these
mess ups I had no idea how we would place out of seven teams. We ended up coming in second place. I was
happy with this placement because our routine was not perfect, therefore we did
not deserve anything better. Then it came time for senior four which competed
at 8:40. This time in warm ups my nerves came quite early. I was already wore
out due to just getting off the mat, plus my stunts were shaky during warm-ups.
Before I knew it I was stepping out onto the mat for the second time. I
instantly removed the tired look from my face and smiled confidently. When the
routine was over I was quite disappointed in myself and my team. We could have
performed a lot better. We had stunt falls and bobbles in stunt groups that
never fall. This made me extremely worried because we were going against our
rivals Richmond Twisters, and I knew we had to beat them. When awards rolled
around I was overcome with nervousness. With surprised however, we ended up in
second place out of five teams. I was happy with this placement for two reason:
one we beat Richmond twisters and two we did not deserve first due to our not
the best performance. At the end of the day I was content and extremely wore
out.
Before judging
whether or not cheer-leading is a sport one should come to a cheer competition. Each cheerleader most be extremely athletic to
be able to perform these action packed routines. I am a firm believer that competitive cheer-leading is a sport and should be respected.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Week 5
Happy Valentines Day Everyone! I love Valentines Day because
two days later it is my birthday. I will finally be the big eighteen. I will thoroughly
enjoy not having a curfew, being able to buy lottery tickets, club and vote. I
am upset about my birthday is on a Sunday though, because a lot of these activities
will have to wait. Well during this week of Sweeney’s English 102 was quite unsuccessful.
Monday, February 10th, class was canceled due to Sweeney having
a sinus infection. I did enjoy going home after biology. Then on Wednesday, the
only day we actually had class, the class got into groups to look over our
rough drafts. Within each group, each person had to read aloud his or her story
while others in the group wrote down their initial thoughts about the piece. Then
each person in the group looked over someone else’s paper for grammatical errors.
Later on Wednesday night is when the snow began. I was overcome with happiness
when I found out Richard Bland would be closed on Thursday. Though I was upset
on Thursday when it rained all day because I could not play in the snow.
However all that sadness went away when it turned to snow. Within an hour of
heavy snow, Richard Bland closed school for Friday. So therefore Sweeney’s
class could not meet Friday. I am super happy about having a four day weekend.
What a great birthday present! Thank you Richard Bland! J
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