Famous Geminis

Ken Follett

Tim Allen

George H. W. Bush

Tony Curtis

Johnny Depp

Arthur Conan Doyle

Bob Dylan

Clint Eastwood

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ian Fleming

Judy Garland

Bob Hope

Angelina Jolie

JFK

Paul McCartney

Barry Manilow

Marilyn Monroe

Prince

Joan Rivers

Brooke Shields

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Donald Trump

Kanye West

Walt Whitman

Gene Wilder

Venus Williams

William Butler Yeats

Poets galore!

Health Tips for Geminis

Exercise:

- yoga

- light weight lifting, especially for the arms
- non-intensive recreational sports, like tennis

Diet:

- avoid caffeine

- try to avoid eating a lot in one sitting, perhaps eat snacks throughout the day to spread out food consumption

- EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!

- consume fruit juice regularly
- dairy/calcium is very necessary

Suggestions:

- take extra time out of each day to relax; stare at the ceiling, read a leisurely book, watch a movie, surf the web, etc.

- avoid things harsh for the lungs, like smoking
- keep warm in cold weather

What You Need to Know About Geminis

Geminis are energetic, intellectual (they love to learn new things), extremely adaptable, often restless, and usually good talkers.  Being good talkers leads to their over-talkative nature and overall excellent ability at communication.

Random Facts:

Gemini is a masculine, air, and mutable sign.  Geminis tend to have a high value in family and therefore a strangely powerful sense of family obligation.  Also, female Geminis tend to have personal bedtimes and do not function well without following them.

The Cube Test

Last Semester, in my creative writing class, we did a thing called "The Cube Test".  You can only do it once in your life for it to be accurate.  I found the test online about an hour ago, so I decided to post how to take it.  Here it is:


You need at least one piece of paper and some sort of writing utensil; I suggest using a pen because you really shouldn't erase.  Write what you feel, as you feel it.  Focus on sensory details and how each description you give makes you feel; be as detailed as possible.  If it helps, you may also want to draw a picture.


You are in a desert alone.  Describe the setting and how the setting makes you feel, mentally and physically.


A cube appears.  What color is the cube?  How big is the cube?  In relation to the desert's size, how big is the cube?  Can you see through the cube?  What is the cube made out of?  How far is the cube from you; where is it in relation to your setting?


A ladder appears.  Where is the ladder in relation to the cube?  Does the ladder lean on the cube; is it free standing?  What color is the ladder?  What is the ladder made out of?  How many rungs are on the ladder?


A horse appears.  In relation to the cube and ladder, where is the horse?  Describe the appearance and demeanor of the horse.  How does it react to the ladder and cube; does it notice them at all? Is the horse tied up, or is it free standing.  If it is tied, what is it tied to?  Does the horse wear a saddle?  Describe the saddle.


Flowers grow.  How many flowers are there?  Where are the flowers in relation to everything else?  Describe the flowers.  How do the flowers make you feel?


A storm erupts.  Is the storm near you, near the items?  If it is near the items, what items is it near?  Where is the storm?  Is the storm passing through, or here to stay?  Describe the severity of the storm.


Find closure to your descriptive story.


Now, here are my answers to the Cube Test, as I wrote them in my class journal (with some editing).  If you answered differently, you're not wrong.  There is no right or wrong to this test.  It's about personality.


The desert is sprawling, entirely made of sand.  Dunes and hills are sprawled out around the massive desert.  There are no clouds in the sky, only the bright, huge sun.  I can feel the heat from the ground in my feet.  The sand blows around with the wind.  It is like an oven of scorching light.  There is a little sand colored cube with curved edges maybe eight inches on each side sitting on the ground before me.


Right behind the cube, a silver colored metal ladder is standing at angle as if it were leaning on something, but there is nothing there for it to be leaning on.  It has about eight or nine flat rungs.


A horse appears, tied by it's reins to the ladder about halfway up the rungs.  The horse seems unhappy, focusing on it's confinement to the ladder, but doesn't try to escape, it seems patient.  The horse is sweating profusely.  It is brown with white furred hooves and a white spot above his nose.  It looks desperate for relief from the squelching heat.  It seems to beg me to care for it.

Flowers emerge spontaneously before the horse and next to the cube, forming a square shape between the four, like what is seen to the left.  The flowers are tiny and pink with green oval leaves circling the open petals.  There are about two hundred of them.  They appear completely cared for, without even the want of water.  They seem grossly out of place in the desert setting.  They remain unaffected by the terrible heat.


From nowhere, a thunderstorm appears to my right in the distance.  I hope it will come to me to cool me off.  I see dark clouds and rain and hear the monstrous roar of thunder in the distance.  I pray desperately that the storm comes to relieve me.  The horse is spooked by the thunder and tries to run away, but the ladder holds strong.  I am overcome by the smell of rain, the darkening sky, and the hope it brings.  I pass out, cooled from the rain.  Everything goes black and its over; I am happy.


And now for the interpretation tools:


The Desert, the world around you
If your desert is sprawling, without a visible end, you are well aware of the vastness of the world.  You realize that there are lots of people, spreading far and wide.  You are likely to think that there is too much to explore in a lifetime.  And you could be overwhelmed by the world around you.  If your desert has visible borders, you are aware of the world directly around you, but do not pay much attention to the world at large.  You are probably mostly grounded in your community and home life.  If your desert is oppressive, the world around you has a lot of affect on you, not necessarily negatively.  If you don't pay much attention to the physical feel of the desert, then you are mostly unaffected by the world (at large) around you.


The Cube, yourself
If the cube is made out of stone, or something solid, you are very determined in your thoughts and actions.  You do what you think is right for yourself.  If your cube is made of glass or a delicate material that can easily break or fall apart, you are very sensitive and can easily become upset or emotional.  Likewise, you can almost fall apart when overjoyed.  If your cube is small in relation to the desert, you don't have a large ego.  Then, if your cube is large in relation to the desert, you have a large ego.  If your cube (by actual size, excluding the desert) is relatively small, you may be more introverted or not one hundred percent confident - for example, my cube would be considered just under medium size; it's not minuscule, but definitely not large.  If your cube is large, then you are very confident and feel in the spotlight when in a group of people (even if you aren't actually the center of attention).  If the cube is see-through, you feel that people can easily read you.  If, like mine, it is either the color of the background or barely visible, then you feel as if you're a chameleon.  You can blend into the background in a group, or make yourself known.  You have the ability to adapt to your surroundings.  If your cube is black or dark, you are likely to be either very secretive or feel as if people are unable to read or understand you.  You also may be hiding something.  If the cube is near you, then you feel you know yourself pretty well.  If the cube is far away from you, you feel that you haven't quite found yourself yet.


The Ladder, friendships
If the ladder leans on the cube, then you feel that your friends are very reliant on you.  If the ladder supports the cube, then you rely a lot on your friends.  If your ladder is made out of strong material, like metal, then your friendships are strong.  Also, if the ladder is securely grounded, you are therefore secure in your bonds of friendship; your friends are always there for you.  If your ladder is laying on the ground, you don't give much value to friendship in your life.  If the ladder is close to you, then your friends are always there for you.  If the ladder is close to the cube, you feel your friends understand you on a deeper level.  If the ladder is far away from you/the cube, then you often feel distanced from your friends.  If you feel okay in your story regarding the distance between you and the ladder (if the ladder is far away), then you have chosen to distance yourself.  If you aren't okay with the distance, then you feel ostracized by your "friends".


The Horse, your lover
If the horse travels towards the ladder, then your lover (or prospective lover) was friends with either you or your friends before your relationship grew.  If the horse travels towards you, then your lover follows you blindly, with absolute devotion and trust.  If the horse travels to the cube, it is likely your lover is indeed in love with you and prefers you over anything else.  If the horse is traveling away from you or the cube, well...  However, if the horse is traveling away from you but you seem okay with it, then either you're neutrally parting ways or your lover is just very social and you're okay with that.  If the horse is tied up to something, you are possessive of your lover - in my case, since it is tied to the ladder, my friends would be the ones to keep a grip on him, if that were applicable.  If the horse is saddled, you like to control your lover.  If your horse seems upset, notice where it directs its disgruntlement, that is where your lover is likely to be discontented in the relationship.  Notice obvious behaviors, like in my case, the horse needs me to care for it, so I would be caring for my lover; and the horse is being patient, so he is allowing my friends to keep a grip on him while he waits for my attention and care.


The Flowers, your children
The way your flowers appear may describe how your children came into the world (or how they will come into the world).  If you individualize your flowers, then you are likely to devote a lot of time to your individual children.  If there are lots of flowers, you probably have lots of children.  If they are flourishing, that's good for them.  If the flowers are wilting or are dead, well don't lose hope.  Notice how the attention you give to the flowers, and interpret obviously.


The Storm, your life obstacle(s)
If your storm is near you, or directly effecting you, then you are controlled and driven by your obstacles.  If your storm hovers over the cube only, then you feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders.  You are unaware of other people having their own obstacles and feel your's the greatest.  If the storm surrounds the whole area, then you feel like the world as a whole is affected by your personal obstacles.  If the storm effects the individual objects, then I'm sure you can figure out the obvious.


How you end your story can be interesting for the individual to interpret as well.  Using the tools from above, I'm sure you can figure out a well thought-out interpretation.

Bryn Mawr College, in the Past

Someone on the Facebook group for my Class at Bryn Mawr found these old videos of the college.  They are all part of one video that presents the college.  I think they're amazing and I am so grateful that she found them!  Here they are:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I think some of the content is amusing.  It would be hilarious to take these videos and edit in new background commentary for some of the scenes.

Class T-Shirts

Although we've had the tradition of class t-shirts since seventh grade at my school, I don't know where my seventh grade shirt is and I didn't buy the eighth grade one.  I do have all my shirts since ninth grade though, as the shirts become more important with Spirit Week at my school, and happily, I have remained a "medium" the whole time!  So here they are:

This is my ninth grade shirt.  Obviously, it was the Monster energy drink theme.  I think it's so appropriate for Freshman to have the saying "unleash the beast" because it's the year we were "unleashed"!  Haha.  Along with the shirt, here is a short personal anecdote!  In both seventh and eighth grade during the competitions between classes, I would be in the tug-of-war competition, but I couldn't my ninth grade year because of my broken spine issue.  So, instead, I volunteered to be in a gum chewing contest for our "Inferno", which is a "blind" competition with multiple challenges.  I didn't know what I was getting into when I volunteered.  It was a bowl of whipped cream supposedly with a piece of gum at the bottom of it; you couldn't use your hands to retrieve the gum.  I would have actually won it too, because I got down to the bottom of the bowl the quickest and realized there was nothing there almost immediately, the Juniors prepping the game rigged it by not putting gum in any of the containers except the Junior's and Senior's.  Needless to say, I was sticky the rest of the day from submerging my hair in the whipped cream.  I tasted good though!  I also began my tradition of participating in the Academic Challenge that year.  The Academic Challenge is a battle of the classes again where you are quizzed in a competition-like style with buzzers on specific subjects.  Each year I did the History/English section.  I also participated in the "Pass the Lifesaver" in the Spirit Games that year.  Never again.


Spirit Week that year consisted of a Homecoming Dance, the normal competitions (special dress-up days, the class walls, Spirit Games (where I would have played tug-of-war), the Inferno, Idol, and the Academic Challenge), and a large bonfire in which we burned a wooden figurine of the opposing team's mascot the evening before the Homecoming Game.  The bonfire was so much fun and was by far the best "bonfire" of my high school career.  After the bonfire, a group of my friends went over to one of our houses and had our own little campfire and ate s'mores.  We took lots of pictures!  One picture that ended up on my friend's camera when we uploaded them, made no sense, because in the picture, you can see her camera sitting on a chair.  I was in the picture with my eyes closed reaching for something and down below, in the fire, it looks like a woman is rising out of the fire with her hands clasped, at least that's what I see.  Someone who I've shown the picture to thought it looked more like a unicorn.  You decide, it's zoomed in on the "woman" in the picture above.


Also, Freshman came in third place, but I might as well mention that the games are rigged with the Seniors already getting an unfair advantage with Senior Hat Day, because only Seniors are allowed to wear hats, and the Powderpuff Football Game, which only gives Juniors and Seniors the ability to gain points.  Though, only Seniors can win that anyway...

Here is my Sophomore shirt, and by far my absolute favorite!  It's the Mayan Calendar on the front with "SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST" on the back.  I think it's so funny and clever!  


Sophomore year, I participated in the Spirit Games in the "pie" eating contest.  Which is a whipped cream and cherry sauce pie with pieces of gum mushed up.  You have to pick up enough gum to be able to blow a bubble.  But, because the games are rigged, once again, I came in first, but the judge decided to ignore me and give the win to the Seniors who came next.  Sophomores are rigged to lose Spirit Week, so of course we lost (came in fourth) that year.

I was/am very upset about our shirt choice Junior year, especially since I don't watch the show.  Obviously, our shirts were after Jersey Shore.  Such a stupid show.  It shouldn't exist.  I wanted us to be Junior Mints!  It was funny though, with the quote we chose, "WE GOT A SITUATION", because some of the boys cut out a hole in their shirts to show their "situations".  And technically, on another note, we won Powderpuff, though the Seniors cheated.  So typical.

Again, like Freshman and Sophomore years, I participated in the Academic Challenge.  I also helped create the Junior Wall, which is a design based on a theme; our theme was lacrosse, as the overall theme was sports.  To the side is a picture of our loveliness, which was much better than this year's!  It's obviously the middle section of the picture with the quote, "Juniors".




I was very let down with our Senior t-shirts, this year.  The back was fine, but the color was all wrong and the "Seniors" is just pathetic.  It's supposed to be every other year that changes between blue and white shirts.  Last year's Seniors had white shirts with blue writing, so we were supposed to have blue ones with white writing.


We didn't have a Homecoming Dance this year, which was disappointing because I bought a dress.  Instead of wearing it to Homecoming, I'm wearing it for my graduation party.  I yet again competed in the Academic Challenge, but I had to film for my Mulitmedia class, so I didn't compete in anything else.  We won Powderpuff, and for real!  Yay!  I also helped with our class wall, but it was just pathetic.  To the left, there is a very blurry picture of it.




Well, there are all my class shirts.  They are certainly worthy of note.

A Better Ending

If you've read The Hunger Games series, and were distraught and dissatisfied with the ending like I was, then you should read this story.  It has a much more satisfying ending and focuses more on the romance between Katniss and Peeta while also following the necessary guidelines of Mockingjay and Catching Fire politically.  You will most likely find yourself frustrated about halfway through because of the similarities to Mockingjay, but trust me, keep reading.  It is wonderful.  Also, unlike most fanfiction, this author is an excellent writer and almost captures the entire style and feel of Suzanne Collins' actual writing of the series.  READ IT!!!


In case you didn't catch the little link to the story, here's another link:  Alternate Ending.