Disney Princess Survivor

For some reason, this semester has been full of group projects. One particularly challenging one is for my American Sign Language class. We have to create a 'fractured fairy tale' and film it completely in sign.

I am only in my first semester of ASL, making this assignment rather difficult. Luckily, my group recruited a guy who went on an ASL mission and is getting ready to take his interpreter's test to help us with the words we haven't learned.

My group contained three people, me, Lisa and Crystal. We decided that our fairy tale should be Disney Princess Survivor. My part in the movie was the host of the show, while Lisa and Crystal played Belle and Pocahontas. Crystal's roommate helped us out and was Sleeping Beauty.

From left: Lisa, Brynn (roommate), Crystal, David (language guy), and Lex (cameraman/Lisa's husband)

Each of the 'contestants' in our Survivor episode had t-shirts that Crystal made with the face of their character on them. I'm pretty sure this was mostly just so they wouldn't have to keep signing their characters' names.

Lisa = Belle

Brynn = Sleeping Beauty

We ended up doing six challenges for the princesses to face, that way they could each win two. The running and weight lifting was won by Pocahontas. Putting on makeup and reading a book while walking was won by Belle. Sleeping Beauty won sitting still and the scavenger hunt (there aren't many winning options for the one who falls asleep during the competition). I recorded the book race just because it was entertaining to watch. 

I just realized that this is the first post that is not about a charity event. So I am just going to remind you to donate to Race for Grace, the fundraiser for the nine-year-old girl in a coma. Just as a reminder, for updates on Gracie Hinds, go here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/195426767190204/. 

The Nearly Naked Mile

This blog is an assignment I'm doing for my Media Writing class. So, when my teacher said that my blog was full of heart warming stories, I just had to laugh because I knew I was going to be covering this story next. The Nearly Naked Mile, not quite as heartwarming as Make a Difference Day or Gracie Hinds Fundraiser.

This seemed like a weird thing for Weber to be doing because, let's face it, this is Utah and half naked people running around is typically frowned upon. Yet, there it was and I was assigned to cover it for the Signpost.

Over 200 people showed up to the Nearly Naked Mile, and yes, they were mostly in their underwear. The goal of the fundraiser was to get people to donate clothes. Many people just stripped off their clothes as the race started and left them on the ground.

The clothes that were donated at the starting line

They ran a mile from the Swenson Gym to the Alumni Building. It was particularly crowed in the Alumni Building because they expected 80 people like last year, when over 200 people showed up.  

People running. Photo by: Crystal Charriere

It was kind of awkward interviewing people that were not wearing shirts or pants. Despite that, all the people I interviewed were extremely confident the entire time I was talking to them. Two people even told me that they came to the run just because they like being naked. But, I guess you would have to be pretty confident to run around in freezing temperatures in nothing but your underwear. 

For the full story go here: http://www.wsusignpost.com/2011/11/12/running-nearly-naked/