Life outside of forensics? Tell us!

[Cinderella]

So, I realize that, especially during the summer, a few of us have lives/interests outside of forensics. Shocking, I know. But I was thinking that since this forum is particularly slow, I thought I'd ask:

What do you guys do besides forensics?

Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?

What do you do when you're not in a suit?

Hmmmm?

[GlobalLlama]

I'm always in a suit. Always.

No, ok, not really.

I just hang out and play a lot of video games. I'm a hardcore nerd. I play Ultimate Frisbee USUALLY on Friday's, but I'm not particularly good at it. It's basically the top 5% of our class that plays, so we aren't very athletic. We just like the company.

I guess I'm pretty boring.

[Cinderella]

haha, that's awesome. That sounds a lot like the bowling team my senior year. A few of the guys in my class decided to start a bowling team. The girls team was pretty good, but the guys never won a single game, but a friend of mine and I went to almost all of the games because they were just SO awesome about it. The other teams would be all intense and straight-faced and our guys would jump around and celebrate if they got 8 pins down :) By the end of the season we had a good 20 or 30 people going to games, painting our faces the school colors and doing the wave and stuff.

[theatrix04]

International Thespian Troupe #5405 Director
we go on field trips, sponsor evening of one acts, attend Illinois HS Theatre Festival, assist with ushing our large theatre season

Make Up/Hair Designer - 12 productions per year at Oak Park and River Forest High School, generally at least two per year at local Jr. College, sometimes other HS and professional theatres in the area.
...just finished THE MUSIC MAN -- 18 wigs, 9 beard pieces, 50 kids


Coach/Mentor for NAACP ACT-SO Competition - Oratory, Poetry, Dramatics

Just appointed 2009 Executive Director Illinois High School Theatre Festival

On committee for 2007 and 2008 IHSTF
On Board for local theatre --First Folio Theatre, Arden Circle of Friends

USITT member
Illinois Theatre Association Lifetime member
SCOTIE Tournament of Champions Commissioner in training
ISTA member
Marching Band Parent Booster
Speech Arts Parent Booster

work full time -- Information Systems and Instructional Technology - Lab Coordinator

Two daughters -- getting one ready for college...leaving Aug 18th, the other a sophomore in high school

Facepainting for parties

collect dolls
collect pins
listen to lots of music, love to read
scrapbooking, stamping, caligraphy
photography
crafts


Season subscriber Victory Gardens Theatre, Congo Theatre, Broadway in Chicago

I like keeping busy...... am considering going back for masters program

[popper2014]

ummmmm..... wow :shock:

[Forensicator]

Well, i work part time at Sonic Drive-In, and i also like to sing, act, dance, and hang out... i LOVE movies, and go almost everyweek. and i am also auditioning for American Idol on August 8th, so if i make i'll be sure to tell you guys so you can watch and vote for me! haha

[Pulp Fictionist]

Wow I haven't posted in a while. Excellent topic. I don't really have too many other activities. But among them are;
-Tennis (Watching and playing)
-Golf (Usually playing)
-Playing poker (This is a great hobby to earn cash. If you guys ever have kids, start them gamblng around age 9, 10, to give 'em a head start. Unless they suck).
-Listen to music (I'm one of the few cavemen who still listens to CD players).
-Watching movies (Not often though, I hate having to take a loan out from the bank to go to a ****ing movie theatre, so I just rent...And yes, I have evolved to DVD-USER status).
-Going to amusement parks
And, of course
VIDEO GAMES *Drool*

[BenJammin88]

Other than Speech...hmmmmmm...

I'm really involved with my Youth Group and I go on various missions trips with them (I've been to inner city Chicago, the Bronx, and rural Idaho). I also have been involved with Operation Snowball, a leadership/drug prevention organization in our district; basically, it helps kids become role models for their peers and helps teach kids to make healthy decisions. I've been playing the piano since 1st Grade and I absolutely LOVE it. I also play percussion - I'm in our highest percussion section for our school bands, and I was on drumline my Freshman year (I decided to quit because of speech/theatre commitments). As is the case with a lot of speechies, I'm BIG into theatre, I'll list some of the shows I've done:
--The Wizard of Oz (Wheaton Park District Youth Theatre, the Tin Man)
--Arsenic and Old Lace (Wheaton North Fall Drama 2004, Mr. Witherspoon [Superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium]/Mr. Spenalzo [dead corpse, that was fun...])
--Oliver! (Wheaton North Spring Musical 2005, Pit Orchestra)
--Foiled by an Innocent Maid (An Evening of One-Acts [Spring 2005, Wheaton North], Jimmy/Harry Forthwright)
--Guys and Dolls (Wheaton North Spring Musical 2006, Calvin [Member of the Mission Band]/Ensemble)

I also scoop ice cream at Tate's Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Shop in lovely downtown Wheaton, Illinois. And, for a little extra spending money, I walk my neighbor's two dogs. Yeah. That's me in a nutshell.

[tysoncoy_pwnduo]

life outside of forensics? ummm...i'm a theatre kid so i try to do local theatre and whatnot...but right about now i'm actually looking at scripts for next season.

::hides face in shame:: i love me some good forensicating.

[justine]

Well besides spending my life at the speech room at school, speech tournaments, speech camp, and finding and cutting stuff for next year in speech (don't laugh), you might find me dancing ballet, acting (like, in theater) or singing. I also pride myself on my illustrious career as hit-able babysitter to my two younger sisters.

That's it. Speech really takes up too much of my time to do much else, sad as it may be.

[Cinderella]

That's it. Speech really takes up too much of my time to do much else, sad as it may be.


Yeah, high school was pretty much like that for me as well.

[KrispyKreme]

A life?

outside of forensics?

is such a thing possible?

Well, I guess it is cause I've been living it for about two years now. I work at a zoo and play video games and try to hang out with my girlfriend as much as possible before i'm off to Western Kentucky (where I'll get back into forensics and cease to have a personal life again).

I can also be seen in some places doing random cartoons and writing. I love to write.

[Little Fresh]

Well, I am an actor (said with a funny accent) and I am a musician. I run a lot...yah, that's really it.

Oh, lately i've gotten into a lot more mountian biking, rock climbing, river kiaking, backpacking, cliff jumping kind of things...that's exciting.

I forgot to mention how I spend almost every saturday at a random school somewhere in the united states/canada in small cramp rooms with 4 to 8 other people my age, 1 to 3 elders, and a chalkboard with lots of funny codes on them...wierd.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D 8) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[popper2014]

let's see.....

1) such a theatre geek (you have nooo idea.)
2) I do community theatre/professional shows.
3) volleyball
4) part of a comedy group this summer doing original skits & improv
5) computer-holic
6) tennis
7) ping-pong (oohhhh yeaahhhhh)
8] reading
9) movies
10) friends
11) etc.

[baileyboo106]

i'm a starbucks junkie.


does that count?

[flyingkai]

-Outback Steakhouse Hostess
-Girl Scout(I'm on my 13th year!)
-Math Tutor
-Performance poet(member of NPS!)
-crafty stuff(altering clothes/personilized picture frames/screen printing/etc.)
-HS Theatre Tech(shh....don't tell them I do Interp--they'll try to make me act!)
-applying to colleges
-underwater basketweaving

[Cinderella]

-underwater basketweaving

SWEET! That's my favorite!

[flyingkai]

It was one of my specialties.

I love hanging out at the pool, surrounded by reeds, working on a basket and hanging out with my friends.

[Morri]

Newspaper Page Editor
Speech and Debate VP
German Club
Scholar Bowl Varsity Captain for year #2 and hopefully president
Year 13 for Girl Scouts
I lifeguard, teach swim lessons, and cashier at the local public pool
tech crew for the drama departmant

[Chewie]

Year 13 of Girl Scouts, eh? How exactly does the hierarchy of girl scouts work out? I know about the different scout levels for boy scouts, but do they just do it by years for girls?

[Morri]

You start in Kindergarten and go till you're a senior in High School
Kindergarten you're a Daisy
first through third grades you're a Brownie
Fourth through Sixth grades you're a Junior
Seventh through Ninth Grades you're a Cadet
and Tenth through Twelveth grade you're a Senior
now though they have this really gay thing called studio 2B that they are trying to replace badges with for Juniors, Cadets, and Seniors. It's like fashion oriented and instead of getting badges you get **** like charms for a charm bracelet.
The equivalent to an Eagle Scout is a girl scout who has earned her Gold Award. I'm working on mine right now.

[baileyboo106]

i quit girl scouts when i was a brownie because some hooker stole my purple marker and i got really upset.


good job on sticking in there.
some of those girl scouts are mean!

[Chewie]

hehehe...hooker.

[baileyboo106]

she was.

if she wasn't then she probably is now.
too bad she wasn't even cute enough to be one.


i hold grudges.
i probably need to work on dropping that habit.

[Cinderella]

I went up to a Cadet even though all of my friends quit as Juniors. My mom wouldn't let me quit because she was the leader. When she was a girl scout they didn't have the Gold Award, so they let her get an Eagle.

[xxLusciousZechxx]

I live in New York now!

And I go to Parsons!

[Chewie]

Well, hello New York Zech.

[xxLusciousZechxx]

Hello sir.

[aibee90]

-I am Key Club President ah
-Italian Honor Society
-Tri-M Honor Society
-And I play the flute and sing, all the time
-I'm in the musical every year!
-and now I'm looking for jobs......

[KrispyKreme]

I am lazy. I'm allowed... sorta. Gotta get out of the habit, though.

[nirorivers6]

i'm an honorary girl scout

[Little Fresh]

life? outside of forensics? honestly, who does that?

[it_is_GABBY]

Hah.
Well I'm President of my school's Young Democrat's of America club.
I write for our school newspaper.
I'm a published author....
I can tie cherry stems with my tongue.
I'm random.
I <3 the beach, even though I lived in New York for most of my life
I do Congress - I like it. :D
I wanna major in law. yay.

What about everyone else?

[nirorivers6]

i believe the forensics world is flat and if you try and venture outside of it you will fall off the edge and die.

[Bugbee09]

well once I started doing forensics I haven't dont much else....
umm I do knowledge bowl and teach at my church and spend many hours a day talking to and or thinking about speech people I miss lol

[Interpret]

I speech outside of speech.
Lifeguard and actor at a boyscout camp (i know, odd-and I'm not a scout)
I bowl.
I...
Oh God.
Speech has pwned me.

[oHIo]

I am:

Speecher
Actor
Camp Counselor
Frenchie
Grammar Nazi
Internetter
Apple User
Horrible tennis player
Music enthusiast

[sickfix23]

I Am/have/play/participate in:
Class President
Chairman of my city's Young Democrats
(HAVE)..Scholarship offers in baseball to Yale, Columbia, Bucknell, Georgetown, Brown and Cornell.
proud member of the band ! ha
Golf
Basketball
Model UN
President of Catholic Advocacy Group

[theatrix04]

Special Effects Make Up Artist - Love Blood Krytonite
independent film, premiered in IL in May, being submitted
to Film Festivals.
http://www.lovebloodkryptonite.com/

Make Up Designer/Coordinator
Summer Musical -- GUYS AND DOLLS - Oak Park and River Forest HS
July 20,21,22 7:30 Friday/Saturday, 3:00pm Sunday

Illinois Theatre Association Lifetime member

Illinois High School Theatre Festival
Executive Director 2009
Secretary/Associate Director Corporate Sponsors 2008

Victory Gardens Subscription Member
Congo Theatre Subscription Member
I.T.S. Troupe 5405 Director
EDTA member
USITT member
NAACP member
ACT-SO coach
Oak Park Arts Council Member
SCOTIE member, Area II Commissioner

PTO member
Concert Tour Association Member OPRFHS
Marching Band Parent

[Broskis09]

i act

i skateboard

i am a guitar hero

i hoop

i wii

...i pod...

[oHIo]

AHHH

I'm addicted to Guitar hero as well.

[Cinderella]

Guitar Hero is probably the best thing since peanut butter and banana sandwiches with a glass of cold chocolate milk

[Cinderella]

Guitar Hero is probably the best thing since peanut butter and banana sandwiches with a glass of cold chocolate milk
God I love you.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I saw you like once and then you dissapeared. And that makes me terribly sad.

[Cinderella]

*nods* that's acceptable.

[grammar]

Let's see:

Other than Forensics I:

1.go to HS
2.take a college speech class 2 days a week at night
3.boy scouts (I am an Eagle Scout)
4.occasionally play acoustic guitar
5.paper route everyday
6.youth group
7.drama club
8.community theater

P.S.-I do think it's funny that I do 3-4 productions a year yet am in Extemp. :D

[nirorivers6]

P.S.-I do think it's funny that I do 3-4 productions a year yet am in Extemp. :D

that plus having a paper route in this day and age makes you awesome.

[The Alex]

When I'm not at tournaments, I'm either playing videogames, playing basketball or football with my home boys, watching a movie, or reading. Or at school. Oh, and I play the violin and guitar, and kazoo :D .

[twistedhate17]

Lets see.... lets go with ten things outside of forensics is:

1. I hold down an internship at the Vox (newspaper for teens written by teens)
2. Part time Grammar Nazi
3. Obsessed with the internet (gaia, myspace, youtube)
4. I play the acoustic guitar
5. I go to school (hooray! my sr. year in HS!!)
6. music fanatic!
7. I love watching my fav shows
8. I like to read
9. I manage to get in trouble a lot and I don't know why
10. My fav class in school right now is Debate and Holocaust

[nirorivers6]

you have an entire class dedicated to the holocaust? what all do you do?

[twistedhate17]

Its amazing! We learn that the Holocaust wasn't one isolated single event in history. we learn what led up to it and all about it. There's so much involved that 5 months doesn't cover it.

[RiseAboveReality]

There's a life outside (your apartment) forensics?
Well, let's see...


1. Staff reporter for the school paper
2. Drama club member
3. I study and stuff, 'cos I'm a geek
4. Playing Guitar Hero pathetically and classic video games (Super Mario, anyone?)
5. Reading, and tons of it
6. I dig movies a lot, so I'm frequently watching those
7. Oh, and television, that's good too.
8. Working at a library (seriously, can you get geekier? Especially considering I already included studying and reading as pastimes...oy.)
9. SHENANIGANS
10. ...MORE SHENANIGANS

[x_kayla]

hmm...
Other than SPEECH, I do...kind of a lot.

x I do school. I actually wish I could just do extra-curriculars, but apparently the you have to have the 'curricular' if you want the 'extra.'

x FFA. The FFA Organization. Okay, Future Farmers of America. I'm pretty much chapter reporter. It's a long story as to why I'm NOT reporter, so we'll just say I was chosen to be reporter, and now I'm acting reporter.

x Choir. I'm in Chamber Choir, the top choir at our school. Right now we're doing madrigals as well, and that's ****.

x Fall Play

x Group Interp/Contest Play- which is starting really soon-- as in we've had auditions and meetings/read thrus are this week.

x Musical
x Summer Theatre
x I also manage to hang out with my friends
x and obsess over music & television

[Chewie]

I know many people, mostly named "My Mother", who wonder what I do in my spare time. I will tell you.

- I work. At an arcade. It's stupid, degrading work but I enjoy video games and I make $0.10 more than what I made doing actual neurological research. That is stupidly pathetic. I may lose my job soon due to a change in management.

- I am graduating with a BS in Biology. THIS IS A HARD DEGREE TO EARN. DO NOT ATTEMPT IT UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM TOWARDS BIOLOGY AND WORKING HARD ON THINGS YOU CAN'T TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER CARE.

- I play a game called "In The Groove" (http://www.groovestats.com/index.php?page=profile&view=quicksongs&id=5529), which is similar to Dance Dance Revolution. I'm pretty good, but some of you may be better.

- I make a lot of music. I play this music on that In The Groove game I talked about earlier.

- I write a lot of stuff. Ask Cinderella about it.

- Oh yeah, I also help coach a debate team (http://www.nflonline.org/points_application/coachprofile.php?id=1235561).

[Cinderella]

- I write a lot of stuff. Ask Cinderella about it.



I doubt that's wise.

[Chewie]

- I write a lot of stuff. Ask Cinderella about it.



I doubt that's wise.

You need to read my solitary confinement story, I think. It's dark. It's not unwise.

[Cinderella]

True. Is that the one you showed me on your xanga? I would indeed recommend that one.

[Chewie]

I'm afraid I don't know what you're referring to, and I haven't written in my Xanga for several months, although the link to it is at the bottom of these posts if you want to scan for it. I coudn't find anything.

The story I was talking about was a guy in a cell and just an exploration of where the mind goes when it is confronted with absolute minimalism. (Spoiler: It goes to CrazyTown.)

[Cinderella]

I was thinking about the one where the guy's talking to his shrink about the puppy that died and then you find out there wasn't a puppy at all and it thusly also goes to CrazyTown.

[nirorivers6]

I wish I knew what was going on.

[jaiunebellebella]

Writing.

[DramaBackstage08]

What do you guys do besides forensics?
Everything. Forensics isn't all in my life; this is my first year on the team. I played tennis last year, but it was a bust. I love reading, drawing, and writing.

Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?
Hmm.. well my dad is a cop, and sometimes we do this thing where I go undercover to attempt to buy ciggs (he's there with me -- safety reasons, he's undercover, too), to see how easy it is for underage teens to buy them without having an ID. The results are shocking.
But, it's pretty fun, and I get paid. :P

What do you do when you're not in a suit?
Everything! I absolutely despise wearing suits. The're uncomfortable and uncalled for. Or, I could just hate it because our coaches won't let us wear the suits with pants. We always have to have skirts (well, girls, you know). More professional. I love to help with the plays we have. Sadly, we only have two a year. I've helped with all of them so far (I'm only a sophomore) and I aspire to be in them one day. So far, I've done props, costumes, and lighting. My, who knew the drama backstage was so vicious? (see: username)
My friends and I are what you could call the black sheeps of the team. It's kind of sad, actually. It's not that the rest of the team doesn't like us, we just don't talk, is all. At tournaments, during lunch, the whole team will be sitting at one table, and the rest of us will be completely elsewhere.
Really weird.

[franze14]

I'm a stage nerd. I do a lot of acting for stage, and I help my dad videotape stuff. And study.

[cseg]

acting and i work for obama everyonce and a while

[FuturusVollus07]

When I was in HS and did forensics, my life outside of forensics consisted of work and YoungLife. That was about it.

[Sam8700]

Out of forensics i'm a secret agent, changing my identity constantly. Killing bad guys as well as exploiting them.

Just Kidding

I'm a marching band person. I do shows and make movies

[Schadillac]

What do you guys do besides forensics?
- Um, lots. Let's see, I also do Varsity Soccer and maybe Baseball this year. Then you've got Beta Club, FBLA, NHS, EPYCS, and of course forensics. So yeah, I keep busy during school. In the summer, I play sports. Lots of sports. I play tennis, baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, and running to the point that I could probably make the school teams for them if I wanted to. I also play football, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, and mountain biking, but not as much.

Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?
- When I'm not playing sports or at school, I read a lot. I made a list of 100 books/plays to read before I die, and so far I've read 26 of them. I also climb trees for fun or just do whatever my friends and I feel like doing. Crazy hidden talents? I'm not talented. Interesting jobs? I work as a Little League Umpire, which is fricken sweet. I only get $12/game. That is not so sweet.

What do you do when you're not in a suit?
- When I'm not in a suit, I walk down the path of enlightenment to try and become a better person. And play sports. And screw around on this forum. Ha ha ha.

[markirox]

Forensics is LIFE! I do do other things, though. Problem is that almost every other club/team that I'm on has forensics people on it so my life revolves around forensics.
The only place that is completely forensics free is work. I work at a day camp in the summer and there are no forensics people there, except its at the middle school and I've seen my coach there a lot.

[theatrix04]

Yes, it is life .... but there are other chapters of life ...

theatrical make up for local theatres
special effects make up for a couple of independent films
Illinois High School Theatre Festival
see professional shows
do some volunteer work
read, read, read
go to see some movies
road trip - college visit in August to Windsor, Ontario
connect with friends ... networking
family events ....
Ren Faire, Great America, Local Museums, Galleries
Shopping
read, read, read

.....

[anevergirl08]

There's a life outside of forensics? Just kidding. I'm in theater as well, a book club, track and field, crosscountry, training for a half marathon, and I read A LOT.

[JakeCartier3]

it seems like the most successful debaters arent reclusive nerds but have active social lives

[thebellmuffin]

This seemed fun, so I decided to post. Haha.

What do you guys do besides forensics?
- I'm part of my school's drama department. I was just in Lend Me A Tenor, and am part of Guys and Dolls. About ninety percent of our team is in the department, which is why a lot don't get many tournaments in. It's such a nice group of people. Bah, I love 'em.

Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?
- I can do an impression of my AP World History teacher. That's always nice. I know the words to Kanye West's 'Gold Digger'. I used to be a teacher's aide at a summer camp, but they stopped the program.

What do you do when you're not in a suit?
-I'm usually in jeans and somekind of nice shirt. My shoes vary with weather.

[FreakySpeechie]

Life outside of forensics...is there such a thing?!


Well if there is mine would include:

key club board
11 years of girl scouts
youth group
mission trips
reading
knitting
Cooking
work
school- my favorite class right now is interior design...sounds like a blow off class but is actualy some work.
Sleep is always something I like to enjoy after the season is over
Underwater basket weaving :D

[shiny_happy_people]

What do you guys do besides forensics?
Filmmaking and tennis. Going to college for film- very excited about that! :D


Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?
extracurriculars- filmmaking (4th level of the film class at my school), tennis.
crazy talents- I can juggle, know a few tricks, and can do passing juggling. Working on learning 4 balls at the moment. I can eat endless amounts of ice cream without getting a brain freeze. I can still talk to people who don't like The Beatles (I consider it a talent. :P But I will convert those people in time... MWHAHA).


What do you do when you're not in a suit?
I usually wear jeans, a T-shirt, and an awesome hat (I love my hats!). You can either find me multitasking (meaning I'm on facebook, Twitter, my email, a news site, a mind-addicting game site, all while listening to either music or a podcast) or out filming a short film.

[InterperBrett]

What do you guys do besides forensics?
chill with friends - movies, parties, hookah, meeting new people, etc.
school shtuff

Any other extracurriculars? Crazy hidden talents? Interesting jobs?
snowboard, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, JETs, PJAS, theater (lots), chorus, i feel like theres more but i don't remember
I'm going to colllege for mechanical engineering


What do you do when you're not in a suit?
I usually sport black jeans with some button down and a vest, or something fancy yet semi casual... i've been compared to jonas brothers many many times. I always have the white lacoste shoes though.

[FreakySpeechie]

Oh and when I'm not in a suit I normally wear jeans or skirts/dresses.

[Cheese]

I run track and field
on the cheer squad
love to read
hang out with friends
When I'm not in a suit I like to wear whatever...mostly t-shirts and sweats