Hello there!
I know my screen name lists me as 4EvaGeek, but that name is perhaps better associated with the Geek Culture blog I'm keeping up for the purposes of another University course I'm enrolled in.
Here, you can call me topCAPcritic, and I am starting this blog for my WRIT 3P99 course, also known as Interpretive & Critical Writing In The Arts.
You might be a bit curious about my name, and if you are, I will explain it to you.
My first - and main - experience with arts & culture writing prior to this class would be in high school. In my senior year I was a member of a program called CAPPIES, where I got to travel to different schools in the region that were putting on various plays or musicals. I would take notes during the performances, write a review of the production, and the top three reviews would be published in the local newspapers, the first one in its entirety and the second and third in part.
I did fairly well in this program, so much so that during the award ceremony in May I was given an award along with a trophy, naming me Top Critic for the CAPPIES group of 2010. I shared the honor with another girl in the program. Getting to accept that award, and the entire process of going to see the productions and write the reviews, was definitely a highlight of my high school career.
So that is where the name comes from. top_critic is the name of the award I received, and the CAP is a short form to CAPPIES. And now you know :)
I have 5 posts where I need to reflect on readings, and another 5 posts where I can write about pretty much anything else related to the course. I'm hoping to do some digging and find some interesting things regarding arts & culture to write about.
Guess we'll see how well that turns out :) So until next time!
Sincerely,
~ topCAPcritic
