It's Been A While.

Well the past few weeks I haven't been in the blogging mood as I'm sure the 2-3 followers we have noticed... but this post is inspired by my friend Amanda's blog, This Is The Day. I, as well as Amanda and many of our friends, will be graduating next month. CRAZY. So I think it's time to pay tribute to the many things I personally will fondly remember and miss about being a college student in Stilly...

1. Affliction. Yep. He's my #1.
2. Pretty days on Library Lawn.
3. 20 Something runs for no reason at all.
4. D7
5. Never worrying about how to get home because when all else fails, walk. And maybe even stop to swing on the way.
6. Living in a town where the crazy locals are known by name and picking up a stranger on the street is just plain courtesy.
7. Electric beatdown
8. having amazing professors who taught me so much more than what was in our overpriced textbook. and then running into them at Stonewall.
9. Thursdays at Joes.
10. the Cricket before, after and sometimes during home football games
11. Crepe Myrtle.
12. Hogging the jukebox and shamelessly admitting whatever song we paid a dollar for.
13. the constant fear of the bike lane
14. the amazing, crazy, hilarious, different friends I've made
15. Aspen coffee
16. great, local music that never leaves Stillwater out of their show schedule
17. Red Rock
18. Driving past horses, cattle and beautiful scenery during my 4 minute drive to church
19. the stress and joy of being a writer for the O'Colly
20. putting my arms around my friends for the Alma Mater/ Fight Song... whether at games or Murphys
21. reacting to seeing our own collegiate athletes like a celebrity sighting. Zac at Joes, Obi at the movies or Moses at 20 something- ya I got excited.
22. Reaching Exit 174 and thinking I'm home.
23. Bullet
24. Boomer
25. the overwhelming display of orange at football/basketball/etc games
26. Turning my OU graduate parents into OSU fans.

I'm sure I've forgotten things here and there but comment and let me know some of your favorite memories of being at OSU!

What...A Riot

THREE THINGS:

1. The title of this post is in reference to Chelsea Handler's new book, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, which I just started today. I think my favorite part so far is in the book's dedication where she wrote: "To my brothers and sisters. What...a bunch of assholes." Lol. Seriously though it's really good so far if you appreciate Chelsea Handler humor. It's one-of-a-kind. My bestie Madison has actually taken to acting like Chelsea without even realizing it and is so good at it that I sometimes have to stop and tell her, "Omg that was so Chelsea." Ya we're weird but whatev.

2. I seriously cannot stop listening to Florence & the Machine. Her newest album, Lungs, is so so wonderful wonderful.
"“I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.”
What else can be said...just listen to her.

3. This week is Spring Break and I will be in Austin, Texas to spend time with a bestie and crash a few SXSW parties. Yes! Not that I am opposed to those making the trip to the beach- I'm quite the beach bum myself- but since I will actually be in Gulf Shores in May, I decided Austin would be a perfect little trip for the break. I can't wait to take loads of pictures, hear good music and drink coffee at Spiderhouse.

Ok I lied I have a fourth thing...

4. My bestie Kelsey gave me an award! Yep that's right...
Thank you Kelsey!! (her blog- Writing Left Handed)
Now I'm supposed to pass it on to other bloggers who I find worthy... so congrats to my friends Madison of Are You There Hollywood? It's Me Madison, Corey at Coreymahan.com, Sam's My Thoughts for Today, Emma's blog and Paris blog, & Kristen's My Life Abroad!

Upon receiving this award- post it on your blog, pass it on to other bloggers and then post 7 random things about yourself....

so here goes mine:
1. I wish I had freckles
2. Something about that Walmart commercial with the older man needing help with his reading really gets me.
3. My minor is French but I'm pretty terrible at it
4. I have an unnatural obsession with dogs and know it is my destiny to have the most wonderful dog in the world some day
5. I have witnessed a robbery...twice.
6. I've kept a journal since the 9th grade. It is a wonderful thing.
7. I started watching How I Met Your Mother because I thought it looked dumb and couldn't understand what all the fuss was about- now I'm hooked.

Sorry this was long post but I was in the blogging mood and now I need to go prepare for the eventful week ahead!
Happy Spring Break!

Oscar Love

Favorite Oscar moments:

Best Actor Winner Jeff Bridges
"Movies are more than entertainment; they're connecting us and music is the same way. Both music and movies are a common link for all of us." - Jeff Bridges
I honestly cannot say it enough but again, go see Crazy Heart.


The Hurt Locker taking the biggest awards of the night: Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow (FIRST FEMALE TO WIN IT) and Best Picture. It's a great movie; it deserved every award it got. Jeremy Renner is seriously wonderful and I'm looking forward to what he does next.

Best Actress Winner Sandra Bullock alongside hubby Jesse James. Her speech was my favorite; she was very humble and personally complimented each woman in her category.

I was really pleased with the results of the awards as well as the show overall and feel that all of the winners were very deserving.
After last night I plan on finally seeing Inglorious Basterds and A Single Man. But I still have no desire to see Avatar.

Now for the fashion...
I wasn't blown away with any of the dresses but I did love Maggie Gyllenhall's as well as Miley's and Vera Farmiga's:

My favorite hair/accessories/makeup were SJP & Carey Mulligan:


What did YOU think?

Credit: People Magazine, Yahoo, InStyle

PJ Work & Inspiration

So our assignment in photojournalism the past two weeks was a photo essay based on a location. I decided on The Bartlett Center for my pictures and was pretty pleased with what I got. Here are a couple of my favorites:

I definitely recommend going to see the rest of my classmate's pictures on our blog- everyone did a great job!
In addition, our class got to video chat with photographer, Allison V. Smith, whose work you can see here. I've been a huge fan of her since I first heard about her last semester so I was super excited that she took the time to speak to us. She's incredibly nice and really talented. Plus she lives in Dallas- holla. And takes a lot of pictures of dogs. Here are a couple of my favorites of hers:

©Allison V. Smith

©Allison V. Smith

In Case You Missed It...

Watch the Post-Launch Campaign Video from President Burns Hargis here.

Or you can visit the campaign Web site to learn more at www.OSUgiving.com.

Earlier today...

It's an MKA thing.

I loved too much about this not to post it.

Credit: Olsens Anonymous

The 24/7 Job

Well friends as much as I (we) wanted to make this blog mainly fun and pretty, there is an important event coming up (tomorrow, actually) that I wanted to discuss: OSU's Communications Networking Expo.

I attended this expo last year and really enjoyed it. My thoughts about it can be read on my old blog here: Time to Network.
At the time I was looking for a summer internship and being able to meet the representatives (for where I wanted to go) was a huge benefit.
This year I'm hoping to meet potential employers for a full-time position but the networking doesn't begin and end at the event tomorrow. Networking is a 24/7 necessity when looking for a job or internship. In a way, I think it's true what they say-"It's not what you know but who you know"- but once that connection gets you in the door, it's going to be what you know that keeps you there.
I feel that OSU prepared me well for whatever opportunities lie ahead. I've had amazing professors at the journalism school as well as in the foreign languages department. I'll never forget the impact they made on me and how willing each of them was to help me continue to learn and grow as a student and an individual.
A part of me is almost excited to be thrown out in the real world- yes, it'll be scary and suck a lot and I'll be poor- but honestly I'll be proud to say I'm an OSU alum and show why that makes me an asset to whoever I may work with.
So back to the point- come to the Communications Expo tomorrow in the Student Union Ballroom. It's from 1:30- 3:30 p.m. Dress nice and bring your résumé!
To see who will be there go to its Web site, here, for a full list of the Expo Participants.