I realized this morning that I had started a blog about Project 4 Awesome TWO WEEKS AGO and never finished it. Oops.
I've been home about two weeks now and I've sort of fallen off the face of the earth. This is partially do to the fact that I've been sick since Wednesday and partially due to the fact that I'm just lazy and have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. However after watching television for 13 hours straight yesterday because my brain was dead, I'm now ready to get back to life and start doing stuff. Mainly HPA stuff of course since our chapter is hoping to do amazing things this semester!
I quickly want to talk about Project 4 Awesome though. Because never in my life have I felt so much awesome in the span of 48 hours. I loved the spamming and watching videos. It was just amazing. I ended up making a list of charities that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED and want to become more involved in.
Here they are:
*Beat Bullying*
*Not For Sale*
*Cancer Research Institute*
*Open University*
Not a very long list, but definitely a great one.
Moving on to other things. Since I finished my finals I have:
*watched Degrassi*
*watched Buffy (currently on Season 3)*
*read*
*slept*
*worked*
*been sick*
*not slept*
*seen only 1 friend*
*drank really yummy organic coffee that I gave to Alex*
*watched the YouTubes*
*attended the Livestream for the Januaray Horcrux!!*
That last one is probably my favorite. Today they announced the next horcrux for the Deathly Hallows Campaign. It's called the Body-Bind Horcrux and it's all about keeping our bodies healthy and loving ourselves. Personally, I'm looking forward to the discussions about healthy nutrition, organic food, and how to stay active. This issue isn't just about losing weight...it's about feeling good about yourself and keeping yourself safe and healthy.
Well that's pretty much all for now. Here's a new thing I'm going to try.
Current To-Do List
*write a book review for Clockwork Angel (sorry Nicole!)*
*get healthy*
*finish my study abroad application*
I think that's it. Have a wonderful day full of awesome! :)
January 2, 2011
December 16, 2010
A Quick Word
About 18 minutes ago, the world just got so much better. Would you like to know why? I'll tell you. Leaky announced that Arthur Levine (he's kind of my idol and dream employer) is going to be speaking at LitDay for LeakyCon2011.
OMGWTF SDA;FHJAS;HG;DSFHAS;GJHJSDFGHAS;HKSJFASD
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:)
When I was a sophomore in high school, I met Cheryl Klein (she works for Arthur Levine) right before Lumos. They were doing a podcast in the Barnes and Noble by my house and I had the amazing opportunity to talk with her for a few minutes about writing, editing, and the likes. That conversation has been my sole motivation for the last four years. I knew as soon as I got home that night that I wanted to be a book editor. It was suddenly so clear to me. And I decided I wanted to work for Arthur A. Levine Books.
Now of course this is very unlikely to happen. Like having a dream school you know you'll never get to go to, that job will probably never be mine. But still. It's a good goal to work toward. And in the meantime, I'm working my butt off to hopefully get a job in the publishing world after I graduate college.
But back to the point. I might actually get to meet Arthur Levine. And while I know that working for him is probably never going to happen, the chance to have a conversation with him and talk about books and editing would probably make my life. YES I SAID LIFE. Meeting someone you look up to so much has that effect on you. I really hope that I have the chance to talk to him. It would be such an amazing experience and something that I will probably treasure for the rest of my life.
Anyway, enough of that. I have to go take a Principles of Management final. Yay? Not really, no. To those of you in the middle of finals right now, good luck. And to those of you that are already done, I'm jealous. I still have 5 days left. You stink.
OMGWTF SDA;FHJAS;HG;DSFHAS;GJHJSDFGHAS;HKSJFASD
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:)
When I was a sophomore in high school, I met Cheryl Klein (she works for Arthur Levine) right before Lumos. They were doing a podcast in the Barnes and Noble by my house and I had the amazing opportunity to talk with her for a few minutes about writing, editing, and the likes. That conversation has been my sole motivation for the last four years. I knew as soon as I got home that night that I wanted to be a book editor. It was suddenly so clear to me. And I decided I wanted to work for Arthur A. Levine Books.
Now of course this is very unlikely to happen. Like having a dream school you know you'll never get to go to, that job will probably never be mine. But still. It's a good goal to work toward. And in the meantime, I'm working my butt off to hopefully get a job in the publishing world after I graduate college.
But back to the point. I might actually get to meet Arthur Levine. And while I know that working for him is probably never going to happen, the chance to have a conversation with him and talk about books and editing would probably make my life. YES I SAID LIFE. Meeting someone you look up to so much has that effect on you. I really hope that I have the chance to talk to him. It would be such an amazing experience and something that I will probably treasure for the rest of my life.
Anyway, enough of that. I have to go take a Principles of Management final. Yay? Not really, no. To those of you in the middle of finals right now, good luck. And to those of you that are already done, I'm jealous. I still have 5 days left. You stink.
December 11, 2010
The 2011 Debut Author Challenge!
I've been sucked into a hole of reading that I don't think I can come out of.
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
Some Exciting News and the Last Day of Classes!
That's right! Classes are OVER. YES! Today was supposed to go extremely smooth. I mean, I finished all my schoolwork and all I had to do was sit through classes right? Well then my English Lit professor decides to tell us that part of our final exam is a take home essay.
SKIFHAS;FJHASFJKHAERG;AEJRHGEAHGABSRIGHWILFHWSAFGEAHGLKGAGHAER
frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
SKIFHAS;FJHASFJKHAERG;AEJRHGEAHGABSRIGHWILFHWSAFGEAHGLKGAGHAER
frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
December 3, 2010
Lumos Party (Yes I know I'm 3 week late on this post)
So the lovely people of the HPA asked us to blog about our Lumos Parties if we were hosting one. Well I know it's been three weeks since Deathly Hallows came out (omg!) but I never have time to do anything, which is why I'm writing this now. But hey, better late than never right?
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
November 17, 2010
24 Hours Before My Life Begins to End
So we all know...tomorrow is the beginning of the end. I wanted to make absolutely sure that I blogged before my life started to end. Do you realize that come July it will all be over? And that starts tomorrow night.
It's crazy.
Like I can't even believe it.
I started watching videos of all the press interviews that have been happening since November 11. Sadly I have not kept up to date with everything because of schoolwork. It's been crazy. Today is the first day I've had a break in a month and it couldn't have come at a better time. Right before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Lucky for me, my only class tomorrow got canceled so I can sleep in, spend the day relaxing, take a nap, and then GO TO THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING! OH YA.
I really cannot wrap my mind around anything else right now. The weird thing is, it doesn't totally feel real. I think that's because this is the first HP movie that I will be seeing without Karina since we became friends. It makes me incredibly sad and a part of feels like I shouldn't have this experience without her. I'm glad we're still going to get to see the final part together because it will be EPIC. But I wish we could see the whole ending together, since our friendship bloomed out of our mutual love for Harry Potter.
Woah random rant. Anywho. I'm absolutely thrilled for tomorrow. Since Friday night, our chapter has been watching an HP movie every night to lead up to the release. As I write we are watching HBP. We haven't really had too good of a turnout because we weren't really allowed to advertise, but we have been getting a few signatures every night which is good. Tonight we had a great turnout though compared to all the other nights! Woot woot!
Tomorrow night we are having our Pre-Lumos Party in my dorm followed by stalking the movie theater every half-hour until we decide it's time to start lining up and getting signatures. It's going to be fabulous. I'm hoping that they will let us inside the actual theater we can get up in front and shine our flashlights and explain who are and what we are doing in order to get people to sign the petition. Hopefully we will get plenty of signatures. Then on Friday after I've slept forever, I'm going to enter them into the website. Hopefully all of our e-board members will be willing to help enter names because I feel like we are going to be able to get a lot of signatures. I'm so excited!!
I seriously cannot think of anything else but Harry Potter. It still doesn't seem real to me. It probably won't until we are standing in line waiting to get in. I wonder at what point I'm going to start to cry. Hmmm. I'm definitely bringing a box of tissues with me. That is an absolute must.
I find it extremely awesome and odd that right as I'm getting out of the movie, Karina will be going in. I can't wait to text her and tell her if it was good or not. I mean I've heard it's amazing so I'm going to basically probably send her a text with lots of AHHHHHHH'S and OMGGGGG'S lol.
Well Half-Blood Prince is almost over so I'm going to stop writing to watch with my fellow HP nerds. I can't wait to blog about the movie on Friday. Maybe Saturday. It depends on how long it takes for me to recover from tomorrow night. ZOMG IT'S ALMOST HERE!
Until Friday (or Saturday)...
N8D
It's crazy.
Like I can't even believe it.
I started watching videos of all the press interviews that have been happening since November 11. Sadly I have not kept up to date with everything because of schoolwork. It's been crazy. Today is the first day I've had a break in a month and it couldn't have come at a better time. Right before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Lucky for me, my only class tomorrow got canceled so I can sleep in, spend the day relaxing, take a nap, and then GO TO THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING! OH YA.
I really cannot wrap my mind around anything else right now. The weird thing is, it doesn't totally feel real. I think that's because this is the first HP movie that I will be seeing without Karina since we became friends. It makes me incredibly sad and a part of feels like I shouldn't have this experience without her. I'm glad we're still going to get to see the final part together because it will be EPIC. But I wish we could see the whole ending together, since our friendship bloomed out of our mutual love for Harry Potter.
Woah random rant. Anywho. I'm absolutely thrilled for tomorrow. Since Friday night, our chapter has been watching an HP movie every night to lead up to the release. As I write we are watching HBP. We haven't really had too good of a turnout because we weren't really allowed to advertise, but we have been getting a few signatures every night which is good. Tonight we had a great turnout though compared to all the other nights! Woot woot!
Tomorrow night we are having our Pre-Lumos Party in my dorm followed by stalking the movie theater every half-hour until we decide it's time to start lining up and getting signatures. It's going to be fabulous. I'm hoping that they will let us inside the actual theater we can get up in front and shine our flashlights and explain who are and what we are doing in order to get people to sign the petition. Hopefully we will get plenty of signatures. Then on Friday after I've slept forever, I'm going to enter them into the website. Hopefully all of our e-board members will be willing to help enter names because I feel like we are going to be able to get a lot of signatures. I'm so excited!!
I seriously cannot think of anything else but Harry Potter. It still doesn't seem real to me. It probably won't until we are standing in line waiting to get in. I wonder at what point I'm going to start to cry. Hmmm. I'm definitely bringing a box of tissues with me. That is an absolute must.
I find it extremely awesome and odd that right as I'm getting out of the movie, Karina will be going in. I can't wait to text her and tell her if it was good or not. I mean I've heard it's amazing so I'm going to basically probably send her a text with lots of AHHHHHHH'S and OMGGGGG'S lol.
Well Half-Blood Prince is almost over so I'm going to stop writing to watch with my fellow HP nerds. I can't wait to blog about the movie on Friday. Maybe Saturday. It depends on how long it takes for me to recover from tomorrow night. ZOMG IT'S ALMOST HERE!
Until Friday (or Saturday)...
N8D
November 8, 2010
The Attempt to Be Positive
So yesterday was very very unproductive and there was no reason for it to be. Needless to say this kind of got me down, but I was determined that I just needed a new day and things would get better. I was wrong.
I was up not 20 minutes this morning when things started to go wrong. I forgot to do a response on Friday for my English Lit class that I didn't remember until this morning. I also forgot to send my business group project to another member of group to finish and I thought I sent it last night. However I had two very angry e-mails in my inbox this morning saying Where the hell is the powerpoint?!?!? Ooops...
Seriously though, it's not my fault. I'm freaking working so many shifts that I don't have time to focus on my schoolwork and that's really bad. I'm not really sure what to do because I'm scared if I complain then I'm going to get in trouble...especially because we are short on hosts' right now. I mean I know they won't fire me or anything because they need me. But they could make my job very miserable if I start complaining and that's not a good thing. The only way I'm planning to say something is if next week they schedule me for four shifts again. I will do it this week because I don't really have a choice. Everybody has work on Vetern's day and I'm hoping that this is just a one time thing. But GAHHHHH.
Anywho...right now I'm watching another disgusting video courtesy of my English Lit class. That is why I'm writing this blog while watching...so I don't really have to watch the gross parts, but I'm at least hearing the dialogue. Yep. Fun Stuff. I have a ton of homework to do today.
Oh wait...I was about to start complaining. But I realized that I'm supposed to be trying to make my day a positive day instead of a negative day. Ok so here we go. I'm really looking forward to the Historical Film Society meeting tonight. We are watching Robin Hood. Unfortunately I can't stay the whole time because there is a Council of Orgs meeting and I really want to talk to Sustainable Agriculture Club about the Starvation Wages Horcrux. I'm hoping that if we partner with them, they will be willing to help get signatures for the petition. I mean I know our club members can reach a lot of people on campus, but by working with another club, we will be able to reach even more people. That's really exciting.
One thing I am proud of for this week is we were able to organize all the movie screenings except in Lenape. That is the only dorm I'm still waiting on and I'm really not too worried about it because most dorms don't do programs on Saturday nights. Also on Friday I'm going to the city! YAY RANDOM HOUSE. I'm super excited. I actually sort of get a three-day weekend because I get to spend a day in NYC at the place where I will hopefully one day work, then I get to come back to campus and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because I asked for Friday off. And then I don't work until Saturday night so that's kind of cool! YAY.
Ok, I'm going to get some lunch now and try to stay positive in order to turn my day around. It's all about the attitude right? :)
I was up not 20 minutes this morning when things started to go wrong. I forgot to do a response on Friday for my English Lit class that I didn't remember until this morning. I also forgot to send my business group project to another member of group to finish and I thought I sent it last night. However I had two very angry e-mails in my inbox this morning saying Where the hell is the powerpoint?!?!? Ooops...
Seriously though, it's not my fault. I'm freaking working so many shifts that I don't have time to focus on my schoolwork and that's really bad. I'm not really sure what to do because I'm scared if I complain then I'm going to get in trouble...especially because we are short on hosts' right now. I mean I know they won't fire me or anything because they need me. But they could make my job very miserable if I start complaining and that's not a good thing. The only way I'm planning to say something is if next week they schedule me for four shifts again. I will do it this week because I don't really have a choice. Everybody has work on Vetern's day and I'm hoping that this is just a one time thing. But GAHHHHH.
Anywho...right now I'm watching another disgusting video courtesy of my English Lit class. That is why I'm writing this blog while watching...so I don't really have to watch the gross parts, but I'm at least hearing the dialogue. Yep. Fun Stuff. I have a ton of homework to do today.
Oh wait...I was about to start complaining. But I realized that I'm supposed to be trying to make my day a positive day instead of a negative day. Ok so here we go. I'm really looking forward to the Historical Film Society meeting tonight. We are watching Robin Hood. Unfortunately I can't stay the whole time because there is a Council of Orgs meeting and I really want to talk to Sustainable Agriculture Club about the Starvation Wages Horcrux. I'm hoping that if we partner with them, they will be willing to help get signatures for the petition. I mean I know our club members can reach a lot of people on campus, but by working with another club, we will be able to reach even more people. That's really exciting.
One thing I am proud of for this week is we were able to organize all the movie screenings except in Lenape. That is the only dorm I'm still waiting on and I'm really not too worried about it because most dorms don't do programs on Saturday nights. Also on Friday I'm going to the city! YAY RANDOM HOUSE. I'm super excited. I actually sort of get a three-day weekend because I get to spend a day in NYC at the place where I will hopefully one day work, then I get to come back to campus and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because I asked for Friday off. And then I don't work until Saturday night so that's kind of cool! YAY.
Ok, I'm going to get some lunch now and try to stay positive in order to turn my day around. It's all about the attitude right? :)
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