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This is my pride and joy design piece of the summer. My favorite aspect is the beautiful picture, taken by Dale Dong.
I know this. And I’m perfectly fine with it.
I am also a cat person. You can scoop them up and they cuddle nicely. The purring is adorable. They are self-sufficient.
However. I think I might want one of these:
Yes. A gigantic English Mastiff. The Sandlot dog :)
So I might not make my midnight deadline, but whatever. It’s a matter of priorities, and the uke is currently my top one. (Isn’t it pretty?? and yes. I can play it.)
List of songs I’ve mastered:
1. You and I (Ingrid Michaelson)
2. Tied Down (Colbie Caillat) - I know. She can be annoying, but I like this song.
3. Screw/F*** You (“The Gooch” and Ted from Scrubs/Kate Micucci) - It’s quirky and cute. I had to.
I’m also working on I’m Yours, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and Don’t Stop Believing. I’ll figure out Toxic when I’m a little better. So there’s the ukulele update :)
Because I have yet to say it, my summer plans are as follows: Monday/Wednesday are Aspen hell-i-days and Tuesday/Thursday/Friday, I am at an internship at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. My free time is usually spent crashing on the couch with either my ukulele or a 1000-piece puzzle. (Exciting, I know.)
Hands-down most exciting and rewarding aspect of my summer is the internship. I work with Barb Byrd, the marketing manager, and do everything she asks. Most of my work consists of pumping up the hype for the facebook group for the theatre, which, I am proud to say, has more than doubled its fanbase over the last three weeks. I have also created a twitter account for the theatre (RenTheatre). Unfortunately, due to the low amount of current activities and shows, there is not much to tweet about. At the beginning of the season, the Ren should be tweeting like crazy, so stay tuned!
My proudest moments thus far have been creating two posters for the Renaissance: one for the summer musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and one for “Neos Dances with the Stars”. I think they are pretty good, given my small experience with graphics. I especially love the Neos poster, but its greatness is mostly due to the fabulous photo that is the centerpiece for the poster, taken by Dale Dong. Once the poster is officially looked over and finalized, I will probably post it here to get your thoughts and opinions. I have also made a poster for the summer organ concerts, but it is horrendously boring looking. (How do you make an organ poster exciting?!?!?)
Until next time…
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I’m going. That’s right. I will see my future husband in person. I might have to jump him.
Yeah. I said I was blogging for real. Get over it. I’m 19. I don’t really have anything that is extremely important to blog about, except for my opinions, my overactive imagination and my lack of ability to concentrate on school. Yippee.
Anyway… Topic of the day: passion.
Passion is one of the most endearing qualities that someone can possess. A person is always more interesting when a specific idea or cause get them excited and giddy.
I am not generally one of these people, and this saddens me. I get excited about pop culture, movies, music and occasionally some random PR moment, but I haven’t described myself as “passionate” about anything for years.
So out of my apathy, the question arises, what is it that causes someone to care so deeply about a specific thing, and why am I missing out on this?
I’m very excited about my quarter, not only in a personally, but also professionally. This quarter offers me a real chance to delve into my major and acquire experiences and pieces for my portfolio.
Maybe this sounds lame or cliche. How is it, you ask, that three basic introductory journalism classes will lend a helping hand in my career? It’s actually quite simple.
1. News Writing. Pretty self-explanatory. It’s finally an opportunity for me to write. Granted, I hate the idea of writing for a newspaper, but it is writing nonetheless.
2. Graphics. Also self-explanatory, but I’m really stoked to have the opportunity to get GOOD at Photoshop and Indesign.
3. Info Gathering. This sounds lame, right? Woooooo! A chance to gather information all quarter. It’s the stupid part of communications. It’s not creative, fun or overly involved. This class, strangely enough, is the one I am most excited about.
The idea behind my Info Gathering class is to understand how to appropriately find credible sources so as to write an appropriate article, feature story, or public relations campaign. As I am a PR major, I had to find a topic to research for creating a PR plan and campaign.
Compliments of a discussion with my business-major boyfriend, I decided to research the ethical issues surrounding the economic crisis. The PR campaign would essentially surround recovering the images of these executives who had their companies blow to pieces.
Like I said, I’m very excited. It’s an opportunity for me to research a legitimate problem and investigate how I, as a public relations professional, would handle it.
The details of my research and other dabblings in PR with ImPRessions this quarter will be the focus of my blog from now on, so be prepared for plenty of ethical issues and organ donor awareness information!
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