Much has changed in a month and I believe one thing that has drastically changed is my writing! My writing classes have proved very useful and informative. I've been practicing different kinds of writing from short stories to poetry. My most recent activity was a piece of writing called a Stonehenge. That was a tough assignment! A Stonehenge consists of only three sentences: the first two are descriptive, addressing the five senses to set the scene, and the third sentence contains an action. The point of this activity was to recreate a memory without writing a novel. We did numerous drafts and for the final it was matched up with a picture of our choosing to sum up the moment depicted in the three sentences. Tough stuff!
My major has proven to be the proper fit for me and I couldn't be happier pursuing a degree in Professional Writing. I have also launched a Twitter profile for my potential bookstore that I'd like to open once I graduate college. My best friend Morgan and I were throwing around names for a few weeks and she came up with something marvelous. I want my bookstore to be just used books, but also with a tea shop attached to it. Morgan proposed the name "Novel-Tea Books". A cute play on words and it's absolutely perfect! Not to pester, but if you're interested in donating any used books you have or showing support, follow the account: @novelteabooks. I thought there was no harm in trying to get the name out there and get a small business going while I'm still in school, therefore I can get it rolling even sooner!
Now, just humor me. I am obsessed with Twitter and it's partially unhealthy. But I've had some pretty cool experiences thus far. I've made some connections that I wouldn't be able to do on anything such as Facebook. My favorite band, O.A.R, consistently "tweets" and over the summer I met Richard On and Mikel Paris, the guitarist and keyboard/percussionist. I also follow a few of my favorite reality stars from Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2. Yes, I am one of those girls! I like to see how girls my age would handle parenthood. Anyway, I've actually been replied to by a few people I follow. In my previous blog entry I did freak out that Richard replied to me. It may seem silly, but I truly find it so neat that I can talk with these people on a website when they're celebrity status. It's so cool.
I visited the waterfront with Andrew the other day to relive the memory of the O.A.R concert this summer. I tweeted about it and mentioned Mikel and Richard about how I met them and Mikel responded to me. Chelsea from Teen Mom 2 favorite my tweet that I posted to reply to hers. I asked Jenelle, also from Teen Mom 2 how she made her hair look so fantastic, and she responded. And Jerry, the saxophonist from O.A.R, retweeted me when I posted my iPod engraving that was O.A.R lyrics. Minor things yet they're really cool.
At work we've got a lot going on. An exciting bit of news from work is that we are receiving new sweatshirts and tshirts. They won't be part of our Student Ambassador uniform, but gifts from the admissions team and from ourselves. The sweatshirts are unique to this academic year and will be purchased by us on the SA team.
JB, my boss, and I came up with designs and I'm so excited to order these and wear them around. They'll be sick. The sweatshirt is simple, but the tshirt is designed as a band tour tshirt with all of our admissions events listed on the back. We will be one snazzy looking team by the end of the year! I'm really looking forward to these!
Now the title of this entry is called, "It's Christmas! Almost..." and there is a reason for that. My apartment is already decked out for Christmas time. Some people probably find this a little excessive. My mom has even said it's far too early to celebrate Christmas because it isn't even Thanksgiving yet. Cara, my roommate, and I completely disagree. One night we just jumped in the car and went to the Christmas Tree Shop to buy $50 worth of Christmas decorations. We have our little tree which came pre-lit, stockings hung by the windowsill, our own little nutcracker, and icicle lights. Not to mention we listened to Christmas music while we decorated and frequently play it while we're hanging around the apartment.
The aftermath of our purchases dirtied the apartment for the night. It was totally worth it. We're still adding to our decor now, so it isn't over yet! We plan on filling our stockings and actually placing presents underneath our tree. It's my first real place and real Christmas on my own. An exciting and heartwarming experience ahead :-).
Phew! I've exhausted my fingers at this point. I always say this, but hopefully I'll keep up with this more and be able to focus on day to day events rather than try to summarize a months worth of change. Life is good right now and getting better as I look forward. I've got all I need.
-A
