01 May 2008 ~ 1 Comment

So long, so long (front foot leads the back one).

Soooooo I’m done with my undergraduate career at MSU! I suppose this is the last blog entry I will place in the “college” category.
I got a 500/500 on my portfolio presentation (YEAHHHHH!). Google interview on Monday. I chatted with Sasha on the phone for a bit today and he offered me some helpful advice regarding [...]

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25 April 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Put your blue jeans back on, girl.

Yesterday I got an email from Google asking to schedule 2 phone interviews with me! OH THE EXCITEMENT.
Items still standing between me & a bachelor’s degree (in the order they will be completed):

1 final project for JRN 408 (paper airplane graphic!)
1 final exam for FRN 430 (cumulative, 300 pts)
1 memo for WRA 455 mapping out [...]

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05 April 2008 ~ 0 Comments

26 days until graduation.

It just hit me today that if I have things my way, I will be moving out of 137 Bogue in less than one month. I think it was the warm weather that really did it. So I started packing up some things, put away my ceramic heater, threw some stuff out, and packed away [...]

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01 April 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Senioritis

Yesterday, Matt said, “It’s a completely new level of senioritis.” I have to agree. What I am experiencing now is like nothing before. I just want to sit around and play Wii and PS3 all day. Maybe explore some job possibilities and work on my portfolio and blog. I want to sell stuff on eBay, [...]

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21 January 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Spartacus

This past weekend was pretty intense. I drove Emma and Jeff out to Rockford for the January Phantom Regiment camp. They cut a few more trumpets, but I got asked back yet again. I am currently ranked 29 out of the 30 or 32 that got asked back to February camp. They will ultimately take [...]

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20 June 2004 ~ 0 Comments

open house shizzy

today was my open house and it was a really good time. matt and i went to get ice from mcdonald’s early this morning. as for the open house itself, a lot of people i wasn’t expecting to show up did … and a lot of people who i kinda thought would be there weren’t. [...]

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02 June 2004 ~ 3 Comments

the first star you see may not be a star.

so last night was graduation. the ceremony was just okay. in fact, it kind of sucked. kamal and amanda had very good speeches. kamal mentioned a lot of special things about our class, and amanda’s speech theme was a euchre game. the band played “towards a northern star” and i wasn’t even sad that it [...]

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28 May 2004 ~ 2 Comments

honors assembly.

so the senior honors assembly was today. i don’t remember the assembly ever NOT being long and boring, because today sure didn’t feel like it. i got to sit next to kevin and nathaniel, who are two of my favorite people (in different ways, of course). and i walked in next to steve warner, who [...]

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22 May 2004 ~ 7 Comments

school’s out for ever!

yesterday was my last day of high school. it doesn’t really feel like it, especially since i have to go back on monday for mrs. porter’s surprise party. we are having a catered taco bar, a cake from the french confection, and all sorts of good stuff. should be a good time, provided everyone decides [...]

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18 May 2004 ~ 1 Comment

i will let you in before you break yourself.

Michigan State University
Freshman Seminar Abroad in Quebec City, Canada
Thursday, July 24 to Monday, August 4, 2003
guess who’s going to quebec?! well, it’s not for SURE yet, but i mailed my application today, and it’s WAY before the deadline. it’s worth two credits before school even starts! hot stuff. while we’re there i want to take [...]

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