Finals are getting to me

Today has been quite a day!

I stayed up till around 2am, had to get up at 7:30am to work at 9am, was so tired that I was falling asleep at work, left work early, tried to take a nap but my phone get going off, got up on time to print my paper and go to school.

However, when I went to print my 4-page paper, the last page printed, the third one printed, the second one printed, and then the printer ran out of ink. I just needed the first page!

I got irritated of course, it was almost 1pm and my class is at 2pm (I live 40 minutes away). I thought the process of changing a cartridge was easy, but then my printer wasn't communicating, and I ended up spending 30 minutes trying to print one page!

It was 1:30pm, I was definitely late to class. I decided to send my paper to my professor so he wouldn't think I was late because of the paper (and later on found out I didn't attach the paper!)

I ended up leaving my house in tears all frustrated. 

Side note: It is probably best not to drive when you are this upset- I'll leave it at that.

Anyway, I got to class about 15 minutes late, and printed out the first page finally and turned it in.

I am just really stressed with finals at the moment. 

I hope that my awesome Adv. Writing for TV professor moves our final deadline to next week :D because I have my sisters graduation on Saturday and my aunt from Ecuador is coming that day and we are having a great celebration on Sunday. I have so much to do and hope to be able to relax with the family and enjoy their company.

At the moment, because my day keeps getting better, I realized that I forgot my charger for my laptop. I hope the help desk with lend me one, since I can't borrow anyone elses because they have PC's.

I just need finals to be over with!

I'm VP of DTS

On Monday my sorority had our last meeting of the year, and as we normally do on the last meeting, we had elections.

I came to the realization that now Megan Motta and I are the oldest members of Delta Tau Sigma!

How did that happen? It seems like it was yesterday when I pledged DTS (Fall 2006).

The girls were so nice, fun, and most of all loved the sorority. I wanted to be part of this great group of girls.

I am so glad I joined. It has been a memorable experience.

However, when I was a new member, I was just learning more and more about the sorority and its traditions. I always had an older member to look up to and ask questions.

Now our only two older members left are graduating, making me and Megan the oldest members. This seriously makes me want to cry! 

I love the new girls and always will, but it is so different being the "go-to-person."

I have never ran for an E-board position before...and I can't figure out why. 

I guess I always knew someone above me that was great for President, or Vice President.

This year I felt I was ready to have more of a leadership position and continue to help the sorority grow. I am so thankful to have been elected as Vice President.

Though it is going to be a different experience, I am going to make the best out of it next year being the "big dog". I have learned so much from the previous members and am happy to be able to share it with the current and future Delta Tau's.

Greek Day Results

I promised to blog about the results of Song and Skit & Greek Day...so here it is:

Delta Tau Sigma won Song & Skit!! I was really happy, specially since I put a lot of time into it.

As far as Greek Day goes...

So who won the cup? Let's put it this way- no one.

Everything was fine until the afternoon events.

After the morning events, DTS was tied with Chi Omega Rho- then we had lunch- and then started the afternoon events.

We got through two out of the five afternoon events until the storm hit. (DTS was down by two)

Everyone had to run in for shelter- the weather was really bad! 

I ran in to the architecture building with no phone or car keys (because the person who had then was no where to be found)- then I saw the ambulance in the Tech parking lot.

What happened? I don't know all the details, but a girl (who is a Deepher) go her wrist ran over by someone riding a motorcycle. One of my sorority alumnae called the ambulance.

The storm didn't even last an hour- and everyone was ready to continue the events, until we heard what had happened. Out of respect, DTS decided to not continue with Greek Day since many of the Deephers had left and were not competing anymore. We couldn't be proud of a trophy knowing that the Deephers were not competing and that one of them got hurt...

So like I said, no one got the trophy. We are still trying to figure out if there will be a make-up Greek Day so we can see who the winner is.

Finals

I have been trying to figure out what my third blog this week will be on and honestly my mind has been so preoccupied with my final projects that that is the only thing I can think of!

I can't wait until this semester is over! I have to write a 3-paper for World Masterpieces II that is due in a week and haven't started it yet (normally I don't start papers this late, but To the Lighthouse has been a really difficult book to read and understand).

I couldn't figure out what to write about and finally decided on my thesis today (yay!).

I also have an editing project due next week and I am not nearly done *tear*

I have more finals to worry about too and the fact that Greek Day is this weekend does not help!

So wish me luck! (I know I will do well in my classes like always, but at the moment I am overwhelmed with projects/finals)

Song & Skit and Greek Day

There are two huge greek events this weekend: Friday- Song & Skit, and Saturday- Greek Day!

On Friday, all greek organizations are going to perform either a song or skit they have prepared. Fraternities compete against each other and Sororities compete against each other.

There will be judges who decide who gets 1st, 2nd, 3rd, (etc) place. 

My sorority is Delta Tau Sigma and I am extremely excited about our song & skit.

I can't tell you what we are doing because it is top secret until tomorrow haha- sorry! 

What I will tell you is that we are NOT going to be in leotards this year!! (for the record I was not part of that song & skit last year and thankful for it!)

But I will definitely blog about what we did and how it went after Greek Day.

Saturday all the Greeks are going to be on campus competing in different activities such as toilet bowl race, mattress race, tricycle race, three legged race, etc. 

The Greeks are extremely competitive- last year it got so bad that Greek Day was almost cancelled this year. 

Anyway, I will blog about Greek Day after it happens, but it is something that has occupied my mind a lot lately and just wanted to throw it out there.

Honoring the Memory of Professor Kelch

Today the LTU Scholars had a reception honoring the memory of Professor Kelch.

We had a plaque made and hung it up on the door of the Scholar's room.

Kevin Kelch passed way last year. It was a very unexpected death and it broke the hearts of many students and faculty members. Including mine.

Kevin Kelch was the founder of the Scholars Program at Lawrence Tech. He was very passionate about many things and made great contributions to the university. One the the two greatest contributions that Kelch made that made a difference in my life are 1) Creating the Media Communication Program in LTU; If it wasn't for Kelch, I would not be attending LTU. Being a student at LTU has brought so many opportunities and experiences and I thank Kelch for making such a great difference in my career and life. 2) Creating the Scholars Program; The Scholars Program has been a great help at making college life easier. It has helped me in numerous ways: making long lasting friendships, getting involved in the community, being with a group of students who care about their classes, and the program has also helped me financially (supplying snacks, drinks, paper, pens, bluebooks, etc). Most of all- I have somewhere to be and do homework while I am at school (I am a commuter)- the scholar room is my home.

It has been very difficult to say goodbye to Kelch. He was very passionate about the Scholars program and it was a difficult process deciding on a new director for the program. Kelch is simply unreplaceable. However, I have to say that our new director, Holly Helterhoff, has been doing a great job!

I have many great memories with Kelch and know that he is in a happier place. 

Through my religion I have learned that death is a messenger of joy- and we should be happy that the person is in a better world. 

I ask myself sometimes why he had to leave this world so early- but I must have faith in God and know that it was for a reason.

I will always remember Kelch and I know he is always with the scholars :)

Writing Proficiency Exam [Help!]

I recently remembered that I signed up to take the Writing Proficiency Exam on Friday.

I feel so unprepared and am scared to take it.

I knew I had to take it this semester because I am taking my last writing class (World Masterpiece Two)- so the writing is fresh on my mind.

However, I don't know what to expect from the exam or how to prepare for it.

If you have taken it please give me some tips.

For those of you who don't know what the WPE:

"The Writing Proficiency Examination, is a graduation requirement for all LTU undergraduate students. It's a timed (two and a half hours) writing exam during which you write an essay of at least three double-spaced pages (at least 750 words) in response to one of several writing prompts provided at the exam. You write the essay on a laptop computers provided for that purpose."

If a student fails it the first time, they can take it a second time with a $25 registration fee. If they fail the second time, they are required to take another Com course- and if they fail that course, they can not graduate.

So you can see why I am nervous!

Piston's Game

20 of the Miss Michigan contestants and Miss Michigan herself went to the Piston's game last night at the Palace.

It was a very fun night. It was the first time that I watched a game from a suite- I must say that view is definitely not the best, but it was nice to share the space with the girls.

The girls and I were able to promote the Miss America Organization and the Miss Michigan pageant coming up in June.

It was exciting to see people's reactions as we walked by with the crowns on our heads- specially the little girls. This type of events remind me just how much people (specially younger girls) look up to each contestant- I am truly a role model for many young girls and proud of it!

We all had a good laugh as we broke all stereotypes by getting pizza and pop as our dinner. After getting our food we went to the suite to enjoy the game.

The Piston's had an amazing game last night! They were up by almost 20 points for the majority of the game- and of course, the Piston's Won!

As we watched the game, we had a visit from the Piston's mascot. We took a lot of pictures.

We all had to leave the suite before the game was over to set up for our autograph session.
We signed signature for I believe a little over an hour- it was fun, but my hand did hurt a little after (but it's something I got to get used to!).

I ended up going home about 11:30pm- it was a long, but fun day!

Local 4

My Advanced TV Writing Class went to the Local 4 studio on Thursday. It was a really exciting trip.

I was able to see how a newscast is run backstage. It is definitely a lot of work! 

When you turn on the TV you see the talent behind the anchor table, but the people who are really running the show are off camera. There is the audio person, camera person, producer, director, floor manager, etc.

We met Devin Scillian, Rhonda Walker, Ruth Spencer, and a couple

of other people. They were really nice and gave us great advice.

My favorite part of the night was able to sit on the anchor chair and pretend to be working for Local 4 :)

I am still not 100% sure of what I want to do, but I have narrowed it done to three: Anchor, reporter, or advertising (TV commercials). So being an anchor is one of my dream jobs.

I have to extend a thanks to Erian for being the only person who thought about bringing a camera- thanks to 
her I am able share my memories of sitting at the anchor desk.

I also have to thank my two amazing professors (do I get extra credit for that? jk lol)- for taking us to Local 4. It was a great learning experience.

The Reason Being Under 110 Pounds Sucks

I have tried donating blood three times now.

The first time I was told I didn't weigh enough (I had to be 115 pounds). I was probably about 103 pounds.

So...the next time I tried donating blood I decided to be clever. I told them I was 115 pounds.

This worked nicely until they found out my iron was low- that sucked.

Apparently now they changed it from 115 to 110 pounds (which doesn't really help me), but I guess its better since I may be able to reach that weight someday.

LTU had a blood drive today and I went in (unprepared to answer the "how much do you weigh?" question). I ended up saying I didn't know- but I clearly don't look like I weigh more than 110 pounds. This man ended up giving me reasons for why I should not donate (since I look under 110 pounds)- here are some of the reasons I remember:

People under 110 pounds are....

1) More likely to faint

2) More likely to have low iron

3) More likely to pee on themselves

4) More likely to be hospitalized

I think the one that convinced me was the peeing on myself- that just didn't sound pretty.

So...once again I was declined.

I may sound all tough by saying I want to donate bad, but the truth is that I am scared shitless about needles- I hate them. I was that girl who cried bloody murder in the doctors office when getting a vaccine and then scared all the kids in the waiting room.

So in a way I was relieved, but I have many reasons why I want to overcome my fear. Here are my top two:

1) To save a life of course!

2) My mom was saved due to blood donors- I want to return the thanks.

So maybe after the Miss MI competition, if I don't win, I will make myself 5 pounds fatter and then donate blood for the first time.

Piston's Game Friday!

I am really excited for the Piston's game this Friday!

Why?

Because I get to go to the game for free along with all the other Miss Michigan contestants and Miss MI herself :)

We are going to watch the game in a suite and we will be signing autographs and doing other things- I believe in half time and after the game.

It's going to be the greatest Piston's game ever!

So if you can come to the game (tickets are cheap) you totally should come.

Glove Miracle

This is me on Saturday morning helping out at Birney Elementary. The LTU Day of Service was a great success! LTU SOUL (Society of University Leaders) paired up with United Way to provide community service. About 50 students came out and helped clean up. 

I was a site leader for the day and was in charge of making sure everyone signed waivers and were on task. It was definitely a great experience.

There was a little misunderstanding though. Since details were provided last minute, the majority of the students (including me) thought we would be working inside. Therefore, many students did not bring layers of clothes (it was cold that day!) and gloves- and we had to pick up trash, rake, sweep, etc. The nice thing was that the students came with a lot of positive attitude and went to work without gloves.

At the beginning, since I was picking up garbage I was seriously praying for some miracle- I needed gloves badly! I was keeping a positive attitude, but at the same time due to some glass on the ground and other "yucky" messes there was no way I could do a good job quickly. I was picking up things slowly and making sure I didn't hurt myself or who knows- touch something dangerous.

Then- the lord heard my prayer! As I was walking (this was literally 5 minutes after we got to the site) I saw this beautiful glove laying on the grass. I swear it was there just for me! The glove was in perfect condition- I immediately picked it up, put it on, and was able to pick up some much garbage in little time.

In the picture above I am displaying my beautiful glove! I was very proud of it and told everyone about it. That glove was a blessing!

I did, unfortunately, have to throw it away at the end- since it got really filthy, but it served its purpose. I know that the little girl who lost if is probably crying or suffering about losing it, but she lost it just for me because I REALLY needed it! So thank you!

I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason. 

Review of Nuestra Belleza Latina

Now I have to write a review on my favorite show.

This is the third year I am watching Nuestra Belleza Latina and I must say they definitely made the show a lot more interesting this year.

First the show starts with 75 girls then they get eliminated to 40, then 20, then 12, and then one by one. This year however there were 76 girls to start, then 41, etc.

Who was the extra girl? An intruder! Oooo, I know- her role was to play the part as another contestant and then tell the audience all the gossip that is not seen on camera.

She would speak to us all on camera, but as a silhouette. According to the host of the show, the judges did not know who the intruder was, but I have suspicions. 

This new addition added some tension within the girls (of course to add more drama) and it was funny to see them accuse each other of being the "intruder."

Though there are more things I like about the show and some things I dislike, I just wanted to point out that I like the way they added the intruder to the show this year- it was definitely entertaining.

I say "was" because on Sunday the intruder was revealed! So now the 12 girls are free from being spied.

Favorite Show

So I have to write a blog on my favorite show- and I already have blogged about it, however I did not mention it was my favorite.

It was a tough decision between Las Tontas No Van Al Cielo and Nuestra Belleza Latina. However I decided that it was Nuestra Belleza Latina. Mostly because it only airs once a week for two hours. Since I am constantly loaded with school work, meetings, etc I am a little behind on my soap- and I am in the "oh f-it mood" and am not going to take the time to watch the ones I have missed. 

This attitude made me realize that I like Nuestra Belleza Latina better since I would NEVER miss a show- or if I did, I would not watch the next one until I have caught up with the one I missed.

I am also trying to convince myself to audition for Nuestra Belleza Latina again if I am not holding a title within the Miss America Organization. Therefore, I need to prepare myself by watching the challenges the other girls have.

So after so much deliberation I have decided that Nuestra Belleza Latina is my favorite show!