Hometwerk Update

I've managed to turn around and get a fair amount of my homework done. I still have a ton left, but at least I've made progress! Now I'm going to take a break to make myself dinner. I don't really want to put too much effort into it though. There's gotta be mac and cheese or something I can make.

Newest Blog

That's right- another new blog! I decided that the easiest thing for me to do with this blog would be to combine all my different media interests into one master blog. It's a bit simpler than the others, but as long as I can get my voice out there I'm happy. Here is the link to my multimedia blog!

I've sorta done stuff

It's been several hours and I still haven't done anything except newspaper stuff... I only just stared doing my other work. Way to go, Emily!

I really have to haul ass on my homework today because AHHHHH I'M SEEING ANDY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Saturday!

It's been a pretty laid-back morning so far. I haven't done very much other than eat toast for breakfast and call a few grocery stores to see if they'll donate cans for my school's canned food drive. My school's canned food drive is one of the biggest events of our school year. We bring in an insane amount of stuff; last year we brought in 47,000 cans! This year the goal is 45,000, and currently we aren't even halfway there yet,it's at something like 13,000 cans. It ends on Monday (although they may have extended it because this year it was shortened), so we're trying to get as many cans as possible for Monday. The grade that brings the most cans in gets a picnic at the end of the year (aka the senior picnic).

In addition to the hopes of reaching that goal, part of the canned food drive is the competition between first period classes to bring in the most cans. It's a general schoolwide competition, but most classes don't really care about that. What's really fun are the individual class throwdowns. My class has already done (and won) one, and currently we are involved with the first ever tag-team throwdown consisting of four senior classes teamed up against each other. No matter who wins this, it could easily cinch the senior class picnic for us. 

Despite all the fun competitive stuff, the best part of the canned food drive is being able to help so many people with all of that food. 

Goodnight!!!!

I hope y'all enjoy the new layout/theme and are interested in checking out some of the new content on my journalism portfolio blog! I'm really stoked about it all but it's getting to be super late and I should really get to bed soon, but I can't help but not sleep, I'm so excited!!!!

Cat Cafes

So apparently "cat cafes" are a thing now in Montreal! Andy was telling me about them and I firmly believe that they need to exist in the United States ASAP. Basically, you go to a cafe that has a gazillion cats inside of it and you just go around and cuddle whichever cats you want to cuddle and play with kitties all day!!!! That (besides the whole "I'm allergic to cats" thing) sounds like my kind of place! 

Blogging schemes

I think I might start operating a few more blogs now. Having just the one is great, but the weird thing about this blog is that it's not exactly cohesive. There's no one, unifying factor that gives it a theme. I started this as a food blog, then it gradually turned into a diary of sorts that people around the world have been reading. There's no structure to this blog, it's kinda all over the place. I don't mind it though, there's nothing wrong with a personal blog. Anyways, I'm going to try to put together a few blogs that better categorize my different hobbies and passions. I'm gonna take my recipes and put them in a "proper" food blog, keep up with my journalism blog, create a theater/film blog of reviews and other things, and perhaps a blog about feminism. Once I get them all created and get some content onto them, I'll post the links to them on here from time to time in case y'all want to check them out. 

TA DA NEW LAYOUT!!!!

BIG NEWS

I almost made a separate page for my newspaper articles, since I'm constantly talking about that class on this  blog, and I've made a separate blog instead! Here is the link to my new portfolio blog. I'll be posting my stories from both last year and this year. I no longer have any digital copies of my stories from my first year on the paper, but I may have a way to recover them. 

I really like the template that I have on my new blog, so I think I'm going to work on applying it to this blog.

I've spent the entire night working on a potential centerspread for newspaper all about feminism. For the next two weeks we're just gonna be working on feature articles, columns, and potential centerspread ideas- things that aren't time sensitive. I don't know if it'll ever see the light of day, but regardless I'm really proud of it. I already have a design idea for it. Regardless of if it gets in or not, I'll post the majority of it here just so somebody sees it! If there was some way for me to post a final design on here, I'll do that once I've got it.

11/14/14

Today my week went out with a fizzle instead of a bang. My throat feels less sore, but more scratchy and obnoxious than it did last night. It was just a rough day trying to get out of bed and get through the week. I survived the day fine, it just dragged on and on and on for ages. 

I'm just really thankful that it's the weekend. I'm sick of school and sick of a lot of the people in it at the moment.

Goodnight

Oh my goodness I'm only feeling sicker and sicker and sicker and I just can't have this happen right now... There's just too much going on right now and I absolutely can't miss tomorrow, and I wanna be healthy this weekend in case I actually get to see Andy and his family (I'm maybe gonna meet his brother from Montreal), get my work done, find time to pop into Famous for paperwork, and prepare for the Winter One-Acts audition! Now is not a good time to get sick!!!!! 

Goodnight!!!

Music from Tonight

I've been in a really weird mood music-wise lately. Here's the playlist I made for tonight that I've been playing through all of my homework.

Honestly I feel a bit sick right now. I've been sniffly and my throat has had the worst pain from drainage and I've had headaches on and off all day. I feel disgusting; I despise sinus infections. On the bright side, all of my college application stuff has been sent in! Now I've got that off my chest, so yay!!!!

Currently I'm just suffering through my Econ stock market project. 

Last night

Last night I had accidentally deleted my blog, but now I've restored it and I'm back up and running!
Visiting Andy and Matt was lovely last night. I described Carmongeddon to Matt, and he told me to tell our staff adviser that she needs to "cut the cord." (Matt was on newspaper with me last year, and he's Andy's best friend/roommate)

At least I get to see Andy!

11/12/14

Welp, the Cuban Missile Crisis (or as my friend Tony renamed it, Carmongeddon [It's her last name]) continues in newspaper. Other than that, it's been a pretty good day. 

GOODNIGHT!!!!!!

I not only finished what I needed to have done for tomorrow, but I also got myself ahead a day in two classes!!!! I haven't had any work in my other classes, but that doesn't make much of a difference. I'm really trying to stay on top of things. Now that my college apps are completely in (save for my transcripts) and I've grown accustomed to the coursework in my classes, things have been going much more smoothly at school. I'm really hoping to start working again soon. I need the money, and I miss the companionship. And I'm also looking forward to the Winter One-Acts. Those are less competitive, and since there are so many one-acts, it's easier to get a bigger part. I've missed theater. By the time the one-acts are performed, I'll be into my second semester and things will be infinitely easier for me!

Also, I GET TO SEE ANDY TOMORROW!!!!! We're heading up to Tower City while my sister is at her concert and my dad kills time at the casino. I'm really excited, but now I have to haul ass on my homework to get it done in a timely manner and be free tomorrow night. I think it's worth the effort though.

11/11/14

Happy Veterans Day!!! In other news, today was pretty tame, excluding dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis in newspaper today. My co-editor has been incredibly frustrated and testy lately, believing there are a bunch of problems that don't really exist that only she can fix, and she's been lashing out a lot. Also, she and another editor on the staff have a lot of tension and animosity between each other and they've snapped at each other. All these things have made her start to think that she needs to quit the paper. Honestly, I think it would be best for her mental health if she did that. It'll take a lot of stress off of her plate, and it might help her out a lot if she didn't have to be so paranoid of other's responsibility levels. Something needs to be done though, because these problems and this drama has never existed on the staff.

Hopefully I can see Andy soon

After all the on and off days thinking that I'll be able to head up to CSU, I actually might be able to see him on Wednesday since my sister is going to the G-Eazy concert at the House of Blues!!!!!!! I'm pretty excited!

11/10/14

Today was infinitely better than I had expected it to be. My AP English Macbeth exam wasn't nearly as awful as I expected it to be, and so was my AP Bio test. Not gonna lie, I did BS a large portion of my essay and all of my short answer questions, but I still think that it's gonna be my best test of the year. 

In addition to all of that, I was able to sort out all of the business with my college letters of recommendation and turned in my transcript request forms. My standardized test scores were sent, my essays, my application, and 1/2 teacher recommendations. All I need now is the other recommendation, my transcript, and my school profile sheet in, and then I'm officially done with the COLLEGE application process. There's still housing and scholarship applications that I have to work on. It's just crazy to me that this is all happening so easily and it's been so painless so far. When I started high school I didn't expect it to be so short and so transient. I know some of the friends I made are going be transient as well, but others are going to be there for me through it all. 

When I look back on it, it has been a pretty fantastic Senior year for me. It's not perfect, sure, what with all the drama with the newspaper and then not doing the Fall play, as well as not getting to see Andy often or being able to work very much, but that can all change. I had called in to work the other day and soon they'll get back to me; if not this week I'll call at the end of the week or just stop down myself. I can always text my manager Amanda though, and that might even be the easiest way to work things out. And tryouts for the winter one-acts is next Monday. The schedule is supposed to be a lot less demanding, and that's just what I need. I miss theater a lot, and my school's theater group is too spectacular for me to just quit. And this is all before the semester ends!

Next semester I'll be done with two of my least favorite classes for good, I'll have a study hall with my favorite teacher as well as the fantastically fun Video Production class, and I'll be counting down the days until I graduate and move out to DePaul... Plus, I'll finally be able to do improv again!!!! 

Change is coming for me. Good changes. I know that It'll be scary from time to time, but I believe that I can survive this level.