March 2011
5 posts
partys over...back to work
Spring break flew by faster than normal— every moment not spent running around to meet friends or running errands was spent frantically typing a 15 page paper (which I STILL haven’t finished— :/ ). But already, after a last sushi dinner farewell with the folks, I will head back to Charlotte and back to try something totally new.
My first photoshoot is tomorrow. Bit scared....
i cheated myself... like i knew i would...
the last few weeks have been a crazy whirlwind of stress and papers, tears and lonely nights, and friends that helped me through it. But coming home yesterday was exactly what i needed.
i’ve been here less than 24 hours, and already feel more relaxed than i have in ages and more well rested. i came home to a lovely husky, a lovelier sister, and spent the friday dining at some amazing...
WOAH now...
So, let me get this straight…Charlie Sheen can make a “porn family”, Kelsey Grammar can end a 15 year marriage over the phone, Larry King can be on divorce #9, Britney Spears had a 55 hour marriage, Jesse James and Tiger Woods, while married, were having sex with EVERYONE. Yet, the idea of same-sex marriage is going to destroy the institution of marriage? Really? Reblog if you...
BIG THINGS have been happening!
i havent posted in a while. but i have a good excuse: some pretty awesome, completely unexpected stuff has happened.
this saturday for example: i woke up bright and early and went to a casting call at Evolution Talent Agency (the exact one where Brooklyn Decker is at), where myself and a few other girls spent an hour and a half runway training and being cast in a Mercedes-benz fashion show....
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BIG THINGS have been happening!
i havent posted in a while. but i have a good excuse: some pretty awesome, completely unexpected stuff has happened.
this saturday for example: i woke up bright and early and went to a casting call at Evolution Talent Agency (the exact one where Brooklyn Decker is at), where myself and a few other girls spent an hour and a half runway training and being cast in a Mercedes-benz fashion show....
February 2011
7 posts
please send out your prayers
one of my best friends in the awkward middle school phase and probably one of the most likable, funny, and amazing girls you will ever meet. and she just lost her boyfriend, her love.
my heart is absolutely aching for her. i can’t even imagine that kind of pain, and so young. i haven’t seen her since she moved. i’ve had brief contact. but she’s the kind of person who...
sighhhh
sometimes you love having a day alone. other times, it drives you up the wall and you feel panic coming on. what’s the worst is when you can’t figure out HOW you feel about it :/ today is one of those days. I have plenty to do. I’ve had a great couple weekend days chilling with my friends. But i finally have one sunday dedicated to just me, like i promised myself, and i...
January 2011
9 posts
you're comin up like a flower...!
Another weekend blows past, full of friends and glitter. Friday=coffee and dinner with some awesome people who I’ll miss desperately come May when they leave for the big bad world, then a late night random shopping spree with my roomie where I scored BIG TIME— champagne glitter barbie heels, cute black boots, french tops, and the entire first season of ‘American Dreams’...
I LOVE THIS →
SNAP i love this movie—-this song song is...
Another day, another bruise
So since my last post, a ton has changed— I went from not posting very often with nothing happening to posting maybe too often and shit changes all the time, lol. Oh well, c’est la vie.
I’m on a marathon run of Being Human (THE UK VERSION, not the shit US one!) with my roomie as I’ve just introduced her to its amazingness :). Sipping chamomile tea while icing my ankle:...
aline aline!
Waiting for 6:30 to arrive in my bathrobe with some green tea and listening to some french tunes— currently “Aline” by Adamo Salvatore, great song.
After THREE FRICKIN DAYS of snow cancellations, finally back at school. kinda loved having those days, not gonna lie— first day of powdery snow filled with snowball fights with random kids, friends, and laying around to movies...
candles burning, phone buzzing and twelve hours
this is it. last night of vacay at home. feels weird and unreal, but i couldnt have spent the last time here in a better way. after an amazing christmas in las vegas and at my aunts house snowed in with good people and great food, i came back and caught up with some of my best friends. i’ve missed them so much, and i’d forgotten how much until i saw them again— that’s...
ringing in the new year
happy new year everyone. so far i’ve spent the new year’s eve day with a best friend who is my soul mate in every way, laughing over coffee and enjoying good food and a fantastic film together, then heading off to work a job I am very lucky to have with some new friends who always make me laugh.
Things have been tough in 2010 though. I’m not comfortable with myself anymore,...
December 2010
6 posts
One moment at a time...
Whirlwind of traveling and finally coming close to a real resting period. Went from finals, to flights, to vegas and back, then snowed in at my aunt and uncle’s cozy house in the woods, then back to work late nights in columbia. Overall though, while I’m still exhausted, I’m pretty happy—- I’ve only got two nights left of bitter cold and work, then finally have a...
i fell in love with this song when they played it...
whats a partridge? whats a pear tree? IDK so...
Two more days. The last few have gone by in a blur, just tons of soul sucking exams and waiting around to take said exams…. but there’s been some pretty awesome stuff mixed allup in there too :)
After all, it wouldn’t be my life and my friends if we didn’t spend a good portion of study day playing with a wind up chicken and egg to see who came first… egging them on...
Don't you know it's gonna be...alright...
Every time the phone buzzes, I expect to see his name. And let me tell you: it’s getting old pretty quickly.
Seeing his name used to send a thrill through me— I totally understand the sending your heart aflutter thing now. But then the breakup happened, and it was too much.
Yet now he’s back at it, and it’s driving me INSANE. How do you tell an ex you’re...
November 2010
11 posts
Profile Component of Multimedia Project for Timbs
Part III—Profile Component
Most students’ Saturday mornings are spent sleeping in or catching up. Some students, however, are waking up bright and early to give back to the community.
Allaire Gehm, a senior education major at Winthrop, is one of them.
Gehm chooses to spend every Saturday morning volunteering at Petsmart’s weekly adoption day, a program that she is passionate...
Interview Portion of Multimedia Project--...
Part II: Expert Sources
Ellin McDonough deals with service learning in the community on a daily basis. She is the program director for service learning at Winthrop, and works with the Rock Hill community to assess the needs of the community that Winthrop students can help to address.
McDonough often works with Winthrop students and their volunteering projects. She helps to...
Volunteer Project Research Portion
The gap between community service in high school and community service in college is widening faster than ever before. Most students who volunteer as seniors in high school lose momentum when it comes to volunteering in college, according to an article in the Journal of Higher Education.
According to Helen Marks, who wrote the article “Community Service in the...
From campus to community →
My final podcast for the multimedia project: Adoption Day podcast/profile of student volunteers for Timbs
on the road home, but no place to go
It’s weird being home.
Really, it’s the first time I’ve been a guest in my own home, the first time my mom has looked at me and said “well ur a guest, u have your own place now.”
And I don’t like that. It’s strange— I think of my apartment as home, and my parent’s house as my parent’s house— but to me it’s still a part of...
detoxing... this is gonna suck.
So I’m trying this new thing this week to coincide with detoxing in my personal life.
Finally getting back on track with friends. Finally said my final goodbye to the boy. Don’t feel hurt so much now— just feel content that I know its over and where we stand.
So now that I’ve gone through a bit of cleansing in my life, I thought I should take care of the rest....
FINALLY OVER!!! and moving on to happier times :)
FINALLY—- i’ve finally freed myself fully of a situation that was NOT good for my health. Not even sad to say goodbye to him at this point— put me through so much shit, just can’t feel anything anymore. But hey, that’s life— live and learn is the saying, right? Least I had a bit of fun before things got weird….
But on bright side? Things to look...
Real post-- not for class for once :)
Well, I’m slowly starting to blog outside of class again…. here goes.
The weather finally screams falllllll! And… that is the only happy thing about today. The past two weeks have been incredibly rough— I feel like I’ve been attacked from all sides, and last night I had to let the one thing go that made me really happy.
So question is, where do I go now?
I...
October 2010
6 posts
since it's almost halloween...
i’ve been doing a lot of posts that are just schoolwork latley. so i decided to post something kinda for me and cooler. :)
I haven’t really watched a lot of halloween movies yet— I know, I’m behind— but now that I’m home for a bit, I’ve started watching this show called Ghost Adventures…. not bad. The one on right now visits the Stanley Hotel,...
Column Exercise from Chapter 6: Reel
White hospital walls: I know them too well.
I just never thought I’d be the one in the hospital bed.
I’ve spent far too much of my life in hospitals. My grandmother got sick when I was sixteen, and I’ve spent nearly every day in the last four years by her bedside, the only change being the hospital room as she’s constantly shipped from specialist to...
Nights in NoDa: Friday Night Gallery Crawls
Twice a month, loyal art devotees gather in the North Davidson district of Charlotte, known fondly as the ‘NoDa’ district to the regular art crowd that gathers there the first and third Friday of each month. On these selected dates, the NoDa district plays host to live music in the streets, open art galleries inviting the masses in for a peek, and vendors selling homemade goods up and...
A Step Back in Time: the Carolina Renaissance...
Knights on their noble steeds and kings and queens ruled the day Saturday at the annual Renaissance Festival. The festival, which runs weekends from October 9 up until the end of November, celebrated its opening day with a huge crowd, welcoming hundreds through the castle gates.
The event takes place across a huge field, offering spectators everything from a traditional...
September 2010
10 posts
Brenn Rocks WU Campus
Brenn brings new life to campus center Friday night as they rocked out with Winthrop students.
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Students gathered at The Edge stage Friday evening to rock out with Brenn, a band with roots in Tennessee and enough power behind their melodies to make you rock all night long.
Brenn is a group heavily influenced by electronic beats and bands like...
Podcast of narrative for Reel's class-- link →
Narrative from Reel's class plus podcast!
Blue Light Special (Camilla and the Ditch)
She sat in the driver’s seat clutching the wheel and staring out of the rain streaked glass, numb. The impact wasn’t enough to shock her, but it was shocking nonetheless. “This is going to be a rough day,” she thought, watching the wipers go back and forth along the windows of the stalled car.
The trouble all started three...
Transcription of podcast
NARRATION INTRODUCTION: Volunteer work is something that can make a community thrive. In college, however, there’s so little time to spare that some students can barely even make time to sleep. There are a precious few students who choose to donate their weekend time to bettering the community even if they only have a few hours to spare. Allaire Gehm is a junior education major at Winthrop and...
Podcast for Volunteer Work/Operation C.A.R.E! →