Famous Last Words: Week 14

Oh, yet another Famous Last Words post! If you want me to be completely honest, I am doing what I can to mix and match assignments in order to get my last few points in the class!

I have completely overwhelmed and incredibly busy with my capstone class! It is finally coming to an end on Monday at 10am! That is when we give our final presentations to our client and that is when I am free from all undergrad work! I am honestly really excited to give this presentation because my group and I have worked SO hard to put this campaign together! We have spend 12+ hours together at a time to perfect everything, so I believe we deserve this chance to shine.

The picture below is a group photo of my capstone group.

Personal photo taken October 2015

Surprisingly, I have no actual “finals” during finals week, so once the presentation is over I am free from this world called college! Well, at least for now!

I have thought about going to grad school, but I think I would rather wait and see if I can work for a company that will pay me to do so. If that does not happen, maybe ill end up in school again later down the road, but not now. As of now, I need a break!

I feel like this entire semester flew by! It was like I blinked and all of a sudden I am about to graduate. I am very nervous to graduate because although I have been in a lot of interviews and multiple round of interviews with multiple companies, I have not been offered a position I want.

One company did offer me a position, but I politely declined because it just did not feel right. I knew I could do better, so that is what I am trying to do. I actually have another interview tomorrow morning for a position that I would really enjoy working. So keep your fingers crossed for me!

Famous Last Words: Week 13

Wow! I do not know about the rest of y’all, but I really enjoyed my Thanksgiving break!

With graduation around the corner, everything is wrapping up! But of course as it wraps up, there just becomes more and more to do it seems! So having a few days of traveling and family time was just what I needed to escape!

My boyfriend and I left Tuesday morning and flew to Houston. I seem to always have flight issues, but this time everything we perfect! We left a nice 60 degrees Oklahoma and landed in a nice 70 degrees Texas. For me it was a little odd because I am very used to all of the fall holidays being cold. So being able to go outside by the pool in November was a different experience!

Personal photo taken on Thanksgiving Day 2015

We went to the Rockets game on Wednesday with his family and then had dinner on Thursday evening. Overall, it felt like a REALLY short trip, but it was for sure fun! Christmas break we will be able to stay there a little longer, so I am looking forward to that.

We flew back Friday morning so we could go have dinner with my family Friday night and were welcomed back to a freezing cold Oklahoma! Not what I wanted at all! Thankfully, we got back and to my grandparents house before the actual ice storm hit. I was not looking forward to having to drive on any ice!

We returned to Norman this afternoon, and now we are getting back into the whole school thing for the last few weeks of the semester. I think the most exciting thing about today is that I only have 20 days until I graduate! What a relief!

With this class wrapping up, and my capstone wrapping up, I feel like I am in pretty good shape to end this semester!

Portfolio Guide

Jack and Jill
A story about a girl named Jill who loves a boy named Jack.


The Spoiled Ox
A story about a farmer who knows a thing or two about respect and care.


The Princess and the Bird
A story about a Princess who finds true love in an unusual way.


The Man in the Moon
A story about a girl who think she loves the moon.


Life of a Carpenter
A story about a man who follows his instinct.

Extra Reading Diary: Fables of La Fontaine

Foolish Animals

-Stories about foolish animals entertain me quite a bit. I like them because it seems that the "underdog" wins in most of theses stories.
-For instance, in the tortoise in and the hare, everyone would expect the rabbit to win. However, the turtle wins due to outsmarting the rabbit and the rabbit being too confident.
-I am a big fan of twists in stories, and that is how a lot of these animal stories are written

Cartoon taken from WikiMedia Commons

Reading Diary A: Russian Folktales

I know its not the same Friday as in the story, but I sure do love Friday's and fries!
(Photo taken from RedBubble) 

Russian Folktales

Friday:
This story confused me. I am not understanding the references at all. I do not know who Mother Friday is supposed to be. All I understood was that the lady fell asleep while working.


The Dead Mother:
As soon as I saw the word “kinsfolk” I knew I should read this story. I had just had a conversation about the word “kin” and refereeing to someone as being your “kin” this weekend.

Extra Reading Diary: English Fairy Tales

English Fairy Tales

Molly Whuppie

-I originally read this story simply because my name was in the title

-Molly is the youngest in the story, just like I am the youngest

-I like that Molly was the mastermind. I like tot think I am the mastermind of my sisters

-I like that Molly was successful in all of her challenges

(Photo taken from WikiMedia Commons)

-In all stories with giants, I always picture and imagine the Jolly Green Giant

Famous Last Words: Week 11

Well if anything is going right in my life currently, it would be my capstone! Our final project is finally coming together and looking great! I cannot wait until we present and I can just be done with this project forever!
The class and the group meetings have taken over my life completely. I need it to be over so I can have social life again!

Some exciting news in my life:

My class ring came in! YAY! I’m not sure why but I was so excited when it came in! I guess it makes it seem a little more “real” that I am actually graduating.

To add to that mentioned above, my graduation announcements came in! That is kind of exciting I guess, but lets be honest, I am not looking forward to addressing all of those and then wring thank you notes later.

My most exciting news is that my trip to NYC is finalized and planned for good! I cannot wait! I have never been to NYC so I am really looking forward to this! I am going the first week of January, so I am hoping it is snowy and like a Christmas wonderland of some kind!

I guess you could call this random news, but, I went to trivia night at O'Connell's with my boyfriend and his friends and well, WE WON! Yup, first place! And we got $50 to use at the restaurant for winning! WOOHOO! 

Low quality picture with high quality friends:)
(Personal photo taken after winning trivia night on 11/5/15)

In other news…

I would love it if just ONE of the companies I have interviewed with would get back to me with a “yes” or “no” as to whether or not I will work for them after I graduate!

I am getting so stressed out by this whole “job hunt” thing and I need a job like ASAP. I really do not want to serve tables again. I would love a salaried job. I feel like these dreams are not too crazy, so I need to make them happen!

If anyone out there is reading this and knows of any openings within marketing or advertising, please feel free to comment below!