RA Interview

Today I had my RA interview which was nice, I’m glad I went through the process and I’m also glad that it is over with! I always get uncomfortable with the thought of selling myself because I don’t want to come off as arrogant or full of myself. It is a fine line. I thought though the interview went well and I answered the questions to the best of my ability. I am also fighting a sore throat which is a little frustrating since I have to sing for choir and for rehearsals for the musical. It is hard on my vocal chords. Hopefully the symptoms will go away either tomorrow or in the next couple of days. I have been trying to control it with Tylenol.

2010
02/09
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Pledging Ceremony

Tonight I finally got to have my pledging ceremony for Kappa Alpha Theta. I missed the first one because of rehearsal, but I just had it and it was really fun. It was a bunch of ceremonial acts for us to really become pledges. Some of them were a little strange, but is was fun and exciting. There were only six of us at this one so it was more intimate which I liked. IF YOU JOIN A SORORITY, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO DO THINGS THAT MAY SEEM A LITTLE ODD…DO THEM. Don’t gripe about it or anything, just do it. It will be fun in the long run and it is all part of the process. Now I am going to get my laptop and go back to the house to watch my first episode of the show Greek…I know, members of a sorority watching a show titled Greek. It’s just too perfect.

2010
02/08
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Super Bowl XLIV

Today is the Super Bowl! It is going to be a great day with tons of food, football, family, and great commercials. The commercials happens to be my favorite part of the entire experience, but only partially better than all the food that is served. My mom makes chili cheese dip that is TO DIE FOR and I wait all year for it. That is how good it is. The Saints and the Colts are playing this year. I’m not sure who I am going to root for because frankly I wanted the Vikings to beat the Saints. My family takes bets on who will win and what the final score will be. I probably won’t decide until the last minute. We’ll see what everyone else’s predictions are. My Aunt, Uncle, and cousins should be here soon. Gotta go get ready for them!

2010
02/07
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Home For The Weekend

I am home in Lake Oswego for the weekend to watch the Super Bowl with my family. It has been a tradition for some of my family to come over, eat food that is really tasty, but really bad for you, and watch the game. Ok, technically we watch the game closely for the first half and then it dissolves to paying attention to only the commercials. Me, I love it for the commericals and food. I am a little disappointed the Vikings didn’t make it, but I’ll get over it. :) I got home yesterday at about 7:15pm. I should have been there about an hour and a half earlier, but my train was an hour and a half late. It was very annoying since I got to the station about 45 minutes early to make sure I had plenty of time to check in and get my ticket. Oh I had PLENTY of time. It’s ok though because I am home now and happy. I’m so excited for tomorrow!

2010
02/06
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Point Defiance And Theta Photo

Today all I had classes wise was Biology lab from 9am-12pm, but it wasn’t a very brain intensive lab which was really nice. We went to Point Defiance in Tacoma which has a forest, zoo/aquarium, and a marina. We basically spent two and a half hours looking for organisms, naming them, and having different members of the class tell about them. I had platyhelminthes (flatworms) which we didn’t find any of, but I still got to talk about them.

After lab at 1:10pm (I know, weird time) I had my picture taken for the Kappa Alpha Theta composite picture that will hang in the house next year. It is an individual picture and then they put all the individuals together on a big photo. We all had to wear black tops and I think mine turned out ok. They will retouch them later. :)

2010
02/04
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Raining

It has been raining hard today…all day. You would think that this would be a good day for boots or sneakers or something. However since I am only sometimes the brightest lightbulb in the box, I decided today would be a good day to wear pink FLIP-FLOPS outside to class. Now I do have a bit of defense. When I woke up this morning, I heard no rain falling. Also, since I live in the basement of my dorm, I can’t tell if the outside is wet or not. That would have been a great indication of the upcoming weather. CHECK THE WEATHER FORCAST SOMEHOW. It could be the weather report online, you could legit watch the news if you had the resources, or you could just you know LOOK OUTSIDE! That was my biggest downfall, not looking outside. I was totally ready for the day, got outside, it wasn’t raining, and went to my first class. It was between class one and class two that hurt. It was POURING outside then and I had to roll up my jeans and go my way through major puddles and sloppy conditions. Oh so fun. Although it is nice now because classes are over and I went back to my dorm to put on boots like the smart cookie I am. Lesson of the day: LOOK OUTSIDE! Believe me…lesson learned.

2010
02/03
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Tired

I am tired. I know, you probably already inferred that from the title, but I will say it again for emphasis. I am tired. I was in friend’s room for WAY longer than I should have been and I got up at about 7:20am this morning to take a shower and get ready for my 9am class. IT’S COOL IF YOU WANT TO BE IN A FRIEND’S DORM HANGING OUT, DOING HOMEWORK, BUT BE BACK IN YOUR OWN DORM BY A REASONABLE HOUR SO YOU AREN’T EXTREMELY TIRED/FATIGUED IN THE MORNING. I just learned that the hard way. I sacrificed sleep for fun and being around people doing the same thing as me. Next time I shall just put my foot down and leave at the first sign of me being tired/when it gets late. Luckily her dorm was close to mine so it wasn’t that far of a walk. Also it is lucky that I don’t have class tomorrow until choir at 5pm so I can sleep in tomorrow morning. Catch up on sleep time!

2010
02/01
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Crossover

So today is Saturday 1/30…ok techincally it’s 1/31, but whatever it only happened a minute ago. Anyways today was crossover which is the boy’s bid day for fraternities. It was fun because they dressed up in costume and each pledge one at a time ran to their house and the active members helped them crowd surf. After that a few other people and I went back to our respective living areas to relax because we got up super early. Then we went shopping for crazy clothes for our “functions” from Goodwill. It was quite the success. We came back and had dinner/coffee in the SUB and then my friend (Anna) and I went back to Todd/Phibbs (dorm) to chill before we went out for the night. So Anna, another friend from my floor (Rachel), and I went back to the SUB so Rachel could eat. We went to a low key party that was just getting started and then was hanging out at another house for fun. There was a lot of laughter and dancing. All and all, the night was a success. I had a great time!

2010
01/31
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Quick Announcement

I’ve been alerted that I haven’t formally announced what I am rehearsing for! How rude of me! Let me explain. Until opening night on March 24th I will be rehearsing for the musical Anything Goes at the college. I am in the chorus and I am female passenger #1. Exciting right? To be female passenger #1 means I get one whole line! I’m thrilled to be part of the production with a lot of talented men and women. So there’s just a little tid bit of information since I for some strange reason hadn’t formally announced it!

2010
01/28
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Busy Busy Busy

I am one busy person! Just tonight I have choir from 5-6:20pm, rehearsal from 6:30, and homework. Starting next week I will have rehearsal at least three days a week, sometimes four depending on the week on top of choir, Invisible Children meetings (which I am probably not going to make until the musical is over), Greek Life, applying to be a RA, and four classes with two labs. Ok if you decide to do as much as what I am doing PACE YOURSELF SO YOU DON’T GET TOTALLY OVERWHELMED AND FRUSTRATED. It’s definitely a balance and sometimes you have to choose what will work best for you at the time. Sleep is so important and so is school work so you can’t give those the shaft. It will come back to kick you in the butt later. AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, BEING BUSY CAN BE REALLY FUN. I’m sure I will not have the opportunity to be bored at all this semester whch I like because that is a terrible feeling. It is also good for me because I will see people that I love seeing and are friends of mine more often now than I did. It will strengthen bonds and friendships that way.

2010
01/28
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And The Winner Is….

KAPPA ALPHA THETA! As of last night I am now a new member of Theta and I’m really really excited about it. I think it is going to be a really fun, positive experience. Last night we went to the house and talked, mingled, had pizza and played a game where we were in teams and basically ran around the house. It was great. I also now have a new pansy plant for my room. We shall see how long it stays alive. :) This is a quick post for I am now off to workout (we had costco cake last night!) and then I have our first rehearsal for the musical Anything Goes. Just because recruitment is over does not mean my life gets any less busy!

2010
01/27
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Today Is Finally Here

It’s Tuesday ladies and gentlemen. The bid day. If I don’t receive a phone call or an email by 3-4pm I am going to assume that I have received a bid to the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta and I will be happy. I trust that the sororities know who would fit into their house and after going to dinner at Theta last night I realized that they are a great group of women that I can easily talk to. It was nice having dinner with them and sharing in some of their traditions. Everyone that was invited back had a flower and we each put our flowers into two community vases symbolizing that every flower is unique, but their beauty is magnified when they are all put together. We also tied our nametags to their symbol the kite on the way out which I thought was very special. Tonight everyone will get an envelope if they recieved a bid and then go party and hang out with the house they receive. It should be fun and exciting. Lets keep our fingers crossed that I get one!

2010
01/26
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Philanthrophy Day

Today I had to get up so early for recruitment! I got up at 7:45 on a Sunday morning…Who does that? Sororities and possible pledges do! I got invited back to two sororities today, Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta for short) and Alpha Phi (A-Phi for short). Today I learned about both their charities and we did arts and crafts. I went to Theta first and I talked to some really nice girls while making thank you cards for volunteers that support the sororitie’s cause. After that I went to A-Phi and we made bracelets for their Red Gala Ball to support woman’s cardiac care. I had so much fun at their house because I was able to talk to some women that I had already met and we formed deeper connections. Even though I was invited to two houses instead of three, it was still nice and now there are less sororities to think about. It will make deciding and ranking a little easier. Now it’s off to do homework and relax. This process is exhaustive!

2010
01/24
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Activity Day

Today was activity day for recruitment where we got into our Rho Gamma groups and went to every sorority house to talk to some of the girls and play a game. It was really fun and exciting, but really tiring at the same time. My cheeks hurt from smiling and I’m pretty sure I’m losing my voice. At the same time though, I loved every minute of it, meeting new people and getting involved. We had to rank our sorority preferences from 1-4 and I had two that I really liked so it was hard to place those in a 1, 2 order, but I think it is good that we get a preference too not just the houses. Tomorrow we go back to up to three of the houses we visited today and learn about their philanthropies. For those of you who don’t what that is, it is their charities and events the chapter does to support the charity they represent. So that should be a good day too. I have to get up earlier tomorrow though…don’t know how I feel about that! :)

2010
01/23
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Recruitment Begins

Yesterday was my first event for Greek recruitment. We were placed in Rho Gamma groups which I guess Rho Gamma means helpful in some way. Like our leaders are going to help guide us into making the right decision about what chapter we want to be in. It was just an informational meeting last night, but it was still fun. I really like my leaders and I am in the group with a couple people I know so that is nice too. What the leaders really emphasized about the process I will share with you. THE PROCESS OF JOINING A GREEK HOUSE IS PURELY INDIVIDUAL. Which means in a sense is that you join the house you want to join, not just picking a house with all your friends. I know that there are probably people I know that will be in the same house that I get, but that is not the only thing I am going to base my choices on. It’s going to be the house that I fit in the most with.

2010
01/22
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