Worry Wart.

Did I pick the right major? Do I just suck at life? Is anyone else confused/scared/nervous/down right retarded about life and college and their future in general???

In other news, the new scent by Ed Hardy is absolutely amazing. Just sayin.

moooooooovin' on!

Josh and I are finally all moved into the new house. It's been a stressful and hectic month, but I'm glad to finally be at "home." It's still weird not living at home with mom, but then again, I'm 22 and it's way past time for me to grow up.

I'll post pictures soon of all the paint jobs and basement remodel!

PT Loser...

So I have to do an update about my current vehicle situation, as frustrating as it seems.

I'll admit it. I hit a raccoon. Stupid fat raccoons. Am I even spelling raccoon correctly??

Anyway, I hit a raccoon and long story short... my car died the next day. As in totally blew up. I'm not even kidding you, my DIPSTICK MELTED! MELTED!! The thing is only like two inches long now. The man at the body shop told me I needed an entirely new engine. Whoa! How do these things happen to me??

After a lot of nervous waiting, insurance decided that they're going to pay for it. (*I cried I was so happy!) Then the real waiting began...

It's going on 2 straight weeks that I've been driving the dreaded PT Cruiser. I hate it. First of all, it's like the transvestite of all automobiles. It can't decide if it wants to be a car, truck, minivan, or hatchback. It's a little of everything. And I have an analog clock! What the hell, I'm going insane.

So if you see me driving around a stupid black PT LOSER and I look really pissed off... you know why.

I hope I get my Civic back soon!!

Lexi gets her ears pierced!

Anyone who read my blog posts over fall quarter knows how much I love my niece. And since all I ever do is work anymore, it seems as though she's the only interesting thing I have to talk about! Last week we took her to get her ears pierced, and let me tell you it was an experience! She was a trooper, though. She only cried a little bit- I think Aunt Casey was more upset than she was!


watching the lady get everything ready


aunt casey is starting to get nervous!!


it hurt just a little...



but then we were happy again!

Not cool, Aggy. Not cool.

I've been staring at my computer for about 2 hours now trying to decide what to write about for this d*** ethics paper.

Good thing I'm full of ideas (sarcasm). In all reality, I find it borderline unethical that we even enter this contest as part of our grade anyway. Shouldn't the entries be heartfelt with the writers entering because of feeling compelled to share something? NOT because their grade depends on it??

It's almost like bloggers being paid to blog. They lose their transparency and even their originality. The fact that I have to conjure up some sort of topic for an ethics contest to potentially win money because I'm being graded on it is pretty much the same thing.

Not cool, Aggy. Not cool.

Participation is the fabric wk10

The conclusion of Citizen Marketers left me with a renewed sense of faith in the future of social media. Like many people, I was a true skeptic of the Lonelygirl15 videos from the start. She seemed too posed and rehearsed for something as sporadic and candid as a YouTube video diary should be (as we've defined in our society). It's this system of checks and balances that applies to the world of social media and makes it so great. Those who care about social media (and probably even those who don't) are able to sniff out the "fakes" in the blink of an eye. It has become so easy to tell whether someone is being sincere or not. I'm confident that the future of social media is in good hands: ours!

One other quote that stood out in my mind was "Social media makes relationships easier to create and maintain because of participation, and participation is the fabric" (174). How true is that? There is no way that social media would work without participation. But the fact of the matter is there isn't anyone behind the curtain saying we MUST participate. The participation is voluntary. Just another example of how the power of one can turn into the power of many!

My Poll!

Alright my fellow social media students, answer me this: What has been your favorite lesson in social media throughout the course of this class?

Take the poll I placed in the left-hand column of my blog.

Thanks!