 | I finished reading "Safe Haven", by Nicholas Sparks about two weeks ago. It was one of those random target pick ups. I love when I get a book randomly and actually like it. That's the way it seems to work. The last time I went to Barns and Nobel to buy a book I picked one out that I couldn't finish (boring). "Save Haven" is about a young lady, Katie, who moved into a small east-coast beach town. She kept to herself because she was running away from a nightmare of a life; her husband was abusive. She got a job as a waitress in Southport, the small beach town she moved to. I wasn't able to relate to being abused but being a hopeless romantic, I related to the crux of the story. I don't want to give the whole plot away because that would be pointless but Katie finds love unexpectedly after escaping her past. I think this book was cathartic for me for many reasons. (ok here goes the personal stuff, oh well). This love story let me live out something that I don't have in my life right now, a relationship. Even though I'm not completely sure if I want one right now it's always nice to live vicariously through someone or something else. That's what books are for, right? | |||||||||||
Monday, October 17, 2011
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
I've been writing a lot about my personal life and internal thoughts. This post is something different because I like to "broaden my horizons."
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
There is always SOMETHING new
Whenever someone asks me "Whats new?" I always draw a blank. I know that life is continually changing but when your living in it all the changes seem to be ordinary. I'm trying to change my mind frame on this issue. My day to day life might be very close to "ordinary" but it's MINE. After stepping outside of my continuum, this is want's new in my life...
About a month ago I quit my job as a waitress. Long story short, the restaurant hours weren't working well with my school schedule. I felt like I could be spending my time learning my field and building my resume instead of working my self to exhaustion. It's a funny thing, I always say that "everything works out" That concept isn't an easy one to whole heartily believe in but once again God (the universe or whatever you call that higher being) proved my doubts wrong. The week after I quit my job I got an internship at a P.R. firm. I had submitted my resume to a few places but I didn't think I was a shoe in for any of the positions. Believe it or not I got an interview and got the job on the spot. There is nothing more invigorating and intimidating then being handed a job that you always wanted but having no idea what your doing. I've come to learn that I (you/anyone!) can do almost anything with a little guidance. We are our own worst enemy in the fact that our internal dialogue isn't always the most positive. So far I've learned a lot. I went into this internship having the dream of one day doing Public Relations and here I am almost three weeks into it and I can actually say I've done some P.R. After getting my feet (or maybe just my toes) wet in the industry I'm happy to say that I'm reassured that I'm going after a goal that is extremely suiting for me! It makes me more excited for my future knowing that even as an intern I love what I'm doing.
Yes I love my internship but I also have a recent motivation problem when it come to everything else in life. These last few weeks I've been LAZY(er). I'm calling myself out; my room is a mess! My room is only a reflection of what I've been feeling. I don't know what my problem is. Maybe it's my sleep schedule; if I mess with it just once I'll be off for at least a week. Possibly it's my diet. I'm one of those weirdos who is always trying to self-improve. So I'm now trying to eat less animal protein and more fruits and veggies, hoping it will boost my energy. I don't know if its just a girl thing but I feel like my energy level is such a roller coaster! I would love if it could just be a little stable! Someone give me some answers haha.
I also started to dabble in Radio at the wonderful world of Cronkite. I've been doing weekly News updates on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. My friend got me into it but it's good to experiment in all different areas of media.
-Kat
About a month ago I quit my job as a waitress. Long story short, the restaurant hours weren't working well with my school schedule. I felt like I could be spending my time learning my field and building my resume instead of working my self to exhaustion. It's a funny thing, I always say that "everything works out" That concept isn't an easy one to whole heartily believe in but once again God (the universe or whatever you call that higher being) proved my doubts wrong. The week after I quit my job I got an internship at a P.R. firm. I had submitted my resume to a few places but I didn't think I was a shoe in for any of the positions. Believe it or not I got an interview and got the job on the spot. There is nothing more invigorating and intimidating then being handed a job that you always wanted but having no idea what your doing. I've come to learn that I (you/anyone!) can do almost anything with a little guidance. We are our own worst enemy in the fact that our internal dialogue isn't always the most positive. So far I've learned a lot. I went into this internship having the dream of one day doing Public Relations and here I am almost three weeks into it and I can actually say I've done some P.R. After getting my feet (or maybe just my toes) wet in the industry I'm happy to say that I'm reassured that I'm going after a goal that is extremely suiting for me! It makes me more excited for my future knowing that even as an intern I love what I'm doing.
Yes I love my internship but I also have a recent motivation problem when it come to everything else in life. These last few weeks I've been LAZY(er). I'm calling myself out; my room is a mess! My room is only a reflection of what I've been feeling. I don't know what my problem is. Maybe it's my sleep schedule; if I mess with it just once I'll be off for at least a week. Possibly it's my diet. I'm one of those weirdos who is always trying to self-improve. So I'm now trying to eat less animal protein and more fruits and veggies, hoping it will boost my energy. I don't know if its just a girl thing but I feel like my energy level is such a roller coaster! I would love if it could just be a little stable! Someone give me some answers haha.
I also started to dabble in Radio at the wonderful world of Cronkite. I've been doing weekly News updates on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. My friend got me into it but it's good to experiment in all different areas of media.
-Kat
MSM Steven Levy
Steven Levy, author of “hackers” and “in the plex”, joined
Cronkite students this Monday to discuss his experiences working as a business
journalist. Business journalism encompasses many different topics including
foreign affairs, economics and technology. This specific field of journalism is
booming right now with the recent economic crisis and release of continually evolving
tech gadgets. Levy reported on the tech industry by getting inside of their
corporations early. He met with Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, before the
company’s big break to propose the idea of writing a story on the up and coming
Macintosh computer. Levy said,
Job’s agreed under one condition, if the article would be on the cover of
Rolling Stone, the magazine Levy was writing for. I found it extremely
interesting to hear of the evolution of the topic of Technology in journalistic
writing. Levy discussed how in the
beginning tech articles were mostly covered by hobbyist magazines. The
transition from hobbyist magazines to news publications legitimized the genera
in the Journalism world. Being
from a generation that has grown up with technology as a part of everyday life,
I can’t imagine the world of journalism without tech being a part of the mix.
Technology is not going anywhere and will continue to evolve. This constant
evolution provides huge opportunities for young journalist.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Must See Monday
The Cronkite school holds events every Monday appropriately called "Must see Mondays". At these events speakers with careers in the Journalism field talk directly to students. Monday, Aug. 29th I attended a M.S.M titled "Meet the Women of AZ TV News". Five female anchors from the Phoenix area formed the panel and revealed their personal stories about working in the industry and spoke of their opinions on issues relevant to today's journalism students. Each anchorwomen had insightful information for us.
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
Friday, August 26, 2011
Following my happiness
A lot has been going on over the last few weeks. School started on August 18th and I've been working a little too much. The wonderful world of Cronkite is going great. I'm enrolled in five classes. So far my favorites are News writing and Italian. I was never very good at Spanish in high school but surprisingly I'm pretty darn good at Italian. The language must be programmed in me along with my love of food. News writing is a great class, I get to hone my skills in writing along with discuss current events both of which are right up my ally. The only downside to my writing class is that it is at 7:30 a.m. and that is way to early for this morning hater.
Work has been keeping me beyond busy. I was working five days a week but now that school has started I cut my hours back to only three days. That point brings me to the title of this post, "following my happiness", a phrase I pick up somewhere a few years ago. Following your (my) happiness means that you follow your heart and make discussions based on what makes you happy, not only now but in the long run, bringing you closer to your bigger goals. This mind set brought me to Arizona. After a year of readjusting I decided to take a chance and move even farther away from home in order to attend a school that will foster my growth and help me reach my career and life goals. Along the way there were people telling me it might not be the best decision and I took their arguments into account but in the end Arizona was on my happiness road so here I am! A lot of small events have reassured me that living this way has brought me to the right place. The hard thing is holding on to that lingering feeling of knowing your on the right road when life starts to get overwhelming and an easy way out comes along. Staying focused on what you know you want is the only way to keep from wondering off the happiness road. For me that means remembering that I came here to attend a great school which offers an abundance of opportunities and resources to help me find my way.
Stay happy!
-Kat
Work has been keeping me beyond busy. I was working five days a week but now that school has started I cut my hours back to only three days. That point brings me to the title of this post, "following my happiness", a phrase I pick up somewhere a few years ago. Following your (my) happiness means that you follow your heart and make discussions based on what makes you happy, not only now but in the long run, bringing you closer to your bigger goals. This mind set brought me to Arizona. After a year of readjusting I decided to take a chance and move even farther away from home in order to attend a school that will foster my growth and help me reach my career and life goals. Along the way there were people telling me it might not be the best decision and I took their arguments into account but in the end Arizona was on my happiness road so here I am! A lot of small events have reassured me that living this way has brought me to the right place. The hard thing is holding on to that lingering feeling of knowing your on the right road when life starts to get overwhelming and an easy way out comes along. Staying focused on what you know you want is the only way to keep from wondering off the happiness road. For me that means remembering that I came here to attend a great school which offers an abundance of opportunities and resources to help me find my way.
Stay happy!
-Kat
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The count down begins !
A month from today I'll be celebrating my twentieth birthday. I can barely believe that I'm not a little kid anymore. For the longest time I've felt like a child while ordering my double scoop of mint chip at Baskin Robins even though the ice cream scooper is a peer. I feel a early mid life crisis coming on. I'm beginning to realize the many responsibilities that comes with growing up and I'm a little iffy about excepting that as my reality.
In the last few months an escalation adult responsibilities became part of my life. I might not be doing everything on my own but I'm scratching the surface of independence. I started a new job working as a server here in Tempe. It's hard work but it definitely pays off on busy days. For the first time in my life I'm coming home absolutely exhausted. It makes me wonder how I'm going to do this working thing everyday until my 60's. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I wont be a server forever but just the thought of life revolving around work makes me tired. I hope that I can find a way to have a fun and fulfilling job. I never want to fall into that rut of an unsatisfactory life and settle.
On that note, I'm extremely excited to start school at the wonderful world of Cronkite (ASU, Cronkite school of Journalism and Mass Communication). Yes, I just made up that nick name, I think its great! School starts on Thursday. Although I might not be one hundred percent prepared, I'm ready to jump in head first and see what I can get from this semester of learning. Lets see how I handle 7:30 AM classes every other day... wish me luck on that one.
In the last few months an escalation adult responsibilities became part of my life. I might not be doing everything on my own but I'm scratching the surface of independence. I started a new job working as a server here in Tempe. It's hard work but it definitely pays off on busy days. For the first time in my life I'm coming home absolutely exhausted. It makes me wonder how I'm going to do this working thing everyday until my 60's. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I wont be a server forever but just the thought of life revolving around work makes me tired. I hope that I can find a way to have a fun and fulfilling job. I never want to fall into that rut of an unsatisfactory life and settle.
On that note, I'm extremely excited to start school at the wonderful world of Cronkite (ASU, Cronkite school of Journalism and Mass Communication). Yes, I just made up that nick name, I think its great! School starts on Thursday. Although I might not be one hundred percent prepared, I'm ready to jump in head first and see what I can get from this semester of learning. Lets see how I handle 7:30 AM classes every other day... wish me luck on that one.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Wish me luck!
I've been here in Arizona for two and a half weeks. I felt like I wasn't getting anything done but when I really thought about it I've actually accomplished a lot. The roommate search is still going on. I'm thinking about making a short questionnaire and having all of the "candidates" fill it out. It sounds corny but honestly it might be the only way I can make this decision. I figure I'll pick who ever gets the most check marks on my "must have in a roomie" list. That is just the way I am about these things!
On another note I've been job hunting with some initial success. I have a second interview at Cadillac Ranch tomorrow for a server position. It's a bar and grill, I figure I can make pretty good tips working there during the rush. I was offered an interview at this delicious Japanese place but passed on that because the managers where extremely moody. I don't need anyone killing my life high right now because I'm on a roll. So wish me luck !!!
I'm thinking about doing vlog (video blog) giving a tour of my new place just so everyone who has been asking about it can see it but I'm not sure yet. Lets see how much motivation I have tomorrow :)
On another note I've been job hunting with some initial success. I have a second interview at Cadillac Ranch tomorrow for a server position. It's a bar and grill, I figure I can make pretty good tips working there during the rush. I was offered an interview at this delicious Japanese place but passed on that because the managers where extremely moody. I don't need anyone killing my life high right now because I'm on a roll. So wish me luck !!!
I'm thinking about doing vlog (video blog) giving a tour of my new place just so everyone who has been asking about it can see it but I'm not sure yet. Lets see how much motivation I have tomorrow :)
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