Bored in the Library

Hey, it's been a while so I figured I'd write something. However, as usual, I don't have much to say at least not anything of importance. It was St. Patty's day yesterday and my-oh-my was this campus bustling!!! I walked to class at 10:15 a.m. and my neighbors across the street were already playing beer pong. I couldn't drink that early if you made me!!! At least wait till noon, i mean come on. The engery students put into their St. Patty's day "get up" was no surprise. I love the enthusiasm students have in holidays that represent nothing other than binge drinking, it truly is in college fashion. I too participated in the events of the drinking Irish but shortly have 7 p.m. I sliced open my big toe on a sharp piece of metal sticking up out of our kitchen floor. OUCH!!!! After that I was condemned to my bedroom where I proceeded to watch Benjamin Button where I was continuously interrupted by loud drunks in the street or roommates who needed assistance. The roommates I of course attended too, as they attended to me while my toe was gushing bright red puddles of blood, but the drunks in the street i have no patience for- unless i'm one of them, but i wasn't. Needless to say my St. Pattys day didn't end up how i had anticipated but strangely enough im glad it didn't. Instead of coming in at 2 a.m., binge eating before passing out unconsciously, I was in bed by 8:30 p.m. cuddled up in my pj's till 9 this morning, no hangover, no lingering vodka on my breath, just a fresh mind and a broken toe...woo hoo go St. Patrick!!!

The Academy Awards and more....

So a couple days late and a dollar short but nonetheless I still must dish on my Oscar night experience!!!  Probably, HANDS DOWN the best production of the Oscars I have ever seen and I haven't missed the night of the Oscars since 7th grade...I'm obsessed! The Kodak Theater was more beautiful that it has ever been.   Hugh Jackman's humor and good looks made him one of Oscars best hosts to date.  The musical performances were vibrant and engaging, Beyonce and Hugh Jackman made it work on stage, who knew?  I loved how 5 previous Oscar winners in either the supporting actress/actor and leading actress/actor categories came out on stage to honor the nominees in each, speaking directly to the nominee in the audience. This created a stir of tears throughout the theater as well as a "sobbfest" at my house Sunday night-well done.  Now lets get on with it.  Sean Penn best actor for Milk!!!  Kate Winslet best actress for The Reader!!!  Slumdog Millionaire took home 8 Oscars!!! EIGHT!!! This was a low budget indie film without A-list actors and they stunned everyone and made it possible for people to dream again.  It was truly uplifting I cried everytime someone from the film won anything it was so inspiring.  

I still can't believe Leo wasn't nominated as best actor for his performance in Revolutionary Road, its a total disgrace, he was phenomenal, the movie wouldn't have been the same without him.  I dream sometimes that one day i'll be up on the stage at Kodak Theater accepting my Oscar, but I doubt that will ever happen because I'm not an actress, nor a director, nor a screenwriter, nor a composer, nor a animation wizard...but I can still dream, hey isn't that what the Oscars are all about...dreams? 

Pecha Kucha Distress

So pecha kucha eh? Scowering the internet image databases for pertinent visuals to add to my presentation...not as easy as you might think. Plus i don't even have a topic for my presentation. I'm hoping that by scanning some images something might click in my brain and i'll go yes, that's it! So far I've got nothing though. I am extremely excited to do this project, but finding a jumping off point is always the hardest part. I want to get this right; afterall, I am going in the PR and Advertising world in 3 months and i should probably know how to give a killer presentation. I was thinking possibly...arguing the fact that Michelle Kwan should have won the Olympic gold medal in 1998 over newcomer Tara Lipinski, but i'm not sure how my classmates will relate to such a topic. Most of them probably aren't familiar with the sport of figure skating. Then i was thinking about making a persuasive argument about why people should join P.O.W.E.R (Planet of Women Equality & Respect) but then i remember i hardly enjoy being in POWER so how am i going to convince other people to join??? Also, another problem for recruiting members come May (off topic, sorry). What about....hmmm...addressing the different ways in which to job hunt successfully in a very poor economy? That might be a winner. I am going to a workshop on the very subject @ 7 tonight so perhaps i'll gain some new knowledge that i can use in my presentation. As for now i am still brainstorming...i'll let you know if i come up with anything brilliant! ;-)


talk soon,

Elle Bee XOXO

(Sigh) The Future...?

As graduation starts to reer its ugly head I begin to wonder about the future. I guess that's a good thing, it means that i'm aware college won't last forever and i'm accepting the finality of my adolescence but that doesn't mean i'm not terrified, confused...BEWILDERED! Over the weekened my mom asked me, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" I replied with a humm emmm ohhhh 0000 umm i don't know. And then she commented on the frequency in which employers ask that question during the interview process and I began to sweat. She's right. I've been hearing that question since highschool but in highschool it was easy because i could say something completely outlandish and it wouldn't matter because i wasn't close enough to the "future" for any of it to matter. Now im three months away from the finish line and i actually have to answer that dreadful question, where do i see myself in five years. Ahhhhh!!!! Well i've had little to no experience working in public relations or advertising, my summer internship taught me a little but nothing specific in order for me to get ahead in the industry. So like i said i have no idea where i'll be in five years. I don't know where i'll be in one year. All i hope is that i have some sort of income, a warm house and food to live on. Would that be a bad response to an employer's question? Or would a better response be, "Well Bob, in five years i see myself working as an account executive on one of Rochester's biggest ad campaigns and taking home at least 2 Addy awards a year. I mean come on!! To be honest Bob i don't konw where i'll be in five years, i'm just starting out in this industry and i don't what my strengths are yet, i don' t know what im good at yet, so if you give me a couple months maybe even a year to discover my inner PR guru, can i let you know then?

First Blog Post EVER!!!

Okay well, I guess I'll start by introducing myself, my name is Lisa and I'm a 22 year old college student @ SUNY Cortland. My blog title is Elle Bee's Sporadic Space because my posts, for the most part, will be sporadic- that's just how my mind works. Elle Bee is a play on my initials, LB; I don't know I've just always liked it.

I am new to the blogging scene, I've been asked to create a blog for my Writing in the Digital Age class (an online course). As I've recently joined Twitter and LinkedIn I am also, now, apart of this fine online community and I'm excited to get my hands dirty. I'm studying Public Relations and Advertising and in May, when I graduate, I hope to land a position in either field. I think joining social networking sites like blogger, twitter, linkedin, and facebook will help me advance my knowledge of modern technology and new ways of communicating.

Side Note: Just watched Revolutionary Road & Slumdog Millionaire and I cannot begin to explain the feeling i get after having watched a masterly crafted piece of film- there's nothing like it. Revolutionary Road shows the unraveling of a marriage, the unraveling of love in the 1950's of America. Slumdog millionaire is a journey of two young lovers struggling to hang onto one another as they are constantly separated by the circumstances of life in India. Both films evoke sadness, sometimes excruciating sadness and then at times pure satisfaction and happiness- kind of like the rollercoaster of life I guess.

K, I should probably get back to work, i just couldn't go without having discussed those films--god i wanna watch them RIGHT NOW!!

Anyway...it's off to Rhetoric class & then work...talk soon


xoxo
Elle Bee