school girl

Howdy, folks.  Much to my dismay, spring break has come and gone.  Though short-lived, my week could not have been any better.  It brought new friends, new tan lines, and new memories to make my days that much brighter.  I would give you more details, but I don't spring break and tell... It wouldn't have been spring break without one of my girlfriends, while executing the perfect "Wobble," falling and breaking her ankle, right?  Well don't fret, that was the plot for night two.  Despite the broken bones, the week was perfect.

However, it's always good to get back to Fayetteville.  And boy, did I hit the ground running as soon as I entered the 479?  I've been back for a total of five days, and so much has already happened.  The most exciting of news is that I've settled my plans for this summer.  I will be interning for Anna Taylor, the dazzling U of A grad who founded the Judith & James organization.  (Don't worry, you will hear much more about Anna and her company on a later date.)  I will be working from Fayetteville but will get to spend a good chunk of time in New York City, and fingers crossed, Kenya as well!

But being back in Fayetteville means being back in class.  Don't get me wrong, I love my classes more than your average twenty year old girl, and I really enjoy being a student.  However, sometimes class plus work plus friends plus sorority plus Easy Mac can get really stressful, and girlfriend just needs a bubble bath and a bar of dark chocolate.

Anyway, my being back in class has brought on a new project.  As a journalism student, I'm taking a course entitled "Media & Society."  The class is really neat, and we study the impact on media in our society both back in the day and in the present.  A new word that's joined the bandwagon which is my vocabulary is "pervasiveness." Webster defines this word as something that exists or spreads everywhere.  In class we use the term to describe the influence of media and how it is literally all around us.

For the next five days I've been asked to keep an online diary of my interaction with the media - how often I find myself subject to it, what kind of media I turn to the most, and my reactions and feelings now that I have to take note of how many times I scroll through my Twitter feed in an hour.

With that being said, my next couple of entries will stray from my normal posts.  Stay with me people, I swear to add a little Windom flavor to each and every entry.

Although I feel like I'm back in the seventh grade competing in the dreaded science fair, I think these next five days will be kind of fun.

let the good times roll.

xxoo

W



behold the spring break highlight reel...