I cracked my Photobucket password!

Okay, so for the past few years I've been trying to crack the password to my Photobucket account. You see I have saved a lot and VERY old photos on this account and I've been meaning to look at them but for some reason I just couldn't remember my password. So, today, I decided to figure out my password and I actually figured it out in less than a minute. I was thankful it didn't take too long. Once I was in, I didn't leave for about an hour. I literally just sat on my bed looking at old pictures feeling nostalgic as ever.
I was a tad bit sad when I looked over these photos because it reminded me of how much simpler my life was and how I didn't have to worry about too many things back then. And then I felt thankful because I was able to live through that time and in way it prepared me for the obstacles I face today and the obstacles I'll face in the future.

The next few weeks...

are going to be HECTIC.

Yes, I know typical teenage girl in college thinking her life is about to collapse on top of her and suffocate but really it is. After a long, stress free Thanksgiving break I am now bombarded with the reality of how much schoolwork and extracurricular work I need to get done before the semester ends. Okay, lets start from with what is due tomorrow. I am currently applying to be the Styling director for CLUTCH Magazine, one of the major fashion magazine publications on campus, and I have to put together at least 5-6 concept boards for my interview. Since I am a perfectionist, it takes a while for me to fully be satisfied with my boards but in the end they come out just as I want it. I guess being a perfectionist is both a blessing and a curse. Anyways, it's just been nonstop work for me to put together these concept boards while balancing writing my final paper for my ENC1145 class which is suppose to be due today but I'm not quite sure if anyone in my class knows it...lol.

Okay, now I have a College Algebra quiz due in two days and I have to start studying for my final because I need to make sure I have an A in that class. I am aiming for a 4.0 this semester and I would love to achieve it. On top of this, my Brain and Behavior test is next week and I'm freaking out because it is alot of information to remember and learn. But, hey I think...no I know I'll be fine but once I am done with everything and get home I am going to treat myself to some frozen yogurt and an American Horror Story marathon on Netflix. I can't wait.

Noles versus Gators

Over this past Thanksgiving break, the FSU v UF game, the most anticipated football game on campus, took place and attracted fans from both sides to Tallahassee. You see, there is a divide in my house, my sister went to UF whereas I, obviously, go to FSU. Let's just say, there was a whole lot of smack talk going between us before the game started. And of course, once the Gators won I did hear a whole mouthful from my sister but knowing me if we won I would've done the same.

The final score for the FSU v UF game was 37-26. Where the Gators played smart was in their defense in which their linebacker Morrison hit our quarterback EJ Manuel and knocked the ball loose in which one of the Gators team player's recovered the ball. From this point, the Gators played the game smartly and resulted with a win that caused devastation to Seminole fans across the country. It was a sad day for Seminoles but just wait till next year when we beat UF!!! Go Noles!

Thanksgiving Memory

This past Thanksgiving, I have to say, was the best Thanksgiving I've had in while. For one, it was my nephew's first Thanksgiving so we all got to see him in his "My first Thanksgiving" outfit and take a ridiculous amount of photos with him. I just couldn't stop, he's just too cute! Secondly, my mom cooked the best turkey she has ever made. It was perfectly seasoned and the skin (my favorite part!) was cooked well and added great flavor to the meat. Ugh, I'm getting hungry just by talking about it. Another reason why this Thanksgiving was the best is because after three months of being in Tallahassee away from my friends and family, I finally got to be home and surround myself with the people I missed the most.

It was defiantly refreshing to eat a home cooked meal once I got home for Thanksgiving break. It was crazy, my mom basically cooked me everything I wanted and once it was Thanksgiving I was happily bombarded by large amounts of food I would probably regret eating later. This Thanksgiving was one of the happiest moments in my life this year due to the fact I was able to spend time with friends and family I've missed like crazy over the last few months. 

This is for all my Politicians...

I can include political views in my adbuster by relating it to women's rights and Title 9. Just in case you forgot, my adbuster is on women in sports and how they are degraded by the little to nothing uniforms they agree to wear. I can say that women in sports are not equally as respected as men in sports but they continue to fight for it. Women have to work much harder to become known in the sports world whereas men don't really have to try. Also, how women athletes do not get paid the same amount as their male counterparts. It's overall unfair for female athletes and no one really cares because females in sports don't have much of a following except for a few exception of course like Venus and Serena Williams.

I'm going to continue to research and look for more points to make in my adbuster that is political related.

Ads men vs women LEVEL
athletes that is successfull BUT A WOMEN compared to an athlete that is male not as successful

Lance Armstrongs final farewell from Livestrong

Due to the recent scandal with the truth of his past doping use, Lance Armstrong has not only lost a great deal of respect in society, he has now lost his seven Tour de France titles and his ties with Livestrong, the charity he founded 15 years ago while fighting testicular cancer. On November 4th, he resigned from Livestrong's board of directors in which before he stepped down as the chairman. He attempted to distance himself from the charity to try to protect it from any damage due to his doping controversy but it proved to work not as well Armstrong wish it did.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency made their evidence public of its doping case against Armstrong which in turn he was barred from Olympic sports for life and now stripped of all cycling titles. Honestly, I feel as this punishment is a little bit extreme for Lance. It's cliche to severely punish Lance for this when most of the men in this sport are doping and it's known by almost everyone who watches and is involved in the sport. Yes I understand Lance is a huge figure in sports and for health therefore the fact he was doping contradicts the very thing he was promoting, that doesn't mean he should be stripped of all the titles he has worked hard for. In the end, Lance Armstrong helped raise $500 million dollars through his charity so he shouldn't be looked at as a bad person because of a mistake; he is still a good man. People are so quick to overlook the good with the bad and hope maybe one day Lance Armstrong would be given back his titles and the respect many people lost for him.

Adbuster TAKE TWO

SEXUALITY AND DEGRADATION OF WOMEN IN SPORTS

INSPRITATION FOR MY ADBUSTER

For my adbuster, I'vve chosen to do like a collage of women tennis players in skimpy outfits and maybe touching upon how they're degraded in their sport through the clothing they wear whether they choose to wear it or not. 

ADBUSTER

An adbuster is formally defined as  the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make a statement. When I think f making an adbuster a few ideas pop into my head. One of the ideas is to maybe play on the fat that women sports are not as watched and respected as male sport except for the female dominated sports like tennis and volleyball which men degrade as well because the otfits are skimpier. Men claim they only watch these "women sports" for the point of watching them in tiny outfits bouncing around. I'm not sure how i would expand on this concept into an adbuster but maybe I could place a photo of a naked women with soccer, football, and other sport balls covering her body. I'll most likely expand on this concept as I think of it further but I believe this could go a certain way which could make a statement.

Another idea for an adbuster would be about Lance Armstrong and his recent demise with the whole doping scandal. I believe I could make a great point in this adbuster not only about Lance Armstrong and his doping scandal, but the overall doping problem in professional sports. I could maybe get a picture of Lance on his bike but replace the bike parts with syringes and highlight the "Livestrong" Logo to showcase the hypocritical aspect of it. I can even expand on this idea and do a Jose Canseco one in which his bat is replaced with a syringe. 

I'm excited to expand on these ieas and can't wait to share with you all my final idea and product!