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No Sleep Till Sunday

The fun started early this weekend. My family, including my girlfriend, Katelynn, and my brother Blake’s girlfriend, Tori, had tickets to see Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour in Millersport, Ohio, on Friday. Because of that, I left Thursday night after a long day of classes and got back home just in time to go to my brother’s soccer game against Whitmer, a school in Toledo. Whitmer is a pretty big school, but its soccer team is not that great, so I was not too worried about the game. By halftime, we were up 4-0, so we started putting in some of the backup players. That only slowed down the scoring, though. I honestly lost count by the end of the game. All I know is that we scored a lot and they scored one. After the game, we headed home and waited for Katelynn to get there. She arrived sometime between 10:30 and 11 p.m., and we all hung out for a little bit before heading to bed. The next morning was the big day. We got up, showered and got ready before heading out to pick up Tori. Once we picke...
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Keeping it Chill

This weekend, I had a break from all the parties, and honestly, I did not mind it. Friday, I got back from classes around noon and had some downtime before I had to head to my girlfriend Katelynn’s house. I was able to get a good chunk of homework done, play some video games and finish a show before heading to Medina. Instead of going straight to her house, I went to Master Pizza, where Katelynn was working until close. I got there around 9:30 p.m., and we talked while she finished making the last couple of pizzas and took care of her closing tasks. Once she was finished, she used some of the leftover dough from that day to make us my favorite pizza, barbecue chicken. I stopped to spend what felt like a bajillion dollars on gas before meeting her back at her house. We ate the pizza while watching YouTube and eventually went to bed. The next morning, we got up and got ready to go see my brother’s soccer game in Cuyahoga Falls against Walsh Jesuit. Katelynn and I met my mom, dad and sist...
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Parties and Jet Skis

This past Friday, I went to another musical theater party, and the theme was black and glitter. After talking with my roommate, Alec, and another friend, Cam, we decided to go “concert black,” which meant wearing a black dress shirt and black pants. This would not have been an issue if I had remembered to pack all of my dress clothes when I moved back to campus. I realized last week while getting ready to leave for my trip to Davey Tree Expert Co. that I was missing a good chunk of my dress clothes, including my concert black outfit. Because of this, I planned to drive an hour home after my class on Friday to pick up the rest of my dress clothes and some other things I had forgotten. What I was not expecting was to get into my car and have it not start. After waiting a couple of hours for Alec to get out of classes, the parking spots in front of my car were taken, so he could not jump it. Luckily, I have an amazing roommate who let me take his car home instead. I drove his car home, hu...
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Late Nights to Early Mornings

This past weekend, the musical theater students threw the first party of the year, which I was invited to, and I had a blast. My girlfriend was in town, too, so she got to go with me, and my roommate, who is a musical theater major. The theme of the party was bikers and surfers, and since the junior class got surfers, I put on my swim trunks. My girlfriend and I both wore Hawaiian shirts, and we were on our way. The party was a lot of fun, and after it ended, we walked to John & Toni’s to sing some karaoke and attempt to play pool. After spending some time there, we decided we were hungry, so we walked to Taco Bell. The walk and getting our food seemed to take forever, but we eventually got our food, said our goodbyes and headed back to our apartments. When my roommate, my girlfriend and I got back to our apartment, we ate our food while watching “Rick and Morty.” By the time we finally decided to go to bed, it was past 4 a.m.! On Wednesday, my Social Media Strategies and Campaigns...
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Back at it Again

Coming back to college always feels a little weird. You’re excited to be back and see everyone again, but at the same time, it feels like summer went by way too fast. This time coming back was a little different for me because I moved into my first apartment, which made getting back to campus feel even more real. I got here on Friday and moved into my apartment with my mom. After getting most of my stuff moved in, we went shopping in Lima to get everything I needed for the apartment. Somehow, we ended up spending a whopping $500 between Sam’s Club and Walmart. We came back to the apartment and started stocking everything up and organizing things. That’s when we realized that we hadn’t eaten all day. Since neither of us really felt like making food after moving everything in, I picked us up some Taco Bell. We ate, finished organizing some stuff, and then my mom headed home. The next morning, I met my family in Tiffin to watch a soccer game that two of my friends were playing in. Both of...
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What Two Teenagers and a School Project Taught Me About Life

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     My new favorite play that I read in my Introduction to Theater course is I and You by Lauren Gunderson. It's so memorable because it deals so much about how important human interaction is, one's identity, and how our lives can change because of something as powerful as art. Gunderson, as a playwright known for writing things that are women-centered, scientific, and based on history, uses I and You to develop a story that is simple within its setting yet rich in idea.      The whole play takes place in a single room and deals with only two characters: Caroline, a teenager bedridden by illness, and Anthony, a classmate who comes to work on a school project. The two are as different as possible at the start—Caroline is kind of sarcastic and withdrawn, and Anthony is a social and highly driven person. But as the play goes on, you start to see how much they have in common, and how they both need to open themselves up to one another in order to learn about t...
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Scrolling Through Time: The Rise of Social Media

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     It’s hard to imagine life without social media. From scanning Instagram over lunch to swiping through TikToks before bed, social media is life. But things weren't always that way. Social media has progressed from simple status updates to a complex and powerful tool that drives the way we communicate, exchange information and do business.      Social media started early in the 2000s with websites like MySpace and Friendster. These initial websites allowed users to create profiles, upload photos and connect friends. Facebook came along in 2004 and was an instant global platform from its humble beginnings as a college networking site. Twitter came along in 2006, offering another channel for communicating short ideas and information. Time, though, brought new uses in the shape of Instagram in 2010 and TikTok in 2016, each with its own revolutionary means of influencing people's uses and attitudes toward social media.      What’s amazing is h...
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