Adele's Birthday Happened Again

And lucky that, yea? Adele turned 21 this year and in a week long celebration we decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen. I believe the attics of our last trip to CPK was cataloged on the blog, so take a look in the archives to find it, but for those of you that have been following along, you will know that it is always quite the adventure. And this trip was no different.

So we (Alena, Brit, Red, Zoe, Del, and Me) went and we ate pizza.

And it was good.

Have a good one.

Pictures: First is Adele, with moose antlers, like Bullwinkle. Second is Adele, trying to hurt me. She's really scary when she karate chops people.

Stinger

My life just got better, yesterday because I met Stinger, the mascot of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Carry the Flag! NHL Playoffs 09!

Not Long and Counting

Um, so, it's mid-April and classes end on April 30th and that soon. I hadn't realized how close it was until my professors started assigning the big final papers that come at the end of the year and I was like, man, I've got so much time to get this done, and then I looked at my calender and went, man, I don't have so much time to get this done. Plus, the Admissions Office has three more larger visit programs. My work load just keeps growing and growing and ahh work. Granted, if I wasn't as busy as I am I would get lazy and then my grades would suffer and then that would be a sad day. So, busy it is.

So, what exciting things have been happening at OWU? The temperature is hitting sixty today. It's been colder and rainy that past few days so sixty and sun is a welcomed change. Not that I really minded the rain because I like to walk in it, but to wake up to sun, is nice.

I saw Paula Deen. I can't remember if I already informed ya'll of this, but I did. I saw Paula Deen with Olivia and Paula Deen was amazing. I even have a signed cook book. I think the only blah part of the whole evening was when Liv and I picked up the tickets, the woman at Joseph Beth Booksellers told us that it was open seating the the doors opened at 6. So, I skipped a class and Liv got off work early and we got there at 4:30 to get good seats. We were eighth and ninth in line, we would have had front row seats, but, when we got inside, we were ushered to the back because we didn't have tickets 1-175. Totally bogus and totally false advertising but Paula Deen walked through the crowd and we got to see her close anyway.

And to talk about the seating thing once again, we weren't the only ones who heard wrong because the people in front of and behind us, were told the same thing and ended up sitting where we did. Boo Joseph Beth Booksellers for your false advertising.

But Paula Deen, two thumbs (more in I had them) up.

Have a great one.

Pictures: First is Liv and I at Paula Deen. Second is Paula Deen. Third is Adele, with a broken lamp.

CENSORED

It has been some time since I've had something more interesting than my life to blog about, so hear it goes. This past weekend was SLICE, which, if you've been following along I was hyped to the max about. And SLICE went very well. It was smooth and the rain held off long enough that the picnic was a success and I heard the band was wonderful. But something else happened at SLICE. About 275 copies of The Transcript, OWU's newspaper were removed from the racks of the Hamilton Williams Campus Center, the home turf of SLICE.

Apparently, a junior Admissions staff member had a problem with the cover of the April 2 issue that featured a beer bottle as the above the fold front page art. Said staff member thought it would be offensive to prospective families and removed the paper from the racks.

While my own opinions about the incident are rather intense, I find myself in a sticky position because I write for The Transcript and work for the Admissions Office. But, I reject all forms of censorship and am disappointed in the Admissions staff. That said, I am very happy with the way our editor in chief, Mike, and the rest of the editors handled the situation. I believe they acted with dignity and understanding.

For that reason, I will refer you to the Transcript website to read the article and Mike's editorial: www.owutranscript.com

Pictures: First is picture of the questionable cover. Second is the cover of the following week's Transcript. Third is the editorial cartoon that ran along side the editorial.

SLICE! again!

It's SLICE time, again!

SLICE is one of the my favorite times to be working in the admissions office because there is so much hustle and bustle and crisis it is spectacular. And by crisis I mean fun, of course.

Anyway, SLICE is this weekend ya'll should come and let SLICE eat your life like it has eaten mine. Beyond the english paper, transcript article, advanced newswriting article, SPJ conference, and literary magazine that I have to finish, I have SLICE.

(SLICE really doesn't stand for anything, I just like to make it big)

Some of you may believe that there is not enough time in the day to make all of this happen, but I will tell you that I can magically make hours in the day and still get to bed by ten, unless it's last night and my computer is being a jerk and not virus scanning itself so I can make sure it doesn't die on April Fool's day.

(In my opinion, people who put out virus scares are jerks)

Beyond SLICE there are some very exciting things happening this next week. First is the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) conference being held on Saturday 21 minutes off campus. Second is on April 8, Liv and I are seeing Paula Deen. Woot for Paula Deen. And we get a free, signed cookbook which I will use and Olivia will probably not.

Have a good one and come to SLICE. Info on OWU's website.

Photos: First is of the Swing crew on Terpsicorps night which was blast-rific. Second is Sarah and myself, chillin in a bathroom on Terpsicorps dressrehearsal day. Third is a picture of me, in a bridge, which is amazing because I'm really not that bendable. Fourth is a beautiful picture of TOD. Aren't we pretty?