This week I commented on:

http://asaliml.wordpress.com

and

http://rabeler.wordpress.com/

Stupid Cupid

Usually, I am never excited about Valentine’s Day. I will usually send myself gifts, send some to my girlfriends and of course get something from my awesome Dad. However, this year, I actually had a Valentine, and someone that I like! So, yesterday was awesome. He surprised me and it wasn’t cheesy, and everything he did was just super cute!

In the past, when I have received something I didn’t like, I just acted like I did! I feel bad and mean if I don’t act like I like it. It’s the thought that counts right!?! I have never gotten a truly awful Valentine’s gift, but yesterday had to top my gifts as the best. A homemade cookie cake asking me to be his valentine, my favorite flowers, a teddy bear, my favorite candy AND a super sweet card. Plus he took me to dinner and a movie and it was just awesome, not cheesy and felt like a super nice date.

If I worked for a company that could benefit from Valentine’s Day, I would give incentives to buy from me. I would give coupons or discounts if a certain amount of money was spent, and offer my expertise on what women really want on Valentine’s Day!

 

Social Media

Social media has drastically changed the PR world! PR professionals used to have to send out personalized invitations to companies and people for events and plan months ahead for events. It used to take PR professionals hours if not days to have a response if something went wrong with a client.

These days with social media all of that has changed. Now, if something happens with a client, a PR Professional can post on the internet a remark within a few minutes. Also, invitations can be online, calendars can be checked with the click of a button and RSVP’s can be given incredibly faster than they used to be.

I think some of the changes are for the better, I like knowing whats going on in my friends lives, but sometimes it can be a little too intense. I think having too many social media outlets is not healthy. We as humans need contact and human interaction. We are receiving that more and more with Skype and other ways to physically see each other and interact, but we still need contact as in touch. I would rather have a conversation with someone in person than on the phone or via Facebook.

I do think there are a lot of positives to social media though! I think that people that do not have a background in PR but try to handle all of the social media for one office or corporation are probably in over their head. It is a lot to manage and a lot to learn and become equipped to. Plus, they are not trained on the proper way to handle situations that may arise and do not have experience in the field.

Comments for the Week

This week I commented on:

http://ryanmatherly.wordpress.com/

and

http://jordanmcd.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/what-to-experience-first-the-movie-or-the-book/#comment-68

Book or Movie?

I have always been an avid reader. I love books! I read each Harry Potter book within twenty-four hours of having it in my hand. With that said, I would much rather read a book before a movie. Don’t get me wrong, I love movies! They are so entertaining to me (well most are) and I can find myself engulfed in a lot of films. But that is the same with books. I can’t count the number of times I would imagine myself alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione fighting dragons and You Know Who. You just don’t get that same imagination and feeling when watching a movie that you do with a book.

For some reason, movies never live up to my expectations that books do. And movies tend to leave out SO MUCH VALUABLE information unlike books! Like My Sisters Keeper, the book is one of my all time favorites, and I was so excited for the movie. An hour in, I was so excited, everything was going great, and then… Boom! THE WRONG CHARACTER DIES! What in the world!? I mean who does that! haha

If I had to pick my favorite book to movie adaptation, I guess I would pick the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was really similar to what I remembered and did a good job of not leaving out important stuff.

All in all, movies will never live up to my expectations of the books from which they are typically created.

 

I commented on…

http://bellag1.wordpress.com

http://ryanmatherly.wordpress.com

Bucket List

I consider myself to be quite an adventurous person, but sometimes I can be reserved. Therefore, my bucket list may seem a bit random and not too crazy, but I like it the way it is.

First and foremost, I want to graduate from college. That is about to happen in May. Second, I would like to be successful in my future endeavors in continuing my education. Third, I would like to go skydiving, because I love to fly in airplanes, so why not fly out of them? Fourth, I want to visit a third world country, that is something I have always wanted to do, but the opportunity has never been presented to me. I want to visit a third world country because I feel that it would make more appreciative of what I do have. Fifth, I want to go rocky mountain climbing, maybe go ride on a bull. Sixth, I want to go back to Prague because it is my favorite place on Earth that I have seen thus far in life. Seventh, I want to rewrite the seventh season of Gilmore Girls and tape it and have it on DVD. Eighth, I want to meet Braddigan from the band Dispatch because I am pretty much obsessed with him. Ninth, I want to meet Bumblebee from Transformers because I know he truly exist, and I love him. Last, but not least, I want to have a wizard tournament between me, Harry, Ron and Hermoine.