Students are really asking President Welty to cut his pay by $52,000 and give up his house? How, in any way, will that help the school?
Goodness.

Well, I think I'm getting kind of sick. Stupid wind. I actually kind of like the wind but it always sends me sinuses crazy. So yeah, haven't been feeling all that great the last couple days. It's been soooooo windy too. Dang.

The mobsters that lived in the apartment in front of my parking spot are gone. I'm so glad. They kept parking in my spot. ugh. They were kind of scary too. So Vince (maintence man) and a painting crew have been cleaning up and what not.

Work has been good. I've enjoyed it. I've been getting out later than I have wanted to but the group of us are more like friends working together than just coworkers. It's been a lot of fun hanging out with everything. I've liked it a lot. I really like everyone I work with. We have fun and laugh... a lot a lot.

I went and saw evil adviser man yesterday and he was actually nice. He did complain about me not bringing a DARS report from the department office. I printed the DARS report from my Fresno State portal. psh. But he did say "take care" when I left. Shocker! haha

Turns out I have 18 units left to take. I could probably do that in one semester but then I wouldn't be able to work at The Collegian, and I want to. Sooo... I'm splitting it up into two semesters with taking mostly my required classes in the Spring and taking more fun classes the next semester. I really want to take one photography class while I'm at Fresno State, so I'm going to try to fit that into my semester.

So I would like to do The Collegian as long as I'm at Fresno State. Now I just have to decide what to do next summer. I'm thinking a summer internship. So I need to go talk to Betsy Hays who handles those types of things. And she's my instructor for my media ethics course.. so I'll probably go in and talk to her either Friday or Monday. I just really want my internship to be in Fresno.. or the surrounding areas.

I was supposed to get together with Sharon today to talk about Colossions 3-4 and Psalm 5-6 but I wasn't feeling well so we're rescheduling for Friday. Woot.

I think that's all for now. See ya!
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I'm at school. See? I totally live here. haha
I forgot to bring something to eat today and I forgot my interview notebook so I can't start writing my articles.  :( Booo! So I have a couple hours until class starts.

This weekend was good. Super busy. Went to the Apple Festival with Christina and her family. We had a lot of fun. I got to see some friendly faces.  I also got to talk to Valarie for a bit which was really good. I want to go visit her and Richard in San Jose sometime in the near future, so we can actually go out and do some things. :) That'd be good.

It all of sudden just got really windy and gloomy outside. It's kinda nice. Well, I'm not outside but I'm at my desk in The Collegian next to the window. 10% chance of rain today, so we'll see.

Umm... I saw the Beach Boys a couple weeks ago at the Fresno Fair with Sharon! They were really good and a lot of fun! :) I'm so glad that I was able to go!

Hm. I'm 22 in a month and 4 days! Daaang!

Well, things have been really busy lately.
Work is going really well though.
I've actually gotten out really early lately. Last night I was out by 6:15!!! How awesome is that? I was sooo glad. I went to Kohl's to get more pants because I was down to only one pair and since it's getting cooler, I need more. So I got two pairs.... yay! So great. I also got a really cute dress for $13! It was 80 percent off! Weeee!

I've been interviewing and talking to some interesting people. I think that's my favorite thing about being a reporter; I meet a lot of really neat people. People I would have never even knew existed if I wasn't talking to them for a story. It's just fun.

I've also made a lot of friends being on the newspaper and having my newspaper workshop class. They're some really great people.

I need to talk to my adviser so I can see what else I need to take and/or do to graduate. I'm just dreading it because he scares me and I just really don't like him. And, it sucks because I think I might have him for a class with him next semester. I HAVE to have this class to graduate. There are several people that I'll know in the class though, so I'm glad for that. I just don't want to have him as a professor. Aghh. And neither does anyone else I know.

So next weekend, my friend Katie is getting married. Ah! Another friend. haha So I'm going down south with Sharon and Lisa to the wedding and staying with Lisa's brother (that's if it's okay with him that I go)! So I'm really excited to hang out with them! :) We'll have crazy fun! Woot! I also get to photograph the wedding. This will be my 2 1/2 wedding I've done. One was like 3 years ago and the other was like... 2 years ago.  the half is because I only took pictures at the reception at one of them. I'm excited though. It'll give me even more experience. Although, photographing weddings makes me nervous. It's someone's wedding, that's a once in a lifetime opportunity (for some) and I don't want to screw up the pictures. I think it'll be fine though. :)

I've also decided that I really want to go to Minnesota to see Anna, Bria, and Laura. I miss those ladies. One of these days, I will!

The fair starts next week. I got a press pass! How cool is that? I wish I could see the Beach Boys. I grew up listening to them. Seriously, if you asked me what music/band I remember listening to when I was younger, it'd be the Beach Boys. They're playing on Thursday night and I work on Thursday night!  Bummer. Although, if I get out early enough (which I have been) then I'll definitely head over there. I won't be in the seats by the stage but I'll at least be able to watch them! :) So I really hope I can get out early enough!

This weekend I'm home alone. I'm looking forward to it though. I enjoy having the apartment all to myself.
I have class in 20 minutes then I'm heading over to Sharon's because we're going over the first part of Esther together.

I think that's all for now, loves. Bye!

Edit: I got to talk to my friend Gabriel from Brasil on Skype today. It was awesome! I misssss that guy!

I would really like to write in this more often.

I am now in my third week of school. Things are going pretty well. Assignments are finally starting to come in. Not sure how I feel about that. I am enjoying all my classes though!

Working at The Collegian is going pretty well. I like it there. Just waiting for people to get their job done so that I can get my job done... sucks. Seriously, I could probably get out of there HOURS earlier if I didn't have to wait on other people. I'm still not so sure what takes them so long to get their work done. The other night was HORRIBLE... I had a full color page with two stories and absolutely no graphics. Luckily, we improvised and got the page looking fairly decent. Decent enough to print anyway.

My new laptop came in the mail last night! Yay! It's so... so... beautiful! haha

Also, I had someone's car towed last night. I have had so many problems with cars parking in my spot. I'm more than sure it's those mobsters whose apartment is in front of my parking spot. Seriously, they have parked there like 10 times (I wish I was exaggerating). I thought I was done with them parking there because both Rose and I are parking there so they KNOW someone owns that spot. And yet, last night I come home from a church fundraiser and there they are. I have left notes, my mom saw someone get into the car and told them that it was my parking spot, and nothing has changed. So last night I decided it was time I stop letting them walk all over me (or park all over me? hehe), so after talking it out a bit with my roomies, I decided I had given them enough chances and called the towing company. The guy got here and he was really nice. He was all, "Seriously? Every red zone in the complex is relaxed because of construction and they HAVE to park in your spot? Seriously?" haha I KNOW! So yeah, I feel bad for doing it but it was time to do something about it. AGH!

I think that's about it for now. LUNCH TIME! :)

I got an e-mail today from the public information officer for the University Police Department (she's the Public Relations person for the department if you aren't sure) on campus about my article I wrote for Wednesday's paper. It basically made my day and it meant a lot to me that she would take the time to write it. Here's what it said:

"Michelle,
I just wanted to compliment you on your article about parking that ran in yesterdays paper. I am interviewed by hundreds of students every year and I have a pile of articles I have been quoted in. I just would like to say I am very impressed with your journalism skills. You wrote a very well rounded article. I appreciate you quoting me correctly and also getting the opinions of students. You did a fantastic job! Please do not hesitate contacting me for future stories! Have a great semester!

Amy Armstrong
Public Information Officer
University Police Department "

Seriously! How cool is that? :)
Here's the article: http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/09/02/how-can-you-get-a-parking-ticket/

And here's the video that went along with my article: http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/09/01/steer-clear-of-parking-problems/

Now, it's off to lunch with Sharon! :)

I've been thinking and writing an entry about Brazil but I just don't think that I can do that trip justice in the words that I would write. It was a great trip. It surpasses all the other trips like this one I have been on.

School has started.
Work started two weeks ago.

I eat, sleep, and breathe The Collegian... or so it seems.
haha

Things are going well though. Maybe one of these days I'll give you guys something better to read, but for now, this is it.
I'm exhausted!

Well, I've been in Porterville for a couple of weeks now. It's going pretty good. I have great friends who I hang out with and keep me busy. I started babysitting for Jenny Landucci. She has two boys and a baby girl. CRAZY kids. Those boys have a bunch of energy. It's nothing I can't handle though.

I've hung out with Allyssa and Christina quite a bit. I've been working out with Christina and Dd at Dd's house. She has a mini workout room in her garage. I haven't been this week though because of Vacation Bible School. So hopefully I'll continue the workout next week. I can only imagine how hot it is in there now though because there's no air in there...we just open up the garage some and she has a fan in there.

Anyway, VBS has gone really well. I wasn't sure that I would be able to be there so I didn't sign up for anything. So I went on Monday just to work wherever I was needed. I'm there to serve! So I ended up working in Registration (of course) and after I'm done there, I go and work in Snacks. So it's busy nights! I'm so sad tonight is the last night but glad too because it's tiring and it'll be good to have my nights back! But as of last nght we had 151 kiddos registered! SO AWESOME! :)

Sam is coming down here on Saturday and I'm heading up to Fresno on Sunday. Yay! :)
That is all for now.

Long time, no real entry.
Welp, things have slowed down here for me.
School is over. Teri is gone. Sam works all day. I'm home along all day.
Good stuff.

Sam and I have had a couple adventures these last couple weekends! We went to Pismo on Memorial Day Weekend -- Saturday. It was so much to just get away and hang out with each other and not have to worry about getting home to do homework and study! Great stuff! The weather was crazy insane though! SO WINDY! I thought I was going to blow away... Okay, not. But yeah, we had a blast!

Then this last Saturday we went to Yosemite! That was SO much fun!!!!! The weather was insane. It was thunderstormy and kind of scary at times because we were so high up. At one point, there was this dude that had long hair and some of his hair was standing on end. Too much electricity in the air which means that lightening could strike. So we left that area. haha. As far as I know, lightening didn't strike. I never realized that it was SUCH a touristy area. The majority of the people we crossed paths with didn't speak english! It was kinda neat.



There was this one place we saw, down in "Yosemite Valley" that was my most favorite place there! It was amazing. I saw there was an opening between some trees so I went down this tiny hill (not really a hill more like a slump or something) and walked in between this two trees. In front of me was like this... whole different place it seemed. There was this huge green meadow with some trees and then mountains surrounding the meadow. There was a waterfall on the mountain. The sky was blue with white puffy clouds. Then later on there was a deer there, eating. It was just so amazing and so peaceful. And it was out of the way so there wasn't anyone really around. It was just so great.

Heck, I'll just show you a picture!! The picture doesn't do it justice though!


So yeah, fun adventures!

Umm.. last week I hung out with Sharon for the last time for a while because she left for Brazil and she'll be there for 10 weeks! I'm excited that I get to see her and Kristi in July when I'm in Brazil! I'm hoping that they'll be able to meet us at the airport! It's just so cool that they get to do this. They're such amazing girls and I know that they are going to do great things while they're there! :)

I'm house-sitting the Clark's house this weekend so I'm pretty stoked for that! I get to sleep in their HUGE bed! yes! AND they have a pool! woot!

I go back to Porterville next week sometime. Kinda sad I won't be living on my own for a couple of months!
Hmm... what else... I leave for Brazil in like a month and a half! crazy!!!! OH! Tim told me that the theme for the dress-up day is "Out of this world" So that basically means... alien.. star wars... star trek... I think I'm going to totally be a trekkie (since that's cool now :P) and dress up like one of them! Costumes are like 40 bucks though so I'm thinking about how I could make one.. hmm...

I think that's it! bye!

I've been tagged by sarcasticleaves and she said Luke Danes from Gilmore Girls!

1. Do you like this character? DO I?! Well, yeah!

1.5. Why? Because he's just an overall great character. He's loving, caring, saves horoscopes, and just so romantic! He's so witty too! I just find his overall grunginess, hard-headed and witty attitude something to love!

2.What name/s do you call this character? Lucas? hahaha No, he'd kill me if I called him that.

3. What image-color do you associate with this character? Well, blue. It's the color of his baseball cap and most of his plaid shirts!

4. What image/song do you associate with this character? Oh gosh. Probably "Reflecting Light" by Sam Phillips because it's the first dance Luke and Lorelai had together in season 4! It's a beautiful song too! :)

5. What blood-type do you think this character is? Um... blood that has sugar in it? Gotta be why he's so sweet! (lame)

6. What character would you put this character with? LORELAI GILMORE! Duh! They're meant to be! The horoscope says it all!

7. What would you want to say to this character? So where are you and Lorelai now? How many kids do you have? Where do you live? Where can I find Jess?

8. Which do you want to do with this character? Shake hands, hug, kiss? Hugs!! He's probably a good hugger.

9. Please choose 5 friends with your choice of character:

I don't know - anyone from Gilmore Girls! GO!

Well, I am in the midst of finals week. I just had my first final for Philosophy. I think I did pretty well. In about 45 minutes I go to my next final for Media Stereotypes. Except that it's not a final! yay! There are just two presentations then we turn in our papers and leave!  Then I don't have anything until Thursday where I do have an in-class final for my editing class (kind of worried about it) and then I have to turn in my portfolio for my reporting class and then I AM DONE! yay! :)

I have been trying to see my adviser about what else I need to take to graduate. I went to see him today but I didn't have an updated DARS report like he wanted. ugh. Oh well. He was actually nice for once. So he said that he'll be available this week quite a bit. So yeah. FINALLY! I just want to get that over with because I really don't like him much but I just want to get it over with.

So this weekend I am super excited for. Sam and I have a lot planned and I really hope that it all works out. We plan to go to Tower District on Saturday morning then we have a wedding at 2 p.m. On Sunday, we're planning to go to beach and then Monday we are planning to go to Yosemite!!!! SO EXCITED! Now by saying all of that, I've probably just jinxed it and now I'l probably be doing none of it. Oh well! Still excited!

AND! Tomorrow Christina and her mommy are coming to town and we + Sam are going to see STOMP! Yay! Exciting week!

Hmm... what else? I am moving back to Porterville in a couple weeks. Good and bad. I'm going to miss living in Fresno! And plus, Sam will still be in Fresno. Sad.

BUT! Brazil in like two months. woot. I can't believe it! I just know God is going to do great things over there.

My lunch today consists of granola bar and Sparkling berry green tea. mmm... ?

That is all for now.
byeeee!

Well, I finally heard about my job!

My recommended appointment as editor from the Collegian's adviser and editor in chief has been sent to the business manager. The buisiness manager makes the final offer of employment and hashes out the details of hiring and instructions.

As of now, I am being appionted to Features editor! The adviser and EIC may revamp the work of the editors and create a new position called Assistant News Editor. If this happens, then that'll be my position. I would be in charge of news features and inside news pages and possibly including copy editing duties. I think that would be exciting to do! I would be getting experience in several different areas!

On Tuesday I am going to The Collegian to basically shadow the current features editor to see what goes on in the newsroom on production nights!

I am very excited!

I'll not only be getting class credit for this but I'll also be getting paid! Yaaaay!
I would start the beginning of August.

Again, Yaaaay!
Thanks for all your prayers, good thoughts, and thumbs ups!

It's kind of sad that no one really writes in livejournal anymore. :(

Well, the interview I had on Tuesday went well even though I didn't get the job as Editor in Chief. It's okay though. I really wanted it but at the same time, I didn't because I knew it would be a whole lot of work. Instead, I am hopefully either getting the job as Features Editor or News Editor for The Collegian. Now, if I don't get either of those positions then I'll be upset. I really do deserve a job there, I just know it! Plus, Jefferson (adviser to The Collegian) was impressed by my interview and wants to put me on the staff. So we'll see! I went and and talked to the new Editor in Chief, Brian, yesterday for an interview-type thing. It was his first interview. At the end, he's all "thanks for not laughing at me." He's nice and I have him in a class of mine so I know he'll be a great Editor in Chief. I'm happy for him!

Today marks my fifth article in The Collegian. It's pretty exciting!
Here's links to four of my articles!

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/04/03/students-will-vote-on-senator-pay/

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/04/22/university-introduces-sign-design/

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/04/29/students-address-campus%E2%80%99-tobacco-policy/

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/05/01/finding-funding-for-campus-organizations/

I'm going to Brazil in little over three months! Wow! Exciting!
AND! In December, I'll be going to Missouri!
A great and busy busy year!!!

That is all, loves. <3

I have an interview for editor in chief on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Please be praying for me! This is my first real interview and I know I am going to be super nervous! I just really hope that it doesn't show and I hope even more that I don't lose what I want to say because I'm nervous! If God wants it to be, then it'll happen and if it's not meant to be, I have to accept it!

Just prayer is much appreciated!! :)

Brazil is in less than four months away. I need to send out support letters still. (don't get mad Sharon!! :/) I have them printed and what not, I just need to put them in envelopes... now I can't find the envelopes... !! ahh!!

Going with Teri to the office tomorrow to see if we can do summer storage. Pray that all the spots aren't taken for that!

Thaaaanks. Bye! <3

Wow. A lot of things are going on right now. I have some things to really think about.

First, I am planning on moving back to Porterville over the summer to save money and it'll be better for me to be there for Brazil meetings and fundraisers. I'm excited in the sense that I'll be able to hang out with my friends again and go back to my church. I'm sad in the sense that Sam will still be in Fresno and I won't be able to see him during the week. We'll be fine though. After school is over we are planning to go to the beach and possibly Yosemite! yay! And then I'm hoping that we'll be heading up to San Jose to visit Valarie!

In case you're wondering whether or not I'll have to move everything out of my apartment, the answer is no. They do a "summer storage" so I can leave everything I want to here. I'll probably take some things home like clothes, books... movies, etc. And then my tv and record player. You know, things that, if my place were broken into, would be stolen. Other than those couple of things, if someone broke in, they'd probably regret it because there's nothing to take. haha.

So yeah, if you're a mommy and need babysitting in Porterville over the summer... let me know! I could use money for Brazil and just life in general. I'm up for housesitting, babysitting... other random things too! I'll be more available during the week though than on weekends. Most likely not available much on the weekends because Sam will be down or I'll be up in Fresno and then I have Brazil stuff to attend to.

Also, the Clovis ev free college group are going to in December. It costs a pretty penny and I have to decide by Sunday. I really want to go though. I think it'd be a great experience! It's in St. Louis!

So now onto something a little crazier, for the last couple weeks I have planning on applying for an editor position at The Collegian (school newspaper). I was thinking features or news editor. It's a paid position and I'd be working about 20hrs a week. Perfect job! So today, the application was due. The advisor for The Collegian is also my Reporting instructor. So I went to give my application to him and he asked me if I would be interested in the editor-in-chief position. HOLY CRAP! Did not see that one coming! So I have like a day to decide and get back to him. I guess the other two candidates that were supposed to apply for the position backed out. So I'm assuming he thinks I can do it otherwise he wouldn't ask me. So we'll see! Pray for me!

Lots and lots of things going on right now. Intense!
love ya! <3

TWICE IN ONE WEEK!
That's right. I'm published again in The Collegian!
This is SO awesome!
The link fellos: http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2009/04/03/students-will-vote-on-senator-pay/

I leave today after school for Porterville.
Tonight is the rehearsal dinner.
Tomorrow, the ceremony. It's going to be an early morning for me! I gotta go get all dolled up!
Ahh!

And tomorrow is Sam's birthday. He's ollllllddddd. :P

About an hour ago my bulletin board fell off my wall. Woke me up. Scared the crap out of me! I don't even know how that happened! So I wasn't able to get back to sleep. Here I am.

I need to shower!

Well, my very first article was published in The Collegian (my school newspaper) yesterday. And! It was the first story when you opened the paper! Totally awesome! It seriously made my week! I was so unsure about my journalistic writing at the beginning of the semester and now I'm officially published! I can put that article in a portfolio! This is just so exciting! Jefferson is a great instructor and I'm so excited that I have Reporting with him. He makes class a blast and he's really easy to talk to if I have any problems with the stories.

And Sam surprised me with beautiful Tulips and he framed the article for me to put on my wall! He's so awesome.

I went to my first ASI (Associated Students, Inc) last night to cover it for The Collegian. Well, cover a specific subject. I e-mailed the editor but he never got back to me. So hopefully that's a good thing! Because the story should be in tomorrow's paper. Being published twice in one week would rock!

I can't believe Valarie is getting married in two days! It's so weird! My best friend is getting married! I'm so happy for her though!
Last weekend, Valarie, Kristen (the other Maid of Honor), and I had a bachelorette party type thing. We did the whole lingerie shopping. Then we went to TGI Fridays, ate some dinner and came back to my place. We played Dirty Minds (super fun game by the way!) and hung out... talked... ate some cake... good times!

And the week before that was Val's bridal shower which was also a blast!

I wrote my Maid of Honor speech (at least for the most part). It looks good! Maybe I'll post it after the wedding. I'm excited to wear my dress and converse for the wedding! We're all gonna look so awesome! I'm excited because we get to keep our bouquets! They're beautiful!

My friend Candice moved to Kansas (haha candice in kansas!) so Teri, Christina, Candice and I got together and played Apples to Apples! SO FUN!

I should really be finishing my Philosophy paper right now but instead I am playing online and talking to Jesse.
I'm so productive.
ONWARD!

( Pictures! )

My 8 a.m. class is canceled. I'm currently sitting in my classroom. An e-mail would have been really nice!
I could be sleeping right now!!!!!!
Although, it is pretty great seeing people's reactions as they walk into class and see it's canceled.

I need to go over to the engineering building and talk to some engineer students about how they are getting a new signage. The first one that is different from all the other buildings' signage! *gasp!* Apparently, it's a big deal. Now, it would be nice if I could hear back from the dean of the engineering building! agghhh! I was contemplating going over there now but then I realized it's 8:15 and no one is going to be over there. boo!

Yesterday, I went out to lunch with Mark Arax. He's awesome. Super great storyteller. He's worked for the LA times and now he's working for Dean Florez. And his third book comes out next week. I really want to get all his books because when he was telling stories to us, it was captivating. Makes me wants to read his book. 

Tomorrow, Valarie is coming to town and her, Kristen, and myself (and possibly a couple other girls) are going out to dinner and what not for a "bacholerette" party since she is getting married next saturday.

NEXT SATURDAY! holy crap! haha I'm in the process of writing my maid of honor speech. Well, I'm writing it in my head. I need to actually write it down. I think it'll be good though. 

I'm kind of hungry. I want cereal. :(
All I have is a granola bar. boooooo.