My birthday is in TWO DAYS!

Hiiiiiiii! Wow its been a pretty groovy week. Lets see, there was advising, which meant no school! I ended up being in meetings all day since I'm a double major and a transfer and a junior, so theres a lot of requirements to make sure I've covered. Looks like a super busy couple of months:

• January--Plato's Republic for a core requirement, and Larger than Life Drawing for studio art
• Spring--Writing NY (also a core requirement), Digital Imaging, American Art, Art of Africa and Oceania, and Color and Design
• July--Archaeology Field School in Tuscania, Italy!!!!

Also 2 internships have been arranged with contemporary artists in the city, and I've still got my trusty jobs babysitting and playing with toys at FAO Schwarz.

We've got our decorations out!!!!

That means that my FAVORITE holiday is right around the corner! I couldn't be more excited. Really. I've been listening to Christmas music since pre-Halloween. Its just how I roll. My favorite song is Christmas Canon...

But before I get ahead of myself a few more holidays are either recently passed or upcoming. Veterans Day was last week, and my dad is now a vet! He retired from the Marine Corps in June after 25 years, and I'm very proud of him. I didn't get to celebrate with him since he's all the way in Virginia, but apparently he got a free Applebee's meal. (: Glad to see the vets are still honored. (Right, him in Iraq)

Also, the little boy I babysit for is turning 4 on Sunday! And I'm turning 20 on the 18th! And Harry Potter comes out on my birthday (yes, it should be a holiday and yes it is what I'm doing for my birthday)! Then its Thanksgiving! My parents are finally coming to visit me and my brother is even coming. It will be his first trip ever to NYC.

BIG NEWS: My roommate and I bought ice skates! Our new weekly tradition is to skate around at Bryant Park every Sunday...it's great exercise and great fun. I only wiped out three times!

Its getting down to the wire, now, so I gotta hop to writing some papers--one each for my art history classes, and one for Bible as Lit. Phew. Wish me luck!

PS Just for fun--Tomorrow I work a private Batman party at FAO...here's what I have to look forward to!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNi5MIXsEsA&feature=related

It's November Already?!?

Wow! Has it ever been a busy last few weeks! I went from having no job, to one job, to two jobs! Which is intense, but still totally worth it, 
 

My new job is hostessing at PJ Clarke’s, a great old restaurant that is over 100 years old.  Frank Sinatra used to go there all the time! That is pretty cool, and everyone there is really super awesome.

P.J. Clarke's!

Other than the two jobs, I also got an internship at a start-up accessories company called CarmaMondé! I get to work on their social media,  which means a lot of time on Twitter and Facebook for me. It’s a little overwhelming, but hey, at least mid terms are over. That was a whole week of studying with my friends, but it totally paid off with great grades(despite the complete lack of sleep).

On another note, thank goodness that Halloween is behind us! Unfortunately, that weekend was not a whole lot of fun for me. I lost my wallet! So I spent the whole weekend going to work and coming right back to the dorm because I didn’t have any money or IDs. It was sad. Oh well, there will be other Halloweens! (And I ended up finding my wallet!)

And now that Halloween is behind us, I can feel the holidays coming in full force. We already have Christmas tree up at PB Teen, which reminds me of all the presents I have to buy before I go home for the break.

Next up is Thanksgiving and I can’t wait! I won’t be spending it with my family in South Carolina, but I will be spending it with my new Marymount family and that is going to be just as fun!

Till next time!

Love Love

Caitlin

Halloween...

Hello World,

Halloween was interesting! I ended up going to a haunted park in Ulster County, New York, with my brother and his girlfriend. I must admit, I did get scared a few times, mostly because the actors would pop out and touch me. My brother’s girlfriend, on the other hand, was running out of each haunted house towards the end--it was pretty funny.

My most memorable moment, besides gasping for air from laughing at my brother’s girlfriend, was when one of the actors said “I FOUND WALDO.” It took me a minute to figure out what she was talking about, but then I realized she was actually talking about me. All in all, the park wasn’t too scary – but it was pretty fun.

To the left: Me (Left) and Waldo (Right)

On November 2nd, however, I was really freaked out -- I went to see Paranormal Activity 2—WOW! After that, I started seeing shadows on the way home. Then when I was in my driveway I noticed a street light reflect off of my mirror--at midnight I might add--and I got a little freaked out—again. It’s just a movie though, and an hour later I it was laughing at myself.

When it comes to school, everything’s going well. I got a B on one of my papers in my Sense and Medium course and that stressed me out a little. My story on the new MMC Edge workshops  got published in the Monitor, the school’s newspaper, and I’m having a lot of fun with my radio show. I have actually learned a lot about myself from my radio show, including that I want to learn more about music.

You can catch me on air every Thursday from 11am-12pm at Griffin Radio

Until next time,

                Cheers!

P.S. I had Chips Ahoy this week.

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Hello everyone! My goodness, a lot has happened since my very first blog post.

I’ve been was busy studying for midterms, putting the final touches on essays, reading the lovely Alice in Wonderland for my theater productions class, and lastly trying to catch up on some sleep.

Off to the village as Team Edward, a bum, and a geisha :)

Needless to say, Halloween was the most relaxed version of Halloween I’ve ever had and/or celebrated.

The Village was too crazy for my friends’ and my own taste, and after about an hour, we proceeded to return to the 55^th street dorms and just talk politics (theater politics), movies, and life, feasting on some chips and salsa with some lavender tea.

Sound appetizing?

I was a geisha! My friend Kelly helped me with the makeup

Currently, everyone is getting ready to sign up for classes next semester, which, luckily for me, is an enjoyable time where I can truly embrace my OCDness and put it to good use.I have 5 different mock schedules prepared, neatly compiled with an excessive amount of nauseating highlighter colors. I wish I were lying…

Anyway, picking classes and narrowing down my choices was so tough.

There is just so much I want to do and try and if I could, I would probably take all the English courses Marymount has to offer, however, that seems impossible.

As I glance at all my schedules, what I seem to be most excited about taking is Costume Design I – learning about the history behind clothes and their significance in society.

I think I take fashion and clothes for granted sometimes, but this course will definitely be an eye opener.

This weekend was kind of on the lazy side, but everyone needs one of those now and then.

Ever since my roommate gave me access to her Netflix account….oh geez.

Who is catching up on 21 Jumpstreet, aka Johnny Depp’s first serious gig? I am!!!

I suggest you go watch it...

Aside from drooling all over the computer screen, I did visit a friend from high school who currently attends Barnard College all the way on the Upper West Side.

We had a delicious and cheap meal at Tom’s Diner, the restaurant where the Seinfeld characters always eat. I highly recommend it J

In other news, I plan on attempting to at least see some small political shows at the Public Theater or partake in Merchant of Venice’s lottery to see Al Pacino be, well, fabulous.

I hope to do that soon, but the month of November just seems to be so busy and I have so much to do!

I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving and eating “heaven,” meaning mashed potatoes and turkey, but also seeing my friends from home and hearing about their college experience, and visiting my high school and seeing their annual production of The Nutcracker.

My favorite part of the park

Yea, I’m really getting into the holiday spirit this season.

I think just living in the city gets you really into the holiday season, and right now I’m head-over-heels with the fall weather and the trees. 

Central Park has never looked more beautiful.

Which reminds me, I could actually use a cup of hot chocolate right about now as I curl up to The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead…

Oh my Word...

What’s new with me? Well… I am about to go through my first Advisement/Registration for classes at Marymount. I heard it’s a hectic time… but I feel pretty prepared!

I actually just changed my major to Business Management the other day. I liked Communications, but just didn’t feel like it was for me because I am looking to go into the Hotel Management field, so I decided that Business Management would be a good route! It was so easy to change my major; all I did was filled out a form and was assigned my new advisor!

Halloween weekend I was able to do lots of fun things! Yes… I did dress up!!! Ha-ha…

Friday night I went with some good friends to New Jersey to Six Flags!!! Yes, I said NJ. It was really easy to get over there (I was surprised)-- just got on a bus at Port Authority! Six Flags was amazing--all the rides and the “haunted houses” were great!

(right: waiting in line @ Six Flags NJ! Freezing!!!)

Saturday night I dressed up as Luigi (from Mario) and we to the D(2) Ball at the school (a dance event hosted by G-SNAP, one of the student run clubs!). It was lots of fun and I’m glad that my friends talked me into going!

(left: Marie and I Dacing @ D^2 Ball!)

Sunday… was sad. I had an eight-page paper due on Monday, so I spent all of Sunday working on it (you gotta do what you gotta do).

Now that it’s November, all the Christmas decorations will begin to emerge in New York City, and the cold will be sent upon us! Until Next Time…

(above: sending Gabby off to the prade

while I stay in a write a paper)

-Austin

Parents Weekend!

Herrroo! I have been super busy with school and work, but I love it! I wake up at 6:30am EVERY morning… oddly I love that I’m on a set schedule.

We had a meeting this week about how to register for spring classes!! Spring already?!?! This semester is flying by so fast, I feel like it was just yesterday I was moving into 55th Street and meeting people! But now that I’m a tour guide, I found a way to de-stress… through dancing!

Well… crazy enough, but it’s been lots of fun! This past weekend was Family, Friends, and Alumni Weekend! Sadly, my parents did not attend the event but I still had such a good time! I was able to play in the flag football game (my team won! GO GRIFFINS!!!). It was on Roosevelt Island, so it was cool to see where some of the upper classman dorms are. SUCH NICE WEATHER and… my friend Gabby won Marymount Princess!!!! (Congrats, 3 years strong)

Here is a photo of everyone who played football (we all got free sweatshirts)!

Until Next Time,
Austin

Ashley



The Stuyvesant Oval

Hey, everyone! I'm Ash and I am a sophomore at MMC. I just declared myself an International Relations major with a minor in French and Religious Studies. Whew! Last year, I lived at 55th, but now I live downtown in the East Village in an apartment complex called Stuy(vesant) Town. I absolutely love it there.

 

Southern Regional High School Class of '09

 I'm originally from Ocean County, NJ (and for those of you who aren't familiar with Joisey, that’s about 20 minutes away from where they shot "The Jersey Shore "). I grew up in the same town my whole life and went to a massive public school that actually has about 700 more kids than Marymount.
  
 My dream was always to go to college with my best friend, 

Best Friends since the 7th grade.

Amy, but we didn’t end up getting into the same schools. She goes to NYU now, and only lives a couple of blocks away from me this year in Union Square. We both like watching movies, doing homework (or in my case, procrastinating) in our favorite cafes, talking in parks, and taking 'subway-trips' around the city (our favorite areas are the Upper West Side and Chelsea). We've made a pact this year to experience as much of New York as we possibly can (and on a collegiate budget).

My freshman year was kind of a hard transition for me. I didn’t immediately love Marymount as much as my friends loved their schools. But since I’ve gotten more involved, I’ve already made up for the entire first year of school in two months; joining clubs (I’m in the International Studies Club, and was accepted into the Hunter Symphony), getting to know other students and teachers, and of course making the effort to engage in what the city has to offer and take advantage of it.

  

Fashion's Night Out at Sephora



 (I’ve already been to the San Gennaro Festival, Fashion’s Night Out, a Met exhibition opening and participated in an MP3 Experiment). I’m planning to document every exciting event this year to preserve the experience. So, let’s bring on YEAR TWO."
-Ash