i am a dancing queen.

February 22, 2007

well i hope everyone enjoyed their fat tuesday/mardi gras celebrations! i know i did! my feet still hurt! i was on the dance for prolly like 3 hours. just dancing the night away……
anywho, i really have to stop procrastinating. it has become a terrible, terrible habit of mine! i had to wake up at 6:30 this morning to write a paper today. do not feel bad for me. it is my own fault! i should give up procrastinating for lent or something. (i really hope my professor doesnt read this! haha!)
in more exciting news today, britney spears checked herself out of rehab for the second time this week. newsflash:WHO CARES! there are so many more important things going on in the world! ugh.

so back to my little story….
I started school at ECC North. I would just like to add, that on my first day of college ever there was that shooting in the ECC bookstore. I saw the gunman run across the lawn. Just saying! Way to welcome it in with a bang! I went in as a Liberal Arts Major, because I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing with myself. At ECC North, I found little direction from my advisor. And as an incoming freshman, that prolly isnt something I should brag about! I kind of felt like I was still in high school, seeing as half of my graduating class was there! I also took some Phys. Ed classes. No, not like gym class is high school, but Foundations of Physical Education, for people interested in the field! I only took 4 classes a semester too. I did very well, but I really didn’t have to try too hard. My first semester, my English professor(who was a little whacky….he wore a traditional Scottish kilt on the first day of school!) really told me to pursue my writing as a career. He even recommended me into the honors program at ECC. But becuase I was a bum, I didnt follow through on it! I actually still see him from time to time at Wegmans. He is quite impressed with how far i’ve come along! My second semester was a breeze too. I took this really great music class which I loved! It was History of American Popular Music and I had this great teacher and I loved everything we talked about! Plus I am a classic rock junkie and when we got the 60s and 70s…ahh I was in heaven! But as the semester was coming to an end, I still wanted to declare a major. I started to really research the communication field. I had come to the conclusion that Phys. Ed was just not for me. It didn’t interest me the way Communication and Journalism did. And I found out they offered those classes at ECC South.
It was time for a change! And I was taking a step in the right direction!
—Kelly

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how i really feel about february 14th.

February 14, 2007

now, I must start off this entry by saying, I am normally a very happy and good natured person. But today, is really just not one of those days. Today is a day to remind you that you are single (if you are.) Maybe I’m a little bitter becuase I found out the guy I was dating, was cheating on me. (this happened about 4 days before christmas. happy holidays kelly!) He shall remain nameless. So this evening when I go out with all of us scorned singles, I am going to wear black. (that is soooo cynical.) Ill be much better tommorow I promise. And I am still convinced that chivalry is not dead. I am allowed to be cranky today. Anywho, I would like to wish everyone a happy valentine’s day, because everyone does have love in their life somewhere!! We couldn’t survive without it!

So back to my journey. It is Sophomore year at Depew High School. It has taken me quite some time adjust. And I am slowly starting to let some people in again, start to build some real relationships. These are the people that brought me back to being myself. My outgoing, smiling bubbly self. THat went away for a long time. I started to get involved at school, I joined the track team, I was cast in the school musical, I joined clubs. I put myself out there and the results were great! My coach always pushed me and my teammates to never settle, always taking it the next level. My english teachers thought I had a knack for writing, Journalism crossed my mind as a possible career choice. I checked out schools like Bonaventure and didn’t see a fit. My social studies teachers inspired me to maybe become a teacher. My phys. ed teacher really inspired me to get into Phys. Ed.
FLASH FORWARD TO MAY OF 2003
I have a month left of school, and still havent been accepted to ANY college. I applied to SUNY Brockport, Cortland and Fredonia. BURN! I must be honest and tell you that Math is not a strong point for me. And it was quite evident on my ACT and SAT scores. (oops) But thats another thing I am not a fan of! Those tests, are just how well you can take THAT test. And its timed. Stuff on the SATs and ACTs is not what college is all about! And on top of not being accepted into college, I also don’t have a direction. I am really heading towards Phys Ed. but Journalism is still in the back of mind……
So guess where I end up…..ECC! (and remember how I said I didn’t find something that fit me, ECC was that pair of jeans I was looking for)
Talk to you soon….
Kelly

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in the beginning….

February 1, 2007

“There’s still time to change the road your on…”—Led Zeppelin

Welcome back!!!!!! So its now the Spring Semester at Buff State, but it is anything BUT spring-like outside. And for some reason, at Buff State, the wind is ALWAYS blowing in your face, regardless of what direction you are walking in. Just an observation. And UGG boots have taken over. They are EVERYWHERE.

I guess to understand someone, you have to understand what they have done and where they have been. Today, I am currently a senior at Buff State…..counting down the days til graduation. (Which in my case is a lot of days because I graduate in December.) But anyways, that’s what my new blog is all about. How I got here. And whatever happens to be on my mind that day too.

Well I’m not sure where to start, but I’ll give it a shot. I grew up in Buffalo and went to a Catholic School. (R.I.P All Saints no really, it closed.) I moved to the suburbs when I was in 6th or 7th grade. Second big life-changing event for me. The first being my parents split up when I was 6. So I had two homes, two families, two everything. That’s how it been basically my entire life. Looking back on that, it has taught me what I want and how I want to raise my own family. (Which is still years and years away, but I know what I want. Well I think I do at least)

Flash forward to sophomore year at Tonawanda High School. I was just really starting to get settled and making some good friends. Now remember my “two of everything” rant? Well, my Dad tells me he’s getting remarried. Which is cool, but it’s a big change! Next day, My Mom and Step dad tell me that my step dad got a job at Texas Instruments and that we have to move to Dallas, TX at the end of the month. (It’s October.) Talk about having your world flipped upside down?! That was only 24 hours. Being 14 years old, this was a living hell basically. Everything you know is completely changed. And I decided right away I was not going! Everything was here, my family, my friends, and school. This was really tough for everyone. Because my mom and step dad wanted brother and me to go with them, and my Dad wanted us, and I wanted to stay here. What a mess! Well because my Dad lived in Buffalo, and not Tonawanda, I also had to switch schools too. What fun! (Hope you can pick up on my sarcasm.) And because my parents did not want me and my brother going to a City school, he moved in with his fiancée (Who is now my step-mom) who lives in Depew. Got all that? So my Mom and Step dad and younger sister (we have different dads) moved to Texas, along with my youngest brother who was on the way at the time. And I move to Depew with my brother and my Dad and get a new family (my step mom has a son too!) and life in Depew. And this is just October 2001. Whew. The beginning of sophomore year and what follows just changed me as a person and helped me to become who I am today, which has all led my career choice: PUBLIC RELATIONS. It’s a stretch I know, but I have all semester to explain! I hope to keep you on the edge of your seats!

Talk to you soon…..
Kelly

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