tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13892016105788826532024-02-20T01:41:46.919-08:00Aims AwayLocal findings, beauty, lifestyle, fashion, travel, hopes, dreams & goals. Basically an everything blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268474408692710441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389201610578882653.post-44899467323622001752013-08-09T12:06:00.001-07:002013-08-09T12:13:41.026-07:00Saying Yes and Going Places<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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one of my favorite classes ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intercession class before and was a little apprehensive about it being a “media
tour” class. To say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement! It
was a really great experience and I would do it over again in a heartbeat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> UCO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. The first thing she did was make everyone switch
seats in 10 seconds because she wanted to show us how quickly things can
change in the news world and to always be prepared for anything. She told us
a lot of “negative” things about the news world, not to scare us off but to
make sure that we understand that the “news reporter life” is most definitely
NOT glamorous. When she came in, she was carrying 3 large bags filled
with a large variety of things. She told us that, as a reporter, you HAVE to
be prepared for anything. Food, water, changes of clothes, make-up,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> iPad</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">/laptop/etc, notebook, toothbrush/paste are some of the
items that she</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> recommends </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you keep with you at all times because you don't know when
you will need something and won’t have the opportunity to go and get when
you're out in the field working. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I really appreciate how honest she
was with us. She gave really great advice on how to deal with the kind of
material you will probably see when you're a reporter. She told us to
"find a really good outlet" and to take everything in stride. I've
always heard that being a reporter is something you have to really have a
passion for because it takes away your "free" time. You're always
on call and its long hours and you rarely get vacation time. It sounds equally
exciting and daunting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favorite things. We got there just in time to watch the noon show and it was
SO COOL. We spent the first 10 minutes or so in the control room and got to
watch the guys in there in action then we spent the rest of the show in the
studio watching from behind the cameras. Their studio is so big and they have
so much equipment. It was weird/cool to watch the weather guy do his thing
live. Then the coolest thing happened. We were walking through one of the
desk/cubicle areas and out of nowhere Jim Gardner showed up to show us their
helicopter! I tried my best not to freak out and completely</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> fangirl </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but I couldn't NOT take a picture with him. He is
seriously the nicest guy! It was such a surreal moment and if I hadn't of
gotten my picture I think I wouldn't believe it actually happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vance Harrison (right) and Mark
Norman (left) were really interesting fellows. The main thing that I took
away from them was to show enthusiasm and to "FOLLOW THE MONEY."
Vance said to keep resumes short and sweet and to be earnest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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National Cowboy & Western Museum and it was a blast! We spent about 30
minutes talking to Mike</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Edminson </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">about non-profits and what he does then we spent an hour
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her story was incredible! She
worked in television news for about 17 years then left and worked as a
free-lance photojournalist and even went to Africa. At the start of this year
she started working for the Edmond PD. She talked about how she took chances
with her career and how it was scary but that it worked out. I really appreciated
her sharing her story with us. I don't really know what direction I want to
go in for a career and to see someone that thought she knew what she wanted
then changed her mind was a little reassuring. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but I chose to say yes to it and it literally took me places. It showed that
even the professionals don't have everything figured out and that interviewing
isn't something we should be scared of. The broadcast world is huge and the
more you know and can do, the better off you will be. You want to constantly
keep growing and learning and perfecting your craft and to always follow the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268474408692710441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389201610578882653.post-61883401696782419232013-07-23T10:38:00.003-07:002013-07-23T10:41:11.648-07:00Oh dear...Hello again!<br />
It's been a while and I have absolutely no excuse for not posting anything except for that I suck at keeping up with things. UGH... THE STRUGGLE.<br />
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Moving on from that...<br />
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<i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AND I'M</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> NOT </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HAPPY ABOUT IT!</span></u></i><br />
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My sister-in-law sometimes watches a baby and a toddler and when she can't, my mom does. Adding onto this little story, my 15 year old cousin has been staying with us for the past week to help out with some projects around the house. The other day the baby was throwing a fit while my mother was in the other room getting something for him and my cousin barges into my room (without knocking) and tells me that I need to get out here and take care of the baby. I was literally so shocked that he said that to me that it took me a good 30-45 seconds before I could reply.<br />
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It was like something just snapped in me. I told him that "it is not solely a woman's job to take care of a child and that how dare he assume that just because I am a girl I will automatically jump into the role and that men can care for children just like a woman can and that he is old enough to not only know better than to think that but to also just take care of the baby and not try and get someone else to take care of it."<br />
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Obviously I was pissed and I feel like I had a good reason too. I understand that lots of people think differently than I do on the topic of gender roles and I appreciate the differences. In this day and age, with equality such a big topic in our lives and culture, that the younger generations (especially) shouldn't be pushing their assumptions onto others. This is 2013 for gods sake.<br />
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No man (no matter how old) can tell a woman where her place is. I wouldn't want that for my daughter (if I have one) and I sure as hell don't want my nephews to grow up and think that they can tell a girl what to do and just expect her to do the "woman jobs".<br />
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Is society so focused on equality in love that we are losing sight of the other aspects of being equal humans?<br />
Am I alone in feeling this? Are women being pushed to the back-burner?<br />
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*lets out long breath*<br />
Okay, I'm done with that... I'm so sorry if this was annoying, it was just something that I could not stop thinking about.<br />
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I'm going to go play scrabble and drink coffee.<br />
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If you read this, I LOVE YOU!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268474408692710441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389201610578882653.post-85425114280510285132013-04-11T10:02:00.001-07:002013-04-11T10:02:15.158-07:00Well hello there!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my first time doing this so I am kind of nervous...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay... here we go...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I am scared about doing this I am really, really excited too. This is totally out of my comfort zone but lately I have been wanting to push myself to do... more.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought 2013 would be amazing for me and I was feeling really positive when the new year came around. Then some stuff happened right at the very beginning and it pretty much went to crap. I feel like I have been wondering around in this foggy bubble that I just can't seem to escape.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had never been one for social media outside of Facebook and Twitter (and back in the day Xanga and Myspace) but one day I started watching YouTube video's and came across one by this funny British girl that was talking about make-up and clothes. I saw that she had a blog so I went to <a href="http://www.zoella.co.uk/" target="_blank">Zoella</a> and started reading some of her stuff. You could definitely say that I was inspired.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been thinking about inspiration a lot lately. By definition, inspire means "<i>to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on</i>". Something that I have learned about myself is that I LOVE being inspired by other people and things. And something that I want out of life is to inspire others. I want to be and do something that will have an impact in this world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it wont happen. Maybe I will fail. I wont know if I don't try, right? Something I've become more and more aware of is how weird life is. We can't change that but we can embrace it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you read this, I want to thank you and invite you to leave a comment! If you have a blog let me know, I would love to read it!</span><br />
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