College isn't like the movies, at least it isn't for me, I do not attend crazy parties or see a million hot guys in frats trying to get phone numbers. I basically wake up at 5:30 every morning, get to my classes, do my homework, go home, do more homework and finally go to bed, almost always before 11. Which is what I did throughout high school and beauty school, only thing that is different is that I'm a slave to blackboard! I am undecided and because of this I am in a career class, the endless worksheets on personality, strengths, and skills are taxing, yet I still only have a slight inclination of what I want to be. Though yesterday morning I was filling out my career action plan, and I was researching dietitian programs, sadly UT doesn't have one. So I suppose this is my unexpected experience, to do what I want in my future I'll have to leave all of my friends and family. A few months ago I would have been all for it, but now I don't know what to feel!   

A Best Friend with a Great Quality

If I had to describe Cara to someone the phrase, "bad-ass-bitch" comes to mind.  She is a very real and upfront person. If there is someone that you want the truth about a situation, you go to her. Yet she's not mean or cruel she is just very straightforward and grounded. I am the type of person who gets ahead of their self, so having Cara around to put me back in my place is great! For example, the picture above, the hair show that we competed in last year. We started our planning around October, we wanted to have two models, both with large hairpieces and full costumes. As the months passed we got swept away in high school work and the strenuous hours of beauty school, we hardly had time to work on our hair show. So it was Cara's idea to focus on the mother nature model, but I was still dreaming of entering both models. She knew how stressed I get under pressure, and how I'll freak out when the time is running out. Cara had to literally tell me how crazy I was for thinking that we could do both models in time for the show. Attaching a five pound hairpiece onto one model's head was a big enough dilemma, she couldn't fathom having to think of doing double the work. When the hair show was getting closer, she was absolutely right, I went straight into freakout mode and thank god I had her there to make things run smoothly. I cannot picture a better friend to go through beauty school with; and even though we don't see each other as much she's always there keeping me grounded.

Dear Jane,

    I know that we used to be really close, practically family, so I am writing to get a few things off of my chest. Lately you have been extremely short with me whenever we are in a group setting, you put down anything I say, and you start arguments any chance you get. I am tired of being belittled in front of our entire friend group because you have an issue with me that you can't or won't even try to get past. I have no clue what I have done for you to treat me the way you do. I know that sometimes situations can be blown out of proportion, but I am not the only one who has noticed you treating me the way you do. I don't want to argue, nor make this a big deal, but every time I bring it up you make it so you're the victim, but to clarify I am not saying that you are the bad guy. We need to work out whatever issue you may have with me so we can go back to having a great time together! I hope you don't take this the wrong way, you are and will always be one of my best friends.

Thanks for reading,
Caitie  

Blog Opinion

In my opinion the purpose of this blog is to become comfortable with different platforms in writing. When writing online you have many tools at your dispense, you can access dictionaries, thesauruses, or anything you might need to better your writing. While in a classroom setting you don't always have the sources, or feel comfortable looking the answer. Speaking of comfortability, I don't really know how I feel about others reading my blog, I am not the type to share their writing with others. With an audience reading my thoughts I may approach them differently than I would if I were just writing for personal benefit. Writing is something I think everyone should know, it is an art, without great authors we wouldn't be enjoying our favorite books, shows, or movies. With social media having us broadcast our daily routines/thoughts, we utilize our writing skills almost daily or hourly. Our writing skills on social media is something that represents us, if we have poor grammar and cannot spell simple words, that may change the way people view us intellectually. Developing stronger writing skills will hopefully help me excel in my career. I could post a well-written article about achieving a certain hair color and build a stronger clientele. Writing is in our daily lives, there is no really no way of avoiding it.