Advice to incoming Freshman

A few weeks ago, I ran into some seniors that go to my high school who are going to be coming to Illinois State University next year. My first suggestion to them was to send in their housing deposit as soon as they received the housing information in the mail! There is nothing worse than being placed in supplemental housing and then once a room opens having to leave all of your friends you’ve made. Also, another bad thing about waiting until the last minute is you may not get your first choice in where you want to live whether it be Watterson, west side, or south side. It is a bummer when you get placed in a dormitory you do not want to live in! In considering what dorm you choose, I would advise you to do it based on what you hear about the food near you! Tri Towers (west side) has great food and it is also a fairly new building.
The second piece of advice I have for you is, DO NOT ROOM WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND. I cannot tell you how many friendships I have seen completely ruined because a pair of students who were best childhood friends decided to room together. If you want to be close to a friend, live in the same building or the same floor even. If you room with your friends from high school, you will want to pull their hair out! Along with this advice, something similar to this is do not assume you are going to be best friends with your random roommate. Although it is possible, do not count on it. In the beginning of this year, I thought my roommate and I were going to be friends forever! It turns out, that is not true.

The third piece of advice I have for you is, be social! I know many people are nervous to introduce themselves in the beginning of the year. Everyone is in the same boat as you! They may know no one! If peoples’ doors are open on your floor, go introduce yourself. They may end up being your best friends throughout your college experience!

My Favorite TV Show

My favorite TV show is Full House. I began watching this TV show when I was about five years old. My brother always watched it and he was four years older than me. One day, I decided to watch it and fell I in love with it! From that day on, I watched it anytime it was on TV. During that time, the creators of Full House were still making new episodes so I would watch it weekly and whenever there were reruns.
This show became my favorite show because it portrayed a very well put together family. I loved all of the characters! The show is about a single dad raising his three daughters with the help of his best friend and brother-in law. Danny was a clean freak and a TV show host for Wake up San Francisco.(the dad), Joey was a comedian (the best friend), Jesse was a musician, and very good-looking (the brother-in law), and the three daughters all had unique, funny personalities! Throughout all of the seasons, each character encountered their own types of problems but in the end, everything always turned out okay.
Later on in the show, Jesse gets married to a woman named Rebecca and they have two twin boys who just add a lot to the family because they all still live in the same house on Jourard Street! Because each character has its own personality, it makes the show more interesting. Each show usually has a problem or two occurring and the creators try to switch up who is having what problem in each episode. Like I motioned before, although the problems usually become resolved, they are problems we as people can relate to in our everyday lives.
What make the show so good is how close and loving the family is to each other even though they get in their share of fights! I love all of the characters.
Although Full House does not make any new episodes, I have seen every re run at least 10 times and I try to watch it as much as possible! It is my favorite show and I am sure many of you have seen it before. If not, it is on ABC Family!

Blog Entry 5 advertisement

Clearasil cleanser for your skin. The advertisement was on a commercial. What sticks out in my mind about this particular commercial and product is the way they made it look like the product works so well for everyone .The young man stands up in one of his classes with a large audience and says “I know public speakers use tricks to help them relax. If you need to, picture me naked.” He then turns to his neighbor (a girl), and says “You too”.  At the end, it shows the young man in the bathroom with his Clearasil products. The narrator of the commercial said at the end, “Clearasil may cause confidence”. Although the commercial was only 32 seconds, it did a fine job persuading its audience to buy the product.  It basically was showing how Clearasil works very well on the skin and prevents breakouts and makes people feel confident in their own skin.  The young man had the confidence to stand up in front of the class and make a complete fool out of himself. The reason I remembered this advertisement so well was because it wasn’t completely over-done. It was short, sweet, and right to the point.  A pretty girl advertising a facial cleanser normally does not do it for me! Although it may have over exaggerated just a little bit, it creatively persuaded its audience to buy the product, or at least think of buying it. There are many products I see advertised that I do not even think twice about purchasing. This commercial made me think twice. Also, I myself use cleansing products for my face so I remember being interested in the commercial. I thought to myself, “Oh, maybe I will try this product when I run out of my Cetaphil”.  It turns out, I did try it, but it unfortunately was not as good as I thought!  I will continue to use Cetaphil but the Clearasil Company makes persuading advertisements! 

Free Blog

Since this is another free blog, I think I will talk about what my plans are for Spring Break! First off, I cannot believe that we only have 4 more weeks until spring break starts in about 5 weeks! It feels we just came back from Winter break. Although I am not going anywhere special for spring break, I am still very excited. I plan on visiting with my family a lot. I am very close with my cousins so it will be fun to hang out with them a lot! Although none of my friends have the same spring break as me, at least I will have one week to relax and not have to worry about anything school oriented (hopefully)! Also, my boyfriend lives at home so he will keep me company and it will be nice to have time to hang out with him. Also, I plan on working for my dad a little bit and babysitting! I hope to get some hours in at the place I worked at the past two summers. They usually need me when some of the high school workers take off for the weekend. I really need more spending money down here at Illinois State University.  In addition to that, I also plan on visiting my cousin at University of Illinois. She lives in an apartment and it is a fun place to hang out at. Hopefully I can attend some type of sporting event that is going on when I visit her. One of the things I am really looking forward to is spring clothes shopping! I feel I have absolutely no clothes!  I plan on going to Gurnee outlet mall as they have great deals! I also plan on going to the Aurora Outlet Mall. They have many name-brand stores but have their products discounted by a decent amount! Although both stores are quite a drive, it will be worth it.  I feel like there are so many things I want to do in one week and hopefully I will be able to.  If I find I do not have enough time, summer will be right around the corner!