College Visits: Bucknell

First of all this is a very late post so unfortunately I may not remember every little aspect of the school but hey, NO ONE READS THIS ANYWAY We were fortunate enough to go to Bucknell on an open-house for juniors so they day was centered all around selling the school. When we first came to the school, I noticed the slews of students standing in front of the auditorium entrance, wearing their Bucknell blue and orange, screaming "WELCOME TO BUCKNELL" as a bison danced on gleefully. Five minutes later, Bucknell was able to completely win me over with delicious snacks and an amazingly persuasive lecture. The following lecture and the student session were absolutely informative and interesting, I found out a lot about Bucknell's different programs (most importantly to me study abroad) and a little about student life. I really liked how many of the students at Bucknell can major, minor, or double major in many different and seemingly unrelated topics (for example, our tour guide was a double-major in chemistry and Spanish). For someone like myself, who is relatively undecided about what I want to do with my collegiate life, Bucknell was perfect in this regard. After this we had a lunch/information session and then a tour of the campus. The campus is gorgeous and spacious, and has just the right touch of an old campus feel without looking decrepit. All in all, Bucknell did everything right for their open house. My only complaint is: location, location, location! but even then, there are plenty of opportunities the school offers to get off campus, trips to New York, Philly, and DC should easily alleviate any cabin fever a student might have. So far, Bucknell has been my favorite college!

College Visits: Lehigh

On the same cold, rainy April day that I visited Villanova, I also journeyed out to Bethlehem, PA and saw Lehigh. Overall the campus was one of the prettiest I've ever seen, and although it is on one giant hill, the walking isn't half as bad as it looks. The campus tour guides were all friendly, but for the most part not the most outgoing bunch, but they did answer any questions posed to them on the tour. Oddly enough, I got the only outspoken tour guide, which is a serious understatement because she was practically shouting the whole tour, and quickly lost her breath during our many treks up and around the campus. While on the tour, like any respectable school, they showed us some of the more grandeur buildings, at Lehigh, this would most definitely be the library. If you like libraries that literally transport you into a scene from Harry Potter, Lehigh is the school for you. The library was one of the coolest places I have ever seen, and looks like a great place to study when the weather's too cold to be outside on one of the many lawn's of Lehigh. Overall I thought Lehigh was a very nice school, although it is too focused on business and engineering for my taste. Some of the older buildings and commons areas inside the Dorm Rooms are in dire need of refurbishing, and I'm not a fan of their school color; Brown (it does nothing for my complexion)

College Visits: Villanova

Villa-no-fun? Villa-so-fun! I visited the Villanova campus on a cold, rainy April day, so my expectations for enjoying myself were a bit low. However, I was pleasantly surprised that the wind and weather didn't tarnish my views of the school. Not only is the campus BEAUTIFUL, but it is ever so close to the city of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia) and even shorter if you take the subway. The tour guides were very friendly and helpful, answering all my inane questions and not acting a bit annoyed, and the insides of the buildings were almost as beautiful as the outsides. Now I may be slightly biased, seeing as I look good in the color blue and have a penchant for coffee (Villanova has these Holy Ground's Coffee Shops all over the campus, and it taste like the sweet nectar of the god's). My only complaints about the school would be their ridiculous core curriculum, and dorm rooms that are a little on the small side. The dorm room situation mainly has to do with some of the older building not being quite up to date yet, and although the core curriculum sounds intense, it's an intense school, so it's a nice fit. All in all, I liked Villanova, and I recommend anyone considering it to take a visit up there and see it for themselves, If you don't like it, at least you still get to spend the weekend in Philly!

Failure

Dear Four Followers, I have failed you. I was very busy these past few weeks with life and what not, (it continues on, despite my blogsphere dissapearance) . But I'll be back with vengence soon, after I visit colleges, (maybe i'll blog about those) and then I can tell all of you WONDERFUL WONDERFUL people about my trip to Italy. SORRY

AW - a word

This will be a short post, but a meaningful one nonetheless. It is about another term I have coined, that can be used in any and every situation and will benefit you greatly throughout your life. That term just happens to be: Huckleberry Frolic.

This term was brought to my attention when talking to a friends mom about her childhood, and how every year there was an annual neighborhood party called the huckleberry frolic. Naturally, I disregarded her story and thought about the phrase "Huckleberry Frolic" to me, it means a party of any kind, but particularly one that is extremely wild or extremely country. In any situation where you see a party that is odd in nature or particularly wild, all you need to do is say "what is this a Huckleberry Frolic?" and trust me, people will get what you mean right away.

Mind Blowing.

Are you hungry?

So if you even sub-follow my blog, you would see that a few weeks ago I obsessively declared my love for the book series known as The Hunger Games. Maybe in the future I'll blog more about it, in a Harry Potter esque series (you can see in my archives), but for now I'm only talking about the potential for their to be a movie. I repeat, there is going to be a Hunger Games movie. And, as with any quality film, Lionsgate will need to cast some actors to portray the characters we know, love, and obsess over.

I know there is a TERRIBLE rumor on IMDB saying that Chloe Mortiz will be playing Katniss and Gabe Liotta will play Peeta, but since THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE here is a list of my dream cast, as thought of two minutes ago.

Team :

Katniss: Lily Collins or a girl name Malese Jow

PEETA: there is only one person perfect enough to play Peeta, but he doesn't have an IMDB, so I am settling with William Mosely (with his old haircut) or Hunter Parrish

Haymitch: Robert Downey Jr.

Gale: Idk...Michael Trevino?

Prim: As the prognosis is...Elle Fanning

Cinna: Matthew Bomer

Tributes:

Cato and Clove: TOM FELTON and Emma Stone

Glimmer: Blake Lively

Thresh and Rue: Stanislave Ivanski and Willow Smith

Foxface: My friend Chloe...or Molly Quinn

Capitol

Caesar Flickerman: Ryan Seacrest of course. or maybe some Joel McHale?

Scott Bass? part four

Despite my little interruption proclaiming my love for the Hunger Games (sigh) I have not lost site of what is important you all. Particularly the comparison of a fictional character and a reality show character. And this weeks topic is: Relationships ;)

Chuck and Blair, Chair, Bluck, Waldass, Bassdorf, whatever you want to call them, Chuck and Blair are the driving force of Gossip Girl, their tumultuous relationship has it's ups and downs, what with lies betrayal, and the little incident where Chuck sold Blair's body to his Uncle for a hotel...anyways they fight, they bicker, Chuck drinks, Blair cries, they kiss and make up, but at the end of the day you know that these to are going to stay together, if only for the ratings. Similarly...

Kourtney and Scott, Scourtney, Kott, Kardisick, Dishian, whatever you want to call them, Kourtney and Scott are the hot couple on Keeping up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloe take Miami, and Kourtney and Kim Take New York. If only because they seem to be on the verge of breaking up every other episode. Even after Scott impregnated Kourtney with Mase-Face, their troubles didn't seem to end, they fight, they bicker, Scott drinks, Kourtney cries, they kiss and makeup, because at the end of the day, the ratings don't lie, and we love these couples.