Social Media Revolution

The benefits of social media has been in my conversations and discussions fairly often lately.  Ironically, I found an interesting video on twitter this past weekend.  It goes to show that twitter can be beneficial, because I never would have seen this video otherwise.  It has some pretty impressive stats in it.

Tweet-tweet-tweetly-tweet!

Prior to coming into CreComm, I never thought twice about having a blog - now I have one.

I also never thought twice about having a twitter account - but now I have one.

I figured a facebook account was enough and didn't even know how twitter really worked.

This past week in our PR class, we had to create a twitter account and keep it active with updates.  We had a two hour class to sign up (if we haven't) and then browse around.  And I have to say that it's pretty interesting.  You can "follow" people, such as Oprah or Ellen! Or organizations such as the Winnipeg Free Press or IABC (The International Association of Business Communicators).

It's actually a beneficial social medium to use professionally as well.  It gives you the opportunity to update people on your organizations doings that might not be big enough to promote in a larger form. 

I am still trying to figure out exactly how twitter works, but as of right now, it seems pretty neat!

And I thought of another name for "followers".  They can be my "peeps", like the marshmallow chickens that you can buy around Easter time, know what I'm talking about?  And since the twitter logo is a bird then it all makes sense haha!  Just a thought......

Off Topic Today...

It's been getting really busy these days, and sometimes it's nice to watch a little mindless television.  My new favourite show this year is Glee.  I know it's been on for a few months now, but I just can't get enough of it!  It's on FOX on Wednesday nights for one hour.  For those of you who don't know, it's about a group of high school kids who all belong to a glee club.  All of the kids in the club would not normally hang out other then when they are in glee.  The show is basically like any other "teen" show, but there is singing!  I would say it's a musical, which is why I love it so much - I LOVE musicals!  It's just an all around light-hearted, fun show and I thoroughly enjoy it every week.  It's also a little cheesy, but that's the draw!  They also sing good songs and it is all their own singing voices.

Here are a few snippets that they have done on the show.

Enjoy! = )

"Somebody to Love"

"Don't Stop Believin'"

"Bust a Move"

"No Air"

Coffee Coffee Coffee!

Tim Horton's at RRC now has debit.

I have mixed emotions to this new addition.

It's great because now I don't need cash and I can use my debit card.

It's bad because now I don't need cash and I can use my debit card.

We'll see how it goes....

mmm delicious!

Funnies are Fun!

This was a comic that my sister had on her tear sheet calendar from the Far Side. It was many years ago, but I've always remembered the comic. Since I am a student once again, I feel this is appropriate.

Just a little something to bring us into the weekend...

A Bit Off Topic...

Someone had posted this video on their Facebook page and I couldn't pass it up to share. I thought it was extremely impressive. They are a jump rope team called the Firecrackers and they consist of 4th-8th graders from a school in Ohio.

I have a hard enough time trying not to burn the back of my legs with the rope when I skip in one spot.

This is talent....
(it's a bit long, but even just watching a couple minutes is great)

Halloween on a Budget

CreComm - Section 1!

Hope everyone had a boo-tiful Halloween!

I love dressing up for Halloween. It's a fun thing to get all made up and be someone else for the day. I just want to say how great my classmates looked on Friday - great Halloween spirit! I expected nothing less of Section 1.

The thing with dressing up is that it can be very expensive. Party Stuff has some great costume ideas, however I do not have $70.00 or more that I can spend on a costume. Especially when I would only wear it once, because I never want to be the same thing the next year. I had a couple ideas for this Halloween; I wanted to be Snow White or a Rag Doll. Now with both of those costume, they are costume specific. But again, they were around $70 at Party Stuff, and I just didn't have that kind of cash. So for dressing up at school, I tried to think of things I had lying around at home. I decided that I was going to be a Mobster. I had a one-piece pant body suit that had sparkly pin stripes on it (old dance costume), which I threw a black suit jacket over. Then I borrowed a fedora and added some heels and red lipstick to complete the outfit. I didn't buy a toy gun, because I didn't really want to carry it around all day. I probably should have because some people thought I was Michael Jackson. It must have been the extremely sparkly pants I was wearing that made them think that. Anyways, it cost me nothing for my school costume.

Now last evening, my friends and I went to a social. We wanted to do a group costume, but no one could decide on what to be. As well, everyone was in the same boat as me and didn’t want to spend a bunch of money. So a few days ago, we decided to be a rainbow. I have six friends that I'm went with, so we were each a colour; I was turquoise. It was the perfect colour for me because I had shorts and a tank top that are turquoise. The only thing that I had to buy was turquoise tights and a blue wig, which cost me around $20 all together.

So it's always nice to buy a fancy costume and go all out with accessories. However, it's even more fun to make your costume. And needless to say, we looked like a pretty good rainbow....with a pot of gold and leprechaun to bring it all together!

The "pot of gold" was still doing her make-up