Thursday, May 31, 2012

Packing and Planes


NOTE: I wrote this yesterday while waiting for my 5 hour connection from JFK to London, Heathrow. I was picked up this morning and am having a fantastic time!

Well today was it. Flying to England.


It has been a rough couple of days packing and making sure I see all of my family and such. Monday, Memorial Day, we had a giant BBQ in preparation for my departure.  The kids came up and I got to see all of my uncles! Yay!

My baby cousin Alexis and I
Here I am waiting in JFK with no internet bored out of my mind. L How is this possible!? Well I mistakenly thought that during my 5 hour layover, I would have the Interwebs at my disposal. NO FREE WI-FI. Really Delta/KLM-JFK (the plane food was delicious though)? 

So I shall tell you about my packing!

It was terrible. I cut my knee, stubbed my toe, yelled, screamed, and hollered. But it all fits and I have everything I wanted to bring with my carry on being heavier than expected and my suitcase being lighter.


The best way of packing I found was to roll all of my clothes.  After I set the first layer in I found I still had an large amount of room. They weren’t lying when they told you to roll your clothes, it really works! Fortunately, I now do not have to worry about bringing things back to the states (within reason). It also helped that a lot of my clothes were light and I wore the only jacket I will be taking to England.

This morning was also an adventure. From riding in a tiny airplane to waiting 5 hours for my connecting flight to London Heathrow.

Becky and the tiny airplane
I know I will be exhausted tomorrow when I am picked up from the airport. I MUST FIGHT JET LAG (NOTE: I lost and had to take a nap)!
To be continued…

All of the University News Stories!

Here is a collection of all of the articles, blogs and videos I have done for University News:

Articles:
Student Spotlight: Allie Strader
Financial Literacy Expert
Student Spotlight: Melissa Bromley
RIT Spring Career Fair
Student Packaging Jamboree
RIT Taste of 140 Characters Conference 
Student Spotlight: Meghan Lima
Wifely Role in Sex Scandals 
Student Spotlight: Kara Shierly
Microsoft Puzzle Challenge
The Vagina Monologues 
Student Spotlight: Ross Lancaster
SPIE Conference 
3-D Planeterrainium
Frans Wildenhain: Honoring the Craft
RIT GeneSIS
Student Spotlight: Harshita Sood
Joe Delgado: Helping Others Achieve Wellness Goals
Student Spotlight: Tracey O'Dowd
Frans Wildenhain: Sketchbooks
'Fade' among 20 Best Video Games
Technology Woman of the Year
Crain's 40 Under 40
Three Generations of Alumni
Student Spotlight: Guerin Gagliastri
RIT Players: 'Peanuts' All Grown Up
Student Spotlight: Bharat Thazhathu
Imagine RIT Exhibits Honored
STEP at RIT
Student Spotlight: Chris Haltigin
Autonomus Humanoid Robot at RIT

Blog:
My First Week at University News

Video:

I have also done a lot of captioning, went to press conferences and attended events. Working at University News has been my best professional experience!

I hope I grabbed everything! If not go here and have a look!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Once Upon A Time

Once Upon a Time is the best. I repeat BEST show in existence.


From the creators of 'Lost' and ABC (owned by Disney) have created a masterpiece. Because ABC is owned by Disney, the fairy tale characters closely resemble the Disney costumes (ex: Belle and Cinderella shown below).

The season finale came out last week and I absolutely loved it. This is a series that I would actually consider buying instead of just watching it once it was that good.

Belle
Cinderella
I don't want to give too much away but...


Once Upon a Time, if you don't already know is the story of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin, He's just Not that Into You, Something Borrowed) and her prince (Josh Dallas) but combined with every other fairy tale imagined.  It starts as the classic tale, the prince and princess defeat the evil queen and live happily... for a while.

Snow White and Evil Queen Regina in Fairy Tale world
As Snow White and Charming prepare for the birth of their first child, the evil queen (Lana Parrilla) casts a curse on the kingdom that moves every fairy tale character into our world, which has no magic so the she will be the only one with a happy ending.  The only way the curse can be broken is by Snow White and Charming's daughter, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison, How I Met Your Mother), when she turns 28, sent to the our world beforehand to avoid the complications of the curse. On her birthday, her son (given up for adoption at birth), Henry (Jared Gilmore) finds her so that he can help break the curse, he is the only one who knows the truth.  Emma Swan travels to the tiny town of Storybrooke to protect and care for her son who has been adopted by the evil queen who is mayor of Storybrooke.

Snow White, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood in our world
As the series progresses, you learn about the character's pasts in fairy tale land and the effects of the curse in Storybrooke with some surprising twists and turns. Need I mention that Rumpelstiltskin or Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle, 28 Weeks Later) is behind most of the schemes that arise?

With this all-star cast and amazing plot line, I am going to be addicted to this show for a while. I wonder how they will continue season 2... If you haven't seen it yet, catch up while there is still time!

Emma Swan