Back to School…

August 12, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , ,

Summer is almost over and for the longest summer I’ve ever had it feels like it was pretty darn short. I’ve worked and played all my time away. In less then three weeks I’ll be back in my dorm with Beks and two new roommates, terribly missing my boyfriend. 😦

I’ve bought a long list of things for the dorm this year including a TV, lamp, storage ottoman, and curtains. I’m also bring a ton of stuff I have from last year. I’ve also purchased season football tickets (GO GREEN!) a parking pass, and a ridiculous number of textbooks that I probably won’t ever open. Pretty much, I’ve spent a ton of money, thank goodness my mom bought me clothes otherwise I might have to go to class naked…

I can’t decide if I’m excited or dreading going back to school. I miss Beks and I’m excited about a couple of my classes, starting regular practices with my cheer team (MSU All-Girl Competitive Cheer) getting back to writing with The Big Green and making a difference with Imprint. But when I go back I’m going to seriously miss my beau, Lake Michigan, my family and all my friends here. I’d say it’s a toss up. All I know is that I’m not going to cry about it this year. I must have cried about three buckets of tears in my first couple weeks of school last year (partially because I was in physical pain, but that’s beside the point).

No matter how I feel about it, going back is inevitable, so I guess I just need to deal with it.

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Season Football Tickets!

July 4, 2011 · Filed under Spartan Sports · Tagged , , , , , ,

In Spartan world football is a BIG deal. Everyone loves it, everyone goes. People get the stadium at 6am to tailgate and get good seats to a noon kickoff game.

Last year I didn’t go to one football game and I only ever watched one on TV and that’s the one game we lost. After that I decided I must be bad luck. Of course, that was just an excuse to crawl back in bed all day after getting up at 5am for work.

The only time I was even in Spartan Stadium last year was for the spring training football game, white vs. green. That was pretty cool and after enjoying that I knew I had to get tickets for next year.

This year I have a different job and I’m making sure I don’t have a 6am shift on game days. I just bought my season tickets! I’m so excited to go to every game with my roommate and cheer on my Spartans!

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New Job!

June 8, 2011 · Filed under Employment · Tagged , , , , ,

I ended up having to drive all the way to MSU campus (an hour and a half each way with no air conditioning) for my Sparty’s interview today because no one returned the call that I made a few days ago to ask if I could do a phone interview.
Anyway, I got to the interview with about two minutes to spare (I had to stop and change into gray dress pants and three inch heels on the way so I was running behind), then I waited for my interviewer to print a few things off.
We sat in the middle of the International Center food court (which was eerily almost empty, I felt like I was in a ghost town the whole time I was on campus) to have our little question-answer session. After about ten minutes Megan (who could only be about two years older than me) told me that she wanted to hire me. “Yay,” was my response.
So now I’m set to go to orientation next friday and I’ll be able to start working as soon as I get to school. “Yay!”

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Job Interview

June 4, 2011 · Filed under Employment · Tagged , , , ,

Yesterday while I was at work (I’m a waitress at a Pizza Hut during the summer) I got a call from a Lansing area number, I answered and was asked if I could come do an interview next week for a position at Sparty’s. YAY! I really don’t want to work in the caf(eteria) anymore.
Working in the caf is nice because they’ll hire anyone, so if you need a job that’s the place to go, but it certainly isn’t a place that I enjoy working at.
In case you don’t know, Sparty’s is a convenience store that’s located all over MSU’s campus, there are tons of them. I’m pretty excited about my interview because I think it’ll be a nice change, and I’m pretty sure they don’t have a dish room for me to fear.
The only thing I’m not looking forward to is driving an hour and a half to East Lansing for a job interview that will probably last about half an hour, if that…
Hopefully it will pay off! 🙂

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SCHOLARSHIP!

May 27, 2011 · Filed under Scholarships & Financial Aid · Tagged , , , ,

First, a little sigh of relief! I definitely needed this scholarship money.

Last year I applied for about a million scholarships and only ended up getting one from the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation (GHACF). This year I only applied for a scholarship for the GHACF, needless to say I was getting a little antsy not knowing if I was getting any money or not.

Today I found an envelope on the kitchen table for the GHACF and it had an scholarship offer in it for $1500! I was so happy I almost started crying. Then I saw when I was supposed to have it back to them, May 19, so that buzz went away real quick.

I called the foundation and they were really understanding and told me to send it in a soon as I can and there would be no problem. Another sigh of relief!

I just finished filling out the form and writing my thank you note and I even found a senior picture to send along. 🙂

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Journalism 200 Override

May 27, 2011 · Filed under Journalism · Tagged , , , , ,

So I’m just freaking out a little because I’m a journalism major and I need to take JRN 200 in the fall. I don’t know if I’ll get into it. My scheduling date was exactly a month ago (April 26) and I submitted my override correctly (as far as I know) but I have not yet heard a response as to whether I got into the class or not. I should get in because I have all my prerequisites (passing grades in JRN 108 and the Grammar Proficiency Exam).

I have to get in because I’m a semester ahead (because of high school AP classes, another post in its own right) and in the spring I’ll be a junior, which means I have to have taken JRN 108 and 200 and passed with no less then a 2.5 average to gain access into the actual School of Journalism (J-School). I really don’t know what happens if I haven’t taken JRN 200 by the time I have enough credits to be a junior…

I did email the College of Communication Arts & Sciences about a week and a half ago and got a response that they had just finished with the summer overrides and were starting on the fall, but jeeze this is taking forever and I’m getting antsy!

So that’s my worry for the day..sorry if this doesn’t make much sense to outsiders..I’m venting here.

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Hello world!

May 15, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hello!

My name’s Justine McGuire and I’m a Michigan State University Spartan. I’m sophomore with a major in journalism and a minor in economics (weird combo, I know). I write for a magazine called The Big Green (a student publication), and I’m part of Comm Arts group called Imprint. I’m a member of MSU Competitive Cheerleading – All-Girl. I work in one of the caf’s, The Gallery in Snyder-Phillips. I live in East Complex, about a thousand miles away from everything on campus.

Basically this blog is going to be about my life and how awesome being a Spartan is; I’ll try not to make it sound like and ad for MSU…

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