its the most happiness time of the year...

It's Autumn :]

So excited for the colors, the crunchy leaves, the soft winds, the holidays, fall fashion, and pumpkins.

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/22/2010 07:49:00 AM

50 cents

This evening at 11:55 I found myself still in the laundry room, getting more and more frustrated with the quarter operated dryers. They seemed to suck quarters and never actually dry anything. Another had been waiting twice as long as I, had re-switched his clothes to the dryer I had just been using (cause it actually worked) and  had to run back to his apartment for the third time to try and scramble up more quarters. Having two extra quarters in my pocket as I left I simple added them to his dryer and left, hoping then when he returned he would be surprised to find his clothes already dry.

Now I post this story not to boast or to make you think better of me, I just want to try and describe the feeling I felt the rest of the night as I kept remembering how I made a small difference in someone else's day. Fifty cents was really nothing to me, but that was perhaps 30 minutes of sleep, a resolution to his frustration, dry clothes, and a hopefully a smile across his face for him. Serving others and making a difference always feels so marvelous.

Now here's the connection. In the field of advertising and even in the competitive business world, life seems to be so cluttered with bright colors, bold font, jingles, and slogans that just add to the clutter of life. From an ethical point of view I don't really know if I wanted to really have a career that resolves around such ideas. I wanted rather to have a profession that I could say "I've contributed to society," not brought it down.

In class we have been learned about public service ads and how they do make a difference and can drastically change statistics by warning, preventing, and encouraging the communities we live in, for good. Well in this laundry room I had a bit of a realization that even through advertising I can continue to have that feel good feeling of helping others, or even by just impacting one. Advertising is not just the negative stuff, it can be the commercial on television about brain cancer awareness, it can be an preview at a movie about illegal downloading, or even a poster to influence people to volunteer at the next community function.

In advertising I can still make a difference.

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/22/2010 07:44:00 AM

bucket list

Travel to moscow; egypt; ireland; greece; india; and new zealand, LIVE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, find the man of my dreams,  scuba dive in open waters, own a boat, earn a college diploma, [[touch all four oceans]], ride in a hot air balloon, BUY A HOUSE WITH A PORCH, grow a garden, cruise the carribean, be sealed in the temple, learn another language, become a mother, publish something,  (go backpacking), run a marathon, pierce my ears, SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, teach sunbeams, serve a mission, LEARN TO CARTWHEEL, own a white jeep wrangler,

make a difference. 

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/12/2010 03:18:00 PM

self mastery. discipline. pain.

I have a friend. He's super outdoorsy, triathlons are his thing and to train for one he's decided to run a marathon this Fall.

                ... Somehow this friend talked me into running as well. Except I'm wimping out a bit and only running the half marathon. It seems that will be a hard enough task for myself currently.

Like most I've kind of had a bucket list and not that I'm a runner, but I've always wanted to complete a full marathon. Seeing as I am only getting older the time seems to be now.

So wish me luck as I begin training for this endeavor and hope that I can accomplish my goal.

November 20th

is the big day and my 10 week training starts tomorrow :]

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/12/2010 01:44:00 PM

declared.

this isn't love so i'm not shouting anything from the rooftops but i think a blog post would be suffice.

i am going into communications.

it's either going to be advertising or public relations. i've decided and as soon as i finish a few class, apply to the major, and get accepted it will be official. okay that's quite a few steps, but i am determined and its going to happen. :]

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/09/2010 12:48:00 AM

9/07/2010 11:38:00 PM

"The chief cause of 

failure

 and

unhappiness

is trading what we want

most

for what we want at the

moment"

-Unkown

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/07/2010 11:38:00 PM

im not gonna lie...

school is great.

the usual cool thing to do when it becomes that time of year again is to complain a ton a make comments about how much all your classes are going to be just wonderful in those super sarcastic voices.

well not anymore for me. i am going to fully accept the fact that i truly like, yes like, school. this is when you say to yourself, or even out loud, "wow is she psycho?" but i have a few good reason that you may agree with.

-learning is fun. especially when your smart and take way cool classes.
-at the end one may feel productive, accomplished, and satisfied.
-life is busy again and the rush of running around feel refreshing.
-social networks are reconnected as old faces pop back up.

yes the homework does pile up and yes the classes on occasion do get boring. but im forking away the big bucks for this education and i wouldnt be doing it if i didnt want to and i didnt somewhere back there, hidden in some small place, enjoy school. there i said it and im not ever going back

... well atleast not until midterms start.

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/07/2010 01:33:00 AM

homeless

This has been sitting in my post drafts for awhile now... and I'm just getting around to actually posting it but can i just say how off-campus housing can be so frustrating.


So they kick everyone out of their apartments at the end of the school semesters. And move in day is usually only a few days before the next school semester starts. Only problem is there is quite a few days difference in between where off campus students are homeless.

example: this year exams ended the 12th, check out day was the 13th, move back in day 23rd.

So thats eleven nights that 80% of the student body has no where to sleep nor keep their junk.

A few different options that different students take:

1. Go home

2. Stay with family

3. Sleep on another friends couch (who of course is not moving housing or has other housing worked out)

4. Pay stupid fees to stay late at your housing or early move in fees at your new place. (umm no thank you i already paid a full rent once this month even if you are kicking me out early and i would rather not pay you twice)

5. Live in your car

...of course very few of these options have an alternative place to put all of your life belongings so that's a whole different list of where your stuff might end up. Most people seem to just disperse it. A few boxes here, a few pieces of furniture there, and it only takes all of the next semester re-locating who you pawned a few boxes of stuff on during your moving process.

So the answer is quite simple to this whole mess, don't ever move.

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/07/2010 01:09:00 AM

advise

Emily is going to college. crazy.

Natalia and I got to spend her last night in provo with here and we ended up sharing our wisdom about the new life she will be living in rexberg ... of course it was mostly about dating, typical, but also about academics, and adjusting to independent life.

[photo here]

We had some way good laughs :]

[photo here]

Emily even shared something her mother told her which we thought was very applicable:

"Before you get married... 

you need to fall in love twice and break two hearts."

Loved it and thought it was wonderful council to all of us crazy byu co-eds.

You will do wonders Em and you will love college. Love you girls :]

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Posted By Clarissa to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/06/2010 02:48:00 PM

World's Largest Water Balloon Fight

So I'm pretty cool cause I participated in setting a world record.
(see now all of you are wishing you had me sign your yearbook after all)

Although it was kind of painful getting hit in the face, back, and other fun parts that were very painful, but not going to mention by name, it was once in a life time thing and I actually have learned a lot from.

The coolest part about this whole thing that I have recently become aware of is that this guy named Kyle Andrews came and filmed during the chaos for the makings of his music video.

Not only is the song pure heart thrilling, but the music video that BYU advertising actually created was quite astonishing as well. Students from my university, from my major were able to put this amazing video together, that ended up starring on the home page of youtube. Genius I'm telling you.

[video link]

It is quite exciting to know that I soon could be a part of these creations. So excited for the program and harnessing the creativity behind it all.

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Posted By Blogger to Clarissa (explains it all) at 9/01/2010 10:04:00 PM