Tag: Youtube

Using Social Media to Explore Loyola

Using Social Media to Explore Loyola

 

Hopefully, by this point you have a short list of schools left on your list (and hopefully these applications are complete, if not, submit them ASAP!) If you have narrowed it down and are waiting for decisions, use this time to get to know the schools better.

Social media is a great way to get to know schools more closely – by following these accounts, you can get an inside look at events, classes, experiences, and life at different universities. Use this as an excuse to spend a ridiculous amount of time getting lost in pages upon pages of social media.

Here is a collection of some of my favorite Loyola social media sites:

Twitter:

Facebook:

Pinterest:

Instagram:

Flickr:

YouTube:

Weibo:

 

Enjoy browsing! As always, contact me with any questions you might have!

 

 

New Year, New Resolutions

New Year, New Resolutions

Okay, so since I’ve covered this Winter Break (past), it’s only fair that I share some of my resolutions for this upcoming year (future). I’ll also share some pictures from this Winter Break that are worthy of my publication in a third short-and-sweet blog.

On New Years Eve, I realized that for the first year in many years, I didn’t have a list of resolutions. Even more than that, I hadn’t thought of any resolutions to even make a list. I felt that a lot of what I wanted, I was already accomplishing, so I gave the list making a rest, and for the last few weeks, I’ve just taken the time to enjoy myself. Now that school has started up again though, I’m beginning to realize that there are several things I’ve been hoping to do, and several more that I want to keep doing. Throw those goals together, and they make up what I’m calling my Resolution List of 2013:

  1.  Train for a half marathon– in junior high, I ran track and field and cross-country, but I stopped when I went to high school. I ran on and off on my own for all the years since leading up to the present, switching between loving and hating running. After a lot of thought (and another change of heart towards being pro-running), I decided that training myself for and running a half marathon between July and October is the perfect goal to try and uphold and accomplish this year.
  2. Score an internship– I’ve been applying to many internships in the last few months, but so far I’ve had little success. The search isn’t easy, which is why I’m going to push myself harder and search and apply more starting now so that I can land an internship for the summer.
  3. Continue eating vegan– several months ago, I changed up my diet and exercise routine drastically, including eating a vegan diet. I’ve since done boatloads of research, and my gut feeling tells me that this is the best path for me. I do have my days, though, when it gets tricky (and I’ll admit I’ve had several slips for cheese), but with the New Year, I know I want to stick to it whole-heartedly.
  4. Start a video blog on youtube- this is a resolution that I want to start by the end of January, although it is still an idea in progress. I’m still deciding on a theme, but I think I know what I want my focus to be. Nevertheless, if anyone has any ideas, feel free to leave a comment!
  5. Keep up with my Loyola blog better- this one is self-explanatory. My university is important to me, and therefore sharing my journey here is important, and this year, I hope to keep up with a minimum of two blogs a week. And more pictures.
Kitty Cat Cuteness

Kitty Cat Cuteness

This week seems to have been pretty stressful for everyone I know, myself included. Perhaps that’s because I had a lab practical, my first Foundations of Nursing exam (Fun fact: My teacher’s advice for the exam, “First, find the two right answers. Then, pick the one that is better.”), my first nursing skills competency, and a theology quiz. This all culminated today, with the latter three events taking place within a 10 hour time span.

As a reward to myself, and because I had yet to see anyone besides my trusty nursing textbooks, I decided to “take the night off” to do homework and spend the night with my friends in Georgetown Hall. However, as often happens when we all get together, we ended up spending several hours trolling the internet, with a focus on YouTube cat videos.

For the rest of you who are overwhelmed or stressed or simply want a break, I am posting our favorites here. As any cat would say, “Meow!”*

Kittens on a Slide

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats

So Your Cat Wants A Massage?

The Soup: Spaghetti Cat

Cat Crash Test

* Or as any human would say, “Enjoy!”

It’s Friday, Friday…

It’s Friday, Friday…

…Which does NOT mean it is time to listen to Rebecca Black.

It does, however, mean it is time for another Parry Gripp classic! 

This is one of my favorites, particularly around this time of year, when it’s finals time and I can’t quite comprehend how the previous semester has flown by so quickly. There are some late nights when I find myself listening to this song and I can’t help nodding my head in agreement when I hear, “The world has gone insane/and you don’t know what is right/you’ve got to keep on keeping on/get on that pig and hold it tight.”  

With that in mind, please enjoy “Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig)”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sfnQDr1-o

Shopping Penguin!

Shopping Penguin!

If my life were a pie chart, 62.5% would be dedicated to studying, 25% would be allotted for my attempts at a social life, 7.5% would be put aside for eating and 5% would be dedicated to the internet. I know this sounds a bit complicated, which is why I have provided a visual aid for you:

For me, the internet consists mostly of funny YouTube videos, so I thought that I would share one of my favorites with you. I’m not sure if it’s because I usually only watch this when I’m exhausted at 3 am, but I can’t help but laugh when I watch Parry Gripp’s classic, Shopping Penguin:

http://youtu.be/M4quM5UZg1M