Halloween Shinanigans

Even though I am under the weather this week, I couldn't not carve pumpkins and do the activities I planned so many weeks ago. Halloween only comes once a year people. I started Halloween costume shopping approximately a month ago and just last week, decided what I will be... A zombie prom queen. Brilliant, I know.

I also began watching scary movies about a month ago. Lots of wolf movies and vampire movies because I am not a fan of ghosts...

I continued the festivities with carving one of two pumpkins. The pictures above show the before and after. Ya I carved the cemetary pumpkin. It is awesome and I still have another to carve and I am excited about it. I even cooked the pumpkin seeds and they turned out sooo good. Delicious.

What I did was turn the oven on to 270 or so, greased a baking sheet and washed the seeds, put them on the pan and salted them. Then I put then in for 8 mins, took em out, spun em around, mixed em up, put them in for another 8 minutes, took em out, spun em around and then after that I lost count and put them in til I felt they were deliciously crispy enough.

Have fun this year everybody! Happy Halloween!

Apple. King of Quality.

Apple not only provides quality electronical devices that are known world-wide but they also provide quality services. After visiting the Apple store in Polo Park mall this week, I noticed the many characteristics of the store that make it so successful and unique, ultimately making it so much better than every other store in the mall.

The following are reasons why it kicks serious butt in the sales department:

1. Apple products including various versions of iPods, MacBooks and so on are provided in handfuls as display items that all customers can come in and interact with. People could spend days in there browsing and playing with each item.

2. There are a handful of staff on the floor during all store hours to help customers with inquiries. Compared to other stores, Apple probably has 5 more staff out there helping customers and they actually walk around waiting for you.

3. You don't have to wait in line and if you do, it takes two minutes, whatever amount of time it takes to swipe a credit or debit card. All staff have their own little electronical devices that they use to scan the item you want. Then once your card is swiped, you follow your Apple helper to a random table in the store and they magically pull out a receipt from under the table, just for you. Its like magic!

4. The environment is really clean and simple and not overly crowded unless you go there at 6PM on a weekday or rather, 2 PM on a Saturday or Sunday... but the environment is generally really neat and basic which is nice compared to loud, large box stores like Best Buy where there is only on person in the computer department to help you and the actual roof of the store is really high and you feel like you could get lost in the high stacked aisles.

So in conclusion, I believe that in the future, Apple will still be highly successful in customer service and sales. Apple provides quality services and appeal to its audiences of all ages. But we must remember that this all stemmed from a quality product, the Apple computer, or Mac computer that exceeds all other brands of computers because of its unique, reliable and basic system that everyone appreciates, values and wants.

I Gave In and bought an Ipod Touch

I've always had mixed feelings about iPods. I'll agree, their convenient. Super convenient. Though I can't help to think that I'm deserting my long time companion, the compact disc. That was my main issue in getting an iPod,I didn't want to switch from the shelf holding the collection of CDs that I adore to a coloured thinga mi gigger with lots of "memory." I just like the simplicity of CDs. Anways, the iPod Touch.

Three reasons why I got it,
1. I ran out of space on my old iPod. Couldn't fit anymore music on it.
2. I had no idea what "Apps" are or how they worked and why they existed and frankly, I didn't think they were my thing.
3. I am a terrible Blogger and Tweeter. I thought having the iPod with a camera, would help my creativity and productivity in the Social Media sector of my life as I could load videos and photographs and perhaps get excited about loading them onto the internet to show the world.

So, in conclusion, this is a personal experiment, to see if the iPod solves the problems I`ve outlined. The picture above, is what I did on Thanksgiving, quadding :)
all photos and videos taken from my new iPod

My Hobby - Going to the Park

Many of us have different hobbies. I like reading, writing, music, and cooking but when it is 20 out, I find it hard to stay inside AND we are all lucky it has been plus 25 out this week so I made a point of spending my evenings outside. That is my hobby, not being inside and avoiding being on my computer at all costs!

Bake Sale Mayhem

I'm learning a lot of new stuff this semester. My IPP is making me take the things I learned from my time in CreComm and apply them to my daily life in order to accomplish each task. This past week, for the first time ever, I organized a bake sale. Yes, this took effort. Probably more effort for my family who supplied many of the baked goods, but I still had to arrange for a table and gather bakers and social media the crap outta it.

Things to keep in mind when arranging a bake sale:
1. Target your audience.
I targeted all the hungry students tho I kept in mind, they don't have a whole bunch of money.
as well I went after random passerbys, they help too!
2. Location.
We were located right beside the elevator. It was great. We got all the students walking through the Atrium to get to class and all the randoms who were wandering around.
3. Define your product
We provided an assortment of baked goods, from take home packs to individual cookies.
4. Promotions!Make sure to promote everything via Facebook and Twitter, it seems those are the ways kids communicate these days...

All in all, I've learned how to successfully organize a bake sale. Now for the CCMAs...