Hello all my lovely readers,
I’m back! I
know my New Year’s resolution was to try to post a blog every week, and I
started off pretty well... then I lost track. Again. I feel so awful, but
school has been keeping me so busy. IT’S CRAZY! So, I wanted to do a little
update for you all to let you know what’s been going on in my life and why I
have been so terrible at posting recently. I am home for spring break now and
I’m hoping to get better at my posting in the weeks ahead!
My classes
this semester have been incredible, but they have also been quite stressful. As
an English and Magazine Journalism double major, it’s probably understood that
my classes are quite writing intensive. For my English classes, I am taking a
writing seminar and a literary study class. My writing seminar is incredible. I
feel like my writing is developing and I’m finding myself as a writer. It has
been such a wonderful class so far and I can’t wait to continue on with it. My
literary study is fine. However, we have been reading some strange books which
is less than enjoyable…
I am taking
two journalism classes as well, a writing and reporting class and a visual
communication class. For my writing and reporting, we are given weekly article
topics and have to come up with a focus and do interviews every week. That is
one of my most stressful classes, but I love it. I’m hoping it continues to get
better. My visual communication class is great. We are doing photography right
now, and it’s fun to get out and try to improve my photography skills. We have
worked on color, typography, and other design theories. It’s been fun—I’m
learning a lot!
I am also
taking College Algebra, which has been super easy. I never minded math in high
school, so it’s really not too bad at all.
Outside of class,
I have been working on my writing skills with the magazine here on campus. I
have been fortunate enough to blog for DrakeMag Online again this semester, and
it’s been a great experience. I come up with topics each week and present them
to my editor, and then put together outfits, photos, and polyvore sets to
include with each post. It’s been such fun! (Here's a link to my DrakeMag blog!) I am also writing an article about
sustainable fashion for our print version of Drake Magazine, which I was lucky
to have been chosen for. There are only a few fashion writers on the whole
campus, so I feel so blessed to have been chosen for this position.
I also have
a job on campus and am working on figuring out how to study abroad as well. I
am planning on studying abroad in London next spring, which I am so excited
about. I haven’t been out of the US, so studying abroad is definitely on my
list of things to accomplish. I am planning on taking courses at both London
Southbank and the London College of Fashion, so I am hoping it all works out! I
have done a bit of online shopping which I’m hoping to share with you all this
next week in a haul post. Thanks for being patient and I hope to speak to you
all again soon!
Much love,
Maggie D. xx
