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Star Wars Episode IX

With the latest Star Wars film being released this past week I had a lot of speculation as to if I would enjoy it. After Disney announced that they were creating new Star Wars films I was excited. When Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released I went to the premiere showing and I was disappointed due to my hopes being too high. Next, when Episode VIII: The Last Jedi came out I went into the film with no expectations, my hopes for the film were not high and even after the movie I was majorly upset and disappointed. The film for me lacked plausibility and logic within the Star Wars franchise universe that had already been previously developed with the original trilogy, the Prequels, and all the animated TV shows, movies, and even books that came out. With Episode IX coming out I was not ready to be disappointed again but being the fan I am, I still had to see how the producers and writers closed this trilogy out. Without giving away any spoilers to the film I was very impressed with ho...
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Spotify Wrapped

Each year Spotify releases a Spotify wrapped for its users. This indicates a summary of what each user has listened to over the past year. For the 2019 Spotify wrapped this included data from 2015 when I first started using Spotify. The stats that the company showed contain how many minutes of music someone listened to over the year, the top five to ten songs a user streamed over the past year. With the decade ending Spotify has compiled and consolidated all data into a top song category for that year and a top artist of the year. The data itself is really cool to look at and presented in a fun manner. Looking into the ethical and legal side of this, Spotify has collected data ever since their users join. When accepting the terms and conditions to the platform this allows the company to collect this data, build playlists around the music you listen to, promote artists around your style and even promote concert tickets for artists sharing their music on this platform. The year wrapped f...
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The Great Whitmore Bake Off

Every year our family gets together the weekend before Christmas and make Christmas desserts like cookies, Oreo truffles, and buckeyes. This has been a family tradition for years. Grandparents from my Dad’s side come down for the day and we eat lunch and then the baking begins. Our family usually splits up into making the treats and in the end decorate the simple sugar cookie cutouts that were cut out earlier with frosting and sprinkles. This day is full of sugar and usually results in our family napping afterward from eating too many sweets. This day has always been one of my favorite holiday traditions our family has created and continues even when we have grown and had us come together each year and will be a tradition I would like to continue into the future with my kids. Using this tradition provides us with hundreds of cookies to eat over the next few days and picking out the best cookies and treats for Santa to eat during his visit to our house on Christmas Eve. Traditions like ...
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New Year, New Me?

With the New Year approaching I have already been asked what some of my New Year Resolutions are. After thinking about this I decided that I want to focus on five things. The first one is a classic, develop a plan to have a workout routine or schedule. When I work out, I feel better about myself, find time to focus on tasks that need to be completed, promote a healthier lifestyle, and keeps me in shape. With the Winter months among us, it is difficult and uncomfortable to go outside for a twenty-mile bike ride in the cold, snow, and icy conditions. The second resolution I have is working on my relationship with my family. I have struggled to keep my family a priority and want to focus on rebuilding our relationship. With building this relationship I am going to try and spend more time with them, be more open about aspects of my life including work, relationships, and any news I may hear. The third resolution is to realign my faith. Something I have continuously struggled with is my fai...
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The Hunt Continues

Recently I have had two in-person interviews and a phone interview for potential full-time positions. The first position I interviewed for was with Coopertires as an Internal Controls Analyst. To get to an onsite interview at Coopertires I first went through two phone interviews. The initial phone interview was with recruiters for the company asking about specifics on my resume. The second phone interview was with the Chief Accounting Officer, CAO, this interview focused on what I saw in the position, what questions I had for the specific position, further details about Coopertires, and to get a personal feel for my voice and character. After each interview, I made sure to extend my gratitude for the opportunity which ended up leading to an official onsite interview. During the onsite interview, four employees from various roles in accounting came and conversed with me, they asked specific questions and allowed me to ask questions in return. In the end, it was stated that if I did not ...
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Christmas

The church that I attend with my family has been going through a series focusing on the four Sundays of Advent. Each weekend they talk about the four candles within the Advent Wreath. The four Sundays represent Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. I have only been to two of the services. Today was focused on Love. We as an American culture tend to “love” a lot. I love to eat, I love dogs, I love a lot. The message stated that love is more than a feeling. While we may feel love, love is more of a verb. In acts of love, we tend to feel the emotion and are a result of putting love towards something. In these actions, he stated that we truly begin to love. The message allowed for new meaning to how to love someone or something. With the world being as chaotic and eccentric as it is, everyone could use a little bit of love. Whether that be paying it forward at the drive-through, a simple smile or hello to a stranger, or being patient while driving and letting that person over that already cut you of...
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Social Media Principles in review

Social Media Principles is an interesting course because when dealing with social media it deals with everything that happens. New platforms that become popular like Tik Tok, updated ways that platforms get used, Instagram stories, Snapchat facetime calls, companies on Twitter roasting each other, etc. The course showed us that this is an industry that is constantly evolving and has set a pace to never slow down. We have seen the downfall of certain social media platforms like MySpace, or even AOL’s Instant Messaging. In 2019 Myspace has steadily made a comeback for individuals who are avoiding the clutter of Facebook and use the platform to stay connected with their friends. Social Media continues to develop and cannot be predicted to the extent of what the next trend will be for the online communities. This class provides a lot of work to be completed during the 16 weeks of classes. I was unprepared just how much work would be needed to complete the course and have dealt with the...
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