"From Blogs to Blockbusters"

Hey everyone!
This past Wednesday, I was invited to attend a very interesting event called, "From Blogs to Blockbusters". Ms. Jessica Wells Cantiello of FYE invited me and several other bloggers to this event at the JCC in Manhattan. "From Blogs to Blockbusters" is an interview that was conducted by Abigail Pogrebin. She had two special guests on the show in which she interviewed about how they went from simply blogging to big success later on that developed off the blogging. The two guest were Julie Powell and Gretchen Rubin.
In this series of interview, Powell and Rubin were able to tell the audience about their experience regarding their success. Ms. Powell spoke about her blogging and how that eventually led to her expedition towards cooking. She also spoke about her book, "Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously", which was eventually made into a movie back in 2009. Ms Rubin spoke about her quest to find happiness and how it all started while she was stuck in traffic one day! Haha I found that extremely interesting. Rubin also spoke briefly about her book and how she got where she is today.
I actually got a lot out of this interview series (even though I was only working off 3 hours of sleep and a lot of stress that day haha)! One thing that I got out of this is to blog often! Now, I knowww I am totally doing the opposite and I truly apologize for that =( I've just been so caught up with school work- I haven't had time, but I will definitely keep more posts from now on... or at least i'll try my best to do so =] The reason that Ms. Rubin said we should blog often is to keep the readers into the blog. By posting often, people will actually follow the blog and be interested in what is going on. I want you all to know about my experience as a first year student at John Jay so I will do my best to keep you all updated.
Another thing I got out of this interview is that what to just live life and be happy. When Julie Powell was telling the audience what happened to her and how people viewed her as a "skank" after her movie, she told us how she didn't care and simply continued to live life. I think this is extremely important. I'm sure all of you had heard this before... not to care what others think and its easier said than done. I know this myself. But if you all really think about it, its true. What others say is THEIR opinion... dont even bother listening to them because it is your life and if you let others get to you, it will hold you back. Powell is still probably more successful than any of those people who criticized her and she didn't let those comments get to her. She knows it's not true and she'll live her life as she would without them =)
Also, I learned that in life, we should just enjoy the fun of failure. Life is trying your best to accomplish what you set your mind on, but if you fail... embrace it and learn from it to pick yourself up and do better the next time. Don't give up. My corrections professor (Professor Kimora) bought up something that I go by day to day. "It's only a mistake if you don't learn anything", and I find that so true! This event was a very good experience and I'm definitely glad that I was a part of it! Until the next post everyone, have a good night! =]

And the Workload Starts to Build Up...

Hey everyone! Ahh its been a while. I'm soo sorry about that!
But, I'm sure all of you know what the workload is starting to build up. Even though it's the second semester of college- it still takes some adjusting to. My main problem right now isn't even the papers surprisingly... it's the readings. There is just so much reading to do and it's hard to keep up! All your professors expect you to read read and read at least a chapter for next class... and it makes me think.. "ughh how many pages is this chapter?!" =( Haha i'm sure you all can relate though.
Also, I have my first exam of the semester next week! I have a math test and I dont know about you all- but math has NEVER been a strong point for me haha. All the numbers and everything... GAHH! Wish me luck!
Haha but other than that... my courses are going well so far. I did learn from last semester to keep up with the school work, focus in class and keep on top of everything going on. This semester, i'm just nerding it up 2x! Haha I find myself always in the library, or reading or doing some type of work for school.. but it's all good =] I'm determined to bring my GPA up and work my hardest to get into law school in 3 years. It's a long stretch of time, but success takes time. Good luck to you all trying to keep up with your work as well! And comment if anything to let me know what's going on with you guys. Until the next post, take care everyone!