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My Future Vows to my (unknown) Future Husband

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Yesterday I reaffirmed my love with Tumblr by re-discovering Love Notes to My Future Husband. So, as tribute, I decided to write my own sort of love note to my future husband, whoever that unlucky man should be.  

Well, this is your last chance to runaway. I’ll give you ten seconds to really think about it….

Okay, so you’re staying? You realize that you are also marrying into my crazy family, correct? Okay, good.

Just so we’re clear on a few things, I figured I should, you know, list out the things I vow to do while married.

Here goes nothing:

I vow to always bring yummy snacks on our road trips. Snacks that I’ll share with you while you do the driving, because let’s be honest I suck at driving and dislike it very much.

I also promise to engage in spontaneous Nerf gun fights with you, wherever, whenever…you may want to check under your seat at the reception.

I promise to never make you watch the bachelor, the bachelorette, or bachelor pad. But, if you happen to wander into the same room it is playing I won’t change the channel, I will, however, share my popcorn.

I vow to make you chicken soup when you’re sick, and walk the dog with you at night (hopefully by now we’ll have discussed how much we both want a dog). I promise to never openly compare you to Jim Halpert, since we all know he is the true love of my life…just kidding.

When we have kids I promise to let you be the bad cop. It’s really no problem, really.

I promise to hold your hand in public when you look absolutely disgusting and sweaty from your most recent workout, or if we’re just having a bum day. I promise to kiss you even when you have a scraggly beard and morning breath. And I promise to spend the rest of our lives loving you more than I do today.

Which will be easy because I’m writing all of this before I meet you. But I know someday I will get to finally meet you, and I’ll understand why it never worked with any other boyfriends. Until that day comes though I’ll be enjoying the whole single life with my wonderful roommates, however…when you do decide to make your grand entrance I would thoroughly appreciate if you’d bypass the mind games.

I can’t wait to meet you!

Love always,

Your future wife.

5 Ways to Score an Amazing Internship

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So you’re in your senior year, taking a look back at the all the late nights studying, long weekends ‘networking’, and countless part time jobs. And a couple of road trips to the Cape sprinkled on top for panache.

But now, looking ahead, youhave no idea what to do! Everyone your age has experience already and all you’ve got is working at McDonald’s for two months during the summer. Well I have good news and bad news.

Good News: There is always time to get an internship! Lots of workplaces take college grads as interns for the summer after they graduate, plus they are more likely to hire you full time come the fall!

Bad News: There are college seniors who have already had three internships and are applying for the same jobs as you. And sometimes, well most of the time, the experience on their resume will outshine your class work and other fluff you’ve put in to make it a page.

But have no fear! I’m here to help you find an award winning internship (or at least one to get by with) for the Spring. And who knows, maybe a potential job for after graduation!

1. There are a lot of websites out there to guide you in the right direction, one of my favorites is internshipratings.com. The website breaks the internships first by state, then major city and of course category. They have two rating systems, one involving questions on what type of work the internship involved and the other dealing with how the internship related to their school work. Also, they have a breakdown of what the internship can help with i.e., networking, salary compensation, fair hours etc. This website is best for the independent go get-er.

2. Career services, located on the ground floor of the Rondileau Campus Center, offers a wealth of knowledge for the unknowing.  Not only will they edit your resume and give helpful suggestions, but if you are a senior you can schedule an appointment for Senior Recruiting. During Senior Recruiting they will let you in on all of the amazing events they host throughout the semester (found on their webpage) as well as talk to you about your future plans and how to make them happen!

3. Monster.com is an amazing resource for people looking for a job! It not only offers you a place to supply potential employers your resume, but it is all completely free! After signing up and uploading your resume, which has been critique by career services, you can begin searching through thousands of jobs in your industry as well as location. Although it may seem confusing at first, if you take a deep breath and just look around your first time on the site you’ll find your second visit is easy. By the third time you’ll have mastered it and be submitting you resume by the hundreds! And for people unsure of this- over the summer I was contacted by FMglobal‘s HR department who had found my resume on Monster and wanted to bring me in to interview for an editorial internship at headquarters! So remember not only are you able to submit your resume Employers are able to find you based on the qualities that they are looking for.

4. Create your own blog! A blog is an amazing way to put yourself out there. Not only can you share your own ideas about what is happening in your industry, but you can alsocreate a name for yourself and showcase your writing ability. Another important tactic with blogs, is to add potential employer’s blogs to your google reader account, this way you can keep tabs on what is happening in your industry and be able to bring them up in your interview.

5. Up your Twitter game! Not only should you have a Twitter account, but you should also be tweeting..DAILY!  Twitter is an important tool for college students, it not only gives them insight into the “real world”, in an easy to digest 140 characters, but it also shares current world events. My favorite part about twitter are hash tag chats. This is when a group of people get together and use the same hash-tag (#hashtag < that’s what you would put if you were in achat talking about hash tags) to chat about something going on. You can usually jump into any chat, and can find them by following some industry leaders. Use these chats to network with the people you want to work for!

Hopefully this helps you on your way to finding your next, or first, internship!

Good Luck!

Have you had an Internship yet, Do you have other tips to finding one? How do you go about finding Internships/Jobs?

This is a cross post with the RCC blog. (go check it out and read some amazing posts!

How To Watch The Office:

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For those of you who don’t know The Office is premiering its 7th season tonight at 9pm (eastern) on channels 7 and 10 (aka NBC.) And for the few who haven’t realized it yet I’m a little bit completely almost entirely obsessed with it. I just kind of pretty much want to be Pam, okay!

I felt that it was really important to write a how to guide for the newbies out there who might want to watch it with veteran Office fans.  At first thought…you might think that you want to turn watching The Office into a drinking game…great idea for reruns..but this is a never before seen episode…get loud and noisy and true fans may drop kick you out their 5th story apartment window. Now I know you might think I’m a little too dedicated, and I probably am, but this is just general curiosity for premiers!

For me…I have been looking forward to this episode since NBC started promoting…well in all honesty since season 6 ended. But today I need this more than anything. I’m not only tired of dealing with people who don’t know how to use an indoor voice, but I’m pretty fed up with being the nice guy. I’m in one of those moods where I either want to curl up in a ball and cry or start yelling at someone (I mean a horrible friendship breaking fight) or get into a wild fist fight. I think the last would be the most fun.

Anyway, I need this…if anyone is planning on watching The Office with me tonight I suggest they heed my advice, or I will go all Andy on their ass. Or just pull a prank on them..

How to watch The Office:

Step 1: Around 8 O’clock begin getting all of your supplies ready. This includes,but is not limited to, a blanket, a drink (wine in a can?), popcorn, peanut M&M’s, a bucket to pee in (in case you can’t make it to the commercial break), your Office character costume (mines Pam, white sneakers khaki skirt and pink stripped button down shirt), and your phone to tweet during commercial breaks.

Step 2: At 8:30pm sit down on the couch. Pick your favorite spot. This is extremely important! You must get there half an hour early or someone may try to steal control of the T.V. (and if they are a non commercial person that means you man miss minutes of your Office…NOT OKAY.) You also need to scout out the best spot to sit. You need the full view of the T.V., no view of the door or windows (too distracting) and a quick pathway to the bathroom.

Step 3: At 8:45pm turn the channel to NBC. (or sooner if you’re like me and are obsessed with NBC’s thursday night line up) If you turn it now you have officially declared T.V. Control. if someone tries to steal it from you use everything  you have to scare them away…ie. Barking, Growling, Biting, Tickling, Marking your Territory, Putting them in Jello, Sending them faxes from the CIA (distraction technique), locking them in bathrooms etc.

Their favorite character is Stanley

Step 4: At 8:58pm Freak out. This is the one time you can jump up and down, yell, scream whatever…get it out.

Step 5: At 8:59pm Breath in deep..you should hear silence.

Step 6: 9:00pm You hear the beginning of the cold opening “No..No No NO no” (it’s on Hulu)  a smile creeps on your face.

Step 7: The first commercial break is on. You realize you haven’t been breathing and now have an uncontrollable urge to pee. You need to run, run now! Time yourself! (maybe a week in advance start practicing, it has to be under a minute…you can get there!) Have you friend counting down for you. But go fast, have the water already running to shave a few seconds off your time.

Step 8: It’s back! Time to be quiet again. Don’t even dare take a bite of your carrot! Carrots aren’t aloud when watching The Office…

Step 9: It’s 9:25, it’s almost over. You’re bracing yourself for the end. You’ve obviously been tweeting the entire time and have an understanding with your fellow twitter buddies to not ruin any twists that happen (poor west coasters!)

Step 10: You made it..it’s 9:30pm the episode ended and you finally found out that Dwight is really a Dragon and dating Tyra Banks.

Or not…

Oh and if any NBC Higher Up’s are still reading this..I’m looking for a job. (and ..I’m just saying…I would be an amazing addition to the writing team for The Office) in case you’re looking to hire.