Laurie Marie Thinks

My personal blog, Laurie Marie Thinks, is taking a break.

Essentially, this blog will stay up but I won’t update anymore. Instead, I will be focusing all my energy into my journalism-focused blog (Laurie Callsen, Journalist at Large). I want to absorb myself in journalism as much as possible, which will include journalism tutorials for Intercamp volunteers, my views on new media, etc etc.

Hope to see you there!

So I finally found time to update a little bit. I’m safe and sound in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, and loving it. Today is the halfway point – I can’t believe it! It’s also the last weekend in RDL. Next weekend we’re going to Quebec City (wooooooo!) and then the next weekend we go home. Therefore everyone is commited to partying it up this weekend. As usual I would be totally up for that if it wasn’t for my sore throat.

Um….. there is too much to tell in one blog post, but just know that I am having a good time, that I’ve made lots of friends and that I’m learning lots.

I am going to do this in chronological order. It’s much funnier that way.

So, I am home for Easter. Today I decided to go see my sister. I took the backroads, as I am inclinded to do because it is so much prettier (or so I think after living in a city for a while). I got out to take a picture. I shut the car off but left my iPod running. I shut the door.

Turns out the car can magically lock itself. Keys in the ignition, cellphone on the dashboard. I’m about eight kilometres from home. So after dropping a few f-bombs and trying to pick the lock with my earring (I was trying to be resourceful; it didn’t work) I start a-walking.

2 miles later my dad found me, camera in hand, trotting on home. I can’t believe I walked that far. I’m quite proud. Unfortunetly Dea was freaking out, thinking I had hit the ditch or something. I figured someone would have figured out sooner or later that I was in trouble and would have found me.

The End

Oh school, how you absorb all that is me.

I love my photojournalism class (my instructor is John Ulan of Epic Photography). I haven’t really done anything too amazing, but check out one of my favourite shots here. I have another one with these two lovely models (har har) but am too lazy to put them on DA. They’re on Fbook anyway.

Speaking of Facebook, I came up with my story pitch idea…. how distracting social media is. I got the idea, of course, when I was on Facebook instead of doing my homework. Shame shame.

Other than that, not too much is new. My stress levels are somewhat calm, which scares me. Reading week is coming up and I can’t wait – although I have no plans at all. Just time to chill, sleep and work. Yipee!

PS – my acupuncture story hit the CUP wire! It’s off there now, but it was there! haha this probably isn’t that big of a deal, but I’m still happy.

I’m still tired from this weekend. 

In one word: AWESOME.

Saw Mary and Kelsea and Keri of the Encounters crew (woo woo), met a whole bunch of people, and there was a 40+ person party in a tiny lil hotel room.

Again, awesome.

Pictures are on Facebook.

This was a pathetic update. Oh well.