**Twitter and Facebook are proof that more people need to own journals.
**I would LOVE to study song writing. I just thought of this because I am obsessed with song lyrics and being able to write LIKE them, well I want to learn how to write them. That would be so cool to take a song writing class....if i went to some hipster music school....dangit. But it's maybe a writing goal I will work toward. Like really listening to lyrics and trying to figure out the art of it. Also, there are 2 CDs i just uploaded that i got from a friend and they have the lyrics printed in the inside of the CD. I used to love reading those, but I just never buy CDs anymore!! When it's all written out, song writing is just poetry really.
I'll work on that!
**Bless others with your riches. If you think you are not rich, you need to realize what country you live in.
**I wrote this morning at work in my beaaaautiful new journal from Urban Outfitters. I am going to dedicate it as like my daily warm up journal. Maybe even at school this year, if i keep going on this morning person schedule, I can warm up my mind every morning and write every single morning. Wouldn't THAT be a feat.
goodnight! xoxo Katie
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Warmin up the writer's mind
So I was reading this blog that one of the copywriters showed me the other day. It was basically a couple of rules and tips to copywriters. About how you should write 100 headlines for every 1 that you need to use. Really interesting. They said one of the rules of copywriting is that "Work ethic triumphs talent." I was so pumped to read that because while it's super hard work to keep going and going and going (writing up to 100 headlines) which i've never done before by the way, I was excited that like anyone can do that, and that if you're able to do that, you'll eventually land on something good! Just gotta have the motivation.
So anyway, someone had commented on this blog that I was reading that they "warm up" everyday when they get to their office. They said they write about the morning, or their kids, or traffic or coffee....a page long to warm up their writing mind for the day. I thought I would try this today and have been meaning to write lately because I haven't written for pleasure in awhile. Actually, now that I think about it, yesterday I wrote a letter to my friend who is doing summer staff. That was like 3.5 pages long and I always write letters as I would speak so that was a great warm up.
Here's my warm up for today:
Didn't think I could do it
Didn't think I could pull through it
But I knew I had to prove it
That's all I knew
Threw me in, chewed me up
All the while holding onto your great love
Doubting, drowning, defeated
You provided as no other could
I held my breath, closed my eyes
and fell backward into your arms.
Like a child running from her parent
Their arm outstretched reaching to rescue
My heart was softened
I was gazing into a mirror of my beauty
You did all that to show me
I am worthy.
xoxo Katie
So anyway, someone had commented on this blog that I was reading that they "warm up" everyday when they get to their office. They said they write about the morning, or their kids, or traffic or coffee....a page long to warm up their writing mind for the day. I thought I would try this today and have been meaning to write lately because I haven't written for pleasure in awhile. Actually, now that I think about it, yesterday I wrote a letter to my friend who is doing summer staff. That was like 3.5 pages long and I always write letters as I would speak so that was a great warm up.
Here's my warm up for today:
Didn't think I could do it
Didn't think I could pull through it
But I knew I had to prove it
That's all I knew
Threw me in, chewed me up
All the while holding onto your great love
Doubting, drowning, defeated
You provided as no other could
I held my breath, closed my eyes
and fell backward into your arms.
Like a child running from her parent
Their arm outstretched reaching to rescue
My heart was softened
I was gazing into a mirror of my beauty
You did all that to show me
I am worthy.
xoxo Katie
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Internship!
Funny how I posted that ad work I had done in school this semester so no particular reason and now i haven't written in forever and i feel like my LIFE is advertising now. In a great way. I'm learning that I love writing for ads because not only is it fun topics, but it IS a topic! half the time i don't write on here or have no motivation to write is because 1. i don't have anything to write about or 2. maybe it's some heavy stuff that i don't feel like getting into as i write about it.
I've learned that copywriting is a roller coaster. sometimes you'll feel like crap about yourself (when you can't think of any good ideas) and other times you'll feel like superman, on top of the world when you think of the perfect line and you know it just fits.
Besides being worried about if i could write for a career (if it would still be enjoyable which i explained above), I was also worried about how rewarding the industry would be. Like advertising is kind of a selfish career where you're really only heping businesses. You're not really helping anyone like doctors or teachers do. Well, it's STILL rewarding i'm finding out. It is rewarding in the way that an artist or a novel writer gets recognition for their work. It's such a rewarding feeling knowing that people like your idea from YOUR brain and it's going to be out in the world for other people to like too! (most ppl don't like ads, i get that. but there are ads that everyone can admit to thinking to themselves "wow that's really clever' or just wow thats a good ad.
I'm learning what is good and what is bad writing. I know if it is good, if it clicks. i'm learning that "superman" feeling i get when it does click so it's kind of like i just gotta keep writing until i get that feeling. if the feeling never comes, then i go to my mentors.
Our (me and Caitlin, the art director intern) have two kick ass mentors named Tyler and Brent. Tyler is art, Brent is writer. They make work so much fun and so laid back while also teaching me more than my brain can handle at times. So far Caitlin and I have gotten to work on McDonald's print ads and Commerce commercials. I also did a side project for McDonald's for Brent and today we got assigned 5 more print ads for mcdonalds to work on by july 25th. The main thing Caitlin and I are waiting to work on is our new business pitch which is our intern project.
As far a living in Kansas City goes...it's been pretty good so far and it's still up in the air if I would live here after graduation. I feel like I need more friends in town to really experience the whole city. I have had really fun and relaxing weekends since i've been here because some friends visited me from Mizzou and then I have Abby in town to hang out with too! Also my friend Andie has taken me to her church the past 2 weeks so that has helped me a lot. I just made awesome plans to go visit my friend Kaitlyn with my mizzou friend Kelsie over 4th of july in Oklahoma where she lives and spend the 4th at her cabin. FUN! i'm so looking forward to that. Then my sister and Mom will visit. and i'm thinking about hanging out with the interns this weekend maybe downtown bar life KC? haven't experienced it yet, who knows.
xoxo Katie
I'm growing up a lot too here and have even turned into a morning person. I'll explain all that later.
I've learned that copywriting is a roller coaster. sometimes you'll feel like crap about yourself (when you can't think of any good ideas) and other times you'll feel like superman, on top of the world when you think of the perfect line and you know it just fits.
Besides being worried about if i could write for a career (if it would still be enjoyable which i explained above), I was also worried about how rewarding the industry would be. Like advertising is kind of a selfish career where you're really only heping businesses. You're not really helping anyone like doctors or teachers do. Well, it's STILL rewarding i'm finding out. It is rewarding in the way that an artist or a novel writer gets recognition for their work. It's such a rewarding feeling knowing that people like your idea from YOUR brain and it's going to be out in the world for other people to like too! (most ppl don't like ads, i get that. but there are ads that everyone can admit to thinking to themselves "wow that's really clever' or just wow thats a good ad.
I'm learning what is good and what is bad writing. I know if it is good, if it clicks. i'm learning that "superman" feeling i get when it does click so it's kind of like i just gotta keep writing until i get that feeling. if the feeling never comes, then i go to my mentors.
Our (me and Caitlin, the art director intern) have two kick ass mentors named Tyler and Brent. Tyler is art, Brent is writer. They make work so much fun and so laid back while also teaching me more than my brain can handle at times. So far Caitlin and I have gotten to work on McDonald's print ads and Commerce commercials. I also did a side project for McDonald's for Brent and today we got assigned 5 more print ads for mcdonalds to work on by july 25th. The main thing Caitlin and I are waiting to work on is our new business pitch which is our intern project.
As far a living in Kansas City goes...it's been pretty good so far and it's still up in the air if I would live here after graduation. I feel like I need more friends in town to really experience the whole city. I have had really fun and relaxing weekends since i've been here because some friends visited me from Mizzou and then I have Abby in town to hang out with too! Also my friend Andie has taken me to her church the past 2 weeks so that has helped me a lot. I just made awesome plans to go visit my friend Kaitlyn with my mizzou friend Kelsie over 4th of july in Oklahoma where she lives and spend the 4th at her cabin. FUN! i'm so looking forward to that. Then my sister and Mom will visit. and i'm thinking about hanging out with the interns this weekend maybe downtown bar life KC? haven't experienced it yet, who knows.
xoxo Katie
I'm growing up a lot too here and have even turned into a morning person. I'll explain all that later.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thoughts.
Random thoughts since I've been home:
-I am disappointed in my grades this semester, but rationalize that they're a little lower because I spent so much time working my butt off applying for (and getting!) an internship of a lifetime.
-My friends can make everything look really easy. I find that I have lower self esteem at home than at school. (probably because I forget who I am NOW and revert back to my middle school/high school thinking.)
-I think about God a lot less at home than I do at school.
-I think the two thoughts above are positively correlated.
-I have some friends who I don't ask what's REALLY going on with them enough.
-I need to get on a regular, normal sleep schedule.
-I want to eat healthier, but am not exactly sure how. I don't inherently know what food is good and bad like apparently the rest of the world does.
-Sometimes I'm jealous of how easy people's lives seem, but then I realize they've taken barely any risks in their lives and with risks come struggle.
-I am really inspired by the blog of one of my future roommates, Molly Akin. Can't wait to be inspired by her thirst for God everyday next year.
-I need lots of prayers about my physical and mental health during my internship.
-I have the best mommy ever for redecorating my room and surprising me.
-I worry about the future way too much and so easily forget all the ways God has provided for me and will continue to do so...
Goodnight.
Katie
-I am disappointed in my grades this semester, but rationalize that they're a little lower because I spent so much time working my butt off applying for (and getting!) an internship of a lifetime.
-My friends can make everything look really easy. I find that I have lower self esteem at home than at school. (probably because I forget who I am NOW and revert back to my middle school/high school thinking.)
-I think about God a lot less at home than I do at school.
-I think the two thoughts above are positively correlated.
-I have some friends who I don't ask what's REALLY going on with them enough.
-I need to get on a regular, normal sleep schedule.
-I want to eat healthier, but am not exactly sure how. I don't inherently know what food is good and bad like apparently the rest of the world does.
-Sometimes I'm jealous of how easy people's lives seem, but then I realize they've taken barely any risks in their lives and with risks come struggle.
-I am really inspired by the blog of one of my future roommates, Molly Akin. Can't wait to be inspired by her thirst for God everyday next year.
-I need lots of prayers about my physical and mental health during my internship.
-I have the best mommy ever for redecorating my room and surprising me.
-I worry about the future way too much and so easily forget all the ways God has provided for me and will continue to do so...
Goodnight.
Katie
Sunday, May 8, 2011
new fav song
I am obsessed with this song. the funny thing is, is i have no idea how it got on my itunes. never heard of the artist or the album...i thought it might be from a soundtrack but the album is listed anddd it's not. been listening to it all day. it's an amazing relaxer song:) enjoy!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
poems from the desk...
time will pass
my heart will bloom
no longer will this darkness loom
i'll take my past
and bury it deep
no longer will this darkness seep
beneath my doubt
my confidence lays
no longer will this darkness prey
compare no more
to those who have it all
no longer will this darkness fall
my heart will bloom
no longer will this darkness loom
i'll take my past
and bury it deep
no longer will this darkness seep
beneath my doubt
my confidence lays
no longer will this darkness prey
compare no more
to those who have it all
no longer will this darkness fall
Monday, April 18, 2011
Weekend in KC!
Last weekend I spent in Kansas City because I had my internship interivew Friday morning and decided to spend the rest of the weekend with my friend Abby. (featured in the post below).
My weekend in Kansas City was so awesome and I felt really really blessed the whole weekend because of the following:
1. My internship interview at Bernstein-Rein went amazingly well and I barely had any anxiety going into it.
2. Saturday night, Abby and I played this game called marbles with her parents and parents' friends. It was soo fun to have a family game night.
3. Before game night on Saturday, I enjoyed a pasta, salad, and butter bread home cooked meal made by abby's mom Norma. yummyyyy.
4. I love sleeping to thunderstorms and all 3 nights I was in Kansas City, right at the time I was falling asleep, a thunderstorm would hit and i'd get to fall asleep to loud rain on the roof. It was ironic because the first night there, I was having anxiety about my interview so i turned on this Thunderstorm Sounds App on my iphone to try and fall asleep to the sound of a storm and then like an hour into that not working, a REAL thunderstorm hit and it was very peaceful. Like God being like "you don't need your phone katie, i'll provide that for you" :)
5. I got to go to Abby's church on Sunday which once again, rocked. i've been 3 times and by this 3rd time, i am convinced that her pastor is the best pastor i've ever heard. his messages are soooo clear and educational and like i can't really explain how great he explains things!!! i take like a full page of notes on his sermons everytime i've heard him. I'll definitely be going to that church when i live in KC this summer!:)
6. I felt really blessed that weekend just to have a friend like Abby who has this amazing family that opens their home to me and makes me feel very comfortable. I always look forward to visiting Abby because not only do I get to hang with one of my best friends for a whole weekend, but i get that "home" experience that i so rarely get in college. Their family really provides me with that escape from young college people and lets me enjoy family home life for a weekend!
Thanks for that weekend Abby! love you!
My weekend in Kansas City was so awesome and I felt really really blessed the whole weekend because of the following:
1. My internship interview at Bernstein-Rein went amazingly well and I barely had any anxiety going into it.
2. Saturday night, Abby and I played this game called marbles with her parents and parents' friends. It was soo fun to have a family game night.
3. Before game night on Saturday, I enjoyed a pasta, salad, and butter bread home cooked meal made by abby's mom Norma. yummyyyy.
4. I love sleeping to thunderstorms and all 3 nights I was in Kansas City, right at the time I was falling asleep, a thunderstorm would hit and i'd get to fall asleep to loud rain on the roof. It was ironic because the first night there, I was having anxiety about my interview so i turned on this Thunderstorm Sounds App on my iphone to try and fall asleep to the sound of a storm and then like an hour into that not working, a REAL thunderstorm hit and it was very peaceful. Like God being like "you don't need your phone katie, i'll provide that for you" :)
5. I got to go to Abby's church on Sunday which once again, rocked. i've been 3 times and by this 3rd time, i am convinced that her pastor is the best pastor i've ever heard. his messages are soooo clear and educational and like i can't really explain how great he explains things!!! i take like a full page of notes on his sermons everytime i've heard him. I'll definitely be going to that church when i live in KC this summer!:)
6. I felt really blessed that weekend just to have a friend like Abby who has this amazing family that opens their home to me and makes me feel very comfortable. I always look forward to visiting Abby because not only do I get to hang with one of my best friends for a whole weekend, but i get that "home" experience that i so rarely get in college. Their family really provides me with that escape from young college people and lets me enjoy family home life for a weekend!
Thanks for that weekend Abby! love you!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Aqua&Anna&Abby&Ambition
Wowza I have what feels like a lot to write about! Another great shower producing more great thoughts. One of those thoughts was...Man I really need someone to invent waterproof paper and pen because I'm sick of making up lists in my head of all my thoughts to try and remember once I get out!! So I tweeted about how someone needs to invent this and a guy from my work tweeted back "Done. http://www.myaquanotes.com/" yep! IT'S A WATERPROOF PAD OF PAPER AND PENCIL! HALLELUHIA! seriously, I don't think Zach understands what this means for me. It means I will probably blog a lot more often because I will be able to remember all of my thoughts to blog about!!! and just so much more! What a great tool to have as a copywriter! Someone who is trying to think of good ideas constantly when the best ones come in the shower. Also, it was cool to know that like soo many other people think their best thoughts in the shower and that i'm not a complete freak.
So anyway, I'm ordering a pad this week :)
Next topic: I love my friends.
ANNA
One friend I really want to write about is my best friend from Summer Staff, Anna Egeln. You may know her as the girl from this video: Anywho, I got to chat with her on the phone tonight and man, I was just reminded once again how blessed I am to have found SUCH an amazing friend at Summer Staff. Like if there was no reason for me to have done Summer Staff but to meet Anna so we could be lifelong friends, I'd believe it. I love how we are so alike and really support each other and are both very unique people. (She likes to be ghetto and I was on a hip hop team in high school...for example. lol) Although I hate that we are states apart (and we are hoping to change that one day!! yay!)...I love that she is the #1 friend I can tell ANYTHING to, not only because she is a great friend, but because she is like my secret journal friend...the friend you can go to because you know nobody you know will ever find out anything you tell her. I have been so blessed to be able to visit her 2 times and have her family take me in for a week at a time! I got to experience literally the most fun I've ever had with a friend ever this past visit when making our dance video.
The reason I am writing about her is because nobody I know from home or school, knows her! and she is one of my best friends! And the bigger picture is I can't get over how awesome it is that we were both at Southwind in the summer of 2008, had this INSTANT friendship--like ridiculously instant. and now it's been almost 3 years later and we are still best friends. Just such an awesome showing of how people really come into your life for a reason and even if they are states away, people that are meant to stay in your life will. Love you Boo!!! :)
ABBY
Okay on the same topic of friends, I would also like to mention how awesome my friend Abby Thomason is (a faithful reader of my blog) because 2 weeks later I am still remembering how lucky I am to have a friend who will rescue me in a an instant. Basically I went to Kansas City two weeks ago and Abby and I got lunch before my meeting with this Ad agency called Bernstein-Rein. Abby helped me find Bernstein-Rein after lunch by having me follow her in my car. It was blizzard part 2 the night before in KC and so the roads were ridiculously slippery. As I was following Abby, my car got stuck going UP a hill. Abby had made it up the hill though. So I called her and was like "I'm stuuuck :( " and she's like "I can push you out! Be right there!" and just stopped her car, ran back to my car, and pushed my car free (uphill is kind of hard to push a car out! i couldn't believe she was able to do it). OKAY the point of the story is I know a lot of people that would be like "UGHH are you serious....try stepping on the gas harder..." But Abby like jolted out of her car and ran a ways down to my car to help me no questions asked. and THEN proceeded to run down the street to see if she could find Bernstein Rein by foot. WHAT A FRIEND!!!!!!! Girl, just wanted to let you know I'm still appreciating that and if my "thank you!" wasn't enough that day, I hope you understand now how much it meant to me. :) Love you!
Okay and lastly, I could write a lot about this but I won't because now this is a really long post. Basically one of my shower revelations tonight was that people know me for being picky about food, but when I think about it, I am picky about most things in life. I think I am this way because my philosophy is kind of "why settle for something you don't truly love?"
Examples in my life: searching for...jobs, boys, housing, churches, food.
Goodnight!! xoxo Katie
So anyway, I'm ordering a pad this week :)
Next topic: I love my friends.
ANNA
One friend I really want to write about is my best friend from Summer Staff, Anna Egeln. You may know her as the girl from this video: Anywho, I got to chat with her on the phone tonight and man, I was just reminded once again how blessed I am to have found SUCH an amazing friend at Summer Staff. Like if there was no reason for me to have done Summer Staff but to meet Anna so we could be lifelong friends, I'd believe it. I love how we are so alike and really support each other and are both very unique people. (She likes to be ghetto and I was on a hip hop team in high school...for example. lol) Although I hate that we are states apart (and we are hoping to change that one day!! yay!)...I love that she is the #1 friend I can tell ANYTHING to, not only because she is a great friend, but because she is like my secret journal friend...the friend you can go to because you know nobody you know will ever find out anything you tell her. I have been so blessed to be able to visit her 2 times and have her family take me in for a week at a time! I got to experience literally the most fun I've ever had with a friend ever this past visit when making our dance video.
The reason I am writing about her is because nobody I know from home or school, knows her! and she is one of my best friends! And the bigger picture is I can't get over how awesome it is that we were both at Southwind in the summer of 2008, had this INSTANT friendship--like ridiculously instant. and now it's been almost 3 years later and we are still best friends. Just such an awesome showing of how people really come into your life for a reason and even if they are states away, people that are meant to stay in your life will. Love you Boo!!! :)
ABBY
Okay on the same topic of friends, I would also like to mention how awesome my friend Abby Thomason is (a faithful reader of my blog) because 2 weeks later I am still remembering how lucky I am to have a friend who will rescue me in a an instant. Basically I went to Kansas City two weeks ago and Abby and I got lunch before my meeting with this Ad agency called Bernstein-Rein. Abby helped me find Bernstein-Rein after lunch by having me follow her in my car. It was blizzard part 2 the night before in KC and so the roads were ridiculously slippery. As I was following Abby, my car got stuck going UP a hill. Abby had made it up the hill though. So I called her and was like "I'm stuuuck :( " and she's like "I can push you out! Be right there!" and just stopped her car, ran back to my car, and pushed my car free (uphill is kind of hard to push a car out! i couldn't believe she was able to do it). OKAY the point of the story is I know a lot of people that would be like "UGHH are you serious....try stepping on the gas harder..." But Abby like jolted out of her car and ran a ways down to my car to help me no questions asked. and THEN proceeded to run down the street to see if she could find Bernstein Rein by foot. WHAT A FRIEND!!!!!!! Girl, just wanted to let you know I'm still appreciating that and if my "thank you!" wasn't enough that day, I hope you understand now how much it meant to me. :) Love you!
Okay and lastly, I could write a lot about this but I won't because now this is a really long post. Basically one of my shower revelations tonight was that people know me for being picky about food, but when I think about it, I am picky about most things in life. I think I am this way because my philosophy is kind of "why settle for something you don't truly love?"
Examples in my life: searching for...jobs, boys, housing, churches, food.
Goodnight!! xoxo Katie
Friday, March 4, 2011
Showers.
I can't explain my showers. They are filled with revelations. Like God is writing His novel in my head. My thoughts are crystal clear and everything makes sense. The second I get out I run to a pad of paper and jot at the speed of light to keep up with all of the thoughts tumbling out of my brain. It's like God knows this shower is the only time he has me and my thoughts alone and takes full advantage of it by cramming everything he's wanted to tell me for years into a 20 minute time span. Clearly, I need to spend more alone time with Him. No technology, no people. Just lay and listen. Laying peacefully with worship music playing is one of my favorite things to do yet I somehow never separate myself from this damn world I love so much to take a second and LISTEN.
A couple of my shower revelations last night:
--We don't always realize the things that we need to heal from. Things that may seem insignificant in our lives could have actually had a huge impact on why we are the way we are. Maybe we absorbed and believed someone's comment about us in 8th grade and we are still healing from it to this day.
--The second you believe you deserve good things is the second they become possible.
xoxo
Katie
A couple of my shower revelations last night:
--We don't always realize the things that we need to heal from. Things that may seem insignificant in our lives could have actually had a huge impact on why we are the way we are. Maybe we absorbed and believed someone's comment about us in 8th grade and we are still healing from it to this day.
--The second you believe you deserve good things is the second they become possible.
xoxo
Katie
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