YUM-O.

There's really no witty way to say this. I love food.

I'm getting an apartment next year with my three best friends.
We talk about all of the exciting things we'll get to do. Think of new ideas every day.
How we're going to decorate. What rooms we're each going to take, and what's going to be in them.

And. Of course. What are we going to eat for dinner.
The good thing about my love for food is its happy marriage my love for cooking.
I guess that makes me a productive food lover.
I cannot wait to be able to cook dinner several times a week.
Let's face it, the dorm kitchenette just isn't cutting it.

Now, loving food isn't a vice. Neither is cooking. Perhaps what I'm about to say doesn't fit the dictionary definition of a vice either, but here it is:

FOOD NETWORK.

Is it bad that Rachael Ray's raspy overly enthusiastic voice kind of soothes me? And every time I make pasta I hear her saying "Now you're going to put in...ehh...a couple tablespoons of EVOO..."?

Sometimes (huge secret reveal about to happen), I talk to myself like I have my own food network show. Like, I'll be making an omelette, and narrate things as if I have an audience. I even look over my shoulder to make sure no one hears me. Sometimes I garnish things. For myself. Even if it tastes bad. So there that is. Shhh...









I feel powerful when watching anything Giada.
I jump up and down when Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives comes on.
I gasp when I'm monotonously flipping through channels late at night and I run into Unwrapped.
I want to travel to every place featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
I am infatuated with the idea of being able to make dinner for a family in the future.

I thank/blame Food Network for that.

Just let me put on my face!

If I was stranded on a desert island and could only bring one thing with me it would have to be my make-up case! Now I know what your thinking, "Mara, there are so many more important things than make-up! No one will even be there to see you!" but no matter what anyone says I can't live without my make-up!!! Some people don't think make-up is that important and to them I say, "You have no idea what it can do!"

Make-up can do anything from hide a slight flaw in your skin to something as complicated as a creature from Narnia! I am addicted to doing mine and other people's make-up! I can't leave my room in the morning until I have completed my entire look. I don't even consider my outfit complete until my hair and make-up is done. I don't own a desk, it's a vanity! I have a full face mirror with three panels and four kinds of lighting surrounded by my daily make-up. It's not that I care how others look at me, I wear make-up because it's something I love. I am even in a stage make-up class that is just making my love for make-up grow.
So if you haven't gotten my point yet I LOVE MAKE-UP!!!!! I can make you look your best or your worst, it all depends on how you apply it and how you apply yourself! I can't wait to learn even more techniques and tricks to make myself a better make-up artist.

Hello… My name is Mara and I’m addicted to Facebook.

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I created my facebook account almost five years ago and I never looked back. I am a self-admitted facebook addict! More than 500 million people have a facebook and I am one of the 175 million people that check their page daily. (TechCrunch.com) I can’t go an entire day without checking my profile and my feed. And why not be addicted? I am able to connect with hundreds of people at the click of a button, post a funny video, or take care of my virtual pet all in one place.

I had never questioned my devotion to the Holy Grail of social connections until just a few weeks ago when I saw the movie “The Social Network.” It is a really good movie if you haven’t seen it but once I knew the struggle that went into making this worldwide phenomenon I started thinking about how different the world would have been if facebook had never been made.

1. I defiantly wouldn’t spend as much time on the computer. I would have to read a book, do homework, or interact with people face to face! (gasp!)
2. My contact list on my phone would be overflowing. We would need to talk or text in order to contact people instead of just facebooking them.
3. None of our virtual worlds would exist! No petville, yoville, farmville, or other community games.
4. No one would remember anyone’s birthday. I need that notification or I feel horrible for forgetting.
5. Facebook creeping wouldn’t exist. We would actually have to ask people what we wanted to know about them instead of just creeping on their profile!
The list could go on and on.



I know that I’m focusing on facebook but my argument can be applied to other social networking sites as well. Yes myspace came before facebook (facebook is better) but myspace has become the place to find out info on the latest music. Twitter lets you post anything from “Going to Wal-mart to buy stuff! Hit me up later” to “To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them. To die, to sleep-- No more.” As well as granting or taking away fame. And who can leave out search engines! Yahoo and Google save my life when I’m writing a paper and am too lazy to spend time trying to find research. Within seconds you have 500,000 possible sources!



I am an addict and I need my fix! If that means spending 7-8 hours a day with my page open in front of so be it!!! I’d much rather live in a world where I was addicted to facebook then a world where it didn’t exist. Yes, it distracts us from work we need to get done. Yes there are pointless and mindless games we can’t stop playing. Yes we can creep or be creeped on. But I wouldn’t have it any other way!