Second Harvest Food Bank

So yesterday I got up at 7:50 ON A SATURDAY MORNING (difficult, very difficult) with the help of some Starbucks and went with a bunch of my sisters from ESA to the Second Harvest Food Bank. The Second Food Bank takes donations from stores so people who can't afford it can feed there families When we got there we went into this huge warehouse that was about 50 degrees, which is warmer than outside but still not warm. We broke into teams, carrots, oranges and sweet potatoes and sorted through all of them and bagged them for families to take. While yes that doesnt sound like a fun thing to be doing on a Saturday morning, it was a lot of fun and a good experience and I'm very happy that I went :) It feels good knowing that even though I didnt get to sleep in, it's worth it knowing that i helped others. :)

This week has been exhausting! So glad tomorrow is Friday!

Does anyone else feel like this week has just been long and exhausting?? Everyday I just can't wait to be done with everything so I can go to bed. I feel like every class is assigning projects or tons of homework. And with taking 19 credit hours it's no wonder I'm exhausted! Especially yesterday with Furball yesterday, i worked for like 5 hours on it yesterday! But it was totally worth it since we raised a bunch of money and donations for ARF :) I just can't wait for tomorrow to be over so it will be the weekend! :) And it's my little cousin first birthday on Sunday! So I get to see my family on Sunday which I'm excited about :) Hope everyone is having a more relaxing week then me!

Rush Week! Come Join ESA! :)

Hey! So this really doesn't effect the boys in the class so this is mostly for any girls who see this and are kind of intrigued by this. I'm a member of ESA, Epsilon Sigma Alpha here at Ball State University. And new semester means new members! :) So I'm going to give you a little information on this great sorority here on campus!

Epsilon Sigma Alpha is a sorority on campus, however we are different then the greek ones here on campus. We are a service sorority, as well the only one on campus. Instead of focusing on spontaneous and dances and the social aspect of sorority life (not like there's anything wrong with that) but more on the service aspect of it. We have 3 main charities that we do a lot of service for: St. Jude Research Children's Hosptial, Camp Riley and Easter Seals. However we are not limited to only these, we help a lot of other services and charities as well. We do monthly service projects as well as Ways of Means, where we raise money for our chapter, which is beneficial for the members because our dues are ALOT cheaper than Greek sororities. We accept everyone is interested in being a part of this as well it is the time commitment that you want to put in it.

This is a great group of girls who love to help others. If you are interested you should come out to our  Rush Events  sometime this week :)

The 90s were so much better!

Doesn't everyone realize that the years we were younger so much better than it is now? From the style, the television shows, the fact that it was a huge deal to see a movie in 3-D? What happened to the good old days where you could where a belly shirt and not be considered a whore? Obesity wasn't as big of a problem and reality shows were barely existent. And where  the most popular singers were also the most talented.

For example, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, not only were they the most popular people in the music business at that time but every single one of them were absolutely talented. And nowadays we have a large group of talentless artists who strut their stuff on the stage in the smallest costumes and talk rhythmically and call themselves artists (for example, Keshia and Miley Cyrus)

And come on? Friends? Sex and the City? While the television shows nowadays are still going strong nothing comes even close to the great phenomenon of these two television shows. I mean when was the last time you heard about a "Lost" movie? Yeah sorry not happening. Everyone knows who Rachel and Ross are and the columns of the famous Carrie Bradshaw. They are classics.

And to top it off, the cartoons that we had when we were younger in the 90's are like 200 million times better than the ones on today. Especially when you think of the classics that we had when we were younger, The Rugrats, Rocket Power, Doug, Hey Arnold, Kim Possible. And what do they have now? Nothing that I can think of thats even worth mentioning.

Don't care if you agree or not nothing beats the cartoons and music we had in the 90's :) 

Hoepfully you'll get a little better idea of who I am.....:)

 Well since this blog is all about getting to know everyone in the class a little bit better I figured I'd put down the basics of who I am :) And hopefully you'll find a thing or two that we have in common. And if you didn't, well then at least you learned something new about me :) 


The Basics (aka the boring stuff)
My name is Kylie Jo Sturm, I'm from Indy, born and raised there. I have a twin sister named Kasie, who's 43 minutes older than me. And I have a little sister who's 17 and a Vball superstar. I went to Cardinal Ritter High School, a small Catholic private school in Indy (yes i wore the uniforms, pleated skirts and all). I am a sophomore here at BSU and live in Kinghorn. My dream is to be a teacher, always has been, hopefully at a private school. I have the best family and friends I could ever ask for. I also have the most amazing boyfriend in the entire world, we've been dating for a year and a half and he's my best friend :)

My Interests and Likes
I'm a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha here at Ball State, if you all don't know what that is it's the service sorority here. It's filled with a bunch of wonderful girls and i love knowing that I'm apart of something that's goal is to help others.

I grew up and live for country music. And not "Taylor Swift" country (that barely counts), I mean real country. Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, etc. I also love the Jonas Brothers, definitely my favorite band of all time. They are a lot more than just Disney's golden boys, they are truly talented singers and songwriters.

I love love LOVE movies :) especially Oscar worthy movies, I definitely appreciate those type of movies. My favorites would be Inglorious Bastards, Chicago, Black Swan, Slumdog Millionaire, Titanic, etc. I'm also a sucker for chick flicks (hey I'm a girl). I'm currently watch Sweet Home Alabama (love Patrick Dempsey and Josh Lucas!) but my favorite would probably be the Notebook.

I'm a huge HUGE Harry Potter fan. I think it's just phenomenal that a book series that could be so big that it has it's own theme park! They are extremely entertaining and definitely my favorite books of all time. I'm one of those fans who dress all up for the midnight premieres, I went as Dobby :) If you haven't read them...DO IT NOW! YOU'RE MISSING OUT!

I love TV :) Favorite of all time is Friends, probably the best television show of all time. I'm a huge Gossip Girl, Glee and Grey's Anatomy as well (The Three G's!) Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Kendra are my guilty pleasures, they are so entertaining! :)

Hopefully you learned a little bit more about me :)

Saddest story ever!

So I wasn't really sure what to write for this blog, nothing really interesting happened to me since this semester has started that I felt was worth putting on it. But when I was about to get on Facebook this article title stopped me for a second and intrigued me so much that I just had to read it.

The article was about a family was effected by the floods that are happening in Australia. Their white Mercedes was getting flooded and a passerby, Warren McErean, scrambled to the car to try and help them before it was swept away. Jordan Rice, a 13 year old Australian boy who couldn't swim and was absolutely terrified of water begged McErean to save him younger brother and mother first. Doing this a 13 year old boy made the ultimate sacrifice; by the time McErean was able to go back for Jordan and his mother it was too late. The car was swept away by the flood waters and they both died. Jordan Rice is being honored as hero today.

This is just amazing to me. I just couldn't believe that a little boy would be so brave. A sacrifice that most grown men and women wouldn't be able to do a 13 year old boy without hesitation did. A boy who had his whole life ahead of him and gave that all up so his little brother could survive. Even with his brother was on his way to safety he insisted that his mother would go next. And that was the only thing he was worried about. To me that boy is the strongest and bravest person in the world. He made the ultimate sacrifice because his brother's life was more important to him. This article really touched me and I have it linked below in case anyone else wants to read it.
 http://www.comcast.net/news/newswrap/6807128/savemybrotherfirstboy13sacrificeslifeinaustralianflood/