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Thursday, October 28, 2010

A thousand a day...329-331

Thursday, October 28
I've always carved the typical snaggle-toothed pumpkin but decided to get creative this year. I got my "phat jack" pumpkin - named as such because of its long handle - at Coleman's Christmas Tree Farm after Justin harvested it for "Anything Once."

Wednesday, October 27
 











Tuesday, October 26
Pinecones

Monday, October 25, 2010

A thousand a day...318-328

Monday, October 25
My new fall place settings

Sunday, October 24
Homecoming Day 3: Before leaving campus, I had to take a final walk around my favorite part of campus to take photos.

Saturday, October 23
Homecoming Day 2: Elon vs. Wofford. We don't have to talk about the game. If you must hear about it, Sunshine's story says it best:
 
With nine seconds left, Wofford College's junior quarterback Mitch Allen dropped back and launched a pass down the field. It was third and 15, with a tied game at 21-21.

Wofford's senior wide receiver Devin Reed was in double coverage. Elon University's sophomore defensive back Blake Thompson had him matched step-for-step.

In the midst of the action, Reed reached up to make the grab and fell to the ground in the end zone. After an extra point by sophomore kicker Christian Reed, the Terriers took the lead 28-21 to win the game...



Friday, October 22
Elon Homecoming Day 1: We decided to go to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Montereys, for dinner after a long day of homecoming activities. There were six of us and we refused to spend any time apart by driving separately. Blurry, yet this sums up the day wonderfully as Alexa, Sam/Sunshine, Pam and Conor crammed in the back of Jack's car. I was lucky enough to ride shotgun, thus documenting this greatness. 

Thursday, October 21
A piece of good fortune from China

Wednesday, October 20 
New frames, new decorations


Tuesday, October 19 
Another gift to myself from Anthropologie


Monday, October 18
My guilty pleasure - those fun Pillsbury cookies with shapes on them for every holiday. This one's dedicated to Roomie, the cat lady.

Sunday, October 17
Brand spankin' new roof after the crazy hail storm of 2010 damaged it

Saturday, October 16
Oakey has his first autumn leaf! I couldn't have been more excited. My oak tree's five-month birthday is coming up in a few days!

Friday, October 15
Football Friday! Middletown at Newark for the Hornets' homecoming game. It's just too hard to grab good stills from these football videos, so I'm just posting the video this time for full enjoyment. Tonight was a record night because I was out of the office by midnight!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

A thousand a day...311-317

Thursday, October 14  ....annnnnd done! Dedicated to Miss Lizzie Dent. I'm sending these red velvet cupcakes to you in York! Side note: This was a cream cheese icing fail (notice the unnatural meltiness).

Wednesday, October 13
My first attempt at red velvet cupcakes...fresh out of the oven.

Tuesday, October 12
Rather than take a new picture today, I think this photo of The Pendulum office captures my day a bit better. Today, the "shot heard round the world" was the fact that our college newspaper office is being bulldozed. We moved into the old bank building during my sophomore year. The building was renovated and transformed into our home, a home that really brought us together as a staff and a family. We had so much more space in the new office and direct access to our adviser, whose office is within our newspaper office, and were right across the street from the communications building. Not to mention we were right next door to Acorn, everyone's favorite coffee shop.

So here's my ode to our office. It's tough to remember that the success of our paper is not in the building but in the dedication and talent of the staff. But still, so many memories. This photo was taken during the summer after my sophomore year when I stayed on campus to start The Pendulum's first summer editions. It's become a favorite photo of ours since it's the first view of the office while walking on the brick path from the comm school.

Monday, October 11
I had the video camera sitting in front of me at my desk and liked the fun angle it captured.

Sunday, October 10 
My Saturday was much more action-packed than Sunday, so here's a shot from the Delaware Auto Show, which I covered Saturday afternoon. This sweet little boy was so well-spoken and a simply wonderful interview.

Here's the video I edited, too:


Saturday, October 9
A wonderful morning spent very Mary Poppins style...learning how to be a chimney sweep with Justin Williams for Anything Once! "Chim Chim Cher-ee" has been on replay in my head the whole week.

Friday, October 8
First attempt at making coffee. Fail. Long story for some other time, I promise.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

A thousand a day...304-310

Thursday, October 7 
Tonight's kitchen experiment? Chicken with wild rice.
How did I do? Just fine, I think.
How did it taste? Not so great.

Yes, this was an unfortunate kitchen fail considering it took me a relatively long time to make. Quite honestly, I don't know why I thought this would taste good. The recipe called for orange marmalade and Dijon mustard, both of which I can't stand. Sigh. The chicken was salvageable. Can't say the same about the otherwise-delicious-but-now-ruined-by-mustard-and-marmalade rice. 


Wednesday, October 6
A still from the video I shot of the press conference at the News Journal to announce the U.S. Senate poll results. Dan Cassino from Fairleigh-Dickinson University announced the results and we streamed it live to our website.

Tuesday, October 5
My first attempt at pecan pie...still baking with that oven fog over it

Monday, October 4
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Coons visited the News Journal Monday morning for a video interview with a panel of reporters and editors.

Sunday, October 3
Baby Colin's baptism
And because my second cousin's so darn cute, he gets a bonus photo:


Saturday, October 2
A lovely outing on Mattawoman Creek

Friday, October 1
Friday Football again! Tonight, I shot the game and Andre edited, which means the voice over is totally ballin'. This still is from a touchdown that was made after a player knocked the ball out of the other guy's hands, and his teammate picked up the fumble (like my lack of football lingo there?) I'll make up for it now: He turned on the jets...and took it to the house.
Here's our video: