Archive: September 2012

What I’ve Been Listening To Lately

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Katie

You can ask my roommates or anyone that lives in my hallway that I play music all the time whether just waking up or even going to bed. I also can’t study without music, which some people think is crazy but I can’t help it! I always love when people give me new music to listen to because it’s usually always really good! Here’s a couple of the songs or artists I have been listening to lately!

#1. Imagine Dragons
Right now they are my favorite band! They have a popular song out called It’s Time, but I personally love Radioactive or On Top Of The World! I really just like the beats in their songs and also how you can just jam out to almost every song. I have yet to find a song I don’t like!

#2. Miguel
Miguel has such a smooth voice. It’s insane. Lately I’ve just been listening a lot to his latest album and his old songs. Right now I can’t stop listening to All I Want Is You, because it not only has Miguel, but an awesome beat to it and J. Cole raps in it, which I love.

#3. Kimbra
Kimbra is recently new. She got a lot of publicity on VH1 and MTV, but I don’t think she has really hit it off yet. She has this really awesome voice that you just have to listen to understand. I really like her song Cameo Lover.

I’m sure in two weeks I will have another obsession with three different artists and more songs, but no worries my iTunes library always has more space.

Tagged: butler, Imagine Dragons, iTunes, Kimbra, Miguel, music, university | Leave a comment

The Next Ten Weekends

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Katie

In typical fashion I have already planned ahead for the next ten weekends of my life. To some this may seem ridiculous, but I plan everything in advance because I don’t really like surprises. I’m not really anal about what I do I just like knowing so that when other people ask I can answer them right away!

Not that anyone cares, but here are my next ten weekends:
This weekend: Philanthropy events for Alpha Chi, Phi Psi/Timmy, and Theta. Going to Wabash to see my friend and go to Lambda’s Watermelon Bust!
9/28-9/30: This weekend is our Dad’s Day. Dad’s Day is what the sorority houses do and invite their dads. We usually tailgate and just hang out with all our Pi Phi dad’s!
10/5-10/7: This weekend is Pi Phi’s philanthropy event Arrowspike. We have lip syncs and a volleyball tournament. Also we have Pie a Pi Phi where you can pie us in the face!
10/12-10/14: Fall Break is this weekend! My roommate Rori and I are going to Michigan to go see the Michigan vs Michigan State game!
10/19-10/21: Homecoming Weekend! This year is exciting because our homecoming game is at night!
10/26-10/28: Dayglow, Voodoo, and our new Pi Phi’s get initiated this weekend! It should be a lot of fun!!

11/2-11/4: This is my birthday weekend and also Parent’s weekend at Butler!
11/9-11/11: Pi Phi Formal is this weekend!
11/16-11/18: This is the weekend that kicks off Thanksgiving!
11/23-11/25: Thanksgiving Break!

As you can see I was not joking! I’m sure other things will pop up as the weeks go by! On top of that I still have to do what I’m actually going to Butler for, which is school! So bring on the midterms and papers that will also be popping up along the way. Good thing I have planned every thing out!

Tagged: Arrowspike, butler, Dayglow, Fall Break, Michigan, Michigan State, Pi Phi, Thanksgiving Break, Wabash | 9 Comments

Concerts Galore

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Katie

If you have seen my previous blogs I love going to concerts, especially ones that I don’t have to pay for. Since I didn’t talk much about the concerts I went to this summer I thought I would talk about that and also the free concert Butler provided with Smash Mouth and Chiddy Bang!

This summer I didn’t go to many concerts because I had to work a lot, or I would forget to take off of work. I did manage to go to Dave Matthews Band and Young the Giant. With the Dave Matthews Band I got really lucky! My best friend’s parents or my adopted parents basically gave me tickets to see Dave on Friday night! It was really awesome, because of how close we were to the stage, and on top of that I really like DMB! I was able to go with my sister and her friends and then brought along my friend Sara. We had a lot of fun!

Front row at Dave Matthews Band

Although I didn’t get free tickets to Young the Giant, I got to be in the front. They played at The Old National Center. At this venue there is no seating, so if you shimmy your way to the front, which you usually can, you get front row! Young the Giant was amazing. They sound as good live as they do on their CD’s, which I feel like you don’t hear that much anymore. Blogger Bekah wrote about them in her latest blog, so you can get to know more about them!

Front row at Young the Giant!

A couple of weeks ago I went to Butlerpalooza, which was free for Butler students. Smash Mouth and Chiddy Bang came. It was a lot of fun. Smash Mouth was great because it was all songs I remember from when I was younger! Chiddy Bang was entertaining and got the crowd involved a lot with their songs. I didn’t know that many Chiddy Bang songs, but for the ones I did know it was really good!

Smash Mouth at Butler

Chiddy Bang at Butler!

Sorry if my videos are shaky, you hear me or others singing annoyingly, or you just realize that I should never take a video again in my life… I understand. On a positive note my concert tour isn’t over yet for the year. I won free tickets to Dayglow, which is a huge concert/rage where DJ’s play different songs and then throw paint out into the crowd. I’m extremely excited! Also I’m trying to go to a few concerts in Chicago, but right now money is an issue, so we’ll see how that goes.

Tagged: butler, Chiddy Bang, concerts, Dave Matthews Band, music, Smash Mouth, Young the Giant | 21 Comments

Recruitment Starts Now

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Katie

At Butler formal recruitment does not start until Spring semester, but the sororities do a lot of little things before recruitment begins.

One of those things happened yesterday. We gave house tours to all the freshmen interested in recruitment. At Pi Phi we had 235 girls come through, which is a ton! Being a smaller school we are not used to having a large number of girls go through recruitment, but currently there are over 500 girls that are signed up saying that they are interested in formal recruitment. For us this is huge!

Having this many girls is fun, but can be exhausting. Yesterday during our house tours we had it set up where girls go to see our house, but also go into rooms and talk to members about different things we do. My room was about campus involvement, which my roommates made fun of me for because they think I am involved in everything. I basically talked about my blogging, Dawg Pound, College Mentors For Kids, and how my sisters support me in all these different activities. It gets repetitive really fast, but it’s nice for the potential new members to be able to get to know our house a little bit.

Although this was our first house tour there are so many more things we have left to do. Now that the first house tour is done, we can have the girls over for meals. We have to get 500 girls through our house for meals, which is insane. We also still have house tours left when it’s parent’s weekend so that families can see our houses. So even though recruitment is not until next semester, the craziness has already began.

Random, but here’s a song that I can’t get out of my head lately!

Tagged: butler, Freshmen, Greek Life, Pi Beta Phi, Recruitment, Sorority | 5 Comments

Broad Ripple Ink

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Katie

Yesterday I went with my friend Hank to see him get his tattoo. I was expecting this whole Miami Ink experience, but instead I left feeling freaked out and scared.

Hank getting his tattoo at Metamorphosis in Broad Ripple!

First off seeing Hank just lay there with blood all over his arm was awesome… not. I really don’t mind blood I just never realized how much you bleed when you get a tattoo. I think when watching Miami Ink you are so distracted by what is actually going on with the person’s background story that you just focus solely on that and don’t realize the blood that is going on.

Second, that noise of the needle hitting the skin is a turn on for Hank, but for me is a complete turn off. It just sounds terrible and it sounds like I’m in a weird scientific laboratory about to get worked on. Also seeing Hank’s face every time the tattoo artist hit a sensitive spot brought pain to me, and I was not even getting the tattoo. I just kept telling Hank that I’m glad it was him and not me… I’m such a good friend.

I’m sure this post will thrill my parents in knowing they don’t have to worry about tattoos on me. I’m way too indecisive about what I would get and also it freaks me out now. I’ll stick to piercings! Anyway, Hank’s tattoo turned out really well and I like it a lot!

Hank's finished tattoo!

Tagged: Broad Ripple, butler, Metamorphosis, Miami Ink, tattoo | 18 Comments

Mo Money Mo Problems

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Katie

Being a college student can sometimes be the greatest experience and the worse experience all at the same time. The reason I say this is because in college you get so many opportunities to do things, but you are also really broke in college. It’s almost like you are getting teased all the time.

Unfortunately it seems like everyone in the world knows you are broke and tries to get you to buy. Unlike high school in college you have a lot of free time. Whether you choose to use that free time for studying is up to you. For me, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are really easy days. I only have one class from 9-950 and then I’m done for the rest of the day. This is awesome except for the fact that sometimes I like to use my free time online shopping.

I am addicted to online shopping, and lately I’m addicted to the finer things in life, which I feel like I have my sister to thank for that. I thought I would write this blog to possibly give peoples ideas as to what they can get me. Just kidding this is more of me just continuously teasing myself into the things I want but don’t necessarily need. Here are the top things I want lately, and you will understand why my fantasy life of luxury is getting out of hand.

#1. Ultimate Short UGGS – $220
The Ultimate collection of UGGS is different from their classic because it is a more heavy duty shoe intended to last longer. The classic sole is more of a foam type of padding that doesn’t last. The Ultimate on the other hand has a really thick sole that tends to last way longer.

The exact pair I want!

#2. Michael Kors Watch – $225-250
I have an obsession with watches. I think watches are so pretty. I do understand how ridiculous it is that I want a Michael Kors watch, but his watches are so pretty and plus they are huge, which I like. I’m not trying to be over the top they are just really fashionable and I feel like my wrist is lonely.

I can't figure out which one I want, they are all so pretty!

#3. Victoria Secret Yoga Pants/Sweaters – $50 +
My sister got me a Victoria Secret gift card and instead of buying underwear or bras I got yoga pants on sale. I’m obsessed with these yoga pants but if they are not on sale they are close to $50, which is kind of ridiculous. In the words of Despicable Me, “IT’S SO FLUFFY!”

So comfy!

I’m currently saving up for the boots first, because those will come in more handy. Hopefully I’ll have enough money by the end of September to be able to buy them! It’s such a great feeling when you realize you bought nice things with your own money! I felt so accomplished when I bought my Coach rain boots last year, and every time I wear them it makes me realize all the work I put into paying for this! Ahh the things I do for fashion.

Tagged: butler, clothes, fashion, Michael Kors, money, UGGS, Victoria Secret, watches | 4 Comments

Gangnam Style?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Katie

This blog has to start with the video of gangnam style or you will not be able to share the same excitement that I have for writing this blog.

I didn’t know anything about gangnam style until I watched the MTV VMA’s and found out about Psy. This Korean pop singer is taking over with his new song. Many have no idea what he is saying and neither do I, but it’s the dance which is the best thing. Lately around campus the dance is being used in lip syncs, which are done for Greek Life philanthropy events where houses do funny dances. Even on the weekends the fraternities are playing it at their houses.

While there are many people who want to hate the song, it’s too catchy. The beat gets everyone pumped up and you can’t help but laugh at everyone doing the dance. Today I watched a video of teenagers reacting to the song and actually learned some more stuff about the song. For example, I had no idea what he was talking about. What is Gangnam style? Gangnam is a district in South Korea. It’s known for high fashion and hipsters. In Gangnam there is a certain type of “swag”. The musician who sings the song, Psy, relates it to Beverly Hills in America.

Learning that it is talking about swag made me even more excited about the song. I told my mom about the song because she is learning Korean right now and has a lot of Korean friends. I thought she would be excited instead she responded to me that she doesn’t understand why it’s such a hit… Thanks mom.

My mom hating on the song.

Either way if you hear this song playing around Butler campus from the Pi Phi house it’s definitely me… GANGNAM STYLE.

Tagged: butler, Gangnam Style, Kpop, MTV, Pi Phi, VMA | 11 Comments

Cheers For The Weekend.

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Katie

This weekend at Butler is suppose to be extremely crazy, and being Greek makes it even more crazy!

Tonight we are having Butlerpalooza, which is an event we had last year as well! It’s a concert with multiple acts. Last year it was a lot of fun and I got to be front row at Dev! So exciting! This year we are having Chiddy Bang and Smash Mouth. I’m sure everyone knows Smash Mouth, but Chiddy Bang is really popular for a lot of college students and they are really good!

Besides Butlerpalooza a lot of Greek houses are having their philanthropy events! Delta Delta Delta is having their carnival for their philanthropy event with St. Jude’s tonight. Phi Delta Theta is having their event for ALS tomorrow, and Lambda Chi Alpha is having their event for North American Food Bank and Gleaners. Even Blue 2 and Trip are getting into the action as you can see below! All the events have lipsyncs, food, and lots of other different competitions. It’s a really easy way to meet a lot of other people and support the other Greek houses on campus!

On top of all these events, there is the Penrod Arts festival that is going on right down the street from Butler at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). A lot of people say it’s a really awesome festival. I’ve never been but tomorrow I get to volunteer so I’m really excited about that! There is also a 5k tomorrow where people run the 5k and get paint splattered on them as they run. It’s really fun!

In the end this weekend at Butler will be exhausting but it will be the good kind of exhausting. I’m so excited!

Tagged: butler, Greek Life, IMA, Lambda Chi Alpha, Penrod, Phi Delta Theta, Tri Delta | Leave a comment

Sorority Life. Roommate Edition.

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Katie

I love living in my new home. You might think I’m lying to you. Living in a house with 50 some girls does sound a little ridiculous, but I actually like it. Although there are some things that you have to get used to.

The main thing I have been trying to get used to is the singing of my roommate Kristina. This is not intended to be a mean blog, she knows we make fun of her all the time. She also knows that this annoys us, but because I like to make fun of people including myself I felt like it was time to introduce the world to Kristina singing.

This is Kristina on the left in the other Pi Beta Phi shirt!

Kristina likes to sing songs, but not to herself, out loud… in our room… with her headphones, while the rest of us have nothing to wear on our ears. Last night I was trying to read for one of my classes. I had my headphones in, volume up to about 70% and could still hear Kristina, so I left the room and went down to our kitchen to study. My other roommate Rori told me that Kristina told her that she thinks I left the room because I don’t like Kristina’s sing.

In reality I love Kristina’s singing because it always makes me laugh. She just so happens to do in the most inappropriate times and I just happen to always be studying those inappropriate times. Needless to say I love living in my house.

Here’s a song Kristina sings sometimes

Tagged: butler, music, Pi Beta Phi, roommates, Sorority | 1 Comment

My Life In Shambles

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Katie

A lot of words I use at times don’t even make sense, but people know that these are words I say. Shambles is a word that I like to use a lot. If you’re having problems in your life that’s called shambles. If you failed at a test when you thought you got an A, yeah you guessed it… shambles.

This past Monday my life was in shambles. Minor shambles, but still shambles. I went to Indy Boot Camps with my sister like I do every Monday and Wednesday. This class is intense. Think Biggest Loser. We even use those huge ropes that they use in Biggest Loser which I hate, but it’s still a great feeling after class. Although this past Monday I did not experience that great feeling because I fell during one of our exercises.

I hate these.

We were doing an exercise where you jump up and over a bar. It was our last one to do and I accidentally tripped and fell over the bar. I’m a klutz anyway, so I figured this would just be like any other time. Instead I heard a pop in my ankle, and ever since then it has been hurting. Today around campus I wore a brace and have been icing it all day. It’s really puffy and basically making my left foot look huge. If you want to see what my sister and I have been doing and what I messed my ankle up on check out the video around the 17 second mark. Yes I’m a genius.

With my big puffy foot this is what I had to do today

935-1050: Class
1-215: Class
225 – 340: Class
6-740: Class
830- ?: Chapter

Instead of resting my ankle today I’m sure I stressed it more. Keep exercising people.

Tagged: ankle, butler, exercise, Indy Boot Camps, shambles, Workout | 1 Comment

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