I don’t remember this picture actually being taken. But I remember the surroundings. I’m the blonde baby in the middle, holding onto my sister Alexandra, who was just born on Aug. 19, 1989, eight days before the date of the photo. She looks like a doll, stiff and unreal and a little too big for me … Continue reading »
“Me, Myself and the LinkedIn I” For Notre Dame Magazine’s alumni blog. If Voldemort had used the Internet, I think he would have split his soul into Horcruxes housed in LinkedIn, Tumblr and Pinterest. I’m not saying social networks are vessels for evil, but I am saying that people tend to divide their personalities across … Continue reading »
LISTEN UP. I need to tell you something you’ve probably heard from every alum of the University of Notre Dame ever. I miss Notre Dame.
Here’s a bunch of interesting things: NOTRE DAME IS NUMBER ONE AND GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OOOOMMMGGG Here’s a video that reduces me to giggles. I still haven’t quite processed that THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING. After all, I am Notre Dame Class of 2011, the losingest class in Notre Dame football history. Maybe other … Continue reading »
Four years ago, I was a sophomore at Notre Dame, in my first-ever journalism class, caring about my first-ever presidential election as a voter. Our assignment was to write a column about the campaign. Our professor, a former managing editor at the Chicago Tribune who usually started class by mercilessly critiquing one student’s assignment for … Continue reading »
Notre Dame takes on the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Norman, Okla. If you’re making the trip out here to Oklahoma, here are some events sponsored by Notre Dame and/or the Alumni Club of Oklahoma City. Everything is in the general Oklahoma City-Norman area. I’ll add more as I hear … Continue reading »
I’m a little bit lost without the Olympics. For two glorious weeks in August, I was enthralled by athletes’ incredible feats, humble beginnings and quests for glory. I rooted for favorites or just plain enjoyed the spectacle. I DVRed events and Tweeted a whole bunch and jumped on the McKayla Is Not Impressed meme. I spent … Continue reading »
