I Smell Roses!

Big news blog friends, I'M GOING TO THE ROSE BOWL!

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Now, if you're a quick one and have been reading closely, you can decipher that both of my teams, the Wisconsin Badgers and the Oregon Ducks (undergrad and grad school, respectively) are going to BCS games this year. Thank you God for having Oregon run the table. I really didn't want to be in the situation where my teams played each other in the Rose Bowl. Let's be serious though, I'd be rooting for Wisco 100%. 


So thanks to my awesome cousins for snagging tickets and allowing me to check off one the major events on my life's bucket list!

ON WISCONSIN!

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Once A Badger, Always A Badger

Unless you were living under a rock this Saturday (or perhaps just don’t follow college football – to each their own) my alma mater, the Wisconsin Badgers, beat #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday!

Saying I’m proud to be a Badger is a serious understatement.

I watched the game from home in the company of friends and a cold Leine’s (I still can’t believe I found a grocery store that sells it out west)! Cheering, jumping and nervously eating way too many pretzels ensued throughout the game.

What I wouldn’t have given to tailgate with friends and cheer on the Badgers in Camp Randall.

I love college football season.

Doesn't hurt that by Wisconsin beating Ohio State, Oregon was bumped to #1. Go Ducks!

But mostly, ON WISCONSIN!

Throwback Thursday: Dorm Life

Kronshage? 

Yes, that was the name of my dorm freshman year of college. And if you were curious as to how it's actually pronounced, it's "krawn-sage".

There are two main dorm areas on the UW campus, the southeast and lakeshore dorms. I was lucky enough to spend my first year of college in a beautiful lakeshore dorm that was opened in 1938-9. 

M.E.M. and myself as baby-faced freshman on move-in day

Not only was the dorm itself great, the view was amazing: 

On top of that, I made some pretty awesome friends

We decorated for holidays

and had a pretty amazing freshman year...which feels like it happened yesterday. 

                                      

Throwback Thursday: Once a Badger, Always a Badger

The recent shuffling of college football teams was a hot topic at the household before I left for the summer and it really made me a) excited for college football season and b) miss UW!

Words cannot describe how much the city gears up for game day. Beer drinking, cheese curd, brat eating, red and white wearing mania. Beyond the crazy tailgating it's the lyrics to "If You Want to Be a Badger...", tradition after the 3rd quarter for the student section to jump to House of Pain's "Jump Around" and the sentimental "Varsity" that I miss. What I wouldn't give to have a ticket to the home opener this year.

On Wisconsin!

Throwback Thursday: Art Lovers

In honor of the PNWAA show opening this coming Saturday, I scoured my photo archive for this gem:

myself and l.e.b.

This was taken in the wonderful Rathskeller of the Wisconsin Union, post 2009 Student Art Show opening. My friend l.e.b and I were a part of the WUD Art Committee, which continues to display amazing art for the community. Being a part of WUD was a priceless experience, one I will cherish my entire life; I learned so many things and made amazing friends!

Now, l.e.b. and I are both in graduate school, livin' the dream. Miss you Lou!

My Apologies...

I know it's been forever since I have posted and I apologize! Academic life got in the way of personal blogging...shocker right?

Now that I'm on winter break and officially done with my first quarter of grad school (insert fist-pump), I'll be catching up!

I flew into Madison today, greeted by about 19" of snow and a "refreshing" windchill of -5 degrees. Welcome home to me! Who am I kidding; I'm ecstatic to be home!

I am bummed I missed out on this though, (give UW students a snow day and look what happens):