What a Letdown.

My philosophy is that you can eat anything you want for breakfast, especially if it has fruit in it.  Banana bread? Mhm. Oatmeal raisin cookies? Yep. Chocolate cherry with chocolate glaze? Absolutely.

-Rebecca Irons

“So Becky, what Comm Week event did you go to?”

Great question, Heagney! It’s a funny story really…

See. I was going to go to the Rock Band tournament on Friday night with some friends and maybe bring a Powerade bottle full of not Powerade (don’t worry, I’m 21). BUT I have to cat sit tonight off campus, so no “not Powerade” for me.  That was my first disappointment. 

THEN I was on my way to the Rockband tournament, fashionably late.  I didn’t want to be one of those nerds who shows up to things on time.  I walk ALL the way to the Cotrell Amphitheatre and there is nothing there.  What.

I could have given up at that point.  It was 7:15, no one was there.  But no.  I’m determined.  I went to the Game Lab, maybe it would be there.  What did I find? Mike, Dr. Hall, some kid I don’t know, and a plate full of cookies.  APPARENTLY Dr. Hall decided to move the tournament indoors for weather reasons and no one showed up.  Awkward.

Not that I’m any expert at gamer tournaments, but I have planned lots of events, and may need to in future marketing or project manager jobs.  I really think the advertisement of Comm week is not effective. Students outside of the Comm department aren’t informed of any events.  I wasn’t even notified that the event was moved to a new location.  Someone should put it on Facebook.  Advertise the week on social media to draw more of a crowd.

This event relates to communication through the video game aspect.  Interactive media is a major here (I think it’s Ryan’s major) which is why they had this event, even if it didn’t really go over well.

I did get three oatmeal raisin cookies though, so it wasn’t that bad.

UPDATE:  If this doesn't count as enough participation in Comm week, I'm also starring in a 48 hour film festival film.  I'm the jogger-girl, love interest. I was clearly born to play this role.  Check out my film debut on Sunday.