“KH! I didn’t realize that Dunkin’ Donuts had started an account. That is interesting. On my blog, I said I didn’t really see the connection between PR and Pinterest, but your posting makes a lot of sense.”

2. Victoria Evans: http://victoriasfunblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/beware-pinterest-can-be-addicting/#comment-23

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I knew you would be an avid pinner. You seem really organized. Ha. But this is interesting. I guess I can see how it would be helpful in the world of public relations. I think it would be a better website if they revamped the humor section. One of my favorite pins I ever saw was one where it was various pictures of short notes little kids wrote to God. These were my two favorite ones:

“Dear God, I am American. What are you?”

“Dear God, If you let the dinosaur not extinct we would not have a country. You did the right thing.”

http://weheartit.com/entry/104206“

The first being when I am bored to tears and need something to pass the time. The second is when I want to look at funny pictures of dogs.

My bff, Mary got be started on this web site. She’s what I like to call a keeper of all things trendy. Apparently I wasn’t living up to my full potential as a social media star. So nevertheless I was invited to join. I wouldn’t call myself an avid pinner because I usually don’t even sign in when I get on; partly because I can never remember my user names and passwords, but mostly because I never pin anything. I don’t know why I don’t use the same password for everything. It’s really annoying and I refuse to write them down because I tell myself, “you’ll remember.” To be honest I don’t really look at anyone else’s  pins either. I think it’s a cool idea for a social media tool, but I don’t see it being here years from now.

I really don’t think there is PR value in this website. I think it’s more useful for advertising and marketing, but I really don’t see the connection between pinning and public relations. Maybe my fellow classmates will enlighten me. It is a fun website. It allows you to get ideas from other people, but it really doesn’t give you the opportunity to have a creative mind. If you’re the “crafty” type, you’re either recreating someone else’s work or you’re adding slight variations to something a million other people have done…. or you’re just looking at pictures of Ian Somerhalder (I’m talking to you, soon to be Dr. Groover)

Overall, it’s a good website. It’s different. It’s entertaining. But it’s not going to shake the world of public relations by any means.

“Sometime’s gifts can be cheesy, but I agree with you- It’s polite to pretend that you liked the gift. It is the thought that counts and a “thank you” is always in order. I’m glad you had a good Valentine’s Day! And I hope you still received an awesome gift from your Dad.”

Ashley Salim: http://asaliml.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/love-is-in-the-air-for-some-of-us/#comment-64

“I think that is so sweet that your mom still does that. My mom used to every year, and I always enjoyed the candy. I guess she really dropped the ball the past few years. I asked her what happened to my candy and she said that I never ate it all anyway. (Lies). But it’s ok, I forgive her. She still never forgets my Birthday or Christmas.”

By no means am I high maintenance. I don’t need a giant bear that says “I Love You”. I don’t need a dozen red roses, but I do need chocolate all the time… not just once a year. I like people that are spontaneous, adventurous and creative. I think that some people can take this holiday and turn it into something wonderful for their loved one, but for the most part, it is a holiday full of predictability.

I have been given the staple Valentine’s Day presents, but I have always just said thank-you and acted excited… because it would be rude to say, “really? A $10 bear from Wal-Mart? Dumb.” Now that I am reflecting back on these memorable moments I remember a time when I was dating this guy, and we were watching a movie on Valentines Day.. admittedly, The Notebook, and he asked me what kind of ring I wanted and how I wanted to wear my hair when I get married.

I of course ended things immediately. Such futuristic talk sent me reeling… off the couch, into my car, and to a very safe place. I think that’s the reason I don’t like the holiday. I don’t want to think about marriage, hypothetical children, or having to make dinner every night… Maybe I just attract stage 5 clingers…. which would make my love life make total sense.

I find it hard to look at this from a public relations standpoint because I would never sell greeting cards, but if I did I would make them say exactly what people mean when they buy such frivolous presents. For example:

A card from a nice young fellow to his girlfriend should read: “Happy Valentines Day!” (on the front) Then you open it and it says, “I hope you loved your flowers and chocolate…. Now can we have sex?” “P.S. I Love You”

A card like that doesn’t require public relations. Sex sells.

http://yasminehorton.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/generation-ys-weapon-of-choice/#comment-87

Although the upside to having various social media mediums may seem endless, I still think that it discredits the public relations practitioner that actually has an education in public relations. Any one can get on the internet and call themselves a “public relations specialist.” Maybe it should be our job to keep thinks in check, but I think it’s sad that we live in a time where we can’t trust anything anyone says unless they have the source in their hands.

I admit it, I love facebook and I get on it all of the time… even when I mean to check my e-mail for school, but I also have great respect for the (hand) written word. We have entered an era of continuous technological advances, and for the most part, we have left print  behind. Things are always changing and evolving, but it is important to always remember the basics when it comes to working in the world of public relations. This goes back to our ethics and our understanding of the lines of communication that exist between practitioners and their public’s. Whether you are targeting your public’s through press releases or twitter, there is still a level of precision and accuracy that should be held to the highest esteem.

I’m never going to work in a job that requires me to update that companies social media. It’s just not me. But I understand its purpose and I understand that at a certain point in time, I will become my mother and every aspect of technology will be a trial of my patients and a test of my comprehension… truth be told, I’m O.K. with that because I will know how to communicate without a computer screen or extra extra smart phone and my hypothetical children will not. #IWIN

“AHH I forgot about The Help. It was an awesome movie. I cried… and if that ever happens then it was definitely a good movie, or a really emotional time in my life. Fun factoid about that movie: I saw it with my mom and ran into the GROOVEESSS and Anna. Don’t worry we did sit together, and Mrs. Groover cried for days.”

2. LaurenJC: http://laurenjc.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/book-vs-movie/#comments

“I honestly died laughing the entire time I read this. And I don’t think just anyone is that funny. But I agree about Harry Potter. I love to read and I tried to open one of those books and I hated every second of it. I would rather read a research paper. I agree with Ryan’s comment, The Hunger Games is a really good book… and I hear the other ones are pretty good too.”

I believe that it is an extremely hard task to make a great book into a good movie. Personally, if I have  read the book I will definitely go see the movie, but if I see the movie before I read the book, I usually will not read it… This may seem weird, but I like to imagine my own version of the characters. If I see the movie before reading the book, I only have the actors impersonation of the character in my mind (and that’s no fun).

There are only four movies that I think are great adaptations of the novels. And here they are:

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

3. The Road by Cormack McCarthy

4. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Some honorable mentions:

1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

2. Eat. Pray. Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

I have found that I remember the book more than I remember the movie, but lets be real… everyone loves a good movie… especially anything with Brad Pitt… naked I might add.

Because we are a closing in on the end of our time at GSU (sad) Here is a really awesome book that I think you guys should read (if you haven’t already) It is called the Alchemist and it’s basically about following your dreams, and as Paulo Coelho put it, ” it’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“OHHHH. I want to go bungee jumping too! One of my friends jumped off of a bridge in Africa. She said it was almost an 800 foot fall. Let’s do it.”

2. Sarah Dixon

http://bellag1.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/hope-my-time-doesnt-come-for-a-while/#comments

“I agree that we should live our lives with a certain amount of spontaneity. Things that make us extremely happy aren’t always things that we have planned for, or even moments that we thought could occur in our lifetime. I think getting an adrenaline rush when you had no idea it was going to happen makes the experience even more awesome than you could have imagined.”

1. Bungee jump off an extremely tall building or bridge.      

2. Step foot in all 50 states.

3. Travel to Greece

3. Spend time in Ireland

4. Travel anywhere in South America

5. Meet Oprah and DIane Sawyer at the same time. (they are both equally awesome, but the more the merrier. And it’s two birds with one stone)

6. Go skydiving again, this time by myself

7.  Take a road trip to California

8. Get a precious golden retriever

…and that’s really all I can think of right now. It’s 6:40 a.m…. It’s hard to be really innovative at such an hour.