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December, 2012

  1. New York Trip Round Two

    December 10, 2012 by Taylor Kantner

    About a week ago, my friends and I spontaneously decided to take a trip to New York. We stayed at one of my friends houses in north Jersey and went to the city for the day on Saturday. It was the first day of December and we couldn’t wait to see the tree. My friend, Cory, being the most excited since she’s from Arkansas and never had seen the tree in person before. She wouldn’t let us go see it until it got dark out, so the rest of the day we we spent at Madame Tussauds wax museum, Times Square  and the Hard Rock Cafe. By the time it got dark, we were all so excited to see the tree! Even me when I’ve seen it almost every year. Rockefeller Center was crazy busy at the time we went to go to the tree. It was busier than it ever had been when I had gone before. Nonetheless we all got to see the breathtakingly beautiful tree and even witnessed two proposals down on the ice rink. The day was perfect and I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to spend it with.  I also loved how great it turned out despite the fact that it was so spontaneous. I think sometimes we all need to just do something unplanned and spontaneous. It was such a great fun-filled day with some of my best friends. We were able to get away from the stress of finals approaching and I think it was just what we needed.

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  2. Black Friday Madness

    December 10, 2012 by Taylor Kantner

     I’ve probably only ever been out on Black Friday once or twice, but this year I decided to go again. I’m not the kind of person that gets thrilled by going out in the rush of people and waiting in line for hours, but for some reason I wanted to experience it again. My sister was actually the one that got me to go. She’s 11 and doesn’t really understand that’s it’s not really as exciting as it seems from the commercials on TV. So I was the one that was chosen to take her. This year Target opened at 9pm on Thankgiving, so I took my sister after everyone had left our house for Thanksgiving dinner and we hit up all the great sales at Target. It was so crazy in the store, but surprisingly I kind of understood why people would want to go black friday shopping. The deals are great and people could get some great Christmas presents at great prices. On the other hand, the line was not so great. It wrapped around the aisles of about half the store and moved in the shape of a snake. By the time we got to the cashier it had been an hour, we had stood in line for an hour. Surprisingly, it didn’t seem like that long so it wasn’t as bad. I have realized from this year’s Black Friday experience that I’d be just as happy staying home and avoiding all the holiday shopping madness that goes on and I think my sister has learned the same, but I guess we’ll see next year.

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  3. Become a Part of Something Big

    December 10, 2012 by Taylor Kantner

    I knew I wanted to be involved in THON this year at Penn State. It’s one of the reasons I chose Penn State in the first place. It also helped that I came to visit the campus during THON this past year. It looked amazing and was held for a great cause that I knew I wanted to be a part of from the moment I stepped into the BJC. Luckily for me, I found an amazing organization that has welcomed me in like family, which is exactly what it stands for. If you’ve ever watched Lilo and Stitch, Ohana means family and that’s exactly what it is. We each are put in families and hang out and work together to fund raise for the kids! For the first time this November I was able to go canning. I had always seen it before driving around in my home town and now I actually got to be one of the students standing at an intersection collecting money from stopped cars. Even though it was freezing and I had to wake up at 6 am on Saturday and Sunday, I had the best time. I felt so motivated to get out there and collect money for a great cause, especially at 6am on the weekend I would generally not feel so motivated about anything. Of course, there were those occasional comments on what has happened in the past year at Penn State, but I just had to remind myself why I was out there in the first place. At the end of the weekend, we raised a lot of money for the kids and couldn’t have felt any better about it. It was such a great experience and something I felt so good about because I knew we were making a difference for a lot of kids. I’m so happy I found some way to get involved and I couldn’t be happier.

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