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Lauren Allan

More rain

by Lauren Allan on November 16, 2009

After the week of rain at the convention, I came home today to what, you ask? More rain, of course.

Looking back, I learned a lot this week. I wish that I still had years left on the yearbook staff, but sadly I have only one more semester.

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Mass chaos

by Lauren Allan on November 14, 2009

I have to say, being away from home makes you appreciate the little things. It also makes you crazy. The hour-long lines for breakfast, lunch and dinner; the immensely crowded hallways, the endless rain… it’s all stuff I could live without.

Friday, I went to a class that, I thought, was going to be about team bonding. It ended up being about how to get good quotes. I guess it pays to read the class descriptions.

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Dear Diary from JEA/NSPA

by Lauren Allan on November 13, 2009

Today was definitely an interesting start to the convention.

We started out the trip by agreeing to sleep in until 1 p.m. Thursday morning, since we did not have tours until 1:30 — We woke up at 6 a.m.. After killing a few hours just being lazy, my three roommates and I decided it was time for a Starbucks run. We were told at first that it was only a block away, then two. It ended up being six. No big deal.

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