So I decided to go shopping after lunch, because I was supposed to run out and I’m almost never that way, so I decided to take advantage of a few coupons that I had. First up, was one of my favorite stores – Express. They had a new scent that I just fell in love …
Category: Life
Personal motto right there.
Winning Choices.
Winning Choices is a character education program in Montgomery County public schools. If you know anything about my volunteer experiences while a student at Virginia Tech, you would know that I really enjoy volunteering with elementary school-age children and being an example for them in their everyday lives as well as helping them academically. Yesterday, …
#jcamp12
This week, I’m doing a camp, as a counselor, for something called jCamp. The J stands for journalism. It’s a pretty popular journalism camp for students all over the place, from Virginia and Maryland I believe, and they are actually pretty awesome. We bring the students here and they have the opportunity to learn about …
Things like this make my job worth it in SO many ways.
Here’s an e-mail a student sent me after coming to my Admissions Information Session yesterday. WIN. Hey Justin, I don’t know if you remember me or not but my parents were asking about architecture and industrial design after your presentation this afternoon. First of all I would like to commend you on the first interesting …
Identifying as disabled.
Whenever I can, I try to be an advocate for individuals with disabilities. This weekend, I’m involved in a summer camp/conference that’s being hosted on Tech’s campus. In year’s past, it’s been my week to get away to Blacksburg in the middle of a long summer in Washington D.C. working for Homeland Security, and it …
I’m 21. But whatever. I’m almost 22.
You know, it’s somewhat surprisingly often that I meet a person that changes my life. One of those people was Kristin. Without being too mushy, gushy, and gross, she is one person that I’ve known for about four years running now, that has challenged me more in the past 2 of those years, than anyone …
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
I’m really into food. And as a result of being in Blacksburg for the first time without a student meal plan, I’ve had to take an alternative route in order to supply my body with loving nourishment. So I decided to take up cooking this summer – trying a ton of new recipes, and replicating …