Countdown with Caitlin Carroll – Live From My Garden August 17, 2009

Exactly one week from today, I start my first full load of college courses, and exactly one month from today, I celebrate my 18th birthday.  It’s funny how these monumental deadlines line up.  For this, I blame the stars; they challenge me.  The stars have challenged me to do something.  Well stars, I accept!  Something I shall do!  Part of that something, I am sure of it, is figuring out just what that something is.  I know there are plenty of things I should could, and want to be doing, including cleaning my room, reassuring my friends that I do know they exist, and learning to make a better cookie, but I think  I will start with updating my blog.

It has been a while since I have given an update on what is going on with school, life and driving.  It has been too long, because some wonderful things have happened.  I have my learners permit, I obtained a summer job, I picked what school I’m going to, and – drum role please- started and completed a college class!  I chose Forsyth Technical Community College, and at this school I took English-111.  I got an A in the class!  To further clarify, I, Caitlin Carroll, have a 4.0!  I am so proud!

Now, I need to get hopping on cleaning my room, spending time with my most wonderful friends, and making that cookie.

Nordstrom Leaks Touched And Untouched Photos May 12, 2009

Fallow the link and click on the first photo of the purple bikini. Watching her hip, click on the next one.

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3009222/0~2376776~2374327~6023298~6023301?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6023301&P=1

If this fails I may be posting the before and after photos.

An Interview With Poorna Dharmasri April 28, 2009

You blog, I blog, we all blog.  Everybody blogs [poops?]

I couldn’t help myself, though it does fit! I have interviewed a fellow blogger and dear friend, Poorna Dharmasri of bloodredsky.wordpress.com.

Poorna writes about life with a twist.  He tells glorified and twisted tales.  Some are fiction, and some are otherwise.  Poorna and I both have the potential to talk a lot.  The product, a 33 minute interview.  Thus, I have broken it up.

In part 1 we began our disscusion about our blogs, Duck Tape, anime, and the many uses for the word ‘trip’.

bloodredsky.wordpress.com

A Caitlin Carroll Interview with Eamon Carroll April 7, 2009

I’m trying something new.  I am going to start doing interviews with people.  People like my friends and family, and business owners and politicians.  I am under the impression that everyone has a story.  Everyone has a place they came from and an opinion.  So, I am going to find that story.

I am going to do these interviews once a week.  I have the next two lined up, but if you have an idea  for someone I can talk to, like a business owner or someone who has witnessed something, or something then do tell!

This week I have interviewed a film maker, who happens to be my brother, Eamon Carroll.  Enjoy!

My College Plans Are This – Live From UNCG March 31, 2009

I am currently at UNCG, sitting outside in amazing weather.  It’s making me think about college.  I’m so exited!  Though my plans have really changed.  The plan was, and had been since August that I would be going to Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale Culinary Institute in the Fall.  But, a list of things that would get in the way have shown themselves.  One being that I really don‘t think I’ll be ready to be living that far from my family at that point in time.  It’s scary!  Sure, people my age do it all the time, but that I doesn’t me it’s a good idea, and it definitely doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for me.
So, what I am going to do is go to community college for about a year.  And after that, I can go to culinary school.  I have yet to decide which community collage I want to go to, but it will ether be GTCC or Forsyth Tech.  At one of these schools I will be taking general college classes.  Culinary school will not require general college, but business school will.  After culinary school I will very likely be going to one college or another to get a business degree.  With that, I can eventually start my own business.

This is all very open to change, considering my plans, just since August, have changed many time.  All with very good reason.
I am so ready for this.

Happy 18th Birthday Sarah!!! March 14, 2009

I hope your birthday has been amazing!  You are my best friend!  Love you!

Your BFFEEEE

-Caitlin

P.S.

“Snake Frame!!!”

Driving – An Update February 3, 2009

I totally just drove, and totally didn’t kill anything.  Life is good.  I did toally hear from my teacher “you got pretty close to that mail box” and totally thought “what mailbox?”.  But other then that, and some other stuff, I did pretty well.

Driving February 3, 2009

I am about to start driving, literally, my instructor will be here in about 30 minutes. I am nervous, but that’s okay. It will all be just fine. Fine. Fine.
I learned something yesterday, that made me feel a little better in an odd sort of way. Kate Nash, an awesome musician, is, I’m pretty sure 20 years old. And she failed her driving test because she can’t turn around a corner. So that fact that I’m 17, and still can’t drive, seems like much less of a big deal.
Guys, wish me luck.

A New Adminstration, A New Begining January 25, 2009

May I have the balls to say, I was not a huge fan of Barack Obama, but thus far, I am impressed.  I am impressed that he is closing Gitmo, and that he has set the timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq.  Really, I am impressed that he has held up his end of the bargain, that he has, thus far, done what he said he was going to do.
I have been frustrated with people, talking about him like he is the second coming.  Like if he is elected, then all will be right with the world. Man, how good would it feel if that was true, but it’s not, and it never will be. President Barack Obama is just a man, a politician. We can not as American people, relax, and put all of our trust in him, turning our back on the economic crisis at hand. He is just a man, and just the president, he can not fix everything.

Please, understand that I love my country, and that I know that you do, too.  But when you love something, you have to fight for it, you have to fix it, because you can never replace something that you love.  More importantly, you can never replace your home.  Not the house you live in, or even the place you where you were born, but where you grew up;  where you learned to share your toys, where the culture is that raised you.   I love my country, and so you do you, so please, do what you can to help make it a better place.

So in conclusion, I have work for you to do.  It is incredibly important, but incredibly easy.  What I want all of you to do is this; hold the door open for people.  Then once you have mastered this, say please and thank you.   That’s it.  The people will appreciate it, and be able to get through their day a little easier.  They will likely do the same, for someone else, further spreading the love…further making American a happier place.

Thank you so much for reading this.  And thank you, President Barack Obama for doing what you have done.

Happy New Year! So, what happens next? January 2, 2009

The coming year will be a year like no other. This year will be the scariest, and most epic year, thus far, in my life. The main things I have to do this year are:
1. Make sure that I am fully and legally graduated (how that has gone, I will explain later)
2. Get a job
3. Buy a car
4. Start College

and last, and most important thing *Inhale*

5. NOT FLUNK OUT!!!!

I am, I’m sure like so many people my age, scared that I am going to fail at college. Fail at being on my own. Fail at my job, and my dreams. I am scared that I will fail in general.
But I have to remind myself that fear is a natural feeling, and should be treated as such. When you have an itch, you scratch it.  When you miss your friends, you go and see them.  And if your hand hurts, and you check it, and you cut your hand open, what do you do? You take care of it and make the pain go away!  So what am I going to do?  I am going to brush up on my math, learn to better handle my time, and what ever else I can do to make me a better student in patisserie and baking!

*Exhale*

But, let me empathize something: I am a very lucky person.  I have a warm bed at night, and food in my belly.  My parents are wonderful supportive people, and I think the only murder in my neighbourhood is a murder of Crows.