The Princess & the Blog: January 2013

The Host

What if everything was taken from you in the blink of an eye? I just finished a really great book and I thought I would share. I had a few friends recommend this book called The Host. Interestingly enough the author is Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight Series. And yes, I read all of the Twilight books and absolutely loved them. Now the movies on the other hand... haha Anyways. I decided I would give this new book a chance.

The Host is an epic story in which an alien race comes and takes over Earth and all its inhabitants. These aliens called "Souls" have come to Earth to inhabit the bodies of humans and erase their memory. Almost all the humans on Earth have been inhabited by these "Souls". Melanie Stryder is one of the remaining humans. She eventually gets caught by Seekers, the Souls hunting down the few remaining humans. A soul named Wanderer then gets implanted into Melanie. The interesting thing is that Melanie keeps fighting and her presence is very much alive, even with the Soul inhabiting her body. The book is about Melanie fighting to break free, and the relationship that develops between her and the Soul inhabiting her body.

It ended up being a really great book! I definitely recommend it. Also, it is going to be a movie this March. I'm already really looking forward to seeing it :) Check out the trailer!

Until next time,

XOXOXO

JacyLane

Last Semester in Aggieland

Last week I started my very last semester as an undergraduate student at Texas A&M University. Wow. Pretty crazy. I can't believe that I have completed seven semesters here, and this is my last one. I still have my acceptance letter that I got in January 2009. I remember signing up for my New Student Conference, for Fish Camp, and getting ready to back my bags and start a new chapter of my life. That was almost four years ago. I still can't wrap my head around that. College has been an incredible experience. I've learned so much and had so many new and exciting experiences. I know that sounds super cliche but I really have grown as a person. And now this is my very last semester!! In fact I graduate in... 108 days lol. Crazy right?

This semester shouldn't be too terrible. I'm only taking eleven hours: a psychology, sociology, and political science class. I've been dreading taking this class haha. I saved it for the very end. Its a pretty big class.. over 300 people, mostly freshmen. (unfortunately haha). I'm also taking two kinesiology classes for fun. One of them in particular is amazing. I'm taking ballroom dancing! How cool is that?! If you know me, you know that I absolutely love dancing (in all forms). Today was our first day of actual dancing. So far so good! I'm also getting to meet a lot of really interesting people :) I think it'll be a good class. I'm not too worried for this semester. I just have to tackle a 25-30 page research paper for my sociology class. Yup, be jealous.

Here's to a wonderful last semester in Aggieland.

Until next time,

xoxoxo
JacyLane

KTB Formal

I've noticed that I have really been slacking in writing here lol So I'm going to catch you up a little bit! At the end of last semester I had my fourth and final Formal for my sorority. An excuse to dress up and go dancing? I'm in! It was a pretty fun night with my friends and sorority sisters. I was on the social committee so I had the opportunity to help plan and decorate for the dance. (Nothing new to me. In high school as a cheerleader, I helped plan Homecoming every year lol) I asked my good friend Justin to come with me, and I'm lucky enough that one of my roommates is in the same sorority! It was a great night! :)

Here's some pictures!