Author Archives: ljthom

End of the Semester Stresses

Posted on April 14, 2014 by ljthom

‘Twas the week before finals, when all through the campus, not a professor was relaxing, not even a student.

Not quite yet are students around campus packing up their backpacks for their summer plans, two more weeks of spring semester …

Posted in Education, Entertainment, General | Comments Off

No.1 New York Times Bestseller, “The Fault in Our Stars” written by John Green, to become a movie this summer

Posted on April 7, 2014 by ljthom

Readers of the book “The Fault in Our Stars” everywhere will be heading to the movie theatres on June 6, 2014 for the anticipated film directed by Josh Boone.

The book is about a 16-year-old girl named Hazel Grace who …

Posted in Entertainment, General | Comments Off

Things I Noticed While Waiting in Line for Eight Hours at Universal Knights 2014

Posted on March 31, 2014 by ljthom

Time passes when you’re waiting in line. Thank goodness I had my friends to chat with during the hour-long waits for almost every ride. I noticed quite a few things about my fellow UCF Knights, but I will just share …

Posted in General | Comments Off

7 Things We Wish To Have In College

Posted on March 24, 2014 by ljthom

1. Money. The stereotypical item most college students lack. We lack these because of trying to pay for necessities: school, apartment, food or car. Or we just spend our money on the wrong things: more food, concerts and stupid trinkets …

Posted in Education, Entertainment, General | Tagged college | Comments Off

10 Entertaining and Affordable Ways to Have Fun in College

Posted on March 14, 2014 by ljthom

Spring Break just passed and you’re still looking for something fun to do that is not involving the schoolwork your professors gave you weeks in advance? Take a breather college students. I have a few cheap and fun ideas to …

Posted in General | Comments Off

Ellen DeGeneres’ Hosting Performance at the 2014 Academy Awards Show

Posted on March 10, 2014 by ljthom

Hilarious, straightforward and care free are all words describing Ellen DeGeneres’ hosting performance on Sunday March 2.

This was her second time hosting the award show in seven years and she stirred quite a buzz.

One of my favorite jokes …

Posted in Entertainment | Comments Off

Traveling is Good For the Soul

Posted on February 23, 2014 by ljthom

Growing up, I had many opportunities provided for me to travel. It was instilled in my brain, that if you don’t travel outside your comfortable range, no growth would happen in your life.

For the past five years, I have …

Posted in Education, General | Tagged Travel | Comments Off

10 Questions College Students Ask Themselves Daily

Posted on February 16, 2014 by ljthom

1. Why can’t I go to sleep before 2AM? The cycle casually starts when tweeting, texting, catching up on television shows around 10PM then, BAM its 3AM right before you have an exam five hours later. Which then leads to …

Posted in Education, Entertainment, General | Comments Off

Justin Bieber’s Unfavorable Life in the Spotlight

Posted on February 4, 2014 by ljthom

It is a gift to have the freedom to write a blog post for this class about anything I would like. As a college student, we don’t always have the privilege to be able to write about anything on our …

Posted in Entertainment | Comments Off

Lost in Translation Over Social Media

Posted on February 3, 2014 by ljthom

Here in the year 2014, there are more means of communication now than ever before. Mostly through computers and wireless devices.
How many ways to communicate are necessary in this day in age? I’m not proud of it, but I …