How Many College Students....

Does it take to make a vending machine work? 

That is the question on my mind right now and I sit at the beginning of my second hour of a terrible class. 

All I wanted to make this class more bearable was a small bag of Lay's potato chips. 

When we got our ten minute recess, myself and several students made a beeline to the row of vending machine steps from our classroom door. We beat the 2:20 rush to the front of the line! 

I swipe my card expecting to press a few buttons and be rewarded with the salty crunch of those golden chips when I hear a loud beep.

My ID card that contains my dining account did not work. 

I swipe again believing that it was just a one time malfunction. Just as it was my luck, the card didn't work a second time. 

Not wanting to hold up the line with my temperamental card, I move aside and my friend Jack steps up the the plate. He tells me that he will select the bag of Lay's for me.

He swipes his card and.........he is declined as well. 

Okay, maybe it's just that particular machine. We go to another one hoping beyond hope that we can get the not-so-nourishing nourishment that we need to complete the second hour of class. 

I swipe my card and get the same result. Jack swipes his card and gets yet again the same result. 

As we look around every student using their ID card to buy those snacks that make it possible for us to pay attention is having a problem with the vending machines. 

After five minutes of pushing buttons with 10 other students, none of us could figure out the problem nor a solution. 

We walk back to class at 2:27 with our hands devoid of snacks, our stomachs rumbling, and our spirits crushed. 

And all I wanted was a bag of Lay's potato chips. 

-Shawnee Smith

Watching Deadpool Opening Weekend

My boyfriend is obsessed with Deadpool. He is so obsessed that he didn't want any kind of spoilers before he saw the movie. Literally every time we went to see a movie and there was a trailer for Deadpool, he would cover his eyes and ears, and proceed to leave the theater. I kid you not. 

Being a good girlfriend, I thought it would be a great early Valentines day gift to buy him tickets to see the new movie on the first Friday night. I would have done Thursday, the very first day with showings, but he had a midterm the next morning.

This was my experience (and review) of watching Deadpool the Friday night of opening weekend. 

One thing I was quite astonished about was that there was a line queuing up more than an hour before the movie started. My boyfriend and I got there 45 minutes early and we were about half way down the line. A guy in our dorm seeing the movie in the same theater as us said he got there about 15 minutes earlier than us and he STILL wasn't at the front of the line. 

These are some dedicated people willing to wait an hour plus to get seats to watch Deadpool. When the floodgates were finally released, people were literally RUNNING to the good seats. It was chaos. 

Then twenty minutes later, the movie started. 

From the very beginning of the movie I was laughing my ass off. I LOVED IT. You could tell just from the opening credits that everyone involved with the creative process had a sense of humor and thoroughly enjoyed working on the film.

I have found that typically it is hard for a movie to be genuinely funny from beginning to end, especially one that has so much action in it. But I give credit to the writers and to Ryan Reynolds for bringing such a sarcastic asshole to the big screen. 

Not only was the humor good, but the plot line was decent and the characters were all present. There was not one "throw away character" in my opinion. Each character had something important to do and the actors brought that drive to life. 

One of my personal favorite characters was the Blind Lady, aptly named Blind Al, who Wade stays with while on his revenge crusade. She is played by Leslie Uggams, and she is amazing.

I highly recommend seeing Deadpool sometime. Every single person that I have talked to, no matter what their taste in movies, has only had good things to say. 

It was definitely worth showing up 45 minutes early in order to wait in a line and then rush to good seats just to see a move that is a little under two hours long. I don't regret a single minute of my Deadpool experience.

-Shawnee Smith

*I do not own any of the photos on this blog post.

Watching 'The Bachelor' In My Dorm Lounge

As you might have guessed, as I am going to college away from home, I live in a dorm. Most of the people I share a floor with are amazing people. We have gone on some incredible adventures together and created some friendships that I know will last a long time.

Tonight, I was just sitting in the lounge, doing some homework that is due later in the week, when several girls (and a few boys I might add) came into the lounge tonight to watch the new episode of The Bachelor.

I had nothing else better to do so I sat down and watched with them. We got snacks, ordered pizza, and snuggled up with our blankets ready to watch an hour long cry fest over a (attractive) man.

Here are my thoughts. 

(Mind you, I have never watched an episode of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette before tonight.)

First, who thought this was a good idea for a television show? Because whoever it was obviously knows what entertaining TV truly is.

I was engrossed within the first few minutes when all these women were gaining up one girl (Olivia I have learned her name is)! Based on the flashbacks, this girl is a piece of work.

But at least the girl that started the coup did not get sent home. I respect this woman from Las Vegas, Nevada for speaking her mind.

As the rose ceremony was going on each girl (and guy) in the lounge let out a sigh of relief each time their favorite was given a rose. And we also commented on their outfits and hair styles, because hey, we're girls (and guys!) and we're shallow.

Okay now these chicks get to go to the Bahamas?! Just for being on a show to group date a guy? If I wasn't in a committed relationship, I would say SIGN ME UP.

So a girl (a fan favorite in my dorm) got the one-on-one date. Now every one of the girls on the show is complaining that they haven't gotten a date. All I want to do is yell at them and say "who cares"!

DAMN THEY KISSING! Get it dude! And he's hella grabbing that upper thigh! Scandalous.

And cut to someone crying over the guy whose name I still don't know after 20ish minutes. Because this show would not be complete without someone crying over not getting date with him.

During a commercial break my friend Natalie said that they should make a gay bachelor and a lesbian bachelorette. I would watch the hell out of both of those.

Did this girl just say that she loves him? And now she's retracting it saying that she's not ready to completely fall in love with someone?

And of course they would leave Olivia and the one that ratted on her to the two-on-one date. What has my life come to that I am excited to see that?

Here we have the deep and emotional conversation. The first words out of my friend Deej's mouth is "oh my gosh, so corny".

Right now is where I wish I had some alcohol. I'm sure there is a Bachelor drinking game hidden on the web somewhere.

And name-I-don't-know-guy gave Caila (the one-on-one) a rose. How sweet. Like we didn't see that coming.

I just found out that this thing might be two hours long. I did not sign up for this to be THAT long. I was expecting an hour...

Back sweat and sun burn. Just what every girl wants in a guy. 

PIGGIES!!!!!

This feeding the pigs montage is quality entertainment. 

WHY WOULD YOU QUIT YOUR JOB TO BE ON THIS SHOW? Seriously, one of the girls actually just said that she quit her job to be on a reality group dating show.

You guys, he bleeped. He got bleeped the [bleep] out. 

Okay these pigs casually in the background are cracking me up. 

And I can't take this anymore. I know what happens because of Facebook spoilers. So goodbye bitchy Olivia. 

And thank you to the fifty minutes (just about all I could stand) of hilarious entertainment, ABC. 

-Shawnee Smith
*I do not own any of the photos in this post.

Introduction!

Hello! 

My name is Shawnee Smith, I am a 21 year old Junior at a major University in Seattle, Washington. 

I am currently enrolled in the English major which explains my obsession over books and all bookish things. (I took some of my senior photos with a book for crying out loud.) 

I also have an unhealthy obsession with TV, movies, music, and musicals. 

Basically anything entertainment related is something that I love. 

I am also obsessed with Soccer. I am an avid supporter of my home team, the Seattle Sounders. Just take a look at my latest family photo. 

I also love to go out and experience the world. 

This blog will be all over the place in terms of content. However, if you have chosen to read and subscribe, know that I will try my hardest to post regularly and about different topics. 

If that sounds interesting to you, subscribe! 

-Shawnee Smith