First day of blogging

Ok well I have finally done it! I created a blog! I have one year left of college and I know that soon those 500 business cards I ordered are going to need to be recycled because I will no longer have access to Chelsey.Hood@Quinnipiac.edu and so I have created my new "grown-up" email address; CHood214@gmail.com, which by the way I am not sure I like yet and truthfully I would like to find the owner of the Chelsey.Hood@Gmail.com address because that one would be much better, at least until I get married.

So here is my first blog. Professors here say in almost every class I take that blogging is important and that we should all have one, so now I do. I'm not really sure what I want to talk about in my blog yet, so I thought I would just start by introducing myself. But now I am wondering to who am I introducing myself to? Will anyone even read this? I am not much of a read of blogs thus far in my life but perhaps I should read some to get some ideas. Most that I have seen looked like just responses to news clips that I saw on Yahoo! this morning. I do a lot of responding in classes, perhaps I'll just use my blog to vent and brainstorm?

So about me...my name is Chelsey Hood and I am a junior at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT and a life time resident of East Haddam, CT. I am a public relations major with a minor in political science. I have narrowed my education down to this: I study public relations for the skills it teaches me about communication but I study politics because it is my passion. My passion for politics, I think has been a part of me for longer than I realize, but it really grew during President Obama's campaign. I guess that puts me in a boat with a whole bunch of other college aged people who became inspired by Obama. My curiosity of the world of politics led me to take some PO classes and even to a three week trip in Washington DC this past January where I did the tourist thing with my mom before joining my classmates for a 10 day intensive seminar where I heard from and visited various speakers who included political figures and journalism icons. The trip ended with the inauguration, which was the most incredible experience. People ask me all the time what was it like, but all I can say is amazing. It's hard to put into words the feelings I had, and those I didn't because it was so cold, but honestly it was just amazing. This trip to Washington gave me, what my professor called, Potomac Fever, and I just can't wait to graduate and move down to DC. As hard as it might be to leave home next year, the time I spent in Washington gave me that intense feeling that it is where I am meant to be for the rest of my life.

Now that I'm back, and the spring semester is coming to a close everything I have done since that trip has been working towards building a future in Washington. This semester I have been a legislative intern for the Connecticut General Assembly, working for State Senator Meyer's office. This internship has again increased my love of politics and has taught me so much about how a career in politics might look for me after school. I have also just accepted an offer to intern with Senator Christopher Dodd this summer in his district office, which I am REALLY excited about!!

so...how did I do? Are you bored to death? I hope not. This was my first attempt at a blog and hopefully someone will read it...more to come in the future. Find me on Twitter Chood214