"I'm in love alright, with my crazy beautiful life"

I will graduate in 105 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes, and 24 seconds.  "When I grow up" no longer applies to me.  I am grown up...even though I've topped out at a towering 5 feet 2 inches in height!  When I was three years old, my mom drove me to church for my first day of preschool.  Before she could park the car I sternly informed her that I could walk in by myself.  I haven't found an anecdote that sums me up better than that.  I am twenty one years old and hail from the gorgeous lakeside town of Hendersonville, Tennessee.  I have lived in the same house my entire life.  My brother and I were born in the same hospital room four years apart.   With a last name like Pekarsky, everyone knows who you are.  My momma is from Los Angeles, California and my dad is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hence my obsession with the SIX-BURGH Steelers.  I was raised in the south.  I say my A's like a northern Yankee and my "y'all"s like Scarlett O'Hara and I can out talk any boy when it comes to sports.  I will run my first 13.1 mile half marathon in April.  To quote a John Mayer lyric, "I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for."

I am an Advertising major with double minors in business and psychology.  I will graduate "on time" (in just four years) and today that is a rarity.  After graduation I will pack up my little life and either move back to Nashville or to Charleston, South Carolina, where I plan to work for a top advertising agency in media planning.  My current internship as Social Media Manager for Rent the Runway has peaked my attention toward the areas of social media and brand marketing.  I've always considered myself an obsessive planner, but you know what they say, "We make plans, God laughs".  I have no idea where my future professional life may take me.  The only thing I know for sure is that checking the Charleston beach weather on my phone app gets me through those long afternoon lectures.

I am absolutely thrilled to be in Advertising 490 Social Media during my final semester at the University of Tennessee.  I had never blogged until this past August when I took control of the Tumblr account for Rent the Runway at UTK.  I may be a rookie in the blogosphere but plan to throw myself headlong into this blog and make it the best it can be.  My goal is to combine my interests and experience in sports, travel, and celebrities with social media news to keep the blog fresh, fun, and entertaining.  I plan to keep the blog going long after graduation as a great way to keep everyone from home updated on my big girl life in the big girl world of advertising.  Look out world, here I come!