Seven Titles Gone With One Delete

As most of you may already know, three days ago, October 22, Lance Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles. From what I read, the U.S. Anti-doping Agency (USADA) report said Armstrong and his previous teams used steroids; blood booster EPO and blood transfusions. The report also included statements given by 11 of Armstrong's former teammates who all testified against Armstrong. 

Lance Armstrong 

I have been following this story for a while now and once I read this I instantly thought, "I need to blog about this...but how can I from a social media aspect?" After doing some research, I found my answer. 

I began researching different stories about Lance Armstrong's social media accounts, and I found that as of late Monday night, Armstrong's bio on all of his social media accounts, which included his seven Tour de France titles. 

On Monday, his Twitter account read as such: 

"Father of 5 amazing kids, 7-time Tour de France winner, full time cancer fighter, part time triathlete."

On Tuesday, it read like this: 

"Raising my five kids. Fighting Cancer. Swim, bike, run and golf whenever I can." 

His description change on Twitter isn't the only action his Twitter has been getting. On October 17th, Armstrong announced to his followers that he was stepping down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer-awareness charity he created. 

But wait...I am not done yet. 

As of Monday morning (when I last looked at his page), he had over 3,800,000 followers. Today, he only has 3,791,718 and the number seems to go down every time I look at his profile. 

Not only did his reputation take a huge hit, his Twitter account seems to be getting hit hard too.


My take on the issue:

Was what Lance Armstrong did wrong? Of course it was wrong and he should have gotten stripped of his titles. However, I don't think we should look at Armstrong negatively just because of this. He fought Stage 3 cancer and I still consider him a hero regardless. 



What do you think of this scandal? Share your thoughts with me! 


You can find Lance Armstrong's Twitter here! 

Tour de France medals 

The Pumpkin Lady

Boo! 

With Halloween drawing very near, I have been on a total Halloween frenzy! I have made pumpkin cookies, eaten spider-sprinkle donuts, and visited over three pumpkin patches. I think it is safe to say that I am on a definitely a little bit of a Halloween nut. 

The other day, I decided I was going to carve a pumpkin all by myself. You may laugh and ask yourself, "what do you mean all by yourself?" I am not joking when I say I have never actually carved a pumpkin completely by myself before. I have always had someone help me (or do most of it). When I was little, I loved the look of pumpkins but I didn't really like the gooey mess inside of them. Now, I am obsessed with the gooey mess and I wish I could carve pumpkins all day every day. 

After carving this pumpkin, I decided to go online and search for more pumpkin carving designs--and boy, I found some I am going to try! I found a website called, "The Pumpkin Lady", and I already bookmarked it to my Internet so it will always pop up whenever I get on. 

Out of the many pumpkin designs, these are the ones I am trying this weekend at my grandparents' house (which means off to another pumpkin patch!). 

1. Numbskull Pattern 

2. Boo Crew Pattern

3. Hallowords Pattern 

These are my top three favorite categories of patterns that I plan on completing this weekend. Does anyone want me to carve a pumpkin for them? I am seriously good at it! 

If you are curious as to what these patterns actually mean, you can visit the Pumpkin Lady website! 

Pumpkins (the one on the left is my creation)

You Are What You Post

Facebook. People use it for several reasons--connecting with friends, keeping up with family, and collecting their pictures from their awesome adventures. 

Facebook can be a great social media outlet--and sometimes not so great. I always thought my profile was clean and proper, but I got quite a reality check a couple of weeks ago when a professor brought up the topic of "clean profiles" and employment. I quickly figured out that my profile was far from "clean". 

I am currently a senior and looking into employment opportunities for my future so I paid close attention to what things employees look at:

1. Pictures

2. Posts (statuses, wall posts, etc.)

3. Profile information (marital status, likes, etc.) 

Guess what three things I messed up on? ALL THREE. I guess what I thought was "okay" wasn't exactly "employment friendly." 

My advice to you would be to look through all of your tagged pictures, privacy settings, older and recent posts, and your user profile. It is really important to showcase yourself in the best light at all times. After all, you are trying to market yourselves to these companies. 

Your personality reflects what your profile says. 

Just be sure to look through your profile and privacy settings and make sure your profile is user-friendly.

What precautions do you take to ensure your profile reflects you in the best light?