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As the semester is coming to an end, I decided I should do one last Famous Last Words post regarding my work in this class this semester. My storybook was about Alice in Wonderland incorporating Public Relations components (my major). At the beginning of the semester, I was overwhelmed with the amount of ideas I had for this subject. As time went on, I realized the storybook took much more planning than I expected. I just wrote my last story, "Power of True." My stories incorporated cell phones in Wonderland (WonderPhones), the importance of reputation management and the credibility that comes with telling the truth. All three of these themes are relevant in the PR world today. We’re getting to that point in the semester where everything is picking up and the end of the semester is in sight. In this class, you need 410 points to receive an A in the class. After I finish this blog post, I will be at 412 points! I’m very proud of myself for getting so ahead in this...

Once upon a time, there were two twin brothers. One was named Mr. Fox and the other was Mr. Faux. The two looked identical, but were very, very different. Mr. Fox had all the smarts: he was brave, rich and successful. Mr. Faux was not so lucky. He was manipulative, cold-hearted and lonely. Mr. Fox tried to help Mr. Faux to acquire some of his valued characteristics, but Mr. Faux did not want to be like his twin brother. Instead, he enjoyed the dark, lonely world he lived in. Mr. Fox fell in love with a woman named Lady Mary, and he did not want Mary to ever find out about his brother. This was easy to do, as the two didn't cross paths much. In fact, the only place where you could find Mr. Faux was in the family castle. Mr. Fox and Lady Mary planned to get married. Mr. Fox wondered if he should tell Lady Mary about his brother, but decided against it. After all, they didn't hang out much and she might be frightened off if she knows the dark truth about his brother. So, M...

In this story, Lady Mary is a womanizer whom many loved. She had lots of lovers, but she loved Mr. Fox the most. Lady Mary wanted to marry Mr Fox, because she loved him the most and because he was brave and rich. He wanted to marry her, too. Mr Fox told Mary they should live in his castle, but Mary had never seen the castle. When Mr Fox was out of town before the wedding, Mary went to investigate his castle. She found it with a gate that tells her to "be bold," outside of it, but no one was there. As she kept walking, the words progressed in the halls and galleries stating: Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, Lest that your heart's blood should run cold. Mary was brave, so she continued to be bold. She eventually opened a door and found a handful of beautiful young ladies all stained with blood. She realized what had been happening and quickly ran out, only to see Mr Fox dragging another beautiful woman from the gate to the door. Lady Mary hid, and watched Mr Fox ...

In this story, an old woman found a crooked sixpence and wanted to buy a little pig for it. She went to the market and found a pig, but the pig wouldn't go over the stile. The woman asked many other animals to help get the pig to cross it, but none would. After asking a series of items and animals, the old woman asked a cat to participate in a domino-type event where each object she previously asked would force the next to help the pig get over the stile. The cat told the woman she needed milk from the cow, and if she could get that she would begin the series of events to get the pig over the stile. The old woman went and fetched the milk, and then brought the milk to the cat. The cat kept her word and did as she said, and the domino effect took place, making the woman and pig able to get home that night. This reading was somewhat repetitive - I wondered if it'd ever have an ending. If I retold this story, I'd like to do it to where the cat asks the woman for something ...