Two of my favorite artists are...

Salvador Dali

Andy Warhol

While in Spain, going to the Salvador Dali museum is a must. While it is crowed with people, it truly is a remarkable experience. Paintings come alive. His pieces fascinate. 

The Rules of Text Messaging

I have always wondered what is proper when it comes to text messaging. More importantly, if someone texts you during the night, while you are sleeping, are you suppose to respond in the morning? Isn't it too late? What if it is during the week, and not on Friday or Saturday night?Should you respond?

Lastly, someone number I did not know texted me today about how they were just leaving Dallas and needed those 4 hours of sleep. I responded, "Who is this?" I knew they had the wrong number -- was I suppose to leave them hanging?

On Your Birthday, Buy Yourself Gifts

I believe that you should shower yourself with gifts all the time, but especially when it is your birthday. My birthday was on Tuesday, so I went out and bought myself a fabulous gift. I bought these House of Harlow sunglasses. They are just what I needed! Nordstom now carries Nichole Richie's line, and every piece of jewelry is to die for! Check it out her stuff if you have not done so already!

Somewhat True Story.

So some of the below may not be completely true. But I definitely like expensive, generally unhealthy things. And most things are not impossible. You just have to set you mind to it, and have the available resources to accomplish it. (I hope at least).

Here. 

To get a master's?

I have been thinking more and more about going back to get my master's degree. I still do not know what I want to do with my life, but there is no better time than the present to get it. I am not in a committed relationship. I do not have to worry about anyone or anything besides myself.

I keep debating what to get it in. What am I truly passionate about? What is going to be the best return on investment? Who knows?

Should I quit my job and focus solely on the master's, or should I just take night classes?

Someone, anyone give me the answers!!

Holiday Season

The Holiday Season is about giving. So why do we make lists of what we want? Should we start making lists of what we want to give? If you made a list of what you want to give, what would it look like? Should giving be focused around material items? Or can we give hope, love and inspiration?

This is just my thought of the day.

Growing Up & The People Who Teach Us Life's Lessons

I truly believe that children need to be apart of some competitive team growing up. Personally, by being on different teams, whether it was Odyssey of the Mind in elementary school or sports team throughout school, there was potential to learn many different lessons. And I learned my lessons. And, often times it was the coaches who provided these lessons.

"Be a team." "Pass the ball to the open person, don't be selfish." "You will have to work together to get your desired results." "Don't be late, or you are running laps."

By participating in teams at such a young age, and learning how to interact with people who are different from you is a challenge. However, for the rest of your life you are going to be challenged  by a team. In school, you are put into groups for projects. In work, you work within a group or department to get things done. Your coach becomes your teacher, and your boss by instructing you on what to do. Basically, the team culture is all around. It is the way we operate businesses.

But who are these people who are teaching us our life lessons at a young age? Who are these people who are telling us how to act, how to be? Who are these people who are teaching us work ethic? Often times, children will admire their coaches. Their coaches can do no wrong.

Over the course of my experiences with coaches, I have come to find that coaches do indeed do wrong. They are not doing wrong in the gym, but in their personal lives. They strive to teach us how to be, how to act, and how to live, yet they seem to have not figured it out yet. It is devastating to know that people you spend so much time with, and look up to are scumbags. People who told you not to steal, go and steal. People who tell you that you need to trust one another, go and break that trust.

I am not really sure where I was going with this blog post....so I will have to finish it later.

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Oh yea, that half marathon...

training and idea is dead. Who has the energy to work out after a long day in their cube? Not I.


I'll work on it.

LinkedIn? Or just another way for people to keep tabs on me....

LinkedIn.com is a great tool in order to market yourself to potential employers. You can make connections with past/current employers. These individuals can write reviews of your work, and your capabilities. You can browse job listings. It is wonderful when used appropriately.

I have found myself in limbo when it comes to making "connections." This isn't Facebook, nor is it Twitter. It is strictly for professional use. I want potential employers to be able to take me seriously. With that being said, should one go about accepting every LinkedIn connection, or should your be choosey? What if someone who wants to connect with you doesn't have to best track record? Will I be put in a group with them? I want to connect with people who are going to help me, or is maybe mutually beneficial. Yes, this is selfish, but isn't that what the 'real world' is about? Isn't every (wo)man for themselves?

Today, I helped an old Professor out with her dissertation. She kept asking me questions about what I thought about the work place, what I wanted from it, and how I would define being successful. I hope that as soon as I am immersed within the work place I uphold my hard working capabilities. I also hope that I get promoted by staying ethically correct. I certainly hope I am not one of those assholes who takes credit for things they have not done. I also hope I make strong LinkedIn connections, and that I am not left in 'limbo,' because of how someone feels about me.

Am I out of line to even be doing this? Is it even worth it?

Eleanor Roosevelt

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences."


"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life" 


"Do what you feel in your hear to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." 


"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

To.Be.Considered...

How to be a minimalist:

Stop buying unnecessary things.

Toss half your stuff, learn contentedness.

Reduce half again.

List 4 essential things in your life,

stop doing non-essential things.

Do these essentials first each day, clear distractions

focus on each moment.

Let go of attachment to doing, having more.

Fall in love with less.

Leo Babauta @ mnmlist

My First Post

(Taken from Postsecret.com: I'd rather be a housewife and worry about what's for dinner...than finish my degree and worry I chose the wrong profession).

I am graduating in May, and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I am graduating with a degree in Public Relations, but more and more I realize that it is not what I want to. I want to find a job so I do not have to live in my parents basement. My brother never had to, and if I have to I will feel like I have failed myself.