The Goal.

The goal is to have a job by August 31st! I'm applying to one job a day until I am hired.

Draw Your Life.

Today I marathon watched a TON of Jenna Marbles videos, because you know, she's awesome and I haven't actually watched any of her videos in like forever. I came across this one. It was really cute at first. She kept going back to this reoccurring feeling of "Sad Jenna" and not knowing what to do with her. The more I kept watching, the more I realized I could relate. I don't know what I'm doing....

My plan had been to graduate college at 21 and be in a Ph. D. program by now....but that didn't happen. Life got in the way. And here I am at 23 and I've finally finished my bachelors and I'll be working on a Master's really soon.

I moved to Houston because I thought this is where I wanted to be. But now I don't think it is....I want to see more of the world. Live somewhere outside of Texas for awhile.

I quit my job recently so I could focus on doing something more closely related to my master's degree, which is in French. But where the eff am I going to work in Houston and speak French?

I don't know where I am heading. And neither did Jenna Marbles when she made this video, and now look at her. She's pretty popular. I think the whole Youtube thing worked out for her. She just kept doing what she loved because it made her happy.

There was one part of the video that really spoke to me. "You have to be confused in life in order to grow". So maybe I'm confused and I don't know where I am going, but maybe that means I'm on the right track. Maybe I'll have more things figured out as time goes on. Or maybe not, at least I'm growing.

Political Consequences.

Photo by Erik Madigan Heck for THE NEW YORKER. Found here. 

BEFORE READING: The purpose of this post is not to offend anyone. If any of the information is in correct please feel free to post a comment and I will correct it right away.

As a freshmen in college I was asked to write a research paper. This is typical of the college experience, of course, but while my classmates were writing about abortion or illegal immigration (all very hot topics) I chose to write about the political consequences of Marie Antoinette's dress. I found this marvelous book, written by Caroline Weber and was so enchanted with it that I decided to write an entire 12 page paper on it.

I return to this topic now as it is relevant more than ever. If you're unfamiliar with the image below you can read about it here. 

"[The] response from a number of our Jewish followers was truly alarming. Although we understand the visceral reaction, we were shocked to see women immediately pit themselves against us, accusing us of being insensitive, putting our business above morals and threatening to 'unfollow' and need purchase from us again-effectively 'copying' the way of Israel/Jewish haters by boycotting a beautiful, holy Jewish business!"

Essentially this young woman, Summer Albarcha  (click her name to get a sneak peak of her Instagram account, it's totally worth it!) is of a different religion than the shop owners and the majority of the customers at Mimu-Maxi. So why the big fuss? 

For decades the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been raging. The newest conflict is between Israel and Hamas. The woman in the photograph above is Islamic. The Hamas are a Palestinian Sunni Islamic organization that has been marked as a terrorist organization by Israel and a number of Western states, including the United States. The mot popular customers to Mimu-Maxi are orthodox Jews. Israel is a nation mostly comprised of orthodox Jews. Thus the controversy. 

While this young woman is not wearing this skirt, as far as I am aware, to make some sort of political statement, I write about it because of the backlash the company and her have endured for simply putting on an article of clothing. We live in a world where every bit of our lives can be monitored by people from around the world. We share our lives on Instagram, Tumblr, blogs, Facebook, etc. We then have to read the positive or hateful messages that our photos incite. 

When can we stop the hate?

Quotes.

A Fourth of July Celebration

Last Thursday my boyfriend and I packed up our little dog and drove nearly 7 hours through Texas to his hometown in the desert. We spent the weekend with friends and family. I never wanted it to end.

A couple of instagram snaps from the weekend.

It was about midnight when we finally arrived at his parents house. We slept in late. The next day I had tacos for breakfast, because nothing says freedom like Mexican food. They were delicious! Later on we had hamburgers and chicken and ice cream. I spent a lot of the weekend over at the campus hanging out with friends still in college. We played volleyball and bbq'd. So much sand and sun! I finally got a little tan though :]

#TruthBomb

Some times when I wake up I don't feel like going to work, and then I get to work and see those kids faces and I fall for my job. I'm doing it for the love.

The Cut.

Short Hair.

So I cut off a few inches of my hair today. Afterwards, I searched the internet for a great video on how to curl my newly chopped short hair. Check out this awesome video I found over at Essie Button! Isn't her hair adorable?

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING

And listen to electro swing! 

You're welcome.

A Little Do It Yourself.

I recently, about a month ago, moved into my first apartment post undergrad. So that means I'm renting and with that comes a land of beige and white walls laminate floor entrance, bathroom, and kitchen, and greige carpet throughout. I started doing little improvements here and there to help make the place more unique and more mine. Here take a look!

This are was a bland wall with a weird diamond shape thing near the bottom right corner. I don't know what purpose served but it was weird. I was in Target one day and saw some older maps from 2012 and purchased those along with the two world maps. I think total it was about $20. All I did was tape the sheets to the wall after ripping them from their book, a 2012 Road Atlas. I tried to flatten out the folded maps as best I could, but I think the lines give it character. I also didn't bother to add paper behind them, even though they are about an inch away from the wall on both sides.

This project would probably be really awesome with either magazine covers, ads, or really old Nat Geo maps.

Really simple project! I bought wrapping paper from Marshall's, about $3 a roll, and taped them to the back of my bookshelf.

This is one of the more pricey things I've done. I bought stick on wall paper from Target and printed masking tape. The wall paper was $30 and I think the tape was about $3. I did end up with a little bit left over on the wall paper, not sure what to do with it yet. This one was pretty hard, mostly because of the door handle and that I didn't have an exacto knife. I also just eyeballed everything. This was the first project I did. I really like the printed masking tape I lined the door inside with, adds a nice pop of color.

I have a few other projects in the works, like a dresser and revamping the kitchen. More pictures to come!

My First Year

This article over at NYTimes is so cool! Go check it out! 

College "kids" when they first enter college and at the end of that first year. Such cool photos! 

Missing

Ever have that feeling? I'm finally pursuing my two passions and yet there is something missing....I can't put my finger on it. 

Juice Kick

I've never been one for drinking really anything. When I was a kid, we always had sweet tea and kool aid that we made nearly every day. I grew up on that stuff and that was pretty much the only fluids I drank, except maybe a quick sip from a fountain after track practice. But now that I'm an adult and waaay less active, I've realized I really don't drink enough of anything for my body, and never really have.

I've officially made it my own personal get healthy goal to consume more water, juices, fluids. A few days ago I started drinking V8's for the first time in my life, they are tasty! Yesterday, I purchased some juice, Tropicana Orange and Pineapple, which I've been downing a glass every few hours. I make sure to drink at least one drink in the morning, one at lunch, one at dinner, and one right before bed (this one is kinda tough though because pretty often I have to wake up in the middle of the night to pee).

What am I hoping to get out of this? Honestly, to get rid of my horrible, painful, cystic acne. I'll keep y'all posted on how my journey goes.

Where This One Goes....

The place I call home. 

I've been away from the blogging scene for awhile now. I'm hoping to return to it. I'm not sure entirely what this blog will be about. Maybe kind of like a diary or something. I limited my last blog and I think I got bored with it. I want this one to be different and better. More unlimited. I guess we will see where this one goes....