Rainy Saturday

Today started off somewhat hopeful... I looked outside, it was cloudy and over cast and decided to take Mookie out and then go back to sleep since that little bugger likes to wake me up so early.  I slept until 9:30 which was pretty impressive for me and then did some research online about Austin.  Low and behold I came across the coolest Master's Program EVER!  Its a MBA in Digital Media Management out of St. Edward's University in Austin!  It seems AMAZING and I will be going off to Barnes and Noble either right now, or in the morning to purchase the Gmat study guide.  Figures, I missed the deadline for 2010, but am even that more determined to get accepted for 2011.  It's a 2 year program and includes everything I am interested in and is my passion!  Sweet!  Now moving on to the rest of the day, I joined Colin on a trip to Whole Foods after stuffing our faces at Chop and Wok in Scottsdale.  I love Whole Foods and could literally spend hours in the store, but its just so expensive- I mean I remember when I would shop at Whole Foods in L.A. and Smartwater would cost only .99.  Now its up to $1.75.  Complete crap I tell you.  I guess I'm getting old in my ripe age of 24... just waiting for those comments to soon come out like "when I was your age..."  oh boy.  Any who, after our Whole Foods jaunt we pit stopped at Target (pronounced tar-jeyyy) and galavanted through there! Picked up a few office supplies to prep my resume and get some hard copies ready for SXSW.  Got home, and at this point I was ready to pass out.  I've been fighting Pharyngitis for the past few days, and with my Pharyngitis also comes a lovely ear infection type thing (not as severe as your normal ear infection, but enough that its causing me to get dizzy when I look up or move too quickly).  Stupid pharyngitis, which is causing me to miss snowboarding tomorrow, unless I feel great in the morning and decide to get my ass in gear and go... we will see.  The rest of the night has consisted of Mookie and I playing with his bear, while watching lovely and classy television- see 16 and pregnant (which I hope they show in schools).  I raided Colin's movie collection and am now watching one of my all time fave's, Maverick.  I loved this movie growing up and would watch it with my Dad whenever it was on TBS.  Another one I need to see is City Slickers.  I'm determined to rent that soon.  Hopefully I will start to feel better tomorrow and the dizziness will have subsided.  Other than that if you feel like watching Maverick, let me know!

Thursday

Happy Thursday!

So I spent today attempting to get better from my Pharyngitis.  Aka throat and ear infection combination.  I feel like I could sleep till next Thursday, but there are too many things on my to do list before I can do that!  

Mookie and I have been playing, he is teething so everything is a bite not a love nibble.  Hes so funny and currently eating one of my TOMs shoes :(  Not good! I aam fully stocked up on my magazines: national geographic, Oprah, and Real Simple, and last night watched Season 3 of Big Love.  Tonight I'm thinking 500 days of summer finally.  Hopefully it will happen!

Ill blog more when I have some more energy.

So I finally got around...

So I finally got around to posting some pictures of my life the past few months.  If you're my FB friend then you can view them, but here is my favorite one of the Mookie Monster:

He's Pretty Darn Cute if you ask me.  So I finally got around to painting my ikea cabinet, however I haven't gotten around to posting pictures or taking them rather, so I will get on that hopefully this weekend.  Speaking of this weekend its going to be AMAZING!  Let me tell you why:
On Saturday it is Jacks Mannequin Day!  They are playing at the Marquee Theatre with the band Fun.  Nate from the Format's new band.  I'm excited to see Fun.  but even more excited to see JM!  Ahhh :)  Its been too long.  Also, Shaina comes home from her amazing trip to Ghana.  I'm so excited to hear all her stories and share all her pictures!  Its going to be super cool!


This morning I got some awesome news.  As most of you know I am heading to ATX in March to work at SXSW, the big music and film conference and festival.  Its going to be awesome.  One of the Crew's I am scheduled to work on is the Austin Music Awards- which is the very last day of SXSW.  I will be helping organize all the bands/performers/celebrities!  I'm so excited!  This is a special crew where you are chosen to participate in!  Yay!  Finally things are turning around!  I'm hoping this trip is valuable and that I get the most out of it as possible.  Also, I hope to get some answers to some of my questions...  Good times!  Anyways, I hope all you lovers have a good weekend, and if you are single and ready to mingle like I am, just have fun and be your awesome self!  

Saturday

Hey Sass-a-frass!  Today was a super long day.  I didn't sleep very well last night because I had a little friend snuggling with me (his name is Mookie) who woke me up this morning at 6.  When I saw the sad, early, signs of day light my first thought was WTF?  Then I realized that the tiny one was crawling on my face saying "im hungry".  Fair enough.  So all in all, Mookie ate his breakfast, and shortly thereafter he was back in his house (his house being his crate because I am attempting to crate train...but was too lazy to walk the 50 steps to do so last night) and I went back to bed.  The worst part of doing that is, when you wake up for reals (ready to start your day) you are thrown off and think  "is it really 9:00 or did I accidentally touch snooze and/or changed my alarm in the middle of the night?" which I have done before.  I also have answered the phone when I was dead asleep, apparently had a conversation, and then threw the phone across the room.  Not surprised?  Ask my former roomie at reelreviewsfromanamateurcritic.blogspot.com  she will tell you the truth accordingly.  Today I worked at Celebrations In Paper and put my craftyness to the test and worked on a beautiful wedding invitation.  The work that the girls come up with is truely amazing and beautiful!  I can't wait to have my wedding invitations made by them (at the rate I'm going I will probably be about 55- so hello COUGARVILLE)  I had a fun day and stayed busy.  Still have yet to purchase my supplies to revamp my Ikea cabinet, but hopefully will do that in the morning before heading off to work while rooting for the SAINTS!  


Happy Superbowl Weekend friends


eat some ruffles and sour cream and onion dip for me :) 

2010

Hello! It's been a while! I guess you could say I took a bit of a hiatus from the blogger world, but don't worry kids- I'M BACK! Its been busy past few months, with work, the Parents moving to Northern California, the holidays, January brought me some good luck and a new little friend in my life named Mookie (pictures will follow), as things are slowly settling, I decided to take a web design course and further my knowledge of the HTML lifestyle.

Thanks to a good friend who is my trusted computer resource, though we tend to differ on the mac vs. pc debate (once you go mac you never go back) I still like him and he knows his ish. The plan behind taking this course is to establish a personal website, one that would be the ultimate contact for my resume, as well as a place to have my blog, about me, and such so that when I venture off to the big city of Austin, TX, I could use my site to promote myself and my goals. So far so good, but I'm just in the process of scouting domain names and web hosting sites. The people in my course are all ages, it's been great to see Baby Boomer's interested in learning the html code and establishing their own websites for either their businesses or their grand kids. That being said, I am enjoying learning something new and expanding my brain a little bit more.

On to the next subject, Mookie. Mookie is an adorable 10 week old Shih Tzu trouble maker boy who is darling, my new child (one of many future child "pets" because I ain't having babies- sorry Mom! you can rent a kid). When my parents moved, they took my "brother" Grizzly Bear with him. Grizzly is 2, a Shih Tzu as well, and has the longest eye lashes and softest fur in the whole world. He brightens up my Moms day and loves his new lifestyle in Carmel, CA (tough...I know, you could say hes retired). So after Christmas, I decided to play Santa for myself and get Mookie. He is a firecracker. His temperament is similar to Grizzly's and its fun to watch a tiny one view the world! Right now he is crawling on my giant Euro pillow on my bed looking for something to sink his teeth into. He's fun, a handful, but totally worth it.

Today my friend Em and I ventured off to Ikea after work (since not only are we friends but we are also coworkers) to get ideas and a snack. Low and behold, I found in the "As Is" section a sweet ass bookshelf, that I will be painting the beautiful, bright, and happy color of .... YOU GUESSED IT... ORANGE!!! The plan is to make it antique-y looking and have some pizazz! Ill eventually use it as a TV stand for when I finally get my own place, but right now I'm excited to have my little crafty side at work. Ill probably be up at 6 am tomorrow to run to Home Depot (i love that store) and get supplies and paint! So if you want to join me on a fun filled project, you are more than welcome! Don't worry I'll post before and after photos- I won't leave you hanging!

I think this is all I have to say for tonight. I think I'm going to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding and reminisce about my college trip to Greece... now only to plan my next adventure with Mookie in my backpack.

I dont have a witty title today

The Road Less Traveled.

I've decided that the above phrase is the way I want to live my life. I don't like following the crowd, instead I would rather do my own thing and create my own road. The process of discovery is difficult, rewarding, and long. Is it too late to start a new years resolution? I've had an acoustic guitar for a few years now, and have decided that I will look into taking guitar lessons again. So if anyone can recommend a good guitar teacher, I would really appreciate it. I have also enjoyed using this blog as a creative writing outlet. Maybe writing is my calling, just like one of my favorite bloggers turned author Jennifer Lancaster- if you have never read "Bitter is the new black" you must go pick it up. Its hysterical, warming and extremely laugh your ass off funny. I'm known for simultaneously reading multiple books... currently I'm reading 48 Days To The Work You Love, its a Christian based guide to encouraging you to follow your dreams and offers many great tips to include in your resume and to state that you are "between opportunities" when you are looking for a job. I just love the positive aspect of that, because it doesn't make you feel bad about things especially if they aren't working out the way that you want them to. I definitely recommend the book if you are in between opportunities, ready to graduate, or just need a pick me up. I'm also reading Jane Green's "Dune Road", I love her book "Jemima J" its a brit chick lit book, but this one is different than her other ones...so far so good, and is romantic and mysterious. Another good book especially for a rainy day. Other than that, I don't have much else to say and apologize for the post being so boring. I feel that I am getting back on track, and am hoping that it continues positively along the road less traveled carved out especially for me :)

Peace Through Music

Last night I attended the U2 concert in Phoenix. It. Was. AMAZING! Totally expected to be blown away just like when I saw them back in 2001 during the Elevation Tour. That being said, we all know how involved Bono and the rest of his side kicks are in supporting peaceful activities around the world. After all, he started the One campaign, and the (Red) movement with big companies such as Gap, Hallmark, etc.. to fundraise anti retro viral drugs to over 3 million Africans in need of the drug to help with the AIDS/HIV virus. If you have never checked out the ONE campaign, I suggest you do so here: http://www.one.org

In continuing the support of peace, Bono informed the audience of Aung San Suu Kyi, the 64 year old woman who has been under house arrest for about 20 years in Burma. She was a major proponent for the Democracy Movement and was elected in 1990, however the Burmese Military never allowed her to take office, and instead placed her in detention under house arrest. The government has given her the option to visit her Sons in the UK, however if she leaves Burma, she will be denied return access. A thought that is devastating, and has prevented her from seeing her family in years. Her sons are denied visa's to enter the country and visit her. Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 because of her struggle with democracy through non violent methods. She embodies peace. What makes me so irate about this, is that she is Peace. She is a perfect example of leading a movement peacefully, and I believe this is why she is refusing to leave her country, to make a statement. While many world leaders have requested she be released, the Burmese Military refuses and ignores those demands. It is sad that she is being persecuted for her peaceful actions. This brings up one of the many codes to live by "treat others, as you would like to be treated". Remember this code to live by, and do it with a smile on your face. If we all become a little more knowledgeable about wordly matters such as Suu Kyi's story, I think we will be more proactive in promoting peace especially through music.

In conclusion, I just wanted to thank my Friends and Family for their prayers and support the last week. I am on my path to finding myself. Having your support means a lot.

Peace- Britni