this little concrete jungle.

Hello Friends! I am officially here in my "new home"... and guess what?! I AM LOVING IT. It has been such a wonderful 2.5 days already and I am feeling more reassured every day that this is exactly where I am supposed to be... So I thought I would give you a little rundown of what my life has looked like this week. It has been quite the big girl week for me.  After crying for the good majority of Tuesday evening, I flew out on Wednesday at noon for what proved to be an EPIC little airplane adventure.  I not only saw Houston and New York but also Chicago and Cleveland... it was a long day.  Wednesday evening concluded with Katie getting me at the airport and sushi in Williamsburg.  It was a great first evening and it was chilly.  These past two days have mainly been filled with sending my resume to everyone and anyone that I can think of... even a lady that I met on the airplane.  Yes, I ended up sitting next to a recruiter on my flight. Fingers crossed that a job comes my way soon! 

I have made a two week job deadline for myself.  I am determined to be employed by February.  I am also getting some insight into the FADER world.  I came to work with Katie today to stay busy and job hunt.  It has been very insightful and I have loved the marketing department here as well.  In other news, I cannot wait to catch up with people this weekend and see my other nyc friends.  I have gotten many "welcome home" texts and "glad to be your neighbor again" messages from sweet little new yorkers! I am so excited to be here.  Cannot wait for things to really get lined up.

Love you guys. Thanks for the prayers. 

new year. new calendar

via etsy.

resolutions

I am hesitant to make resolutions for myself.  I cant remember ever sticking to any of them... but then again, I havent ever written them down for the world to read. So I have compiled a list of things that I would really like to change. Most of them are things that I have been meaning to work on for the past year or two or longer... So here we go-  I want to warn you that most of these things are not lofty or heavy on my heart. They are simply things that I would like to do better, but dont get me wrong- some of them will be very difficult*.

1. Lessen my coke intake {meaning the soft drink}. I am not going to say give them up but that would be the ideal end goal.

2. Learn to workout. I simply do not know how to run/jog. I bought the stretchy pants but they have not helped.

3. Write more hand written letters to my friends and family. Name one person that does not love snail mail? 

4. Get over facebook already. Its shameful. Not acceptable. 

5. Make my own coffee and hence save four dollars a day.  I have a ridiculous affair going on with starbucks and vanilla lattes. Or maybe its with caffeine in general? I love tea too. 

6. Visit the touristy places in NY. why not? 

nat

who doesnt love her?

a million miles in a thousand years

"I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to get married, wanting to have kids and change the way people buy office supplies. But they get into the middle and discover it was harder than they thought and they can’t see the distant shore anymore and they wonder if their paddling is moving them forward. None of the trees behind them are getting smaller and none of the trees ahead are getting bigger. They take it out on their wife, on their husband, they go looking for an easier story.

Robert McKee put his coffee cup down and leaned onto the podium. He put his hand on his forehead and wiped his grey hair back. He said you have to go there, you know. You have to take your character to the place where they just can’t take it anymore. He looked at us with a tenderness we hadn’t seen in him before. You’ve been there, haven’t you? You’ve been out on the ledge. The marriage is over now, the dream is over now, nothing good can come from this. He got louder.Writing a story isn’t about making your peaceful fantasies come true.The whole point of the story is the character arc. You didn’t think joy could change a person, did you? Joy is what you feel when the conflict is over. But it’s conflict that changes a person. He was shouting now. You put your characters through hell. You put them through hell. That’s the only way we change. "

**  A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller.

two thousand & ten

this past week, i spent about 5 days in dallas with most of my

best friends... i have decided to call it my "tour de tejas"

since the main point of it was to say my goodbyes...

we ventured to victory park in freezing temperatures,

survived some creepers looking for a NYE kiss

and spent a lot of time with the karaoke machine.

friends- i love you. happy 2010!

one year down...

my little blog and myself have officially made it to ONE YEAR.

i cant believe that i have been rambling for over a year now.

some days i hate this thing- i think about deleting it.

and some days i love it... so for now, i will keep on going...

heres to 2010- may you be a little more eventful...