The beach near my parent’s house is filthy. I’ve been down there twice this summer and I could hardly walk in the sand because of all the trash. There were so many different things littered along the way that I couldn’t keep track of it all. There were plastic bottles, but more plastic bottle caps. [...]
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Cleaning the Beach
Posted in Life on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
AMC Mad Men Casting Call
Posted in Life on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I have a life. And it only goes in one direction. Forward.” – Don Draper AMC is having a casting call to win a walk on role in the show Mad Men. When stopping in to Banana Republic, ask about the Mad Men Casting Call and the sales associate will provide a casting call entry [...]
Chicago
Posted in Life on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When most people hear ‘Chicago’, they’ll immediately think of one of three things: Chicago, Illinois, Chicago the band, or Chicago the Musical. When I hear the word, I think of my mom’s dog, respectively named, Chicago. Here’s some cute pictures of him. He traveled from Tennessee all the way to Wisconsin and found his place [...]
Failed
Posted in Facebook, Fail, tagged Facebook on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October 14, 2009 EPIC FAIL I gave in to activating my Facebook account yesterday. Peer pressure is just not a good thing. After spending two months without it I still don’t feel the need to be on it. I think I just needed a good amount of time away to prove to myself that it [...]
10 years
Posted in Plan, tagged 10 Year Life Plan on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Move out of Wisconsin Be financially stable Go skydiving Start and finish a Master’s degree
The Most Important Thing You Must Consider…
Posted in Life, tagged Introspection on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was walking home from a personal essay writing workshop while walking in the direction of the setting sun. With the change in time the sun sets later and it seems to set longer. My walk home seemed longer when someone, who I didn’t even notice out of the corner of my eye because the [...]
Afternoon Joy Ride
Posted in Life, tagged Introspection on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the first break in the spring weather, I am anxiously awaiting a bus home from work. I am on the corner watching the cars pass by with each stop and go light change. As the bus pulls up, a few of the other riders step up to the curb. I get in line. As [...]
Happiness
Posted in Life, tagged Happiness, Introspection on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To find happiness we must realize our strengths. We have to use our strengths to find more fulfillment. The more generous acts we complete we can acquire higher sensations of contentment. Flow, a widely recognized psychological state, is the total absorption that occurs when a person is involved in an activity. When one identifies his/her [...]
My Life as a Hypocrite
Posted in Life, tagged Introspection on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was born May 18, 1987 into a family with a practicing Catholic father and a non-practicing Lutheran mother. My father raised my sister and I Catholic. We attended St. Rita from pre-school until eighth grade. On Wednesday s we went to mass with our class and then on Sundays we went to mass with [...]
