Happy October!

Children's Books

This

is Elizabeth. One of my childhood heroes, and the inspiration for my favorite Halloween costume of all time. She was one of the first to show the power that a woman possesses, and that you don't need a man to be happy...sometimes you're much better off without them.

This

is Fanny. My mom used to read her story to me when I was little. She taught me that the glitz and glam of an easy life shouldn't blind you from the simple things in life. A quiet farmhouse filled with love and laughter beats out a fancy party at the Mayor's house any day.

And, finally, this (as you well know)

is Harry. I spent countless nights hiding under the covers with a flashlight to finish his books. He was the main focus of many summer days; surprise tickets to his first movie is one of my favorite childhood memories.

The point in introducing these fictional friends is to express the joy that I am currently experiencing in the acquisition of my new job. Starting Monday, I'm going to be moving from the Receiving Department to the Children's Book Department of the Bookstore. YAY!

These friends helped to shape the person that I am and the incredible, if overactive, imagination that I have. Over the years of adding nieces and nephews to the family, I have been able to share those friendships with the small people that co-own my heart. Helping to spread the imagination that these characters, and many like them, is an awesome thing, and now I'll be paid for it!

I can't wait to start this job. I'll let you know how it goes!

Girl's Night Out!

Hey, ladies! I just wanted to let you all know about this AWESOME pamper night! This Saturday, May 22, Mary Kay is hosting a Girl's Night Out party. They have reserved the Los Hermanos restaurant on Center Street. It's just $15 per person from 6:30-8:30 and it includes appetizers, a massage, an eyebrow wax and a facial. All for just $15!! It's an amazing deal, and it's going to be SO much fun! If you're interested in coming, send me a text to let me know by Friday the 21st at 2:00 PM so that I can make sure that they have enough resources for everyone!

I hope to see you there!!

Mind My Own Business

It's true! I have started my new business in Mary Kay Cosmetics! And the fact that my finals will officially be over tomorrow (WOOHOO!) I will officially be in full swing on Wednesday. I'm UBER excited about it, already have a bunch of orders to place, and two weeks full of facials to do.

If anyone is interested in a facial, let me know. They're AMAZING. I forgot how much I love Mary Kay products.

Anyway. That's my big news as of late, and since I've been caught up with school for the last two months, I figured I'd post something, despite its shortness.

PS Yay for summer!! Goodbye, snow!

Closet Nerd

It's been a while since I last posted, and there is a reason for that. It's because I knew that, inevitably, this post was going to have to come out. It is a confession. One I have been swallowing back for many a day now.

I am a closet nerd.

Think of something you think is nerdy and I probably like it. I have been sucked into shows from the nineties that I swore to myself I would never watch. Shows with ridiculously named people wearing ridiculous things while they perform ridiculous tasks.

And I like it.

My friend K, who came out of the nerd closet (or perhaps was never really in there to begin with) has introduced me to my nerdy side. The side that watches reruns of Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Hey, don't judge.) The side that reads (I'm dying here, people) fan fiction. If you don't know what that is...good for you. The side that carries around her journal everywhere making lists of things she wants to do before she dies and events in history she wishes she had been present for.

And I like it.

For many months...if not years...I have been exploring this nerdy side. The side that, really, I always had but whose existence I emphatically denied. I assured myself that I was really cool because I still love to read classical literature and watch Bones (I would marry David Boreanaz if he asked. I'm just sayin.) and Grey's Anatomy. You know, the "cool" shows. I still love to play the piano and sing. That makes me cool, right?

And then THAT came crashing down around me too. Classical literature? Isn't the first basic sign of a nerd other than the wearing of glasses the fact that you have your nose stuck in a book 24/7? And TV? That's just one step above video games! (Although seriously, people. DAVID BOREANAZ. You can't blame me.) And yes, I WAS in four choirs my senior year of high school, thank you very much. They don't call us choir nerds because we're cool.

But the more I think of it? The more I love it. I'm unique. I can reference quotes that the majority of the world's population has never heard of. And that's cool to me. I can defend to the death that Austen's Mr. Darcy is worlds above Gaskell's Mr. Thornton. And that makes me feel intelligent. And I can sing (well...I COULD sing) higher than anyone in my dorm building my freshman year of college. Awesome.

I always admire people who embrace themselves for who they are, regardless of the opinions of others. And I'm trying this new thing where I try to do that too.

So yes. I am officially coming out of the nerd closet. I'm sayin' that I'm a nerd.

And I'm sayin' that I am proud of it.

Nerdy Girls

This was shown to me by a friend and it gave me a giggle, so I thought I'd pass it along.

http://theparkbencher.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-meet-and-woo-nerdy-girl.html

Enjoy!

Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem...

...here I come! Well, hopefully.

Everyone cross your fingers that my attempt for the Jerusalem Spring/Summer study abroad works out!!