Pipe Dreams

Sometimes, I wish I could devote all my time and money to looking fashionable and studying the latest trends. Except when I get older and wrinkly, I doubt that wold be on the forefront of my mind. If I had unlimited youth, I would totally go into fashion; I love it so much. It's like my secret obsession. It shows in my avid consumption of magazines and jewelry. And, of course, the obsession with lookbook.

What would you do with one unlimited resource?

The Real World

Soooooooo

I got a job!
The job on campus I interviewed for worked out, so now I am back on campus. Living with three other girls in an apartment. But they're all seniors and have known each other since freshman year, so I feel a little outta the loop. I'm not a very talkative person around new people, so I hope this gets a lil better.

Anyways, I'm all unpacked and everything! And, tomorrow morning at nine, I begin training for work.

Alright, well to sleep so i can be awake and alert and retain all the info tomorrow!
Have a good night!

So Cute and Cuddly!

The best part is at :23

The perfect holiday

A road trip up the east coast. During the school year so there aren't many tourists. Hitting lots of beaches and cute little shops and boutiques. We'll have to find beaches that no one knows about, or that are at least not so well-known to the general public. That way, it is actually relaxing to be on a beach. We could stay at little bed and breakfasts, or just sleep in the car-I have no problem with that. Oh and can't forget to bring change, we'll definitely be needing to do laundry. Make-up and hairdryers and straighteners: off limits...okay maybe the mascara can come. And definitely all the cds you can find. Music is a must. Other than that, pack lightly, because we are limited on space. However, you will need something for shells, you know you'll want to pick some up no matter how much you tell yourself you don't have a need for them in the first place...maybe one per beach? That sounds about right, right?

Now, the vehicle. Car, truck, van, camper? Campers are too big and bulky, I think. Cars may be too small. If we had a truck, we could sleep in the bed of it at night. If we have a cover, we could ride in the back too if we start to feel cramped in the actual cab part of the truck. This kind would be absolutely perfect. Of course, it would need to be a truck that gets good mileage, we don't need a gas guzzler. Or maybe one of those that has been converted and runs on basically any kind of grease. We could pick up old grease from restaurants before they throw it away. We'd never be in need of fuel, those places are everywhere.

Anyways, I'm starting to think four would be the ideal number of occupants in the vehicle. Maybe five, it might be too cramped. We want company, not enemies. Just a nice little group, nothing too large.

So, we'll start with Florida, or course. Then work our way up through Georgia and the Carolinas. Weaving our way through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. (We will obviously have to stop at various places for educational sight-seeing, wouldn't want to miss school for nothing, now would we? Plus, history is interesting.) Then, on up through New York, hitting Massachusetts and New Hampshire before ending in Maine. Maybe, the border could even be breached and we could visit the foreign country of...Canadaaaaa. How exotic.

Pictures of our wonderful exploring road trip (did I mention no maps?)...





There will be tons of downtime, so I guess we'll need something to do. Shopping is nice, but we can't do that all the time obviously. We could bring books...journals and pens. Cameras. Music. That sounds nice to me. It may be boring to some. No matter, we are creative and can make our own entertainment. We will be exploring, so we could just use the downtime to learn about compasses.

Anyways, now I need to find buddies to come who will find this enjoyable and relaxing as opposed to boring and uneventful...hmmmmm...

; )

Pictures (googled) from here, here, and here

Hobbies

I get in these weird hobby spurts.

For instance, when we moved, I wanted to get my bedroom perfect, so I worked on my interior designing skills. Silly. We got so far as to find matching furniture and the perfect wall colors. That is all. The window treatments aren't even up yet and it's been a little over 2 years.

Late last summer, I started taking pictures with my camera and then it broke. But some of the pictures were really nice and so I saved up and got a really nice camera- an Olympus E520- which I have no idea how to use. I haven't even touched it's full potential.

In the fall, I took a noted interest in nutrition and started watching what I ate and working out consistently. This didn't last long.

In the spring, Etsy was discovered. So I started making some jewelry. None of which sold. And now I have a $9.11 Etsy bill for posts. Not to mention the money I spent getting tools and such.

So. All that said. I've signed up for a photography class in the fall that I can hopefully learn a lot from. My mother and I are planning to hold each other accountable and work out at 8pm five days a week. And maybe I'll get the bedroom furniture when I graduate and can work on making a home for myself then. As for now, I've wasted a ton of time and effort and money on that jewelry stint.



....but I am really really really super duper excited for that photography class in about four months! :D

I always fear that my heart will collapse from exhaustion to the point that I will stop loving you.

I read this on here.
It was interesting reading someone's voicing of thoughts I've had before but couldn't put words to.

Like when you walk into a room, and an hour later your friend says that the room smells like cherry-scented washable markers and you realize that they are right and you couldn't place it before, but you do remember recognizing something familiar in the air when you first walked in. It makes me antsy. Those cherry-scented washable markers bring memories.

Working on the real life

The real life...as in an actual paying job. I have these applications of employment so far:
Teavana
Charlotte Russe
Costco

And am going to get some later from:
Ikea
h&m
New York and Company

I'd love it if I could get a job at H&M or Teavana or New York and Co.

I've researched, and on H&M's website, they make it obvious that they audit their foreign suppliers. They employ auditors to go to the various foreign companies and make sure they are complying with U.S. labor laws and work environment standards. In other words, everything you buy at H&M, you can be 100% positive that it was not made by young children or overworked/underpayed employees. They do not buy from sweatshops. There are the necessary fire emergency plans in place.

No other website or customer service employees of other clothing stores I have looked at have been as helpful in determining who they buy from. New York and Company wasn't as explicit or detailed in their description of the investigation process they use with foreign suppliers, but there was some information saying that they at least check out the places. The people I contacted at Charlotte Russe were completely clueless as to where there inported clothing came from.

H&M is my first choice.
Then Teavana.

I'd just really prefer to not work at places that take advantage of disadvantaged people...