You wanna lose weight? Stop eating, fatty! You wanna make money? Work your ass off, lazy! You wanna be happy? Find someone you like and never let them go.*

I love people who are straight to the point. Don’t beat around the bush and don’t take the short cuts. Just say what you mean, mean what you say, and be who you are. I guess all that sums up why I LOVE GQ. I read it more than Vogue (gasp!) GQ is a such a straight-to-the-point magazine  that tells it like it is and how it should be.

This magazine gives me a new sense of hope in men. For so long I thought they were just mindless creatures that had a hard time putting concepts together, but oh the contrary. Not all men are mindless and have trouble with connections. As for those who do, they have no shame in admitting it, hence GQ. A magazine put together by men -and women- who are smart and intuitive for those who need a little help in the swag** department.

*Quote taken from 2011 movie, Friends With Benefits

**RARELY do I ever use the word “swag”, but for GQ I will have to make an exception

I’ve been making excuses for too long. Oh I don’t have the time. My computer is too slow. I can’t do it good enough. My ideas are too small. I know that blah blah blah blah blah. After a while that’s what excuses turn into, just a bunch of blahs.

This is not an ode to Summer and new beginnings. This is an ode to NOW and cutting the crap.

I’ve been making excuses for too long. Oh I don’t have the time. My computer is too slow. I can’t do it good enough. My ideas are too small. I know that blah blah blah blah blah. After a while that’s what excuses turn into, just a bunch of blahs.

This is not an ode to Summer and new beginnings. This is an ode to NOW and cutting the crap.

I’ve been making excuses for too long. Oh I don’t have the time. My computer is too slow. I can’t do it good enough. My ideas are too small. I know that blah blah blah blah blah. After a while that’s what excuses turn into, just a bunch of blahs.

This is not an ode to Summer and new beginnings. This is an ode to NOW and cutting the crap.

I’ve been making excuses for too long. Oh I don’t have the time. My computer is too slow. I can’t do it good enough. My ideas are too small. I know that blah blah blah blah blah. After a while that’s what excuses turn into, just a bunch of blahs.

This is not an ode to Summer and new beginnings. This is an ode to NOW and cutting the crap.

Is This Real Life?

I ordered my cap, gown, and tassel months ago but today was the first time I tried it on. Eleven days are all that stand between me and the other side and I have not yet come to realize that college will soon be over (Blame it on my terrible ability to deal with loss and closure).

On June 18th 2012 at 12pm I will be graduating from the University of Oregon’s Journalism and Communications Program with a concentration in Adverting at the age of 20. I think I spent the entirety of my college education trying to avoid discussing and explaining my age. However, thinking about the weeks that lie ahead, I have recently changed my mind about that choice.

I am a strong believer that God allows things to happen for a reason. It is with that that I say with all the pride, honor, and humility, I am twenty! (My brother and I had started primary school early, in addition that, we moved around a lot as children). Sometimes I find myself thinking how different life would have been had we not started early and contemplating the what ifs. What if I had never started when I did, would I still have met all these amazing people in college? All that time I failed to realize that hypothetical is called hypothetical for a reason - IT’S NOT REAL. I did end up meeting some pretty awesome kids during my four years here.

Forget Disney Land, THIS is where all the magic happens. JCOMM Commencement 2012

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“I can’t say it enough times: Stay true to your vision. Remember why you do it… What you do, who you are – that’s your art. That’s all you have.”

Flight of Passage – This short is about  doing what you love.  Of course everyone in life has a different way of doing such but this film just reminds us to stick in there when times get difficult 

Director: James Gardner.

Story teller: Steve Mason

Skateboarder: Ben Nordberg

(Source: http://www.showusyourclips.com/)

Juice for Thought

So I’m at working on this new project my boss gave me a few days ago.  I have to come up with a whole new logo for the Bias Response Team (University of Oregon). Talk about jumping in with both feet. I have never done anything more than play around with letters and type, let alone making a logo! 

Nonetheless, I am excited to see how this is all gonna play out.

This is their old one:

This is a bit of what I’ve been playing around with:

It’s a little - okay a lot - rough but I got some good juices flowing. I stumbled across this little ruby of a site. Definitely giving me some inspiration. It’s called: Dribble.com   Check it out!!

25. The Breakfast of Champions

Find out what you love to do. Do it. Surround yourself with people who love doing similar things too. These people will motivate you when the next step feels like 100 miles away. Case in point. Here I am at 12: 43 in the morning and I am eating a cold  sandwich. If you couldn’t tell that it’s a McChicken it probably because you’re used to seeing this:

Before I digress even further into the McDonalds industry, let me get back to the topic at hand.

I call this the breakfast of champions because it is now morning and this is the first meal I have eaten. Plus, I am in the presence of a champion. Ladies and gents, meet Kelsey Harris. This isn’t the first time we have pulled long-nighters in the berry (Library). Oh no, it is not. And let me assure you, this probably won’t be the last. It may look like we’re having a bag full of giggles at the moment but my eyes are laiden with sleep and mind has began the slow process of turning off. As sluggish as I become, I have the power to go forward because I am surrounded by people of the same mind and will as me. It makes me want to continue when I see others doing the same. It pushes me further. “Iron sharpens iron and the creatives push the creative.” It’s one of my new sayings now. Find someone or some people who do the same for you. You will not regret doing so.

25. The Breakfast of Champions

Find out what you love to do. Do it. Surround yourself with people who love doing similar things too. These people will motivate you when the next step feels like 100 miles away. Case in point. Here I am at 12: 43 in the morning and I am eating a cold  sandwich. If you couldn’t tell that it’s a McChicken it probably because you’re used to seeing this:

Before I digress even further into the McDonalds industry, let me get back to the topic at hand.

I call this the breakfast of champions because it is now morning and this is the first meal I have eaten. Plus, I am in the presence of a champion. Ladies and gents, meet Kelsey Harris. This isn’t the first time we have pulled long-nighters in the berry (Library). Oh no, it is not. And let me assure you, this probably won’t be the last. It may look like we’re having a bag full of giggles at the moment but my eyes are laiden with sleep and mind has began the slow process of turning off. As sluggish as I become, I have the power to go forward because I am surrounded by people of the same mind and will as me. It makes me want to continue when I see others doing the same. It pushes me further. “Iron sharpens iron and the creatives push the creative.” It’s one of my new sayings now. Find someone or some people who do the same for you. You will not regret doing so.

25. The Breakfast of Champions

Find out what you love to do. Do it. Surround yourself with people who love doing similar things too. These people will motivate you when the next step feels like 100 miles away. Case in point. Here I am at 12: 43 in the morning and I am eating a cold  sandwich. If you couldn’t tell that it’s a McChicken it probably because you’re used to seeing this:

Before I digress even further into the McDonalds industry, let me get back to the topic at hand.

I call this the breakfast of champions because it is now morning and this is the first meal I have eaten. Plus, I am in the presence of a champion. Ladies and gents, meet Kelsey Harris. This isn’t the first time we have pulled long-nighters in the berry (Library). Oh no, it is not. And let me assure you, this probably won’t be the last. It may look like we’re having a bag full of giggles at the moment but my eyes are laiden with sleep and mind has began the slow process of turning off. As sluggish as I become, I have the power to go forward because I am surrounded by people of the same mind and will as me. It makes me want to continue when I see others doing the same. It pushes me further. “Iron sharpens iron and the creatives push the creative.” It’s one of my new sayings now. Find someone or some people who do the same for you. You will not regret doing so.

25. The Breakfast of Champions

Find out what you love to do. Do it. Surround yourself with people who love doing similar things too. These people will motivate you when the next step feels like 100 miles away. Case in point. Here I am at 12: 43 in the morning and I am eating a cold  sandwich. If you couldn’t tell that it’s a McChicken it probably because you’re used to seeing this:

Before I digress even further into the McDonalds industry, let me get back to the topic at hand.

I call this the breakfast of champions because it is now morning and this is the first meal I have eaten. Plus, I am in the presence of a champion. Ladies and gents, meet Kelsey Harris. This isn’t the first time we have pulled long-nighters in the berry (Library). Oh no, it is not. And let me assure you, this probably won’t be the last. It may look like we’re having a bag full of giggles at the moment but my eyes are laiden with sleep and mind has began the slow process of turning off. As sluggish as I become, I have the power to go forward because I am surrounded by people of the same mind and will as me. It makes me want to continue when I see others doing the same. It pushes me further. “Iron sharpens iron and the creatives push the creative.” It’s one of my new sayings now. Find someone or some people who do the same for you. You will not regret doing so.

24. This is me, in the lab. Besides the lab monitor and me, there is only one other person here. My eyes may look a little red and there may be bags underneath but on the inside I actually feel… I feel good. I’ve hit mile 3 and I’m now coasting. You know that runner’s wall where everything up to mile 3 is something you wouldn’t wish on anybody? However, when you stride past mile 3 you no longer feel pain, inhibition, or the spikes in your lungs due to little air flow.

I am here in the lab that is about to close and I feel pretty good considering the circumstances. I need to do this more often. I like knowing that I am making some dent in my life goals and daily to-do lists.  Now it is off to the J-lab on 4th floor because they run 24/7!

24. This is me, in the lab. Besides the lab monitor and me, there is only one other person here. My eyes may look a little red and there may be bags underneath but on the inside I actually feel… I feel good. I’ve hit mile 3 and I’m now coasting. You know that runner’s wall where everything up to mile 3 is something you wouldn’t wish on anybody? However, when you stride past mile 3 you no longer feel pain, inhibition, or the spikes in your lungs due to little air flow.

I am here in the lab that is about to close and I feel pretty good considering the circumstances. I need to do this more often. I like knowing that I am making some dent in my life goals and daily to-do lists.  Now it is off to the J-lab on 4th floor because they run 24/7!

24. This is me, in the lab. Besides the lab monitor and me, there is only one other person here. My eyes may look a little red and there may be bags underneath but on the inside I actually feel… I feel good. I’ve hit mile 3 and I’m now coasting. You know that runner’s wall where everything up to mile 3 is something you wouldn’t wish on anybody? However, when you stride past mile 3 you no longer feel pain, inhibition, or the spikes in your lungs due to little air flow.

I am here in the lab that is about to close and I feel pretty good considering the circumstances. I need to do this more often. I like knowing that I am making some dent in my life goals and daily to-do lists.  Now it is off to the J-lab on 4th floor because they run 24/7!

24. This is me, in the lab. Besides the lab monitor and me, there is only one other person here. My eyes may look a little red and there may be bags underneath but on the inside I actually feel… I feel good. I’ve hit mile 3 and I’m now coasting. You know that runner’s wall where everything up to mile 3 is something you wouldn’t wish on anybody? However, when you stride past mile 3 you no longer feel pain, inhibition, or the spikes in your lungs due to little air flow.

I am here in the lab that is about to close and I feel pretty good considering the circumstances. I need to do this more often. I like knowing that I am making some dent in my life goals and daily to-do lists.  Now it is off to the J-lab on 4th floor because they run 24/7!