Young and Restless

So apparently I'm not alone in wanting to wander, there was an interesting article in today's paper about the 25-34 age group and what big cities are doing to attract us to live there b/c apparently our demographic is very mobile and willing to move to places that have the characteristics that we want, and what are those characteristics you ask?
"They are people who, demographers say, are likely to choose a location before finding a job. They like downtown living, public transportation and plenty of entertainment options. They view diversity and tolerance as marks of sophistication."

The article goes onto to state that we as an age group are, "Mobile but not flighty, fresh but technologically savvy, "the young and restless," as demographers call them, are at their most desirable age, particularly because their chances of relocating drop precipitously when they turn 35."

I actually totally agree with this article, it's pretty much how I feel, I would rather choose a location where I want to live and then find a job and I do value those characteristics in a city, not to mention I'm hoping that my proclivity to move will lessen by the time I'm 35...perhaps by that time I'll have been attracted by one of the cities that are trying to "lure" our age group there..which are namely..Atlanta, Denver, San Francisco, Charlotte, Portland and Austin..anyways very interesting article, something to ponder..you can read the whole thing at

Cities compete for Young, Restless

It's gonna be a doozy...

It's not yet 9am here at Thanksgiving central and already everyone who's walked through the door has been steadily complaining...are you gonna put glaze on the ham? I don't like alot of glaze, did anyone buy ice cream to have with the pies?, why did you arrange the table like that? etc. Also my mom's already made the statement, if anyone else says anything to me I'm gonna just chew 'em out. So looks set to be an interesting Thanksgiving..I think there is something to my personal rule of only being home every other holiday.

Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I thought it a great time to list some of the things I'm thankful for, even though I've had some delays and setbacks with my job lately I'm confident that everything will work out how it should, it always does even if I don't always see it that way at first. Anyways because of that I'm able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family so for that I'm very thankful.
Also I'm thankful to my friends who always crack me up and have provided me with many happy memories.
Finally I'm thankful that I've been able to complete my masters degree and that I was able to spend 2 wonderful years in Australia, that's two things crossed off my life list (1. get a masters and 2. Live overseas for at least a year), not that it's just about checking things off the list but I made the list so I could remember the things I"ve dreamed of doing and go after them..so onto the rest of the list!

Side Note: My grandma was an avid watcher of Dancing with the Stars and last night while we were cooking dinner she was complaining about the fact that Mario Lopez didn't win b/c she thinks he's so cute and was a good dancer. Anyways then she goes on a tangent about how Mario does not have a girlfriend and she thinks that he's just not ready to settle down, etc. cracked me up how she had Mario's romantic life figured out, better she's worrying about his than mine I say.

Old Folk

Hanging around with my grandmothers lately has brought about so many mysteries in my mind, such as why do they always try to give me their clothes?
My grandmothers are 72 and 77 and yet they both seem to be convinced that I would enjoy wearing clothes that they themselves do not want!!!! They also seem to think that I want clothes right off their backs. If I ever compliment one of my grandma's on her clothes she tries to give them to me, I don't want them!! I said they look nice on you..you who are 72 and while you do in fact look nice in them they're just not my style. Last week my grandma tried to give me her winter coat, a very nice gesture indeed and it was a nice coat for grandma but not for me, I'm always trying to think of nice ways to say that I don't want the clothes but alas I've decided the firm way is best--I won't ever wear that seems to rebuff along with the statement, it looks fabulous on you though.

Sometimes...

when I wake up in the middle of the night I still think that I'm in my room in Brisbane, it's the weirdest thing I'll reach for the side of my bed where I always kept my cell phone then realize that I'm not there anymore. Also sometimes when I first wake up when I'm gathering my thoughts and thinking about what I'll do that day I sometimes think I'll go to places that are in Brisbane, then I'll quickly realize wait a minute, not there anymore. So very strange how a place can stay with you.

Lifetime Scores Again!

The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker will premiere in March on Lifetime.
The movie centers on a bright and ambitious college freshman (Paxton) who falls into the world of nonstop partying and binge drinking, leading to devastating results. (www.movieweb.com)

My first question is was someone following me and my friends around at Texas A&M circa 1996-2001?? I'm glad they are making a movie about this, it should be highly entertaining and as Lifetime always does, teach us a valuable lesson!!
I could probably go on all day about the lessons I learned or didn't learn but should have, but mainly I think we must look at the dates I listed. Most of you are probably thinking, isn't college only supposed to take 4 years? Why yes dear readers that's how it normally works but then sometimes you fail your first semester in college miserably putting you on scholastic probation and not giving you credits for some of the classes you took, causing you to repeat classes and take others that someone told you were easy for the sheer fact of bringing up your grades enough to stay in school. But as always I pressed on, was able to stay on past my freshman year and then binge drink for 4 more..just thinking about it is giving me a hangover.

I love that story!

My old flatmate and good friend D. McG, aka Danielle just sent me an awesome e-mail this morning, While we were living together in Australia she would sometimes bring up that she has always wanted to be a lawyer, that it was interesting to her, etc. but she didn't score high enough marks to study law at college so she got a degree in social sciences (or something related) instead. Also she had a full scholarship waiting for her to get her masters in social sciences when she got back to Ireland, so the law thing, just basically never gonna happen, but it kept nagging at her. Anyways she went back to Ireland and did her masters and got her degree in August and has started working, law dream over completely, right? Not so..my girl came through and this morning I got this e-mail from her..

Hey missus...ur gona b so proud of me...remember that drunken meltdown in Brisbane about wanting to study law? Well im starting law school (at nite) this week! I cud never get wat u said to me out of my head....'if you're happy knowing that ull NEVER be a lawyer, then move on...if not, do something about it'!!

So mad props to DMcG today, you did it! So glad you took that step and now you know at least know you gave law a go!

Some good quotes..

The first of our good quotes is from a Lifetime TV movie I was watching earlier tonight, called The House Next Door which was of course about an evil house. Basically everyone that lived there turned evil or died...for example in one of the families that moved in the husband turned super psycho on his wife for doing things like not putting the spices in alphabetical order..but at first you didn't know what was wrong just that he had shoved open a drawer and had his wife by the hair or something and he's putting her hand in the drawer and he says..all sing-songy..
"What is wrong with this picture,
now tell me sister!!"
Now I fully maintain that if anyone ever threatens you in a rhyme they are beyond normal crazy and are totally psycho and you should freakin' get away from them ASAP and never look back!! Of course the wife stayed and later in the movie he got all crazy and threw her on the ground and pointed a gun at her because she put lettuce or something in the refrigerator crisper and he was saying that she was trying to poison him. Needless to say a scuffle ensued in which she captured the gun, pointed it at him and then said all sing songy..
"What is wrong with this picture,
now tell me mister!!"
Then she shot him like 12 times. Oh and also earlier in the movie he got mad at her because she got the invitations to their house warming party printed regularly instead of embossed..so naturally what with the spices incident and invitations and what not..I was thinking..is the husband gay or something?? But anyways I digress..here is another good quote for today, albeit a more serious one..

"Breathe. Let Go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."
-Oprah Winfrey