All You Gotta Do is DANCE DANCE DANCE...

The inevitable has happened....I have taken my dancing from the shower, into the streets of Austin!  Watch Out!   So we all went downtown on Friday night to celebrate Kristen's birthday....and it might have been the best night ever! We started out our evening for dinner and drinks at PF Chang's. Nothing too exciting, we were in a booth, but in the far back corner of the restaurant no less! Not a very prime place for people watching if you ask me! So as soon as we sit down for dinner, our waiter says "So what did yall come all the way to the big city to celebrate?" Now I know we live here in Texas, but where did he think we were from? We were all nicely dressed, and not one of us has that "texas accent" that would have sparked a question like this. Granted I didn't really grow up in Austin, but fifteen minutes away is hardly rural! Dinner was great! I think the manager had a small crush on Marisol, because he conveniently had two free platters of fried rice to give us...one with shrimp, and one without!:) I am not complaining, it was good! We finished dinner with a small photo op (the manager was very gracious in offering to take numerous pictures for us;)! Our waiter wished us a good evening and a safe trip "back" to wherever he thought we were from. We went to the Marq where we saw a Tony Romo look alike...but a much cuter version. He stared,we stared...and the best move he could come with when we were leaving the bar, A HIGH FIVE! I mean really?! This guy was probably in his late 20's early 30's...a high five? Funny. Anyway, we went to Gruv and that is basically where we spent the majority of our night! So I have decided that all of the funny dancers go out on Friday nights. We literally just sat there and watched people dance, or fall for that matter! *Sidenote: If you can't walk into the club without leaning on someone...you should have stopped two drinks ago!* This one guy awkwardly danced in front of our table for awhile before he just decided to sit down...on the table. He actually ended up being really entertaining...he sang for us. I really couldn't here what he was singing, but I'm pretty sure his voice wasnt terrible and it was funny. There was this poor girl who came by herself and danced all by herself for at least half an hour...I think she was going for a "I'm single, so dance with me" approach..but her outfit might have been another deterent for the evening! I will say this girl had to have had mad confidence to dance by herself, after being repeatedly passed by! My friends and I desperatley tried to get her a dance partner, but even we failed.  At this point we wanted to dance with her just because everyone needs a dance partner!...but we lost her in the crowd.  So instead we just took more fun picutures of ourselves...and others.  It's funny how when you are with a group of girls, men are incredibly willing to snap pictures for you...sometimes without even asking! One guy insisted on taking a picture for us,but then decided that because he had taken our picture, we probably needed a picture of him as well. Funny guy...and yes, now we have a picture of him! *Sidenote 2: If you are going to go anywhere with a boy...make sure he is classy! And if you are going to where a short dress....where underwear!*

This poor girl stumbled in with the greasiest guy imaginable! He definetly thought he was really attractive,and sadly,she was a cute girl. So they opted not to get any drinks, which for her was a good thing. Instead, they just awkwardly swayed as if to mimick some sort of slow dancing, but again this guy was holding her up...so they were limited! Now either this creep was just totally oblivious, or he really was just a creep.   Her skirt kept rising and rising because of how he was holding her, and no one said a thing! Finally, when her whole mini dress was up around her stomach, we had to go help her. We asked if she was okay, and she stumbled out with the creep! Bad situation, but what can you do?! So...anyway we finished off the night back at Marq dancing it up! So MUCH FUN! Just a great night out with the girls!  Seriously the most entertained I have been in a long time!  

If Life Is What You Make It....Im Making It Sweet!

Can I just say how aMaZiNg this week has been!  I am so so happy, and I love it!  I don't even have a reason to be happy right now!  I have absolutely no money, and I have been crazy busy...yet I have had this calm all week long.  I feel like this is going to be an amazing semester!  School really got me down this summer, and I really had a hard time being happy about anything.  Nothing in my life seemed as I wanted it, and I constantly found myself criticizing all that I did.  I am a constant worrier when it comes to how I am viewed in the eyes of others!  I told myself that I need to just let go of all of that, and show people who it is that I truly am...despite what they may think!  I have really let myself open up to sharing my beliefs and feelings with others, and it is so so empowering!  Spiritually, I have taken leaps and bounds in just the past week.  God is really showing me a lot right now...about what he wants me to do for myself, and for others!  For me it is so small, but I know he will replenish me in so many other ways!  It's funny, I have no money and I am not worried at all!  How can I be, when I just used what I had to make someone else feel loved, even if it was just for today.  I love my life!  Thank you Jesus!

Trust the Lord your God with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.  Proverbs 3:5-6

Too much weight for such little shoulders.....

So I downloaded a documentary the other day to watch on my Ipod called "Jesus Camp".  I barely read the description of what was to follow, but in my mind I think I thought is was going to be like a real world version of a church camp.  You know follow the kids around, see what they are eating for lunch...exciting stuff like that!:)  Not what I found at all, well for the most part.  This was a documentary on an Evangelical Children's camp in the United States.  It was pretty much crazy, and nothing that I have ever really seen before.  I know like with anything, there are different levels to organizations, and Christians are no different.  This video opened up with a room full of children and their parents, being preached to by a youth minister.  After telling them that Harry Potter is evil, all of the children gathered and begin speaking in tongues.  These kids were crying and just seemed to have no control over what was happening to them.  "You are crusaders for Christ!"  This youth pastor preached about how stopping abortion was up to these seven year olds!  I get that children are our future, but these kids were breaking down at the notion of what they could do to stop abortion....completely!  I guess I don't understand the idea that because the parents of these kids think that as Christian adults they haven't had any success, so now it needs to fall on their children's shoulders.   I know that not all Christians are brought up to worship in this way, and it is a Fundamentalist way of worship...but it kinda freaked me out!  I mean these same kids in the next scene were so normal, and extremely mature for their age!  So humbled and innocent in their love for God.  I really don't know...all in all it was a disappointing documentary, and sadly eye opening!!

mY tRiP tO nYc In PhOtOgRaPhS...xo

It's tiny, but this was the view from our hotel room! AMAZING!

The Natural History Museum! You can't tell, but we are in Africa!

This is where I decided I should live when I move to New York...I really didn't want to come home! I was googling NYC apartments from my ipod the whole time I was there!

My beautiful sis, and an amazing waterfall!

LeAd Me To ThE cRoSs...

So now that school has started, so have my sorority meetings!  I am in a christian sorority...and God tests me every semester that we come back!  Each semester I am challenged with the task of making new connections with new girls!  All my friends go inactive over summer due to busy school schedule's and work...I know this is not the reason I am in this sorority.  I joined initially to strengthen my relationship with him, and yet I find myself stressing about all the wrong things.  I have grown amazingly because of this organization, spiritually and mentally.  My family is not overly religious, so I never really had that growing up.  Yes, we went to church, but we didn't really talk about anything other than the hour we spent in our weekly services.  And that is when we went...it was never a regular thing.  I have a huge issue listening to God.  So often I feel like he is pushing me in directions I am not equipped to go in.  "I hear you God, but what I think you want me to do is this instead...."  I cannot differentiate between what I feel like I should lift up to him, and what I think I know is best for me.  I can't let go.  I let what other people think dictate a lot of what I do!  I hate that about myself so much!  I don't know where it comes from.  I am incredibly independent and I have a severe weakness in that aspect of self-judgement.  I genuinely analyze how my actions may affect other people in my life.  I don't ask opinions of my friends anymore in most cases, because if I hear a negative suggestion about something I am really positive about....I cant get it out of my head.  I will be totally compassionate about something...as soon as I hear something even remotely negative..it consumes my interpretation of what I am thinking.  I shame myself into what I think I should be doing in my life.  It is so weak.  I over analyze and lie to myself.  I know God is relentless and he continually brings me back to these issues, but I still cant seem to let go.  I pray constantly that soon I will be ready to admit defeat and let go of whatever is causing me to hold on to what I know is not my path.  It's in incredibly scary thing...not knowing how things will end up...where they are going...

"Certain thoughts are prayers.  There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees".~ Victor Hugo

Whose In A Rush For The Real World Anyway...

So New York was absolutely amazing! I wont bore you with every amazing thing I encountered while there, but let's just say I found my twin in a city! Love Love Loved it! I found myself thinking "Maybe my parents could ship my stuff here when they get home..."quite often! I totally get why there are so many homeless people there! I wouldn't want to work either. I could walk around that city for weeks! So classes are starting yet again. It's funny, now that I am behind...I'm like "well, here is yet another semester!" Yes! I'm trying out this new thing where I don't worry about what other people think...so if it takes me 10 years to graduate...then whatever~!! Granted, I would love to be done with school at this point...I'm not, and really, stressing about it constantly is not making the time pass any faster. I'm actually kind of excited for some structure back in my life. I couldn't get most of the classes I need to be taking right now, but I am taking some pretty interesting ones, so that should be fun! I'll tell you one thing, I am getting the most well rounded education ever~~ Watch out, you probably don't want to challenge me to any pop culture games, bc I will def. dominate! Interior Design, Mass Communications, History, Astronomy, Art Theory, Fashion Merchandising...you name it, I know it! I'm just hoping to broaden that hodge podge of knowledge this semester, coupled with the two classes I'm taking that actually have something to do with my degree plan.:) If you need any tips on how not to go about college, I have quite a few! # 1 on the list would be:

Meet with your advisors! They really do know what classes you should take! See I thought as a Fresman I could just sign up for what I thought I needed....96 college hours later...and countless classes I dont need...I'm thinking that scheduling that advising appointment really couldnt have been that difficult! Do I sound bitter?:) I'm really not though. Besides studying, I LOVE college! You can still get away with eating your parents food, and naps because you pulled an all-nighter "studying". Blah Blah Blah...enough about school!

"College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage". ~George Gobel

50 things you probably didnt know about me....

So I have the whole office to myself today! yes. I was reading a friends myspace page, and she had one of those silly surveys on her page...you know the ones. So amidst my boredom here at work, I decided to create a list of random facts of my own. Here goes:

• I rarely get scared at home by myself...but at night just to be safe, sometimes I sleep with a frying pan under the bed! Knife's kind of freak me out, and well with a frying pan I'm less likely to miss.


• I once stood in line at Starbucks... behind Greg Brady. (Seriously, believe me, it was hard to contain my excitement)


• My all time favorite food is ABC soup


• When I cant sleep, I re-play episodes of Friends in my head.


• I had the same agent as the Olsen twins when I was five...I could have been Michelle Tanner!


• I have the same re-occurring dream once a year. It's so random too! I have no idea why I have it, or how it pertains to my life at all, but Dolly Parton is in it.


• I have a collection of antique aprons. I buy them on every trip I go on. I don't do a thing with them...well except wear them of course! I'm trying to come up with something cool...still thinking


• I often cheat death when I am driving.


• I wish I was born in Greece.


• I hide things I write under my mattress


• I dance in the shower...a lot! I've fallen down a few times!


• I love Miley Cyrus...well really, I love Disney! And High School Musical! Otherwise, I'm totally mature:)haha


• I love Rap! So much so, that sometimes I print out the words and learn them all, so I can be cool and sing every word!


• I have been out of the country 4 times.


• I hate when people put things in their cart and a few isles later decide they don't want it! Take the two seconds to put it back where it goes!


• I talk to my parents every day


• I have an extreme interest in Africa...and I've never been there


• I already know who my bridesmaids will be....for a wedding that is not even in my remote future


• I LOVE Bravo


• I wish I read a lot more....I buy books all the time!


• I love to people watch


• I thought it was cool to barely eat in junior high..."one cup of yogurt...I am so full!" I'm pretty sure everyone saw right through that!:)


• Sometimes I pull muscles in my sleep


• Pike's Place Market is my most favorite place in the world


• I have a craft chest full of crafting supplies


• I love for it to rain while I am sleeping


• I want a tiny tattoo, in all white....so small though that I know I will never do it


• I have a really hard time crying when I feel like I should be crying.....but I can cry about the silliest things no problem!


• I own a guitar that I don't know how to play...I have had it for three years now!


• I love Christmas! But really, who doesn't


• My favorite number is 3


• I would be really sad if I lost the ring I wear on my right hand...I have had it for 9 years


• I let my rice crispy's get soggy before I eat them


• I start playing Christmas music in November


• Sometimes I buy baby clothes...I don't have a baby! The little shoes are just so cute!


• I love babies!


• I have the "falling" dream about once a week


• I love wearing high heels


• I wish I liked sushi


• Sometimes eye contact kinda freaks me out....


• I love tube socks! Those really should come back into style!


• haha, in the winter I tuck my pajama pants into my tube socks so I don't get all tangled at night! You don't have to tell me I'm a dork...I am VERY aware of it


• I like to send subliminal messages with my myspace page songs


• I really want an old mustang! I would trade my car in a second for one!


• I wish I didn't care what people thought so much


• Hobby Lobby might be my favorite store


• I love Racquet Ball!


• I get sick if I read in the car


• I love listening to live music


• I drink tomato juice....but only when I'm flying.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ~Henri Frederic Amiel