Archer

flowers... kinda

Aug 9, 2009
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The cashier was so rough with my roses while scanning them that a bunch of the petals fell off. Oh well. They're still beautiful.

Sometimes it feels like doing everything that needs to be done in order to be the person I want to be would take too much effort. Then I wonder why I'm not willing to put forth the effort it would take to be truly happy with myself. It just doesn't make any sense.

One of the many reasons I love this cartoon

Jul 30, 2009
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Clara Bow

Jul 19, 2009
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Annex - Bow, Clara_12

I really like to pretend that this was me in a past life... there might be a tiny resemblance

self preservation

Jul 11, 2009
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For being so evolved as a species, how is it possible that we've lost our basic instincts? I understand why people would choose to ignore their gut instincts-- they can reason and justify themselves out of most fear and apprehensions. What I can't figure out is what's happened to the survival instinct. How is it that so many choose to harm themselves? Drugs, alcohol, self-mutilation, suicide... shouldn't a person's instincts kick in at some point in order to survive? The saddest part is that so many of these harmful habits make the person "feel alive" while doing the exact opposite to their bodies.

Death always comes in threes

Jun 25, 2009
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Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson all in one week. Damn.

The daydream continues

Jun 22, 2009
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I am now more motivated than ever to work out on a stationary bike. Now I close my eyes and imagine myself winding down cute little streets with cute little old houses with the cobblestones churning beneath my tires. There's a cool breeze and my hair is flying and my scarf is whipping about behind me as I ring my little bell to warn pedestrians that I'm coming up behind them. The sun is shining and the flowers are blooming and people are speaking in their cute little dutch accents and sitting about in little coffee shops watching me as I go by.

I also have a very active imagination. As all this is happening in my head, I'm actually sweating my butt off on a stationary bike in the gym in my office building at 5:30 in the morning while the voices of overzealous morning DJs blare out of a boom box that never shuts up. In my head I'm in The Netherlands.

What if I get transfered? What if I love it? What if I fall in love with a fellow expat? What can I see and do with all of that vacation time? What if this can actually happen? :-)

much better

May 25, 2009
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I just cleaned out my fb account. My preferences are now set to block updates from all friends that are engaged, married, and/or have children. Hopefully this will help me stop comparing my life-milestone timeline to everyone else's... and maybe I'll stop feeling like I'm losing at life.

Advice for the Class of 2009

May 17, 2009
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Congratulations, graduates! You hold in your hands the most expensive piece of paper you will ever own. You're sleep-deprived, in debt, hung over, 20 lbs. heavier, and you probably have no idea what to do next or how to get a job in the current economy.

And yet, here you are in your caps and gowns with the same hope, optimism and excitement that every class possessed before you. Don't lose this attitude because this is what will get you through.

Here's a little advice for you as you start on your way:

1. Take a week or two weeks to relax and celebrate your accomplishments, but don't waste your whole summer being a bum.

2. Talk to everyone. Tell them what type of job you're looking for and then LISTEN. Parents, friends' parents, professors, high school teachers, acquaintances, distant cousins, classmates, family physicians, baristas, cab drivers... you never know where your first job will come from. You never know who will say the magic words that will inspire you, change your mind, or spur you into action.

3. There's no shame in going back home. Yes, it is a pain to live under your parents' roof after being "independent" for four years, but it's better to have your basic needs met while looking for a job. It cuts down on stress and gives you more time in the day to get things done.

4. Buy a suit, put it on, and go do something. A job will not magically fall in your lap while you're sitting on the couch watching soap operas. Go to the library, visit the chamber of commerce, and go to networking events.

5. Focus on the end result instead of how you're going to get there. Make a list of what you want to be doing, and focus on that. There are jobs out there that you have never heard of, much less considered, that could make you very happy.

6. Don't limit yourself into thinking that your degree has set you up for a specific job or field, especially if you have a liberal arts degree. You skills are more versatile than you think.

7. Research companies you want to work for. Read books about people you admire whose steps you want to follow.

8. Never go into an interview unprepared. Ever.

9. Don't act like a pompous little know-it-all when speaking to an interviewer, or anyone else for that matter. There's a fine line between communicating what your skills and education will bring to a company, and coming off as an arrogant little shit. You are brand new. You may have been the cream of the crop in your class, but no one wants to hear you brag about yourself now. Stop it. It's obnoxious.

10. Don't get discouraged. If you don't get the job, it means that it wasn't the right job for you and something better will come along. If you keep getting turned down, don't get really depressed and wallow in your pajamas all day eating raw cookie dough (I've been there, it doesn't help anything). Keep trying and keep your eyes on the prize.

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