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22 May 2010

Choices Drifting By Me Everywhere

“If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life… were you alone? Life’s better with company.” – Ryan Bingham

If you haven’t seen the movie Up in the Air, you should. It is one of my favorite movies and luckily I was able to catch the last third of it tonight. This may or may not be the most contradictory post I have ever written, but I promise that there is a purpose and hopefully it will all come together in the end. I believe in that quote above from the movie. It’s true. It’s great and powerful. I also value independence, thoughts to myself, and silence. Good company is very important and while it brings happiness I don’t believe that you can experience true happiness until you have experienced it alone. I sort of believe that you also can’t love others until you love yourself.

All week, I’ve been walking around this school wondering if I am the person I wanted to become. After looking back on everything I’ve done, I asked myself if I was happy or if I was just happy because of what these opportunities have given me? The necessary knowledge, experience, family, joy, laughter, dedication, commitment. Of course, I’m happy for all of these things. I also realize that these came at a price. It was at the expense of loneliness and no longer being able to always relate with everyone I have met.

Another thing I realized was that college is just like another high school. In high school you have your party friends and you have your best friends. In college, I want friends that can be both. I’d rather have my party friends be my best friends. I will keep track of how many drinks you’ve had, make sure you get home safely, and will keep skeezy boys away from you. I will also know your life and you will know mine.

22 Mar 2010

Sleep box Baby

Growing up, I always thought I would be the type of woman who would constantly be on the go. I wanted to travel. I wanted to see the world. I wanted to do this until I learned that traveling was lonely because you don’t get to take your friends and family around you. You don’t have a home and your home becomes the airport. [insert movies – The Terminal and Up in the Air.]

Though your trips often seem like they go by faster than you would think, there is a lot of time wasted in the airport including security, waiting for your flight, and baggage claim.

Tokyo has designed mini hotel rooms that are scattered throughout airports, “train stations and downtowns around the world.” Yeah I don’t get that last line either. Capsule Inns were created in Japan, but it might not be long until we see them popping up everywhere.

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08 Mar 2010

Oscars Arrivals + Parties

What you’ve all been waiting for!

Anna Kendrick in Elie Saab Couture – 4.5

Big things are about to happen for Anna in terms of her acting career and her appearance on the red carpet. It’s too bad that Up in the Air did not win any Oscars last night because that is one of my favorite movies from last year and she was great in it. This gown is beautiful. I’m glad she didn’t go overboard with it. Only thing I would change would be the shoes.

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