Hi, I was wondering if you guys were hiring?

I waNT A JOB!! I have applied so many places and want to hear back from them so badly!!! BLAAAH!!!

On a lighter note, I just want to say that my friends and family ROCK. I have been really home/friend sick. i miss my friends deeply. BUT, they have been so supportive of me being in this place that it has just reminded me that I don't really have a lot to complain about because I have awesome people in my life who make it awesome. I LOVE them.

updates: I am in Seattle... job hunting and adventuring!! I have forgotten how much I love the west coast. There is so much to see and do here, and there is so much coffee to drink!
Here are some awesome pictures of everything I have seen so far:
I thought this sign was pretty freaking awesome just like Portland. It is ultimately my goal to teach in Portland... next year. PORTLAND: 2011



This is Pike Place Market... it is this really famous market in Seattle and it is full of fresh produce, fish, pastries and EVERYTHING it is so much fun to go here... except there are a ton of tourists so it is a little busy right now. But this market always reminds me of fall (my FAVORITE SEASON).

I love fall so much and I am so excited for it to be here, it is my favorite season because of HALLOWEEN, sweaters, changing leafs... everything! I looove it!

That's all for now.

Cheers :)

And she's back.

Ok. So I know I haven't written all summer and this is why - I was living in the woods in Michigan teaching little kids about nature.... That sounds a lot weirder than it really was.
I don't really think that I can express how fantastic this summer was through a really long message about everything. However, I feel that i can make a list of the finest things that I discovered about this summer:
1. I met some of the most marvelous people I have ever met in my entire life. People that changed my life, not so much changed but solidified that I am who I should be.
2. I made the big decision to leave Chicago. This has been four years in the making... except the reasons for me making this decision now is for happiness, not to run away from people/problems.

... Now I would like to refer back to the first post that I ever made on this brand spanking new blog about me starting over now that I have graduated, I believe I called them startovers. Well ladies and gentleman, I have done it.
I am currently in Portland, Oregon starting over. I am living out of 2 suitcases in my sisters house.
If I had to pick one thing about the past 3 months that has been the highlight of my summer, it would be the people. I have made a new best friend, strengthened my relationship with Kate, and met a few other people who showed me the meaning of true friendship and that I am fabulous the way I am. I also have the support of my other best friends from school on this new journey... So I guess all I can really say is here goes nothing.

All of my posts from here on out will be from the PACNW, Pacific Northwest.
lets get this party started folks :)

Cheers

Goodbye, See ya later Alligator, Adios...

" If ever there is a tomorrow that we're not together... there is always something you must remember. You're bravery than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... i'll always be with you."

~Winnie the Pooh.


I really hate saying goodbye. It is truly my least favorite thing in the world... it really is.

These past four years I have met people who have changed my life, they have shaped me into who I am today and it is just.. i dunno weird to say goodbye to them.

The are apart of my family.

Tonight I said goodbye to one of my best teaching friends. She literally got me through so many of my teaching classes by just being herself. I KNOW she and I will be friends forever and she will do amazing things with her life and I love her so much... it's just weird to not be seeing her again in August.

I am leaving for camp in a day. Even though I know that the friends I am saying goodbye to next I will only be leaving for a few months it still feels the same. I love these people so freaking much that I miss them the instant I walk away from them...

I also saw someone who no matter what he does will always be my best friend. He has gone through so much with me, knows everything there is to know about me, and has given me advise about so many situations that I am lost in. I guess seeing this person just reminded me of how much I hate not talking to people you care about... It is so stupid to waste your time on being mad at someone when you could enjoy it being with them and laughing.

I don't know what it is but lately I have just gotten into the funk that I don't want to waste my time with people I know don't want to be around me... I guess graduating has just opened my eyes that I am in charge of me and I shouldn't waste myself on those who don't even care.

What I'm getting at is that the people who I said goodbye to tonight and all the others who are my friends are just so freaking important to me. I could never imagine my life without them in it... Why waste time not talking to people you would give the world to?

I guess what I'm trying to say world is this: Appreciate what you have while you have it because you could wake up in the morning and it could be gone.

... that sounded awful. Just appreciate those who deserve it and don't waste your time and energy on those who don't.

You'll be much happier... trust me. I have learned this. MANY OF TIMES.


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Below is a song that I feel is extremely appropriate for tonight:

On my way back home, by chance I thought of
All my favorite songs, where I'd gone wrong
The only words that I could think of
I'm pissing my life away in the form of a song
On my way back home

Band of Horses, On My Way Back Home

Kitsune Noir

So my sister got me really into this blog called Kitsune Noir and he posts a weekly mixcast. This is my favorite so far...

You guys should really go to this guys site and listen to these they are AWESOME.

PS: click on the pictures to access the blog.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1enxf_regina-spektor-ode-to-divorce_music

The food that I'm eating
Is suddenly tasteless
I know I'm alone now
I know what it tastes like

*Ode to Divorce*

I have a huge play list of songs that just remind me of things... every time that song plays an instant memory comes up of a person, experience, specific day etc.

Regina Spektor's music is FULL of memories for me (good and bad). I saw her live in concert this past year with one of my good friends and her music made me cry because it brought back so many crazy memories..

So I went to this coffee shop this morning to do some work and she was playing on their radio and it turned it into a Regina kind of day for me I guess.

** Please be patient my friends and let the video load. :-0

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