Epiphany:

I am pleased to announce I surviced the sugar induced coma I underwent after consuming the afore mentioned cake. 

I had several moments today.

(And to be honest, my “moments” happen more often than not.)

First was during a class discussion. I realized that March is going to be the most intense month of my life. Why? I am not as far along with my senior thesis as I had planned and is marked on my calendar, I will be working on and perfecting a resume, portfolio, and personal branding during the month. I may possibly be taking on a second job (cross your fingers, because it could be very awesome). All that plus many other little tid bits that will contribute to and possibly hinder my goal of achieving a 4.0 for the last semester of my collegiate career.

Second was during a remarkable talk from Geoffrey Canada. If you don’t know him, I highly suggest looking him up on Google and also YouTube. He is doing some amazing things in Harlem for the future of the youth of the community, whom he calls “his children”, and soon more cities across our country. I realized how lucky I have been to have lived the life I have lived. I am currently typing on a $2500 piece of equipment, while the children Canada helps are lucky to have a $2 shirt on their back. I have been blessed with a family that not only provides me with things I need, but has also taught me how to be a respectable human being and functioning member of society. Some children are not so fortunate. They are unknowingly thrust into a cycle that Canada and many others are trying to break. I realized during Canada’s talk, especially during his self writ poem he dictated at the conclusion of his talk, that not enough people, myself included, hold themselves accountable for their actions and the things they neglect. The “Don’t Blame Me” attitude is far too easy to stand on. (If you can find this poem anywhere online I highly suggest searching for it.) Change has to start within. That’s something I intend on working on. Gosh, what an incredible man! He made me even more enthusiastic about an event taking place in April that the UTC Art Department, Chattanooga community, and public schools will all be involved in. So excited to see what will happen.

Third, on a far less moving and far more superficial level, I realized that I am not realizing my full potential out here on the “inter-webs.” I am subscribed to so many blogs and things and have usernames for so many different sites, it’s ridiculous. I cannot tell you how many “forgot password/username” emails I’ve had to have sent to my inbox over the last few weeks (which is weird because I use practically the same username/password combo for just about everything–if you cracked one password, you’d pretty much be able to hack into anything I’m on…but please don’t; I’d hate to have to seek you out and step on your toe.) I just can’t seem to sort out which are more relevant to me and what is actually worth my time. (Ex: Behance was a complete failure for me…I should probably remove that link from my website…hmmm.) Basically, I’m saying I could be much better at keeping up with things. Like the Pinterest, Lookbook.nu, and Cargo Collective profiles I just signed up for that are 100% blank right now. Ugh, MOTIVATION is key…along with that whole time thing. I’ve come across two friends of mine this week that are doing blogs that are quite successful (at least by my standards); one a coworker (who won some radio blog award in Chattanooga) and the other a sorority sister who has the most pleasing little antidotes. I can do it…I can do it…I CAN do it too!

Well those were just some thoughts from today. I’m going to get away from this computer screen before this almost migraine turns into one.

Hope good epiphanies come your way

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Well it’s February 14th yet again.

I may be single, and this is generally a day to celebrate couples, and love, and all that good stuff, but I do not consider myself a sad, bitter, and aspiring cat lady (though I do really love my cat).  I find this a day to celebrate love for one another and one’s love for CAKE (and other delicious sweet things). That’s right, CAKE. I love it. And today, I shall celebrate it.

How? like this:

No, I did not make that cake in particular. But my roommate and I are currently in the process of making one just like it! (Mostly my roommate though…she’s a baking prodigy). I found the recipe HERE and Elizabeth made some delicious modifications of her own. So far in our baking excursion, we have used two bags of convectional sugar and one whole pound of butter. WOW. There is even a whole glass bowl FULL of homemade white chocolate frosting. Yeah…you’re jealous. I’ll add to this post as we finish and hopefully post some photos of our masterpiece. In the meantime, find some cake and celebrate!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

UPDATE:

So we did it! Here are the results from last night:

 

Failure…Well, Sort Of

And by that, I am referring to the previous post I made…back in September. I completely failed at updating on those topics. Perhaps I’ll get into them later, but for now I’ll all were wonderful things and great learning experiences and I really do love my cat. That’s the short of it.

I have made a New Year’s “commitment” to be a more contestant contributor on my brother Kevin’s website Fused Film.com (check it out here).  He started his website as a blog called Kevin’s Rant about three years ago and it has since blossomed into a full blown website that has started bringing in not only revenue, but contributions and screenings from some major studios like Warner Brothers, Paramount, and AMC to name a few, and has also landed him great contacts and links on major news forums. Needless to say, I am an extremely proud sister.

A couple of summers ago, Kevin asked me to contribute as a “fashion perspective”. I am by no means some kind of fashion guru, but I have successfully helped my brothers revamp their wardrobes with some simple additions and investments. He wanted me to offer the same advice and perspective to what we affectionately call the “Geek World.” This landed me the alias The Chic Geek.

I took a bit of a break from contributing do to school, but I am planning to stick to my new job of writing one column per month. One down, eleven to go! I found some great inspiration and typed away! I even created a little bit of a signature if you will. (Seen below.)

Check out the whole article here: http://www.fusedfilm.com/2011/01/the-chic-geek-so-geek-chic-is-back-and-better-than-ever/#comments

Enjoy!