Sunday, October 31, 2010
When I Was 20...
Inspired by MTV's "When I Was 17," I want to remember how I fully was... everyday.
Today: Halloween and relaxing. Anticipating tonight.
(join me)
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Bill Murray at the Liquor Store
“Absolutely no bullsh!t here. It was a slow day at the liquor store i work at. My manager was taking a smoke break around back. Bill Murray walked in. he was wearing big shades and a hat. he didn’t want to be noticed. he asked where our grain alcohol was. i was dumbfounded. i loved bill murray’s work. i grew up on ghostbusters. the life aquatic is one of the few movies that makes me bawwww like an infant. i couldn’t even think of how i could begin to praise him, so instead i pointed out the everclear. he took a pint off the shelf, put a mouth ful in his mouth, pulled out a lighter, and shot a flame in the middle of the store. he slapped a twenty on the counter and whispered, ‘No one’s gonna believe you.’”
Cool Things
"80% of success is showing up." WA
"I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside." Rumi
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
My Bucket List (so far...)
1. Draw a painting and hang it up in your house.
2. Stay in touch with teachers and professors. They care about us more than we think. Instead of a professional relationship, lighten up a little!x 3. Live in another country (even if it’s just for a short period of time). You’ll get an entirely new perspective on our country, on the world, and on how far reaching American scandals go in other countries. Nothing like your Spanish host mom bringing up Monica Lewinsky years after the fact.
London... 3 months, 2010
x 4. Travel on the cheap. Pick a destination and do it up, backpacking-style. Stay in hostels, eat unidentifiable food, and make sure to have anti-diarrhea medicine on hand. Once you’re over 25, your body will no longer be able to stomach staying in those places, eating that food, and experiencing food poisoning in front of a ton of foreign strangers.
Dublin Hostel "The Shinning," 2010
5. Confront a fear. Doesn’t matter if it’s a fear of heights or a fear of spiders, figure out a way to face it head on just once.
6. Run at 6AM. Before all the noise, start a day (even a potentially lazy one) with a humble run as the sun comes up.
7. Splurge on an awesome pair of jeans that fit you really well. Bonus points if they also fit your completely different-sized best friends just as well and make magical things happen (I got this one from a blog, so I'm not 100% sure what the latter part means... though I am aware of what is intended)
8. Apologize to someone you were mean to in middle school. Except for that one girl who didn’t need braces, everyone was feeling insecure and left out in those days. A quick Facebook message apology will brighten her day.
x 9. Make a real guy friend who is really just a friend. As in you don’t want to ever see him naked and he doesn’t ever want to see you naked. No points if you’re related.
10. Get a job working with food or working with clothes. You’ll never treat your waiters, your bartenders, your salespeople the same way ever again. You’ll suddenly understand why they ask you to get off the phone when you’re ordering and why they request that you take your clothes out of the dressing room.
11. Figure out what kind of wine you actually like. There is life beyond Franzia and you’ll feel so mature and adult when you can tell a date that you prefer a dry Chardonnay over a sweeter Pinot. The best way to figure this out on the cheap? Go on a wine tour. You’ll sort things out real quick. Oh, and learn how to work a corkscrew. No wine is enhanced by chunks of cork floating around.
x 12. Take a roadtrip with your friends. The destination doesn’t matter. As Miley Cyrus once “sang,” it’s all about the climb. Nothing brings friends closer than endless games of “Count the Cracker Barrels,” hours upon hours of deep conversations (out come the family secrets!), and Disney sing-a-longs.
6. Run at 6AM. Before all the noise, start a day (even a potentially lazy one) with a humble run as the sun comes up.
7. Splurge on an awesome pair of jeans that fit you really well. Bonus points if they also fit your completely different-sized best friends just as well and make magical things happen (I got this one from a blog, so I'm not 100% sure what the latter part means... though I am aware of what is intended)
8. Apologize to someone you were mean to in middle school. Except for that one girl who didn’t need braces, everyone was feeling insecure and left out in those days. A quick Facebook message apology will brighten her day.
x 9. Make a real guy friend who is really just a friend. As in you don’t want to ever see him naked and he doesn’t ever want to see you naked. No points if you’re related.
10. Get a job working with food or working with clothes. You’ll never treat your waiters, your bartenders, your salespeople the same way ever again. You’ll suddenly understand why they ask you to get off the phone when you’re ordering and why they request that you take your clothes out of the dressing room.
11. Figure out what kind of wine you actually like. There is life beyond Franzia and you’ll feel so mature and adult when you can tell a date that you prefer a dry Chardonnay over a sweeter Pinot. The best way to figure this out on the cheap? Go on a wine tour. You’ll sort things out real quick. Oh, and learn how to work a corkscrew. No wine is enhanced by chunks of cork floating around.
x 12. Take a roadtrip with your friends. The destination doesn’t matter. As Miley Cyrus once “sang,” it’s all about the climb. Nothing brings friends closer than endless games of “Count the Cracker Barrels,” hours upon hours of deep conversations (out come the family secrets!), and Disney sing-a-longs.
Road Trip, Washington D.C to AZ, 2010
x 13. Try an exotic food you can’t pronounce.
Camden Lock, London, 2010
14. Go to a college football game and go all out. Paint your face, lose your voice from cheering, and tailgate like a rockstar.
x 15. See a Broadway show. Even the most cynical people leave a show happy.
x 15. See a Broadway show. Even the most cynical people leave a show happy.
HST, 2009
16. Go 24 hours media-free. That means turn off your cell phone and shut down your computer. With the exception of getting tagged in heinous photos that you can’t de-tag right away, you won’t miss anything.17. Skinny dip.
x 18. Give back to the community. Whether it’s building houses for Habitat for Humanity, participating in a campus Relay for Life, or standing for days on end for a Dance Marathon, you’ll have an awesome time and feel really, really good about yourself. After a 12 hour nap, of course.
19. Learn to do your own taxes and how to manage your own money. It will make that transition into real life so. much. easier.
20. Take your parents out to a nice dinner. Because they deserve it.
x 21. Start a blog about your life and update it regularly. Sure it seems self-centered now, but you’ll be grateful ten years from now when you can reflect on your life when you were really living it up
22. Go to a Pride Parade. There is nothing on earth as fun, happy and memorable than a parade dedicated to gay pride.
x 23. Go to Vegas and let go. Party hard, then party harder. Then hit up an all-you-can-eat buffet to sober up…so you can party again.
Vegas, 2010
x 24. Learn to drive a manual car. They’re cheaper and, really, it’s just a cool party trick. Plus, from what we hear, it’s a major turn-on for guys.
Road Trip to AZ, 2010
25. Donate blood. If you think donating is scary, imagine being the person who needs it during a blood shortage. And if that’s not enough, there are cookies.
26. Dye Your Hair. No, not darker or lighter... go wild! Let go. It’s reversible and easy. What a way to be eccentric. Do it before your kids are embarrassed to have the mom with pink hair.
x 27. Forgive That Person. Who you never thought deserved it.
28. Sky Dive.
29. Sing Karaoke. We all know you have the pipes, show them off to the world. With a few doses of liquid courage, you’ll be surprised how good it feels to sing in front of a crowd.
30. Meditate or take yoga outside. Physical and mental health at its finest. Though you’re a strong, tough person, it’s always nice to reflect in nature.
31. Perform as a street musician. The only money in your basket might be what you put in, but at least you were bold.
x 32. Learn how do to a backflip. Sans trampoline.
33. Ride a segway. Because it’ll make you awesome.
34. Give a homeless person a homemade meal. Make and prepare a genuine meal for a homeless person made with love. We are supposed to look out for each other anyway, right?
26. Dye Your Hair. No, not darker or lighter... go wild! Let go. It’s reversible and easy. What a way to be eccentric. Do it before your kids are embarrassed to have the mom with pink hair.
x 27. Forgive That Person. Who you never thought deserved it.
28. Sky Dive.
29. Sing Karaoke. We all know you have the pipes, show them off to the world. With a few doses of liquid courage, you’ll be surprised how good it feels to sing in front of a crowd.
30. Meditate or take yoga outside. Physical and mental health at its finest. Though you’re a strong, tough person, it’s always nice to reflect in nature.
31. Perform as a street musician. The only money in your basket might be what you put in, but at least you were bold.
x 32. Learn how do to a backflip. Sans trampoline.
33. Ride a segway. Because it’ll make you awesome.
34. Give a homeless person a homemade meal. Make and prepare a genuine meal for a homeless person made with love. We are supposed to look out for each other anyway, right?
35. Understand that death is inevitable. S*#! got serious.
x 36. Run for an elected office. High school and college count, cowboy!
37. Ride First Class. Mile high clu... I mean first class is the way to feel as special as you know you are.
38. Streak the intramural fields.
39. Do a Strike- Out. No not that kind, the fun kind.
40. Walk Up or Down the Escalators In the Opposition Direction of Intention. It's not only childish, only immature or only dangerous... its all of those three all at once. You know its always been tempting... it's time to give in.
A Change In Name
Jazzy Jazz Does LondonTown >> Jazzy Jazz Does More.
Designed as my study abroad blog... a place to upload pictures and reflect on London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Portgual, BLAH, I used this blog as a vehicle to describe my abroad adventures for friends and family still in the States (especially those who were still figuring out "that facebook thing..." don't worry, Mami, I won't call you out). This blog is now growing... up with me. I'm determined to add photos and excerpts that show my life and who I am becoming as a person, a teacher... as a contribution to the world.Join me?
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