Sunday, August 1, 2010
Help make the world a KINDer place!
I'm writing to ask you to support some amazing Pepperdine graduates (and friends of mine), Molly Stroud and Lauren Parsekian, who are the founders of Kind Campaign by voting for them to win a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project! If they win the grant, they can offer assemblies at schools, just like mine, for FREE!
Kind Campaign is: A movement and documentary, based upon the powerful belief in KINDness, that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl "crime".
The founders, Molly and Lauren, are doing absolutely amazing things with this campaign, and with the grant money they will be able to finish their film, fund their Fall KC school assembly tour, start Kind Clubs, and offer their national program FREE OF CHARGE to schools. Your votes can help bring a phenomenal program to us!
Check out their website for more info: www.kindcampaign.com, and PLEASE VOTE! You can vote twice a day every day for the month of August--once on your computer and once from your phone! Take 5 seconds to vote: visit http://www.refresheverything.com/kindcampaign, and text 101818 to Pepsi (73774) to vote by phone!
Thanks in advance for taking the time to support a wonderful program (and passing this on to your family and friends)!
Check out the Finding Kind trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woZTiMgWYDo and two previous posts where I mention KC:
I'm just really happy! :)
Kind Campaign...in the New York Times!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Late night posting...it gets no better...
The past couple days have been rocky, but thank goodness for the middle of the night to give me some time to think. Despite my efforts to become a morning person and to go to bed on time, I'm convinced I am a late night person. Even in high school I remember staying up late...and then I would convince my dad to drive me to school in the morning so I could sleep on the ride there. Anyone who knows me from Pepperdine probably received an email from me in the middle of the night. I can't help it. When all the hustle and bustle of the day disappears, I can breathe, think, and refocus.
So, needless to say after an interesting couple days, I needed this late night calmness to arrive. Long story short, it looks as though I'm going to be paying quite a bit more for my Master's than intended. This unexpected cost is just not something I was at all prepared for, for several reasons (otherwise I would call it an "expected" cost), and apparently this is something that stresses me out. Who knew.
Isn't this when I'm supposed to say: "Psshh. I've been through worse. Bring it on."? Well, if the past 9 years of my life are any indicator of what's heading my way in the future, I'm a little nervous. Sometimes I reminisce to when life was normal. Oh to be 14 again.
However, as always I'm reminded of the fact that in the grand scheme of things, my life could be 1000x worse...to put a more positive spin on that sentence: My life is amazing. Sure there are so many unknowns and crazy happenings in my life (what else is new...), but if I were to make a list of all my blessings, the list would never end.
Let me toss out 10 wonderful parts of my life from the past couple weeks before I go to bed:
1. I drove in my amazing car with my amazing dog down to LA.
2. I saw Nnenna and Jenn...and drank Coffee Bean.
3. I stayed with my phenomenal big sis Minda in Santa Monica...and we ate Thai Dishes one night.
4. My feet touched the beach.
5. I saw my amazing little sis Afton.
6. Becca is back in the states!
7. Julie is back in the states too--and back in SAN JOSE!
8. I've spoken with my aunt and cousins on the phone several times in the last weeks.
9. Indoor skydiving. So fun.
10. Valerie and I were able to spend nearly an entire day catching up in Marina del Rey when I drove down to LA.
...Please note that 7 of those 10 occurred over the course of three days.
I'll say it again:
I. Am. Blessed.
Now off to bed, it's time to go,
For if I don't, we all know,
Tomorrow, I'll need coffee.
(...did you think it was going to rhyme?)
So, needless to say after an interesting couple days, I needed this late night calmness to arrive. Long story short, it looks as though I'm going to be paying quite a bit more for my Master's than intended. This unexpected cost is just not something I was at all prepared for, for several reasons (otherwise I would call it an "expected" cost), and apparently this is something that stresses me out. Who knew.
Isn't this when I'm supposed to say: "Psshh. I've been through worse. Bring it on."? Well, if the past 9 years of my life are any indicator of what's heading my way in the future, I'm a little nervous. Sometimes I reminisce to when life was normal. Oh to be 14 again.
However, as always I'm reminded of the fact that in the grand scheme of things, my life could be 1000x worse...to put a more positive spin on that sentence: My life is amazing. Sure there are so many unknowns and crazy happenings in my life (what else is new...), but if I were to make a list of all my blessings, the list would never end.
Let me toss out 10 wonderful parts of my life from the past couple weeks before I go to bed:
1. I drove in my amazing car with my amazing dog down to LA.
2. I saw Nnenna and Jenn...and drank Coffee Bean.
3. I stayed with my phenomenal big sis Minda in Santa Monica...and we ate Thai Dishes one night.
4. My feet touched the beach.
5. I saw my amazing little sis Afton.
6. Becca is back in the states!
7. Julie is back in the states too--and back in SAN JOSE!
8. I've spoken with my aunt and cousins on the phone several times in the last weeks.
9. Indoor skydiving. So fun.
10. Valerie and I were able to spend nearly an entire day catching up in Marina del Rey when I drove down to LA.
...Please note that 7 of those 10 occurred over the course of three days.
I'll say it again:
I. Am. Blessed.
Now off to bed, it's time to go,
For if I don't, we all know,
Tomorrow, I'll need coffee.
(...did you think it was going to rhyme?)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Last post of the night
I have to mention that while my writing has never been officially rejected, there is one man who tore my writing apart. Don't worry, it wasn't as bad as it sounds, and I could not be more grateful for all the red ink my teacher used on my papers. He asked me a question I often wish I had the nerve to ask others: "What do you actually mean? Will you re-read what you wrote, because I don't understand it."
I liked big words a lot when I was a freshman in high school (and I still sometimes do), but I learned that the thesaurus on my computer more often than not is my worst enemy. Thanks Mr. O'Loughlin. I promise not to use fancy words just to sound smart.
I liked big words a lot when I was a freshman in high school (and I still sometimes do), but I learned that the thesaurus on my computer more often than not is my worst enemy. Thanks Mr. O'Loughlin. I promise not to use fancy words just to sound smart.
Monday, July 5, 2010
How to Become a Bajilionarian
me: i need to figure out what sarcastic quotes look like
or make them up
basically
Chris: haha
me: so you can tell when i am making fun of you
Chris: you should do that and patent it
and become a bajillionairian
me: dude
i just was thinking about what to do with my life
Chris: hahaha
me: and that would make it a lot easier
Chris: totally
me: if i was a bajilionaire
Chris: bajilionarian
me: and people would ask me
why are you so rich?
and i could respond via IM
with my sarcastic quotes
it would be great
well, life crisis averted. i now know what to do.
or make them up
basically
Chris: haha
me: so you can tell when i am making fun of you
Chris: you should do that and patent it
and become a bajillionairian
me: dude
i just was thinking about what to do with my life
Chris: hahaha
me: and that would make it a lot easier
Chris: totally
me: if i was a bajilionaire
Chris: bajilionarian
me: and people would ask me
why are you so rich?
and i could respond via IM
with my sarcastic quotes
it would be great
well, life crisis averted. i now know what to do.
