"and all that jazz"

I am obsessed with New Orleans.  I've never been in such a party city in my life. Of course there's Vegas, but you can't get such rich history in Vegas. You can't get amazingly fresh seafood cooked cajun or creole style. You can't walk up and down an entire neighborhood and party in every corner.

No, Vegas doesn't compare to New Orleans. (Although I love Vegas too, but that's another story). This is about New Orleans, and how I cannot wait to go back.


So I spent my 25th birthday in New Orleans! Happy birthday to me! I've started a new tradition of visiting a new city every year for my birthday. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this city. Such a beautiful place. My hotel was located right next to where all the action was. No need for a car, I walked everywhere I went.

All day, all I did was eat and drink. From morning to evening. New Orleans is a very laid back city. The culture is one that embraces such a lifestyle. You literally just hang out, get something to eat and have a drink. My kind of city.

Now that I've been to New Orleans though, I know I could never live there. There's just too many temptations for me and I don't want the novelty to wear off. So unfortunately that cancels Tulane University as a potential law school for me to attend this fall. Ah well!


I'll definitely be going back. Until then, I'm looking for the next party city that I need to visit. I actually have an entire list of party cities all over the world that are a must for me to visit.

So I can cross New Orleans off that list. On to the next one!

"i'll say a thousand words or more"

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful transition into the new year. I certainly did. Nothing too special, I went to the crossover service at my church, then went to a friend's house for some dancing. It wasn't exactly a grand rocking new year's eve, but I enjoyed myself.

Of course it's a new year and its pretty much obligatory for everyone to come up with some "new year new me" goal and such. So who am I to deny myself such a tradition? I do, however, have a track record of failing at every and all new year resolutions I make, so, I will make this as easy on myself as possible. This year I only have one resolution:

I will write at least one blog post a month.

There! Simple, easy, direct. Nothing too difficult about that, right? I think I should be able to manage that. I just really want to get back into blogging regularly this year. I love having a record of my experiences and how I felt about them. I don't want an entire year to go by and I have no idea what I even did. This blog is pretty much a roadmap of my life. It showcases everything I've done (or at least the important parts that I feel like sharing) and reminds me what more I have to look forward to.

So that's my plan. Be a better writer. Be a more consistent writer. Be a true blogger. Wish me luck!

Happy New Year everyone!

"find light in the beautiful sea, i choose to be happy"

Well hello there New Year!

Usually I am mighty excited about new years and I could go on and on about some fresh start and getting my life together and going after what I want and being a new person and all my goals and blah blah blah. But this year I've had an epiphany. Yes everyone, I have realized something very important and vital about new years: they lie.

A new year promises to be filled with unexplored adventures, undiscovered dreams and unrealized potential. But by February I can't even remember what my New Years Resolutions were. All that joyous expectation I had for the year eventually dies out about 4 weeks in and then what am I supposed to do with the other 48 weeks in the year?

So this year I've decided to do something different. I've made no new years resolutions, instead I made a January Resolution. I've simply crafted a list of things I would like to accomplish in January. By reducing my "year" down to a month, I can make sure every month of the year I am accomplishing my goals.

So without further ado, here are my January Resolutions:

January Resolutions
1. Pick and read one inspirational book
2. Work out every morning
3. Write a blog post twice a week
4. Apply to 4 jobs a week
5. Save up $1000 in a "rainy day" account

I figure that's simple enough to start out with, right?

On another note, unfortunately I did not get the job I applied to at my old high school. After a rigorous interviewing process, they chose someone else. So I guess I'll be living in good old Atlanta for a little bit longer... No worries, I can handle that. I know good things are coming soon for me.

But I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years partying, drinking, and bonding with family and friends. I sure did!

"we'll be a dream"

It has been all smiles and crazy screaming, running around the house, yelling "It's my birthday! Its my birthday!" all week long. Yes, my friends, yesterday was my birthday and it was awesome!

No I actually did not do anything. At all. Nothing. In fact, I spent the entire morning of my birthday sitting in Firestone waiting to get my car fixed, only to have them tell me its time to trade it in. Poor baby, he didn't even get to make the trip to Disney World. Well, not yet...

Anyway, this whole week I've been doing birthday activities. I kinda spread everything out instead of trying to make April 5th one special day packed with activities. Last Saturday, I went out clubbing, looking as sexy as ever (obviously). The next day, I went to Six Flags and spent the day eating cotton candy, Dipping Dots and trying to keep my eyes open on the roller coasters. I got a summer pass, so I'll definitely be doing that again soon.

Unfortunately, yesterday it was super miserable outside and the sun decided to go on vacation, so I didn't really go out much. I was supposed to go the movies, but I realized there's no movies out now that I want to see. And I've already seen Hunger Games so there's that.

I got a text from Sir which really surprised me. And of course now I'm here reflecting on how I (still) feel about the man. When I don't think about him, its like he doesn't exist. But once I start thinking about him, it's like, "Aw, I DID really like him." But once again, lets try NOT to get into that, again.

Back to my birthday! As soon as this weather clears up, I'm going to Six Flags again, maybe I'll go to the movies and see Mirror Mirror and then there's a party on Sunday to wrap up my week of birthday activities. Honestly it was fun while it lasted. Being 23 feels absolutely and completely the SAME as being 22. Ha, I guess the jokes on me because I was supposed to be married by now. Oops.

Happy 23rd birthday to me!