My top 3 choices for Mona:
1. Maggie Gyllenhaal
2. Zooey Deschanel
3. Rachel McAdams
78 posts + 2 months = New Person
I started this blog as part of my new years resolution. I started it thinking no one would ever read it. I started it thinking I'll post this first time and then I'll never have to post again. I started it not thinking it would ever go anywhere.
78 posts later there is a whole new person sitting at this keyboard. I used to be closed off, afraid to let anyone in. When you let people in you leave yourself open to being hurt. That is something I have dealt with in the past and not something I want to go through again. But for some reason I feel like sharing everything.
I went back and reread my first post tonight. Wow it feels like it was forever ago. I find it funny that I posted the first time on Jan. 3rd and not again until Jan. 26th. Now it's rare that I go a day between posts if not 2, 3, or 4 times a day.
I have so much that I want to share. I have so many thoughts and emotions and feelings running through my head that I am constantly thinking about my next post. I never liked sitting in front of a camera and talking about myself and now I want to do it all the time.
I'm a new and better person for having started this blog. I'm more open, I'm more willing to follow my heart, I'm living again.
Some would say I'm hiding behind my computer by blogging and that I'm not really opening up but I think that this might be one of the scariest ways to open yourself up. This is not just telling one person your feelings or thoughts. It's telling anyone in the world who wants to read it.
I always wondered how much time was needed to change your life. I'm realizing that there is no set limit. In 2 months my life has changed and I know that in a couple months my life will change again.
We were talking about milestones last night in the SGP chat and the milestones that the company has had already. I think that is what started my thinking about this. The blog started around the same time I started mine (no coincidence there) and there have been so many milestones in my life during that time as well.
Life is an ever changing thing. You start on the roller coaster ride and who knows where you will end up. All you can do is sit back and enjoy the rides. The climbs are long and the falls are fast but in the end you will be able to look back on it with a smile on your face.
First Time
So apparently after talking to Amber tonight it is "odd" that I had never tried coffee until today. I grew up in a family that didn't drink coffee. I never tried it when I was little because I thought it would be gross. I never tried it growing up because I never really had the desire to. Today I was driving into work and decided that it was time for me to try something new. So I got a tall caramel macchiato at Starbucks. At first I was not a fan but the more I drank the more it grew on me. Now I will be a coffee drinker.
I wanted to share this because Amber said and I quote "puts the 'there's a first time for everything' quote out there."
Quote of the Day
"I've come to the conclusion that if having things turn out the way you wanted them to is a measure of a successful life, then some would say I'm a failure. The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past. And recognize that every day won't be sunny, and when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair, remember it's only in the black of night you see the stars. And those stars will lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, cause most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you could ever have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination."
Becca had this quote on her blog and it rings true to me.
Top Ten #2
I suck. I said that I would post my top ten Bethany Joy scenes yesterday and I didn't. Blame it on a sunny day and a lack of focus. So here is my attempt at another top ten.
Bethany Joy Scenes from OTH
10. Season 3, Episode 16 - "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" - Haley is locked in the tutor center with Jimmy Edwards.
9. Season 5, Episode 10 - "Running to Stand Still" - Jamie falls into the pool as Nathan tells Haley about Nanny Carrie. She tells him she wants a divorce.
8. Season 5, Episode 9 - "For Tonight You're Only Here to Know" - Haley, Peyton, Brooke, Lindsey and Mia get locked in the library during the Raven's first game.
7. Season 1, Episode 22 - "The Games That Play Us" - Haley makes a tough decision about her relationship with Nathan.
6. Season 1, Episode 18 - "To Wish Impossible Things" - On the night of the boy toy auction Lucas discovers Haley's tattoo and her love for Nathan.
5. Season 2, Episode 10 - "Don't Take Me for Granted" - Haley and Nathan fight over Highflyers and Chris Keller.
4. Season 4, Episode 5 - "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness" - Haley tells Nathan that she is pregnant as he receives news of a scholarship to Duke.
3. Season 4, Episode 1 - "The Same Deep Water as You" - Cooper and Rachel crash into the river, Nathan jumps in to save them and Haley is left on the dock.
2. Season 3, Episode 1 - "Like You Like an Arsonist" - Haley returns home to fight for Nathan.
1. Season 5, Episode 12 - "Hundred" - Jamie goes missing during the "almost" wedding.
