I was awkwardly hit on last week. By a guy who was tall, dark and handsome, with bulging biceps, and long flowing locks. Oh yeah, and he was fictional. Did I fail to mention that? I met Gaston at the Magic Kingdom last week with my friend Nathan. Gaston was fully in character — strutting…
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Resolution Report
There is joy in publishing my thoughts for the world to read… … but there is also pain, cringing, and discomfort for I have to be true to my words written and published! I reviewed my 2o13 New Year’s Resolution post — and it turns out I didn’t accomplish what I set out to do.…
Awesome Always Goes Viral
Since when did virality become a desirable thing? I’m still learning to punch fear in the face, escape average and do work that matters from author, Jon Acuff. Although I didn’t know it at the time, this blog was my big Start project! I stopped thinking of all the things that could go wrong…
In a Word…
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Mark Twain “Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Albus Dumbledore “Brevity is the soul of wit.” William Shakespeare With these quotes in mind, I performed my annual year-in-review journal entry. I…
My ACTUAL Christmas Update :)
Last year I bemoaned the fact that my life is in many ways unchanging. I worked at the same job, lived in the same house, and had my well-worn routines in life. No longer. I have coined 2013 as “the year of adulthood” for me. I find myself repeatedly asking, “What would an adult do?”…
Scroogery
I am a Scrooge. A Grinch. A Holiday Humbug. I never understood when people would talk about the stress of Christmas as a youngster. To me, Christmas was a magical time of joy and excitement and sleepless anticipation. Of course, as a kid all I had to do was sign my name to the family…
Santa!
That was the text I just sent. To my 34 year old roommate. Every year in my town, Santa cruises through neighborhoods mounted atop a bedazzled firetruck. He waves at children who stream out of their houses, shouts “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and throws candy. It’s quite the scene. Here was my experience. I texted my…
Vacuums and Maturity
Basically, I got a blank check this week. I earned a special gift at work and was rewarded with a certain number of points to spend in an online catalog of prizes. I flipped through the virtual pages and gazed longingly at many fabulous prizes. IPods, luggage, cameras, Keurigs, iPads, and foot massagers ranked high…
SUDA!
My brother is a rock star. I am his groupie. I traveled back home last weekend to watch him compete (and WIN!) a state wide marching competition. I also had the pleasure of hearing Wind Symphony perform a special Veteran’s Day concert. I was so impressed with the entire band. These are high school students,…
Happy Blog-o-Versary
I began I Think on Paper one year ago today. One year of writing. 185 posts. 250 comments. 7,139 views. Happy Blog-o-Versary, IThinkOnPaper! I’d been contemplating starting a blog and letting some of my crazy free for years. I love writing and feedback and, one year later, it holds true that I process life best…