SkyGrid

So tomorrow I start my new job at SkyGrid and I am beyond excited. Their website calls it a "new experience on the web,  a platform for browsing streams of relevant, personalized and prioritized information as it happens". I just call it a sweet way to get your news, when you want it, just the way you want it. 
I'm going to be the Assistant Editor. So. Excited.

Screenshot of the app. Get it, it's FREE!

It's a startup (sort of, they're five years old) so it doesn't feel stuffy and corporate - everyone is enthusiastic, brilliant, and great at their job. Did I mention that there are free lunches and a dog named Peter Pan at the office and that I'm STOKED?!?! 

_____ is not The Event

I absolutely LOVED Lost. I was a Fan with a capital F. When it ended (and I was more than disappointed by the finale) I lamented loud and long. Imagine my joy when NBC, my favorite network, picked up an awesome new show entitled The Event, about a government conspiracy, horrific lab experiments, and creepy cliffhangers (AND John Ritter's son!)

The plot twists are phenomenal and the acting is delicious (with the exception of Leila's character, but I liked her before so maybe she's just going through an irritating phase). I encourage everyone, Lost fan or not, to watch it.

Thirty Day Challenge

Hi lovely readers, I hope you are all dreaming of tomorrow's feast. As for me, I'm up to my eyeballs in applications, the first batch of which is due on the 1st. To take a break and make sure I stay sane, I'm doing the 30-day Challenge (via Vivi). Each day I'll try to blog about something different. Here's the list:

Day 01 - Photo of you along with ten facts

Day 02 - How you got your blog name

Day 03 - Hometown location and facts

Day 04 - Ten Places you want to visit

Day 05 - Favorite memory from childhood

Day 06 - Five favorite songs

Day 07 - Best job you ever had

Day 08 - Worst job you ever had

Day 09 - Best day of your life

Day 10 - Worst day of your life

Day 11 - A sport you love to watch/play

Day 12 - Anything you want to post about

Day 13 - Favorite season and why

Day 14 - Something you’re addicted to

Day 15 - Reblog the first thing you see on your dashboard

Day 16 - What did you want to be as a child

Day 17 - Favorite genre of movies

Day 18 - Favorite class/school subject

Day 19 - Random fact about you

Day 20 - Five people you are happy with right now (no names)

Day 21 - Person you can’t live without

Day 22 - Anything you want to post about

Day 23 - Five people you are annoyed with right now (no names)

Day 24 - If you could change your first name, what would you change it to

Day 25 - Favorite stores to buy clothes from

Day 26 - Favorite book

Day 27 - College you are attending or want to attend

Day 28 - Career goals

Day 29 - Ten life goals

Day 30 - Anything you want to post about

Keep in mind that I'm a giant ball of stress at the moment and this may take more than 30 days to complete. But I really want to do it, so I'll start after I finish my Santa Barbara application.

Finally!

engaged after eight years. good one, William!

Aurora Borealis

It's always been my dream to see Aurora Borealis. I don't think there's anything more beautiful or magical.

Can you imagine seeing a sky like this?

The Master

People often like to give away what they need most themselves.

J'adore

Oh my god. One of my friends, whom I really only see on Thanksgiving but admire and adore more than most people I see more often, just got engaged. In Paris. I'M feeling giddy, so I can only imagine her euphoria. Congratulations! <3

{heart}

And after a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul.

You learn that love doesn’t mean leaning,

and company doesn’t mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts

and presents aren’t promises.

And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open.

With the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build all your roads on today

because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So plant your own garden,

and decorate your own soul,

instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure…

that you really are strong…

and you really do have worth.

{Jorge Luis Borges}

Brunch

If you know me, you know two things: that I express love with food, and that I love brunch. Today I got to combine the two in a Thank-You brunch to my aunt and her "boyfriend" (feels weird to use that term for someone over 50, but whatever) for helping me move back and forth to Berkeley a million times. These aren't my photos, but I wish they were!

We started with a frittata containing shrimp, red onion, mushrooms, zucchini, red bell peppers, and a generous amount of mozzarella cheese. We followed it up with corn pudding...

and finished up with strawberry and nutella crepes. I also made peach and vanilla-cinnamon crepes, which were really delicious.

and of course it's not brunch without mimosas! :) Tropicana orange juice and an unopened bottle of Chandon from my 21st birthday. Sooo good.

GIANTS!

Brian "The Beard" Wilson and Cody "The Boss" Ross

This picture pretty much sums up my feelings about the Giants winning their first World Series in 56 years.

Happy Halloween

So my family likes to go all out for Halloween... here's a sampler. Hope everyone had a fun night filled with sugar comas :)