Tetris, Life, and Love....actually Love has nothing to do about it.

I woke up this morning, groggy as usual and feeling somewhat relieved today would be the last 11 hour work day I would be pulling until next week. For whatever reason I started to think of the random quotes I have used over the past years. I don't know why, but I started to tie them into the game Tetris. Now, Im not going to pretend that this is an original thought, but I don't ever remember looking up something inspirational about that game but here is what I thought, "Life is like the game of tetris. Random crap keeps coming at you, but its up to you to decide how its going to fit in." Later today I looked online and apparently a lot of people make Tetris comparisons, but still...there it is, my inspirational thought of the day.

Summer time treats

I have no problem admitting that many of the things I still enjoy doing I did as a child. For example flying kites, coloring, and on a recent date I even made paper boats. However, today I was super bored and wanted a popsicle. I thought I would get creative and make my own using punch and an ice tray. If memory serves me, there is even an episode of care bears that teaches you how to do this. Anyway, I didn't have any punch mix ( I do have juice boxes but that's different) and so I thought I would get creative and use a can of Mt.Dew. Since I used Mt.Dew I wanted to call them "adult popsicles," but that sounded dirty for some reason. In fact while I am thinking about it, adding the word "adult" in front of any noun or activity makes it dirty; adult movies, adult books etc....but I digress back to my original point; Mt.Dew popsicles. Here is the proof of my creativity...

I would like to point out that a standard sized can of Mt.Dew filled all but 4 of the trays

Nothing says Freedom like balloons

I meant to post this a while ago, but forgot...deal with it.
Anyway, the Friday before the 4th of July, this is what I ran into on the way to work...it was pretty dope, especially because a lot of them were flying really really low.

Being productive at work...

One of my sales people sent this to me today; it made me laugh...

    1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your
    computer history if you die.

    2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize
   you're wrong.

    3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I
was younger.

    4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

    5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

    6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

    7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm
pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

    8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how
the person died.

    9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

    10. Bad decisions make good stories.

    11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
    when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the
    rest of the day.

    12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't
    want to have to restart my collection...again.

    13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me
    if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear
    I did not make any changes to.

    14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to
    answer when they call.

    15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

    16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
    Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

    17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

    18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

    19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod
    and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

    20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to
    prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and
    sisters!

    21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,
    and you can wear them forever.

    22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not
    know what time it is.

    23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car
    keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the
    Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3
    feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

Dressed for Success

A friend of mine recently noticed some of my more creative outfits and asked me to post a couple of pictures she took pictures of them. Read the description underneath to understand the point of each one.

More and More I am wanting to dress like people from the 50's, so to keep that going I even rocked a real flower in my lapel. What you don't see is that I wore navy socks with yellow, white and green colors in them to match with my tie and pocket square.

At work we were asked to go business casual since some clients were coming to visit. I wore a bow tie, which I tied myself...funny enough the clients saw me walking in with lunch for my team and LOVED the bow tie

A Little More Classy Than A Birthday Suit.....

(For the record I would have posted this a week ago, but my computer has been stupid, but I digress) This past year I have really become obsessed with wearing suits. I used to hate getting dressed up for church and events, but my attitude is completely different now. I feel more mature and snazzy in a suit. I kind of wish I had the type of job that required me to be a little more dressed up, because I wouldn't mind it at all, I look rather debonair these days.. This new attitude with dressing up has been inspired by some of my most recent idols of fashion. My brother would like to take claim to this, although I do bug him for fashion advice frequently, but not so secretly here are the men (both real and fictitious) that I try and model my style after; Gene Kelly, James Bond, Neil Caffrey (from the show White Collar)

Yes I bought an umbrella and fedora and want to learn to tap dance too

I almost always wear a pocket square now, and taught myself to tie a legit bow tie

No comments needed...so SICK!!!

My next suit purchase

Tie clip, another fun addition. I also rock colorful socks, but that's not necessarily shown :)

this is essentially what I look like every Sunday...but with curly hair.

Sadness, Grief, Disappointment, and Trials......

I really couldn't think of a creative title for this post. Often times I try to use a pun or something, but today seemed a little different. I have caught a cold and oddly enough I feel like my most profound thoughts tend to come when I am inoculated with cold medicine. However, today I was thinking a lot about trials and disappointments. Some people believe life is pre-planned while others feel we are master's of our own destiny. But regardless of what you think, nobody knows what tomorrow is going to bring. And tomorrow could be the best day of our life or it could be the worst day of your life. You NEVER know. But what you can try and pre-plan is how are you going to react to whatever life throws at you. But even that is hard to do as well. How do you plan for the unseen? Here's the deal; life isn't fair. It was never meant to be. If it was fair, than it would provide no motivation for the advantaged to stay on top or the drive for the underdogs to work harder to achieve greatness. Frankly, I am glad for all of the crap I have had to deal with and continue to deal with (to some degree). Mentally, physically, spiritually, financially; all of these have been tested and stretched to their capacity in my 27 years of life. I think sometimes the hardest stuff is what we build up to be awesome in our heads and the really we just disappoint ourselves with unachievable visions. One of the saddest things I have picked up on though is that often times when we are going through trials we often take out our frustrations and disappointments on those closest to us (sometimes without even realizing it). I know I have been a selfish friend, and when I am depressed, I have been a down right jerk to a lot of the people I love. They don't deserve it. Their biggest fault in the matter was knowing me and being around me at that time. Why is it that rather than cry on the shoulder of those closest to us, we tend to spit in their face instead? Is it pride? Is it the need to avoid being vulnerable? I can't explain why I have done it. And right now I would even like to extend an apology to anyone who was trying to help me in my time of need and got hurt by me. But for myself reading this post again in the future, or anyone reading this now who feels like life has handed you lemons, get over your pride. Life is too hard to let our pride get in the way of really letting others into our lives and help us. The people around you are around you because they love you and care about you. I am not ashamed to admit that in this year I have cried a few times to multiple people when things were rough. Pride is just dumb and makes you seem a lot more foolish than shedding some tears. Stop ignoring that fact and show some appreciation. Life in general won't stop slapping you in the face when you are down, trials won't stop coming, but through it all we all NEED the people around us.