Why do we try so hard to stand out?

Have you ever noticed how hard everyone tries to be a non-conformist? I was recently watching the Billboard awards and it seems as if all of the "artists" were trying to one-up each other by having a crazy, colorful, weird performance. But what they failed to see was that in their attempts to be unique, they actually were all acting like one another. So at what point does uniqueness (not sure if that is a word lol) become the norm?

There was a day when Elton John was seen as a strange man, but making great great music. But nowadays Elton John seems like a conservative old man with goofy glasses, and still making great music I might add. Where Elton differs from the rest of the people today was the fact that he actually has talent, not just the want to be famous for money. So does that mean people now are acting out just as a way to cover their lack of talent for the sake of being famous? I don't think this is a steadfast rule to follow, but I am just not sure why everyone is trying so hard to stand out from one another when biology does that for us. We all differ via genetic code, unless you are a twin, in which this case is moot, but for most of us we are all different on our own. I could ramble on and on, but the point I am trying to make is: We all should stop trying to be unique, and learn to live together. Maybe then we can strive to that Utopian world where we all live happily ever after where the world is at peace. dare to dream...

Who are you to judge?

I must confess this concept is not my own, I borrowed it from the one and only Carrie Bradshaw. But where would we be without great inspiration?


So here it goes: Why do we judge people? Is it a conscious thing, something done with malice in the heart, or is it simply a human instinct to organize people into boxes so our minds can comprehend? I personally think we judge as an easy way to identify the different types of people. Of course there are always exceptions of the rule, but if people are so angry about being judged, then why do they fit the stereotype? We all just want to be loved so we tend to mold ourselves to fit the types of those around us, but what would happen if there were no leaders and everyone was trying to follow each other, but no one wanted to set the standard....eeeee. craziness.

So I propose a toast: we all judge each other, as long as we can still be open enough to accept and embrace it when someone breaks the mold.

Where has all of the patience gone?

Ok, so I have been an epic failure at keeping up with this blog, so here is another go :)

Lately I have been having epiphanies about life in general. Most current in my mind has to be the issue of patience. I feel that as a society full of technology, where everything is literally at our fingertips, we have no idea what it means to slow down. If we are not living, by living I mean doing something...anything, at every moment of every day and doing it quickly then why live at all?

For example, I deal with the public all day and everyday so I feel that I have a pretty good hold on how people act. I must preface this by saying, this theory I have come up with is obviously not a scientific study, simply observation. Anywho...the American public truly has a zero patience tolerance. When did this evolve? I mean I live in Kentucky and people in the South are supposed to have a slower way of life, so it makes me wonder what the heck is life like in New York....is it like the Jetson's? Did the "Back to Future" ideals become realized where people float on hoverboards? At this moment I cannot imagine moving at any faster of a speed before we literally turn into rays of light. I seriously think that if someone has to wait for more than two minutes for anything....and I mean anything, including for someone to use the restroom, that we will all have a nervous breakdown and crack into one million pieces, can you imagine? Yikes!?!

I am not saying that technology is a bad thing...but are we taking it a bit too far to the point where we are changing our human traits? Food for thought I guess.

...The not so fabulous life of a college grad...

So….. I have decided to finally join the 21^st century and blog. Who came up with the word blog anyway? It’s kind of gross if you say it three times fast, lol. Anywho... I guess this is my formal introduction into the cyber world, although I have been using the internet/email/aim/social media for awhile now. But these are my most inner thoughts displayed for the world to see! Ok, maybe not my most inner, but thoughts none the less.

 So where to start? I guess I should say a little about myself. I am 24, from Mason, Ohio, former fastpitch softball player, I love to dance, I live in Kentucky after graduating from NKU with a Marketing degree in 2009 and I am just your fun loving twenty something!! 

Basically, the past year of my life has been spent doing three things: 1) working at the same part-time job I have had the past eight years (ugghhh) 2) sending countless resumes to every job opening I have came upon only to be REJECTED (ugghhh) 3) drinking away my sorrows with my friends who have all seemed to find a full-time job (ugghhhh, this feeling usually happens the next morning). 

So as you can see, life is really going the way I planned when I set out on this venture 24 years, four months and five days ago. That’s a joke if you didn’t catch that already :(. But I feel like I am turning a corner in 2011 and I am going to make the best out of the situations that I can control, and try (begrudgingly) to live with the situations that I cannot. So this is my official introduction to the blog world…please be kind, I am new!