possibilities

So it has been roughly 1 year since I have graduated from that "glorious" institution we call San Jose State University and what do I have to show for it? Absolutely nothing, no job, no social life and certainly no sense to direction. I often find myself wondering how I got myself into this situation. I mean, I did everything right, or so I thought. I went to school year round, loaded up on units and course work even when I thought it wasn't healthy to carry 20 units, and even managed to coach and work part-time on campus. But that turned out to be all for not, seeing how I still live at home with the parentals and am currently jobless.

I can’t tell you how many hours a day I spend combing through Craig's List, Yahoo Hot Job, Monster and Career Builder. But yet, I have gone on some interviews where I am fed the same bull, "oh we like what we see, we will be in contact with you in the next week or so if we feel you would be a valuable asset to our company" or the "Unfortunately we are unable to hire you although you possess a skill set that we are currently looking for" When really all I hear is "BLAH BLAH BLAH" or "We won't hire you for this part-time position because you have a degree and you will try to jump ship as soon as a better job in your field of study becomes available."

Hopefully sometime in the next couple of weeks someone will want me and offer a J-O-B but until then, I stay in my little cocoon of sadness and self pity until I can come up for air and turn into that beautiful butterfly that I know I am.

good ol' Twilight

Okay, I so remember back in the day when the Twilight series had everyone in a frenzy? Originally, I wasn't one to hop on board of the Twilight madness train, but I recently got to watch the entire movies, and what can I say, I am hooked. Maybe it is because the two main characters, Bella and Edward are freakin' cute together, or maybe because I am a sucker for a good love fairytale/story because my lack of love life makes anything appealing.

Of course, call me the nerd I am, I went to my local library and wanted to check out the entire book series starting with Twilight, but of course due to the popularity, there are requests for every single books. Who knows when I'll get the books but hopefully before the next chapter, "New Moon" comes out in November. I saw the preview and fell in love with the series yet again

I can see why this movie has mass market appeal, it is a good story and from what I hear about the books, is that the movie pretty much follows it to a point. So back to the movie, other than it being a great love story about forbidden love, almost like Romeo and Juliet, it appeals to the older generation. I love love love it. Maybe I enjoy movies like this because they are not like anything we have seen before. Sure I have seen other vampire movies, but this pictures vampires that look and act like us teenagers and young adults.

So blah blah blah blah enough with my ramblings and gawking at all these young bucks but I really couldn’t resist. This movies lets me be kid again and remember all of the good times and memories about being in high school and what not. Ill have more to report when I read the book series. Till then, " When you can live forever what do you live for?" I know it is a tagline from the movie, but really, what would I live for if I could live forever. But more on that later!

-D

A little wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

If you are my friend on Facebook, you should recognize this quote because it is in my info section. This is such a powerful quote because if you do take the chance to stop and look back on everything that you are have experienced in your lifetime, in my case, all of 22 years, you only can grow stronger and wiser from the mistakes that you have made in the past. Look at me, 22, almost 23 yr old college graduate that is currently living at home and unemployed. If I could, I would dwell on everything that has happened to me in the past year, and everything that hasn't, but I have to keep telling myself to keep my head up. Because i know that in a couple of years, I will look back a this time in my life and just laugh because it only helped increase my dedication that my goals and passions. But for now, I stick to blogging and keeping myself occupied with other various things I find interesting. Mainly reading, taking pictures, editing those pictures, hanging with family and taking time to appreciate the life that I have been blessed with. Mainly a loving family, education that has brought me wisdom and the confidence to go out in the world and take it on, and the drive to not let something so mundane and no job stop me from continually bettering myself.

So with that, I am going to move along with the rest of me day and head to the gym for my strength&endurance and step classes that I take on Weds. So for now.... LOVE, PEACE, and HAPPINESS :)

-D