Totally Business

Ha! I completely forgot to mention anything about my first office Christmas party. Yea! The party was in downtown Nash above a wonderful restaurant known as Big River. We started with a dinner at Joe's Crab Shack that was literally half a block away from the party. We decided the reason behind this choice was cost effectiveness. I even sat with the boss and wife. You know just working my way up in the world...only kidding.

We had a live band (well actually two since apparently Moto has its own little band, too. I might just land myself I lead singer position in that band in the next couple of years). There were only a few fellow enginerds there with there wives so it was mostly sales guys. I spent the night socializing away and even managed to squeeze in a few WDEs during the Auburn rendition of Sweet Home Alabama (with the sales guy over our whole territory's wife). The usual.

After the party was over we headed to the normal Friday night spots...Paradise Park, Tootsies, etc. We stayed out until at least half of us were sitting at our table yawning. That's how it has been with me lately. I just get hit with super tiredness out of nowhere. Getting old is my only explanation.

The party was great fun, and I am now officially business. I managed to make it through the night with none to minimal embarrassment which is better than I thought I would do. So overall I would call my first big girl Christmas party a success.

Merry Weekend after Christmas

I feel like I haven't had any free time in the past couple of weeks to even think about turning on my computer to write a blog. Between work and the holidays, I have just been super busy, and as far as work goes I'm pretty sure I'm only going to get busier (or more busy). I thought I'd say a quick hello though in case I don't get the chance to write again until the new year (2009...how crazy is that?!).

I remember when Y2K and all of that fun paranoia jazz happened (mi madre was definitely sucked into it), but one of my favorite things about hitting the 2000s was the awesome glasses that have been produced every new years for the past nine years. So to all of you I say go get you some 2009 paper glasses because this will be the last year for awhile for double o's in the middle. I love how I say that like I'm going to be alive for the next go round.

On a different note I hope that everyone had a super Christmas. I know I did. This was my first Christmas that I had to travel more than ten minutes across town, and I'm working now. So it was definitely different, but I think it made me enjoy time with the fam that much more.

The broseph visited Nashty last weekend, and we went to see one of the Rockettes shows at the Grand Ole Opry. I have only done that once before when I was in high school so I thoroughly enjoyed it. The nativity scene they do at the end was awesome with live livestock and all (that sounded weird). And of course the decor around the hotel and all was just lovely. If you have never made it up that way for the holidays I would highly recommend it.

I haven't quite made it home yet from the break. I'm in the ATL right now hoping to mosy back towards Nash tomorrow morning. I have friends coming up to ring the new year in with me, so I'll be cleaning all day tomorrow probably. Good times. I've actually started a list of resolutions for next year. I approached it a little different this year, and I am pretty excited about it. I'm out for now though.

Hope everyone had a very merry!

-1 Degrees

I noticed my neighbor looking at the broseph and I like we were crazy this morning when we were packing up his car to leave after his weekend visit. I mean yes it was cold and yes he had on a short sleeve shirt and yes I had wet hair, but it wasn't until I checked out the weather channel that I realized I would have looked at us the same way. Why? Wind chill = -1 degrees. Craziness.

Negative One Degrees.

My Anti-drug...again

So I just got through with my random two hour YouTube video watching instead of going to bed (...ugh why do I always do this). I actually came out of the end of the search with a new cd...from the guy in the second video. These are some of the best covers I've seen in awhile. Enjoy.

I think this might be the only Coldplay song I really listen to, but I definitely listen to it enough to make up for all of their other songs that I don't listen to. This cat also did a mean cover of Cannonball.

I guess I was in a Damien mood, huh?

I watched this baby at least five times. He also did a cover of Regina Spektor so I decided right away to buy his cd. You might think this rash, but I am thoroughly enjoying his tunes already.

Night!

Carole...I think you knew it was coming.

I would not be true to myself if I had no blog completely dedicated to one of my heroes (not politically) Carole King. Anyone that knows my first and last name knows who Carole King is and my slight obsession with her. I wasn't really sure how to approach this blog, but after hours upon hours (aka five minutos) of brainstorming I knew exactly what I would do...an acronym. This might be my top ranked English activity. Haikus coming in at a close second, naturally. So here it is.


Creative
Amazing
Rustic
Original
Laid back
Entertaining


So that's what I think about her. She's an amazingly creative singer/songwriter whose known for her originality and whose laid back and rustic tunes have kept me entertained for years. How's that for awesome?

After writing this I thought it was so good that I should email it to her, but last time I shot her an email she didn't respond. Sad day. Maybe I'll just write it on a piece of paper and give it to her daughter the next time she's in town.

I also thought to myself...I wonder how many times in my life I have done an acronym with Carol (no e) since that is my mom's name. My conclusion: probably a bunch.

What's always been funny to me is that I was always a fan and just didn't know it. My dad loves to tell the story of me singing (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman to him on the ride to kindergarten everyday. It was the Aretha version and I was five, but that is in my opinion one of the most beautifully written songs ever...

"When my soul was in the lost and found, you came along to claim it.
I didn't know just what was wrong with me 'til your kiss helped me name it.
Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for.
'Cause if I make you happy, I don't need to do more."

Don't get me wrong. I am no hopeless romantic, but everytime I hear this I can't help but get chills all over.

So what better way to get you acquainted with Carole (if you aren't already) than watching her rendition of this song. Carole and the piano. Nothing more is needed. It's the rawness of her version of this song that I really love. Everything laid out on the table. Nothing left to hide. Enjoy!

This is Me Venting

I'm right there with you, Alex.

I'm pretty sure that everyone from my generation is familiar with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I know I am, and that's how I feel the last few days have been for me.

It started on Tuesday. I was lucky enough to get up at 5:30 (I normally wake up at least two hours later) to drive a couple of hours east for business. To save me some time, the night before I straightened my hair which turned out to just be a waste of time. On the way their it started raining, and I don't think it's stopped yet. So it rained all day. I had on heels, straight hair, and I was basically trekking around in the mud outside to visit some sites. It was awesome.

I ended up leaving a couple of hours later than planned because we had an incident. So when I finally got on the road I realized I was going to hit Nash at rush hour, and to make matters worse it was absolutely pouring rain. Oh wait that wasn't the worst because about 30 miles outside of Nash my engine light came on so I found myself maxing out at 50 mph on the interstate. Good times.

Wednesday:
I realized I had a ridiculously short time frame to get work done, and I had absolutely no clue what I was doing. I get extremely frustrated in this type of situation. Today wasn't so bad except for the fact I couldn't really go any where because my engine light was still on so I missed book club...Christmas edition style.

Today:
Wow. I got up straightened my hair yet again (don't ask me why). I left for work later than normal to make sure and avoid any traffic so I could drive straight to Mazda and get my little Nigel serviced. Ends up that there was a wreck so any and every way I could go was backed up and moving I'd say around .01 mph. So I finally got back to my neck of the woods in 30 minutesish and went to Panera across the street from mi casa to work/eat breakfast/see when traffic died down. I basically had nothing accomplished by the time lunch rolled around.

I finally got to work a little, and traffic cleared up after 1:00 so I decided to head towards the dealership. Dropped the car off and got one of my coworkers to pick me up and we headed to the office. I then got an earful from one of the sales guys I'm working with (which was awesome and didn't piss me off at all), and I didn't get everything done that I needed to.

When I left the office it was raining/sleeting/snowing, and by the time I got my car it was covered with snow. So I got to drive home going 35 mph on the interstate (if you'd have told me that was even legal I probably wouldn't have believed you). I didn't even get to enjoy my first snow in Nashville. Oh well.

I'm still working (this is my break) right now and waiting for some emails to come in. I was suppose to have dinner downtown and get a CMT tour compliments of Kate, but the weather/work put a stop to that.

Needless to say I won't be sorry when this week is over. And I didn't think I would say this so soon, but I'd rather be in finals.

My only explanation for all of this is that last week was really awesome, so I guess I had to maintain balance...hence this week.

I Need Your Help

I was thinking about what other Christmas decor I can use in my house. I realized that I don't have a snow globe or a nativity scene yet which made me think of a snow globe that my grandmother has. It is a snow globe with Santa holding Baby Jesus which I always thought was the sweetest thing. Even Santa knew the reason for the season.

SO if you are out shopping this holiday season and happen to see any snow globes with Santa either holding or kneeling to Baby Jesus pretty please let me know where you saw it. I am dying to have one. Thanks!

Oh and I finished The Friday Night Knitting Club last night. Sad ending. I hate reading books that are sad because it's ridiculously hard to read while crying. I learned this big time when reading the last two installments of Harry Potter (or Partner as my nephew called it when he was itty bitty).

Have a great Monday!

Love It

I've been somewhat obsessed with a little band known as the The Weepies the past couple of months. They actually started as two solo acts and both liked each other's music so much that they decided to converge (and they're married...so cute). They are really great, and I would recommend them to anyone.

My fave tunes right now are Happiness (fast) and Somebody Loved (slow). I always have to pick one of each.

Anyways, I'm not here to sell you on their music. Yesterday, I visited their website for the first time this holiday season, and I was pleasantly surprised. Check it out right chanana.

Go ahead and give it a shake. It's fun. I promise.

Hair...Hmmm

I was looking at my vlog below earlier, and I realized something was a little off. Well I had the mirror image on my webcam turned on so while that is what I see when I look in the mirror everyone else sees me the completely opposite way. Funny, huh?

So I got to thinking...why does my hair part to that specific side? Yes. Some people would have immediately dropped the topic there, but this is how my brain works. I know that this is something that you have always wanted to know (and some of you probably do). I decided to Google "why does hair part to one side." The results gave me three good theories (two leaning towards scientific and one more based on personality).

Scientific
The Nose Theory
This theory is used by some hairdressers and states that everyone's nose angles to one side, either toward the left or the right. Proponents of this method say that if your nose leans to the left, you should part your hair on the left and brush it to the right. Accordingly, if your nose is right leaning, part your hair on the right and brush it to the left. By causing your hair to go the opposite way of your nose you will create a balance in your facial appearance.In addition, a center part will draw attention or "point to" your nose. So if you have a large or unattractive nose, you will want to stay away from the center part.

I couldn't really do much with this one seeing as how my nose is pretty round so I can't even find the "point" let alone where it is pointing. I hope this doesn't mean that my facial appearance is totally unbalanced. I don't know what I would do if that were the case.

The Eye Theory
Everyone has one eye that is prettier than the other. In this method, the part is placed over the center of your prettier eye. This will accent the pretty eye while not drawing so much attention to the less attractive eye. As a hairdresser, I have used both the Eye and the Nose Theory in designing a style. However, the following theory is new to me and deserves some thought.

I always thought one of my eyes was a little lazy, and if this theory holds true then my part is definitely helping me draw more attention to my prettier eye. This is when I started to feel good about my part.

Personality (and somewhat scientific once reading it again)
The Gender Theory
This one says that when a person puts a part in their hair, they are emphasizing either the right or left brain functioning. According to the study by Catherine Walter and John Walter called The Effects of Hair Parting on Social Appraisal and Personal Development, others make subconscious assumptions about you from the way you part your hair.

1. Men with a Left Part
The left part works well for men. They are seen as popular, successful, strong and traditional although possibly out of touch with their feminine side.

2. Women with a Left Part
This is good for women interested in a career in politics or business. They are perceived as intelligent, in charge, and reliable. Sometimes they are perceived as overly masculine and this can create difficulties in fulfilling traditionally feminine roles.

This one is me! And it is totally me. I mean I am working in a man's profession for sure. I am all for the gender theory because although it did call me overly masculine I took everything else as a complete compliment.

3. Men with a Right Part
The right part is not natural for men. It can create an uncomfortable image, and is sometimes perceived as radical. However it can work for the man who is very self-confident or striving to be respected in a non-traditional role.

4. Women with a Right Part
This is natural for women. It is seen as very feminine, gentle and caring, however it can sometimes cause the problem of not being taken seriously.

5. Men and Women with No part, Center Part or Bald
This is perceived as natural for men and women. It is perceived as balanced, trustworthy and wise although it can lack the flair associated with the other types.

This one just made me laugh. I know that some people choose to be bald (aka not sick or the victim of bad genes) so I'm now going to consider those people fakes. I mean come on guys...just deal with your receding hairline, okay? Thank you very much.

You can read the entire article on the gender theory HERE. And why not? You've already wasted a good five or 10 minutes of your day.

This is just a test.

My broseph recommended vlogging which I probably won't stick to seeing as how I sometimes spend my downtime (breaks I am allowed that is) at work writing up a blog and lets be honest...I can't make a video in my cube. BUT I thought I'd give it a try. It'll be just like we're having a conversation, except for the fact that you can't respond.

Weird. Cheers!

P.S. My fun room is not messy at all.

I Have a Dream...

Hey. Hey. Hey. Yesterday I thought I would be writing you this blog from Nash, but I'm still at the parentals. Old Nigel (my car and what a beauty it is) decided he didn't want to get out in the traffic today. The engine light came on last night and my dad filled up my oil even though I have at least a month or two before I need to get it changed again (thanks so much Wally World). So I decided to stick it out in O-town one more night. I mean I have a legit excuse, right?

I went to Hanging of the Greens at my church tonight. It was great. Two of the nephews performed. Jack managed to pull out an air guitar in his last performance at church and I missed it. Unfortunately for everyone in the congregation, he did not pull out any tricks tonight.

When we got home after for some reason my mom and I got into a conversation on old stories and poems we wrote. If you know mi madre and me this is totally understandable. So I decided to go pull out some of my old literature (they have bestselling author written all over them...ha!). Anyways, here is one that I found quite humorous...

I Have a Dream...

I have a dream. My dream is to become an entertainer. It doesn't matter if I'm on a tv show, movie, or I'm a talkshow host. This is my dream because I like to talk and be the center of attention.\

I think to make this a reality I would have to practice. I would have to practice on stage in front of people. I would have to do well in school and be in the highschool drama club. I would have to succeed in college and be in their drama club. Then, I would probably have to move to Hollywood or New York City to become an actress or whatever. As a citizen, I will entertain the world.

By: Beth White :)

How great is this? I decided to go through and make a checklist on what I have accomplished to achieve this goal.

1. Practice - All of the time. I remember setting up my stuffed animals and performing for them (please still be my friend). I also did a radio show with my friends when I was younger (again...please still be my friend).
   
2. Practice on stage in front of people - Not so much. I was in showchoir so I guess I somewhat achieved this.
3. Do well in school- Graduated from high school. Check.
4. High School Drama Club - Negative.
5. Succeed in college - Graduated from college (five year plan). Affirmative.
6. College drama club - Seriously? Nope.
7. Move to Hollywood - I know you should "never say never" but I'll make an exception here. Never.
8. Move to NYC - Not on my top five list. No for now. But you never know.
9. Entertain the world as a citizen - Hilarious. I think I have definitely done this. Not necessarily as an actress/talk show host.

I mean I did choose a profession similar to entertainer. En_____er. I just filled in the blank a little differently.

Free Gifts are the Bestest

I took a holiday break and well deserved. My blog goal (and yes I was always taught that if you set small goals then it is more probable they will be accomplished) was to write a blog everyday for the first week (at least)...check. Small goal accomplished 101. So here's something funny that happened this week while on my mini break.

I got to spend tons of time with the fam this week which I loved. We actually woke up and went shopping (around 6:30) on Black Friday. This was the first time I have ever done this, and although there were great deals...I ended up buying a ton for me that I probably wouldn't have bought otherwise so Black Friday may not happen again for me next year.

Anyways, the broseph informed my sister of a used Xbox 360 deal going on at one of the stores. My nephew had one for about a year, and it died since he left it on 24/7. Not the point. So my sister mentioned getting a used one to my nephew. The conversation is as follows:

Sis: What do you think about getting a used Xbox before Christmas (key word before)? You know that way we can save some money.
Neph: But if I get it from Santa it will be free.

Good times. I miss being a kid.

Turkey Day Eve

I made it to home, sweet, home last night after a little over five hours on the road (longer than normal), a sore throat (from singing my heart out to pass the time), and some hair missing (due to me pulling it out while in traffic).

Today was any normal Thanksgiving Eve. I tore up the kitchen Paula Deen style. No, seriously...I made one of her recipes. I played with the three cutest nephews ever and visited with the sis. Believe me, I was just as thrilled as them to play on the trampoline for over an hour...it just never gets old for me, and I've been jumping on it since I was one. I went shopping with the mom and bought some new knitting needles and yarn. The Friday Night Knitting Club is contagious...they should get a percentage of sales for promotion. I have "helped" knit one scarf with my mom and grandmother. Kind of neat since there were three generations of work put into it. Lets be honest though. I knitted about 3 rows and was done.

Anyways, excited about tomorrow. Macy's and then (drum roll please)...THE DOG SHOW!!! Yea!

Hope everyone has a great one!

Check This Out

Got this email from the mom earlier this morning and thought I'd share it.

UNBELIEVABLE PHOTO

This is a beautiful photo of a giant American flag in Arizona. The photo is authentic, untouched and was taken on regular Kodak 35mm film. The person who took the picture couldn't believe the image created by the sun's rays. Nice of them to share it with the world!

How awesome is that?!

Short and Sweet

It's late, so I'll make this short and sweet. I love that 10:25 is late for me now (Beth = 0ld). Anyhoo I sat in on my first face-to-face "professional" interview today, and what's funny about this is that I was one of the interviewers. I guess no experience was needed.

After work I went to Target (which I do almost every night seeing as how I could hop, skip, and jump to Target from my doorstep) to buy some ornament hangers, and I ran into one of my friends from freshman year that lived on the same floor as me. She lives right down the street from me. Crazy, huh? I love "small world" moments especially since I tend to hum the tune to myself after it happens which immediately makes me think of Disney World aka my favorite place ever. You wish you were me. Be honest.

Off to read...Friday Night Knitting Club (my book club book from two months ago). I'm just a smidge behind. Night!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Since I'm going home for Thanksgiving on Tuesday and won't return until later next Sunday, I decided to go ahead and get a little Christmas decorating done today. I bought most of my decorations last year post Christmas when everything is like 125% off...seriously. The one thing I didn't have though was a tree.

So after church I went Christmas tree hunting. So much fun. I went with the prelit fake which is so funny to me because I totally hounded my parents the first year they bought a fake instead of a real (and that was only like 5 years ago and we had a cat that always turned over the tree each year...at least twice). I found my tree at Home Depot, and it was totally love at first sight. I walked out of that store, tree in hand, grinning ear to ear like I had just gotten the best deal ever...which I hadn't.

It took me all afternoon to put everything up. We have a tradition in my family as far as tree decorating goes. Every year my parents give us an ornament that represents us. I've had a puppy, tennis Santa, and a piano just to name a few. Once we open our ornaments we start decorating the tree with ornaments of old and reminisce on each ornament. And we always had a CD or tape (depending on the decade) playing in the background. I decided to stick with this tradition because I love it.

I turned my TV to the Traditional Holiday Music channel, and even got to break out my "Christmas in America" record. So exciting! So glad I picked that one up a couple of months ago, and it only cost 99 cents (even more exciting!!). And can I just say that everything goes so well with my apple green Ikea sofa and red pillows. In a word, my living room right now is scrumptulescent. I think I might just leave the Christmas decor up all year round.

Don't worry though. I didn't put any of my outdoor decor up yet. I didn't want to be that neighbor.

My smile equaled that of old Charles but my decorations...way better!

FYI: Y'all=You all...not You will

One fun part about working for a big company like Motriola (personally my fave way of pronouncing it) is the array of people that you get to meet. I've met fellow enginerds from Mexico to England to France. I'm sure I made their list as well...seeing as how a) they have a list and b) they probably never thought they'd meet anyone originally from the great state of Alabama.

One guy I've worked with in particular had a pretty thick British accent. He has only been in the states for a few years, and it shows. So when he came down here to work on a project of mine, he found it quite humorous when I sent him a text with the word y'all in it. He loved that us Southern folk down here text the way we talk. I mean, durh, of course we do because we're awesome. So after I had sent him a few texts with the word y'all he decided to try the word out for size. His text read as follows:

"When do you reckon y'all be here? We can wait 10 mins. no problem."

Props to him for giving it a go but lets be honest...didn't work out too great. I immediately laughed when I received this. First of all I was the only one on the way so y'all wasn't even needed unless I have a second personality that I am unaware of. Secondly, the way it was used the "all" replaced "will" which is kind of important seeing as how it is the verb and everything.

So when I met up with him I told him this version of y'all would have been tricky because the way I would have said it would have led to a double contraction...you all will = y'all'll. I'm pretty sure this blew his mind, but I hope that he's stuck with it and is practicing the proper use of the wonderful word y'all.

Thought I'd share this. Please do not be overwhelmed with my exciting lifestyle.

NINJAS!

I won't get into details now about why Google is awesome in every way, but I want everyone to see the wonderful new themes option they added to Gmail. This was added to my Gmail on Tuesday, but I know I talked to some friends who said there's wasn't up and running until later on this week. Anyways here are a bunch of the themes...

I currently have mine set as the ninja theme (third row center) which utilizes a beautiful shade of blue and ninjas lurking around my inbox...naturally. So for all of you Gmail users out there I would highly recommend you put the themes to use...Settings. Themes tab.

It's the small things that make my day, and Google has a great way of making that happen.

YouTube: My Anti-drug

Remember that series of anti-drug commercials? Do they still do those? Not the topic of conversation just wondering.

I'm pretty big on YouTube, so it will definitely play a role in my blog. I'll go on there to watch one (uno/singular) video and two hours later I'm watching a video of someone I've never heard of somewhere I've never heard of. So today I got on YouTube with the mindset of just kind of browsing. You know...seeing what was out there.

I saw this video that I thought looked interesting, clicked on it, and it ended up being the newest video of this girl who's awesome. Julia Nunes. She plays a mean ukulele, and all of her videos are fun. Well I started picking some out that I thought I'd enjoy. Turns out she opened for Ben Folds and has played with him. She's definitely going places, and no I don't mean mainstream America. I went to her website to see if she was coming to Nashville anytime soon, and she had come in May. Turns out it was Nashville, IN...seriously guys?

A few videos I thoroughly enjoyed...

It looks like this was one of her firsts. The beginning is a little off, but she's quick to recover. Love the video for this one. Made me chuckle.

I like her version o' this better.

I mean I even listened to her entire rendition of Survivor, and I don't think I've listened to that song since we performed it in showchoir. One thing's for sure...she's definitely got a new fan.

Beauty Pageants and Beth (Never thought I'd hear those two mentioned together. Ever.)

Two blogs in one day...lucky you. So I'm going to sound like a total dork, but I already have some blogs written. Noone ever told me that you can't blog well...without a blog so while traveling for work I pulled out the trusty old pen and paper and got to work. I thought I would use a font that looked like my handwriting. You don't have to tell me...I know that I'm super clever. I would like to thank my Intro to Engineering course for teaching me the lovely language of HTML (it only cost $400 right?).

Here she goes...

I never thought that I would hear myself say this but...I wish had participated in more pageants when I was younger. And by pageants I mean scholarship programs, and by more I mean any. Let me explain this proposterous statement.

I came to the realization the other day at work that I am not very good with on the spot questions. I was asked a very simple question that I knew the answer to, but I just gave a simple "I don't know. I'm not good with that kind of stuff." Really?!?! I'm not good with that kind of stuff. The "stuff" that I was referring to pertained to my job, my education, and everything that I had studied for the past couple of years. AND I KNEW THE ANSWER.

I have also found myself in similar situations answering questions with an "I don't understand the question" which is such a lie because I totally understand the question.

So this is how I came to the conclusion of more pageant experience being a good thing. The interview and on stage question. These are a huge percentage of your overall score although I could not give you the specific percentage because that would mean I knew way more than I wanted to about pageants (no offense to all of the pageant girls out there).

You go into the interview knowing all of the answers ahead of time. No they don't give you the questions that they are going to ask you, but they do ask you questions about yourself, your experience, your platform (if you have one), and anything else that has to do with you. So you should already know the answers to these questions, but it's the whole "on the spot"-ness that makes this difficult at times.

I know that the safest bet in the dreaded (for me at least) "on the spot" question situation is to take a deep breath and allow yourself to process the question and think of the answer. Easier said than done. And you know what? I think this would be somewhat easier for me if I had a good amount of experience with this which I could have obtained via pageant experience.

Just an FYI...if you had told me that my first nonintroductory (did I just make up a word) blog would be on beauty pageants I would have laughed in your face and probably managed to get a little bit of spit on you while I was at it. But it is what it is. Feel free to enjoy it again and again because I am almost 99.9% sure that I will never write another blog with the main subject being beauty pageants.

Everybody's Doing It

So I've decided to start blogging. Why you ask?...the answer is in the title of this blog. I spend all day on the computer at work, and I love taking breaks to read friends' blogs. I even have the blogs on my most visited list. Since they are kind enough to make my day enjoyable, I have decided to return the favor.I wanted to wait until I got my website up and running, but that was suppose to happen about 3 months ago so we'll see how that turns out.

As for what I'll blog about, it'll be a little of this little of that. I definitely don't specialize in anything (as my friend KK and I put it...we're less than mediocre) so I don't have one topic I can harp on. I've only been in the real world for 5 months now so I have definitely encountered many firsts (like buying a condo!!!). You will also notice throughout my blogs that I skip around a lot. I have the attention span of a five year old watching C-Span...or anyone watching it for that matter. Just bear with me though...mmkay?

A little about me...I'm living in the lovely Nashvegas now. Well actually Brentwood, TN for all of you who are familiar with the area. I interned here last summer with Motorola, and they asked me back so here I am. Enginerding it in the country music capital of the world...which I can vouch for the fact that if you want to avoid the whole country music aspect of Nashville it's a lot easier than you would think. So that's it for now. Welcome to my blog. I'm sure you'll gain a lot of knowledge from this baby (cha right and monkeys might fly out of my butt...any Wayne's World fans in the house?). Wow.

Ciao for now,
Beth