As previously stated, I don't like commitment, for a variety of different reasons. So I haven't been on the blog much. Or at all. Lauren summed up our Colbert trip nicely...although I should say Stephen tossed me a wriststrong bracelet...so my life is complete.
This list however, is far from done, so I'll tell you about 4 goals that I completed over the summer.
#42: Spend an entire sunday reading books
My mom bought me a Kindle for Christmas (fact: I have an awesome mother, who might just be sick of finding books every place in my house). It has quickly become my constant companion, mainly because it can carry all my books so I don't have to. So for an entire Sunday I turned off my phone, kept the TV off and left my laptop up stairs and just read. I finished 3 novels, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime about an autistic boy who finds a dead dog and his quest to find out who killed Wellington, Shanghai Girls which was about the lives of competitive Shanghai sister Pearl and May as they and they immigrate to America to be with their husbands and Falling Out of Fashion which was like The Devil Wears Prada...only better. I really missed reading the way I used to. TV and movies, they tell you what to see. A book can say "they lived in a three story pink house with white shutters" maybe when you see it, there's a wrap around porch and a big willow tree in the front with a wooden swing and a gazebo with roses and vines climbing up the sides. You get to see it how you want to, film tells you what to think and what to see but in books, you can make it your own.
#47 Buy red ho shoes
I was at Macy's where shoes were 65% off, which meant I was stocking up because I am a fierce bargain hunter. I found this pair of Carlos Santana red peep toe stilettos. After much internal debate and trying on what seems like 1000 pairs of shoes, I bought 5 different pairs, including the precious Santanas for an unheard of $17. Total spent $100, total saved $275, like I said, I don't pay full price. I may like nice things, but only when they're on sale. Clint Eastwood was not a fan, but my money, my rules. So two nights later I went on a fabulous dinner date with the best girls in the world and wore my black dress with the red heels. They looked great, we all looked great and I got a ton of compliments. Surprisingly no one told me I looked like a streetwalker, clearly, I'm moving up in the world.
#67 Read a Trashy Romance Novel
I'm gonna toss this out there, I haven't a problem with sex. People do it, whatever, but I like to keep my life private. I'm super private, and I have always wanted to read a super trashy romance novel. You know, the ones where if you opened to any given page you'd be met with some account of a sexual encounter. I wouldn't do it though because everybody would totally know when they saw the cover what I was reading! This is another reason I like the Kindle: nobody knows what I'm reading and a lot of books are free. A lot of Christian and Trashy Romance novels are free. For some reason, Amazon likes opposites in their free romance department. So I read the book Slow Hands it was about a girl who bids on a guy at a charity bachelor auction and they fall in love and have oodles of sex. So I read it, and it wasn't half terrible. On a side note, I wouldn't suggest setting your Kindle to auto download new free books, because you'll end up with some really weird stuff.
#68 Hold an administrative position in a club or activity.
I am the News Director at ICTV, the youngest one ever. Not only because I'm a sophomore, but because I'm a young sophomore. I think I'll like the position, but sometimes I forget that I have to make big decisions and everybody wants an in. Examples: Nick and me in the radio room.
Me: Do you want to anchor
Nick: Don't I have to audition
Me: Do what you want, I don't care that much.
Nick: Erin, you're the NEWS DIRECTOR you make these DECISIONS you're kinda a big deal.
I mean, I'll miss being out in the community and being on air, but this is a big stepping stone and I think even if I don't like being behind the scenes, it's only a year. At the end of the day it comes down to this. I like power in my career and I like being on air...so eventually I'll find a job where I can do both. Until then I couldn't be happier as the News Director at ICTV
