Chicago Bucket List

1. Go to a concert at the Ravinia Festival this summer (check!)

2. Go to Six Flags Great America this summer

3. Go to First Friday at the Museum of Contemporary Art

4. Go to First Friday at the Old Town School of Folk Music (check!)

5. Go to Trader Todd's for karaoke (half check - went, but line was too long to actually sing)

6. Host a potluck picnic in Oz Park (check!)

7. Go to Learnapalooza (check!)

8. Find a park in the city that makes me feel like I'm not in a city

9. Ride the ferris wheel at Navy Pier

10. See a show at Second City

11. Go to the Taste of Chicago (check!)

12. Dance at Summer Dance (check!)

13. Go ice skating in Millennium Park

14. See at least one movie at Movies in the Park (check!)

15. See Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

16. Walk around downtown Evanston (check!)

17. Go to an Irish pub

18. Eat dim sum in Chinatown (check!)

19. Go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field (check!)

20. Go to the Lincoln Park Alfred Caldwell Lilly Pool

Happy Songs for Spring

Enjoy!

Things I Like Right Now

I have a bit of an internet/YouTube crush on this guy, Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike). He's a bit nerdy and has a British accent and he plays the ukulele and sings. Ah <3

I just discovered this song today and it couldn't be any cuter. Have a listen.

My ukulele!!! I'm in love with it. I'm getting better I think. I'm hoping to put some videos up online once I start feeling better (boo sickness).

Ah, VidCon. If I can pull off going to this this year, I will be one happy happy girl. For those of you who don't know (or for those of you I haven't told), VidCon is a YouTube/online video conference being held in Los Angeles this summer. This will be the second year it has taken place and all of the "famous" YouTubers will be there, including Shaycarl (!!) and Charlie McDonnell, featured above (swoon). Really I just want to TRAVEL and see new places, and I figured this would be a great opportunity to do so. I've already asked my friend who lives in LA if I could stay with her for a few days and have her show me around. I still have awhile (almost 6 months) until I would be going, but I'm super excited and I hope it works out because I looove having things to look forward to!

Netflix instant streaming movies/TV shows through my Wii is one of my favorite things right now. It's like having a really extensive DVD collection right at my fingertips, and it is amazing.

I'm not sure why there's so much red in my current favorite things, but I'll go with it. Happy day :)

Date Ideas

It is one of my lifetime goals to accomplish every date on the following list, preferably with the same person, but there's some wiggle room there.


http://galadarling.com/article/very-definitely-not-dinner-a-movie


Sometimes after I've gone out with a guy a couple times, I pick out a date from this list and I ask myself if I would want to go on this particular date with this person. If I say no, it's kind of a clue as to how I feel about them. I don't want to make a fort or go to Medieval times with someone I'm not into - but I would LOVE to do these things with someone I really liked. When I like someone, I want to do everything with them, and I'm not afraid to do things I normally wouldn't with them.


I'm kind of stuck, and I'm looking for opinions. That's where you come in, blog readers! In looking for someone to be with, should someone only consider those people who they feel that initial spark with? The kind of spark that makes you giddy and excited, but could also be a fleeting feeling that could fade (does it fade?? I don't know - thoughts?). Or should you also consider those people who seem nice, and that you feel like you may get along with, but you don't feel that 'ohmygosh I'm so into this person' kind of feeling? I've dated a lot of "nice guys", and I usually pass them along because I don't feel that initial spark, but maybe that spark doesn't even matter. Maybe I've passed along some guys that could've been great for me. Does that initial amazing feeling matter? What do you think?

Ah, Inspiration

I consider One Tree Hill to be a guilty pleasure show of mine. Even so, there are some great quotes to take away from it. Here's one from last night's episode that I really liked:


"We're always thinking that someday we'll be happy - you know we'll get that car or that job or that person in our lives that will fix everything, but happiness is a mood, and it's a condition, not a destination. it's like being tired or hungry - it's not permanent. It comes and goes and that's ok, and i feel like if people thought of it that way, they'd find happiness a lot more often."

Bar Thoughts

I think I get it now. I understand why people enjoy going to bars. It dawned on me yesterday while I was at a coffee shop and saw 4 cute boys that I was attracted to, but I didn't know what to say to them because it's "creepy" talking to someone randomly who you don't know, UNLESS! you are somewhere where it is socially acceptable to do just this (usually at night, usually with alcohol). Most of the time, this place is a bar. It's unfortunate because I feel like strangers want to talk to each other. We can tell this from looking at social interaction in bars/clubs. People talk to strangers all the time in these settings and think nothing of it. It's a shame that we can't do the same thing at a coffee shop mid-day, or at the grocery store after work. Sure, it happens, but it's a lot more rare and a lot more difficult. I need to find a really well lit bar. I wonder if this exists in Chicago. This will be my next quest.

Hey Blog

This week, in accordance with my new life rules which I have yet to post, I will work on posting things to my blogs/vlog.


Let's see, today I woke up around 9 or so and went to see the movie Waiting for Superman. This is the first time I've seen a movie by myself in the theater. I was a little nervous with the darkness and all, and especially so because I had never been to this theater before, but it turned out fine. I was the first one in the theater, so no one noticed when I froze when I walked into the theater and I didn't know where to go. It took a few seconds, but I got adjusted and found the stairs and walked up and found my seat in the middle of the theater. I thought I was going to be the only one in there (apparently no one goes to see movies at 11 AM on a Sunday), but then a couple walked in, and then another couple walked in. Anyway, back to the movie. It was eye-opening and it made me want to do something to help these kids and change the education system in America. I volunteered yesterday at the children's museum in the art studio and got so much more out of helping kids make puppets than I do by answering phones and doing paperwork at my job. Don't get me wrong, I'm so thankful for my job - it pays the bills and allows me to live with a little extra "fun money" than if I had just a part-time job or was working on minimum wage. I've also met so many great people and have a ton of potential contacts if I want to continue working in the film/advertising industry. But now I have to decide, is this really the field I want to be working in? Decisions, decisions.