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you just keep going….
(just watch it…)
and people think you are even MORE AWESOME than before!
Good to know for future reference…just kidding 😉
Tag Archives: self-reference
I want to shout it from the rooftop, climb on a mountaintop baby, scream and shout!
I LOVE THIS BLOG SO MUCH! I want to shout it from the rooftops. And yes, it does come up in conversations. But I also don’t want to shove it down anyone’s throat, make it feel like I’m trying to sell something, or hog the conversation.
But the thing is, when it DOES come up, it’s helping me network, help my friends and neighbors with job opportunities, gets me in touch with other musicians and writers, improving my relationships, share what is important to me, learn more about photography/graphics, and overall is making me very VERY happy.
Thunderbolt of blasphemy? You bet.
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Some people say that being a role model is a curse…
but I think it’s a blessing.
I ain’t perfect, but IÂ am conscious of those who may look up to me.
And again, no money directly from this blog yet (but indirectly yes!), so it’s highly possible that I am grossly over-estimating any influence I may or may not have.  Oh, and this post just wouldn’t be complete without a little Taylor:
🙂
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Is it weird that I sometimes smile when I read my own blog?
Joanna Brooks (half) smiles at her own stuff!
And yes, I’ve read it. Mixed feelings. Will blog about it soon eventually.
🙂
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What are you doing reading this blog?
GO WRITE YOUR OWN!
I do love my readers, but don’t just be readers, be livers too. Like someone who lives, not like liver and onions or the organ that secretes bile…
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These days I am inspired at a crazy high rate
and wish to blog about my insights and beliefs. And still, I want to make sure I don’t end up like this:
Know what I mean? 🙂
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To my dear followers….
I’m sorry that I’m flooding your inbox. I know you get an email every time I post, and at this point, I am writing between 15-30 new posts per day. I think it will slow down eventually, but if you continue to follow me (and please do!!!), know that there will always be notifications. 🙂
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Herman Melville left in a lot of his footnotes in the final publication of “Moby Dick,”
so why in the world would I take all mine out of this blog?
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Just got to 5,000 views!
I’ll drink to that (my glass is empty so fill it up with something…non-alcoholic please!) AND make a toast to my readers! Thank you so, so, SO much. And believe it or not, I still have lots to write about. Live your own lives and tell your own experiences, of course, but still mosey on over when you can, okay?
Oh, and I copied Rihanna’s look once upon a time, remember?
P.S. All those numbers add up to just over 5,000. I promise. And no, I didn’t add them myself. And no I didn’t keep clicking my stats button waiting to get to that magic landmark. 🙂
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Post-it Notes….
I love post-it notes (also known colloquially as stickies)!
1)Â Literal:
They are good for leaving notes on people’s cars or writing to your visiting-teachees.
2)Â Figurative:
You better believe this blog would not/could not exist without my beloved post-its/stickies.
But whatever you do, DO NOT break up with me on one!
(And whatever you do, DO NOT judge me for loving/posting these videos.)
 If you do, I will have this reaction to my friends.
Then will have a melt down.Â
🙂
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Not my primary purposes, but I ain’t gonna say “no”!
To be clear, revenue (in the works) and missionary experiences (CURRently ocCURRing) are not my primary purposes in the conception, genesis, and raising of this blog’s life. However, as those opportunities come knocking on my door, who am I to turn them away? 🙂
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I love the idea of an “unreliable narrator,” but when it comes to my blog (AND TO MY LIFE!)…
I ain’t one of those.
Not an omniscient one either.
              I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd…..
🙂
When it comes to your own life story, what kind of narrator are YOU?
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After an extensive count and REcount of the votes, I am pleased to announce the results of the title of this blog….
(if you recall I wrote earlier about my title troubles)
STAYING AS IT IS! (but will probably drop the “wordpress” part of it soon. looking into that)
P.S. I’ve received exactly 3 emails on the subject matter
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We all know those people who spend WAAAAAYYYYY too much time reading strangers’ blogs.
May as well make mine one of them 🙂
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Shout out to my boy Neil!
Just another shout out to this amazing human being, Neil Pasricha, author of the Webby-award winning blog 1000 awesome things. Â Thanks for inspiring me, giving me hope and confidence, and also being a HUGE PART of the creation of this blog!
Hey Mr. PASRICHA, did you see my post about a PASHMINA scarf? See what I did there?
Seriously though, Neil, come on out to Salt Lake. Bring your girlfriend with you. We’ll have a swell time. And I’m sure with the dough you’re rolling in you can afford to take me out to eat. Think of the traffic it would do to BOTH our blogs! And this ain’t no truth in jest invitation. This is….dead serious 🙂
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Claim Your Strengths.
                                                             Claim Them.Â
Sounds like a new Nike ad slogan or something, huh? Big bucks are coming my way! Truth in jest. If you’re real nice to me, maybe I’ll share. Dead Serious.
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“You’re always quoting songs!”
If I had a nickel for every time I heard this phrase (or something along those lines), I wouldn’t even care about the fortune I plan on making from this blog 🙂 No but seriously, I’ve given this idea some real thought. And here’s what I’ve come up with: I do not mean to be a walking song. I can see how my near constant lyrical references could come off as being trite or cliche, not to mention potentially annoying. It’s just that if someone has already found the words that perfectly express what you are feeling, why would you try to find new ones? Economy of thought, people! Plus you can still be creative and original by borrowing art. Moulin Rouge, anyone?
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My (literal) dirty laundry is piling up…
BUT I JUST CAN’T STOP! Faith has a short-shelf life, but so does inspiration.  It’s not a manic energy though, it’s just excitement and clarity. Must only stop writing for the bare necessities (showers are up for debate). And this kind of writer’s high is rare indeed. Better take it and run with it. Who knows how long I can go before I burn out? Renae, you DO know he mentions Peachtree, right? 🙂
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Controversy can overshadow talent and achievement….
There are SOOOO many examples of this, but here are just a few:
1)Â Kanye West- (um, Taylor Swift incident, anyone?)
2)Â Eminem (If CNN has a top 10, that’s pretty bad Marshall)
3)Â John Mayer (You know I love you Johnny, but don’t be spilling your secrets about women! Plus, chastity is where it’s at, anyways.)
And countless, countless others. These people are often UNBELIEVABLY GIFTED, but when they get brought up in conversation, unfortunately that all often just gets forgotten because of mistakes they’ve made.
Just one more reason to keep my clothes modest. That and I haven’t hit the gym in a while.
PS. I do believe in repentance and redemption. I do.
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Turkey Trimmings
People I swear I go outside these days. I do take showers (once a month is normal, right?), eat, sleep, hang out with others. But yes, it is true that I also have been WAAAAAY into my blog lately. No denying that. Don’t be hatin’! Anyways, so far I’ve had about 50 views from Turkey. TURKEY! Never been there. But my brother and sister-in-law DID bring me this Pashmina scarf from there a few years ago (that’s what happens when your brother is a doctor and you are not). Just wanted to share.
Thanks to my Turkey viewers! I hope you keep coming back!
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We all have to put food on the table,
but even if I never earn a cent from this blog, it’s still totally worth it. Just sayin’. And oh by the way, I was still in the parking lot! Now gotta go research ways to scam the American public with a ponzi scheme to make my wallet nice and fat…
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Connotations of “Traffic”
Sometimes it’s bad:
but sometimes it’s REALLY good:
Thought I was kidding about that whole Pinky and the Brain thing, didn’t ya? 
🙂
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“I will stand as a WITNESS of God at all times, and in all things, and in all places.”
This was a significant part of the theme I would state every Sunday in Young Women’s. It comes from this passage in the Book of Mormon.
I am not an official spokesperson or representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (But check out more about Michael Otterson here-he’s one of my absolute faves!) But I still do believe it is important (AND GREATLY DESIRE!) to stand as a witness of God, even, and especially when it comes to this blog.
Now I am not perfect by any stretch.
Yes! (hard to believe I know…)
(“um,” I will continue, thanks John…)
And is there sometimes a bit of possible tension between my 3 fold identity of Mormon, woman, and human?
Absolutely.Â
But has there ever been a clash that I believe could hurt the image of the Church or cause major confusion?
No.Â
And if there ever was, I don’t believe I would expose it, at least not completely.
Plus it’s not like I’m super famous anyways so even if I did I’m not sure anyone would care. 🙂
I’m only one voice in a million, but you ain’t takin’ that from me!
(in case you are too lazy/prideful to click on that above link,
it is from this waving woman…)
ANYWAYS, just wanted to express that I am conscious of the fact that this blog in some small way represents not only myself, not only my family, not only my friends, not only the LDS Church, but also Christ himself.
Is that blasphemous or arrogant? No way, Jose. Peace out!
PS. I’d give my bangs (first picture!) a B+ that day.
READERS!
What are you a witness of?
And please don’t stop reading my blog because I
ended that last sentence with a preposition…
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Just enough sexual tension to make it interesting…
but not enough to make it inappropriate or uncomfortable.
 I am Mormon, woman, and human, and the order of those 3 things sometimes changes. And I want to be honest but not obscene. There is nothing on this blog that I wouldn’t want an employer to see. Or my mom. There is nothing that I believe could compromise my temple recommend. And still I bare my soul. But it seems to be working out okay because I keep getting more and more followers 🙂
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A phrase I’ve said to people more than once in the past week…
*Pacing myself, people.
*Don’t get your hopes up or put all your eggs in one basket, but this is America-DREAM BIG!
*fine line between arrogance and confidence, doing the best I can…
*and no, still haven’t been paid anything……YET (looking into that)
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Still with me, therapist Zach?
I don’t see you anymore. And it’s not appropriate (or legal I think?) to keep in touch via Facebook. Even if you aren’t checking my blog between every crazy client you see, I sure hope you stop by every now and then.
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Not as bad as it sounds…
I have compared this blog to Christ. That may sound a bit sacriligious, but just a minute, let me explain before you excommunicate me. First of all, my discovery of identity (as articulated in my core beliefs) does not replace my faith. It merely enhances and diversifies my character. So yes I still believe in the literal Christ. However, this blog has given me freedom, expression, joy, and immortality. And it helped rescue me from a dark place.  Does that not sound like Christ? So I think I’m safe from the thunderbolts of blasphemy 🙂
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There are worse things to have take over your life….
than a blog. Especially when you’re not married, don’t have kids, and are not fully employed (but I got a job yesterday! will write about it soon). And this blog is actually helping me make connections and also is allowing me to encourage others to awaken their dormant talents as well! So any haters out there in cyber-space who think I’m a little TOO blog happy, here’s what I have to say:
Coulda been the other version, huh? 🙂
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The Sun Never Sets Over:
1)Â The British Empire (once upon a time)
2)Â The LDS Church (read the reference here)Â
(and you know that number has gone up since…)
3) This Blog 🙂
I don’t mean to be racist, blasphemous, or arrogant, but it’s just that I STARTED THIS THING A WEEK AGO AND THIS IS INSANE! Thanks for inspiring me, thanks for reading, and if this creativity burst isn’t just a passing fad, maybe you should keep on coming back…
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Mormon Pogo!
On Sunday, my home-teachers Dan and Todd came over to give me a little lesson. These guys are both attractive, hard-working, and successful. They also love God. So the lesson went great, but the REAL party started after when we pulled out the pogo-stick!
         
Mormons don’t just go to church for 3 hours every Sunday, people. We do stuff like this. Join the church and I will buy you a pogo-stick for your baptism. And you’ll just have to keep coming back to my blog to wait for a picture of me doing the pogo-stick 🙂
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Sometimes writing a blog like this can take a toll on your hygiene,
Good thing I can clean up nicely 🙂
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“I’m a gerbil on a treadmill, and everyone else has crossed the finish line.”
I used this phrase more than once in the not too recent past to express how I felt I was doing in life (“mixed metaphors” are a tool that Shakespeare often used and Katherine occasionally experiments with). You know, all the things we’re supposed to accomplish? Career, marriage, family, not crashing your car, stuff like that. It seemed like so many people around me were doing all those things, and I was just praying that I didn’t forget to pay my utility bill! But I’ve since re-examined that phrase. The thing is, gerbils are really cute, I am one of those rare people who enjoy treadmills and even got one for my 15th birthday, and I actually have crossed a finish line or two.
    
  
Plus, isn’t the joy in the journey anyways?
Oh yeah, and I started a blog that has reached across the globe in less than a week. One is bigger than zero, ya’ll! 🙂
It’s a beautiful day and not a cloud in sight,
so I guess I’m doing alright!
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I have this theory…
about people with pictures (particularly FB profile pictures) of themselves with children that are not directly their own (like a niece or nephew). We want people to think we love them (which we do!), but really we just think we look super hot and want others to see and think we are good with kids and stuff. Ain’t pointing any fingers. I do it too! Now I love my little twin nieces. But come on now, you know who this picture is really about 🙂
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Not hating this attention thing….
The most important thing in the world (or my life)? Nowhere near close.
Awesome nonetheless? Fo shizzle!
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My Dream Job…
“I wish there was a career called “get 8 hrs of sleep a night, exercise everyday, do all your laundry and grocery shopping, pay all your bills and do all your errands, and hang out with friends and have fun” with benefits and paid vacation…”
*29 Facebook Likes and 8 Facebook Comments (but who’s counting?)
*don’t you just love how I perfectly and humorously capture the quarter-life angst of many 20-something Americans in 2013? not bad if I do say so myself…
Core Beliefs:Â Beauty, humor, expression, understanding, kindness
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Taylor Jealousy….
I am a better singer than Taylor Swift (whom I absolutely ADORE by the way), and my guitar skills are prob about the same if not better. Other than the whole song-writing thing (I merely dabble while girlfriend churns out hit after hit), why am I not selling out world tours? Taylor rocks it to millions……..
and Katherine just sits in the woods and plays to the trees 🙂
#kinda kidding, kinda not…
#couldn’t we have photoshopped out that weed so you could see my fingers better?
#I still wanna share a stage with Natasha Bedingfield…
Core Beliefs: beauty, kindness, expression, creativity, humor
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I judge my self-esteem by the number of Facebook “likes” and “comments” I get
half-kidding/half-real
Shakespeare said there is much truth in jest 🙂
#don’tweall?
https://ifhappinesscanlastforever.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/my-dream-job/
Core Beliefs:Â Humor, Expression,
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