Take your time folks...

We have to remember.

I find it interesting how impatient I am. Where does it come from? What are patience? How do you get more of them? For me, it does help to remember to breathe. I find myself wishing my life away instead of enjoying each moment. We have to remind ourselves that even once we reach our destination (the one we keep thinking we have to get too) there will somehow always be another one. 

My dad recently caught a very interesting special on ABC called, Earth 2100, that follows a fictional character born June 2nd 2009, named Lucy as she retells her life as a 91 year old. Environmentally, as most of you know, we as a world need to act very quickly (before 2015) or scientists predict absolute chaos. Check out this link to see clips from Lucy's life and other videos from different viewers who have made their own predictions on various matters (water shortages, wars in NY, wildfires in California).

Earth: 2100

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100

This is another way of reminding ourselves that we need to stop taking so many things for granted (food & water especially - we as North Americans are so fortunate to have clean water and stores full of food) I hope all of you are pursuing greatness in your lives, never limiting yourselves. None of us will be here in 2100. Please, please, please do your best to follow your heart.

"I want you to understand the subtle workings of the mind. How you orient your mind, the kind of attitude you take greatly influences both you and your environment. The Buddhist principle of 3000 realms in a single moment of life completely elucidates the true aspect of life's  inner workings. Through the power of strong inner resolve, we can transform ourselves, those around us and the land in which we live." - Daisaku Ikeda (Faith in Action, 8)

Along with my new second job - which I am enjoying very much - I have finally been promoted to a sever at The Cheese. I am very excited for this new challenge! I start the intense training June 16th - I will have to learn the largest restaurant menu I have ever seen...roughly 240 items! Yipee for more money =) I am also happy to report that Jimmy The Babe (our chihuahua) has lost a little weight, good for you Jim!

Have a good weekend everyone* 

And it begins...

My first official blog post! 

I don't even know what to say. Probably not a good thing right? Well as of right now, no one but my dad will read this but thats ok! He'll love it :) Today I am going to go hiking at Runyon Canyon (hiking in the hills of Los Angeles really reminds me how much I don't miss living in Ontario) with Phil - best friend/hubby - who has recently broken 3 ribs and punctured his lung sac grinding a big ol' double kink rail. That was a 3 weeks ago so right now he's a little better. We will bring with us our "chihuahua" and I say that in quotations because he is 17 pounds and way bigger than we ever thought a chihuahua could get. He is The Babe. Jimmy The Babe. He has the personality I did when I was 3, which means tantrums, sneakiness, talking back, and always getting what he wants. 

I had an interview yesterday with a Grassroots Campaign organization that works with other various organizations such as Amnesty International, and Save The Children - I will be going in sometime next week for my "demonstration" day! I am excited! I need a new job. I am currently working at The Cheesecake Factory, which don't get me wrong, has it's perks (the cheesecake, which I could easily argue as being a fat sentence than a perk). It leaves me feeling like a pawn in chess, paid very little money, and no tips. The job itself could be simple. I take the guests from the entrance of the restaurant to the table I have been told to go by the "Filler" (the filling of the restaurant is a very intense job) however, during those couple of minutes I am actually with the guest, I either get ignored, get blamed for not giving them the table they want, get argued with if they want to sit in a closed section, or am forced to run back and forth between the guest and the desk as a messenger. So fulfilling! It's not that bad really, the restaurant itself is beautiful, big and air conditioned! Things will change though. I am determined. Today is a my good friend Heather Sklar's birthday and we will be celebrating tonight at a spot in Hollywood called Velvet Margarita. I adore the Latin feel of the city of angels...