"Mamaw"

Toughness and determination. Normally not two words associated with a ninety year old woman, but no two words sum her up better. She said what she wanted, when she wanted, to whoever she wanted. Some called her blunt, I called her honest. I know it's human nature when you lose someone to go back and think of what you personally could've done differently. It's really difficult when you lose someone tragically vs. expectingly. I'm going to miss that sometimes grouchy, but also very sweet woman telling me how much she hates my haircuts and all of her stories that I can quote verbatim because I heard them so many times. I guess as I sit here and write this, I realize how I always made an excuse to not go see her. It's easy to make excuses for, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself. Especially the last couple times I went home, I was too busy with my schedule to make time for her. Too busy to stop what I was doing- which wasn't important, to do so much as pop my head in the door and say hey. I was selfish. I gambled and lost. I thought I could put it off until my next visit because she was 90 years old and if she made it this long, she had at least 5 more years. I was wrong. And I could beat myself over it all day, but I'm not. I'm not because as cliche as it may sound, it taught me to not take my time with people for granted. As much as this situation sucks now, I think in 5 years I'll look back on it and laugh. What 90 year old woman still works in her garden? A pretty stubborn one. Mamaw did things her way, she didn't care what you said. If she wanted to go outside and work in the yard you better believe she would do it. Stubbornness is what did her in, as hard as that is to cope with now, I can't see her going out any other way.

Hide n' Seek

Speech. I feel like I'm playing a long, drawn-out game of hide n' seek. My brain hurts when I try to think about anything advertising/school related, but my head hurts even worse when I put it off. Im close, really close, but I'm also really far. Personally, I think I'm trying too hard and in doing so, sucking all the fun out of it. I'm using my blog as my therapy. There is no structure to this blog. It is simply me rambling. Now that I think about it, I have no clue why I titled this blog hide n' seek. Possibly because I feel like I'm seeking creative solutions, but they're hiding. Bad analogy. Anyways, if anyone, anytime, ever reads this, my advice for you is, Have fun doing what you're doing. Mix it up, I'm a firm believer in having a routine, but don't be scared to break it. I'm done.

Mike

http://www.eternalmoonwalk.com/

An eternal moonwalk? Genius. Thousands of video clips sent in by people from around the world, cut together and turned into a never ending moonwalk. It was an encouraging site for me personally because it restored confidence in my moonwalking skills. I'm actually considering sending my moonwalk in, I think the world deserves a blueprint.

The Open

As an avid sports fan, I'm very enthused about what could happen at Turnberry today. A sixty- five year old man is in contention at The British Open. Amazing. This is what I love about the game of golf. It's a game that you can play competitive for a lifetime. Tune in today on ABC and hopefully we will witness history as the "old man" gets it done.

Charles Chuckles

This guy is hilarious! I've got to say, I'm not a fan of the Windows operating system, but this is some really funny stuff. I tried to get a link to the banner ad that they are running on Pandora Radio right now, but I couldn't. It has some great one-liners. Christian Lander, the author of, Things White People Like is getting his own show on Justin.tv. Check it out.

http://www.justin.tv/pchookupshow?CMXID=2120.CCFB431E-25B3-4DF3-8E62-61A2CF6DC1E9&WT.srch=1

Humble pie.

Thank you Ms. Jenny Burrows for stepping up to the plate in becoming my campaign manager. I think you are a perfect fit for the job and I know that you will represent me in an exemplary manor. I am humbled to have you join my staff. Take a look at the first leg of my campaign to get followers. http://www.jennyleighbee.blogspot.com

Wow, this is pretty accurate.

http://thingsmarketingpeoplelove.blogspot.com/

This website is hilarious, it's so true. From the Fish tacos and over-priced sushi to the moleskin notebooks, it was right on point.

Check it out.