#glowst

Cuddle someone or yourself!!!! :) Its cold here in Chicago and I think some cuddles are in order! Put on a good TV show or movie tonight and make a warm beverage and cuddle a sibling, roommate, or mom, or yourself or a crush!!!! Ahhhhhh!!! Even if you just touch feet under covers it counts! :) This is silly :) I love you guys! Who u gonna cuddle!!?? Deeds

Today I woke up in a crabby-ass mood. I had a whole laundry list of things I was annoyed about and all I wanted to do was wallow in my crabby crabness. Because let's face it, sometimes it just feels good to play the "woe is me game" and complain your tush off.   But truth be told, when you're in a bad mood, you are no fun to be around. I learned this very quickly when my smiling boyfriend told me that he like me a lot better when I too am, well... smiling. Sure it might be cathartic to bitch and complain but face it, nobody likes a party popper complainly-face. So with that, I encourage you to always search for the positivity in situations. You are allowed to complain for a little bit to get stuff off your chest, but at the end of the day find reasons to smile and take the initiative to focus on the positive.  Admit it, sometimes it just fun to complain. But after a while it WILL get old and un-fun. What do you do to take care of your crabs and focus on the positive?  Love,  Crabby McCrabberson Lyn Beatty

I know, I know: a politically-themed post the day after an election? ORIGINAL! But I couldn't say no. Last night was a good night to be a human. Regardless of what your political stance is (or if you're even an American!) it was a pretty momentous night for equality of all kinds.  I sometimes get frustrated when I think about how, in 2012, we are STILL having to fight for civil rights and equality for citizens. It's pretty ridiculous, really. These things should be non-issues; equality should just be a natural part of humanity. But last night, while watching Obama give his acceptance speech (btw: goosepimplies!) I realized that while I could look at the fighting for these issues as frustrating, I could also look at it as being alive in an amazing time. A time when I could see, with my own eyes, progress being made. I could see a record number of women (of different sexualities! What a notion!) being elected to the senate, the future of gay rights looking more promising than ever, and a nation full of young people that are standing up for what they believe in, whether they be republican or democrat. So, instead of looking at the glass half empty, I choose to look at it full of progress. What kind of progress have you seen lately? It can be political or personal, or both!  What kind of progress do you want to see for the future? What do you want to fight for? xo L

xoxo Juls

My dad loves taking about retirement. It's like his fav thing ever. Once we were fishing and he was like "I'm gonna have a southern accent when I retire." He's always saying I'm gonna do blank when I retire. And it's usually something pretty silly and funny that I never had any idea he wanted. Maybe he didnt even know until he thought about his approaching endless freetime :) So yesterday I asked "dad, when you retire do you think you'll still work just a little bit?" he responded "yeah probably for night crawle money." Which are worms for fishing. Hahaha I thought that was funny. But I got to thinking....... If you didn't have work or school or someplace to be everyday, what would you be doing? Or do you just do what you want to be doing always and just figure everything as you go? Do you need structure? Or could you just always occupy yourself with something? Let me know! :) for me, I need to be busy to be productive.... I love you. Deeds 

So Lo posted this video on the 2nd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VcVOiIJ4Frc and this is my response for it. I actually was thinking about perspective this week, not only because of the hurricane, but because of one of my courses. I'm in a class called "Media, Messages, & Society", and we recently started a unit on journalism. On Thursday, we watched a documentary about women journalists who went into war-zone journalism, to help advance women journalists. It was awe inspiring in the sense that the whole thing filled me with amazement that these women were willing to put their lives on the line, in order to get their stories. Their hope wasn't for glory or a raise or a promotion, but the hope that one person might see the report and decide it was time for a change. The whole thing broke my heart, because they give up everything: their lives, their significant others, their families, so they can share these stories. It made me feel a little selfish, because these women weren't resentful or anything: they did it all out of the passion for their work and the people they say suffering. Their selflessness made me more than thankful for all that I have, and has me thinking about what I can do to try and make a change in the world.

http://www.knowyourglow.com/1/post/2012/08/were-all-in-it-together.html

I love Lauren Lopez and I think I'm going to start doing this hahaha