Coco Chanel

It’s weird to think about my life up to this point in time. I’m a 23 year old college student who’s so focused on making it through a 16 credit hour semester on top of working full time that other than current events it’s strange to think back on my life and what all has happened. I grew up in a nice neighborhood on the east side of Sandy, Utah. The house I lived in was large, much like the other homes in the area. But unlike the other homes this house was just a front to hide the very…

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the End.” - John Lennon The Quote above says that everything will be fine at the right time or when someone has been fulfil his goals in life. Like stories in the books or movies it only end when the character resolve all the problems his been facing all the time. But when the story add another problem it means that the story is not yet been done and should be continue until it find its way to be done. It also means like whatever…

I am a girl. I have always been a girl, have always seen myself as a girl, and hold onto being a girl as a part of my identity. For most of my life, this identity has not had a profoundly negative nor positive impact on how I live. I have the privilege of having grown up in liberal Sonoma, where my being a girl did not automatically make me lesser. I played Co-Ed soccer until I was 10, was given the same opportunities to learn as the boys in my classes, and never had anyone other than a…

Dear four year old self, I solemnly swear to always be right. And in the words of Anne Lamott, the author of Bird by Bird, “perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.” Growing up, I have learned and experienced my fatal flaw, pride. That a minor moment in time has unconsciously impacted my mindset in life. I hated the feeling of making mistakes; therefore I tried to never make any. It sounds a tad exaggerated, however, it’s true. I was three years old, when I was…

You and Me Can Slow Down Technology Have you ever worried when a new form of technology has been presented to the world? Did you think the world would benefit from it? Brooke Gladstone says in her graphic text “The Influencing Machine” that technology innovations actually benefit the world and there is no reason to panic over them. Gladstone makes her inquiry in response to many writers’ publications, the main being Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making us Stupid?” Gladstone refers to Carr’s…

I feel like most of my beliefs are extremely old fashioned especially when it comes to relationships, the way we dress, and technology. The majority of my beliefs about my relationships stem from being raised in the south and being a southern Baptist. I feel that a man should lead his family in all things, especially when it comes to religion. Also, because of my southern Baptist raising or spiritual beliefs, I am strongly against having sex before marriage. I feel like it is something that is…

Have you ever wonder what is the most power art there is? In this 21st century the most powerful art there is, is called fashion. Fashion is so powerful it makes people from all over the world come to New York, Paris, Milan, and London two times a year so see what are the new trends and styles we are going to be using next year. Through the years fashion has transformed to what we have today this lavish, elegant, and glittering art. Some people say that fashion is superficial but fashion is…

Oscar Night is perhaps the most glamorous night in Hollywood. All the celebrities dress up in their best outfits for the most prestigious awards show of all. Oscar Night fashion is so popular that the TV stations that broadcast this prelude often get more viewers than the Oscar show itself! Celebrities go through hours of preparation in order to look that good. They employ hair and make-up teams for that special night, and pick out dresses sometimes months in advance. Of course, in their case…

A single piece of vintage gum and hundreds of vintage Japanese tea-sets has singlehandedly financed my family for the last five years and paid my college tuition. When I was fifteen I finally had enough of my parent 's cluttered house. I sat on the kitchen table, opened up an eBay account and made my first amateur attempt at auctioning off some leftover drill bits that had sat in the garage. The process was slow, the pictures were terrible and the items were priced far too low. At first,…

Look Closely I’m sitting by the huge willow tree that was planted by my grandfather when he lived here. Dawn is the most peaceful time for me. The sun, which is in the process of rising, casts a glow on everything. There’s a slight breeze that comes every so often, lifting my hair and blowing tendrils across my face. Movement catches my eye, and I see a flock of birds soaring across the backdrop of the sky. The morning air smells clean and crisp. The day holds the possibility of all…