Leave Them There and Move To France...They'll Give You Croissants

So I was talking to my dad on Saturday (Happy Birthday again!) and he told me he came across my blog again and gave me a hard time for only posting every 6 months, and starting out each post with "Wow, it's been a long time since I posted" so I won't say that this time...even though it's true.

In my last blog I promised to share random thoughts and stories, and to fill you all with a range of emotions...that may or may not happen. Today I felt like talking about TV shows but due to yesterdays results I thought I would start off with my political thoughts.

Ok so I have not been the best US citizen when it comes to following all of the different things that have happened in the political world. I know everyone has been posting about their political opinions, but now that the election is over I wanted to say a couple things. I voted for Mitt Romney. Not because I'm LDS, but because he was by far the better man for the job. He has proven that he knows how to handle money and foreign affairs. I have a couple reasons why I didn't vote for President Obama.

 

Foreign Policy

This country's citizens do not understand that we live in a global world. In all of my international studies and foreign affair classes we studied globalization. Basically we study and discuss the fact that what one country does effects the rest of the world. As a country we rely on more than just our citizens; we rely on the citizens and governments of other nations as well. Because of this we need a president that understands how to communicate and represent our country to other nations, not just to our citizens. In the last 4 years President Obama has proved to me that he does not understand how to handle foreign affairs. He apologizes to Libya even though it wasn't our fault, he allows the standoff with Iran, and he bows lower than the emperor of Japan. Yes that seems like a small thing, but we are a large and powerful nation, and our president should reflect that in his actions. He should not have done that. Yes, he should bow because he should respect other country leaders, but not lower. They are equals in position. The standoff with Iran could lead to Isreal taking matters into their own hands. That would be bad news for everyone. Not stepping in to limit Iran's nuclear power could result in allowing an unstable nation to use those dangerous weapons againt our allies and our people. Not a safe move! 

 

Student Loans

I went to school before and during his presidency. Before he started, getting loans was a simple process, and I got them within the first week of school. After he got in, the process took longer and most people didn't see any money until a month into the semester. That doesn't work for people. We’re getting a loan because we don’t have money and yet we don't get the money for tuition in time, so we are late and get charged fees or kicked out. Bogus.

 

Healthcare

Don't get me started on that. I will only say that it sucks.

 

Unemployment

Something he said in the debate really bothered me. He wanted to create more high skill/high wage jobs to boost the unemployment level...uh what?!? Shouldn’t you try to bring back the low skill/low paying jobs so that more people could be employed? Part of the issue is that those unemployed don't have the education or skill level to take those high skill jobs. Give them a chance! Creating more high skill jobs will only help those already employed and/or educated!

First Lady

One of the biggest reasons I voted for Romney was because of his wife. As an educated white woman in America I want us to have a first lady worthy of the title. The first lady should be respectful, humble, motivated, and kind. Ann Romney is a very smart and classy lady, and would be a good representative of the women of the United States. Michelle Obama was not respectful, not humble, and not kind, (I guess you can say she was motivated). Michelle did not understand how to respect other cultures. In her position, she will be travelling with her husband to many nations and welcoming many different representatives into the white house. If it is offensive to have your arms bare in front of another countries diplomat then cover them up! It’s not difficult! Respect other countries. Also, don't use your income as the president to send your wife and daughters to Spain for a spa weekend. Don’t you have something better you could be doing with your time and money? The video about the flag being raised on ground zero, whether or not it was misinterpreted, should never have been an issue. If she was indeed a classy lady she would not have even opened herself up to the possibility of looking heartless, especially in that moment. The first lady does not have the rights in the political world that the president does. Yes, they all choose a cause to back and promote, but that does not give them the right to push legislation. Laura Bush chose literacy but you didn't see her pushing laws in each state against it! Michelle needs to leave legislation to the legislators.

 

End of political rant.

 

Now that I see how much I wrote I realize...I don't really want to write anymore, so the TV post will have to wait for another day. Adieu! 

Suck Out the Vitamin C and Say “Eat That, Life!

So I realized that I haven't added to my blog in awhile. I apologize to all of you nonexistent readers out there.

I have decided that I want to be a good blogger. Someone that when I add a new post people will be so excited that they will put down their kid, spoon, pen, book, toothbrush, box of chocolates, etc and immediately read what I have to say. The future posts will be things that will bring out an assortment of emotions. They will be funny haha, tongue in cheek, “that shouldn’t be this funny but is,” serious, “oh my gosh my life sucks,” thought provoking or not TV show/books/movie analyses, insightful, spiritual, boring, and/or an overall feeling of “meh.” Now, how am I going to be able to continue to write amazing posts and still come up with great ideas for title that go along with lemons…well I have no idea. It will be a constant drain on my creative juices.

So let’s play catch up. Last year I moved to SLC. I never really thought I would live here. But I am learning to never say never. It’s honestly not as bad as I expected. I mean other than the driving it’s pretty nice. I don’t find the mountains as claustrophobic as I used to, and seeing the sun is a definite bonus, as long as the inversion doesn't stay around long. It’s nice to have so much stuff around. Within 30 mins I can get to about 6-8 movie theaters, 6 malls and 853 church buildings. Way to go Utah! Getting back to the driving…I seriously wonder if there should even be motor vehicles allowed in this state. People have this obsession with sitting in your blind spot for 8 miles, they have no idea what that weird blinking light is used for, and they LOVE the brake pedal. My favorite thing is when it rains. You would think they would be able to handle it with the large amounts of snow they have to deal with, but they don’t, they are suicidal out there. They don’t understand that if you slam on the breaks with that much water on the road you will slide or hydroplane. *shakes head*

Anyways, I moved to SLC because I received an internship with Deseret Book. It was so much fun, and it will forever hold a special place in my heart now. The internship technically lasted through the second week of April but I asked to stay on and help out until the next batch of interns showed up. Since that was the last thing I needed to do to graduate I officially graduated in April 2011. After that I did some serious job hunting and I tried to figure out what I was going to do. I didn’t want to be the person that graduated from college and then moved home with their parents. But I was kind of lost. The real world is scary and it was kind of nice to have school there to hide behind.

Luckily the Lord had a plan for me. After a long day of online research and resume emailing I received a message from a friend I went to school with. She was going to be leaving for her mission in about 2 months and was looking for someone to fill her position. Lucky me that we both studied the same thing! So I went in for an interview. I met with a couple of people and thought it would be a cool place to work. After a couple of days I emailed my friend again and asked how it was looking. She told me they wanted me to come in for a second interview with the company president. Ok! So I showed up and BAM! I got the job. So 2 weeks after my internship ended and a month to the day from graduating college I had a full time job. And not just any job, a job that was in my field of study. I am so grateful.

The company I work for is Cementation USA Inc. They are a mine engineering/contracting company. We build mines. Not coal mines, those are too dangerous, but hard rock mines, like gold, copper, diamonds. Stuff like that. The office environment is so different from ANYTHING else. Half the company is Canadian, and they worked underground so they are a rough bunch of guys who like to drink and swear. It would be no shock if someone threw out a couple of choice words in the middle of a business meeting. But these guys are only rough around the edges. They are all pretty much teddy bears once you get to know them. We all get along really well, and have a good time. Not a day goes by at work where I haven’t laughed about something. And not just a polite laugh, but a real chuckle.

Now you are probably shocked that I studied mine engineering. Well don’t be, because I didn’t. I studied Communications and PR. And even though my title is Administrative Assistant, I am the marketing representative for the company. So I create advertisements, apply for company awards, help out HR with random stuff, and I am synchronizing the departments by doing a lot of internal marketing.

So that has been my life the last year or so. Hopefully my future posts will be a little more exciting and I can share random stories or thoughts or whatevers. Like this one: Social hours. Why are they called social hours? Most of the time they are longer than an hour. Is it because social hour and a half doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely?...something to think about.