They Never Said It'd Be Easy, Just That It'd Be Worth It

Let me introduce you to the new Coordinator of Marketing & Promotions for the University of Rhode Island Athletics Department...ME :) I got the call last night at 7:32pm from a very complimentary and enthusiastic Gregg Burke, Deputy Director of Athletics, who will soon be my new boss.

I'm very excited and thankful that this opportunity fell through for me. It's been a difficult few months, with a lot of searching, anticipation, STRESS and reflection. Well, now I can say that is has been worth it. I am extremely happy and know that this position will be a great one for me at this point in my life - the staff that I met and interviewed with were absolutely fantastic and the entire atmosphere was very inviting, positive and enthusiastic.

It will be tough moving away from this place that I have called home for the past 17 months, but I know this move is going to bring a lot of good things to me, and soon enough I am sure that I will be able to call the South County of Rhode Island my new home.

A Re-Emerging Peculiar Childhood Obsession

Since I was a small child I have been interested in strange historical stories. I have always been a bit obsessed with reading about and researching things (for my own pure curiousity and enjoyment) such as Amelia Earhart's mysterious disappearance and Anne Frank's secret hideaway home. One of my all-time favourites though is the story of Lizzie Borden and how she was accused of brutally murdering her parents in their home in 1892. I read multiple books growing up, hoping to satiate my thirst for this unsolved mystery. I somehow thought that the more I read up on it, the more prone I would be to be able to solve the age-old question "Did Lizzie Do It?!" I came to my own conclusion eventually, but will keep that as my personal opinion :)

So, while sitting at work this morning, bored out of my mind, I went to the website How Stuff Works (which I discovered during college but never really vested much time in looking through the millions of descriptions of how just about anything works). Yesterday I was pondering (and don't even ask why) the question of what happens to Social Security Numbers when people die...do they recycle them? do they lock them up forever? do they just put them on hold for a certain number of years?...so I did what any person would do these days, opened my Safari web page and went to Google and typed "what happens with social security numbers when you die". It led me back to the amazing site (How Stuff Works) and I got my question answered. In the process I re-discovered the amazingness of this website, which brings me back to the topic at hand.

After reading up on topics such as "How Income Tax Works", "How a 401(k) Works", "How The Apple IPhone Works", and "20 Things You Didn't Know About Popcorn", I stumbled across "6 Peculiar Museums in America". I knew I'd like this one very much...and low and behold "Peculiar Museum #5: Lizzie Borden Museum" came up. I got extremely excited! My childhood fascinations with learning about Lizzie and her axe came flowing back to me and I delved into researching more about this fantastic museum. I found the website and immediately typed it into my Sidekick's "notes" section where I putin things I need to do, see, remember, etc. I will be visiting this bizarre place at some point in the near future!

While at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast website, I also discovered another very cool website, O.T.I.S., which I am reading over and envying as I type this. Odd Things I've Seen (O.T.I.S.) is a blog about the strange and obscure places this man (the blogger) has been to, seen and photographed during his life. His two latest blogs happened to be entitled "Lizzie Borden B&B Part 1: You Stayed Where?" and "Lizzie Borden B&B Part 2: You Did What There?". I am now obsessed with this man and his blogging. He has been to some incredibly interesting places, but I have a feeling not many others would be as intrigued about them as I am. You have got to check it out!

So, my goal for the rest of today: figure out when I can visit the Lizzie Borden B&B and continue reading O.T.I.S. to entertain my desires to see some of the things this man has seen.


CURRENT MUSICAL OBSESSION: "LOVE LIKE THIS" BY NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

Global Warming Diet

I just finished reading an excellent article on CNN.com recommendaing American's begin a "global warming diet".

Did you know that "if all Americans between [ages] 10 and 74 walked just half an hour a day instead of driving, they would cut the annual U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide" and "about 6.5 billion gallons of gasoline would be saved" and that "Americans would also shed more than 3 billion pounds overall"???

WOW! Point well taken by me. What a huge difference can be made by simply tying up your tennis shoes rather than revving up that engine.

Short Term Goal (for the rest of 2007): DRIVE LESS, WALK MORE (when possible)!!!

Current Musical Obsession: "CLUMSY" BY FERGIE