Matcha, Munchies & Melendez Madness

While we did not have much time to fully read this book, I thought the several passages I have read to be quite insightful. I concur that although he comes from wealth and prestige, this would be an interesting read as a man from his background to be so perceptive. Not many are able to take the selves out of a situation and be cognitive of the situation and of the world around them. Being "painfully atuned to the grotesque inequalities of wealth", he explains he gave a quarter of a million dollars from the trust fund his parents game at the age of 26. The reader and I learn to appreciate his transparency and ability to be vulnerable. His vulnerability is a strategy of ethos and logos to convince the reader and make a call to action for change in bridging the gap between privileged and poor. Because he grew up with a trust fund, his father taught him to live as normally as possible. Meaning to finish school and go to college. With this he was able to somewhat live both side ...

This extra credit gave me the wonderful opportunity to connect with my past, present, and future. On Saturday night, I was able to take my boyfriend to Downtown- but more specifically Chinatown. Growing up I had always gone to Chinatown with my aunt, cousins, grandparents and my parents and brother. We'd eat at a restaurant just around the corner from this small room with cool collective pieces of art. The drive to the art studio from Santa Monica was no biggie, although there was a Dodger game taking place. Finding the actual studio though was a bit rough. I had no idea it was behind more shops I had always driven by. Persistent and determined I finally found it. I  also circled at least 5 times because I was stubborn on not paying for parking. Paying for parking made me feel like I was paying for my grade/ extra credit. Once we got there, hand-in-hand we walked to this cute little pink shop. Nonetheless, I loved being able to explore and showing a little bit of my ...

Ever since our guest speakers I've been feeling inspired. I found both their talks to be exceptionally great and I took so much from it. But with that and watching the 2018 Basketball drafts I've been thinking... does society pressure us to do so much by the age of 21? Seeing Mo Wagner living out his dream at my age was kind of a shocking and profound moment.  This summer I am  interning at E! at NBC. My dream job is to be an E! News correspondent and now that I am here that is all I can long and wish for. I see Jason Kennedy, Erin Lim, Zuri, my former boss Morgan Stewart and now soon to be Gulianna Rancic. I sit diagonally from the president of E! everyday but then I start fantasizing of all that could be I can't help but feel slumped at the idea that I'm at my desk doing research and marketing insights. Don't get me wrong- it's pretty fascinating stuff and I love it. But often times I would rather be reading off a teleprompter. Have you ever felt frustrated...

Why this artisanal ice cream company will make your local Baskin Robbins "salty."  It was a hot summer's day in the middle of August. I had just turned 21 and I was excited to go on my first date with one of the Senior Research Analysts I had interned for. My internship at CBS was coming to an end and I was ready to celebrate my right of passage, summer ending, and a fun date. I had not only concluded some amazing opportunities, but so too would I be embarking a semester abroad to work for the Winter Olympics with NBC. And although we're at an age of much uncertainty where we are finding ourselves through multiple online dating apps constantly searching for "the one," I knew there was only one romantic ice cream heart-throb I was certain about and forever committed to. And that was Salt & Straw. It was "the one" stop I solely needed to get my fix that sweetens moments like these. Two guilty pleasures were soon in front of me, one o...

It was a hot summer's day in the middle of August. I had just turned 21 and I was excited to go on my first date with-- who at the time was-- one of the Senior Research Analysts I had interned under for. It was going to be the end of my internship at CBS; I was ready to celebrate my rights of passage, summer ending, a fun date and the amazing opportunities I not only had concluded but so too will be embarking next semester.   And although we're at an age of much uncertainty, finding ourselves through multiple online dating apps constantly searching for "the one", I knew there was only one romantic ice cream heart-throb I was certain about and forever committed to, and that's Salt & Straw. It was "the one" stop I needed to get my fix that sweetens life's moments like these.  Two guilty pleasures were soon in front of me, one on the menu and one that wasn't, with my heart melting faster than my chocolate brownie ice cream we shared on th...

The first half of the book I felt like Kurt was explaining in great detail the steps it took to do certain things in what then would lead to becoming or "growing" into a great farmer. Now as I have read the second half of the novel, I have come to realize that Kurt metamorphs into an expert where "every year [he becomes]  a bit better at working the land, a bit more efficient, and the farm’s production tends to increase, but the weather often plays a large role and crops fail (pg. 526)”.  Every chapter is merely an explanation but rather an educational learning experience and testament that proves to both himself and the reader that "growing food can be profitable," inspiring to "work harder, producing more and better [product]" while "improving  the productivity of the pastures"(pg.509). I wouldn't necessarily say "The Slaughter" was my favorite chapter, however it definitely stood out the most to me. I think it's becaus...

                  If you could get paid to sit down and watch television would you do it? If you could be a part of sports history would you want to be?  If you could help produce yet participate behind the scenes within a national event would want to? I sure did. This past February I was lucky enough to take the semester off in order to intern for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Stamford, Connecticut.  When accepted by NBC Sports Group, I was assigned to the position of “production logger”.   NBC’s description of a logger is as followed: Loggers • Responsible for logging events as they happen as well as logging tapes from various feature   shoots  • Candidates must be proficient with computers and have knowledge of Olympic-related sports  • Position requires accuracy, excellent typing skills and patience Like a watch dog, I surveilled every fine detail when watchi...

Although book's don't easily pull me in, this book naturally did with its clear didactic sentences and elaborate use of vocabulary. It seemed fairly like a simple and easy to read tale of a young deft entrepreneur. There is something incredible within the idea of being as fearless and daring as he while everything working itself out in the end. I quickly related his tale as a mix of The Secret with hints of Thoreau's transcendentalism and reminded me of Earnest Hemmingway's Old Man and The Sea. One of my favorite quotes within the short novel that I believe sets the tone of alacrity quickly stated at the beginning of thew novel is:   "Although I would have greatly preferred the idyllic family life that I saw on the sitcoms of the era, it was this isolation that contributed to and created my character. Books were my friends, my inspiration, my mentors. No one encouraged me, yet no one corrected my outrageous and unrealistic views of the world."  My favori...