For Reference

Don't do what you can do. Do what you were born to do- Myself

Love Never Dies

I still can't believe the greatest entertainer the world has ever seen is dead. And I definitely can't believe it's already been a year since his untimely death. His death was a huge loss for the music industry, but especially for humanity. Well, at least we know he finally at peace now and having lots of water super soaker gun fights up in Heaven. R.I.P. MJ

Paper Planes

I've been thinking....thinking....what it would be like to live in LA, California. Hmmm... It would definitely have less rain, less humidity, but with way more culture and opportunities than Florida could ever offer. Hmmm, now that's an idea worth giving some serious thought.

Black Heart

The BP Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast is sickening! It absolutely tears me apart to see what the oil has done to the water and marine life. I have literally cried watching the news coverage of this horrible man made disaster. It breaks my heart to see the birds and wildlife all black and covered in oil and tar. Countless birds, turtles, dolphins, porpoises, fish, and other marine life have perished due to BP's greed and recklessness.

Many people along the coast who depend on the ocean for their jobs have lost their sole income. The states that are on the Gulf Coast and have been affected by the oil spill (if you can even call over 8,000 barrels of oil going into the Gulf a day a "spill") are among the poorest states in the nation. Poor Louisiana is still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina 5 years ago!

And just think, all this could have been avoided if BP would have just kept the maintenance on the rig up to code. Let's not forget 11 BP employees died in that rig explosion. What kind of explanation does BP have to offer them and their families??!

The Gulf and its ecosystem will never be the same. The clean-up will take years, maybe even decades (we can look at Alaska where the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill of 1989 took place to see this. They still have oil there in Prince William Sound as well as other places). The damages are extensive. This is unacceptable. This is criminal. Someone or some people at BP should go to jail for this because they have created a horror movie.

The BP Oil Spill is already more than 2x the size of the Exxon Valdez 1989 Oil Spill. The picture below shows just how large it is.

Somehow, mankind always seems to find a way to mess up or destroy the natural beauty God puts on Earth for us to enjoy.

I Can See It In Your Eyes

It feels like I haven't blogged in forever and some days, but I hope you will forgive me for my absence. I have been sitting at the proverbial fork in the road. I quit my job as a Marketing Executive a little over 3 weeks ago and I haven't looked back since. It wasn't right for me.

Most people would look at me and say that I have failed four times on my road to finding a career ( I have quit 4 jobs since finishing my internship last Winter). I just say that I haven't failed-I have simply found four ways that don't work.

I am not the type of person who gets down easy. And I am certainly not the type of person who stays down and wallows in self-pity. However, these past few months have been taxing on me emotionally, as well as mentally. They would be on anyone.

I have gotten frustrated, gotten mad, I have cried, yelled at myself, asked God why?, and even seen a therapist. The first four didn't help anything, The Lord told me so that I can appreciate my true purpose more, and the therapist told me it was normal for people my age to be confused about what they wanted to do in life, but not to get discouraged because I will eventually stumble on what I am meant to do, and learn as much as I can along the way (I spent $60 and spent an hour sitting on an ugly sofa for him to tell me that...geez...AND I hit a curb on the way there and lost a hubcap. Don't worry- I got it fixed).

I have never really had this issue before. I have always known exactly what I wanted and what I needed to do to get there. I thought I had a crystal clear idea of what direction I wanted career-wise. Now I see that I'm just left with a clear view of what I don't want as a career. I have been doing a lot of soul-searching and talking to those close to me, and I've decided I am just going to have to follow my first dream-no matter how impractical it may seem.

I have always been an unconventional person accomplishing great things through unconventional means. So, it only makes sense that I would have to have an unconventional career as opposed to careers that have cookie-cutter standards. My unwavering, life long love has been the performing arts, and I tend to turn my life long love affair into a career. Wish me luck and send prayers<3

With Love,
Gabby