Friday Food for Thought

Happy Friday! I have more posts in the works. But I am going to continue to bring you a little Friday cheer just in time for the workday! Here are some of my favorite moments of the past week.
...It may have been such a memorable week that I have more than the normal five!


1. Jimmy Kimmel Video. Of course

Courtesy: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
This has been a favorite of me and my friends for the last few years. Our favorite may or may not have been four or five years ago when the kid turns and goes "You sneeeeaaaaky mom." However I still enjoy every year when these continue to come out! Did you know that this year he played the same trick on his two year old daughter? Ruthless, and hysterical.

2. Cubs and The Onion

Courtesy: the Onion

I don't know if you noticed this week, but history was made. Now while I root for an underdog as much as anyone else, and this was a phenomenal game. I think my favorite thing is the article that came out on the Onion. Millions of Drunk Cubs Fans Rioting In Heaven Following World Series Win. It's funny and memorable.

3. First week of working at Target

If you want another quick funny read, a man documented his favorite moments from his first week at target and they are solid gold. I wish more of humanity were like kimpossibooty who posted it.

4. Beauty and the Beast

Courtesy: of Entertainment Weekly
I don't know if you are obsessing over the live action Beauty and the Beast, probably not. No sane human probably is. However, it is literally filling all of my desires. Not only do I get Emma Watson as Belle, the perfect person and who I had been dreaming to be Belle for, longer than we know this movie was going to be possible. We also get Dan Stevens as Beast/Adam. Yes I'm a Downton Abbey fan. Another great fact? Emma was just as excited as I am, but you can read more about that here, and check out all of the photos that were recently released here.

5. Go Vote.

Courtesy:Dwight Burdette (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

I don't care who you vote for. I don't care what is important to you. I don't care if you think this is a trap. I don't. What I do care is that you vote. If you hate both Presidential big party candidates. Don't vote for them. I still want you to but that's neither here nor there. You make a huge difference at your local level. I'll probably do a huge post on this on Monday, so I can give you more facts about millenials and voting.

Now I don't know if you read The Skimm. You should, I also get The New York Times and the BBC delivered to my inbox, but the Skimm does the best job of actually explaining what is going on. They have an entire page for voting, and how to get more informed. Please Please go see it here. And if you have ANY questions about voting or how to get ready for it. Comment, email me. I promise to respond. Because this is so so so important.

Dessert: Yes you get dessert this early in the morning!

Wyoming Win

Yes not only did Wyoming beat Boise for the first time ever, we are ranked and in the leagues to go to a 'bohl' game ;) It truly has been an amazing week. Now go enjoy the rest of dessert!

Wonder Woman

This needs no more words except: About darn time!

Friday Fodder

Jumping right in here! Little video centric.

1. Lady Gaga Carpool Karaoke

Honestly I can't get enough of this video. It's just something that continually makes me smile. Especially when they use Bennedict as a vocal warm up. Her voice is just amazing.






2. Homesick Candles

Potentially a phenomenal idea. Especially for those, like me, who've been displaced from their original home states. I was so excited when I learned about these candles and hopped on the website. All in all they look great. Personally I don't think the person who made Wyoming's has ever been there, or has any vague idea about what Wyoming should smell like. However the vast majority seemed spot on. I feel like if I'm really homesick and I want to feel better I'll buy Utah's, Colorado's, or Texas's because all their descriptions hit what Wy-home-ing smells like to me.
I'm sorry I couldn't resist that little insert. Let me know if you have one of these candles or if you think the description looks like home!






3. National Anthem, Hockey, and Painting.


I said that this was going to be video-centric and I'm not sorry. While our election season may have us tearing our hair out at least this is a feel good we can all like.






4. LinkedIn Learning
To balance all the fun, here's something that you can work on to improve yourself if you're bored on this Friday. LinkedIn Learning, this week for free you can go and take the courses offered by LinkedIn to help make you more competitive at work and in the career market!








5. Teen Slang: DC Edition



I don't know what it is about late night comedy, but they're killing it recently. Or I mean always. Here's a little tidbit that might not be as amazing to others as it is to me, just be glad you didn't listen to me when I first heard it. I may or may not have laughed a little too hard. There's just something about having to listen to the 24 hour news cycle at work that made this great.






Have a safe and exciting Halloween this weekend! And in case you haven't seen it yet here's some laughs, what are you going to be for Halloween?!

Friday's Fodder

So I may have a problem with alliteration. I'm working on it, well slightly, I'm also trying to convince everyone that it's flannel friday and we will see how that works out. I've been having issues with my internet at home. So, now that it's working again here are my top five picks from the last week!

1. Closer - Acoustic Version

This popped up on my facebook page, and I'm in love with Conor Maynard's voice. See why I fell in love:

Both of these two are incredible artists. You can listen to Conor and Alexa at these links!


2. Levo League - The First Time I Felt Like a Grownup...
We've been there. The first time that we feel adult. Sometimes we get those feelings and then as we grow older we have them again. I always thought it would come with my first apartment or my first 'big girl job' but somehow it didn't. Driving across the country? Sure it was scary, but it didn't hit me. Traveling as an adult with friends because I had the money and I wanted to? An amazing trip, but we still felt like college kids (maybe because the majority of the rest of them were). My first time I felt like a grownup? Making a budget, checking my credit score, and then getting internet/phone/tv at my row house sure I'd had college apartments, but I haven't lived at a solid location, let alone a house, since I was in high school. And I very much look forward to making my own style choices, I mean when I have the money for that.


3. Vegetable Spiralizer
I can't even tell you how amazing this has been for me. I'll explore more about why in a later post, but, I've fallen in love with this! Also you can make noodles then throw them in a blender and pulse for a few minutes and make rice. What's better than that. Below is an example of my Zoodles. I'll add more recipes soon.

4. Prime Pantry 
I've recently found out that if you have a prime account you can get things at extremely discounted prices and then shipped straight to your house. Food, cleaning products, beauty products, and more. It's taken up my spare time at work just seeing how many things I could get that I want at a discount and sent to me. So far it looks like I'll spend far more money than I need to, but I am going to need to buy these things at one point or another. Also right now they're doing a deal where if you get 5 items in your box that fall under a certain area then you can get free shipping!


5. Love your life - Embody the passion you want in the world
I don't know about you, but for me these last few weeks I've been surrounding myself or seeing motivation and inspirational quotes. Which I love, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, however I love when this brings new vocabulary into my life. My favorite so far is below. Trying to become who you really are can