youthmystique

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I am a big fan of the show, Project Runway. Recently, I found out that the Web site, www.projectrunwaysweeps.com,  is offering a chance to win $1,000, or you could win $25,000 and have lunch with Tim Gunn. 

You can enter many times. All you have to do is watch a clip of last week’s episode and vote on who you thought should have gone home. They pick the bottom two from the week before to choose from.

It would be so exciting to meet Tim Gunn! I wonder what kind of restaurant you’d be able to go to in NYC and what he would order. Is he a martini man? Or is he a mixed drink man? What would we talk about? Would he tell Heidi about me? Would I get a chance to meet Heidi too?

And of course, the big question, “WHAT WOULD I WEAR?”

I’d have to get a whole new outfit!

I would also be happy with winning $1,000. That could pay for a lot of nice things.

My chances are probably slim with either of the prizes but oh well. It’s fun to dream, right?!

During a conversation I had with a loved one a few months ago, we laughed at the things we used to get upset about in high school.

Remember when breakups were the worst things in the world?

I guess they were kind of horrible if you dated the person for a long time. I dated someone for six months when I was in high school. That basically feels like forever when you are that young.

I remember when that relationship ended and I felt like my world was ending. Now as a grown up, I realize there are so many worse things in life than a significant other breaking up with you: job loss, debt, death, disease, etc.

If only I could just rewind and tell the 17-year-old version of myself that things really aren’t that bad and remind myself of all of the responsibilities I didn’t have then.

But oh well, that’s life. You live and you learn.

Well, it’s been some time since I updated my blog.

My theme of my blog is to concentrate mostly on issues that affect young people. I am now 25 and consider myself a young person. I don’t always feel like it though.

What do some young people do? Get married. I am not there quite yet but slowly getting there. I became engaged last year and I will be getting married not this fall but next fall. I have my dress and I’m pretty excited about that.

If you are getting married, go to David’s Bridal. They have a great variety of styles and decent prices.

We just booked our photographer. We are using the same one my brother and sister-in-law used. I feel pretty confident in that choice because they did an awesome job. We decided to get a videographer from the same place. Several people I know don’t remember their weddings. My fiancé and I would like to remember ours.

Wedding planning is stressful and exciting. Everything is so expensive but there are ways to be frugal. Time always helps that.

I didn’t focus on New Year’s resolutions this year but my main goal is to clean and organize the bedroom.

Due to laziness, a busy schedule and complacency, our bedroom is such a disaster. Unfortunately, my fiancé is one of those guys who just throws his clothes on the floor rather than putting them in his hamper. I have some of my clothes on the floor but not too much of them.

I guess what inspired me was unpacking all of my Christmas presents. I started throwing away tags and gift bags that I wouldn’t be able to reuse. I had a lot of old plastic bags in one corner of the room so I needed to throw those out. It’s starting to look so much better at that section of the room.

I also have a horrible habit of throwing the dress pants I am going to wear again on my desk or chair. That is a tough habit to break. I hate seeing piles of clothes places but oh well, guess it’s something I have to work on.

I don’t know if I have enough motivation to dust today. I am horrible because I haven’t dusted the dressers in months. It’s just that on my days off, I’d rather be having fun or relaxing instead of cleaning.

I keep on thinking if I do get laid off, at least I’ll have some time to clean the apartment. There is sunshine behind every rain cloud I suppose.

So how often does everyone else clean? Do you vacuum  and dust every week?

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So I got sucked in to watching “The City,” a spinoff show of “The Hills” on MTV.

I will never consider Whitney as a Carrie Bradshaw but I can say that Whitney is learning to be tougher.

Since she moved to New York, she’s had to deal with a spoiled, stuck up co-worker at Diane Von Furstenberg and rumors that Jay, the guy she’s interested in, likes another girl.

Does anyone else want to punch Olivia, the stuck up co-worker, in the face? She bragged about having Manolo Blahniks at age 15 or 16. She’s definitely the villain of the reality show. I’m glad that I don’t work with anyone like her.

Although I don’t dislike Jay, I don’t think he’s good for Whitney. They’ve been hanging out for a month and he still doesn’t want a relationship. Then from previews, he seems like he gets jealous when Whitney hangs out with other guys. Sorry bud, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. I like that Whitney’s been straight up honest with Jay like when she told him about the rumor floating around and in the most recent episode when she tells him she doesn’t want to date someone that doesn’t make her a priority.

It should be an interesting season.

Some of the time I am ok with the way I look. I have grown to accept that I’m not perfect and I am happy youth is still on my side.

At times, I make a great attempt to look like a serious, grown up career lady or when I’m going out with friends, I’ll actually take time with my makeup. On other days, when I wake up for work, I’m just too tired for it. I know it will only take me an extra minute to put on eyeliner but it’s still too much effort.

I put on foundation or powder for my face some days and that’s it.

Sometimes I wish I was like a celebrity and could have my own hair stylist and makeup artist. Then, getting ready to leave the apartment wouldn’t be such a chore.

It’s difficult to explain to men the feeling and pressure that we have to wear makeup and attempt to look good in public.

I get jealous of my fiancé when all he has to do is jump in the shower and shave every now and then. I wish my schedule was that easy.

I am happy that I have found someone who likes me just as much without makeup.

I can take comfort in the fact that I don’t go crazy with makeup and have my makeup caked on my face.

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 Holidays and periods of after holiday times can make us feel really lonely if we are single. (Single as in not dating anyone.)

I hardly ever had a boyfriend during Christmas or Valentine’s Day in the past. But I’m happy and working on settling now since I am engaged. I suppose I am lucky to have met my husband to be in college.

College is a great time to meet potential significant others, but don’t just settle for whoever comes along. I didn’t meet my fiancé until junior year. I had time to meet a lot of guys in those years and have two relationships.

Some people feel like they are under pressure to meet someone in college. Even if you do meet someone in college, how are you going to stay together after you both graduate? Also, it’s important to put a career first in most situations.

My brother did not meet his wife in college. He met her through www.match.com. Before he met my sister-in-law, he met a girlfriend on the site. That relationship lasted a month, but hey at least he was meeting people.

My sister-in-law told us stories about people wanting to set her up before she met my brother and the people she met online from Match.com. She said one guy posted a picture that wasn’t him at all. He used his brother’s picture.

Keep in mind, it may take a few meetings to find a compatible date.

If I had not met my fiancé in college, I may have tried online dating Web sites. The key thing to keep in mind is meet your date in a public place. I wouldn’t go to a guy’s house to meet him.

Try a group date for your first date. That way your friends can kind of feel out the person. You may not want to have loads of your friends because that may be intimidating, but just a few will do.

I have suggested online dating to one of my friends but she shot it down. She’s still single and I don’t want to hear her whining about it because she doesn’t try anything.

So to all of you people who are looking for someone, get out there and take a chance!

My fiancé and I have talked about our hobbies a lot before in the past and we are glad that we both have our own interests. We do have some things in common.

Tonight he’s hanging out with his guys. That’s fine with me. It’s good to have some time to myself to reflect on the day and read. I also like to watch my chick flick shows and movies while he’s away. He usually complains if I want to watch those  kind of things around him. (But he lets me watch them anyway.) I can also call up my girlfriends without annoying him. (I talk loud on the phone. It’s hard to watch TV in a one-bedroom apartment when someone is talking loudly in the other room.)

Time apart from each other is also healthy. It would be bad if we were in each other’s faces all of the time.

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My work is having a Christmas party today. This will be my last party before New Year’s.

I had planned on wearing this dress that I had left in my closet at my parents’ house. It had a red pattern if I recall correctly. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the dress with me when I left my parents’ house.

I have two black dresses. One of them I wore to last year’s work party. I regretted wearing it because it was a bit lowcut and some creepy guy kept on staring at me.

The other black dress is really cool but lowcut as well so I may save that for a time I go out with my girlfriends.

I  found a classy, cool dress at Banana Republic today. Everything was half off so I only paid $50 for the dress. I figure that I can wear it again at work.

I want to be taken seriously and not have people thinking “What is she wearing?” Sure, I can dress young when I’m around my friends and at weddings. It’s good to cover up the cleavage at work get-togethers.

To top it off, I have red heels to wear with the dress.

MTV usually irritates me but one show I do love on that channel is “The Hills.”

I get wrapped up watching girl drama because I am not involved in it.

For those of you who don’t know, Whitney, one of Lauren’s loyal friends, is moving to New York and is going to star in her own reality TV show, “The City.”

It was hard to watch Lauren and Whitney say goodbye last night. I was tearing up. They’ve been so supportive of each other with their fashion careers and friend drama situations and now they will be on two different coasts.

Whitney is one of the girls on “The Hills” that I have a lot of respect for because she doesn’t get annoyed over little stupid things. I am happy that she’s moving on in her career and trying something new. I am wondering if this reality show of hers will be as popular as “The Hills.”

Is Whitney strong enough for this show? I don’t know about that. I hope that she is. She’s going to be in the limelight a lot more now.

I am also curious on what kind of challenges she will overcome in the new show. I don’t know about other fans of the show, but it seems like a lot of career opportunities just kind of fall into Whitney’s lap. I am excited to see how she handles the new job and if things seem to go as easy.

Player Brody Jenner, another person on “The Hills,” is going to have a spinoff, “Bromance.” I guess it’s kind of going to be like Paris Hilton’s new bff. I don’t think I will be that interested in this show. But who knows.