Her Tainted Lips

10
Apr
2015

Flashback Fridays: Episode 8

categories: Flashback Friday's, Work Life

Happy Friday!! Another week bites the dust. I hope it was a wonderful week for y’all and that you had a Happy Easter holiday. I had a wonderful time with family and friends. We had baskets and an egg hunt for the kids which is always exciting. We ate breakfast and lunch together as well as munched on random goodies – cupcakes and hot cross buns – to name a few. It was so nice to get together with everyone and enjoy each other’s company.

Work Life
In other exciting news… I got a job!! I had an interview last weekend and started training this week. I am so excited and thank you to everyone that sent me encouraging messages as I was job hunting. I appreciate it and if you are still looking for something I wish you the best of luck!

Of course when you get a job a bunch of other places contact you with offers and interviews so this week I have been swamped with calls and emails. That makes me feel so wanted and it is a good reminder that patience will eventually pay off. It gave me an extra bit of confidence.

I started training for the job this week and I am enjoying myself so far. It is a lot of information to learn but I am always up for a challenge. It is related to my field of study and I am able to use my computer and customer service skills so I don’t feel as overwhelmed as someone that would have came with no experience at all.

Around the web
+ My friend Trent published his first blog post. It is a reflection on love – from a male point-of-view so something different than you would normally find on the interwebs.
+ If you’re a fashion lover I am sure you would love to know How To Wear Spring Trends – pretty floral’s and bright purses are just the beginning.

Anything exciting happen in your life this week?

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03
Apr
2015

Flashback Friday’s: Episode 7

categories: Flashback Friday's, Her, Work Life

3:AM Kisses by Addison Moore flashback fridays

Welcome to the first Flashback Friday of April 2015. I cannot believe how quickly March flew by. It was a little bumpy with being sick and other personal reasons but I did have a lot of moments where I felt super motivated and was able to accomplish a lot of things. I look forward to this new month and everything it has to offer.

Personal Life
I have been working a lot on job hunting and it finally paid off – sort of. I was sent an email stating that I was hired by a company, however, they are not currently processing new hires so I may have to wait until mid-April for that opportunity to really come into fruition. Even though I want to start working there yesterday (ha!) I feel more confident now and not as frustrated. My hard work is paying off!!

I was also contacted by a company that liked my resume & background and wanted to know if I was interested in a web design position. Unfortunately, I have not done web designing in a very long time. I create images from time to time, but I haven’t done any designing recently so I had to pass it up. Web design is what got me into blogging in the first place and I plan on taking some courses and using one of my other websites to practice on since that is just a fun project I am working on behind the scenes. Until I am super confident in designing, I won’t be offering that as a service to people that want to hire me.

The weather here has been rainy and humid, however, we have had some nice days as well. On a particularly warmer day I decided it was a nice day to take a walk to the beach. I was going to just go for a little meditation session but I decided to invite my sister so we could just relax and enjoy the weather. We climbed down some bolder’s to get closer to the ocean and just sat for a bit enjoying the salty air. It eventually started to get humid and drizzle so we had to walk back home, but it was nice to just enjoy the day. I cannot wait for the summer – I plan on going to the beach at least a couple times a week.

I have been doing a lot of online projects and this week I thought it would be nice to have a change of scenery. Instead of working in the office or living room I decided to pack up my laptop and head over to the local community college library. It was quiet, air conditioned and being in a different atmosphere just really got me in a different head space. I am going to make it a habit to go there a couple of times a month because I enjoyed it so much.

Around the web
+ I found a website where you can mail your friend (or enemy) an envelope of glitter called Mail A B*tch Glitter. I am thinking about sending a couple of envelopes out this summer to some unsuspecting girl friends.
+ One of my goals this years is to read more. I read a lot of online articles but I have bit of an obsession with books. I enjoyed the system that they presented in this article about How to Read More and am going to attempt to put it into practice.
+ Speaking of reading, I found out about a free book [Romantic Comedy, Kindle Edition] 3:AM Kisses by Addison Moore. I will do a book review after I read it and I am not sure how long it will be available for free. If you don’t have a Kindle did you know that you can download a free Kindle app for your tablet, smartphone or computer. I forgot that I had some books already loaded on mine so I downloaded the app to my laptop and now I can read them whenever I please.

How was your week? What was your favorite part? What do you have planned for the weekend?

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31
Mar
2015

News: How Much Is TOO Much?

categories: Her, Social Media

Which way was better: getting all of our news at a single point or two in the day, or the birth of the 24/7 news cycle, with news being reported all day long?

In general I think the twice a day (morning and evening) broadcast should have been the stopping point. You get the important information you need in the morning and then updates and information on new events in the evening. Anything that happens after the evening news will most likely be on the morning news so that is how the cycle goes. National or global coverage of important events usually crept in while you were in the middle of watching your favorite series.

How much is TOO much?
With the 24/7 news cycle it just seems like too much. When I go to watch a streaming broadcast I come out feeling exhausted and overwhelmed because so much information is shoved in at once. You don’t know where to focus – the images or people in the broadcast? The reporter(s) commentary? The words streaming across the bottom? And sometimes you go there to watch one thing and get so caught up you end up sitting there for an hour or longer and walk away filled with far too much information than every wished to know.

Too much stimulation, especially when it is negatively-powered is extremely unhealthy. When it is streaming 24/7 if you fall asleep watching it and end up waking up to it I doubt that is a good way to start your day. I like knowing that after I got what I needed out of the evening news can turn it off at any time during the broadcast. Live streaming tempts me to keep watching so that I don’t miss anything. So give me the morning & evening news. The rest of the hours of the day can be spent doing other things.

Confession: I do not watch the news very often. In fact, I tend to use Twitter as a news source and only watch the news on tv a couple of times a week if ever. By using Twitter as a news source I can get the information I need quick and easy at any time of day or night.

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This post is a part of NaBloPoMo March 2015

Make sure you check out all of my NaBloPoMo Posts

Are you participating in NaBloPoMo this month? Let me know in the comments so I can read your posts.

When it comes to the news, how much do you think is too much?

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30
Mar
2015

Bad News Sells

categories: Her

Do you believe the adage that bad news sells better than good news? Do you find yourself getting more response to negative posts than positive ones?

I do believe that bad news sells better, however, it depends on whom is consuming it. If someone is generally a positive person; negative information may rub them the wrong way but they are less likely to stick around for the muck. On the other hand, other people may stick around for it and feed off of it.

Unfortunately, there are some miserable people that don’t appreciate people expressing themselves in a positive way so they may come and attack them in an effort to bring the other person to their (comfort) level. Debates happen all the time over something that was originally positive because some people are just straight up party poopers. They feel that if they can’t be happy, neither can anyone else.

I try to be positive in my posts most of the time but of course it depends on the topic that I am blogging about. When I do write something negative it seems almost out-of-character for me, so I sometimes get more responses on those posts than other ones. Luckily, even though the attention is on a negative post, the responses tend to be positive and uplifting so I don’t mind.

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This post is a part of NaBloPoMo March 2015

Make sure you check out all of my NaBloPoMo Posts

Are you participating in NaBloPoMo this month? Let me know in the comments so I can read your posts.

How do you respond to bad news in the media?

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27
Mar
2015

Flashback Friday’s: Episode 6

categories: Blogging, Her

flashback fridays
Welcome to another episode of Flashback Friday’s. If it is your first time here – Welcome & thank you for stopping by! If you’re returning – Thank you for returning & welcome back! Every Friday I do a weekly wrap-up of what went down during the week and I hope you have been enjoying it.

Hoppy Spring
Where did March go? Seriously? I feel like it went by in a FLASH. Being sick for nearly half of the month really didn’t help either. I still feel like I am playing catch up with a lot of things. Don’t get me wrong though, I am happy that it is Spring time and getting closer to Easter which means family time! I can’t wait to color eggs with the kids and do an egg hunt. Hopefully most of the family will make it out here this year. Bigger house and no cranky neighbors that complain about the kids having fun outside. I even made some “Hoppy Easter” stickers to sell in my Zazzle store.

Round Hoppy Easter Stickers

One thing that does bum me out about the ending of March is that it is the end of the NaBloPoMo Posts. I was really enjoying the topics of the writing prompts and it got me in the writing/blogging mood. I even went ahead and cross-posted my Twitter As A News Source over there to reach a bigger audience. You can check that out here. I really hope I can keep this momentum going.

I spent most of this week indoors reading, drinking endless amounts of coffee, writing and binge-watching tv shows. I somehow thought it was a smart idea to watch a handful of episodes of Real Housewives of Atlanta. I think I have filled my reality tv quota for the entire month. It is like a car crash – it’s happening and you just can’t help but watch. HA! The weather has been humid and icky most of the time and the rest of the time it is pouring rain – HARD. Spring is definitely here. I know a lot of my friends in other states are still dealing with 30 degrees and below weather – Thursday there was a possible snow storm warning in Chicago – so I am not going to complain one bit.

Out and About
I did make it out of the house a couple of times though. I got to eat some yummy chicken at Jollibee and I also ended up at my favorite used bookstore. Of course I couldn’t help but dig through all of my favorite sections but I also decided to stop by the vinyl section just for fun. I love looking through old records. Some of the covers are pretty cool and make me want to throw a theme party. Tell me this doesn’t make you want to dress up and dance.

Klymaxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room

This week went by pretty quickly. One day it was Monday, I blinked my eyes and it was already Thursday. It was a nice week and I had fun playing with the dogs, reading and listening to music when I wasn’t reading and working on projects or applying for jobs. I have not been as active on Twitter as I usually am and some of my Tweeps noticed…oops. Gonna get back to tweeting more again next week. Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend.

From Around The Web
+ Free Watercolor Photoshop Brushes
+ How To Find A Job You’re Passionate About

P.S. I updated my Hire Me page so if you are interested in seeing what services I offer, please head on over there.

If this is your first time here, did someone refer you? Let me know in the comments.
What are your plans for the weekend?
What is your favorite thing about Spring?

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27
Mar
2015

False Media: Don’t Believe The Hype

categories: Her

Most news reporters on television have a sign off statement. What would be your sign off statement and why?
If I was a news reporter my sign off statement would probably be:

Don’t believe the hype.

Don't believe the hype. All fake news.

I am all for informing the masses about newsworthy events but most media outlets tend to thrive on creating hysteria. As a reporter I would hope to be honest and informative without causing people to respond with fear and anxiety. Ever watched the news and just come out being extremely stressed? Even if the topic itself was not that serious?

As a reporter I would want to bring the facts and nothing but the facts. No filling in my broadcast with unrelated nonsense. I would stay on topic and give the important information that my audience requires. When a reporter gives all this unnecessary information it can be annoying and overwhelming.

I don’t want to fill people’s heads with ideas and information that has nothing to do with what I am reporting. I know most other reporters would do it so I want to remind my audience that they really shouldn’t believe the hype.

And now, Public Enemy rapping “Don’t Believe The Hype”

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This post is a part of NaBloPoMo March 2015

Make sure you check out all of my NaBloPoMo Posts

Are you participating in NaBloPoMo this month? Let me know in the comments so I can read your posts.
What would your sign off be?
Do you believe the hype?

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