"My life in boxes" was the name of the first blog I ever made. And that title is still appropriate to this day. It was inspired by the fact that at the time that I made it I was procrastinating packing up my room for yet another move. This was sophomore year of high school I believe, and I'm 21 now, a junior in college and I'm still packing. Different move, same story. Moving is always weird. It's so exciting to be moving to a new place and getting to set up my new place but it's also always hard to leave behind a place where I once lived. It doesn't matter how short I've stayed there or how crappy of a place it is. It's somewhere where I've made memories and it's hard to leave that behind. I'm also kind of in a weird stage of life where I feel a bit homeless at times. I have my home with my parents, but I'm only there two weeks out of the year and at this point almost none of my stuff is there. What keeps that as my home is that my family is there but other than that I really have no connection with that town or house anymore. My other home is Blacksburg where I've spent the majority of my time for the past three years. But each year I've spent in a different dorm or apartment so I never really get permanently set up. And I know that I'm going to be leaving here in two years so it doesn't really feel like home to me. Just an in between. My third "home" is Albany. Albany is where I spend almost all my time when I'm not in Blacksburg. It also kind of feels like my future home since that is where I'll probably end up living in the future. So right now I don't really have a place to put down my roots and create a life. I'm just stuck in between. This is a short and kind of personal post so I'm sorry, but I've been crazy busy with packing and finals. I promise I'll post more fun stuff once finals are over. What is your favorite and least favorite thing about moving? xoxo NatalieI watch a lot of TV and movies. I said it. Admitting is the first step. Since media is notorious for portraying women in a negative light (see this, also this, oh yeah this too). Because of this reason I like to spend my time watching shows and movies that portray women in a powerful light. Here are some of my favorite female characters. 1. Elle Woods - Legally BlondeI love Elle Woods. She shows us that just because you wear pink and are girly doesn't mean you are to be messed with. She set her goals high and reached them through hard work. She didn't let people's expectations of her change her. She stayed the peppy, upbeat, pink wearing, fabulous woman that she is and rocked it. She reminds us to always be yourself. 2. Leslie Knope - Parks and RecLeslie Knope is the ultimate bad ass woman to look up to. She is amazing at her job and works really hard to be that way. You don't just see her as a successful woman, you see the (wo)man hours she puts into it. She follows her passions and always stands up for what she believes in, even though a lot of the time she has zero to no support. She also balances her work with friendships and fun activities. She is also always kind to people but is aggressive enough that she demands respect. I also love that the writers made her a strong female lead on her own. The main focus of the show isn't her love story (which is super cute) but it's just about her. You spend the show rooting her on and cheering for her. Her success will feel like your success and her failures will break your heart and I think a lot of this comes from the relatability (real word?) of her character. She isn't perfect but she works pretty damn hard to try her best to be. 3. Liz Lemon - 30 RockAgain I am praising a show for showing a woman in the light of being a working woman and not totally, hyper-focusing on her love life. Liz Lemon is a geeky but awesome woman who I think has almost everyone's dream job. She pretty well depicts what it's really like being a woman, no over glamorizing here. And bonus points if you read Tina Fey's autobiography, Bossy Pants, because she talks about the show and the similarities between her and Liz Lemon. 4. Jess Day - New GirlJess Day is a great example of how you can be soft and kind and girly but that doesn't mean you aren't strong and smart. The quote above is one of my favorites out of the whole show. Here is the video clip below that has the whole quote. Sorry for the horrible quality. Who is your TV role model ?
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A little about meNatalie. 26. Mechanical engineer. Mining and Minerals Engineering graduate from Virginia Tech. I love pugs, pink, crafting, feminism, makeup, and reading. Archives
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