#NerdsUnite: A letter to my inner child, who apparently is still there ... I think?
I was a devious, devious little kid. Totally unapologetic about it too. I KNEW I could get away with murder, so I would CONSISTENTLY push as many of my parents buttons as possible smiling back batting my BIGGGGG blue eyes.
#RealDeal: Coding your subconscious & learning to close the end tag
I need to grow up. I've been living life by the seat of my corporate sponsored pants for the last 3 years and it's shit or get off the pot time in adding structure and developing an exit strategy. No one prepares you for the moment where you realize you have become everything you wanted to be, but you have to know when to let go so you can creatively grow in other manners.
#NerdsUnite: How to build rapport on a date
Rapport is an emotional exchange that helps people feel a connection on a deeper level. The next time you go out to eat, observe the people chatting with each other. What you’ll often see is people leaning toward one other, smiling, making eye contact and mirroring or mimicking each other’s movements and gestures. They’re in rapport. On a subconscious level, we all mirror the movements of someone we like or want to impress.
#NerdsUnite: My name is Alicia and I'm doing 50 dates in 50 states (Intermission)
Blasting through the country has led to some strange and possibly displaced emotions. Simultaneously I am soaking up the landscape, history, stories and existence of our country on a level that was incomprehensible before (and in many ways is still hard to truly understand) while a little piece of my head is bummed I have missed art show openings and birthdays of friends.
#NerdsUnite: Like energy attracting even in traffic!
I was just saying the other day how wildly random attraction is. It's ALWAYS like energy attracting!!! That's IT!!!! Then you have the added layer of wondering about a relationship and that boils down to timing. Where are you both in your life? Are your futures moving down the same path?!
#TrueStory: So, tonight I have a date with a guy I met in traffic ... seriously
I thought at first it was the car (since beetle convertibles are more likely than not driven by women), but even when I had the Ford Fiesta from the Fiesta Movement - people still came up and talked to me while sitting in traffic. Men AND women. I don't know why ... happens all the time.
#NerdsUnite: My name is Alicia and I'm doing 50 dates in 50 states (Missouri)
Quiet, unimposing and rather unassuming, Jake was anything but typical for a first date that was going to be filmed. Admittedly, while the men I’ve gone out with have been unique snowflakes, if they were books we were studying in literature class we’d be able to pick out a theme through them all: outgoing.
#NerdsUnite: Simple words. Spectacular impact. (my story on supporting @chris4cure)
Being told in this very last moment spent with my grandfather to follow my dreams versus being "realistic" and just directly pursuing a career in programming or engineering was extremely profound.
There was always this cloud of regret around my grandfather, but in this moment he displayed hope and I could see how much he not only loved me, but believed in me. He knew I was going to "make it," whatever the "it" was that I was after.
#Question: Do You Have Jessica Rabbit Syndrome?
Have you ever looked at someone and thought that he/she just looked mean? Or saw a beautiful woman out who looked angry, but after talking to her you realized that she was actually cool? I call that the Jessica Rabbit syndrome. This is about giving everyone a chance and not judging a book by its cover.
#RealDeal: How LOTR's put me in the "Friend Zone" & why it's awesome
Having nothing else to do on a Saturday night I found myself catching up on some of Jen's older posts, specifically about her past dates and relationship. I guess I found myself doing this as I have been recently hanging out (yes...just hangin’) with a specimen of the female variety which I thought may lead to some type of relationship, which in the end didn't (but more on this latter).