Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.. well kinda

If you've seen "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" you know that its about a group of friends all miraculously fit into the same pair of jeans, even though they have completely different body types and are clearly, different sizes. Well, I had a Traveling Pants-ish experience this weekend.

I work at American Eagle, and besides getting people to sign their life away to the AE Credit Card, I'd say I'm pretty good at my job. I'm 1 out of 9 employees to be selected as a back to school Denim Expert, something that I'm very excited about. I can sell jeans with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back. I know what type of jeans are best for the customer's body type and shape. If a customer comes in looking for jeans, I am able to almost guarantee that they will be walking out the door with a pair of jeans, if not multiple pairs.

Each season, AE updates their different styles, usually changing the names and make slight changes to their fits. Since I can remember, I have only been able to fit into one, maybe two styles of AE jeans, just because my thighs and waist have a battle over what size jeans they want me to wear, and my thighs usually win. Luckily, AE makes a style of jeans that give a little bit more room in the thighs, so I don't have to compromise my waist size.

This season, AE has done something new, where they have a fit model for each size, not just one for a size 6 and build off of that. At my Denim Expert meeting, we had the opportunity to try on both men's and women's jeans. I miraculously fit into Super Skinny Jeans, Skinny Jeans, a Slim Bootcut jean, AND a men's bootcut jean, and ALL of them looked fabulous.

If you are in needs of jeans this season, I think AE maybe your most stress free jean experience out there!

Vitamin String Quartet

I was watching my favorite show, So You Think You Can Dance, one day and heard a new song I liked, so I immediately opened my iTunes to search for the song. In the process I found a version of the song by a group called the Vitamin String Quartet. They take popular songs and replay simple with string instruments, such as violins and violas. I found some of my favorite songs, such as "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, and "Boston" by Augustana. Many of their albums are tributes to specific bands, such as the Beatles, Paramore, Coldplay, and R.E.M. I personally think this would be amazing study music because its familiar songs but without the distraction of lyrics.

"I dare you to move. I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor"
-Switchfoot

Since I'm not your everything, how about I'll be nothing to you...

Its been about 2 months.

He was what I always looked for in a guy. He was my best friend. My support system. We laughed and we cried together. We were there for each other, even if no one else was. We spent almost every holiday together, and his family became like a second family to me. He always thought we would be together. That when he thought about the future, he say me in it. He was the person to tell me everyday how he loved me and how important I was to him

Until the day, when he woke up, and wasn't sure if he was still in love with me. He just needed a break from everything to figure his life out. This was the day that my life got turned upside. This was the day that I had to learn to live my life by myself because for the past two years, I hadn't done much of anything by myself. I had to learn to fall asleep alone, to brush my teeth alone, to in general... be alone.

Its been a very complicated 2 months, and a very emotional rollercoaster. He leaves for Europe tomorrow, and we said our last goodbyes, possible forever. As of tonight he is sure that he does not want to be with me ever again, and I know that I can't be friends with him, at least not for awhile. A long while. This is probably the worst pain I have ever felt, but knowing the truth is for the best.

Its heartbreaking to say goodbye to your best friend, probably forever and this is will be harder than I know or can expect.

Life is beautiful, but its complicated...

Its summer. Its the first time in about 4 years that I've had more than a few weeks off of school, and I find myself constantly searching for something to do. I've been spending a lot of time with friends, but I've also spent way too much time watching tv, shopping, and facebooking. I've decided I need a hobby, so this seemed like a pretty good one. I had a blog a while ago, but I can't even remember my log in and I only posted in it twice, so I'm starting fresh, like many other things in my life. I am recently single (which is a whole blog post in itself- for another day) and more than anything, I have days that I need to get whatever's going on in my head out of it.

But I figured I'd explain a little about myself, and the reason behind my blog name.

• I'm addicted to song lyrics and music. I plan to have every post title be a lyric from a song, whether it be something that relates to my mood, or just whatever song I have stuck in my head.
• In my blog name the word "Live" is in quotations, because that's the word I have tattooed on my back as a daily reminder that life is shortand to live for today. I got it my freshman year of college (with my parents approval) after going through a series of events that pushed me and tested me more than I ever thought I would experience at that age. I've always been an optimistic person, but i often need the daily reminder, so I love looking in the mirror and having that reminder there for the rest of my life.
• My mind often gets ahead of my hands while typing so I leave out words or type the completely wrong words, often. Deal. You can prob figure out what I'm trying to say.
  

There are many more details to life that I'll get into at a later time :)

"Life is beautiful. But it's complicated. We barely make it.
We don't need to understand. There are miracles"
-Vega 4