A Few of my Favorite Links {#9}

(Trigger Warning: metal health/suicide, sexual harassment)

With how crazy my schedule has been this semester, I wasn't sure if I was going to have enough links to share with you all in this post. But as I perused my  recent Facebook and Twitter posts, I've actually been finding quite a lot of things on the internet that are conversation worthy as of late! Take a read/watch/listen to these links, and let me know what your favorites are!

21 Products for Coffee Lovers

SO MANY of these IMMEDIATELY went on my wish list on the first pass through this list. Mugs and coffee accessories are always a good gift idea, in my opinion. I'm currently trying to coax Brett into buying me the iced coffee cup for Christmas (pictured above) that instantly chills your coffee when you're on the go! *mind explodes*

Why We Choose Suicide

I came across this TED Talk while I was doing research at my internship, and it was so powerful that I had to share it. Mark Henick shares his story of living with mental illness and attempting suicide himself, and although it's very uncomfortable to listen to him talk about it, he makes a good point - it's easy to talk about suicide as an issue as long as it's behind closed doors. As long as we don't have to deal with the suicide head on. In order to really make the issue of suicide a real priority, we have to be honest, be uncomfortable, and talk about it. Please watch this video with caution, as his stories are very real and chilling, but watch with an open mind and an understanding that we, as a society, need to be serious about changing our views and actions on mental illness.




Lockup Extended Stay: Charleston

My sister works in Corrections in South Carolina, and over the past year the people of Lockup on MSNBC have been filming at the jail she works at. Tomorrow the episode that features her jail will premeire at 9PM EST and there's a good chance she will be on it! I'm so excited to get an inside look at what she does on a day-to-day basis because it's so different from what I do. (I always laugh at myself when I'm stressing out over running an event for college students when my sister is literally risking her life at work every day!) Make sure you watch the trailer today (linked above) and the episode tomorrow night!

But What Was She Wearing?
You ever see a project and just want to give the creator a hug? I had that feeling when I first discovered "But What Was She Wearing?" last week. This is a blog that allows individuals (both men and women) to share their experiences of street harassment, and to share what they were wearing when they experienced it. Many victims of street harassment get the "but what were you wearing?" response when trying to tell their stories with the assumption that what you wear should indicate how people should treat you. On this blog, you see individuals dressed in all sorts of styles, and experiencing very similar situations. It really does not matter what someone is wearing - harassment can happen at any time. Check out this blog and read some of the submissions to further understand the aim behind this project.
21 Struggles Every Cashier Will Recognize
This post could NOT be more true. I was a cashier for a grocery store for a little over 7 years, and while it was a great first job and the company was very kind to me while I worked through my busy high school and college schedules, being in customer service can definitely wear on you over time. I can't tell you how many times I have experienced everything on this Buzzfeed list, and I'm so happy and thankful that I've been able to live without these annoyances in my life for the last year and a half. Customer service people, I feel for you and will forever treat you with respect because I know all too well how it feels!

Accurate representation of my life when I was a cashier.

What are some links you've been loving lately? Let me know in the comments!

#overoccupied

As usual, I have been so crazy busy these past few weeks - even during Spring Break! Meetings, work, duty, travelling back and forth - and that's all before homework and class! Yikes. I thought it'd be a good time to give y'all a little update on what I've been up to.

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Getting ready for my trip to Indianapolis. Because I'm getting funding from my College of Graduate Studies to attend ACPA, there have been a lot of hoops to jump through (filling out forms, finding transport to the airport, etc). I'm finally finishing everything up and tying up all the loose ends and am pretty much all set to fly out Sunday!

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Crying over the fact that How I Met Your Mother is ending. I can't believe there's only one episode left! The last episode airs while I'm at ACPA, so I'm predicting I'll be crying in front of thousands of future colleagues and employers.

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Working my booty off on multiple projects. I have 3 major projects due in my future and they've all been haunting my dreams these past few weeks. Luckily, all of the topics I'm exploring are pretty interesting so I've been enjoying working on them. They're just running my life at the moment!

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Seeing my sister go through her C-SOG training. My sister is kind of a badass and is one of very few women who is part of the US Corrections Special Operations Group. The other night she sent us a video that she and other members at the jail she works at is a part of that gives you a little glimpse into what her training and job is like. Check it out! (She appears around minutes 6 and 9!) ...

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Reading Orange is the New Black. It's been sitting on my Kindle since December. I intended to read it over winter break, but then I was assigned to read an entire textbook within the span of about 4 weeks (and I'm a very slow reader) so my attention shifted to that. I just recently started to read it and I'm loving it! I can't wait to finish so I can finally jump into the series on Netflix. ...

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Getting excited for the return of Game of Thrones and 24. (Yes, two of these items have to do with television, haha.) Even though one of my favorite shows is coming to an end, two others are making a return withing a month of each other, and I CAN'T WAIT. #goodbyeproductivity

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I hope you all have been well. I'm sorry that I've been neglecting this blog, but there's only 6 weeks left in the semester, so things will be slowing down soon! :)

I-95

A few weeks ago, my good friend Rob and I took a road trip all the way down to South Carolina to visit my sister, the University of South Carolina, and to feel some sunshine on our faces. It took us about 16 hours on 95 South to get all the way to my sister's place where we were staying, but we made it fun by stopping in Philadelphia, Washington DC, and South of the Border on the way down, and even got to visit Noble and my loves from New Jersey on the way back up! 

I took a million and one photos (naturally), so I picked out some of my favorites to share with you!