Here’s my Sunday afternoon reading material. I’ve got Jimmy Fallon on GQ, Jon Hamm on Rolling Stone, and Adam Levine on The Hollywood Reporter. I hope you guys are enjoying some family time since it’s Easter.
A.
Break Time…
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What Would Usher Say?
31 03 2013
I found this cool photo on Instagram from a Radio DJ I follow. Her name is @luvelizabethany and this is a handwritten note from Usher. Yes, that Usher that has given countless hits from “Yeah!” to “Climax.” You can catch him on NBC’s “The Voice” Mondays and Tuesdays.
Do you have any motivational quotes? Share ‘em with me on Twitter and Facebook
A.
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OOTD: Birthday Edition
30 03 2013I just wrapped up celebrating my 26th birthday this entire month. Yup…the entire month and not just the one single day where my mom gave birth to me. You should try celebrating the entire month since it’ll make you feel better.
Enough about my birthday, I wanted to use it as the basis for the theme of upcoming posts. We all plan to look ultra cool and fashionable on our birthday outings. Don’t sit there and act like you haven’t done that because you have.
This year, I really wanted to have a grown up yet a little risky look but still “Alex” recognizable. As a bigger guy, its hard to find clothes that give a slim and fit look so it was a challenge.
Sketchers at Target has affordable pieces in their line especially for guys. They’ve got your basics and much more. I am a fan of the monochromatic colors such as white, black, and grey. I saw a navy blue short sleeve button up which I felt really popped even though it was a dark color.
Automatically, dark jeans were out of the running. Light jeans would be the go to piece but its been there, done that. I’ve seen the colored jeans which can be cool or disastrous depending on what you pair them up with. I hopped on over to JCPenney and found a pair of white jeans. Yes! White jeans which means you’re literally looking for trouble.
Ultimately, the white pants complimented the blue in the most perfect way. Originally, my plan was to wear combat boots from Urban Outfitters but alas, they’ve been discontinued. It was between black chucks or black slip on shoes. I went with the black slip ons to keep it more sophisticated.
Most importantly, no stains were on the white pants at the end of the night.
Show me your outfit of the day, week, month, or year. I’d love to see what everyone is wearing. Check out my Pinterest since I’ll be using photos as inspiration for outfits
A.
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Goal achieved…
30 03 2013
Obviously it’s been awhile since I’ve written so it feels like I am catching you up on everything…
One of my goals for this year was to do two 5k runs. Let me start by saying this…I am not a runner. I am bad at running but I like it. It’s something about crossing the finish line and feeling like hell yes! I finished it plus it gets the endorphins running all in your body.
At the end of February, I did the Rodeo Run in downtown Houston. It was one I’ve previously done but the route change threw me off. The 2nd run I did was the Color Me Rad run which turned out to be freaking badass. Thankfully, I was able to meet up with some of my old friends, April and Oscar, who are always beasting it at the gym. They motivate me to get moving so thank you guys for getting this lazy guy to get physical.
I am happy to say I finished both without being the last one to cross the line. I do want to get better so I am looking to do more runs in the near future.
Have you achieved any goals for this year? I wanna hear about it. Tweet me!
A.
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2nd birthday
30 03 2013It’s been two years since I started this blog.
Honestly, I thought I would’ve shut it down and called it a day by now. I tend to start feeling unmotivated and soon, i let it go like that. It’s not the case with this so don’t start freaking out.
Thank you for continuously inspiring me with new ideas and for just supporting this immense dream that I continue to want to achieve. Remember, i owe this to you!
I look back at the last year and just take it all in. There’s the what ifs, could’ve beens, and etc. I can sit here and tell you the millions of things I wish I could’ve done but I am not. I do want to thank you for sticking around and checking out this piece of me. You keep motivated to keep on going down this road.
The biggest memory or shock I saw over the past year is the support. I figured I had some support but man, you showed me another level. The little Twitter campaign, #AlexonE!, took off and put a visual repesentation of who was being supportive. It was overwhelming and most of all…unexpected. it was a reminder that there’s power in numbers and when it comes ro my friends…there is no one better than my group.
As for the near future, I hope to visit CA and see it in the flesh and a website redesign to sweep through this template. As always, you’ll be a part of…our journey.
Thank you for another year!
aleX
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Happy birthday Brother B!
9 03 2013
To my little brother aka thug nasty….
Words can’t express how proud I am of you. You’ve been through a lot and I am awe of how you’ve pushed through it all. I know I say this a lot but I am thankful to have you in my life because you motivate to keep strong and move forward. I know I can be a nut case all the time but don’t ever forget I’ll always love you and have your back regardless of wherever I am at. Best wishes on your 19th birthday. Please stop growing because it makes me realize how old I am.
Your big brother and fan
Alex
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Silver Lining
16 02 2013
Before I start this post, how are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? I know the year is almost a fourth of the way out of the way but are you still on the road to your resolution? I am failing miserably at my resolution to update the blog but I am back on it…I promise!
So back to the topic of this post…
About two weeks into the new year, I started back up on the job hunt. As much as I like my job, one of my other goals is to relocate to the state of California to pursue a career as a TV personality. I randomly saw a tweet from www.twitter.com/HIRED about a job position in San Francisco with one of the biggest social media sites, Pinterest. If you’re on it, let’s pin together.
I supplied the resume, cover letter, and writing samples for the oh so powerful beings at Pinterest. I literally went on a limb and didn’t think I would ever hear from the company because I am here in TX and they’re all the way over there in CA. So I sent all the stuff via the online application and left it all in fate’s hands.
A couple of days later, I was at work doing the usual Monday stuff such as separating inserts for the advertisers and then the unexpected happened, a little e-mail from a Pinterest recruiter came in stating that they really enjoyed my writing samples and wanted to talk to me. The phone interview occurred later that week which I completely thought went well but alas, it didn’t go the way I expected it.
I was rejected…I know believe me, my heart broke in pieces when I got the official rejection email. You would think I would be bitter about it but nope…I can’t be negative about the site or anything that occurred. It all happened for a reason and I choose to be positive about it. It’s a huge silver lining to think that a huge company like Pinterest would be interested in me. It made me want to push forward even more to achieve my dreams.
It served as a sign to expect the unexpected because anything could happen.
I am thankful for the opportunity to even interview with Pinterest and who knows, I am sure that this will be a cool little sidenote in my autobiography. ;) I hope you guys are keeping with your resolutions and still trying to achieve your dreams. Remember, anything could happen!
-A.
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