Goals for Fall and Winter

I spent the majority of this summer lazing about at home, and while that wasn't technically my fault due to my inability to drive, I realize that I need to work on my goals instead of giving up.

Short Term Goals:
As short term goals, I would say from now to the next month would be my window. Or a full month or 21 days, seeing as 21 days is how long it takes to break a bad habit. These are goals that seem easier for me, and therefore I am more inclined to take part in reaching these goals.

• Get my haircut -I have been trying to get my hair cut for months, and I have a style in mind and everything, however I have been unable to go because my salon is across town. I will have my hair cut soon, hopefully with more flare.

This is a very close image of a hairstyle I want. Truly I didn't just chose this image because of Jessica, but rather her hair has inspired me as I have been watching Onstyle's Jessica and Krystal. My hair is very straight and just past my shoulders, so it will look different. I just need the slight layers and slight side bangs to add. 

Another example of a hair style I want is this one below. It is almost like the previous one, but more what I would look like. Less bangs though, but the part is the main focus as I currently have a more middle type part.

• Start Blogging once a week

I have had an alarm and everything set for weeks, and yet I have been unsuccessful in my desire to work on posts due to my lack of laptop. When I was using my mother's, the google chrome quit working and has led me to trying and trying to fix it for days, with no results. Clearly, I am not so tech savvy. With making more posts, I also intend to create more accounts in social media to promote my posts. 

• Do yoga once or twice a week

I have been trying to get into yoga for a while. My parents and friends have tried yoga, but unfortunately, I cannot get into it because it bores me...I much prefer weight lifting or endurance exercise, but I will try to get into the groove of yoga. 

• Do kettlebell exercises twice a week

Love kettlebells. Only have one. The weight I use is 10 pounds. I picked my kettlebell up from Walmart for a cheap price.

• Stretch every day

Doing better with this. I get tight hamstrings because I am naturally flexible. Quitting dance really brought on the loss of flexibility. I do the blogilates Stretching for Flexibility video which really helps. I do this twice; once before I exercise and once after. Make sure you warm up before stretching the first time by running a minute or doing jumping jacks so your muscles aren't cold.

• Clear up acne

If there's anything I want to do most it's this. I feel that professionally, having clear skin will not just give me a better palette for makeup and confidence, but that it will give me a better reputation of how I take care of myself and give me a more professional look.

• Get permit

I cannot stress how important this is to me. Getting my permit would help me a lot, and as I am already legal age to drive, I feel very behind everyone else. Having a permit would help my family immensely as well as take care of the first stretch before I can get a license. 

Long Term Goals

• Bring erg score down

I haven't rowed in a year, so I'm bound to have a high erg score. More info on why I was on rowing hiatus in a future post. I have no idea how my score was last.

• Look professional

I really like to look professional, but some clothes I have don't do the job because they are too casual. By professional, I just mean the quality of what I wear and a bit of the style. I don't want to dress dull and old ladyish, but add pieces to my closet that are nice and presentable that I could wear to juries or something. There are tons of other ways to get professional that don't include clothing.

Another way to look professional is to get a following on my blogger and twitter to give myself a better look of professionalism on social media. I also wish to buy a domain and create a custom website once I get a higher number of subscribers. Before I do this, I will be making a YouTube account to vlog and talk, review products, etc.

What are some of your goals? Leave a comment and inspire someone else.

Thanks for reading, hope your day is wonderful!

The Kendall Jones Backlash Backlash-Very sloppy I'm Sorry

It's not about the hunting of animals that Kendall Jones is doing entirely, it's the fact that she "thinks" she's conserving animals, as a backlash to her . And the whole thing about Teddy Roosevelt-as though we should take examples from a time before people cared for the rights of animals and foreign land that does not belong to them (though that hasn't changed still). The late 1800s were a time of slavery, assassination, lead poisoning, over grazing buffalo, political bribery, and a less than advanced understanding of our natural world compared to today. Just because a president killed a rhino in the 1800s, does not mean you should kill for sport today as advanced species. The point of humanity is to learn from our mistakes, not repeat them, for that is the definition of stupidity and insanity. At a time of lynching humans do you think the abuse of animals was even thought of? Killing the elephant was the most ridiculous of the photos. African elephants are, in fact, highly vulnerable to becoming endangered because of poaching such as she was doing. 

While there are more important things happening in the world, I cannot speak on the behalf of the other people who signed the petition for the banning of the photos.

While this is true that there are other important things happening in the world, the animals do not belong to Americans. They belong to native people as a means for survival, etc. not for game or American walls as a decoration and trophy. You are right that there are important things going on in the world as well, but our ecosystem is failing after centuries of not understanding how to treat nature. It is a fact of life that when an animal goes extinct, the local ecosystem collapses, and with it, those who actually suffer with the animals. As a person in a foreign land to go and hunt the animals that do not belong to you, it is wrong. There are plenty of animals she could safely hunt within America, such as wild boar, dear, and many more that are actually affecting our local ecosystems due to overpopulation. Animal lives have value to humanity, I'm not spouting liberal nonsense as I have been raised extremely conservatively. There is factual evidence that the African Elephant is being driven to extinction, and we should be supporting the reproduction of them, not the death, as that is harmful to people actually affected by foreigners hunting on their land. There's this thing called imperialism, which has already stripped African land of its resources enough. In addition to that, who are we as 21st century people to take advice from someone from the late 1800s just because he killed a rhino before? Lest I remind you that those times were ridden with issues, including the overgrazing of buffalo and prominent destruction of the population of buffalo in a country, that may I remind you, was not ours to take in a massacre of indigenous people. In conclusion, this is about the banning of photos from a social media website, not for her arrest or something equally melodramatic. The most that could happen would probably be some kind of suspension of her hunting permit. In addition to all of this, Jones failed to source any evidence of her statements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

http://www.mrvanduyne.com/homework/Unit3b/PEHomeworkReading.pdf

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/african-elephant

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-elephant/ 
While this is true that there are other important things happening in the world, the animals do not belong to Americans. They belong to native people as a means for survival, etc. not for game or American walls as a decoration and trophy. You are right that there are important things going on in the world as well, but our ecosystem is failing after centuries of not understanding how to treat nature. It is a fact of life that when an animal goes extinct, the local ecosystem collapses, and with it, those who actually suffer with the animals. As a person in a foreign land to go and hunt the animals that do not belong to you, it is wrong. There are plenty of animals she could safely hunt within America, such as wild boar, dear, and many more that are actually affecting our local ecosystems due to overpopulation. Animal lives have value to humanity, I'm not spouting liberal nonsense as I have been raised extremely conservatively. There is factual evidence that the African Elephant is being driven to extinction, and we should be supporting the reproduction of them, not the death, as that is harmful to people actually affected by foreigners hunting on their land. There's this thing called imperialism, which has already stripped African land of its resources enough. In addition to that, who are we as 21st century people to take advice from someone from the late 1800s just because he killed a rhino before? Lest I remind you that those times were ridden with issues, including the overgrazing of buffalo and prominent destruction of the population of buffalo in a country, that may I remind you, was not ours to take in a massacre of indigenous people. In conclusion, this is about the banning of photos from a social media website, not for her arrest or something equally melodramatic. The most that could happen would probably be some kind of suspension of her hunting permit. In addition to all of this, Jones failed to source any evidence of her statements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

http://www.mrvanduyne.com/homework/Unit3b/PEHomeworkReading.pdf

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/african-elephant

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-elephant/ 

This is not, for me as I cannot speak for others, about what "offends." It is about the fact that she has killed animals that are not hers to kill, are not a part of her local ecosystem, and possibly inspiring others to kill into extinction. But you don't care because it doesn't affect your life as you are not living in the environment being affected. My father being a Navy commander, and the rest of my qualified military family members, would be smart enough to understand science and how ecosystems work. When you eliminate one species, you eliminate more and the cycle continues until the earth is a barren wasteland. This is common knowledge for those who are educated, such as my own conservative family, including my highly educated father who, as I already stated, is a Commander promoting to Captain. However, I will excuse your lack of information as I don't know what education level you are at, which I presume would be that of a high school graduate /maybe/.

My final question is: why do /you/ care so much?

To those not convinced that big game hunting is pure bloodlust, the same that you condemn those like the taliban for engaging in, consider reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.

Another problem is that there are truly those animals in America which NEED to be put down or relocated because they are invasive, and there are already shows about this which she could become a part of if she would like to.