“Connection is why we are here. It’s what gives us purpose and meaning to our lives.” TED talks are something that I really enjoy relaxing with in my spare time. The “problem,” for me, with TED talks is that they always, ALWAYS make me think. Sometimes those thoughts manifest themselves in actions, other times they …
Category: Personal
Nature.
“L K Speas, aka Conundrum, will backpack the AT beginning in May 2013. She will hike as far as she can this summer, and then complete the trail next summer. The AT, nearly 2200 miles, begins on Springer Mountain, GA, and ends at Mt. Katahdin, ME. Conundrum will begin her trek on Springer Mountain on …
They’re playing bas-ket-baaaalll.
Today, I decided to celebrate the end of Virginia Tech’s 2013 New Student Orientation by spending a large part of my night at the gym. Of the two gyms on campus, McComas is by far my favorite. Although War Memorial Gym has the grungy appeal of not being air conditioned, McComas is better for a …
“Controversial” Cheerios Commercial
And this is why I love young people, as in children, or kids: honesty. I’m going to leave this here with minimum commentary. Think about it. Here’s the original commercial. http://youtu.be/kYofm5d5Xdw And here’s the episode of “Kids React.” Pay special attention to the disclaimer at the beginning of the “Kids React” video. My biggest takeaway? …
What makes you awesome? Advice for incoming (Hokie) students.
— At the end of the day, you have your peers, your professors, your Orientation Leader (OL), close friends, siblings, advisors, parents, and others to rely on for advice, but I just wanted to share the advice that I, personally, share to the masses. Enjoy! This post was originally written in the summer of 2013 …
Never Eat Alone.
This summer, a lot of my close friends have been asking me about this idea of Never Eat Alone. The story of my discovery of Never Eat Alone began almost a year ago when a friend named Brian spontaneously e-mailed me. Back in 2008, Brian and I got to know each other as Virginia Tech freshmen but we …
YouTube Video of the Day!
And this definitely takes the cake for one of those videos that you can just watch over and over again, and just feel HAPPY about it! Love this. Check it out – little Micah is absolutely adorable and clearly will become a demolition man someday!
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
The story of how one of my favorite quotes came to be my favorite quotes. It was Mother’s Day 2010. I was trying to focus on something interesting to say “thank you,” to my mother, as I do annually. Lately, instead of commercial, chain-store, manufactured things, I had been going for homemade artifacts and goods to …