HELLO LOS ANGELES!

The Trip

This summer began with a 2,270 mile trip across the country…

As you can imagine it was a long haul. Highlights?

Making Ramen over a fire, sleeping in a so-called "two-person tent" with two people (the trick is they are only made for one small-sized human), stopping in Vegas for two nights, and finally arriving in Los Angles!

Bits of Knowledge

Now that we're here, I have several bits of knowledge to share: 1) In LA, people honk for fun (maybe there is some sort of club that I am un-aware of), 2) If you go to a Gay bar- the straight men WILL find you and also introduce themselves by saying they are straight, HA, 3) There are way to many (bad) comedians, and 4) the talent is split into two different categories, those who are talented and those who think they are talented. I hope I'm in the first one, but I guess so does everyone. HA.

Daily Life

My day looks like this: I wake up, go swimming, or running, or sitting. Take my good ol' time making breakfast, research gigs for a while, then go work on music with other musicians or go perform at an open mic night. I have had luck booking three shows so far. Which, to my knowledge,  is a good thing. HA.

Swimming

Personal Growth

I learned to approach and talk to people. It was hard. I made friends.

Dating Life

I straight armed two men to avoid herpes.

I also helped a half-naked-drunk man stand up after taking a tumble on the bus, if that counts.

Germ-a-phobe Note-worthy Moments

Trying to help drunk man stand up . It looked something like this:
Man takes a tumble, pants down (no undies, mind you) shirt over head (I don't know how he managed that) after getting on the bus. I get up to help him up, but nobody else does. There are about three grown men watching little ol' me try to pick this man up, when its about as challenging as getting a wobbly toddler to stand on a boat in a storm. It was a struggle.

The note-worthy part was that I was on the bus in the first place, BAHAHAHAHAH. Conquering germ-a-phobia one step at a time.

Music Life

Played my first show at the House of Blues on Sunset Blvd!

Favorite Shot

This concludes my update of Hannah life.

Please check back for more interesting stories later,

Han B.

The beautiful-red-equal sign.

Tonight, I had coffee with good friends a little too close to my bed-time, which is apparently anywhere within six hours of having the cup of coffee. Needless to say, I'm wide awake at this hour.

Things I'd like to talk about:

Warning message: DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED, I AM HONEST, BUT NONE OF THESE WORDS ARE TO BE TAKEN PERSONALLY

I'm involved with the church-crowd. I love every minute of it. The people are great.

Last week I posted the beautiful- red- equal sign as my profile picture, why? Because I agree 100% with what it stands for. I was approached by some fellow church-goers about why I had chosen to post the image as my profile pic, even though I believe in God and according to "their" interpretation of the bible, it is against God's will for a marriage to be between same-sex couples.

Heated in the moment at what (in my opinion) appeared to be plain ignorance, I told them I 100% agreed with what it stood for, but failed to give them good reason why...with words anyway...

This had occurred before a volleyball game with friends, in which we proceeded to begin warm-ups. Still slightly heated, and in my childish  (non-verbal ways of communicating, which I am well-known for) I began making my point with the volleyball.

Our team peppered back and fourth. When I received the ball, I would gently pass it to one of my other teammates, but every time I passed it to a specific person (who had asked me the question about my profile pic) I would spike it at them extra hard. After, several rounds of this pattern, I asked the person, if they too liked being treated in a different way than everyone else.

Although I personally find this explanation of my beliefs to be funny, I'm not sure everyone can understand my point so clearly.

So, with that being said:

The red-equal sign has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with your religious beliefs as a person. We live in America, where we pride ourselves on being a FREE & EQUAL COUNTRY. How can we deny anybody the rights that are so clearly given to everyone else in the country? Would you really like to put yourself between someone and their happiness because of your own beliefs? Have some empathy people. How would you like somebody telling you, who you could and could not marry? Sounds pretty ridiculous right?

                                        Yesterday's racists look like fools to us, today.

                               
                                 Imagine what these people will look like to future generations….


Love,

Han B.

Spring Break for Han

Hey all,

Last week was spring break for all the CMUers, and I went to Lakeland, Florida. I have lots to say about this trip, but in short, this video I made, might give you better taste of the positive and high-energy trip it actually was: take a minute to watch, then continue….

Enjoy? Good. I did too. I have never been in the presence of a more caring, comforting, loving group of people in my life. 

Things I learned: I can afford to give a few hugs in good company. 

Truth is, these picture will tell you more than I could ever describe in words. 

High Light Pictures:

God Bless,

Han B.

Beat those Blues

Here's what I do when I need me time:

1. Turn up the music, loud, whatever makes me smile.
2. Put on my apron.
3. Open that bottle o' wine.
4. and cook the shoosh out of a real good meal for myself (with the company of my cats of course).

Sautee it

Boe.

Drink whilst doing it

Recipe of the day: http://www.quickneasyrecipes.net/philly-cheesesteak-stuffed-bell-peppers/

Side Notes: Threw my mom a 50th bash, here's some of the nights captures!

This blog has no theme, because in reality I like to talk about lots of things. Some things you might read in this blog include (but are not limited to): Boys, food, music, and traveling.

This summer I will be in California, and you can bet there are gonna be some interesting blogs, a lot more interesting than the ones you'll read while I am in Mount Pee Pee. I plan to travel, play music, and eat a lot, so if you are interested in any of those things: I might have a couple things to share, over the summer!

Can't wait to be there!

Thanks for reading,

Han B.

A Helpin Hand!

Hey all!

Just have a couple things to say today…I'm done sassin' about boys for a tad bit of time to ask for your help!

You know what's more awesome than hatin' on the male gender?

HELPIN GOOD PEOPLE OUT!


Growing up in Frankfort, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and know the Stapleton Family. Mr. Stapleton has been the principal at Frankfort High School for several years now and he sure does a hell of a job at it. His beautiful wife Kelli, does so many things, you can't describe her in less than a paragraph. To say the least, they are both people who you can count on, who would help ANYONE, who would put everybody else before themselves, and even when things are hard for them, always put on a smile.

As we all know, everybody is faced with trials. Mrs. Stapleton does a great job explaining her families difficulties with raising an autistic daughter in her personal blog, which you can read about here: http://thestatuswoe.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/315/ .


In short, 

The Stapleton's have been blessed with thier autistic daughter Issy, who struggles with severe aggression and needs to be in a treatment facility for 8 months. Unfortuntaley, the costs for this facility run $765.00 a day. They have tried everything they can think of to find funding, but haven't had any luck. Mrs. Stapleton has been hospitilzed several times due to Issy's aggression.  
Think about your day today… what did ya spend your money on? Maybe you bought some pretzels at the gas station, or maybe you bought a new pair of shoes to add to your closet-collection? Well, here's something you could fund that will be way more fulfilling than either of those things. What better way to spend your money than to contribute to keeping a loving family together? I couldn't think of a more deserving family.

Here's the link for the fundraising campaign : http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/338454/x/663055


Thanks for reading and have a beautiful day!

Han B.

Valentines Day is still like it was in Kindergarten.

Well,

It's here again ladies…and to be honest I haven't been single for it, in about five years. No better way to start than with breakfast Bloody Marys and roommate bonding.

Valentine's day for single people seems to be pretty similar when you're old and when you're young.

Women still play dress-up, except  this time instead of pretending to be princesses,we are just pretending to be comfortable while our heels give us blisters, our tights sag in the crotch, our push-up bras hold our boobs way too high, and our lacy undies have disappeared completely. We still have tea-partys, except this time our cups are filled with shots of "forget I'm single" and "He looks better now" instead of the never-ending supply of air we used to pour so generously to one another. Finally, we are definitely still waiting for our knight in shining armor to come and save us, or in this case: buy us a drink, make eye-contact, or really just any kind of interaction...

Now you ask, "What about the men?"
Well, what were the boys doing while we played dress-up in kindergarten? YOU GOT IT! Ignoring us. They were playing sports, beating each other up, and picking their noses. Hate to break it to ya ladies, but not much has changed.

Single guys on Valentine's Day continue to lose themselves in, well, anything they can…

Valentine's Day as it would be for:

Gamer  Guy: Will create himself a cyber woman on what ever game he's playing, who of coarse will have gigantic cyber-boobs with a an un-proportional cyber-waste to match.

Sports Enthusiast Guy:  Will find whatever game is on today, drink beer, yell at the TV, and the only thought about "Love" on his mind, is regarding the skimpy uniforms the cheerleaders are wearing.

Hopeless Romantic Guy: Will continue to be in love with the girl who doesn't want him. Follow her around like a puppy dog and such.

Tool at the Bar Guy: Will  be a tool at the bar again tonight, but instead of trying to take you home right off the bat, he will tell you your hair looks nice and THEN proceed. BAHAHAH

Any other guy: Will claim he doesn't want to spend money on flowers and chocolates for anyone but himself.

Perfect Guy: Will continue to not exist.


WHAT ABOUT THE TAKEN GUYS HANNAH?

They will pretend to enjoy spending money on material things in exchange for some action later on…which is, on any other day considered illegal except in Nevada. BAHAHAH


Alight Ladies, Don't hate me for trying to poke fun at this day of Love.

In all truth, I hope you meet your knight in shining armor today and If you've already met yours, I hope you spend a beautiful evening with him!

HAHAH, I just found this, and it goes so beautifully with my post! CRAZY!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!



Han B.

Eating Those Feelings

Liking someone you can't have.

Thoughts on that:

Eat lots of chocolate. Do lots of Yoga. Don't watch romantic movies. Cuddle with your cats a lot.

Accept it.

Sometimes it's better to just embrace friendship with someone you feel you get along with really well.

~ Proverbs 16:9 ~

Thanks for reading,

Han B.

Music to Listen to: Elusive By Lianne La Havas