Oh The Places You'll Go (But Really the People You'll See)

Last night, at an hour much past my preferred slumber time, I got in the car and trekked out to the airport to pick up the younger sibling. This brings me to my first question. Why are airports never located near the city that they service? They are always on the outskirts at the absolute most inconvenient location. Yet, away I drove, minutes upon minutes until I at last arrived.

On said trip to the airport, the adventurers were my parents and I later joined by my sister once her plane finally arrived. Now, our airport is not very large, and everything on the inside was closed by the time we got there. Here I was thinking the trip would be unexciting and bland. Boy was I wrong. I forgot about the people you see in an airport.

Right outside of an airport gate is the mixing pot of society. The characters range from people waiting for their loved ones, traveling professionals, and mish mosh of others.

The first character was a middle-aged black man who was nonchalantly reading the newspaper. I assumed him to be waiting for his wife to arrive, but who can really be sure? His person seemed irrelevant until a construction worker walked past the man and suddenly you hear "Grrr. Yip, yip, yip. Grrr." Upon further inspection, I notice that a miniature schnauzer-esque dog was perched in his lap. All two pounds of the animal about to lurch at the passing constructionite. Crazy dog people.

Another woman I saw was an elderly Asian lady standing shy of five feet tall. She had on bedazzled tennis shoes, white pants, hot pink stretchy top, and pearled cat glasses straight out of the 70s. She looked fabulous, and I loved every second of it.

The last character worth mentioning was a young, professional white woman who got off the same plane as my sister. She donned a color block dress, four inch stilettos and worked her Louis Vuitton bag down the exit ramp as though we were all here for her fashion show.

It makes me realize that you should always make a statement with your style. You never know who's noticing.

When to Post a Blog

Have you ever wondered when is the best time to post a blog? The best day? Well first, it depends what you are looking for. Social interaction, pageviews or unique viewers all pique on different days and times. The first step is determine what you're after.

Here's a quick list for all you bloggers out there. Hope you find it helpful and may your blogging be ever successful!

• Blogs posted on Mondays get the most traffic. But if it's shares you're after, those are best on Thursdays!
• Blogs see the most traffic around 10 am CST. So make sure you get up early to pen those thoughts!
• If it's comments you're after, try posting on Sundays as historically that day sees the most. 

The post I read had many more statistics, but these are few nitty, gritty details. Main takeaway, publish early and throughout the week. This will help your blogging to get the most reach and interaction. In my time blogging, I have definitely noticed the trend of early morning posting results in more views.

Happy blogging!

Source: http://socialfresh.com/best-time-of-day-to-blog/

Conversation Snippet

Blog section that I will post when I find a part of an overhead conversation interesting, humorous, strange, etc.

Where: a local coffee spot
Between: the cashier and customer

Conversation snippet:


Cashier: "Wouldn't that be cool if that was my job. Official greeter... just like at Walmart."

10 Movies I Feel I Should See

Seeing Google's Doodle for Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland today has inspired me to contemplate movies I should see that I never have. The movies that almost everyone has seen, but somehow I missed. Many of these I have good intentions always saying, "I really am going to watch that movie one day", but then I never do.

In no particular order:

1.  Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
2. Pretty Woman
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Godfather
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Moulin Rouge
9. Mamma Mia
10. Old Yeller

I am determined to watch these in the next year, and I will keep you updated on my progress!

Conversation Snippet

Blog section that I will post when I find a part of an overhead conversation interesting, humorous, strange, etc.

Where: Subway Eat Fresh
Between: two local university students

Conversation snippet:
Boy 1: "You know what they say. Rice is great if you're hungry and want to eat 2,000 of something."
Girl 1: "What about M&Ms?"

Conversation Snippet

Blog section that I will post when I find a part of an overhead conversation interesting, humorous, strange, etc.

Where: stairs at the bookstore
Between: a man and his presumed wife

Conversation snippet:
Man: "...officially like the way these shoes sound."

No Motivation Friday

Happy No Motivation Friday! The day where it's only 10 am, and you're wondering how much longer till 5. The day you're trying to look busy in order to avoid doing any actual work. The day where you wonder, "Do I need that extra cup of coffee?" and you do. Absolutely.

So again, Happy No Motivation Friday! 'Cause if you had motivation, it just wouldn't be a Friday.