What if?

If I could tell you one thing I've learned about life it's this: LIFE IS EFFING SCARY.

Like really, when you think about it, it's absolutely terrifying. So much can go wrong. But on the flipside of that, so much can go RIGHT, too.

You can spend so much time thinking about the "what ifs" in life - What if he doesn't like me back? What if they don't like me? What if he thinks I'm ugly? What if the job doesn't work out? What if my friends don't like what I'm doing? What if they disapprove? What if I fail?- you can spend endless hours thinking of the bad things that can happen and playing out millions of scenarios in your head. Really, you can drive yourself insane and sick with worry. But what's the point? Those are all just thoughts. Thoughts. And hey, maybe things work out like you hoped, but then again maybe they don't. Regardless of the outcome, you owe it to yourself to find out. Put an end to the "what ifs" in your life and go get some answers, even if that means putting yourself out there into the big scary world and being vulnerable.

That's some seriously scary stuff and it's easier said than done. But here's the thing: I guarantee you that regret will last longer than embarrassment will. I promise you that.

So life lesson here? Life can be terrifying because truly, we can't ever fully understand it. But life shouldn't be feared, it is meant to be lived to the fullest. So get out there, do that thing, and live YOUR life.

Hi, remember me?

So in typical Lauren fashion, I fell of the face of the internet blogging planet because well, a multitude of reasons that are really just excuses.

But here's the good news. I am working on migrating to Wordpress and getting everything figured out and set up there. Then I will be back taking the blogging world by storm!

I'll try not to neglect this one in the process. Sorry. I love you guys. And as always, thank you for entertaining my thoughts!

My, my city's filthy

In case you didn't know, I am from Washington. No, not DC, the actually state of Washington (seriously people, stop assuming DC, it's annoying). I love the westside, I love Seattle - I've been called "the pretentious westsider" (or p-dubs for short) by my eastern Washington cohorts. Because I seriously can't get over how GREAT where I come from is.

I'm sure you know that the Seahawks are going to the Superbowl tomorrow. I'm also sure you've heard of us, those known as the 12th man. Say what you want, say that our fans are band-wagoners, whatever. Say what you want, but let me tell you us PNW folk are proud of where we come from and that's why the 12's are SO LOUD. And as I sit here in my Sonic's sweatshirt, I am finally starting to realize why.

We've always been proud of where we come from, point blank - but we haven't had the success for people to really notice it. Let me explain. They took away our beloved basketball team the Seattle Supersonics about 5 years ago. We were outraged, to this day we are still willing and ready to start an angry mob and turn David Stern's life upside down like he did ours - hell, we're having parties because he's finally retiring. Anyways, that's one less team for us proud Washingtonians to root for. Who else is there? The Mariners. Hell, we love them! And you know what, they kind of suck. But it's okay, we're still at the games purchasing tickets for less than it costs to get a beer. We're still there - little flickers of hope bursting when we start do do well in the game of baseball.

The Seahawks give us that time to shine. Every game, where we are louder than any other fans in the country. Our home, Century Link (where I walked on the field back in the 6th grade on a field trip, might I add), where we average about 2 false starts a game, is a place where we can erupt with pride for our team and our city. It's the moment we've been waiting for, it's what we live for. To have pride in our city and show them what we're really made of.

Moral of the story - we love our teams. Even if they suck right now, even if they don't exist anymore, we FUCKING LOVE THEM. So yeah, the 12's are loud and we're proud and obnoxious. The Seahawks have helped us showcase our city and our people and how great we really think the PNW is.

And as Ben Haggerty said (AKA Macklemore) "the skyline is etched in my veins, you can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains". We are forever proud of where we come from and our teams and you can't deny that.