9 Reasons Why You Should Watch Shark Week

It's one of the best times of the year again: Shark Week on Discovery Channel.  Many people wonder why people get so excited about watching shark week, and I'm over here like: Why don't you get excited?  Even if they eat people, they're still pretty awesome.  This is all pretty much personal opinion, but that's what a blog is, right? Personal opinions?  Sharks are awesome.  Just think about the power that they have behind their massive jaws! And how cute little baby sharks are.

1. There's a Shark Week drinking game... Actually there are multiple. 

Who doesn't love getting drunk while watching TV?  Drinking is fun. Watching TV is fun.  Sharks are cool. You should add them all together. Actually, a lot of people already have.  I Googled it... and the first two games that I saw were completely different.  Most have to do with drinking when you hear words, drinking when someone says shark. Here are two different ones and an E-Card I made. 

1. Gentle Version  From Entertainment Weekly 

2. The Official Shark Week Drinking Game by BroBible --> Which is pretty intense 

2. They might seem dangerous, but they're actually just awesome. 

Great statistics from Nat Geo's website:

• "Over 17,000 people die from falls each year. That's a 1 in 218 chance over your lifetime, compared to a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark" 1
• "You have 1 in 63 chance of dying from the flu and a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark during your lifetime" 1

So basically, you have a better chance of falling down and dying than being attacked by a shark and dying from it.  Yeah, they're scary. But people kill people and you still probably like them. And humans don't have 5 rows of teeth. Sharks do. How cool is that? (By the way: If you're playing the Shark Week Drinking Games, you'd probably have to drink after reading those two facts.)

3. Maybe they're just misunderstood

Have you ever thought that maybe sharks are just misunderstood? Maybe when a shark attacks you, it's just playing with you.  Have you ever though about that?  They were in the ocean before us.. maybe... and now we're making their home our play thing. Maybe they see us as cute, little cuddly humans they just want to nuzzle... with their mouth... on our legs and arms.

4. They are the Kings and Queens of the Ocean

You swim in their territory, you should probably know about them.  Granted they might not be the largest thing in the ocean, but they definitely have the teeth to rip most of the things in the ocean apart.  Sharks have six senses, one of which is electromagnetism. They can pick up on electrical fields of other animals 2... Uh, what? That's awesome. Some sharks can swim up to 60 mph 3.... Even More Awesome.  If they could be on land, they'd be that person that you're angry at on the highway for going 5 miles under the speed limit. You're not getting away from that, so you should probably respect it. 

5. This awesome photo 

I bet you can't do that. Even if you tried. Really, really, really hard. 

Credit: Morne Hardenberg 

6. This rad picture of a shark giving a guy a high five

That you've probably seen a million times, and it only gets better each time.

Photo: Picture Media 

7. Josh Wolf

I don't know, he's pretty funny. I sort of just needed a filler for #7 and he seemed like the best thing to put here. So here's a picture of him. I liked him on Chelsea Lately... 

8. Your friends are probably watching it

And you'll want to have something to talk about around the water cooler right?  They might even think you're a cool person. 

9. This Video

That you've probably seen on Facebook and has barely anything to do with sharks.  But  it is awesome because it's a cat dressed up like a shark riding on a automatic vacuum cleaner.  

1. Channel, N. G. (2013). Shark Attack Facts. Retrieved August 2014, from Nat Geo TV: http://natgeotv.com/ca/human-shark-bait/facts

2. Brunner, T. (n.d.). The Sixth (And Seventh) Sense. Retrieved 2014, from Shark Savers: http://www.sharksavers.org/en/education/biology/the-sixth-and-seventh-sense/

3. About.com. (n.d.). How Fast Can a Shark Swim? Retrieved August 2014, from About.com: http://marinelife.about.com/od/fish/f/howfastshark.htm

Some new photos and workout progress

I've been quite busy with school and work recently. I have my first Consumer Behavior test tomorrow and I feel like I've written a paper every night for the past 2 weeks (essentially, I have.)  Have an A so far, so I'm not doing terrible ;).  

IF YOU HAVE IDEAS ON WHAT you'd like to read, leave a comment. I can totally write something for you. :) I might even start writing stories again. Like fan-fictions. I did that in high school.. it's popular. 

I ran across this today; it couldn't be more accurate of how I feel.  Although people tend to tell me I'm an open personality, it's very hard for me to get there with multiple people. I have a small, very small, group of friends that I prefer to hang out with; I don't stray much from them and you probably will see me in front of a T.V. snuggled up with my boyfriend before you'd find me in a bar every weekend. Essentially, this is how I feel: 

18 Struggles of Having an Outgoing Personality but Actually being Shy and Introverted by Brianna Wiest

BUT, I did work in some time to get some more experience in front of the camera. The wonderful Stephanie Rose Photography took some time out of her schedule and shot me, in the good way. ;)  She is fantastic and these pictures are wonderful! Naturally I seen critiques in my modeling that I could have done better on my side, but the photographs themselves are fantastic!  I AM up for modeling opportunities. If you've come here from my business card, fill out my contact form and I'll get back to you soon. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanierosephoto

Website: Stephanie Rose Photography

SPEAKING of my business cards, I have them in. YES, they are VERY narcissistic, and I like it. See below. I've done some logo creation and business card creation recently (none printed for me to share yet); it's what I enjoy. If you're in the market for business cards, logos, websites ( I have Adobe Muse and can do that junk now), etc., I can help. Fill out the contact form with what you need. I'll respond with pricing.

AND next, work out progress. Not terrible, not great. I've been trying to get back into the swing of things.  We bought a 300lb Olympic weight set; yeah... like I can even use that. The damn bar is 45 pounds. Boyfriend ordered the barbell set that goes with it so I can use the small weights while he's using the big ones. Below is the side view progress. Front progression you cannot see yet because my abs are still stored in their little shed (AKA: The fat.)  I just bought http://nataliejillfitness.com/'s Vegetarian/Vegan kick starter 7 day meal program, so I'll let you know how that is. It's very Vegan, but it looks promising. I've been a vegetarian for almost 10 years and haven't eaten like this... ever. HAH

The "anti-bloat pill" that I told you about last time: Jamie Eason's anti-bloat pill is essentially just a detox pill. I purchased them because they were fairly priced and I wanted to see what would come from them. The ingredients are not bad, but I can assure you, you will poop your pants (or at least you'll poo a lot.)  A lot of these types of pills will make you really have to pee, because it's just pushing your water weight out, but that wasn't the case.  I was able to sleep just fine after taking them, so that's not a big worry either. Other than that, I don't know if I see any "results" using them. I feel just as I did typically without them. I might go a week without taking them to see if there was actually a change.

Not too much progress, but we'll get there. I think I see a difference in my arms, at least.

OH, and we're a disc golf couple now.  We've only played twice, but it's pretty rad. I bought this awesome disc today from Play It Again Sports in Crossroads Mall in Cary, NC. (We spent 20 minutes reviewing the Innova lists to see which one would fly father, which is meant for our style of throwing... Needless to say, I didn't think it was that in depth. I was wrong.. So I found a cute one and luckily it works for me.)

AND LASTLY, Mewman. ;)

 

also, yes I realize that the URL of my blog is quite provocative. I think that's why I've had a few Russians on my blog recently. But regardless, sex sells and I'm going with it. At least until I decide to change it to RHF Media and become professional. 

New Modeling Pictures & Some Interesting Design

This weekend I got to shoot with Brittney Bergstrom Photography again and naturally she captured some very beautiful photos.  When I saw some of them, I got the itch to get back into some design work.  Below are the photos I edited and links to the tutorials I used. I do not have formal training in Photoshop, so these are my first attempts. (Make it to the bottom and there's an introduction to my cat!)

This photo and tutorial were the ones from which I worked. 

Photoshop Splatter / dispersion photomanipulation Tutorial - Eric Schaap

This one was a sort of "on the fly," figuring out the pen tool again. It's been quite a few years since I've done actual creative work in Photoshop. 

I'm not super happy with this one at all. I'll be redoing it, but like I said, these were the first attempts at these styles. 

Tutorial Video: Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Lightning! -HD- - RiverCityGraphix

Mewman's Clog: 
A few people have told me and so has the internet, that cats rule on the lines. So in light of that, going forward, every other post I will be including "Mewman's Clog" (that's Cat Blog, if you were curious.)  Every other post will be body work out progress. But as this is his first clog post, I will be using it as an introduction!

Without further ado, I'd like to introduce everyone to Chicory Cosmo Toothless "Mewman" Radley, Mewman for short. ;)  Mewman is a 4 year old handsome little domestic short hair who's favorite thing to do is... well... mew. That's how he got his "name."   He loves being an only cat and really does not like other animals. He takes a long time to warm up to new hoomans, but I like him. He cuddles a lot and greets me at the door every day when I get home from work.  He's my favorite little dude.  He has been married once, to a lovely little lady named Boo (get it... Boo Radley?) but she actually wasn't very nice and neither was her mom. I'm glad they're divorced now.

I'll have updates on him as we go. He's not very... cat interesting. But we'll make something up. ;)