Sex and the City Wisdom ...

Since Sex and the City ended, It's become a tradition that every summer I dust of my pink collectors edition series set. It often starts with watching some of my favorite episodes, but quickly turns into having a full out marathon of the series. I think Sex and the City is my favorite show of all time because of how brilliantly it is written. Throughout my adult life, I have found a deep connection with the characters and story lines. The best part of these marathons is that I get to rediscover the show and find new wisdom, as I have grown and changed along the years.

So tonight, I wanted to share of the Sex and the City Quotes that are speaking to me as I make my way through the series again ....

That night I started to think about belief. Maybe it's not even advisable to be an optimist after the age of 30. Maybe pessimism is something we have to start applying daily, like moisturizer. Otherwise, how do you bounce back when reality batters your belief system and love does not, as promised, conquer all? Is hope a drug we need to go off of? Or is it keeping us alive? What's the harm in believing?

Why is it that we only seem to believe the negative things people say about us, no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary? A neighbor, a face, an ex-boyfriend can cancel out everything we thought was once true. Odd, but when it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

Can you really forgive if you can't forget?

After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breath and reboot.

Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens.

Sometimes second chances work out even better than the first because you learn from your mistakes.

The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't. But, in the end, they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself.

What does this really mean? The ball is in my court or something? I don't wanna play games. This is not the grand gesture. This is the vague gesture. Which is truly worse than no gesture at all.






... Hope you Enjoyed

Nice guys?

People often tell me that I'm too nice and warn me that people will attempt to take advantage of my of my good nature & kindness. My first thought: Is there such a thing as being too nice? I live my life following the golden rule, I treat others as I want to be treated. This includes offering the benefit of the doubt, respect, and love. I have a hard time accepting that I should compromise who I am because others might have ill intentions. Don't get wrong, I'm not naive, I don't fall for things easily, and I often see people for exactly for who they are. What am I saying is this, I don't want to give someone the satisfaction of taking away my joy and my goodhearted nature.

I've been thinking about this a lot as of late. Funny how when we feel frustrated, and like we're alone in our train of thought, we discover things that parallel in others. As I was catching up on my RSS reading, I came across the drama that happened between Leo Laporte of Twit.tv and Mike Arrington of TechCrunch.



I have held Leo Laporte in high esteem for years now. I have found him to be one of the nicest guys on the internet. His coverage seems fair, honest, his advice is always candid and right on. I have heard nothing but positive things about how gracious he is with fans when he meets them. He also hosts syndicated radio tech show. I don't know how he has the patience to deal with some of the crazy tech help requests he gets. At any rate, Leo's always had my respect, I wouldn't say he earned more of it because of this, but there was something powerful about seeing someone that is mild tempered like I am, stand up for himself defending his journalistic integrity. I guess what they say is true, beware of the fury of a patient man.

A confession

Well, it's no secret that I love the interwebs. I love the amalgamation of information, of connections and friendships that are readily available, everything at our fingertips. If you're my friend on Facebook, or follow me on twitter and plurk, perhaps you've noticed I have been a little absent as of late. Also, last week, I made the very tough decision to put both my podcasts on hiatus. I needed a break. A break from social media. I have always felt if you're going to be commited, you should do so fully. It was becoming really hard for me to put the quality of podcast I felt listeners deserved. I have said countless times, that you should join in the social networks and do so with authenticity and an open mind. In sharing your life, geniunely opening up to others. I am ok with sharing, I have been on these sites for years. While I have never been a "wear my heart on my sleeve" kind of a gal, I have admittedly been way more reticent than usual as of late. I'm at a point in my life were I am assessing what my priorities are, trying to figure out what activities to partake in, what relationships to carry with me to the next chapter of my life. What I have realized during this introspective period is that one thing remains true, I am a geek. That's my confession. It may take a little bit for me to get my groove back, for me to go back to the @iandrea you're used to, but I still do love new media. I had to share this video. Because geekadvancement.com is just a plain cool concept.





Seeing this video today was a nice reminder of just how big a part of my identity the internet is. Don't forget ... Geek Is Chic :)