#NeverStopExploring

I just love this commercial and feel so inspired every time I see it. I love this time of year.

ACT I

ACT ONE

INT. BEDROOM – AFTERNOON 

FADE IN.

A very cozy GABRIELLE, 22, sits on her bed wrapped up in her quilt. She has just finished reading another chapter in one of the many books she is making her way through this fall. The room is lit by the her window with curtains and blinds drawn, and by her beloved, slightly worn and torn paper lantern lamp. Outside it is a perfectly gloomy day with grey skies and the feeling of a winter front on its way. GABRIELLE sits reflecting what she has read and some new things she has learned recently. She begins to type her thoughts down for those who follow her on blogger.

GABRIELLE (V.O.)

I need more eggnog. (she sighs and collects herself)  Last night I was sitting in Chipotle with my mother and decided to discuss something that I had been thinking about earlier that day. Every time I go to search for a job anxiety floods my system. My blood pressure raises, I know this because suddenly the whole room is ten degrees warmer than it just was. You might come to the conclusion that I am having anxiety because I am worried about my future and looking for a job brings about the worry of the unknown and the "what-ifs". I will have you know that this is just simply not the case. If it were the case then I would not only be having these anxious moments when I get online to search for job listings...I would be feeling like this constantly, it would always be on my mind. 

She gets up to open her window, sits back on her bed indian style and breathes in the cool breeze that is rustling the leaves in the street below.

GABRIELLE (CONT'D)

After taking some time to think about it I have come to the conclusion that not having structure to the job searching process is pretty much boiling my anxiety level. My profession requires a lot of creativity and I guess you could call it improvisation when it comes to searching for a job. If only they had a site called: www.igotmyfilmdegreefindmeajobinnonprofitsocialinjusticeadvocacy.com. & now I'm reminded of the state farm commercials "Insurance find me money!" Ha-Ha, Love those. So yes. I have come to the conclusion that my anxiety of starting the search new by day doesn't have a lot of structure to it. I am having to get creative with where I look and who I email. I'm really not worried about finding a job. There is one out there. It's for me and I am for it. I have come to realize over the past couple months that this time of me being home "searching for a job" couldn't be written about in a book entitled: I Moved Home & Searched For A Job. If anything, it could be called all of these: 

I Moved Home &...

Rested

Traveled To My Second Home: Denton, Texas

Threw A Bridal Shower For My Best Friend

Spent Quality Time Re-Watching LOST With My Dad

Became Friends With My Little Sister

Started Running Again & Stopped Again & Started Again

Found A Church To Worship and Grow With

Went To California For A Weekend

Went to NYC For A Weekend

Started Reading For Pleasure

Stood As A Bridesmaid In Two Best Friends Weddings

Wrote Letters To Loved Ones Afar

Traveled To My Third Home: St. Augustine, Florida

Became An Overcomer

Started A Blog About This New Season

Started To Learn More About Myself

Continued To Grow

Started To Learn More About God

I Moved Home & All These Things

Maybe it would be entitled "I Moved Home &" and all of the above would be my chapters. Kind of an interesting idea. This is totally out of screenplay formatting now but I'm rollin' with it. Breakin' the rules! I'm a rebel.

She picks up her book to remind herself of what she wanted to write about next.

GABRIELLE (CONT'D)

Oh! Yes. Act II.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT ONE

The Lock On The Door

C L I C K   A B O V E   ! ! !

This is a short film one of my dear friends from film school just made for a class. One night Chelsea and Gabrielle were sitting in the Housing Office "doing homework" when they started talking about short film ideas. I think I had a project coming up that I needed to shoot. So Chelsea mentioned an idea about this couple who recently broke up who cross each other's paths and they both have these flashbacks of their past relationship. So we talked about it for a long time, got excited brainstorming ideas and well... here it is! Chelsea of course completed the project but I am happy to have been a part of some of the inspirational brainstorming for this little short. ALSO absolutely love Justin & Meghan!! They are just the best! This get's me excited to see everyone when I make my way to Virginy in January! 

The Bonds of Those You Love

I am struck tonight by the beauty of friendships. My heart is full of thanks for friendships that have withstood the challenges that years and seasons bring. I sometimes forget all the little things that brought these friendships to where they are today and now as I look back on those little moments they are so very dear and precious to me. Oh God, I am so thankful. I am so glad that I have overcome challenges in my life with the help of loyal friends. I am so glad that the challenges within my friendships have taught us and grown us. I am so glad that there are seasons in these friendships that never leave an idle page. I am thankful for shared tears. I am thankful for roaring laughter. I am thankful for fun dumb ideas. I am thankful for compassion and empathy. I am thankful for forgiveness and understanding. I am thankful for vulnerability. I am thankful for companionship. Thank God. Thank God.

//Now enjoy some of my photography from this evening//