Still No Clue What I Want to be When I Grow Up

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
 George Eliot

At 28, I might be going through some sort of life crisis.  I pretty much have a new idea of what I want to be when I grow up once a week.  There are a core few that I always return to, but let's be honest. I don't know too many kids that say "When I grow up, I want to be a recruiter!"

The only thing I've ever wanted to be was a mother. Well, that and an Academy Award winning actress. So career dreams were pushed aside.  I always knew that my work was never going to be as important to me as my family.  I guess it was hard to motivate myself to focus on a career knowing that if I ever needed to, I would drop it in a second.

So, one of the things that I always go back to is a photographer.  It varies what kind of a photographer--usually either a wedding photographer or a photojournalist or of course, a celebrity photographer (like Annie Leibovitz not like a paparazza).

I've had a passion for photography for a long time.  I took classes with a wonderful teacher in high school.  I learned a lot and had a lot of fun.  As soon as I started taking photography classes, I began to see everything in pictures.  I see the shot in every scenario, but unfortunately, I don't have my camera with me all the time and miss a lot of the good ones.

I brought my camera with me this weekend and took some pictures while on the St. Arnold's Galveston Pub Crawl.  The lighting in this bar was so cool and I knew that someone without a background in photography wouldn't appreciate it.  The pictures below were taken naturally, no filters or manipulation after the fact.

File photos. What do you think? Any raw talent there?

I've always been creative--please do not mistake creative for talented. After starting college with plans to study Math, I told my mother that I wanted to study photography. Let's just say during our screaming match, I wasn't too far from being left on the side of the NJ Turnpike.  I understand she was only doing what she thought was best for me. That's a tale for another day...

Today, I signed up for a photography class.  It's another intro. Last I took a photography class was 7 years ago. I can use the refresher.  Once I signed up today, I became really excited.  I'd really like to hone my skills and hopefully even learn to take good pictures of humans (currently my specialties are landscapes and pet photography).
 
So, maybe I can be a photographer when I grow up...

I also have a wedding planner venture going on--even have a client.

Oh, and I came up with an idea for a really great website. I just need to come up with a business plan.

And not sure if you heard, but I'm also giving writing a try.  Once I'm discovered, I have THE BEST name for my memoir. I'm keeping that one just for me though.

So this is my somewhere between quarter-life and mid-life crisis.  I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life... or at least until babies come along.

TANGENT/SHAMELESS PLUG: I got to thinking how this class could possibly be another Fresh Start... Again. And since I brought it up, for those of you wondering, I did lose some weight in my first week of doing it my way. It was less than a pound and I'm really proud of myself! I'm just going to keep on keeping on. 

Finally just for fun:
I wanna have boobies... Yeah, I went there. And, by the way, I'm not as big of a PCD fan as my blog makes seem to be!

How to Not Get Any Followers

"Show a little more, Show a little less
Add a little smoke, Welcome to Burlesque"
For the Cher fan in all of us
Say what you will about the movie, but the music was great. Just can't go wrong with the Cher and Christina. Those are some serious chops!

What a weird way to start off, right? A quote from a song in a C-movie and I even included the clip.  This is definitely not the way to get any followers (SEE TITLE). Well, there's another glimpse into who I am. If I like it, I'm going to post it anyway. I love strong powerful female voices.  So in case any of you like them too, I shared it.

But the real reason I'm sharing that today is because last night we saw the Ruby Revue Burlesque Show in Houston. And what a fabulous show it was!  The girls were beautiful; the show was sexy and fun; the music was great; the company was alright (The hubby was in a mood. You would think that if his wife was taking him to see practically naked women that he'd be grateful. And that folks, is a glimpse into who my husband is).

 Internet Photo. Started the night off with Rated R.

Super sexy dance trio got everyone in the mood.

I'm not sure when my fascination with Burlesque started.  I remember reading about the Pussycat Dolls when I was a teenager and different celebrities would perform with them. Celebrating the female body with a sexy tease, it sounded like a lot of fun to me.  In fact, when PCD hit it big as a music group, I remember thinking, "They sing? Aren't they a dance troupe?" But hey, thanks PCD for the fun music in the mid '00s.

 Internet Photo. See PCD is/was a Burlesque act! Told you.

So last year, when the movie, Burlesque was released, I was pretty excited. I'm a fan of the headliners--Cher and Christina. So I saw it in theaters.  I would have loved it as a preteen. That I can say for sure. But I guess at this age, I want a little more from my movie. I can tell you though, everytime I had had too much with the cheese factor of it, Cher or Christina would belt out a number and they'd have me hooked again.

 Inernet Photo. I found it necessary to include a pic from the movie.

Maybe I should just admit I liked it more than I think.

Again, great soundtrack!

Then as fate would have it, I went to New Orleans in December. What a crazy weekend that was--not even sure if that's a story for another day.  I hope that saying is true for NOLA too: What happens in NOLA stays in NOLA. So our first night, my girlfriend (of 15 years!) and I hit up a burlesque show. It was different, fun, sexy and I'm sure we didn't nearly appreciate it as much as we could have since we were partially blinded by all the Hurricanes. At the very least, you can say it left me wanting more!

So when I read that Ruby Revue was coming to Houston, I jumped at the chance--well, they come monthly but I just didn't know that. These were real women that were performing. They had curves, some of them even had, dare I say it, flaws! ::GASP:: They were absolutely all gorgeous! And to watch them up there with all their confidence was so sexy.  At the end of the show, I wanted to go over to them and say hi, but by that point, I was a fan. I didn't know what to say and I chickened out. Haha! Well, if this ever comes across any of their desks, let me say it loud, YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THANKS FOR THE SEXY FUN NIGHT!

Although I should take a moment and make it clear, the entire show wasn't fabulous. Somehow these gorgeous talented women that put the show together, really slacked off in the emcee department. The emcee was so beyond annoying and she killed the mood between every act.  I wished with every fiber of my being that I could find something to throw at her. So maybe if this does come across any of their desks, I will also say this loud, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE FIND A DIFFERENT EMCEE! ANNOYING VALLEY GIRL JUST ISN'T CUTTING IT!

Maybe more women need to see a Burlesque show like Ruby Revue's.  I bet a lot of the women there last night will run out and get their own set of pasties. I know I'm not opposed.