Here it is. A portfolio. It has pictures. 

I'm about to let you in on a BIG secret...I have a crush on "creatives."

Something about those Adobe skills and skinny jeans, and the way their un-styled, un-tamed hair falls perfectly into place just makes me crazy. I can't get enough of the deep V-neck and the side bag and the sexy way they bite their bottom lip in concentration while doodling in their environment-friendly, 100% biodegradable notebook.  They always manage to make the wittiest comments in less than 140 characters and most of the pictures of them on Facebook are posted and tagged by someone else because they're just that cool.  

While I, a management student, was lying on my bed in the late afternoon desperately wishing I was taking a bike ride with any one of them (on a neon-colored Beach Cruiser with a basket, of course), I wondered if that love could ever exist.  Can a management student and a "creative" ever really make it work or are their worlds just TOO different?  Could someone so time-oriented and left-brained find romance with a free-thinking, rule-breaker?  Is there any way for me, a manager, to attract a type of person so clearly opposite in all characteristics?  Is there any hope at all???

Now you might read this and think "This girls is in advertising and she has a really cool heading on her blog so she seems creative enough to be with a 'creative'." (Or you might be thinking "This girls just flat out crazy and I hope she not talking about MY skinny jeans!")  But alas, you are wrong.  I only pretend to be creative.  If it weren't for my sister, I would have committed all sorts of fashion sins; I might even be wearing Crocs right now if it weren't for her!  And if my brother wasn't the coolest wilderness-loving, Animal Alliance Club president, Indie music connoisseur, I would have never heard of Peter Bjorn and John or tried tofurkey.

I'm not creative at all, I just know how to copy it.  

And so you see my flaws and now you must understand my concern because I just don't know how it can be done.  So I send this question out into the Universe, can a management student, like myself, ever really find lasting love with a "creative"?

I'm always on the hunt for good tunes that I can listen to while walking to campus or driving with the windows rolled down.  Not just anything will do, but this "Discovery" is exactly the kind of happy melody that gets me going in the morning. Enjoy! HH

While moving into a new apartment for the summer, I stacked a few of my favorite books and magazines on the shelf above my desk.  

 

I realized how much these few pieces of literature are representative of me and I thought I'd share a little bit about myself through each item on the shelf. 

We'll start from the top-

The Da Vinci Code - A book I started over Christmas break and hoped to finish during the semester, but never had the time.  I do love reading and I enjoy the book, but school and work and advertising have taken over my life!

Pink Journal Thing - My notebook that goes just about everywhere with me.  Most often, you'll find this shoved in my brown, leather bag, always ready to receive any bits of knowledge that I find important enough to write down.  This small journal started following me around last fall when I became a part of the Ad Lab - my school's on-campus advertising agency.  You cannot become an official member of the lab until you get one of these journals with the elastic strap that wraps around it.  

India - A small book of pictures and facts about India. This book was a gift from my father and was most likely purchased from D.I. - my family's favorite place to shop.  It represents the fact that I will be living in India next Fall for four months in the small, Eastern city, Visakhaptnam.

Eat, Pray, Love - Another book I'm in the middle of.  This one was only started last week and I love it! I highly recommend it even though I'm only on page 112.  I love opening the window in my room, climbing in between my pink sheets, sinking under my down-comforter and reading for hours.   

The One-Minute Millionaire - The trophy for winning the award, "Biggest Potential Tithing Payer" at the Ad Lab party a few weeks ago.  Apparently everyone agrees that I will be coming into a lot of money sometime in the near future, which is a good thing I guess.

J. Crew, Glamour, ELLE - A few magazines that I've collected over the past year, all of which I like to flip through and get outfit ideas.

The Art of Advertising - A gift from my parents that I got for being accepting into the Advertising Program.  They bought it before I even got my acceptance letter.  Apparently they had no doubts that I'd get in - I love my parents. 

Holy Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price - My set of scriptures that I received at age 8.  It's seen a lot of boring seminary lessons, a few great Sunday School lessons, lots of Sacrament meetings, some lonely nights, a lot of happy days and whenever I read them, I feel better.

Gold Journal - This book is neglected way too often, but every once in a while, I pop it open to record eventful days, family vacations, or something that's on my mind.  I'm not much of a writer, I wish I wrote more often, but I like flipping through it every once in a while to see how much I've changed and how much I've learned since I began writing in it.  

 

Well, that's it.  You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but you can go ahead and judge me by my books.  Lots of love, Heidi

All you need is love.

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