Good People Day 2009
Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library Tv.com or @garyvee on Twitter, has challenged the whole social media community to give praise to or promote good people of the world on April 3. I'm a huge fan of his show and his work, but I admire his emphasis of the value of family. Family is the most important thing in life and I know this because my grandparents from Mexico have instilled this mentality within me, which made this GPD post very difficult to write because I have so many wonderful family members to choose from.
One day I'd like to really sit down and write about how I feel about my grandparents and the love I have for them because I know I've told just about everybody I know, but I'd like to explore the creativity of writing it out. But today is about my Dad, Victor F Nevarez II.
He's who I'd like to talk about for GPD09 because I feel that he is probably the most underrated person in my family. Not to say that he's not amazing and my family doesn't love him as much or anything, but he's the quiet one and for that I think he needs to be praised. My dad was born in El Paso, Texas after my grandparents had moved from Mexico and was the oldest child. I think being the oldest and trying to take care of my two wonderfully crazy uncles along with helping my grandparents transition into the States, is one of the reasons why he is so quiet but it's also the reason he works so hard. I'm proud to say my dad's a hustler and gets the job done day in and day out. He married my Mom at such a young age and had me not too long after and just thinking about that gives me goosebumps. I'm about the same age now and just out of college but to be married and have a kid, I couldn't do it. My dad worked his way up from working with State Farm and working claims, to becoming an agent, to now owning and operating 2 agencies of his own in El Paso. While climbing the business ladder, he had 4 kids (Me, Victor III, Rebecca, and Alyssa) and still happily married. Moving from the Lower Valley in El Paso to the far Eastside, on the golf course I should add, not in one big jump but 5 steady moves over time. I could fill pages about how much I admire his work ethic, his sense of humor, and his interaction with people but I hope this brief summary will do for now. He may not always express his emotions as well as others, he may think raising the roof is a cool dance move, and he might call himself Paprika the rapper; but he's my dad and I'm proud to say that he's the best father I could ever have. I love you daddy.
One day I'd like to really sit down and write about how I feel about my grandparents and the love I have for them because I know I've told just about everybody I know, but I'd like to explore the creativity of writing it out. But today is about my Dad, Victor F Nevarez II.
He's who I'd like to talk about for GPD09 because I feel that he is probably the most underrated person in my family. Not to say that he's not amazing and my family doesn't love him as much or anything, but he's the quiet one and for that I think he needs to be praised. My dad was born in El Paso, Texas after my grandparents had moved from Mexico and was the oldest child. I think being the oldest and trying to take care of my two wonderfully crazy uncles along with helping my grandparents transition into the States, is one of the reasons why he is so quiet but it's also the reason he works so hard. I'm proud to say my dad's a hustler and gets the job done day in and day out. He married my Mom at such a young age and had me not too long after and just thinking about that gives me goosebumps. I'm about the same age now and just out of college but to be married and have a kid, I couldn't do it. My dad worked his way up from working with State Farm and working claims, to becoming an agent, to now owning and operating 2 agencies of his own in El Paso. While climbing the business ladder, he had 4 kids (Me, Victor III, Rebecca, and Alyssa) and still happily married. Moving from the Lower Valley in El Paso to the far Eastside, on the golf course I should add, not in one big jump but 5 steady moves over time. I could fill pages about how much I admire his work ethic, his sense of humor, and his interaction with people but I hope this brief summary will do for now. He may not always express his emotions as well as others, he may think raising the roof is a cool dance move, and he might call himself Paprika the rapper; but he's my dad and I'm proud to say that he's the best father I could ever have. I love you daddy.
When it rains, it pours
Normally this expression is used to describe negative experiences, or at least that's how I have always used it. This past week has been nothing but good to me and if you've read my other blog posts then you know why. For those of you reading who don't know me, I am a terribly broke graduate student who's currently unemployed and who's rent just went up. This week I've "found" a Jimmy Eat World vinyl, went to the Fast & Furious premiere, had my email read on diggnation, and yesterday although I had to fix my car I got an upgrade car wash and a few coupons out of it. Today, I got an email from my professor asking me to come in to talk about a possible graduate assistantship which would cut my tuition in HALF if I get it. In my running shorts, t shirt, and sneakers I got there as fast as I could and talked to her about it. I would work 10 hrs a week at the front desk of the Counselor Training Center, cake! She told me she had already recommended me and I said I'd love to, and she took me over to check it out and they were willing to have an interview right then and there (yes in my outfit). I met a few people, had the interview with the woman hiring who happens to be my classmate and it went really well. She said I'd be great for it and they'll try to find the funding for me! Lesson learned: always be nice to professors and try to build relationships with them. Finally I'll get to catch a break with some tuition, thank God.
If that's not great enough, I went for a quick run and swim where I listened to my voicemail and found the most exciting news. I've been looking for a job on craigslist, asu listings, you name it I've applied for it. Nobody wants a part time grad student that can only work crazy hours, but long story short I applied to an acting agency online just to see what would happen and they called back! The voicemail was from a woman saying she has never had so many casting calls match a single person like my profile has and has directors wanting to speak to me! Is that not insane?! She was out of the office when I called, but she'll be calling me on Monday and I hope it's good news. This week has been nothing short of amazing.
If this week has taught me anything, it's to always be on the look out for opportunities or relationships and always see the good in everything that happens.
Thanks for reading
xo -c
If that's not great enough, I went for a quick run and swim where I listened to my voicemail and found the most exciting news. I've been looking for a job on craigslist, asu listings, you name it I've applied for it. Nobody wants a part time grad student that can only work crazy hours, but long story short I applied to an acting agency online just to see what would happen and they called back! The voicemail was from a woman saying she has never had so many casting calls match a single person like my profile has and has directors wanting to speak to me! Is that not insane?! She was out of the office when I called, but she'll be calling me on Monday and I hope it's good news. This week has been nothing short of amazing.
If this week has taught me anything, it's to always be on the look out for opportunities or relationships and always see the good in everything that happens.
Thanks for reading
xo -c
