watch Good Morning America this week! (updated: with link)

I'm usually not a TV watcher, but that's about to change this week. The lovely and amazing Colleen Coyle is filling in for Sam Champion as the morning meteorologist on Good Morning America all week!

Watch the full Tuesday show here.

(all photos are personal - please do not reproduce without permission)

Colleen showing me how it's done at KPSP Local 2 in Palm Springs, California.

Hiking Indian Canyons in Palm Springs.

Good friends, great times, and Sawra the dog.

(This is not a shameless plug - she really is lovely and amazing, and the fact that we were roommates in college has nothing to do with that. Well, maybe a little. And fun fact for her fan club: she's a terrific photographer.)

Tune in Tuesday through Friday, 7 to 9 AM local time on ABC!

raise your hand if you remember this

I spoke at Omicron Delta Kappa's Freshmen Leadership Reception on Monday night, and got the chance to speak to some Freshman Council members afterwards. For those of you who know what this is from, breathe easy - they assured me that (for now), FC is safe at Georgia Tech.

Probably more pictures of myself than I'll ever post again...

Tonight, as we're anxiously waiting in the calm before the storm in Atlanta, I found this old gem. Fittingly enough, we've been joking about this as we approach President's Dinner. An old picture, a great memory.

a few things to be thankful for

It's the day after Thanksgiving, and as I was walking into Octane, I came across this very fitting chalk painting on Howell Mill.

@ Howell Mill & Brady Ave (feel free to use, with credit)

I'm thankful for pink heels and the Atlanta skyline.

I'm thankful, of course, for my family. For my friends. For growing up in a world that never told me that I wasn't capable of being what I wanted to be. For the opportunity to create opportunities for other people.

I'm thankful for the country I come from and the country I call home.

I'm thankful for my health.

Sawra, ready for gameday, and thankful to be a Tech fan (feel free to use, with credit)

And, although it's been hard this season, I'm thankful for football. Clean, old-fashioned hate kicks off tomorrow at 7:45 PM.

Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving, and go Jackets!

a gorgeous Georgia night

Saw this gorgeous sunset when I went out for a run. It wasn't so much the sunset that got me - it was the quality of the light on the trees, the grass, and the houses that I noticed first. Almost ethereal. It's hard for an iPhone camera to do it justice.

When I dream about the South land, this is where it all begins.

I think good lighting changes moods. I think it brings people together. I've been obsessed with Morocco since I read in Sky Magazine that it has the most amazing natural light in the world.

And I think candid cameras do the same thing. That's why Polaroids at parties are a huge hit.

This wasn't taken on a Polaroid, and nor is it candid (it was taken with a camera clicker, one of the best inventions ever) but I did promise that I would post this picture -

(please don't reproduce)

From left to right: Andrea, Colleen, me, Jenn. Old friends that got together over good wine and under good lighting at Woodfire Grill in Atlanta.