NENA - IN MEINEM LEBEN (2010)

Lady gaga - oprah winfrey live ( born this way , you and i )

Summer Job...THIS GIRL!

So i finally broke into the statistic and got a summer job despite thinking it would never happen.
I'm working at a lovely antique book store this summer and could not ask for a better job. I get to spend my time taking care of antiques as well as new books and today was my first day.
It was kind of nerve wracking learning all the sections and the search system as well as the registers and by no means to i know where everything is or how it all works yet but in time i will...hopefully :-)
I also was put in charge of their social networking sites and have been appointed as caretaker of the drama alcove which houses a variety of plays and books on acting as well as volumes of monologues. After that probably my second favorite section would be the cookbook aisle for obvious reasons ;-)
I'm really stoked and have already been asked to work next week... I feel like i'm getting things together whoohoo!
xoxo
L.

Jamie Cullum - Wheels

'Comme Des Enfants' by Coeur De Pirate on QTV

Black Room Session: Little Dragon - Twice

"George Lopez" Why You Crying? Part 6/8

Linda Olafdottir- Illustrator from Iceland

Things to check out...

LUSH- organic skincare & bathcare
personal favorites: Vanilla in the Mist bathbar, Mask of Magnaminty (facemask), Godiva solid shampoo, Gorgeous moisturizer, Ocean Salt scrub, Lemony Flutter cuticle butter

Essie nailpolish
Personal favorites: Mesmerizing, BBF, Coral Reef

O.P.I nailpolish
Personal favorites: Elephantastic pink, Malaga wine, Louvre me louvre me not, Steady as She Rose, Sweet Memories, Sephora by O.P.I Metro Chic


Perfect for summer :)

Cooking...making things up and throwing them in pans

I've been trying to get healthier 

I've attempted many times but somehow always failed and I think i've figured out why

My goal has always been to lose weight, ever since i started highschool and realizing that most of the girls were all rail thin and always were looked at more than what i would deem to be a regularly shaped girl with curves, so i've changed my viewpoint from losing weight to simply getting fit.

I've started doing yoga which i find brings me more joy than running outside or on a treadmill like a hamster, and I've started cooking which i think might be incentive to help me realize what i eat. So no chips, no fried foods, no unhealthy snacking. Basically anything in a plastic bag i can't see through is a no-no. This is quite daunting since usually my mom cooks but since they're leaving me alone for 2.5 weeks i need to learn how to not fall into the good old patterns of take out and fast food, plus COOKING IS FUN! so far i've made sweet/sour fish tacos and quesadillas but unlike the fast food version i've been using fresh vegetables and olive oil as well as preparing raw chicken for the first time (!!!) and discovering banana peppers. Salad has become a friend instead of a fiend and i'm hoping to tackle pizza with homemade dough and maybe even bake my own bread. Also i've been wanting to try fish dishes, with salmon or shrimp. It's all very ambitious but so far so good. As to immediate changes at the beginning of week 2: I've noticed that my skin has cleared up considerably, and my mood has improved as well (i'm not as cranky or easily annoyed). This is my motivation, that and maybe learning a bit more about myself in the process. I'll check in every once in a while when the mood strikes me or if i've discovered something really delicious sitting on my plate that i need to tell you about. Other than that...Happy Cooking!

PS: it's not as hard as mom makes it look and it can be just as delicious but most of all have fun with it and do crazy things like using only whats in your fridge at this very moment or simply putting things together like it's a puzzle :)

Trevor Hall - Origami Crane

Realizing I'm slowly falling
i don't know to where...Maybe down some rabbit hole where time stands still and our actions could never haunt us
truth is I'm falling for you
i don't want to
you're my best friend but then again people say it's easy to fall in love with your friends because they already know you
i wish you didn't
I wish you weren't so nice and charming and understanding because that just makes it harder to pull away and i don't want to but i see no other option
i will break your heart I know it and i can't help it so i guess this is my attempt at an apology for whats about to happen

Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror (When We Collide)

Adjusting to life in these 4 walls has been decidedly difficult, more so than i imagined. I was hoping for an oasis but you can only look at the same freaking palm trees with the same coconuts and pond of water for so long. GET ME OUT! on the other hand i had a marvelous day today because my mom didn't hog the car and so i went out for a little drive in about 4 months, didn't kill anyone, bought a new nailpolish, and went for a walk by the canal which seemed like a jungle because of all the wonderful (or not so much) rain, going along with my exotic tropical theme. I realized that i do miss the independence of being able to catch a bus downtown (even if they do make you terribly nauseous), or simply walking across campus to see a friend instead of having to call and make sure and plan and and and. What i don't miss is dhall, opting instead for a cookbook and the 10 aisles of my grocery store as well as the ingredients of a sparsely stocked fridge. I have a job interview next week which im decidedly nervous about but my mom told me to just use my natural charm...i'd better find that one soon then :-)
A wee problem...I'm decidedly lacking motivation in the workout department and sunday is my first check in...Someone send me some common sense or scare me with the thought of death by sugar or an apocalypse either one works!

Last post of the school year

Lately it's been a tough lesson in the meaning of goodbyes and realizing that 7 little letters do make a difference. Realizing that with that word a lot changes and that even though you thought that certain people didn't have that big of a part of your life they've become indispensable to it. Realizing that half of an empty room is worse than just an empty room because you're still in it with your foot in the door. Wishing you'd planned this out better. Crying because you don't know what else to do and because the release is the only thing that you can think of right now.
Going over memories and realizing that this change was inevitable especially with different departure dates but still missing them all terribly...

What's your excuse....?

Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (Audio)

William Fitzsimmons - Beautiful Girl [Official Music Video]

Brandi Carlile - Turpentine (Live)

Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly (w/ Lady Antebellum Intro)

Maroon 5 - Never Gonna Leave This Bed

When people blog as their cats, like pretending their cat can blog, that's creepy and intriguing at the same time....just sayin

The Near Future

Recently I've wanted to leave
Take a trip without the planning
An old map that's never used crumpled on the back seat between the duffle bags and the case of water bottles that will last approximately 5 minutes in this heat
The steering wheel burning itself into your hands, molding underneath them
Just get in a car and drive down an open road with the occasional turn signal used as i pick and choose my exits
I'm itching to peel off this skin like old clothes and take on new ones preferably of adventure and fearlessness
Instead welcome to suburbia flashes in my eyes like a neon sign so cheerfully does, inviting me for a look at everything i could be, won't be, don't want to be
I already see myself on the I-95 heading south to warmer weather and freshly cut lawns with perfect houses, sprinklers in the front yard, with perfect children and Stepford Wives and sunday outings in the family van.
NO INDEPENDENCE without a car, and even then it only lasts as long as you keep moving.
Shackled by the seatbelt of life i can only feel the breeze from the window that's rolled down where nothing but the keynotes of national public radio escape.
The Smell of Summer also known as tar, leather seats, and a garage waking up from hibernation manifests itself in my nose
i realize i'm back where i started and everything is the same but not entirely and i feel like a cardboard cut-out, a guest, restricted to accepting change