Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Advice.
Spend your money while youre young. And spend it on experience, you don't need anymore things.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, the same man who gave us Steppenwolf, is a great book for any list. I am a person who is deeply invested in the notion of peace both within myself, within the world, and between people and earth. This book is about a spiritual journey that takes the protagonist, Siddhartha, through many experiences and lands him in the hands of harmony, balance, peace, and wisdom. He realizes that enlightenment cannot be taught but must be learned through oneself.
I loved reading this book, partially because it is so different then what you read today. It was the best form of escape and at the end I found myself wanting to go on a journey of my own and experience what wisdom my life can expose for me.
The river is everywhere.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Before I Die
This tumblr page is fun the browse though.
Some of the pictures are amateur while some are professional
and all of them have a goal to get done.
I love making lists.
I make them all day in various cute little notebooks.
My favorite kinds of lists are the ones that are fun things to do in my lifetime.
Some are so easy (cook on a grill)
while others will take more time (read all of the Harry Potter books)
some are more extravagant (visit Paris, attend a fashion show)
while others are just out there (hold a hawk).
This site gives me more ideas and just plain makes me happy.
Here are a few of the pictures on the website:
...check!
...yes!
...working on it!
...always!Saturday, February 11, 2012
Pet Peeve.
When bloggers give a teaser and say they will update more later and never do. Though I have to be honest, this a pet peeve I have for myself. I want to right so many posts but I am slacking in the pictures and for me, those photos make a post. So while I don't have any pictures yet I do have words. My "one month in" resolution should be to celebrate life by capturing more moments. Looks forward to many more posts!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Redbox
Redbox: Thx Redbox 4 my free DVD rental! Visit http://on.fb.me/tfREAF to play the Movie Awards Game and a chance to win Redbox rentals! *Please remember the FTC requires you to mention that you received a free sample courtesy of Smiley360 when sharing.
This is a recent Smiley Mission I went on to try out Redbox movie rentals since I haven't before. My boyfriend, sister and I rented Bridesmaids on Christmas day after everyone else went to bed there really wasn't a whole lot to do. We had a good time and it was really easy since there are two rental kiosks at the end of my street. Overall I rate Redbox a 10 and I would definitely go back.. Currently we have Netflix but the prices went up so we dropped the mailed option and with the streaming instantly option you rarely get newer releases. This is an easy way to watch new movies!
This is a recent Smiley Mission I went on to try out Redbox movie rentals since I haven't before. My boyfriend, sister and I rented Bridesmaids on Christmas day after everyone else went to bed there really wasn't a whole lot to do. We had a good time and it was really easy since there are two rental kiosks at the end of my street. Overall I rate Redbox a 10 and I would definitely go back.. Currently we have Netflix but the prices went up so we dropped the mailed option and with the streaming instantly option you rarely get newer releases. This is an easy way to watch new movies!
Redbox
Redbox: Thx Redbox 4 my free DVD rental! Visit http://on.fb.me/tfREAF to play the Movie Awards Game and a chance to win Redbox rentals! *Please remember the FTC requires you to mention that you received a free sample courtesy of Smiley360 when sharing.
This is a recent Smiley Mission I went on to try out Redbox movie rentals since I haven't before. My boyfriend, sister and I rented Bridesmaids on Christmas day after everyone else went to bed there really wasn't a whole lot to do. We had a good time and it was really easy since there are two rental kiosks at the end of my street. Overall I rate Redbox a 10 and I would definitely go back.. Currently we have Netflix but the prices went up so we dropped the mailed option and with the streaming instantly option you rarely get newer releases. This is an easy way to watch new movies!
This is a recent Smiley Mission I went on to try out Redbox movie rentals since I haven't before. My boyfriend, sister and I rented Bridesmaids on Christmas day after everyone else went to bed there really wasn't a whole lot to do. We had a good time and it was really easy since there are two rental kiosks at the end of my street. Overall I rate Redbox a 10 and I would definitely go back.. Currently we have Netflix but the prices went up so we dropped the mailed option and with the streaming instantly option you rarely get newer releases. This is an easy way to watch new movies!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Comfort.
It's amazing how something like a song can be so comforting. I used to listen to this CD with some beautiful punk songs (oxymoron!) when I was 15. That age proved to build strength in my character as every sense of security in my life disolved. That age changed me from child to teenager. I could say that I was on my way to being the woman I have become today that year. And so I listened to this CD constantly. Not because it consoled me or because I identified with it. I listened because it was art for my ears. It became the musical zeigest for that era of growth.
Everynow and then that CD, even just one song, comes up on my endless stream of music on my personal iTunes. I haven't gone out of my way to listen to the CD, although after this post I just might. When a song creeps into my consciousness memories wash through me like tidal waves. It such an incredible feeling but the real magic lies a little deeper. When I hear these songs things seem to make sense all of a sudden. Right now I am dealing with the impending question of my future as a psychologist searching for direction on my path to becoming a professional adult. I make sense of the death of my boyfriends cousin in Afganistan that, although I never met him, seemed to shock and confuse me, rocking me to my core and making me question life, death, and love. However, since these songs were so strongly, yet unknowingly, tied to making sense of my parents divorce, the death of my Grandfather, and my growing social insecurites, they are accompanied by a sense of comfort and understanding.
Just listening to these few songs has made me remember that girl I was, so confused yet anxious to discover the true meaning of life even at the cost of pain and tragedy. I don't mean to sound dramatic but the truth is I felt dramatic at that age and these songs made those feelings dwindle. Hearing a few songs from that time in my life helped me to feel that same dwindling in the drama I am facing now. Even though I have evolved in the past eight years I am still the same person at my core.
*The CD is Operation Punk Rock Freedom (which I bought for one dollar at Warped Tour in 2004). The song that sparked this stream of consciousness is Mestizos Love Song by Mêlée.
Everynow and then that CD, even just one song, comes up on my endless stream of music on my personal iTunes. I haven't gone out of my way to listen to the CD, although after this post I just might. When a song creeps into my consciousness memories wash through me like tidal waves. It such an incredible feeling but the real magic lies a little deeper. When I hear these songs things seem to make sense all of a sudden. Right now I am dealing with the impending question of my future as a psychologist searching for direction on my path to becoming a professional adult. I make sense of the death of my boyfriends cousin in Afganistan that, although I never met him, seemed to shock and confuse me, rocking me to my core and making me question life, death, and love. However, since these songs were so strongly, yet unknowingly, tied to making sense of my parents divorce, the death of my Grandfather, and my growing social insecurites, they are accompanied by a sense of comfort and understanding.
Just listening to these few songs has made me remember that girl I was, so confused yet anxious to discover the true meaning of life even at the cost of pain and tragedy. I don't mean to sound dramatic but the truth is I felt dramatic at that age and these songs made those feelings dwindle. Hearing a few songs from that time in my life helped me to feel that same dwindling in the drama I am facing now. Even though I have evolved in the past eight years I am still the same person at my core.
*The CD is Operation Punk Rock Freedom (which I bought for one dollar at Warped Tour in 2004). The song that sparked this stream of consciousness is Mestizos Love Song by Mêlée.
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