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.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
New Years Goals
NOTE: these are goals, not resolutions!
- paint something for the Boyfriend
- read more then 10 books
- study more then 3 hours before a test
- paddle across lake erie
- meet new people and spend more time with the people I already know
- take a journey
Monday, December 26, 2011
Comfort is a worn in paperback you've read ten times.
“Books.
People have no idea how beautiful books are.
How they taste on your fingers.
How bright everything is when you light it with words.”
—
Rachel Kadish (Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story)
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Stone Roses
I just found out that the Stone Roses are touring in 2012 and you could say I'm pretty excited. They're an English band from the grunge era but I started listening to them sometime i few years ago. Honestly, I don't even remember how but I remember one lyric, "garbage flower." I was so mesmerized and bemused by these words. Would a beautiful idea? I got into their music which can be quite enchanting at times. This music describes what I imagine coming of age in England in the early 90's sounded like. If you want to know what I mean then here are a few of their songs I love:
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