"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new." --Brian TracyI have to be honest. The lack of a new 'try this thursday' is due to my lack of anything to recommend you try. I'm sure I could tell you...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." --Betty FriedanI've been 24 for 10 days now, which has allowed me time to reflect on the past year. If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be change. Now, I'll be the first to admit that word has made more appearances in this...
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Record Review
I've done reviews of shows you need to be watching (have you started watching them yet?) and will do more of those in the near future. I have also reviewed artists and singles I really think everyone should have in their life (no bias, of course). But today, I bring you something a little different....
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Try This Thursday
A few weeks ago before work, I found myself drawn to an article on MSN regarding Sagittarius and how the sun was going to be shooting through the moon...or something. As a Sagittarius, I felt obligated to read on and see what was in store for me. Let me be the first to say that I have never put much...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
"Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed." --GoetheWe all have bad habits and heck, we all know we should drop them so the questions is, why don't we? Why do we keep going back to someone we know will hurt us or doing something...
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Well everybody hurts,That’s where we’re all the sameWe drive on through the worstAnd push on through the pain-Gavin DegrawGavin Degraw recently released his latest album, Sweeter, and let me tell you, it's phenomenal. I loved his first album, enjoyed the second and have yet to listen to his third...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places." --Ernest HemingwayPlease correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the entire process of working out, lifting weights, getting swole, based on the process of tearing your muscles so they mend themselves bigger? Granted, some of...
Sunday, September 25, 2011
“I’m 30, and I’m Catholic and I’mma die alone in a light-up Christmas sweater talking to a menagerie of parrots” -Happy Endings TV shows came back with a vengeance last week but there was one crucial comedy missing from my line up. Happy Endings. It's first season, all 13 episodes, premiered as a mid-season...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
And for once it might be grandto have someone understand, I want so much more then they've got planned-Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast. A classic and, in my mind, the best Disney film. Maybe I took to it because she was the first brunette "princess" so I could obviously relate to her so much...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
"No more poison, killing my emotions I will not be frozen dancing is my remedy"Little Boots
I have been obsessed with the above song since June. It's upbeat, happy and tends to encompass a lot of what I'm feeling most of the time. It wasn't until my "long" run Sunday that I decided to replace dancing...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
The Mice Saga : Part VIII
For the readers that don't know, I have been having visitors to my apartment for a few weeks now. At first, I liked my new house guest. I affectionately named him Todd and had visions of making a home for him with Teddy and I. Unfortunately, Todd took advantage of the hospitality and I had to end things...
Monday, August 22, 2011
"Love yourself for who and what you are; protect your dream and develop your talent to the fullest extent." --Joan Benoit Samuelson
My half-marathon training began today, a week ahead of schedule. I just couldn't put it off anymore! My workout routine for the month of August was challenging enough...
Sunday, August 7, 2011
"Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less...than butterflies." --Carrie BradshawWell, it's that time again. Sunday night always rolls around and I always feel like I did in primary school - bummed. Not necessarily bummed to go to work...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
"Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour." --Walt WhitmanWe all know the grass is always greener and we always want more, but are we ever happy with what we have? We always want the bigger house, the better job, the nicer car but when you think about it,...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
When does caring become overbearing?
We all have friends and family that love us and will tell us the absolute truth with no hesitations. But it begs the question, where is the line between caring and overbearing? At times I have felt that any relaying of thoughts, opinions or emotions have been a good thing but as of late, I have gone...
Sunday, July 17, 2011
"Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it." -- Victor HugoIt has been exactly one month since Teddy lost the fluid in his abdomen. For a while, I expected it to come back and I still fear it will but his behavior this morning makes me think he's feeling better than ever....
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
How long do we have to wait for everyone to grow up?
What is it that keeps people, even adults, from growing up? Sure, we all know that women mature faster than men and that you have to date older to find a guy on your maturity level, but I've now experienced first hand that older does not necessarily mean more mature. And it's not an attempt to hold...
Monday, July 4, 2011
"Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be." --Carrie BradshawI think the most interesting thing to have come from the past two+ weeks is discovering I'm not who I thought I was. I'm not that shy girl I was back in primary school...
Monday, June 27, 2011
"Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul." --Ludwig Von BeethovenMusic has always been an integral part of my life. I remember road trips in which my family would chastise me for "singing" (alright,...
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” --Albert CamusObstacles, challenges, problems, they're all put in front of us to make us grow. To make us stronger. They break us down to make us come back as better people. And in the times of those crisis and challenges,...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Beat of My Drum
Nicola Roberts - Beat of My DrumAbove is my current song for summer, an awesome track recorded by Nicola Roberts (of Girls Aloud fame) and produced by Diplo (worked with Chris Brown, MIA, etc). It is the perfect song for summer, with its infectious beat and chant-like chorus. The perfect song to blast...
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The best show you're not watching
I have decided to do installments of what will be referred to as "The Best Show You're Not Watching." In each, I will review, that's right, the best shows you're not watching. And what makes them the best? Obviously the fact that I enjoy them to no end. So let's begin, shall we? For this first installment...
Those Winter SundaysBy Robert HaydenSundays too my father got up earlyand put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,then with cracked hands that achedfrom labor in the weekday weather madebanked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.When the rooms were...
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
"You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes." --Winnie the PoohOh Pooh, you are so intelligent and so simplistic, which is honestly the best kind of intelligence. There are a lot of going ons in the family right now and it's made...
Friday, April 15, 2011
Hair dye gone awry
Well, it's happened and this is my story of the hair dye gone awry. I am lucky to be able to say that up to this point, I have never had a truly horrendous hair dye mishap but honestly, tonight's takes...
Monday, April 11, 2011
(One of) My Best Friend's Wedding
I will be the first to admit that I am so incredibly lucky to have to distinguish between "one of" and "my" best friend's wedding. On top of that, I'm so lucky and blessed to be able to be apart from...
