Thursday, November 8, 2012

My Bucket List

A list of goals to be completed before my end.
I will update and re-post this as I accomplish or add goals.

1. Fly a plane
2. Finish a crocheted blanket
3. Watch baby sea turtles hatch and return to sea.
4. Learn a language fluently
5. Be on Cash Cab
6. Travel the world
London
Paris
Italy
Ireland
Hungry
Greece
Germany
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Austria
Slovakia 
 India
Japan
Australia
Lebanon
 Amsterdam
Russia
New Zealand 
Canada
Spain
Mexico
Romania
Denmark
To be Continued...

7. Meet Neil Gaiman
8. Finish my book
9. Get my book Published
10. Go kayaking
11. Go to a tropical beach and spend the day listening to my ipod
12. Be on the news
13.Learn Chinese Silks
14.Get a song shop song by Max Bemis
15. See Death Cab for Cutie Live
16. Learn to ride a Vespa
17. Ride a wave via surfing
18. Learn to Snowboard
19. Row a boat in central park
20. Go to Loch Ness and See Loch Ness monster
21. Learn to breathe fire
22. Adopt a dog
23. Watch a flash mob in person
24. Ride an Elephant
25. Learn the art of Blowing glass
26.Start my own Etsy store and sell my art work
27. Live in Puerto Rico for a year
28. See The Killers Live
29. Buy a Vespa
30. Visit every state in the USA
New York
Florida
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Connecticut
Nevada
Wyoming
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Utah 
Illinois
Virgina
North Carolina
To be Continued...

31. Visit Harry Potter world.
32. Ride a horse
33. Touch or swim with a whale
34. See the Northern lights
35. Join the Circus
36. Fly on a trapeze
37. Learn to juggle

To be Continued and Updated...

Thursday, November 1, 2012

I'm caught up in this moment, caught up in your smile...

So many thing are changing this year...
I love it.
I felt for so long that I was at a standstill with myself. 
I was at a cross road making no decisions just sitting there wavering back and forth about my future.
For the first time I feel like I'm making progress.
Recently I was watching a video posted by John Green, the author of "Looking for Alaska" and "Paper Towns". I adore this man, he is seriously such an inspiration.
In the video he answers a question "How do I figure out what to do with my life", this is a question I have been struggling with my entire life, I never wanted to close doors for myself so I had a hard time making decisions. John Green attacks the question by disagreeing with it and he's right.

We approach life as the end all be all, we decide our career path and then we meet a person that we want to share life with, we procreate and die. This ideal is so bland. Don't get me wrong I want to do some of that but I also want to do so much more. I want to take advantage of life to the fullest and live, truly Live.

I require sustenance in the form of knowledge and life experiences.

Earlier this year I made a conscience decision to change the way I approached life and since making that decision, my life has changed for the better and I only see things getting better. 

*Side note*  Love life the way you love yourself.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Happiness hit her like a train on a track...

I've been pretty silent on here lately and I'm going to try and change that.
( have I said this before?)

So here is an update on the going ons..... I've been making progress with continuing my last nanowrimo, I feel like my writing is at an evolutionary point, my dialogue is getting a lot better and the descriptions of locations in my book seem real. I'm very happy with the way it's coming out, my goal for this year is to finish one of my nanowrimo's and I really feel like its becoming a possibility. I'm excited to see how the story is going to come out, I wonder if you can see my improvement by reading it?

Hmmm... Guess we shall see.. In other news...

I'm ridiculously happy, feeling positive and looking forward to the future.

In about a weeks time I will be heading to the Dominican Republic to witness 2 of my best friends take a huge step towards their future together. I am so happy for them and honored to share that moment with them.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

You're in my body... That's where I think about you

Over a month ago I met a boy...

He makes me feel cherished, special, treasured and adored.
I feel like anything is possible with him. I'm not worried about feeling strange or awkward in front of him, in fact, I feel like he embraces my weirdness.
That's a first for me...

The wall that I built around myself apparently had a secret door that he found and slipped right into. I've never felt this way before.

He's sooo amazing... strong but kind and gentle, he makes me laugh and smile, he's genuine, smart, charming, handsome and I trust him.

That's insane considering I've known him for such a short time but I don't even care. It feels so right. He's everything I could have hoped for and more.
I'm so lucky to have him in my life, it amazes me how much he gets and understands me... I'm so ridiculously happy to be with him.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Working

So I started a new job, I didn't mention until now because I didn't want to jinx it but now that it's slightly more secure and I've been doing it for about a month now I feel i can talk about it, the one downside to this job is that it's only for the summer, I'm really hoping it leads to something full time because I really enjoy working with this company.

Now you may be wondering l
"what do you do at your new job?"

Well I am responsible for coordinating activities for international students that are visiting NY to learn english also for acting as a representative for my company.

I have loved meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds, it's really enriching, I've already made a few friends with some of my groups, everyone is really great and receptive to learning new things.

I also get to run around the city and so far I've been to top of the rock 4 times and to the statue of liberty. It's pretty awesome.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Every time you fall it's only making your chin strong

I've dropped the blogging ball, I have been pretty inactive on here the last few months and that makes me kinda sad. The reason I started this blog was because I wanted to look back at some point in time see how I've grown and changed as a person.

This year seems to have become a major turning point for me in my life so I feel like I should be writing more then ever, some of the people that I thought would remain in my life have taken a swift exit and others have remained loyally at my side.

I have made some really pivotal life decisions and I can honestly say I feel like this is the happiest and most serene time of my life. Things are falling into place seamlessly and it renews a hope in me that was diminishing by the day.

I believe part of that has to do with changing my mode of think and the way I've been approaching life.
I'm a lot less negative then before.

I'm going to follow this post with more updates about the things I have yet to post about. As for now, later!

Monday, May 7, 2012

How could this been done by such a smiling sweetheart.

I'm awake and I can't sleep... 
I keep thinking about things that I am putting off... 
I hate it when I get in my head like this, 
It's like a ball of worry and stress climbs into my chest and refused to move. 
The crazy part is that its things that shouldn't stress me out, for instance the fact that I have 2 half written books sitting on my hard drive.

I'm thinking of adopting a "Don't break the chain policy". 
Basically it's forcing yourself to work on something every single day for a allotted period of time. 
One of my biggest flaws happens to be my follow through, it sucks and I'm completely aware of it, yet I do nothing to counter it.

That aside another thing has been chewing at my mind, maybe that a wrong choice of words, not so much chewing but every once in a while it circles back to the forefront.
and the story goes like this...

About a year ago I met a guy... 
Obnoxious, smart, self-righteous, witty, condescending but strangely charming.
He bugged me but I enjoyed his company and we became friends but as these things go I ended up liking him as more then a friend. 
I got the impression that maybe he felt in a similar fashion. 
After a few drinks one night 
(Note: Friends please take my phone away from me when we go drinking, Thanks)
I texted him, This led to an admission of my feelings, to which he replied with a 

"No sweat, just another emotionally unavailable man, a classic trap.

I was taken aback. 
A person that I had come to consider a friend showed such a flagrant disregard for my feelings. I mean "No sweat", that is something you tell your friend after they say thanks for cooking them dinner or lending them a book. 
Well, my my, don't you just hold yourself in high regards.
That was the wake up call that I needed.
I knew at that point that this person was not only not my friend but someone that was severely emotionally stunted. Honestly, he could have handled things in a way that retained our friendship.
Here are some examples:

"I'm sorry, I don't see you in that way but I really like you as a person and I would like to remain friends with you."
"I don't feel that way about you, sorry"
"Look, we're good friends and I don't want to ruin our friendship"

Had he said, any variation of these phrases, I would have been more then happy to keep the friendship.
I would have accepted the fact that he wasn't into me and the issue would be buried.
Instead, his response inspired a feeling of hurt as well as the discontinuation of our friendship.
I never answered his text and a few weeks later I received a message from him stating this..

"I understand you're doing what you have to do, but I'll be here when you're ready."

Wow, really. 
What exactly is it that you are understanding?
Is it that my intense and overwhelming feelings for you is something that I must overcome in order to retain our friendship. 
Is that a joke?
Do you really think that I sitting at home in ruin because you dejected me?
Wrong, my world existed before you and will remain to do so after you.
If anything, this last message was just plain disrespectful, Did you even know me at all?
You made it clear you had no respect for my feelings so to give you a timeline on when I'll be "ready".
The answer is never, I don't hate myself enough for that. 
lol 
"Doing what you have to do." 
You're lucky I pulled myself out of the pile of soiled sheets and tear crusted tissues 
long enough to write this post. 
Get over yourself, that is, if you can stop looking in the mirror for a few minutes.

Now that has been said I can truly move past it. 

So I have been obsessed with a few songs and I thought I would share them here

My April/ May playlist...

1. The story ----Brandi Carlile
2. Give your heart a break---- Demi Lovato
3. Naive----The Kooks
4. So Good---- Say Anything
5. Heartbeat---- Childish Gambino
6.Everybody talk----Neon Trees

*Side Note* Check them out when you get a chance awesome songs.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

An examined life....

Here it is almost May and I have yet to post...
April has been a great month for me, so many epic moments.

Here is a list
1. Met/ touched Max Bemis
2. Say anything concert
3. Some really amazing hang out sessions
4. Neon trees concert
5. Foodsploring
6. I won a sketch book and metal sharpie from blick (thanks Mira)
7. Decided I wanted to start taking art classes.
8. Got my first interview under my belt.
9. Discovered something about what I want out of life.
10. Learned to play darts
11. I've been really inspired artistically

This is just a small list, I'm sure I'm leaving things out. Oh, like trying creme brûlée for the first time.
I feel like this year so far has been leading me to a point in my life where I'm discovering what I want.

It's funny I was making pasta from scratch the other night and my mother walked into the kitchen, looked around then at me and said "Do you have to have your hand in everything?" the answer was out of my mouth before I really thought about it. "Yes"
A few days later after thinking about what my response I realized how true my answer really was.
I brought it up again with my mother, we were in the car and a song she dedicated to me on my sweet sixteen came on the radio, I hope you dance, it's all about living your life to the fullest. I didn't realize that's what I was doing. She said "It's like you have to have every bite of the pie" she's right. I want to do everything, try everything, learn everything. I don't want to miss out on a single life experience.

The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates

I plan on living the rest of my life to its fullest, you only live once, right.

*side note* I'm including some pics!