Dance!

I love Flo + the Machine! And it seems that especially around this time of year, we can get dragged down with worries and fears. We feel the weight of the world heavier for some reason. We feel all the negative.

This song stays with me all day long because it reminds me to not let ridiculous things mess up my wonderful day and view on life overall. It reminds me to not forget that yeah the devil or evil of the world is gonna try to get to me but i have the power and strength to shake it off.

No matter whats going on in your life, you should know it can be worse. Be thankful that it isn't. And tell the negativity to fuck off so you can dance and enjoy what this time of year is really about; family, friends and appreciation for the things you do have.

Besides, you can't dance with a frown on your face =)

Twi-ugh

So FX is showing Twilight 1 and i keep pausing on it to watch it. I want to know what all the hype is about. I still don't get it but here are my thoughts...

- Kristen Stewart has no emotion. She looks like she is constantly constipated, even when she tries to be happy. Her narration voice reminds me too much of Lindsay Lohan narrating in Mean Girls. Which is rather annoying because i whole heartedly believe Lindsay would have made a better and less annoying Bella. How can someone give Kristen's character the name Bella and she is anything but??

- Robert Patinson...i must say i can see his appeal. He is like the Jason Priestly of this time =) The hair, chilvary, devotion to the chick he loves...it's all there. I will admit, a very well written character who has fascinating and obsessive qualities most teen girls need to become fans of someone. I do however feel bad for thim....Edward is just a role and although it's a role that made his career, he will forever be seen as Edward until he builds up his credits as a legitamite actor. I'm sure he will be fine, just have to keep getting good roles that show his range. I'm pretty sure he can do more than we know. I don't like his high pitched voice in the movie though. It's not THAT high but it's not manly enough for me. I do however give him props for losing his accent completely.

- The part at the end where Bella wants to be "with him forever" at her prom is so fucking hilarious! It's so the typical "i don't want to be a virgin anymore, tonight is the night" prom cliche! And Kristen can't even show emotion when kissing. This chick is pathetic! I don't like the constant color to hazy blue-grey-black-white thing they did either, it was annoying, not cinema. And all the intense profile shops...wow, smh.

- Peter Facinelli was nice to see as the "father" of the pack. Cause you know, those wild teens needs direction and restraint!

- I do like that one vampire chick Alice, probably because she just looks cool.

In closing, i worked hard to not vomit while watching the little bit that i did (about the last 45mins of it). There is no part of me that could sit threw a whole series, let alone 2 hours of this anti-climatic movie(s). There was never a point where i wanted to be Bella, or wanted a guy like Edward. Sure in theory it would be cool to date a vampire but from where i come from, they suck blood and don't have the option to "control the urge". If you are gonna fall for a vampire, you better be ready to be one. Also, the angst that Bella puts herself threw makes me want to break her neck! I know, she is like 16 but come on!!!! She is super cliche too...doesn't socialize, lives in a small town, parents are apart, random dudes like her but her self esteem is so shot to hell she doesn't realize it till they chase her down or pop up in her room randomly and so on. It's classic geared for teens writing. I know some of you might think "if you were 16 now, you would probably be a fan of it"...let me tell you somethin, i would still scoff at it if i was 16...that's just me.

I don't think anything less of the Twihards or whatever they are called, i just know even after seeing a bit, i will never be into it.

ps...i just read on IMDB the whole story of the main characters all the way up to the end (last book) and yeah, anti-climatic just like i thought *snickering*

Thoughts on MJ Trial

Murray was found Guilty. I'm not surprised, i believe he is the "fall guy". I hope though that the others who are responsible get what they deserve as well, whether it be by the law of the land or by a much higher power.

Michael Jackson was a great performer but he had problems as well, and he did not get to this point (death) alone or by Murray's hands alone. There is always a group of people around celebrities that don't say "NO" to them and those people can deeply hinder and harm the celebrity by not saying "NO". Those people need to have consequences as well. They have to live with the notion of they didn't do something or MORE to help this celebrity have a better life. I don't want to go into it more but we all know, saying "NO" to someone can save their life because so many other's keep saying "YES" to them.

On another note, i really liked Judge Pastor and the head of prosecution Walgren! The DA owned this trial from beginning to end. The judge himself seemed much more personable and realistic which in this kind of case is something that was needed.

I hope people don't act as fools in celebration or being upset at this verdict. Michael Jackson was human being and at the end of the day, he died due to his own issues as well as others helping him feed those issues. Perhaps now his family and children will get some peace and can move forward. Perhaps now his fans can move forward. Perhaps now we all will take a 2nd look at doctors and remember they are human as well, therefore they will make mistakes. We just have to be careful to not put them on higher platforms than they deserve. We are responsible for our own actions at the end of the day and we must all be held accountable for the actions no matter if they have good or bad consequences.

Now let's all move on and hope for better days =)

Start to Finish

I know it's been awhile since i gave you all something to read but life gets in the way...i'm sure you understand that =)

Outside of work, i've been conducting a little experiment on a daily basis. I'm sure we all have our ipods and mp3 players constantly set to "shuffle" because listening to anything in order is just boring and it keeps music "fresh" in a sense. Well, i have decided to stop the shuffle madness and listen too all of my music from 1 to (insert insane number here). Last time i checked (last week) i had 3k songs just on my mp3 player alone lol Granted some of them are double uploads but thats only like 3% of them.

Basically, i have to listen to every song no matter what it is...even if it hurts...in numerical track order. If after i listen to it, i don't want it i can delete it but i HAVE TO listen to the whole track before deleting it forever. And i must delete all double tracks immediately. I started this experiment a month ago and i am currently in the "F" songs. I have deleted about 20 double tracks. I am currently on track #389.

The fun part is, it's almost like my player is on shuffle because i have no idea what song is coming up next. As well as, i get to play the "what song is this?" game, where i try to guess the track title by only using the previous track as a clue. I'm realizing knowing the artist means nothing in this experiment because you can get Madonna and Jimmy Eat World next to each other and unless you know the titles you have no idea what letter nor word you are on. It also shows how eclectic your musical taste truly is. It's one thing to say it but another thing to actually experience it.

I love music so this is a never ending mental pleasure trip for me. OH and if i add any new music i have to go back to the earliest letter of the newest tracks installed and start from there. So if i put "I Follow Rivers" by Lykke Li and "Be My Baby" by Vanessa Paradis in, i have to go all the way back to the "B's" and listen to Be My Baby and go from there all over again XD Which is why i have only added a few new tracks lol

So i challenge anyone out there who loves music and has a ton of it, to try this out. From beginning to end listen to all your music in track title order only! Not by artist. And see how long it takes you and how long you can handle it hehe

Remember it's the little things in life that make it interesting and memorable =)

NOT Sold

I've been absorbing much more tv lately on my days off because i'm too exhausted from work to do anything else besides shower, eat and nap. Some of the crap companies are trying to sell us is ridiculous and the ways they present it can be down right offensive!

-McDonalds commercial where the "rapper" is rapping about their new Mango Pineapple smoothie. Yes, McDonalds, when i think of hip hop i think of smoothies. When i think of smoothies i think of a hot rap concert where JayZ and Kanye promote a smoothie made by you. Yes, McDonalds, this is going to appeal to ME and all of the minorities because we all love rap music and will buy anything promoted in a hip hop video way. Thank you for speaking directly to us, because this is the only way we understand new products.

-Any of those diet pill commercials where some fake doctors and D-Class celebs promote the "awesome results" of these tiny pills. I'm not sorry when i say that ANYTHING ANY JERSEY SHORE REALITY PERSON PROMOTES I AM 100000000000000000000000% NOT GOING TO BUY!!! PERIOD! Roid raging Ronnie is not the picture of responsible and healthy life choices for a better body...i'm just saying. And the names of these doctors are so fake! Let's be real, those pills can kill a person, stop glamorizing being thin with a tiny pill cause that's not how it works!

-Popeye's Chicken...ok i am a bit partial here because i do enjoy their chicken. What i don't enjoy is this woman on the commercials talking about "my chicken is the best" bla bla bla. First off, how stereotypical is this character? Secondly, you need to stop yelling at me about chicken you don't even cook, and probably don't eat. Yes, its good but stop with all the over acted hype.

-That commercial with the white girl rapping about going back to school. SERIOUSLY?! STOP IT! BAD BAD BAD MARKETING DEPARTMENT!!!!

-Time Warner Cable, every single one of their commercials is a lie! When it works its great but when it fails its horrible and annoying! And no, its never cheaper than the competition, ever!

-Any feminine hygiene products i.e. pads, tampons, wash etc. You people are hilarious trying to make periods seem wonderful and easy to deal with. Every woman knows they don't feel like running threw a field of flowers or dancing or wearing a white bathing suit when on their cycle. Let's just be real, if you showed a woman crying, punching a wall or balled up in bed eating chocolate then had the product next to her, that would be MORE relate able and believable than any group of women dancing at a night club. I could do your job blindly!! And those little "tests" with the blue dyed water isn't fooling anyone, so stop using that as proof of how absorbent the thing is. Why do you even need to show that? Just stop lying! You are pissing us off more!

that's all for now

Fitting Room Antics

Women's fitting rooms are evil places overall but when they lock you in and smell funny its an even worse place! Last week i had a crazy adventure while trying on tons of jeans.

I like to scope out several fitting rooms in big department stores like Macy's, which is where i was for this adventure. I know just about all of them and always like to stake out a quiet room so i can concentrate on the task at hand...trying on clothes that won't fit or look funny. It seems on this day, everyone and their mother was hoarding mass amounts of clothes in all the fitting rooms and being loud and annoying. So i dragged my 10 pairs of jeans around until i found a room that was quiet and well lit.

To my delight, no one was in the fitting room at all when i got there and i had my pick of rooms! I never go in the first one, i feel its too close to the main entrance and people always knock on that door or try to get in for some reason. I like the further back rooms...like my own lil corner of the store where no one will bother me and those tend to be the cleanest ones cause they are less used and abused. So i got into one room and it was perfect! Until...the door wouldn't shut all the way. I then thought, well its just off center and began tilting it to shut. Once it did shut i tried to open it again to make sure i could get out and guess what...i couldn't!

Side note...i always, always, always look at the bottoms of dressing room doors to see if i can squeeze out under them in case the door jams. If the doors are floor length i check the top to see if i can climb over the wall/door to get out. If i can't find a way out, i will not use the dressing room period. I was always raised to think "always have a way out of any situation", so yeah.

Yep, i was stuck in the room! I began to turn the knob in all directions and pull on the door shaking the whole room like crazy! I wasn't scared but i knew i needed to try the door the hardest i could before crawling out on the floor. Finally after 8 minutes of pulling and tugging the door jarred open and i bolted to the room next to it. That door closed smooth like butter thankfully!! So i sit down to catch my breath from my "lock in" and realize there was a foul smell in that room. "OH COME ON!" i shook my fist at the ceiling in anger! It smelled like old pee, plain and simple. I tried to wait and see if i would get use to the smell and no longer smell it but the more i breathed the more nauseous i felt, so i quickly grabbed the jeans and my stuff and got out of there.

There was another set of fitting rooms not too far but when i went by there i heard kids screaming so i ignored it. Now though it was quiet so i scurried over there and only one stall was being used and it was at the front. I got to the 2nd to last one, checked the door which was fine and took a deep breath of clean, fresh, well circulated air!

Let the trying on began! Out of 10 pairs of jeans only 2 of them i really liked. One fit perfectly but the waist was so high up, it literally covered more than HALF of my torso and i'm only 5ft1 so yeah. The other pair i liked were just an inch too long but other than that a great fit. They felt like they were already broken in too, so soft and comforting. The down side was the price. I am not paying $80 for jeans, nope.

I sat down again and chilled a bit thinking about how to shorten the waist of the jeans when i heard a mom come in with her lil son. Oh joy! They got the stall next to me too! Great! My flip flops were next to the wall of the neighboring stall and just as i was about to get up and put my clothes back on i see a pair of little hands grab a hold of my flip flops!! It took everything in me to not scream obscenities at this brat! I calmly said "can i please have my shoes back?" and knocked on the shared wall. The mom was very causal about it "oh yeah here" and slid them back under the wall. I wanted to tell her "fuck you very much" but just said thank you and got the hell out of there. Now i see why her kid is a brat.

I don't know why but simple things like trying on jeans always turn out to be an adventure with me. I really wish people would stop being so lazy and take their clothes out the rooms when they are done too. Getting ready to work at Rack i know this is going to be a huge pet peeve of mine. I've worked in women's clothing before and it's always just been a "WTF?!" deal when it comes to dressing rooms. Hopefully, i there won't be too much drama but with women shopping, just about anything is possible.

Things I Can't Put on FB

I like how some of you are already thinking i am going to say the things i can't say on FB in this post lol Yeah that's not going to happen. It's really just an open thank you to my close friends for letting me tell them stuff i really shouldn't say on FB lol

1. Situations going on with my body. It's always nice to confide in someone about these things and i'm glad i have close friends i can do this with so i don't have to put it all over my wall and have everyone looking at me sideways lol

2. My love life. Yeah all that happens in it, everyone should be happy i don't post about it...it's a never ending story that even makes me annoyed some times =P

3. Random off topic shit. I have lots of these moments of random thoughts i could post about but then all of you would be really sick of me, so i don't. Some of you could take a cue from my self control in this department...im just saying!

4. Mood swings. If i posted all my mood swing happenings you would think i am certifiably crazy when i'm not THAT crazy, i just have moments of it lol

5. All the music i come across and love/hate it. Ok actually i do go on tangents here and there but from what i can tell, everyone likes it so imma keep doing it =P

What are some things YOU don't put on FB? Are you saving your friends from countless hours of hating you because they have to read all your pointless updates?