Thursday, August 25, 2011

Snickdoodles, Please.

So classes have begun again and soon autumn will pay us a visit again! God-willing she will bring with her a lovely temperature change. I absolutely love the Fall!! I can't wait to bring out the lovely orange flowers my mother and I bought from Michael's last year as well as the pine-cones. I also hope to make some snickerdoodles to celebrate!! I'm brainstorming on ideas on how to celebrate Autumn finally coming back. I know it may seem too soon but I don't want to wait until the last minute to try and throw something together. Maybe I'll make some earrings as well.... well we shall see!
Au revoir for now!!

A Short Something

So it's been near forever since I last wrote on this blog. I don't really have an excuse other than I just didn't feel I had that much to say. But really I did. My birthday since has come and passed.I received Gone With the Wind the novel as a gift from my lovely aunt and uncle and boy was I super happy about it. I mean very, very happy about it. I couldn't even read the book at first because I was still in shock that I finally had it!! The weekend itself though was wonderful. I spent Saturday with my best friend and siblings. We drove around, stopped at McDonalds, hit the beach, went to church, and saw a movie [Harry Potter, amazing!!].

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I CAN'T WAIT! I CAN'T WAIT!

The royal wedding is in two days! Just two days and I cannot wait!! I plan to be up by 3:30 AM to start watching coverage of it. I am seriously so, so excited! I know some people may blow it off and think who cares but I don't care! I am terribly excited!! I hope to go buy some soda to help me stay awake through out the whole event! Friday is a busy day for me, I have the Royal wedding to watch and a carnival to help prepare for! I'm actually pretty busy this whole weekend but I cannot wait!!!!!!! It all starts tomorrow with the NFL Draft!! I can't wait! Si Dios Quiere it all goes very well!!!! Au revoir!!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

It's My Party - The Chipettes on Alvin & the Chipmunks


I remember watching Alvin & the Chipmunks with my brother...
Oh those younger years!

Cry If I Want To

It's my party, and
I'll cry if I want to,
cry if I want to,
Cry if I want to.
You would cry too if it happened to you...

For some strange unknown reason I have this song stuck in my head and now I am listening to it.
I love this song and I remember first hearing it on Alvin and the Chipmunks when The Chipettes are singing it. I loved the song ever since.

Okay moving on,
I have quite a lot of things to write about.
First why my previous post was called "I Have One Ber-Nana Left". Well I was about to write on my blog and my sister was sitting next to me eating chopped up bananas with her ice cream. I forgot what I was about to do and suddenly she says "Wait, Roxy! I have one ber-nana left!" Instead os saying banana she said ber-nana. We thought it was so funny, don't you? No? Well I guess it was a had to be there moment...

Next the book review I plan to do is on a book called What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. I really enjoyed reading this book that was set in post WWII.
A short summary-

When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria, shows up, Evie is suddenly caught in a complicated web of lies that she only slowly recognizes. She finds herself falling for Peter, ignoring the secrets that surround him . . . until a tragedy occurs that shatters her family and breaks her life in two.

As she begins to realize that almost everything she believed to be a truth was really a lie, Evie must get to the heart of the deceptions and choose between her loyalty to her parents and her feelings for the man she loves. Someone will have to be betrayed.

The question is . . . who?


Some pretty serious stuff, huh?

Now onto ELF. In a previous post about Inglot cosmetics I wrote how it would be difficult to return to Drugstore make-up after going to Inglot. Well ELF has changed my mind. Like any other cosmetic brand, ELF has it's pros and cons. A Con would definitely be how their brushes can break easily. But a pro is how great some of their eyeshadows can be. For example, the Punk Funk is awesome. I love the pink in it and the purple. They have great pigmentation as long as you have a primer for them. Which ELF also has though I have yet to try it. I hope to try it soon seeing that the Kmart by my house recently began selling ELF. I went on Sunday and they only had one left. I seriously don't know what's wrong with me that I didn't get it. It was as though I wasn't really there, how could I not be paying attention? I went back yesterday and it was of course gone! Lesson learned. I've been wanting to try the primer out for a while and it was right there yet I didn't get it. *Sigh* I guess it was meant for someone else. But next time I see it I will get it and let you know how it works. If you want to see the photos of the ELF Punk Funk and some awesome nail polishes I got just click here.


Well that's all for this post, I'll be back shortly with another post about my awesome Saturday!
Au revoir!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Band Perry - If I Die Young


If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh, uh oh

Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little, cold finger, I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town who says he'll love me forever,
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well,
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls

Last Tweet

I was on Twitter just now and I was looking at the people who I was following and Elizabeth Taylor. I decided to go and look at her last tweet and another tweet that had no link, just her speaking, which probably is her real last tweet to the world. I read these and I can't help but wonder if she ever thought one of those would be her last tweet. If, when she wrote them, did she stop to think this may be the last thing I say to the world. And by to the world I mean the twitter-verse.
It's strange isn't? Thinking if this were your last tweet...

There could be so many last things. The very last words you write, the last interview you had, the last picture you take, the last clothes you wear, the last time you open your eyes. It's all so sad to think about and it can be scary. There's really no moral to this, just me thinking out loud here. I mean if you knew you were going to die the next day, what would be your last?

I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to write angry things on facebook or twitter. It just feels strange. I mean if you were to die and the last thing you wrote was something when you were mad, then people might think you had a bad last day and really, why leave the ones you love thinking you were upset that day.

It might hurt them more knowing you had a bad last day and if they could go back, they would try to make it better. In a way, it would probably leave them haunted. I would never want the people I love thinking what if or if I could have done that differently. I guess I'm starting to truly understand what it meant when James Dean said:

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Live every moment of every day of every hour, every minute, and every second. Put as much happiness you can in a second because you don't know if it might be your last.

And, and, and...
leave a nice quote on your account because it just might be the last thing people will know you say to them.


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Standing Out In the Rain

Today it rained. For so long [okay maybe not so long more like a week] we were under gray clouds and the threat of rain. But it did not rain until today and boy, did it rain. And right now I just heard thunder. Nice...
Anyways, today was a creative day
I was playing with my make up and here are the results:


I call it My Imperfect Heart and you'll see why soon. This was actually really fun to do. I love pink and orange together. This orange was from Inglot, the pink from
The blue is also from Inglot. The mascara is Covergirl Lash Blast in black.

I actually prefer Carbon Black by L'oreal. Now you'll see why




Haha, my heart really is imperfect but I don't think it was so bad for a first try. My advice for anyone wanting to try this out is use a stencil, it'll make it so much more simpler, neater, and even looking. xP
You can see the Carbon Black mascara here from L'oreal. I love love love this mascara. I accidentally bought the one that wasn't waterproof but that's alright because it lasts a looooong time.




Okay now I'm going to log off because it's really starting to thunder a lot now! I'll leave you with one more picture and au revoir!!





Monday, April 4, 2011

Some Day I'll Be Living In A Big Ol' City.... Taylor Swift - Mean - ACM Awards 2011


Here I am again! Sorry I just could not go off without wishing a warm and happy Congratulations to Taylor Swift who just won Entertainer of the Year at the ACM's. Taylor Swift is one of my favorite artist. I just saw this performance and had to post it up. This is so perfect. So, so so perfect. From her dress to her hair and her perfect facial expressions to the scenery! So perfect! I'll be replaying this for a while...
I can't help it! So good night indeed but maybe I'll be back, haha...

I Forgot Where I Put My Memory Pills

Super short blog talking about another blog coming up! I feel so silly. The post prior to this was actually rather short because I'm just getting so tired right now. I'm going to go into more detail about ELF cosmetics, what book I'm going to review, and a little heart to heart.Oh and why my previous post is called I Have One Ber-Nana left! I'm so happy I started blogging. It's so fun! Okay, now I'm off to Dreamland! Au revoir!!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

I Have One Ber-Nana Left

I just had an absolutely fantastic day. I got to see a friend I haven't seen since last year! Yay!! All I can think about is how much fun I had. Make-up galore! I'll post up a photo of the make-up I did on her eye and one that she did on herself. People should not look down on make-up that costs a dollar. You can find some pretty amazing stuff.
Anyways, I promised a photo of the Inglot purchase I recently made. Here's the photos! Swatches to come soon!!








Tell me you aren't absolutely flipping your lid over this? Is it not gorgeous? That yellow and red... The pigmentation is awesome. Touch and go, touch and go all the way.
Okay, moving on from this ELF.


If you're lucky enough to buy some ELF make-up you'll know how great this cosmetic brand actually is. ELF is super affordable. Prices start at $1.00. Like any other brand there are some pros and cons to it. Some products work fantastically others not so much but it really depends on the person using them. But at my friends' house she recently received some ELF make-up and holy moly canolli. The pigmentation is crazy.



ELF


This is one of the ELF eyeshadows my friend received. The eyeshadow is part of a collection called Brightening Eye Color. It comes with four different eye-shadow colors, a tiny mirror and small sponge brush. The only con to this is the mirror is so small, it's basically useless. But the pro is the pigmentation. The one pictured here is called Punk Funk and the pink is gorgeous. The pigmentation is amazing. The best part has to be that you get awesome pigmentation for only $1.00!






I'll be putting up more photos this week of make-up and a book review. Well that's pretty much it for now, off I go to the realm of dreams!! Good night!

Friday, April 1, 2011

Splendor in the Grass trailer (1961)


This is one of my absolute favorite film of all time. It's in the top 3 with Gone With The Wind and Roman Holiday. I love love love love this film. If you haven't seen it yet please stop reading this and find it. You simply must watch it! It's timeless. It's heartbreaking but it's life. Must see, must see.
Thank God for TCM.
Now I'll be watching it for the 5th or 6th time.
Good Night!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Sweetwater on Hollywood Palace doing Motherless Child



Such a tragic story. The band that almost was- Sweetwater.
Nancy Nevins had a beautiful voice.

Sweetwater: A True Rock Story - I'm In a Rainbow


Now I'm on a quest to find Sweetwater and buy all their songs.
I also have to buy some Amy Jo Johnson songs, her voice is amazing.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Perfect Beach Weather According to Me

Just got home from the beach. Okay well not really, I've probably been home for like forty five minutes. I took a nice shower, ate a pear, tidied my room up and finally sat down to write this post. I had to, when we came out of the water the clouds were moving in and I do mean gray clouds. Now this moves me along to talking about perfect beach weather.

I'm guessing that to most people perfect beach weather is when the sun is out in all her glory and the sky is this beautiful shade of blue and the clouds are white. It's pretty hot outside but the humidity makes it feel hotter. When you arrive to the beach the sand white and the ocean water is just an awesome clear blue color. Then when you're ready and you step into the water it's cold. But that's alright you're going to jump in anyway and it isn't freezing cold. It's just right to make you cool up since it's so hot outside.

This is also perfect beach weather to me. But I am not done.
That's the way I love beach weather when I wake up and head out to the beach but I really love it when the dark clouds start to set it when it's time to get out the water and head home. I love it when it starts to get really dark and the winds start blowing. It feels refreshing and you can smell rain coming. Then when you finally get home you take a nice shower get out and it starts raining. It's perfect weather for watching an Oldie movie. Maybe something with Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor. Perfect, perfect and some hot popcorn with a blanket. Then you fall asleep with the rain and thunder as your soundtrack.

Yes... doesn't that sound like perfect beach day weather?



Wednesday, March 23, 2011

R.I.P Elizabeth Taylor



R.I.P.

Elizabeth Taylor

1932-2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Wife vs Secretary (1936) Trailer


I absolutely adore Clark Gable!! Such a good movie.

Elton John-Crocodile Rock


Some songs are timeless.
This is one of them.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Saw This and Just Had To Put It Up

Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear,

how you wear it, how you carry yourself, where you walk, when you walk there,

with whom you walk, whom you trust, what you do, where you do it,

with whom you do it, what you drink, how much you drink, whether you make eye contact,

if you’re alone, if you’re with a stranger, if you’re in a group, if you’re in a group of strangers,

if it’s dark, if the area is unfamiliar, if you’re carrying something, how you carry it,

what kind of shoes you’re wearing in case you have to run, what kind of purse you carry,

what jewelry you wear, what time it is, what street it is, what environment it is,

how many people you sleep with, what kind of people you sleep with, who your friends are,

to whom you give your number, who’s around when the delivery guy comes,

to get an apartment where you can see who’s at the door before they can see you,

to check before you open the door to the delivery guy, to own a dog or a dog-sound-making machine,

to get a roommate, to take self-defense, to always be alert always pay attention always watch your back always be aware of your surroundings

and never let your guard down for a moment lest you be sexually assaulted and if you are and didn’t follow all the rules it’s your fault.”

Friday, March 18, 2011

I Write Here More Often Than On Facebook

It's true. I really do write on here more often than I do on facebook. Which is nuts considering facebook is just a simple status but I only write a facebook status once in a blue moon. I'm not too sure why...
But anyways, I gave up on facebook for a while and I'm trying to force myself to write here more often. I'm not sure why, Hardly anyone I know, no let me rephrase that, NO ONE I know goes on this site. Which is quite sad. I think it's pretty awesome. Even if I don't come here that often. I at least try to make the effort to write here, well it's a tiny effort but it's effort nonetheless. So where should I start....
Hmm...

Okay 1st.
INGLOT.
If no one has been to Inglot or even checked out their website that needs to change. Like now, you hear me? Change that NOW! Inglot is AMAZING. It is INCREDIBLE. IT IS LIFE CHANGING. I know that seems a tad bit over dramatic (but if you really knew me that's normal)BUT Inglot has to be one of the best make-up brands out there and so affordable. I got a 10 eye-shadow palette for $50. At first that's going to seem Crazy, believe me I know. But each eye-shadow is insanely pigmented and at $50 for the 10 eye shadow palette that means each eye-shadow cost $5. For a make-up brand that's as awesome as Inglot that is super cheap. You just have to understand, you just press your finger on the eye shadow and you have great pigmentation on your finger- I'm serious, just touch it! It's incredible. They have one of the best eye shadow colors. I got red, yellow, orange, green! Try to go to a drugstore and find those colors. It's not easy! I should know I've tried. I also got this matte brown, a shimmery purple, blue, a champagne color and nude. I love all the colors I got and am eager to go back! I usually hate the mall. I mean it, I'm not big on the mall. Things are really way too over priced there. But I cannot wait to go back to Inglot, that's how much I love this store. I hope to buy 4 more colors or maybe 5. You just have to see Inglot to believe how life changing this store is. I am counting down the days until I go back... <3

Next, the thrift store. I love the thrift store. When I go I mainly buy books. Here are some I bought:


Thoughts to Share with a Wonderful Mother which I wasn't going to get but it felt wrong not to since I had the other books that are part of this collection (click the link to see what I mean)



All for $3 and less. If you love books you try your library for some or a thrift store. Those were and still are really the main ways I get my hands on books. I can't afford Barnes and Noble or borders all the time but when I can it's definitely a treat. Odd Girl Out is really an in depth look at the world of bullying for girls. It's not fiction, if you want to consider it a self- help book I guess you can but all I know it that it really helped me. I had no intention of finding this book, I guess in a way it found me. Here's a little story;
I was out of class on day and near this public library by my house and I was just looking at all these books on religion and self help was right next to it. I don't typically go to self-help books or anything close to it. The idea of self help books really just makes me laugh. Or at least it did. Well actually they still do. I can't take a book seriously if they have the picture of the author on the front cover. It just seems so fake. But Odd Girl Out didn't have a picture of the author on the cover. All it took was the name of the book to have me pull the book out and look at it. The cover was simple. It had the long name of the book, the author name and a picture of the side of girls' head. I opened the book and read the inside flap and it just drew me in. It read:

If your daughter has ever come home from school upset because her friends didn't walk her to lunch, if she has wanted to stay home or has run to her room in tears and won't tell you why, you may need this book. These may seem like minor problems- who cares about notes passed behind your back, or a nasty look, or a party you're not invited to- but they aren't, and they can have a lasting effect on a girl's self-esteem.

I was immediately drawn in. I don't have a daughter but I have seen bullying, I've been a bully and what most of my friends don't know is, I was bullied. I was able to relate to this book in so many ways. Most of the time this book spoke from girls perspective who were victims of bullying and how it affected them. It made me cringe. At times I was uncomfortable. It was difficult. I believe this generation is only finally beginning to see what bullying can do to a person. How they can destroy a life. This books hits the topic and it hits it full on. If you've ever been bullied, witnessed bullying or were (are) the bully this book is something that needs to be read. It's for people who thought bullying was nothing. This book will prove you wrong. Bullying is something. It can be everything to a girl. It can pull her up and give her the worst power or can obliterate her completely. If there's one book you have the need to read, it's this one.

Moving on, I mentioned that I also got some videotapes. They are





I had seen Breakfast at Tiffany's and Benny and Joon before and they are both ranked high in my favorite movie category. Johnny Depp was so lovely in Benny and Joon, you just have to see the movie to believe me! Especially if you love the golden age in hollywood and Buster Keaton you have to watch Benny and Joon. It is such a wonderful movie.

Breakfast at Tiffany's... what a movie! I love this movie so much, especially the end! I love Audrey Hepburn in this movie.

An Affair to Remember.. so rare does a movie contain such wit, such humor, joy and tragedy. This is definitely a must see movie. It nearly made me cry. You just have to see this movie, you really honestly do! Go find it and watch it now!

The only movie I have yet to see is Sabrina. I'm eager to watch it!!

I hope you guys have a great in-depth read, happy shopping and an amazing movie experince!
Later for now!



Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I Write Letters To Myself

So a few days ago I decided to go back and start saving all poems I've written online so I can print them out and save them. Of course when you see something written you can't help but start to read them. Now I'm not at a point where I can laugh at everything I wrote but I can admit I laughed at some of my writings while others simply got a shake of my head. But it also got me thinking who in the world did I write these poems to? Did I really think anyone was going to read them? Some of my friends did, I know that. But did I write that for them? Or the boy I was crushing on, the parents I was mad at or the siblings that annoyed me?

Did I want someone to read my words or was I just satisfied that I got them out my head? I guess it was the second choice and kind of the first one too. I just needed to write so badly and get out those words and thoughts but part of me hoped someone would read my work and love it. I had people who love my work, not all of it. I also had people who kind of liked it and some who just wrinkled their noses and said okay. Some poems that I really enjoyed writing and felt were my best sometimes were considered "Hey, pretty good..." which made me feel confused because sometimes a poem I just wrote when I felt like I wasn't in my right state of mind were very loved.

It's crazy how that happens. I wonder who really ever passes by and reads what I write. I don't claim to be the world's best writer, I am so far from it nor am I trying to be the best. Sometimes my words don't make sense, sometimes my thoughts are incomplete, sometimes I put a comma where a period should be, sometimes I rhyme and sometimes I don't. Sometimes it's prose, sometimes it's a poem. Sometimes it's complete nonsense and then there's reason. Sometimes it's completely out there or way too hidden. Maybe it's all a waste or a saving grace.

All I know is that they're my words. My thoughts. My feelings. Maybe it's all messy. My mind is pretty messy. I really am a mess of a girl. And it's not always in a bad way.
Sometimes, most of the time, I don't want my writing to be shown or critiqued. I feel like it takes something away from it because in all honesty, in my writing there I am. In the way I messed up the grammar and misspelled the word, there I am. Hidden between the letters, screaming with my words, there I am.

Hmm... so I guess there's my answer. I write for me. I write for you. I write for me, I write so you know me and maybe will understand me.