“When someone important in your life has a birthday, pretend you’re writing his or her eulogy when you’re thinking of what to say in the birthday card. I do this a lot and it helps organize my thoughts about him/her much more clearly. It’s also complimentary as hell and for just a moment lets someone know deeply how you feel about them.”
"So here’s the thing about changing the world. It turns out that’s not even the question, because you don’t have a choice. You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is. You do not pass through this life, it passes through you. You experience it, you interpret it, you act, and then it is different. That happens constantly. You are changing the world. You always have been, and now, it becomes real on a level that it hasn’t been before. You will be so many things, and the one thing that I wish I’d known and want to say is, don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun."
– Joss Whedon, speaking to the Wesleyan University graduating class of 2013.
Resentment Face
This is Wikipedia's interpretation of what bitterness looks like. Just made me laugh.
Mom Says
“If you have negative thoughts about yourself or a situation in your life that plagues you, you should write it out on a piece of paper and then throw it away. It may not leave your thoughts right away, but if you give it some time to leave your mind, it will leave and this will help the positive energy within you.”
My mom has been saying this to me for years and for the longest time I would treat it as just crazy Trinidadian witchcraft because, well, it's a common thing to think that you know more than your mother. I'm not saying that I'm a firm believer in this idea now, but man... sometimes you need to believe in ideas that might possibly be bigger than you. If doing something like that has the possibility of creating a better attitude and outlook within me, then I have nothing to lose in doing it. Whether I fully believe in it or not, I know that she believes strongly. And the fact that someone does, makes it seem possible.
I don't know if this makes any sense in relation, but it makes me think of the idea of whether or not you should tell your kids to believe in Santa Claus. I understand why certain parents wouldn't want to. Personally, I'm probably gonna tell my kids to believe in him. Not because I want to perpetuate a tradition and it's the common thing to do with kids, but because I want them to grow up and have the memory of believing in something that, at the time, was so much bigger than just them. The idea of doing that for them makes me believe that maybe they'll be open enough as an adult to try new things and to believe in things that are bigger than what they already know and to have a kind of hope in things that may or may not exist. And I'm not talking about anything religious here, I'm talking about believing in things that may be out of a person's realm of possibility. Especially since we're all so convinced that we know what we're doing all the time. That thought always blows my mind because a great deal of us have absolutely no idea sometimes and most are terrified to talk about it out loud. Forgive me, I'm getting a little away from my point here.
I'm really just saying that this idea from my mom might be something small (and something you may consider silly) for you to try, if there are any unpleasant thoughts surrounding you. Doesn't hurt to try something different once in awhile.
That's Right.
This is probably one of my top three things I'm most proud of.
Age 9, killing it.
“I could stay with you forever and never realize the time.”
Lip Tips of the Day
- Gently scrub your lips with a damp toothbrush to exfoliate before applying lipstick.
- Want your lips to look plumper? Dab clear gloss in the middle of your bottom lip.
- Moisturize your lips with face lotion. Unlike chapstick, it really soaks in and wards off dryness.
- Searching for the perfect pink? Squeeze your fingertip and look for a lipstick that matches the pink hue of your skin.
- Think of your lips as a barometer of your overall hydration. If your lips are chapped, you need to drink some water immediately!
Nieces
Maya (who's a year old) takes her diaper off and wont let me put it back on.
Me: "Ugh! Why won't she let me just put this on her? Why is this so difficult?! She must really just hate me."
Layla, six years old: "Mimi, she doesn't hate you. She's just a baby."
Frances Ha - (Not Really) A Review
Not sure I can call this a review since all I really want to say is: GO SEE IT!
It's really good! And I was in a terrible mood before having seen it, too! So that's gotta mean something if it was able to pull me out of my misery. It was charming and so well written, please go see it.
Edit note: From now on, I will not call eager suggestions "reviews" in the future.
Arrested Development Chicken Dance
This makes me all kinds of happy. Especially Lucille's. So excited for the new episodes that came out yesterday.