Beauty Obsessed!

I am loving the new website / beauty blog from Lauren Conrad. I officially have a new internet addiction, aside form Facebook!

http://thebeautydepartment.com/

Too long... too many changes...

It has been about a year and a half since my last post. Little did I know I was going to have a brand new life. So much has happened, so little time has passed, and it feels like a lifetime of memories, tears, bittersweetness, accomplishments, loss and love. Right now there's too much on the plate to just sit down and write about all of it. Soon I will write the stories... with a full glass of red wine by the computer. For now, I am glad to be back once more to write and post my random ramblings...

New New Moon Trailer!!!!

Ay Jacob!!

Happy Ending

This is by far, one of my favorite songs of all time and Mika is one of my favorite artists. For starters, he is a great songwriter, amazing musician and a talented singer. I love his music, especially this song. The lyrics are very touching and we can all relate to his story, the music is different and his singing is fabulous. Here is the music video so you can watch it for your entertainment and so you can also listen to the full song. I must add, it's a little different than the original track of his album (more pop). This is only the link to it on youtube, since the embed option was disabled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl4WN-aOWDY


Then, today I stumble upon this amazing short movie. This is from a student's senior thesis film made at Ringling College of Art and Design. She decided to use Mika's song Happy Ending for her final film. I loved it and wanted to share it.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." - Romans 15:13

Anchored from lindsey olivares on Vimeo.

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

A Little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love

I feel as if I'm wasted
And I waste everyday

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
To live the rest of our life,
But not together.

El español es mi idioma

He decidido comenzar a escribir muchos de mis "blog posts" en español. Bueno, realmente habrá mucho "spanglish", ya que hay veces que no puedo explicar o expresar algo correctamente en español. Comienzo por explicar mis razones, y la mas primordial es porque es mi idioma nativo, mi lengua de preferencia. La hablo en mi casa, con la gente que amo, y hasta a mis dos tesoros de perritos. Pero la motivación vino por algo muy particular. Sucede que me he encontrado en varias ocasiones "second-guessing myself" (aquí ya estoy con mi spanglish) cuando escribo en español. Me explico. Empiezo a escribir palabras comunes, verbos conjugados y no recuerdo si era con C o Z, B o V y asi por el estilo. Bastante alarmante para mí. Esto ultimamente me esta pasando con mucha más frecuencia y me ha empezado a frustrar. Y viniendo de una estudiante que era excelente en gramática ya que siempre fuí muy estudiosa del español como clase. Además siempre he sido partidiaria de una persona que pueda escribir correctamente y hablar con propiedad. Y pensándolo bien, llegué a la conclusión que la raíz de mi nuevo problema es la falta de escritura. Yo me comunico en inglés la mayor parte del tiempo ya que vivo en Estados Unidos. Una vez llego a mi casa o llamo a mi familia, no tengo ningún problema cambiando al español. Inlcuso, no soy como muchos puertorriqueños que se mudan para acá unos años y llegan a PR con acento medio americano. Y más aun, puedo hablar bastante cafre de vez en cuando y de cuando en vez. Yo hablo como buena puertorriqueña... pero muchas veces hay palabras que me vienen primero a la mente en inglés y así salen por mi boca. Con la rapidez que usualmente prefiero hablar, no me da tiempo de ponerle un filtro de idiomas a mi boca. Y simplemente, muchas veces solo es la facilidad de expresar algun término es inglés (como ya pudieron ver más arriba). Y que puedo decir de los acentos! Tantos años sin tener que escribirlos y ahora es un pesar hacerlo. Lo más que me abochorna es lo mucho que me tripeo a la gente en Facebook, que escriben unos HORORES que no tienen precio, y yo ahora que escribo y tengo que parar y pensar y confundirme porque no recuerdo lo que aprendí una vez!! Bueno, en fin, he decidado comenzar a practicar mi español escrito para no perder lo aprendido. Y si ven errores u horrores, no dejen de informarme.

Fuck You (No, not you)

This is a song from Lily Allen's new album, which I loved before watching this and now love even more. I am a fan of hers, and this song was like an anthem to me cuz I like to have this attitude, but I guess it is too for a lot of people that have been repressed and discriminated against. More power to them! And I hope the fight for equality will give them the rights they deserve.

5K Mud Run

http://www.ocmudrun.com/

For those of you who don't know yet, last week I signed up for a mud run in July 18. A few of you might not know what this is, so I'll explain. It's basically, run for 5K with obstacles, in the mud. And yes, I had to pay to do this. You might ask, why in the world is she paying to do this?. Well, it sounds fun and dirty (hahaha) and I think I will enjoy it. Other than it being fun, the other reason I registered was to get in shape. Having to do this as part of a team, will only make me try my hardest to not disappoint the rest of the "Lab Rats" team (yes, lab rats). I knew that this will only make me exercise and push myself to get in shape and start being more active. This is coming from someone that was very active all throughout her high school/college years. What happened? Well I became lazy, and old, and busy and I let myself go and as a consequence I'm not in shape anymore. I also know I am not fat, but I have gained weight since those fabulous athletic years when I played every single sport possible. I just want to get in shape, have fun and be able to go up the stairs without being out of breath. I also want to have a more decent body to wear my swim suit this summer. I will post pictures of the event, since hubs will be there documenting all of it.