Gonna go see me some Shakespeare!

Ah! I am beyond excited right now. I bought tickets to go see Bebe Neuwirth in A Midsummer's Night Dream! It is one of my favorite plays by William Shakespeare. Yeah, I am a Shakespeare lover; I even took an honors Shakespeare class my senior year of high school!

I asked my boyfriend the other night if he would consider going with me and he actually said yes. I'm really happy we are going together, it will be fun to go to NYC just the two of us. Since tickets were sparse and the last show is May 20th, I bought two tickets for an 8 pm show on the 19th. I was hoping to get a 3 pm showing so we could do a late dinner, but I guess we'll just be doing an early dinner now!

The pictures I've seen on the internet look amazing and all the reviews have been fantastic.

 

I mean how gorgeous is that? And at like 53 she is stunning. Truly she is one of my biggest role models. I'll let you know how the show is! 

(picture is from Bebe Neuwirth's Facebook page)

Mini Haul 4/29/12

Happy Sunday everyone! Although I'm quite sad that the weekend is over, I feel like I did nothing. I stopped at the mall today to buy a poster frame and I gave into the shopping gods and bought a few items :)

First off, I want to show you the poster I bought. I've talked about him before but Phillip DeFranco, a super popular youtuber, has a company called For Human Peoples. He teams up with friends and guest designers and he sells t-shirts and posters mostly. I bought one of his posters that I believe he has a part in designing. I love this poster.

This picture is off the website: www.forhumanpeoples.com  If you can't see what the poster says I'll insert that here:

"This is America. There is no reason to lie, cheat, steal, unless you wanna be awesome. But don't fuck people over to get to the middle. You betray everything America is about. We didn't throw Britain's tea into the ocean because we wanted to be a mediocre country. We didn't let those fuckers line up in a line and then shoot 'em in the back, because we didn't want to be one of the best countries in the world. And we're not giving China an IOU, because we actually plan on paying it back. This is America; the land of opportunity to fuck people over. To take what isn't yours. But only if you plan on getting to the top of the mountain and waving what you have and that they don't, in their face. That's America."

The bottom of the poster says Phillip DeFranco 07/01/2010 and under that is www.phillyd.tv
 Sorry if it isn't much of your taste, but I love it. His views on America are pretty much the same as mine. We were once a great country, but we have a lot of idiots who are ruining it for us. They are bringing down the quality of our government and our country and that is why we are not where we used to be.

Anyways!

So what I got from the mall! I first stopped in a store called Francesca's. It is such a cute store with mostly clothing and jewelry and a lot of vintage looking pieces. They also have cute trinkets like mustache straws and wooden boards with sayings on them. I love it. I am really into long sparkly necklaces and I found this:

^ It is a pattern of pearls and crystals all in a gold tone :)









 This is the necklace doubled up because it is so long!



Then I stopped into JCrew because that is my dream closet in a nutshell. And I cannot help myself! I bought a dress on sale and one of their basic t-shirts.

I really like the dress for summer, it is a beautiful color and it is linen so it will be awesome in the heat or at the beach. It has sleeves that end right before the elbows and an elastic waist but you can kind of make it slouchy. It also has two pockets on the sides! The t-shirt is a color combo (forest green and a pinky lavender) I've never seen or had before and I just immediately picked one out of the pile without even thinking!

Hope you Monday goes well! 

Creative writing piece

Found this a while ago, I liked it so I thought I would share it with you guys! Hope you enjoy :)

Still calmness that comes out of nowhere
Unexplainable stillness in a place that used to be my heart
Now just a deep dark hole, what am I to do.
Can you help me fill it with all the things that are supposed to be there?
Can you just love me?

Sunshine, love, and happiness are the things missing,
and I don't know where to look.
Inability to be happy or just being stubborn.
Hard to let yourself love when you don't know if you love yourself.
Confidence is a smokey mirror.

Putting on an act is easier than reality.
If you know how to break the barrier, please do.
Break me down to little pieces, but be the one who can put them back together too.
That way, I can be yours.
Let me be your crazy mess.

Mayor Kardashian?

     Yes, this is not a brand new story, it broke last week I believe but if you know anything about me, I need speak my my peace on the matter.

First of all, what the what?

     Second, it really seems like this is just a publicity stunt for Kim, does she utterly and truly believe she is capable of being in politics? If she has made the decision based on our recent Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination, then well, it is no wonder she thinks she can manage.

     However, she answered the question of which political party she identified with, with this little gem:

“I like both the Democratic and Republican Parties. In fact, I like any party involving a lot of rich people.” 

     Just, wow.  No, it isn't the first time a celebrity has put their hand into the political pot, we have the governator of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Clint Eastwood was mayor of his hometown for a while even. It just doesn't seem like Kim Kardashian has a single clue on how to be mayor of Glendale, CA. It may not take all the political intelligence in the world, but just because she's good at selling a product, i.e. herself, doesn't make her fit to run an entire town/city. The quote above, should be a clear indication that she is not prepared to take on the daily quips of town leadership.

It won't be all glitter, champagne, and parties...unless that is what she decides to do as mayor; it might get a bit expensive around Glendale.

(Picture from kimkardashian.celebuzz.com)

Happiness: Where has it gone?

     I just started reading a book called "The Happiness Project", by Gretchen Rubin. I have to say I really like what I've read so far. Here is the synopsis on the back cover, since I think it gives a better description than I can:

"Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. 'The days are long, but the years are short', she realized. 'Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter.'In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. 


In this lively and compelling account, Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that money can help buy happiness, when spent wisely; that outer order contributes to inner calm; and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference."

     So as I sit here eating a bowl of Cheerios, no milk, I can't help but wonder about my own happiness. If I look at my life as a whole, I'd probably say I was content. Looking at different aspects of my life though, I would say differently.

     My family, my boyfriend, and my dog? I'm extremely happy, I couldn't start to think about my life without them. Work, school, how I feel most days? Not so great. I do like my job, but it is part-time and it isn't what I plan on doing for the rest of my life. The job search is more difficult than ever right now, and for a student almost ready to graduate with very little experience...well you get the picture.  School? I'm at a crossroads right now about whether or not to get my graduate, and I am not even sure what I'd go for yet. Plus, I technically should have been graduating this May but alas it won't happen until December.

     As far as how I feel? Honestly, I feel like crap. I've been physically drained and emotionally drained. I am always tired because I'm constantly running from thing to thing. I'm always in pain because of my Fibromyalgia plus my shoulder hasn't been getting better as fast as I'd hoped. I don't complain to much about it, maybe a comment here or there, but I know that complaining does nothing good for me.

     So maybe Gretchen Rubin is on to something. Maybe we should all take the time to examine our happiness and make a plan to fix what we are unhappy with. As I am starting to learn from her book, most problems come from within. We can't change anyone else, but we can change ourselves and that may be a project I have to take on.

A must watch

Jenna Marbles is forever going to be one of my favorite girls ever. She has such a great sense of humor and even she knows that it's okay to be totally ridiculous. It makes me appreciate my own sense of humor and that's why I don't usually get embarrassed to easily...at least I think!

That's why her Wednesday video is a must see:

I think this could also apply for when we girls have to do our make-up under extreme exhaustion ;)

Curly Hair!

I threw my hair in two braids last night when I got home from Shaun's and this is the end result! I love when my hair is wavy/curly. When I was younger I actually had 2 different perms! But alas, my hair was not having it :(









----> Just because I'm a goof :)