monday.april25.2011

Britney Spears feat. Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha
Created due to recent success of RIHmix S&M ? To better promote tour (Brit+Nicki) To boost album sales ? Britney needing some swag ? Regardless it is fun, it doesn't butcher the original and Nicki definitely adds to the track and makes it worth listening to more than once. 3/5

Kardinal Offishal feat. Pitbull, Lil Jon and Clinton Sparks - Smash the Club
Nothing super original. Your typical club banger that offers 0% originality. BUT, these carbon copy songs are made for a season, they make you get buck. Not gonna lie, if I hear this track at the club whilst intoxicated, you better watch out for the booty. 3/5

You can do it

When someone tells you you can't do something, show them you can. When people don't believe in you, show them how great you are. When someone says you won't make a team list, and you do, be proud of yourself.

This brings me to say, that there is nothing more powerful than the power of the self. As corny as it sounds, when you believe in yourself, work hard, and have an open and accepting mind, there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

Nobody knows you, and what you're capable of. Never let anyone's words get in the way of what you can accomplish. Keep your eyes on the prize, and do not get distracted by nonsense.

Congratulations to Melissa Douglas, Krysta Brownell, Shana Simon, Monique Johnson, Myself, Justin Trevail, and especially Kate Boutillier for being such a rock star and only keep her eyes on whats important and not giving up.




You deserve it more than anyone baby, my little underdog <3

Opposing the past

First off, I want to say, to each their own. I don't want to be ethnocentric in any way (meaning I compare everyone's lifestyles and beliefs to my own, my own being superior). I realize different things make different people happy, but there are some things I can't understand.

Why are people I went to high school with, having babies, getting married, and building houses ?

This is 2000 flippin' 10. We have an unlimited supply of choices in life's great pursuit. The world is only becoming more accessible everyday, yet people who are barely 22 are settling down.

Making any kind of commitment of that nature would just be a nightmare for me. I feel so young, and so alive and there are 10 million things I want to do before I start worrying about birthday parties and scrabble night. I realize people fall in love, yes, but why the rush to be locked up in legal and financial vows ?? To me it just seems like giving up on so many things in life.

Maybe people are following religious or cultural traditions, I don't know. But to the people I went to high school with, our home town is but a sliver, a miniscule ant of what's out there. I'm sick of hearing, "Oh I'd love to move away, and I'd love to get involved in this, I'd love to do that.... but I could never, I'd be too scared!" Scared ? Really ? Do you really want to be old and gray wishing you spent a little more time on yourself in your 20's ?

Trust me, I'm not hating on ANYONE'S lifestyle choice, I just feel most people could really get a lot more out of life if they wanted to. I'm not saying marriage and all those things aren't amazing. But there is SO much time to build a nice house, have beautiful children, and go on family vacations, why miss out on the best years of your life ?? Are your crazy high school parties going to be the only thing you'll be able to talk about when you're older ?

To all the beautiful, young, liberal people out there pursuing their dreams and reading this blog, Rock the fuck on. People say life is short, life is not fucking short, it is long as hell. It's time to DO YOU, chase your dreams and settle down when the time is right.

Thoughts ?

But.... I'm not looking

Do you know what annoys me ? When I am newly single and someone consolodates me with, "Don't worry, you'll find somone"

I always reply with, "Actually, I'm not looking, but thanks!"

I don't see why it comes as such a shock that I don't mind, and even enjoy, being single. Cute couples don't bother me, and I don't feel lonely having a night to myself in my apartment with me, myself, and I. Because those are some of my favorite people !

I'm not saying I want to be alone for my entire life, and that I'm opposed to love. I do however not believe in looking. Looking only leads to dissapointment. Who is anyone to judge someone, or have a "criteria" of what they want. Love is far too complex to ever write what you're looking for on paper <3

Like they say, nobody will truly love you until you love yourself. If you are single, and you constantly dream about a ficticious boyfriend/girlfriend; you should rethink things. Unhealthy relationships develop out of neediness, and I can guarantee you that no man or woman will EVER make you feel as content or happy as you can make yourself :)

Do I picture myself ever in love in the future ? Yes. It will happen when the time is right, but until then I'm not going to force anything. Because making friends is a choice, but falling in love is out of my control.

<3 Thanks for reading !

I don't like being tall

I very much dislike being tall, and I'm only 6'1 ! So there are a LOT of people who are much taller than me, and I pity them ever so more. But relative to most people, I am very tall and as much as you would think all tall people love being tall, I hate it.

When you're a male and you're tall it's considered attractive, but I would find myself much more attractive if I was 5'7 or below. My reasons why being tall sucks...

1. As a hip hop dancer, you look and feel ackward. It's hard to sell your shit when you tower over everyone else in the group, when you're so tall smaller clothes make you look like a rake and baggy clothes make you look foolish. It is very hard to get a job as a hip hop dancer if you're tall, because choreographers dislike one person standing out, and do not want anyone's height towering over the main act (aka the singer). Yes, they look tall in music videos, but please note, that Shakira is 5'2 and Britney is 5'4, now go and look at all the males standing next to them.

2. Doing ANYTHING that requires a lot of upper body strength is harder for tall people. Break dancing, tumbling, anything that requires you to lift yourself up with just your arms is harder because you have much more weight to carry and much more body to move. And when you fall doing anything it hurts a hell of a lot more. Basically, you have to compensate for much more upper body strength than someone who is a lot shorter. And what really sucks is when all your height is in your legs. (My dad is taller than me when we sit down, he is 5'7)

3. You hit your head on shit. Yeah, you would think people who are 6'1 don't hit their heads on ceilings, pipes, the tops of doors because 6'1 is a common height among males. You are wrong. Especially in foreign countries where the population tends to be a lot shorter. Whilst in El Salvador I had a mild concussion walking into a public bathroom.

I mean... this is not to say that there are no perks to being tall, and I'm probably just oblivious to them because I don't know what it's like to not be tall. Because of the activities I do, I would much rather be average height to shorter... Anyone else have similar feelings ??

What's Most Important ?

What's more important ? Your own success or someone else's failure ?

If you were on Team A, and Team B was consistently beating you at whatever sport or activity, what do you think you would do about it ?

Would you spend your time trash talking Team B, or would you focus on yourself and how you can better your team. The answer seems quite obvious, but I have many times seen quite the opposite.

You know how I feel about haters... I talk about them all the time. If you find yourself talking smack about someone else or Team B consistently, take a step back and figure out why you're doing it, and how it's only embarassing you. Because the truth is, Team B isn't affected by your words, and they in fact may only boost their egos.

My biggest problem I've EVER had with people, and my biggest pet peeve is when people do a lot of "talking" and little "doing."

I usually find that these people are also really afraid of the truth and are buddy-buddy with denial. Because the truth is mean, but it is not your enemy, it will only help you and denial will only set you back.

Wow... a lot of my posts have not had much "flow" lately... probably because there's a lot of buzz going on in my mind and there's so much going on up there lately I haven't been able to effectively get it out.

<3

I still get nervous

I gave two presentations in school yesterday and I was wicked nervous before and while I was speaking. I had so much confidence in myself before the day of the presentations because I'm not a shy person. Especially when it comes it comes to talking to strangers or performing in front of someone. I think that's when you see the real me, when I'm on stage because I'm showing you who I really am, it's natural to me.

But when it comes to reading off paper about something I'm not passionate about, I just can't bring myself to sell it and not be nervous. It's almost like I don't believe in what I'm saying and I'm not confident about it so I absolutely cannot fake it. I just don't have it in me to be fake I think, even if it benefits me, that's why I could never be in sales. I have no problem talking to people, but if you want me to sell something that I'm not sure if they even need or not, I cannot and will not do it.

I'm a marketing student and I've pretty much been studying sales for 4 years, but I don't know if I'm capable. I've been looking at jobs online a lot lately, and I found one that payed well, but you had to sell kitchen ware. I'm sorry, but I'd rather live on the streets than sell kitchen ware. I'd be much better off at a desk job I think. I don't know how people live their entire lives banking on selling something... I commend those people, because personally I'd be too afraid of rejection ! haha

wow, I really didn't know the direction of this blog post at all.... oh well ! (I'm high on energy drinks from studying so much)