Beatbox

I love music. I'm always scouting for new songs, writing them on napkins, or in my cellpone... So I figured out that instead of doing a regular Things I Love Thursday I'd do a music special of the songs I'm loving these days.

1. Today - Joshua Radin My sister, who's getting married next April is looking for a song to dance to at her wedding. A friend of hers suggested this one, and I loved it. It makes me smile, even when I doubt she uses it.
2. Steady as she goes - The Raconteurs Never heard nothing from them until last week when I was wandering around You Tube searching for Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol vids and there was one with this song, luckily for me, the author posted the song name.
3. Electric Feel - MGMT I'm going to their concert in about two weeks!!!
4. Champagne Supernova - Oasis One of my all-time favorite songs. I love, love, love it so much.
5. Any Other World - Mika Very inspiring!
6. Lights Out - Santogold I had never really payed attention to this song until the other day and it's awesome. It makes me wanna dance.
7. Breathe me - Sia A little sad, but it's a good song to listen to when needed. 
8. La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaff Classic. I got obssesed with it since I saw Sabrina (starring Audrey Hepburn, not Melissa Joan Hart, thank you.) I like the Tony Benett version a lot too.
9. Monarch - Feist It just fills my heart with glee!
10. They can't take that away from me - Tony Bennett/Diana Krall This song has been sung by too many artists. I absolutely love this song. It makes me feel like a child again, having breakfast in my pijamas on a Sunday with my family. 
11. Pink - Aerosmith Can you believe I just discovered this song? Shame on me! I heard it on the radio on my way to school a few weeks ago and as soon as I arrived school I downloaded it
12. Hotel Roosevelt - Augustana Another all time favorite. This song's far too great.

I'm cutting it here, but believe me I could go on forever.

Any music suggestions?

Infinite x's & o's...

 M.B. Whimsical.

Things I Love Thursday

Hiiii thereeeeeeee!

Just a quick Things I Love Thursday, we all know what it's about....

1. Packing up my room. I know, it should be a sad thing but it just feels too cinematographic, I mean, boxes, raining outside, music...
   
   
2. I love The Killers and Maria Mena. I hadn't listened to her music in a WHILE. I really loved her a couple of years ago.
   
   
3. Très Lola I found this blog through iCiNG today and I LOVE it. Go check it out ASAP.
   
   
4. I'm starting college on Wednesday. Eek!
   
   
5. My room's wooden floor which I'm gonna miss so much. While laying on my belly over it with my laptop I'm realizing I never really payed that much attention to it. If you know what I mean. But I'm loving being on the floor instead of the bed.
   
   
6. Audre Hepburn's Style Tips:
   
   1) For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
   2) For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
   3) For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
   4) For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
   5) For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
   6) People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
   7) Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
   8) The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
   9) The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.
   10) The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
   
   Found them in The Glam Guide another blog I found today. Aren't I supposed to be packing?
   
   

I guess that's it my sweets. Have a lovin' Thursday.
I have to go running some errands now.

Infinite x's & o's...
M.B. Whimsical.

Fluorescent, neon glow-like opera. Wait, what?

I have a new type writer. Well, it's old. It was my sister's.
Very 90's. But I love it.
There's nothing more whimsical than a type writer. It's nostalgic, yet fashionable.
And very useful for the art projects I'm doing. I spent the whole afternoon getting used to it and wrote a little.

I found this the other day in a notebook and I typed it with it.

Ice cream...She just ran after and across the bridge getting soaked of operas and overtures. Photographs and boxes were hanging from the windows, slowly dangling to & fro -
French opera rang through the spaceless universe, high-pitched, black, splattered everywhere. Then everything became fluorescent neon glow-like.

Very, very weird. The thing is, I don't actually remember if I wrote it or I found it somewhere.
I think I did, because it's something I would write, and there are several words I like there, like operas, overtures, and neon.
Goodness, isn't it queer?

I've had a busy week, I'll write about what I've been doing later!
We've been having high school queen elections events and it's had us quite busy, but it's been a lot of fun.
Also, I've been able to catch up with some art.

I have a few things to write here, really, but I have lacked inspiration, I just have random scribbles in a notebook.
I think this Blog's been changing a little even when it's like a month old!
I'm trying to figure out the direction I want to take, but I guess life itself will guide me.

Oh and since it's Wednesday night...

• I love Jackie Onassis (Jackie Kennedy). I've always loved her style, but today I watched a movie about her, and I'm head over heels! Not just for her classy and proper style, but for who she was. So whole and strong in every minute and aspect of her life. Well-mannered, and noble. I'm going to do some research on her...do I hear "role model"?
• Wreck this journal.
  I found about this a few minutes ago and I fell in love!
  There's a big movement in Flickr, and it's all very inspiring.
  This is the "official" site, and while the link will not direct you to their home, you have to read that introduction!
  I've got plans for my moleskine.....
  
• Expose yourself!
  This Wreck this journal, and the note. I loved what the user wrote about when you're an artist you peel your skin off completely. It's true. Most of the time, I feel reluctant of showing any of my artwork because I feel so utterly exposed. It's like standing naked in front of a crowd, while they peel your skin off and ask un-answerable questions.
  That happened to me today. A guy in my class grabbed my sketchbook, and when he saw my face he said: "Hey, if you're going to be an artist you have to be used to people watching and judging your art."
  He's right.
  
  
• My new-old type writer.
  
  
• Augustana's new EP (download "Sweet & Low" ASAP!)
  
  
• My handwriting lately.
  
  
• The following songs:
  Sweet & Low - Augustana
  Penny & me - Hanson (!!!)
  Say - John Mayer
  Love Song - Sara Bareilles
  Consequence of sounds - Regina Spektor
  Wasteland - Augustana
  
  

The rain is gonna fall, the sun is gonna shine. The wind is gonna blow, the wind is gonna rise...

Infinite x's & o's... (and lot's of fluorescent, neon stage lights)
M.B. Whimsical.

Things I Love Thursday

Everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today!
And I quote...
"Holly: Is this Thursday?
Paul: I think so.
Holly: Thursday! It can't be! It's too gruesome!
Paul: Well, uh...what's so gruesome about Thursday?
Holly: Nothing. Except I never remember when it's coming up!"
-Breakfast at Tiffany's

Tomorrow's a busy, busy day, so I'm writing this tonight! Even though I really shouldn't I have been sleeping very late these days. Tomorrow I have francais, and then I have to study math, plus, some exercise, because I'm skipping pilates!

I can't believe it's Thursday already! But oh, well, what is we love about Thursdays?

Things I Love Thursday:

1. Polyvore.
   I'm obsessed lately. I've been wasting too much time in this site this week but I can't help it. It keeps my shopping demons at bay!
   
   
2. Don't be afraid. You needn't slay the beast nor scale the entire mountain. That's not how it's done. You only need to move through today, emilia. Think of the distance you've already covered. Focus on your strengths. Let each new step remind you of your freedom. Let every breath you take remind you of your power. Seek out friends and guides; they're anxious to help. You're not alone. You're understood. This road has been walked before. Dance life's dance, just a few steps at a time, and in the wink of an eye you will wonder to yourself, "What beast, what mountain? Was I having a dream?

   Love you,
   The Universe
   
   
   This Note from the Universe.
   
   

3. Re- decorating my room!
   I love my room even more now it's more organized (well sort of) and less crammed with useless papers and stuff. I've put new things too and changed some others. Wanna see?
   
   
   
   I hung pictures from magazines and I'm planning to hang some more and some photos. And The photos on the wall...I used to have my bureau full of photo frames, something I never really understood because, oh, how I hated them! So put them away and put the pictures on the wall. You can see my late grandpapa, my big sis when she was little (the cheeky girl in b&w), my other grandparents with the easter bunny, my friends and I in b&w above, my little cousin (who looks a lot like my grandpapa next to him!), my dad when he was young with a camera, my parents' wedding, and some other pics taken by my dad I found here and there.
   
   Oh, and don't you love my director chair? I have two of them and I loooove them. I want to take them when I leave, but I picture myself carrying them in the airport and it makes me laugh. I'll figure it out, don't worry dear chairs!
   
   

4. I love brand new black pens!
   
   
5. Today I had a facial at a different place than I usually do. It was the best thing ever. It was so relaxing and way better than the other place. I did an effort not to fall asleep!
   When it was over they gave me a face massage (I know!), a scalp massage, and in my neck and shoulders too. I really needed it!
   I can't wait to go again!
   
   
   
6. Some honourable mentions:
   My sister's coming for the weekend! Bravo! ; yogurth, strawberry & apple smoothies for dinner ; a new, different, diet starting tomorrow (I'm sick of this one!!!) ; the prospect of a kinda relaxed weekend ; continuing with two forgotten paintings ; being productive!
   
   
   

That's all sweetpeas! It's late and I really need to sleep.
What are you loving this week?

Sweetdreams.

Infinite x's & o's...
M.B. Whimsical.