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What I know about love	[Jul. 17th, 2009\|05:55 pm]
Love has always been the biggest inpiration for all the great novels, movies, songs, paitings.. So I went and read about love, from different books and magazines. According to all of those sources; love, affection, passion, being in love, being married.. Those are all completely different things. Like every person is completely the same, they categorize and generalize all into a few different stages of „love“. They explain how lust or passion last from 6 – 18 months tops, then love in a form most of us see it and experience, lasts 3 – 5 years and the rest, if by some miracle you're still with your partner, is just a habit and companionship. What a bold thing to talk about, claiming you know ALL about love. A force so strong and complicated that it can always amaze you, surprise you, scare you... Over and over again. A force so strong it makes and breaks families, brings new lives to the world, makes people travel across the world, makes people stay closed in one room... A force so strong it makes the singers sing, the writers write, the dancers dance, the actors act.. A force so strong it makes the world literally go around. Can all of love's mistery REALLY be explained? Figured out? Can we really write a few medical, chemical terms to summ up all that love really is? I wouldn't dare to do that. It something bigger than me. Than you. Than all of the doctors and scientist. Would they even EVER have a relationship if they'd really believe in all they say about love? Why wouldn't they practice their knowlege and avoid heartbreaks and sadness? Yet, they feel they have the right to tell the world that love is not really real, not really lasting and not really alive. I could NEVER do that. Why would I ever want to explain to a 18 year old girl that love as she knows it, isn't really real? She cries when she gets in a fight with her boyfriend. She laughs when he tells her a stupid joke, dances around in underwear in his bedroom. She feels butterflies when he suddenly kisses her on her neck and tells her he loves her. She gets choked up when she hears a song that from word to word says exactly how she feels about him. She feels warm when he lies beside her and falls asleep on her shoulder... She feels all the good and bad, all the ugly and wonderful, and crazy and sane, and childish and serious things that one love can bring. How could I tell her that all of those feelings, all of those stages aren't real? That she's just infatuated and uneducated? I couldn't and I wouldn't. Because no matter what they say, what anyone says... Love is SO real. It doesn't stop, it doesn't die, it doesn't fade away. But like everything in this world, like you and me, like the trees and the sea, and bulidings and animals and flowers, it changes. It grows, it becomes bigger or smaller, slow or fast, calm or turbulent.. And that's the beauty of it. You never know what's next. You can't know that after one huge fight you and your loved one will have the best 2 months of your life. It's always love. It's all love. If you just stick to it. If you just nurture it. If you just take care of it and cherish it. And yes, you may not be in the cloud 9 after 2 years of relationship. But that's ok. That's better. Could you really live, work, think, do anything if you were always that euforic and insane about someone? Nothing in this world stays the same forever. And would it even be interesting if it were the same? Would you know you love if you never wondered about should you stay or should you go? If you never screamed and cried, thinking it was over? Love is just as it should be. There's no need to explain it. To try to understand it. It's love. The one thing we can't live without. None of us! So take all it gives you. Take the crazy honeymoon months when all you do is stay in bed and make love, take the relaxed years when you watch movies and read books and paint while your partner is playing Play station 3. Take the years when you fight and strugle to build a house, to buy furniture and make a a home for the two of you. Take the years when you travel and kiss in the ocean when you feel like you just fell in love all over again. Take the years when you don't have as much time with one another and you feel like you lost that something, but you have a baby that's number one now. Take the years when your first and second child are becoming best friends and you're there to watch the miracle that the two of you made. Take the time when the kids go away and you're all alone again and you have no idea what to talk about anymore. Take the years when you realize this could be the new start for you. Take that new start. In love, everyday can be a new start, a new life, a new kind of love. If you want it, it will never leave you. Like all the best masterpieces, it just takes years and years of love and work. And then, in the end, it's there for you to just sit back and admire this great thing in front of you. And don't let anyone tell you what your love is. They can finish 45 colleges and schools, they will never know. They will never find out. Because every one of us has something different and special. And because you're the only one that could ever make your story alive, make sure you tell it. Make sure you live it.
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Go colors!	[Jul. 16th, 2009\|01:42 am]
For years you've been hearing „Go green, go green!“. If you haven't already, now is the time to do it. And while you're at it, go blue too! :) GO BLUE All over the news pappers you can see new signs saying GO BLUE these days. To those who don't know, it's basically all the same, you should be more ecologically conscious and take care of our planet more. There's less and less of clean water in the world and that's what project Go blue is trying to change. But, to make yourself more motivated, you should make that project fun for yourself. Why just go blue about the nature? Why don't you go blue all the way? With all the stuff that you could do to help our planet, like recycling, shutting down your computers, machines and lights when you don't use them, don't go shopping with a papper or plastic bag, don't let the water run when you brush your teeth etc., you could add a little of blue to every field of your life. Summer is the perfect time for the color of the ocean, and you should wear it as much as possible. Apply blue eyeshadow to your eyes.. It's an instant eye opener for every eye color. Wear blue earrings, blue dresses, blue sunglasses or blue nail polish. Blue is a color with so many faces, from navy to baby to turquois blue, you can really go crazy with experimenting. Watch „blue movies“. Instead of watching Jaws or some scary sea movie, watch fun, beautiful movies that are made beside the ocean. Watch Into the blue, Blue crush or Surfer, dude... There are SO many things you could do or wear, to always be reminded to care about your planet and always do more. And while the others haven't done it yet, I'm gonna advise you to go yellow, red, pink and orange too! GO YELLOW! Drink a glass of warm lemon water with some squeezed lemon juice every morning when you wake up! It cleans your body, your stomach, your face, and it gives you a nice kick, a vitamin boost for a fresh start! Spend at least 30 minutes out in the sun, through out the whole year. 30 minutes of sunlight a day gives you all the vitamin D you need, it makes your skin and hair healthier and it builds up the energy for the entire day! Wear yellow clothes, even in the winter. People are really easily deceived. We're used to wearing bright, sunny clothes only in the summer, when we generally feel most happy and up beat! And in the winter, we walk around in grey and black clothes. Automatically, we feel more cold or sad. You should trick your mind, wear brights all year long and you will feel better! Since we were babies, our mind is stimulated visually by colors and they affect our moods. Keep that in mind! GO RED! Fall in love! And if you already are in love, make it stronger, fresher, bigger! Cinical people have been trying to convince people for years that „love sucks“. But, we all know better. To LOVE, SHARE LOVE, RESIEVE LOVE is the best gift you can give to yourself and others! It's like Texas, everything's bigger and better if you're in love! :) You will look better, feel better, work, learn and live better when you find love in your life! You don't have to be in a relationship with someone to have love! Fall in love with all the wonderful things in your life, all the beauty around you! Love the summer, your family, friends, cool drinks, art or fashion, black and white movies, animals, your new car or your new hair color! Just feel that amazing rush in your body and make the most of it! Eat chips with salsa dip! A little spice will make your body active and pumped up for your activities! After that go running to burn those calories and to make sure your heart is young and alive! A 20 minutes run a day is a guarantee you will have a longer life! Red is the color of passion! What are your passions? Do you take enough time to work on them or have you put them a side? Read more, enter a competition, watch all the new movies or go on a cooking class. Passion is the thing that motivates you and makes you pull out more out of yourself! When all else fails, red lipstick is always a perfect way to look classy and elegant in less than a minute! GO PINK! First of all, put on your imaginary pink glasses! Even if your life sucks right now, without really doing anything to change it, it can be better just by changing your additude! A girl told me the other day that she was in the bus full of sweaty, smelly people and to make it all worse, just above her seat, some water was dripping on her hair! I told her to be happy, at least she's the only one that got some refreshment in this heat! The point is, by looking at things positively and optimistic, things actually start changing for the better! Buy some fresh pink flowers! Buy them to someone you love, someone you wanna thank to or someone you want to cheer up! Buy them for your own room/apartment! Like with colors, people can be tricked to feel better with smells and enviroments! If you look at a vase full of pretty, big flowers and feel their gorgeous smell, you will automatically feel less tired or sad! People are often pretencious so they talk bad about cheesy movies or bad music. The thing is, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so movie is actually good if you want it to be, if you find a good side of it! To some „Crossroads“ is the dumbest movie ever, but I own it and love to watch it every once in a while. It's not an eye opening, deep, smart movie, but it makes me feel good. It makes me cherish my friendships and call my girls and dance around in my room to old Madonna hits. As I always say, smart people learn even from the stupid and bad things. So watch Pretty in pink and remember your high school crushes, listen to Pink and scream her „So what“ song if you just had a bad break up. And watch Pink panther cartoons to feel like a kid again! GO ORANGE! Freshly squeezed orange juice is the healthiest drink you can have with your breakfast! Also, a slice of orange makes your face cleaner, if you rub in gently on your face for a few minutes before you go to bed, it will dry out every zit or pimple you might have! Wear orange clothes, all brights make you look brighter and more beautiful because of the light they reflect on your face! And by all means, make up your own rules and go purple or whatever color you want! Save the planet, help yourself feel better and have fun!
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A thank you note	[Jul. 16th, 2009\|01:39 am]
Disappointments happen a lot. Every day, to some, maybe even a few times a day. And that's ok, we learn from the bad things too, and what doesn't kill us, really does make us stronger. But, call me old-fashioned, I still prefer pleasant surprises. Recently one of my old friends asked me to give her the link of my blog. I usually don't give this blog to people who I know personally and to my friends to read. It's not that I'm ashamed, but I have a feeling like a lot of people would judge me or see me differently after they read some of the stuff I write in here. But I do like that friend, so I gave her the link. A few days later she contacted me and said she would like to tell me about a job she thinks would be perfect for me. It's all still very unsure so I'm not gonna talk about that job in details, but I will tell you it's a job where I would write for a living. Now, to me, that would be the BIGGEST dream come true ever... I like a lot of things, I like to draw and take photos and all of that is fun and great, but writing is the one thing I'm never tired of. I don't feel preasure or discomfort when I'm writing, ever! I could write for hours, days..I love it, it's my thing, it's something I've always been good at and it's something that let's me be more myself... If that makes sense. I honestly could not dream of a better job. It would be to me, like to someone to become a rock star. It's that great! And originally, that job was offered to her. But she's happily married now and pregnant, so naturally, her set of priorities are now different. But in my eyes, she's an incredible and such a generous person for thinking of me and letting me try out for that job. And I know she can't do it right now, but it takes a big person to recommend someone else for a job that great. I know a lot of people who wouldn't do it. People are jelaous and angry and a lot of times, they think that if they can't get something, no one should. But it shows how amazing she is because she would be happy if I would do that job, even though it's something she would love to do. I am so thankful to her and happy that I have a friend like that. Although it's not sure yet and I have still meetings to do and interviews to go to, to even be considered for that job, I feel blessed even now. Wheter this job works for me or not, I'm grateful that she's even offered it. Just this, makes me really happy and hopeful. That there's still some people who are so nice and so inspirational. 'Cause she truly is. I had a chance to sit down with her today and have a talk with her. And she truly is an inspirational woman. People my age are all about parties and stuff that in a long run, don't even matter. But she's so calm and happy and positive. She glows. And not just because she's pregnant, although I believe that's the part of it, but because she has found that inner peace. And she content with her life, job, husband, marriage, a baby she's caring inside of her.. She has it all working for her and she worked for that. While most of the girls my age will talk about yet another boy, friendship dramas and wardrobe problems, she talked about quiet movie nights with her husband, camping with their friends, saving money for travels to Africa and Germany, a simple, yet such fulfilling life they have with one another. She talked with a sparkle in her eyes, that only a woman who's truly loved can own. For a minute she made me feel ashamed of some of the stuff I stress about. While I don't want to go out when I have a few zits on my face, she told me how she doesn't really care if she gains weight while she's pregnant, how she doesn't feel the need to look perfect all the time. Because she can eat all she wants, but when she comes home, she lies in her bed and her husband kisses her on her forehead and tell her she's gorgeous. I always know deep down that outside beauty is not that important and that I shouldn't stress over the small things so much. Because really, the one who loves you, will love you when you look your best AND your worst. But I forget that sometimes and give in to superficial things. She opened my eyes and reminded me how simple things are. How beautiful things are. When you truly love. And you know that you don't need to search for nothing anymore. You found the one you love, the one that loves you, you're safe, you're HOME. And everything else is smaller than that. And I'm not saying all women aged 23 should get pregnant, get married and settle down. To each his own, I am a supporter of everyone making the choices that work best for them. I am the first one who doesn't want to be pregnant right now and deffinetely doesn't want to be married yet. I want a career and travels and relaxing times with my boyfriend.. But I do think all of the girls our age, or any age for that matter, could learn from her. No matter what you decide, go to college, work, travel, have a husband, be single for 3 years or stay in your house and paint for 5 years.. You should find a way to be happy with yourself. Not care about ANYONE's opinion. Know that it's your life, your choice, your business. You're the only one who matters. And when you find that calmness inside of yourself, you just live. And you're happy. And nothing else matters, all the standards that society is preasuring on you don't matter at all. It's all you. And that's what she's showed me today. I know all of that already and I try to practice it (although too little) but it's nice when you're reminded of that. When someone really SHOWS you in their example all the things you already believe are true. And it's more powerful than a movie or a book or a story. It's something real, it's in front of you. Something you can TAKE and keep and make it your own. We've known each other since we were 7, we went to the same elementary school, but we were never too close and we never hang out that much. Not because we didn't like each other, but we were just in a different groups of people. But I'm happy she contacted me and I'm happy I got to see her and talk to her and have her bring something good in my life. In a small town, where everyone's just talking about what you wear or who you broke up with, it's nice to have a real, adult, inspiring talk with someone and to feel a little smarter and richer after wards. I hope I do get that job and I hope it becomes this thing that connects me with her. Whenever you find that something, no matter how small it is, to make your life better and more beautiful, you should recognize it and cherish it. And I hope I've left her at least with a little something too.
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Live to be a hundred!	[Jul. 13th, 2009\|10:18 pm]
Today I had a chance to read a great article by Dan Buetter in the magazine „National geographic“. He writes about the secrets of growing old and living to the fullest. Talking to some of the oldest citizens of the world, he finds out how they stay healthy and in shape. I'm not gonna pull out stuff out of that article, and just quote him here. I researched some more about that topic and realized that in all the manuals, all the motivation and self help-books, the „ingredients“ for a happy and long life are all the same. So I'm gonna talk to you about some, add a little of my own advice and hopefully, make your life a little bit longer and a little bit better. The most kept secret of having a long life is happiness. You already know that, so let's move on to other ideas and tips you could all add to your lifestyle. SECRET NUMBER 1 : Be one with the nature! People who know me well personally would laugh at this one because I always claim I'm „one with the nature“. I saw a long time ago in a movie that, when animals feel your positivity and see that you're calm and relaxed around them, they are not afraid of you. The other day we have set free a butterfly out of the window, and he kept coming back and he stood on my nose, my arms.. It was really cool. :) Although that's not completely what I'm talking about, it can be a part of it. Being one with the nature is the easiest, cheapest thing you can do to live longer. It means relaxing and going back to that simpler time that our ancestors used to live in. You should spend as much time as possible outside. If you leave by the sea, swimm as much as you can. If you have any forests or nice fields near by, go for a walk. Walk a lot, that is the most important thing. Take walks even in the winter, most people don't do it 'cause they're cold. But it actually makes you healthier and stronger, it keeps your blood running and it makes you stay in shape even in those days, when all we do is lie around and eat snuggled up in our blankets in front of the TV. To make it more simple, just stay outdoors as much as you can. If you have a backyard, do some of your assignments there. You can easily draw, write, read or do all your hobbies out in the fresh air. Choose fun things to do outside instead of staying on the computer, by the tv or just laying around. The more time you spend in bed, more tired you will get. So go out, breath some fresh air, pick some leafs or take some rocks from the beach and make a decoration for your house. Use your imagination to work with the nature. Take your dog for a really long, night walk and mix walking with running and playing to make it more fun. If you can, do something to help the nature, go green as much as you can. Pick up the garbage from the floor if you see it, give nature a hand. It will repay you so much more than you can imagine. SECRET NUMBER 2 : Stay active! This is the secret that compliments the first secret really well. The more you're out and about, doing stuff outside the house, the more active and healthy you are. Swimm, run, dance, walk, jump, ride a bike, rollerblades... Work out and do it daily. You don't have to work out 3 times a week for 3 hours. Do it every day in smaller „doses“ and keep yourself always in shape. Also, exercising doesn't not mean only doing sit ups or aerobic. When you're on the beach in the water, do some work outs in there. Take stairs when you would usually take an elevator. Do routines for your booty or legs while you're blow drying your hair or cooking. The adrenalin and the rush that run through your body while you're working out will soon become your addiction and that's what you want. Working out should not be something you need to force yourself to do, it should be a part of your lifestyle. SECRET NUMBER 3 : EAT HAPPY HEALTHY FOOD! You have probably heard this so many times it's making you insane by now. But, I doubt all of you have started doing it just because you remembered it. So I'm just gonna quickly repeat all that we know. Eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, less of white bread, pasta and sugar. Eat the stuff that's light and easy to make, inspire yourself with vegetarian cuisine, but add also eat meat, eggs and everything you love. I've read a a lot of times about healthy food and it's not about not eating a lot of stuff, you should eat almost everything, but in normal, smaller portions and try to mix it as much as possible. Also, the more colors your plate has, the better it is for your body. Drink a lot of water. Water will do the most work for your health. And one more tip I'm pretty sure most of you don't know. It's always been advised that we drink one glass of red wine a day. Recent studies have shown that a glass of beer is much more healthier and better for your heart, skin, hair and even for your tan. So if you can, add that glass to your lunch everyday. And a recipe for a great, easy-to-make lunch on hot, summer days! RAINBOW MIX Cut little squares out of 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow paprika, 1 tomato and 1 carrot. Put it all in a pot and cook it on light fire. Stir it up every few minutes. It should get soft and release a lot of juice. Just spice it up with a little bit of salt and a little bit of chili if you like your food spicy. Although some don't think spices are healthy, chili really is. (in small amounts, of course) You can eat it plain like this, but I like to cook potatoes while I'm cooking the vegetable mix. When potatoes are cooked and soft, I spill vegetables over them them and mix it all well together. It's easy to cook, tastes good and basically is a vitamin bomb! SECRET NUMBER 4 : Cherish your friends and family! All of the people that talked to Dan say they got to live so long because they have good relationships in life. They are all married for 50, 60 years, have their kids living in a house next door, still have poker nights at 90 years old with their friends in their living room... I'm not saying you should get married and stay with your husband/ wife for 60 years (although that doesn't really sound bad), or that you should live next to your parents for the rest of your life. But know who are the most important people in your life. Make time for them. Forgive people if they make mistakes. Apologize if you make one. When you do take walks, invite them along. When you watch movies, invite them then too. Organize lunches or fun, themed dinners for all the people you love. Always keep them close and always give them some time out of your day. Communicate and be honest, deal with issues if you have some and keep your relationships clean, simple, easy and true. That is the most basic thing for a calm and happy heart and fulfilled soul. SECRET NUMBER 5 : Have faith! If you're religious, do even more to renew your faith. If you're not, you don't have to have a religion to have faith. Find out what you believe in, work for that, trust in that, let that – whatever it is, guide you and help you through the bad times. Some people believe in God, some in their family, a certain friend, a mentor, a spouse.. And all of that is ok, but the best faith you can have is the faith in yourself, the energy of the universe and the power of your own energy. We are powerful in measures that we can not even understand. Positive thinking will get your positive things in life! It's that simple. Believe. SECRET NUMBER 6 : Relax! We live in a busy world, everyone's always running, the society rushes you because „there is no time and there is no money“! Relax. You won't help yourself or anyone else for that matter if you panic. Take time for yourself, get in touch with yourself. Read, meditate, write a journal, do yoga or pilates, take an afternoon nap, watch the cooking channel, cuddle with your pet. Whatever makes you happy and calm while you do it, is a good thing for you. Try to make it last as long as you can. Find time for yourself. Don't worry about looking crazy or silly. Sing while you're in the shower, read books of inspiring people while you're having coffee in the morning. Always stop and take 15-20 minutes to relax and get in touch with the nature and yourself. SECRET NUMBER 7 : Find your life purpose! You don't have to find the „meaning of life“, even though I'm about to whisper you a little secret. It's making yourself happy. (If YOU are happy, you send out happiness to everyone around you. If you're happy about yourself, you can be happy about the other people in your life easier. If you're happy, you'll look at things differently, with more optimism and humor.) But if you want a bigger, more clear idea of what that is, you should just look inside yourself. Do you wanna run the marathon this year? Paint 20 paintings for your apartment? Write the next great novel? Own a restaurant with the best food in town? Be a lawyer and fight for abused children? Maybe make a shelter for homeless animals? Whatever it is that you wanna do, that's the meaning of life. To do everything to make that happen. To work hard and dedicate your life to achieving that goal! But ultimately, it means making YOURSELF happy! So don't worry if you change your mind along the way and decide you have another goal! It's your dream, your life purpose, you decide! And it doesn't stop when you do it! Build another dream, make the old dream even bigger, have restaurants all around the world or take all your savings, quit your job and go travel to Italy! SECRET NUMBER 8 : THERE IS NO SECRET! What works for me, does not have to work for you. What makes me happy won't make you happy. Take the time to know what you want, love, desire, aspire... There is no big secret, all you have to do is take care of yourself! Eat right, be calm, but stay active, breath fresh air, read good books, kiss a lot, laugh with the ones you love, don't take anything too serious, learn how to let things go, have faith, and know there's always a better day, a tomorrow to come. And hopefully, with all of that, a lot of tomorrows will come and they will all be better than the last one and you will live long, happy and healthy!
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Fashion, a game you're never too old to play

[Jul. 9th, 2009|05:01 pm]

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I recently said how I didn't wanna write just another fashion blog. And that is true, I feel I have so many things to say and so much to talk about, limiting myself just to fashion would be a waste. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying those are bad, I am the first one to right click and save all the pretty pictures. But what I meant is, there is no point of having yet another blog with lost of celebrity pictures and all the new trends.

That said, fashion is something I'm completely crazy about. It occupies most of the walls in my room, most of the paper in my notebooks, and it takes most of the money that goes through my hands.

So I'm not gonna give you the latest trends, but I am going to talk about fashion. About what it means to me, what it should mean to you. About how it can make your life more fun, about how it can, at least at first sight, say a lot about you. And how finding your own style is a piece of cake if you just listen, not to me, but to YOURSELF.

Love her or hate her, Rachel Zoe is a pretty smart woman. A lot of people would argue me on this one, but I think I am being right when I say not just any dumb person from the street can achieve such success and become such a powerful business woman.
I personaly love her taste in fashion, she mostly finds her inspiration in the 70's and that's the decade that always inspires me and suits me most. But, whatever style you personaly have, there's something Rachel said once on her show, that I find very true.

Style is a way for you to show who you are, without really having to say anything.

And that is the one thing you should keep in mind when you create your outfits. And in the end, your style. Don't let the worlds „your style“ make you afraid. Most of the people are under pressure because they think they should know it all and know exactly what is in the frames of their style, and so they say no to a lot of things that they like, but have a feeling it doesn't really fit in their regular basis style.

But style is alive. It's a live thing, that's always growing, always changing, getting bigger or smaller, more simple or more creative. Why wouldn't you wear flower dresses for months when you fall in love? Why wouldn't you wear all black and minimalistic jewelery when you're starting your own serious book? There is no such piece of clothing that you can not wear, no matter what your usual style is. You can adjust everything to yourself.

If you love art, make that show in your look. If you love the history of Rome, make that show. If you love France, be a beautiful girl from Paris. If you love the country, wear that plaid shirt and tie the knot around you waist, why the hell not?!

You should let fashion and trends follow you, you shouldn't follow fashion. It's there simply to inspire and remind you of certain things. But you should take what you need from it, embrace what you like, and not worry about will it look trendy or in style enough. Worry about will it look like YOU.

You can wear hundreds of dresses, all diferent styles and all different statements. It's accesories and your own personal touches that define you and make your stlye what it is. It's what earings or what bangles you choose, what hair style you wear, it's your walk and your personality. You should be your own frosting on the cake for every outfit you wear.

As I said before, I love the 70's. I am 23 years old, but I still feel a lot younger than I really am in some things. I love how the fashion of the 70's makes you look carefree, happy, casual, wild and simple at the same time, fun, crazy and relaxed and magical. I love flowers, ruffles, butterflies, long and short light dresses, ripped jeans, lots of big, chunky rings, huge bracelets and braids in your hair, red and black nails, all the beautiful, hippie tops...
If I could choose one style to wear all my life, I would choose eighter Kate Hudson in „Almost famous“ ; or her mum, not recreating the fashion of the 70's, but Goldie Hawn in the actual 70's fashion in the movie „Butterflies are free“.

Clothes should make you dream, feel like yourself, but also a little like another person. They should inspire you to use your imagination, to daydream and end up in a whole another place, era, city in your head... They should bring out the best of you, and also, push you futher and somewhere unexpected.

Fashion is not just clothes. It's a game. It's a constant learning experience, a way to play all the characters you want to play. It's your acting career. You can be whoever you wanna be, but still remain yourself. You can travel to a place far, far away but still stay in your house.

Why wouldn't you look like a beautiful, carefree latina dancer today? Why wouldn't you wear a sexy, red, short dress with ruffles, golden heals and a red rose in your hair? If you like it, go for it. Depending on what city do you live in (some are more relaxed, so everyone can wear whatever and no one really cares), sure, you may turn some heads.. But that's a good thing, right?! You shouldn't hide behind your clothes. Wearing a simple t-shirt and plain jeans will make you blend in with all the rest and it won't cause any contorversy or jaw falling, but will it make you happy?
You should stand out! We're all different and that's the beauty of the world, of the people..

People seem to think they got it all figured out. Inspire them, surprise them, excite them! And do it for yourself!

I am the type of person that daydreams a lot. I watch a movie and literaly, even just for one hour, I make myself believe I'm, for instance, a surfer girl. I'm living in Hawai, I walk around barefoot and in a tiny bikini all day long and I have flowers in my hair. When the movie stops, I realize I'm not really there (Damn it! :)), but I pick up at least a piece of that and I embrace it. I dry my hair in the sun, leave it all messy and wavy like I've spent the entire day on the beach, I tuck in a fresh flower and I wear my brightest yellow dress. And all day I'm feeling like that Hawai girl!

And THAT'S the beauty of fashion. It can take you anywhere. It's not just a silly obsession that us woman are insane about. It's not a money thing, a status thing... An old saying is that money can't buy you style and that really is true. Everyone can look the way they want to if they just use their imagination. My favorite outfit is made of ripped jeans 6 years old, my mum's 20 years old blouse or my dad's long shirt. You take what you got and you ripp it, you tuck it in, you put a broche on it, you throw a scarf over it... You play.
Fashion is a game for the adults. That's what it is. It's a game you're never too old to play.

And some people would say that you don't have your own style if you wear a 20's dress one day and a hippie skirt the next day. But who defines the rules?

I don't agree with that. I dare to say it's EXACTLY the opossite. You do HAVE a pretty good style when you can be whoever you wanna be, when you can make any piece of clothing work for you, look natural on you.
Because, every person is a million things. Some you may never discover, but that's your loss. You gotta keep digging and chalenge yourself, to see all you can be and to bring out all the best things from yourself.
You can find inspiration in everything. From a movie, a book, a magazine, a song, a sunny day, a woman in the street, from the history, the future, from a cartoon or park in Venice.

You should start now and never look back, never stop.

I did. And although there are still some rednecks with no better things in life, so they often scream at me „Hey, this is not Russia!“ when I wear mukluks boots or „You forgot your pants!“ when I wear a shirt long enough to cover my shorts.. I simply don't care. I look myself in a window of a store in the street and I'm happy. I look exactly like I wanted to.. And for the day, I'm Penny Lane in flower dress, I'm Cameron Diaz in my mini skirt, I'm Carrie Bradshaw in my golden high heels. And I'm still me, only even better.

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(no subject)	[Jul. 7th, 2009\|09:57 pm]
Very often ones answer to that is – my family, my friends, my job, my school, my pet... But, honestly speaking, those are some things that EVERYONE cares about. We all have our closest friends, families and jobs. Then again, those are the things that really just say that we care about ourselves. And that's not a bad thing. No matter what someone says, I believe we should all put ourselves first. You can never make anyone happy if you're not happy with yourself. But as I said, when someone says they care about their family and friends, they are really saying they care about themselves. Because most of the time, we don't really move mountains for those people. We just feel that we would „die“ if we didn't have them in our lives. If something were to happen to them, WE would be devastated. It would make US feel terrible. But what are some other things that you care about? What are your true passions? In what do you believe? What makes you mad? What makes you content? I found myself looking at this photo and not knowing how to answer that. Sure, I love my family, friends, my boyfriend, my pets, my room, books and movies. But if I had to list ALL of the things I care about, I couldn't. That got me thinking. When something terrible happens, when you see on tv a child was molested, you get angry and upset and you feel really strongly about that issue. But once the tv is turned on, most of us just go back to our normal lives and forget all about it. Maybe in the back of your mind you think about it for a couple of more days, but then, it's in the past and it's like it never even hapend. And that's good, in a way. One could never be happy if we were all always stressing over someone elses troubles. We would all be very unhappy people if we would worry about other people, that aren't really a part of our lives. But if everyone would find 2 or 3 things that they REALLY care about and actually do something about them, get involved, try to find a way to help, to support something... wouldn't this be a much better world? I'm not talking just about the bad things that happen. I'm talking about the local band that you love, you could support and help promote them. I'm talking about the girl who always looks lonely, you can go up to her and be her friend. I'm talking about a little kitty on the street, you can take 1$ and buy some food.. I'm talking about your boyfriend, who is really tired from work, you can give him a massage. You can send a postcard to someone through www.postcrossing.com! There is SO much that we could do to help someone, make someone feel better, stronger... There is so much we could get involved in. And make a difference, feel the difference. And ultimately, that too is something we do for ourselves. By doing a good thing, we are the ones that profit the most. There is no greater feeling than realizing you just made someone's life better! I realized today I have so many interests and passions. And there must be a hundred more things that I would support and want to be a part of, that I haven't even discovered yet. I want to. I wanna do researches on the internet, in my town, I wanna be a part of EVERYTHING that I stand for... We're all young and alive and we all have our voice and our power! Now more than ever! The internet is such a powerful thing, we could do so much just by sitting in our room! You can just recommend another blog or a youtube channel on your own journal, on your own twitter or blog! A lot of people would be so happy to be recognized by more people, to have one more fan, admirer or one more friend! You can go on www.freerice.com page and do a little something there! We should ALL start with small things and move towards the big ones! And who knows, maybe we can change the world, just a little bit, just for a while!? I have made a decision today to in the next few days list all of the things I care about. And figure out a way to do a little something about each of them! I'm gonna make it clear to myself and to everyone around me what are my priorities, beleifs and goals and make sure I don't forget it this time!
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5 ways to better your life quality!	[Jul. 7th, 2009\|09:55 pm]
When a person we love is down or in trouble, we tend to have a million advices to make them feel better, to start over and change their life. I am the first one to have 10 suggestions for every obstacle someone has. And sometimes, I do that for myself. I feel like I'm not really doing anything meaningful, feel bad that I don't read a lot or write a lot or learn a lot. And then I make all kinds of lists, decisions and plans. And I stick to them, usually for a couple of days. Then I just do one thing I wrote down, then soon after that, I forget all about it. And I go on with my usual life untill I have a day when I feel bad, and then it all happens all over again. But the thing is, with these things you just have to be persistant. And you don't have to wait for 2010. to make New year's solutions. You can start RIGHT now, or tommorow or next Monday or this fall. You can find a way to change your life even a little bit every single day. It's a fact that by doing something for 21 days, it automaticaly becomes your habit. So the thing to do is to, for the first 21 days, make reminders for yourself. Put them on your computer, your cell phone, above your bed or on your desk... Write it down somewhere for you to always see. That way you will „force“ yourself to do it for the first period of time, but it is all for a good cause, because after 21 days it will be your natural behaviour, and you will have that change that you want. It will be a part of your daily life, a part of your character now. Also, another good thing to remember is that you will probably lose interes over time. Maybe on the 11th day, you wont even feel that entusiastic about loosing a few extra pounds. So, along with the reminders of your decision, you should have visual reminders of WHY you are doing something too. If it is a diet, cut out a picture of a magazine of someone whose body image you think is a good influence. Use it as an inspiration. If it's a decision to become a vegeterian, cut out a pitcure of an animal to remind you that you're doing that for a species that can't stand up and fight for themselves. If it's your decision to write a book, write down a few lines from your favorite book and let them be your inspiration for the story you want to contribute to the world. You can also find a few inspiring quotes that will give you strenght and a kick in the butt to continue with what you're doing... And finally, you should't force yourself to become this whole diferent person in 10 days. You can't change all your habits or improve all your skills in 10 days. Good things take time. So you will, naturally, need some time and patience to look back after a certain amount of time and see the change in yourself and feel good about it. So it's always best to divide your decisions in a few sections. You can eighter write down all you want to do/become and separate it into a few parts, and do one at a time. Or you can set yourself 5 goals and then, after you're finished with them, come up with some new ones. That way, you will need 21 days to pick up a habit of doing those 5 things, and after those 21 days, you're improved in those areas. Then you're this better person and you can continue with the next 21 days and next 5 tasks. And so it continues for as long as you want, and you never have to stop. Because honestly, one is never done with working on themselves. There's always something new and better to add to your personality and character. And remember to make categories, if you like to organize and divide things in to groups. Don't over do it. Find some small and some bigger things to do. Maybe you just don't like your hair, so try to do your hair diferently for 21 days. That's a small task. Along that you can learn german and use that skill when you travel the next time. Maybe you wanna take a trip, so make a way to earn extra money and save it, after a while, reward yourself with that trip to Berlin. Maybe you just want to stop watching tv so much, so make yourself busy and entertained with new hobbies instead. But balance it out, you can't change EVERYTHING in 5 tasks, change one big thing, one important thing, one thing that's good for your whole family, for example, and then a bunch of little things that are also important in their own way. So I made some decisions myself and I will start with making them happen from july 10th. And hopefully by June 1th, I have some new tricks up my sleeve. 1. START WORKING OUT! I really have no troubles with my body, I could always eat a lot and not gain any weight. But I feel A LOT better when I am working out. I feel I have so much more energy and I love to make my muscles more visible. Even though it's hell hot these days so working out during the day would make me pass out, I will use free evenings to do it. I will go and rollerblade near the coast. It will be good for my work out and it will be nice to spend some time alone and be able to think and enjoy at the same time. When I'm not able to go out, I will work out in my room with one of the many dvd's I have. I will mix aerobic excersizes with yoga or pilates, that are more calm and intense. I will also try to walk more, whenever I would usually take a bus. 2. LEARN SOMETHING NEW EACH WEEK! This is a project I always wanted to start, but never did. I will pick a subject I want to know more about every week and then do a little research to learn something about it. Wheter it will be by reading a book, reading some articles on the internet, watching a movie about it, or a documentary, I will try to always find a fun way to learn new things. This also includes another thing I always wanted, which is research about someone I admire. So instead of a whole topic, I will research and read articles and quotes and interviews of someone who is inspirational and interesting to me. It would be nice to document and write it all down in a notebook I could chose especially for that. 3. DRINK A LOT OF WATER! This is a small thing, but I can never make myself start doing it, I always forget. I need more water to be more healthy and also to help my skin clear up as much as I can. I will try to drink 6 bottles of 0,5l a day. 4. WORK ON NEW FRIENDSHIPS! I have some friends I really, really like and they seem like we would get along perfectly. We usually speak on facebook or see eachother in the clubs and we always talk about making plans to go out or do something together. But I'm the kind of person who is home a lot and I don't usually call people just to hang out, though a lot of times I want to. I decieded I wanted to change that and make new friendships that could posibly be the best new things in my life. I will make some effort and REALLY arrange something. Maybe go for a walk, go on the beach, have a movie night or something with the people that I like. 5. FIND A JOB! Although I am looking for quite some time now, I can't seem to find a good, normal job. So I'm thinking, maybe I'm not working hard enough to find it. I will write my CV better and mail it to possible employees, I will go on job hunting web sites more often and I will try to spread the word I'm looking for a job around so maybe somebody will hear something soon. So those are my decisions and now I have you all as my witness so I HAVE TO do it all. I will get back to my list and report you on how I'm doing before my 21 days end. Wish me luck! And in hope you just made a list yourself! And finally, here are a few quotes I always find inspiring and great when I need a motivation. „Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there's no path and leave a trail.“ Ralph Emerson “You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.“ Ray Bradbury “That some achieve great sucess is proof others can achieve it too.“ Abraham Lincoln “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.“ Barack Obama
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Golden goddess	[Jul. 7th, 2009\|09:47 pm]
I love summer. I love how it makes your skin looks better, how it gives you a nice glow.. How you can wear all of those tiny, light clothes. I just love that look, it's my favorite. When you hair is braided and messy, and your skin shines with glitter and all you have on is a silky, little dress and a pair of gladiator sandals.. That kind of bohemian, hippie style is the best way to lookg REALLY good, but still so natural it looks like it is „just you“. But I know how hard it is too look good when you don't have any money. And when, for some reason you can't go to the beach or on vacation and get all pretty and sunkissed. So here are some advice on how to make the best out of what you got and still look fabulous. If you can't go the beach, there are other ways to fake a little tan. If you have money, you can go to a salon and get sprayed tan. Or you can use a lotion with self tanning effect in it. But I usually don't 'cause it tends to get messy and sometimes it even peels off on some places so your skin can look really weird. If you have a very good lotion or a very good skill of using tanning products, go ahead and do it. Make sure just not to „overdose“ on it, because less is really more and there are just a few things as awful looking as that orange fake tan that some girls get. As I said, I don't use it and I wouldn't recommend it. Actually, it's even out of fashion to be really tan now, even in the summer. You can even compare celebrities this year and a couple of years before and you will see that their skin tone is waaaay lighter than before. So, what I do, I tend to just put on some shimmery cream on my body or shimmery oil and that looks perfect. You are still in your normal, usual color and you have a nice, very light glow that looks very natural, but very sexy. And here are some ideas how to make your own cream, which comes in handy when you don't have money, like I mentioned in the beggining. HOMEMADE PRODUCTS FOR A BEAUTIFUL, BRONZED BODY To make your own summer cream, here's what you'll use. You take an empty container of an old, used cream. Fill half of it with a body lotion you use daily. It can really be any lotion at all, but the lighter the texture, the better. Than add 3 spoons of plain vaseline and a few drops of baby oil, 10 max! You mix all that really good, so it all conects into one. The good thing to do is to mix it all on a tiny plate, and then fill the container after you're done. And the last thing, but the most important one is to put a little of your bronzer, your brown eyeshadow or a shimmery gold one, just peal it with a knife into the lotion. And it doesn't have to be a lot, just so it gives the lotion a nice, bronzy color. Mix it really good and you're done! You will have a lotion that's really creamy and soft, it will have a nice shine because of the oil, which also, along with the vaseline moisturaizes your skin and because of the bronzer „sand“ it will give you a beautiful color. But make sure to use it all in one summer, I wouldn't keep it sitting in my dresser too much. The same way you can make your own oil. The lotion you can really put all over your body, but the oil is good for those areas you want to highlight and show off. You can use it on your legs, on your breasts and also on your collar bone It will give you a magic glow. It's really easy, just fill a bottle with regular baby oil and as before, add a little of some bronzer, brown or gold eyeshadow. You can mix a few shades if you'd like. And just stir it all really good. And voila, you got yourself a cheap, but amazing body oil! Also, if you put oil on your skin while it's still wet, after showering, your skin will absorb the oil 10 times more and it will moisturize more and feel lees oily on the skin once you're dry! And one more trick, when you go to the beach, you can also look even better than usual. Put some olive oil in a bottle, because it's healty, it protects and feeds your skin. And also, like before add some bronzer dust in it. That way, you can tan and look REALLY gorgeous at the same time. Why wouldn't you feel special? ;) But make sure to use a cream with UV protection before you put on the oil. Because olive oil won't protect you from the sun, it will just make you tan faster and get a more beautiful color. I use all of the stuff I usually always have at home, those are kind of the essentials. But if you don't have them at home, buying a bottle of regular baby oil or vaseline will still cost really little, and much less than it would cost you to buy an actual bronzing losion. FAIRY BEACH HAIR Even if I don't go to the beach, I love to have my hair „done“ like I spent all my day by the ocean. This year, as I'm sure you've all noticed, braids are really in style. I have personaly ALWAYS loved them, so this is really a perfect time for me. You should always make simple and easy hair do's in the summer. If you have curly hair, you don't really have to do anything. Just put a few drops of any oil (you can even use the bronzy one you made yourself for your body, that way you'll have a nice shine to your hair) on your hair tips and make it a little messy. There are a tons of ways to braid your hair, and you can braid you whole hair, just your bangs or make just a few tiny braid on the side, to give yourself that flower child look. If you have straight hair like I do, there are ways to make it beach looking, without trying really hard. I wouldn't recommend a hot curling iron, and most of the girls use it, but it can really damage your hair. And in the summer, your hair already gets damaged, so you don't need to put even more „pressure“ on it. Just wash your hair in the evening, let it dry, but it's good if it's a little wet. Put some oil on your split ends and make one big or a few small braids. In the morning untangle it all and you will have beautiful, beach hair. One more trick that I do, when I don't have time to sleep with braids, when I have to wash my hair and go out soon. I wash it and then when it's still wet, I squeeze it with my fingers and make a really messy bun on the top of your head. When you're done with you make up, you just let your hair down and you blow dry it with your head facing to the floor. You use cold air to dry it and while you do it, you just keep squeezing chunks of your hair. That way you will also get a beach look, but even a better, messier one. And in the summer, it's always nice to put a flower or a nice hair clip in your hair, to make it more special. I usually pick real, live flowers and tuck it in to one of my braids. :) FACE OF A SURFER QUEEN I've always had a thing for surfer girls and I have ALWAYS wanted to be one. That never happend, but that doesn't stop me to try and at least look like those beach babes. That's why I bought my surfer girl bikini! :) When it's really hot, you can't really get away with a lot of make up. It will melt, look oily and messy and in the end, make you look much worse than you would look if you haven't put anything on. But some of the girls can't go out without make up, and I'm one of them, because I have some skin problems on some days. If you're gonna go to the beach, I still think you shouldn't really put anything on, but if you MUST, try using just a light concealer to cover zits or dark circles under your eyes. You can curl your lashes, without putting any mascara on. It will open your eyes a little bit and make them look bigger. When you make your skin look a little better with concealer, you can use some lip gloss to feel more beautiful. There are tons you could buy, but a clear one will do just fine. And if that's too simple for you, you could always use the one with some shimmer in it, or a gold colored one. Make sure you take that concealer in your purse if you're gonna swimm so you can touch up. That same „make up“ you can wear during the day when you have stuff to do in the city. And you can also put on some regular, baby powder with a big brush on your nose, chin and forehead to prevent the oily looking skin. And in the evening, when you go out, try to remember that less is more too. I really use the smallest amount of make up in the summer, even when I go out clubbing. And I know most girls like to get all dolled up for a night out, but you can really easily look great even if you look very natural. I think guys actually prefer it that way, and you will have less work and you'll feel more „clean“ and lighter than usual. I use foundation at night, but only a tiny, tiny amount of it. Sometimes I'll even mix it half & half with my moisturaizer. So you CAN use it, but put just a little of it and then cover your zits or red spots with concealer. Also use baby powder like I said before, but all in really small amounts, 'cause you don't wanna have a cakey looking skin. Curl your lashes and put just a coat of mascara. I usually add a little bronzer to my cheeks, just to give myself a nice sun kissed glow. Lip balm or lip gloss and that's really it! And seriously, those are all such small amounts that you can't really tell I have make up on that much! So enjoy yourself, but at least in the summer, concentrate on easy quick ways to just magnify your natural beauty! Hope you have a great summer!
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Obama	[Jul. 7th, 2009\|09:42 pm]
When my idea for writing this blog became alive, I first wanted to think about it and set some quide lines for myself. I decided that this blog will be about me, my opinions and my views of the world. That said, I knew that it will be difficult to find readers, mostly because I'm not someone special (at least not to a wider audience), and no one really cares how I see the world. It is especialy hard if you write about anything and everything. It is easier in a sense that you have more to talk about, but also, it's not easy to keep alive a blog that doesn't really have a theme, a category. But I didn't wanted to limit myself and write just about music, just about movies, just about cooking or just about fashion. Lord knows that fashion blogs grow on trees these days. And I'm not saying that is bad, I read a few fashion blogs myself, but honestly, how many more can there be? We all get after reading five blogs what trends are in now. I want to write something that will, hopefully, at least to one single person, mean something. Maybe it will inspire them. Teach them something. Make them think about a certain issue. See an issue in themselves, change for the better. Or just read a nice, beautiful line in a time they need it the most, when they're tired, sad or hopeless. My blog is still fresh and new, although in my head I already have a lot of ideas I want to discuss, so I'm not really sure I'm giving all I can give with it right now. I'm hoping in time I will get more and more personal ways to always make it fun and diferent. But I understand my limits and my youth, so I don't wanna get into subjects that are too serious for me to understand, let along try to explain to others. Politics is one of those things that I don't think I have a right to talk about. But I will mention something like it today, and I hope no one finds anything I say offensive. I talked about some of my feelings on today's socety and the world in general. I can accept I'm not always right, because I don't know everything and that is actually something that makes me happy; because I love to know there's always something I can learn. But in most of the things I say about the world today, I believe I am right and I believe most of you would agree. The world is definetely not all peaches and cream and I think we all have a lot of issues an so many things to improve. That said, one of my proudest moments as an adult human being was the moment when Barack Obama became the president. And NO, I am not saying this just because I am crazy about him! We will put a side for a moment the fact that it's HIM and just concentrate on the main picture and that's the fact that USA picked their first african american president. It makes me proud that I have witnessed a day when a man is the president- in the house that was once built by the slaves of his own race. I realize I'm not actually a part of it, the americans have elected him, but I also think that we ALL did it, the whole world. Because I remember the whole world supporting him. I am in Croatia, so far away that we shouldn't really even bother to watch who has America picked. But we did and we all rooted for him, he was on the news all the time, the people have publicly stated that they like him a lot... I even remember how a lot of people on my facebook friends list had statuses, supporting him and giving their vote for him. And as much as I'm sure there were still some primitive people who didn't wanted him just because he's an african american man, I am happy beyond belief that we've all come so far. To be so without judgments and so far from where we once all were is something we should all be proud of. As for Obama, I know he has some haters, and it sadeness me that, for instance on Livejournal, there are more active anti communities than there are the ones that support him. But I believe time will show that he was the best pick at this time and he will surely be the best pick in the future too. I know a lot of people believe in the „Obama deception“, all the conspiracies, „big secrets“, a whole bunch of secret societies „standing behind“ Obama, and him being just a good looking puppet to seduce the society. But personally, I don't believe in that at all. I believe he's an honest, good human being who really just believes in better times, and has big hopes for his country. I've read his books and they show his passion and his honestly way before he even thought about being in politics, let along a president. I think he will be able to show his pure heart even to those who are the hardest to believe, as time goes on. That man believed in a dream for better times even when no one was listening to him. He drove to other cities to talk about the things he stands for, and he would do it when there were 50 or just 7 people in the room. Which naturally gives me the impression that he will be even better, he will have even bigger force and strengt now when he has a country behind him and an unbelievable number of supporters. In his book „Audacity of hope“, some words he said have made me see he is really something special. Although a lot of people have complained that people give him a status of Jesus when he hasn't really done anything, I can not blame them for doing so. He does have that SOMETHING. Something powerful, something pure and so big in his heart that he can move mountains with it. It shows in his eyes, his smile. *He's not so adored because he is a handsome man. He is adored because something* is inside of him, something that makes the whole world watch and love him.** And I've read in one book that every man has two identities. The one that is external; that is shown in the actions you do and things that you say. And the internal one, the one that is the REAL you, it's all your thoughts and beliefs and feelings and virtues. And sometimes you can meet someone and you instantly like them, you just feel a certain something that pulls you towards them. And that impression can often change once you listen to other people and give in to judgments. You hear a rumor someone said about them, you don't like the people he dated, the stupid things he said when he was drunk.. But that's just the external identity. The one that can easily be distorted. People make mistakes, sometimes because they are afraid, lead by what others do or expect them to do, sometimes because we are just humans and it's in our nature to mess up in order to learn. But the thing is, the book says you should ALWAYS listen to your first instict. That is the one that gives you the right idea of the kind of person someone is. That is the instict that lights up the heart of someone for you to see. You feel the potential of a good person that someone can become, even if they are on the wrong track at that moment. But most of the people let go off that first reaction and let themselves be lead by suspicions and doubts and never get to see the real deal. But to get back to my point, I believe Obama is so adored and carizmatic because of that THING. HE has it and no one can really explain it, but most of us can see it. He is meant for something special. Not just for americans and the United states of America, he is meant to change something in all of us, in the entire world. He is made for something bigger. And that's why I'm not ashamed to have so much love for that man even when most of the people think it's ridiculous and unnecessary because I don't even live in the US. It's because I know what he will be, what he is. I felt it right away and I'm sticking to it. I'm listening to my first instict and soon enough you will all see why. *(If you want one or both of his books, you can leave me your email and I'll mail you the ebooks in pdf. Format!)
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A star is born, can people see it's glow?	[Jul. 6th, 2009\|01:14 am]
Today I watched the Oprah show and it was really intense from me and I can't really stop thinking about the girl who was a guest star. You have all probably seen it already, since we get Oprah episodes about a year later than they air in the USA. The show was about a little girl named Charice. Her story really touched me. When she was three years old, her father tried to strangle her mother. She saw it all happening and felt awful that she couldn't help her, she carries that guilt in her heart ever since. Because of that, she's been trying really hard to win all kinds of competitions to win some money for her mother and provide a better life for them. They are happy when she earns a 50$ prize, Charice explains how it's enough to survive a whole month where they live, and also, the only time they can order pizza, the food they love so much. This tiny, little 16-old girl is singing like an angel and I just sat there with my mouth open, it was simply unbelievable. Oprah, the great woman that she is, decided to help her. Charice was always drawing in her „Dream journal“ and she repedaitely draw herself singing next to Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. Oprah arranged for her to sing with Andrea and it was one of the most precious things in Charices life. But when I saw the look on her face, when Celine Dion was telling that little girl that she wants her to sing a duet with her, I was blown away. The poor thing couldn't even catch a breath and say a word, she was so in shock. I love the Oprah show and I admire all the wonderful things that happen on it, and usually, when something is really sad or amazing, my eyes sometimes tear up a little. But today, I was crying so hard, it was ridiculous. I just felt amazing and so happy that a thing like that is happening to someone who had it so hard and who deserves it SO much. Afterward I watched her performance on youtube, on the concert that they arranged on Oprah and it was so touching to see that girl singing to her mother a song that couldn't be better picked for a story that she has. She sang Because you love me and it was one of those moments I am happy that I've had te oportunity to see, honestly. Here is the clip if you wanna see it for yourself too. That was, obviously, the good part of it. But the thing that really made me think about how people are is this. Charice saying with her sad eyes that she's happy her dreams are coming true because everyone told her she's not good enough and she'll never make it because she's not pretty. Now, *WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO SHATTER A LITTLE GIRLS DREAM AND TELL HER SHE CAN'T BE A SINGER* BECAUSE SHE'S NOT PRETTY?! First of all, how could ANY sixteen year old girl be ugly!? And the fact is, this girl is gorgeous! She has such a big heart and such an amazing, powerful, untainted energy that I could feel it over the television, AND miles and miles away! That's BEAUTIFUL. That's rare and that's special. But just to think that people could be such idiots pisses me of. Also, the same thing bugged me when Susan Boyle got big on youtube. Every magazine in the world placed her face on the cover and wrote about this woman is „a miracle“ because she's not good looking, but can sing! That annoyed the hell out of me!! Since when less attractive people have no talents?! People were so suprised by that, like it was something impossible and paranormal! And I posted a status on my facebook page the other day, saying how in today's society, people don't even value real beauty. You have to have 50000$ to give yourself lips that I'm sorry, but look like you've been stung by a bee, a nose you can hardly breat through and boobs that might as well be air bags in cars! That's what this society considers beautiful. All my love to exceptions, of course. And the thing is, everyone attacked me, saying how I'm bitter and that's not how the world thinks. I'm really miles away from being bitter and I try to look for the best in people, but I have to consider facts and examples I am given daily on how things really are. And Charice is the perfect example of that. How society has it all wrong. Most of the people, anyway. To tell her she's not beautiful is ridiculous, when she wants to be a singer and has a voice that could easily put to shame 98% of the people in the music bussines. It's not like she entered a beauty contest!!! And even if she did, wouldn't it be nice if people would see her bubbly, contagious positive energy and pure soul and consider that BEAUTIFUL?! Because that's what beauty really is. It's not someone's pumped lips, great shoes, boobs you can see from the space... It's a smile, a shine in someones eyes, the positivity that someone brings to everyone in the room just by being there, the happiness of a child who's dreams have come true!** And I hope people will start to realize that, sooner than later. I hope we will all go back to smaller, but better and more simple and innocent things in life. And appreciate te beauty when we see it.
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Stop and smell the roses	[Jul. 5th, 2009\|09:26 pm]
A few events lately got me thinking about how weird people are. I don't mind weird, I think I actually am one of those weird people. :) But people are just simply rude without any real real reason. Like this Thursday, I went to a club with my friends. It's REALLY hot, so basically, the less you wear; the better. But my outfits don't depend on the weather, of course. You gotta suffer at least a little for beauty, or so they say. :) But anyway, I wore jeans shorts and a tunic that is long, so it kinda covers the shorts. But I am a HUGE fan of that look, I love when a girl looks like she doesn't have any pants on, like she walked out in a shirt. I just think it's casual and sexy and makes you look like you're REALLY not trying. And I do know that most of the people hate that kind of look, but that means nothing to me, we are all allowed to have our own taste and opinion. Personaly, when I see that look on, for instance, Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen, I go nuts, I just think it looks genious. My evidence is here. :) So as I was saying, I went out looking like this. And in the middle of the night, I go outside with one of my friends to pee, and this girl behind me screams to me „Well, you might as well go naked outside!“ And I completely understand how some people wouldn't wear it. What I don't understand is WHY does SHE mind if I do?! A lot of girls were dressed in really light, short clothes and I think it's only natural on days when people actually have sweat dripping of their faces to be this cheap about wearing clothes... But I don't get WHY would someone personally mind that? It's not like my outfit is affecting her life or anything. And I sure don't like 90% of what some of the other girls had on, but you don't see me running after them screaming how they look bad or lame. I think it's just a matter of bonton and I feel it's really tacky and just plain rude to act like that. And my friend told me „Oh, don't bother, it's just jelaousy“. And I really didn't bother, I wasn't even planning on commenting back, it was just beneath me to even talk to that girl. But I do not think it's jelaousy, that's the problem. I think people just haven't been raised really well. Because, for instance, last week I watched an interview with my favorite croatian actress. She is young, talented, blonde and really skinny, so of course, you can imagine, people tend to hate on her for no reason. I think I'm the only person, that I know of, that likes her. But I don't change my opinions based on that. I think she's fabulous and has that timeless class and beauty and really, the only one in Croatia that has that star quality that you see in international actresses. So to get to the point, the host of the show kept asking her about her weight and why is she so skinny. I think she was very smart in telling him she can't even believe that she has to talk about a topic that banal and silly on a serious show. She also said that she doesn't feel the need to justify herself for having a fast metabolism and that she's never seen a host asking questions to someone with a few extra pounds about their weight. (And just to make it more clear to you, it's the kind of a show that acutally usually hosts politicians, so it's really not a gossip show or anthing light like that.) And that is true, as much as the society today is killing everyone with cover girls that are perfect, skinny and gorgeous, when you really are skinny in real life it's just unacceptable to most people. And I speak from my personal experience, I have always been pretty small and really skinny and even people who have known me my whole life and they know I ALWAYS look that way, even they always ask me „Why are you so skiny?“ And I think it's bullshit, pardon my language, 'cause I'm not saying to girls bigger than me to go on a diet. We all come in different sizes and shapes and THAT'S OK, that's the way it should be, anything else would be boring. But the actress I mentioned continues with her story and she tells about the incident she had the other day in a supermarket. She was rushing to work and she stopped to get a croissant, and while she was paying, a guy yelled across the store „Hey, eat something, skinny!“ to her. She said exactly what I would say about that comment. She realizes she's skinny, but that's the way she is. And what she doesn't realize is why does that guy think he has the right to say anything to her? She surely wouldn't dream of saying to him to get rid of that beer belly. How crazy and rude do you have to be to scream your opinions to strangers? I get that EVERYONE has the right to their own opinion, but I have the right too - not to hear them, because I don't care for them!!! It just pisses me off. And people are keep doing it. And I just don't get it. My mum always tought me, when you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. And of course in real life, that is not always true, but it kind of does makes sense if you think about it. Why would you go ruining someone's day? If that person haven't even asked you what you think? And in general, why not stop and say something nice and kind to someone? Why are people so damn negative all the time? I am negative too right now, but I have every right to be, their actions affect me and that's the difference. My shorts don't really affect anyone. Like, when someone posts something on their livejournal, facebook, you name it... Sometimes I don't like the song or video someone posted. Sometimes some girls create a whole album dedicated to celebrities that I think are pathetic... But I don't take the time to tell them it's lame or pathetic or feel the need to say I don't like that. I just continue with my bussines and don't pay attention to it. If it's something I like, I tell them, hey, that's cool. But I would never shit on someone's taste or style or opinion. We are all allowed to be different, that's the real beauty in people... But some are just sooo consistent in saying crap about other people's things and actions. Like yesterday, I posted ANOTHER cute picure of Obama, because I truly am madly in love with that man. :) And a girl commented the same second I posted it – „Don't mean to shatter your dreams, but there's a movie called Obama deception and you should watch it and you will realize you're wrong.“ OMG!!! REALLY NOW? So I just watch it and realize that?! How cool! I know all about the movie, I just (obviously) choose not care about it, because I like him. He's not even my president and whatever he does as a president will most likely never affect me. But I have read his books and watched and read a lot of his interviews and I just believe that man is brilliant and inspiring and smart as hell, and well, let's be honest, he's MAD SEXY. :) Based on all that, he's one of the people I admire the most in this world, I admire his strenght and his life story. And I have only learned good and postive things from him and to be honest, every picture of Obama makes me happy. So WHY don't you just let it go?! It's not like I'm forcing you to like them. It's not like I go around telling Obama haters that they're idiots and forcing them to melt over every pitcure of him... So, honestly, if I don't force my opionions and beliefs on you, please do the same for me and just let it go. That's all I really had to say. In my conclusion, this would be a much happier world if everyone would just concentrate on making themselves feel happy and content and always try to find the good and the beautiful in things. Sure, you may not like my Bam bam (Obama :)) or my clothes or my blog, but if you see that those are things that make me happy and if you see I'm having a good time doing what I do... Just keep „walking“ and feel good about someone's happiness. It really should just inspire you to take the time and enjoy the things you personaly like. That's what life is really about. To enjoy the good things, find happiness in silly things and don't sweat the small stuff. And that's what I wish for anyone who came across this post. To stop and smell the roses and instead of counting the negative stuff, the stuff that pisses you off; count the ones that make you happy. Make a collage or a list of your favorite food, people, travel destination or celebrities and enjoy. At least you know what makes you smile. Some people never will.
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(no subject)	[Jul. 5th, 2009\|09:21 pm]
Welcome! So somehow you got here and I really hope you'll stick around long enough to get something good from my blog. You know what they say, smart people learn even from stupid things. ;) Some of you already know me. I've shared some of my deepest secrets with you here on livejournal for years, but then, it was all private. It was more a way for me to express, but in a safe inviroment. Now I'm changing that into something different. I'm making all of my entries open for everyone to see and turning my journal in a blog. I hope with time I get a few new readers and hopefully, even a few new friends. In my profile I wrote some things, enough for you to know little about me before you enter and get the access to my mind and heart. Some basic facts are there, and the rest you will learn along the way. So feel free to join me in this fun new ride I'm about to experience with my writing. I follow some blogs and from each I've tought something new, fun, smart, even stupid. But all usefull in life, if you think about it really. That's what I'm hoping you will get from me. A laugh, a joke, a topic to think about, a new artist to listen to, a cartoon to see. ..Any inspiration is good inspiration and I will do my best to give all of you a piece of me. What you're gonna do with that piece, it's all up to you. I'll see you around!
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