cleaning and cupcakes

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Cleaning can be incredibly therapeutic. Sumedha and I have cleaned the entire first floor from top to bottom while listening to a wide range of music from Indian tablas to Nat King Cole. It feels so nice and fresh to be in a clean house. Soon we are off to the grocery then back to bake some cupcakes and then deciding what to do for the night. Hope everyone has a fantastic friday!

Rainy Daysss

Happy Birthday Lovely Lady!

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what an adorable old man. to be so loved. he looks so happy. i love it.

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To say that it's raining outside is an understatement. I think pouring sideways would be a better description. Although i used an umbrella i still managed to show up to work drenched with water seeping out of my boots. I mean don't get me wrong... out of anyone, I love rain but come on... this?? really?? To top that off i overslept my alarm and hard to run around the house like a mad woman trying to get ready this morning. I didn't have time to grab breakfast so as I'm writing this my stomach is growling obnoxiously loud. Oh well...lunch isn't too far away.
On an exciting note... Im going to IU this weekend to visit a friend. Very excited. But tonight I think I will be staying in trying to get some homework done so I can enjoy the weekend. (I don't leave until tomorrow). Oh and I might be doing this charity walk tomorrow morning with Vanya and some others (a 5k) for a campaign called bridges which helps to promote equality and helps "bridge the gaps" between people. It should be pretty cool.

Finally, I would like to point out that is is the 22nd birthday of a very lovely lady named Victoria Biddle. She has been one of my best friends for so many years now, has truly been through it all with me. If anyone deserves a magnificent birthday it is this girl so Happy Birthday love!!!

Thursdaysss

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must find motivation to get some studying done today...

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puppiessss

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Friends always have your back :)

This weather is pretty fantastic. It is so nice outside! I'm trying to find motivation to do some homework. I'm so excited that it is already Friday tomorrow... this week went by so fast. I feel like the weeks are going by so fast. I can't wait until Thanksgiving and Christmas! I love the holiday season. I cant wait for this weekend... going to IU to see jessie with Beth and Julie. Ooooh and Community, The Office and Parks and Recreation is on tonight!!!!
Anyways thats it for the night. The pictures say more than words.

tuesdayyyy

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This day could not be better so far. Morning cuddles, breakfast, beautiful weather, coffee, music = wonderfully lovely day. Coffee later... again with Sarah and Marie. It been too long since I've seen them so I can't wait to catch up! Then homeworking it for a while and enjoying the beautiful weather while we still have it. Maybe heading to the park to read a book??? Also, I found this video and it is pretty fantastic.

Nada será como antes

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try to live by this everyday

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so cute

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i miss the free-ness you can only feel when riding a horse

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I miss naps with my cat

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Today, I have decided is a wonderfully lazy day. It's just one of those days. On the list of things to do:
take a relaxing bath
paint fingernails
clean my room
get some homework done
and then as a treat to myself... fix myself a latte with my nifty stove top espresso maker.
It goes so well with the current weather which I must say I'm loving. I love bundling up with some blankets and a book or walking to class and feeling the cool air on my face, all bundled up in a scarf. Love love love it.

Maybe it's because it's a lazy day and all but I have been very reminiscent of things and memories that I miss. (hence the quote "Nada será como antes"). This isn't necessarily a bad thing. If anything it makes you appreciate every moment and memory you have. Don't live life with regrets.

Anyways thats it for now. Hope everyone is enjoying their day.

Oh how sleep washes over me...

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I love reading before bed

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the waves of sleep wash over me

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cuddle

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I wish my bed was like this.

"Oh how sleep rushes over me
like the waves of the unforgiving sea
time slips away"



“ Look at that sea, girls—all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn’t enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds." -Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Going to bed. Very good day. Even more exciting.... I just discovered the amazing fruit that is the pomegranate!
Goodnight.

Need my cup of joe

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“ Rain on the window
and thunder shaking our house.
Wrap yourself in me."
Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson. (via tylerknott)

For the life of me I have not been able to get up at a decent time recently. I set my alarm an hour and a half before I have to leave for classes and yet I still manage to press snooze until the last minute. Once I'm up, I'm up and I'd love to be able to enjoy coffee in the morning, maybe get some reading done or watch t.v. but noooo because I have no will power I have been running out the door at the last minute with a couple stale gram crackers in hand (because I have not gone grocery shopping in over a month). Hmmmm I need to work on this. Maybe someone who wakes up earlier than me needs to call me and not let me fall back asleep. Any takers???
Anyways, it was raining heavily o my way to work/classes this morning and normally that would dampen my mood but being that I will be moving to Seattle in a couple years I am finally coming to the realization that rain isn't all that bad. In fact it can be very refreshing at times. Well I'll leave it at that for now. More posts to come later today I'm sure.

See I had shrunk and still you wore me around and around and around

Listening to Zero 7 right now... one of the best bands ever. The song is titled Somersualt and its such a beautiful love song.

Anywaysss
Yesterday was a fantastic day. I got to sleep in and then I worked on some homework. For dinner Sumedha, Joe, Vanya and I cooked this amazinggg shrimp fettuccine alfredo tomato basil shrimp masterpiece. We topped it off with some excellent wine and then rented some movies and made white russians :)

This morning I woke up to Cecilia (Sumedha's adorable puppy) running around in the bed. It was a lovely wake up call. Then i headed to my grandma's house for brunch, where I am currently writing this. We are celebrating my great great Uncle Bob's 93 birthday! Its pretty amazing to think about how long he's been around and all that he has seen. He is such an amazing man. After brunch Maci and I are heading to the movies to see Whip It. I am sooo excited for it. I love love love Ellen Page and Drew Berrymore. Then i suppose I'm modeling for Maci for her photography class (when am I going to get paid for this?!) Then back to the apartment to work on some homework. Ooooh and somehwere in between there I need to go grocery shopping (because a girl can only live on canned soup and granola for so long)

Anyways, here are the lyrics to "Somersault" by Zero 7
I'll attach a video as well.

You're the prince to my ballerina
You feed other people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
You would somersault in sand with me

You talk to loners, you ask how's your week
You give love to all and give love to me
You're obsessed with hiding the sticks and stones
When I fear the unknown
You feel like home, you feel like home

You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet, and you were sound
You saved me

You're the warmth in my summer breeze
You're the ivory to my ebony keys
You would share your last jelly bean
You would somersault in sand with me

You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet and you were sound
You saved me

You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet and you were sound
See I had shrunk yet still you wore me around
And 'round and 'round

Ten Million Fireflies

I <3> i noticed a group of birds taking refuge under a car from the rain and it made me smile. Birds and rain=happiness. I was also listening to Regina Spector which seems to accompany the weather rather nicely.

Oh and I got to wear my new dress from Urban Outfitters today. It is a black dress with floral print all over it and I paired it with a knit vest and black cardigan . I belted it and wore black tights with slouchy black boots. It was fun and very fall-like.

As for plans tonight, I'm not really sure. I was going to go see "Whip it" with Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore but those plans fell though so now I'm just waiting to see what happens.

Finishing off the blog for the day I'de like to point out this new song a heard about a week ago. it is called Firefly by Owl City and I am in love with the lyrics. The tune is okay but the lyrics remind me so much of my childhood. So I'll leave it at that! Hope everyone has a good friday night!


You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they fill the open air,
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude, but I would just stand and... stare
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
'Cause I get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they try to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head,
A sock hop beneath my bed,
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
Leave my door open just a crack (Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac (Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep? (Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate good-byes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell)
But I'll know where several are If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar(jar, jar, jar)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams

“We swam in the rivers, we sang with the birds, gave away our hearts before we knew what they were

I woke up this morning and put on some Basia Bulat. The above title are some lyrics from one of her songs. She comes out of Ontario and has such a fresh and fun voice. It's kind of a mix of a lot of folksy rustic music mixed with some light flowy tunes. It was a good start to the morning. Mornings are nothing without music. Anyways, the song is called "I Was a Daughter." Check her out.

I am so excited that it is Friday! Plans for this weekend are still in the making but I know whatever happens it will be good. I have been telling myself that I need to start taking advantage of the things around Cincinnati like the Zoo or the Museum Center yet I still have not made it out to either (although I did get down to Findlay Market last weekend). So maybe this weekend I can convince someone to go with me. Any takersss??

Later today, after school I'm going to pick up Maci (the little sis) from school and go get coffee with her so that should be fun. There's nothing like coffee on a rainy day. It should be good to catch up with her. Now that I'm living in Clifton we don't get to chat as much. She's pretty awesome...I'll say that much.

In other news I have recently become a HUGE fan of actress Zooey Deschanel. If you don't know who I'm talking about she's the incredibly funny and always classy actress that has starred in movies such as The Good Girl, Elf, Failure to Launch, and most recently she was in the movie 500 Days of Summer. Zooey is the epitome of class. She is so cute and sweet but has this sense of humor that is so dry at times and so witty that I cannot help but laugh. This may sound a little creepy but I'm gonna go ahead and say it... I think we'd make really good friends if we were to ever meet. Actually I'm going to go as far as to say that she would probably be one of the ten people living or dead I would invite to my dinner... that's how awesome she is; because not just any Plain Jane can come to my dinner table. Anyways I'm going to attach some video links of her.

Finally (but not the last of the day I'm sure) I'm thinking about getting bangs again. Just something a little different, I'm kinda bored of the current hairstyle. We'll see though :)

Well that's it for now... I'll probably be back posting some more randoms later on. In the mean time stay positive. It's FRIDAY!!!




This is a song from her band "She & Him"




From "Failure to Launch". Love this character.

Blackbird Fly

Why this name?

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes
and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to be free
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly.
Blackbird fly
Into the light
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Because it is one of the most beautiful songs ever created, that's why.
Seriously. If you are ever doubting yourself or fail to see the beauty of the things around you just play this song. It will open your eyes.


This song means so much to me. It kind of opens your eyes and makes you realize that you cannot wait around for life to begin. That no matter what you have been through, good or bad, the clock continues to tic and life goes on. "Take these sunken eyes and learn to see. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free." In my mind it's all about flying. Its all about living. It's beautiful.

P.S. I'm thinking of possibly getting a little blackbird tattoo. As in an outline of a blackbird. Very small. Still contemplating, but it has been on my mind.