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business

lately i’ve found that sometime’s other people’s business is not your business to tell. 

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one hundred love sonnets:xvii

“…i love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. i love you directly without problems or pride; i love you like this because i don’t know any other way to love. except in this form in which i am not nor are you, so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, so close that your eyes close with my dreams.”-pablo neruda

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the key.

“read the directions & directly you will be directed in the right direction.”-alice in wonderland”

ah,precisely. 

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fashion.

this past year, i have been quite obsessed with some fashion blogs. i race home daily to check & see if these bloggers have updated their site.

some of my favorites include:

http://friendinfashion.blogspot.com/

http://thistimetomorrow-krystal.blogspot.com/

http://orchidgrey.blogspot.com/

http://chicheroin.blogspot.com/

http://am-lul.blogspot.com/

hope someone else can view these blogs & become as obsessed as i am!

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” - Coco Chanel 

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manic tuesday.

i would totally expect certain events to happen on monday, but tuesday? no, never! i usually get to work around 7:15 to 7:30. however, this morning i was awaken by the sound of my boyfriends ring tone. i thought to myself, “why is he calling at 6 in the morning?!”

much to my dismay, the clock read “9:31.”- i immediately freaked out & rejected his call to call my boss. my boss is very understanding & said it was no big deal, just to come in whenever i got ready. luckily for me, i usually work 4.5 hours on wednesday. i will be able to work my 4.5 hours today now.

i know it’s really not that big of a deal considering that it’s summer & not a lot is going on in the office. but, i just HATE being late, especially to work. it’s so embarrassing!

don’t you hate days when your day is off-track from the get-go?

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musical obsessions.

ever since i was a little brown-headed/blue-eyed girl, i have always had music playing continually in the background. i was lucky enough to have parents that loved music. therefore, music was always made available in my home. as you can imagine, living with 4 brothers & 2 parents, there was a variety of musical geniuses that we had the pleasure of listening to. 

some of my first loves included musicians such as:

elton john

america

the judds (come on, they were pretty legit in their early years)

counting crows (yes, i was 5 or 6 years old)

bob seger

the beatles

the eagles

the list could really go for miles. i believe that music is such an awesome tool that we, as humans, can take advantage of however we feel moved/led to. a song has the power to make you happy & dance, or cry from sadness or realization that someone is singing everything that you feel inside.

some of my latest musical obsessions include…

grace potter & the nocturnals

kings of leon (always & forever)

the band

band of skulls

ryan adams

bob dylan

my morning jacket 

the black keys

i’ll leave you with this clever/brutally honest lyric from the black keys that i sometimes feel like my significant other would say about me…

“i wanted love, but not for myself, but for the girl…so she could love herself.”

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i carry your heart.

i carry your heart with me
(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it
(anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate
(for you are my fate, my sweet)
i want no world
(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant 
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

-e.e. cummings

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the dog lady.

most of my friends & family will agree to the fact that i am not a dog person. when i was a wee little girl, i received a nasty bite near my mouth from a ferocious little dog.  ever since the tragic incident, i have steered clear from dogs & even other animals. i detested the thought of an animal stepping anywhere near my territory. 

well..on october 24, 2009 (the wonderful birth of myself), i was given this cute, little bitty bundle of joy. insert, oscar: a.k.a, oscar meyer or oscar roberts. 

my youngest brother found him at the local animal shelter, & surprised me for my birthday. everyone was shocked of the news that i was now a dog owner. remarks like “you don’t even like dogs!” were made multiple times. i must confess, when my brother handed over this little boy, i was at a loss for words. i wondered how this new relationship between dog/owner was going to work. 

enter 10 months later…

needless to say, this dog has made me a changed woman. i treat him as if he is just the greatest dog ever presented to the world. he rules my life, and i dote on him pretty much all day/everyday. my boyfriend would like to take credit for this change, but i really must admit that it’s clearly the dog himself. i now look at other dogs & find myself wanting to keep them. this little oscar is a true miracle worker. 

“i talk to him when i’m lonesome like; and im sure he understands.  when he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but i never say naught thereat.  for the good lord knows i can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.  ~w. dayton wedgefarth