Well I feel like I'm lost in time
Watching the world go by
Everything looks the same
Tired of playing games
It's been getting me down
I know what I need, what I need
California sun
California sun
California sun is calling, is calling me
Now I don't know what I'll find
Just want to get in the car and drive
It's time to escape the shade
Been living too long this way
It's getting me down
I know what I need, what I need
California sun
California sun
California sun is calling, is calling me
Leave my worries behind
Start a new life
Where no one knows me
It's just what I need
California sun (12 times)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
My New Origami Crane Tattoo!
I chose the origami crane tattoo as a symbol that inspires creativity. You can fold a square sheet of paper into any shape you want, giving it form and dimension. Something so simple and seemingly uninteresting may be transformed, with the help of your imagination, into something beautiful and meaningful. Folding a crane takes time, patience, and understanding, qualities that are also required in order to transform one’s life.
Legend says that anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will have their wish come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of this legend, and because of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as an infant, and it took its inevitable toll on her health. By the time she was twelve in 1955, she was dying of leukemia. Hearing the legend, she decided to fold one thousand origami cranes so that she could live. However, when she saw that the other children in her ward were dying, she realized that she would not survive and wished instead for world peace and an end to suffering.
My best friend has the same tattoo symbol, different design. :)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Personal Reinvention 2010
My new life in California is well underway. This calls for a personal reinvention…
1. Stop complaining. Think more positively.
2. Get fit. Get back into yoga.
3. Get out of debt. Pay off my credit card and then curb credit card use.
4. Get organized. Keep my room and office neat.
5. Learn a new trade. Something that can parlay into a side job. Something like photography.
6. Plan small vacations. Explore the west coast.
7. Plan a big vacation for Fall/Winter 2010. Peru, anyone?
8. Buy a new feathered friend.
9. Volunteer.
10. Update my look to suit my new lifestyle. Hair, wardrobe, etc.
11. Ride a bike.
12. Learn something new. Maybe take a class in cooking, painting, boxing, Italian.
13. Talk to strangers. Make new friends more often.
14. Spend more time with friends. Less time on Facebook, Twitter, Crackberry.
15. Keep in touch with family and friends. Better yet, convince them to move to the west side. :)
1. Stop complaining. Think more positively.
2. Get fit. Get back into yoga.
3. Get out of debt. Pay off my credit card and then curb credit card use.
4. Get organized. Keep my room and office neat.
5. Learn a new trade. Something that can parlay into a side job. Something like photography.
6. Plan small vacations. Explore the west coast.
7. Plan a big vacation for Fall/Winter 2010. Peru, anyone?
8. Buy a new feathered friend.
9. Volunteer.
10. Update my look to suit my new lifestyle. Hair, wardrobe, etc.
11. Ride a bike.
12. Learn something new. Maybe take a class in cooking, painting, boxing, Italian.
13. Talk to strangers. Make new friends more often.
14. Spend more time with friends. Less time on Facebook, Twitter, Crackberry.
15. Keep in touch with family and friends. Better yet, convince them to move to the west side. :)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010
This year I... (in no particular order)
Turned 26.
Got a new tattoo on my wrist.
Rocked a faux hawk.
Dyed my hair purple.
Got dumped.
Had my heart broken in the worst way.
Had my palm read and was told I had a love curse.
Lost my job.
Was homeless.
Hit rock bottom.
Moved back in with my parents.
Bonded with my mother like never before.
Lived in DC part time.
Made the most of being funemployed.
Saw my first broadway musical.
Saw one of my favorite bands in concert (Incubus).
Witnessed a Brady to Moss pass completion in FedEx field.
Reunited with my extended family for the first time since I was 3.
Traveled the Philippines for 3 weeks.
Dove 12 meters into the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean.
Ascended and peeked into the crater of a volcano.
Attended a wedding in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Watched fireworks over the Niagara Falls, Canada.
Experienced Chicago for the first time.
Visited Philly 3 times.
Relaunched my design portfolio.
Landed a dream job in California.
Entered a limbo contest and won first place.
Got my driver's license for the first time.
Converted to a smartphone for the first time.
Modeled for a hair and fashion show.
Partied my ass off.
Had a memorable summer.
Shifted social circles.
Met some great people.
In 2010 I am...
Starting over in Calfornia.
Going to miss everyone.
Turned 26.
Got a new tattoo on my wrist.
Rocked a faux hawk.
Dyed my hair purple.
Got dumped.
Had my heart broken in the worst way.
Had my palm read and was told I had a love curse.
Lost my job.
Was homeless.
Hit rock bottom.
Moved back in with my parents.
Bonded with my mother like never before.
Lived in DC part time.
Made the most of being funemployed.
Saw my first broadway musical.
Saw one of my favorite bands in concert (Incubus).
Witnessed a Brady to Moss pass completion in FedEx field.
Reunited with my extended family for the first time since I was 3.
Traveled the Philippines for 3 weeks.
Dove 12 meters into the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean.
Ascended and peeked into the crater of a volcano.
Attended a wedding in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Watched fireworks over the Niagara Falls, Canada.
Experienced Chicago for the first time.
Visited Philly 3 times.
Relaunched my design portfolio.
Landed a dream job in California.
Entered a limbo contest and won first place.
Got my driver's license for the first time.
Converted to a smartphone for the first time.
Modeled for a hair and fashion show.
Partied my ass off.
Had a memorable summer.
Shifted social circles.
Met some great people.
In 2010 I am...
Starting over in Calfornia.
Going to miss everyone.
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