knock knock?

Is it? I feel like sometimes you get lots of opportunities everyday...you just need to realize that they are in fact opportunities. How do you realize that? Oy, its scary to think how if you aren't paying attention, you might miss it. Its too much to worry about...just keep your eyes open and hope for the best!
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Its all in the name

I sat down the other night to watch September Issue. In case you are unaware of this film, it is a documentary about the coveted September issue of Vogue magazine. They deem this issue the "fashion bible" and it's the start of the fall fashion scene. If you know me, you know that I am a purse fanatic. It all started with Louis Vuitton, then Coach, throw some Dolce & Gabbana in the mix, and now Gucci. I was a Label whore. I can't wear the clothes, so the purses were the only thing that I could own that would show I liked labels....until this film. The film did nothing wrong, I didn't learn anything extraordinary that I didn't know before. What did happen, however, is all of a sudden my mind opened up and realized that fashion=a bunch of people sitting around a table dictating an agenda. Editors, designers, Corporate goons alike...they all decide what the "it" things will be, and somehow we all blindly take it and go, yes that IS amazing, I love that, I must own it. Now, after this "epiphany" I don't even want to be apart of it. I want to buy things because I like them not because 5 months ago a group of people decided so.

Is this what we call growing up...and thinking for yourself? damn.

We are the World?

There comes a time

When we head a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

And it's time to lend a hand to life

The greatest gift of all

We can't go on pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of God's great big family

And the truth, you know love is all we need



We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me



Send them your heart

So they'll know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stone to bread

So we all must lend a helping hand



We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me



When you're down and out

There seems no hope at all

But if you just believe

There's no way we can fall

Well, well, well, well, let us realize

That a change will only come

When we stand together as one



We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

What do you think of the We are the World remake? The people involved in this song are so random. Vince Vaughn, really? I love me some Vince Vaughn, trust that. He is an ACTOR. Also...I realize that Wyclef is Haitian and this remake was technically for Haiti relief, but his added vibrato thing that he did is really bizarre to me and throws off the whole song. I will say, however, that regardless of the auto tune (don't get me started on auto tune...if you need it, you shouldn't be recording it!) and the weird picks of people who are representatives of our "world", it still invokes the same feelings that I had when the first one came out. The lyrics, the harmonies, the feelings behind it all. I still love what the song meant and still means. I hope that it lives on and not just for Haiti.

love & all that jazz

I am not a big fan of Valentines Day. Don't get me wrong,

I am all for telling someone you love them...I just feel like you should've already been doing that. You don't need a special day to show someone you love them! I'm guilty of falling into the trap of the day...I think we've all fallen victim to it a time or two.

I do miss having someone (besides my family) tell me how much they love me. I miss the special touch that only that one person provided. I miss the tender kisses and holding hands. I still love this person very much...but they have moved on and are happy. I miss being the one that put the smile on her face.

Have a Happy Valentines day! Make sure you tell all the people in your life how much you love them....but not just tomorrow. Do it everyday.

snowmaggedon

Well I've been stuck in the house for 15 hours now. This is cabin fever at it's best. We have about 30 inches outside which won't be melting until June.

Aside from the mass shoveling that will need to take place tomorrow, I'd like to get out and walk through the neighborhood and take some pictures. The snow is beautiful! It's really wet and heavy, so all the trees branches are hanging low.

I am supposed to work tomorrow night but my neighborhood hasn't even seen a plow...so we will see if I get out. I think I may just go to bed...I cannot possibly watch any more TV.

Fun @ the movies

My friend Jon and I playing around with a cardboard movie poster. Yup...I saw avatar again. I still love it. I am currently watching the Grammy's. Pink was amazing. The Michael Jackson tribute was amazing. Taylor Swift...um, pumpkin you sounded bad! Oh yea, the green day performance with the broadway cast of american idiot was great!
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what a week!

Can you believe January is almost over? I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this year....slow your roll please!

A couple highlights from the week.

Wednesday: President Obama delivered the State of Union address. I think he is an amazing speaker. I think it's so ridiculous that the Republican party sat during many of the statements he made. It's disrespectful, actually. I get the partisanship and all that...but bottom line, the very root of why those people are in that room is to take care of the American people. I have to hope that at some point, that's the reason why they entered into politics. I think at some point, the vision gets skewed and what starts as a way to make a difference turns into an agenda. It's not ok. President Obama actually said it best when he said:

"We were sent here to serve our citizens...not our ambitions"

I was also happy to hear him discuss the Don't ask don't tell policy. I know he's spoken about that before and hasn't done anything about it...so I hope he makes that effective this year. There is no reason why the policy needs to be in effect.

Thursday: J.D. Salinger passed away. I'm not going to sit here and and say how he affected my life...I never had to read Catcher in the Rye (what was wrong with my high school?!?). It did affect lots of people, however so it deems a mention. I found this quote on another blog that really interesting. Enough to say...hmm, perhaps I should read this classic novel. R.I.P sir.

"Many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them--if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry."

- J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye

Friday: A new friend that I've met through work turned 21 (yes...21...dear god, I turned 21 eleven years ago!) and invited me to his celebration. 20 of us boarded a grey hound turned party bus (yes, seriously...this thing has been gutted and turned into a party on wheels. Bathroom, kitchen, couches, swivel chairs. It's was pretty cool) and we ventured into DC to 3 different gay clubs. I rarely go out...I generally don't like clubs. I like to be able to have a conversation, and in a club, that's not easy to do! It was a tad awkward at first because I only knew a couple people. Once the liquid confidence starting taking affect, I was ok. I don't know what was with me, but I danced like a crazy person! I am generally the one that will dance a little, but sticks to the sidelines. Not this time! I was dragging people out on the dance floor. My ass was grabbed lots of times...but it was by gay men, so it doesn't really mean anything ;) All was well until the very end of the night when a guy coming out of the last club told me I had performed well that night. I said, what?? He thought I was a drag queen! My god, I wanted to crawl in a hole. Now, I know that by that point (it's was 2:30am) I probably looked pretty rough...but seriously?!? I don't look like a man that's dressed as a woman.

Needless to say, I had a blast! I will say that I was very sore this morning. Aside from the lovely hangover, my body felt like I had been through boot camp. I guess I had, disco gay boot camp!

Today is has snowed all day. It's been kind of nice to be stuck in the house and not go anywhere while I lounge this hangover away.

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My other baby, dolce. He LOVES laying in sinks...he is such a weirdo! He is spoiled, he gets a a towel that stays in there so he isn't cold!
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icy toes

brrrr....I've been so cold today. I have nothing really that interesting to talk about, so I will just post these amazing winter photographs I've collected. I did not take these, fyi, I just think they are awesome! Enjoy. I'm going to go wrap myself in a blanket :)

Holocaust Museum

I took my cousin Brandon (15) to the Holocaust Museum. Neither of us have been, so he was off school and we decided to go.

I was in a constant state of sadness/anger while I was reading through the exhibits. I just can't understand how the world allowed this to happen? How was Hitler able to make people believe these things? How could anyone hate another human being so much that they would do the things that they did? Amongst all of the powerful exhibts, the ones that affected me the most were:

The Shoes:

Just a simple pile of shoes...but more powerful than anything else. I think the power is IN the silence. I just stood there looking at all the different shoes, and kept imagining the people that had worn them. What their stories were, who their families were...etc.

Cattle Car:

Obviously the train that transported the Jews to the camps. You get to walk through a train car. I stood there for a few minutes and tried to imagine what they must've thought as they were crammed in there. How do you just become ok with your circumstances when they are obviously dire?







There were many more...but these were very visual reminders.

I leave you with this quote from Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and Auschwitz survivor

Never Shall I forget that night, the

first night in camp, which has turned

my life into one long night, seven times

cursed and seven times sealed. Never

shall I forget the little faces of the children,

whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths

of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

Never shall I forget those flames which

consumed my faith forever.

Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence

which deprived me, for all eternity, of the

desire to live. Never shall I forget those

moments which murdered my God and my

soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never

shall I forget these things, even if I am

condemned to live as long as God himself.

Never.