I AM MUSIC!

Ah, another blog post dedicated to music.

I love music! I wish I could play an instrument but it seems all I've got - for now - is my voice. There's something very freeing about music. I kind of get lost in my own world when I have my headphones on and i'm listening to random tracks on my ipod. Quite loudly too! I think music is the one thing I've always been in love with - we've always had the simplest of relationships :)

It's funny - whenever i'm thinking through my day or random life situations, it's like I have an on-going soundtrack. There's always a song in the very back of my mind. LoL! Yea, I agree - I'm weird...but I love it! The song lyrics don't always have to do with my current state of mind but the tone of each song - the instrumentals perhaps - reflect my state of mind... most times. So the songs that would skip on my ipod - if it was possible for mp3s to skip - would be (in no particular order) :

1) P!nk - I Don't Believe You
2) Jay-Z, TI, Kanye & Weezy - Swagga Like Us
3) Kanye - Love Lockdown
4) Santogold - You'll Find A Way
5) Santogold - Shove It
6) Dbanj - Fall In Love
7) Robin Thicke - Everything I Can't Have
8) Roots - You Got Me
9) P!nk - Glitter In The Air
10) Paul McCartney - This Never Happened Before

... I'm sure I could add some more to that list but I guess that's my top ten for November. I'm sure there'll be more to add soonest...can't wait!

I don't quite get myself these days BUT I have peace of mind. Go Figure!

Until next post... it's over and out!

xoxo

I AM MUSIC!

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Last Sunday...

It's Sunday...the end of the week and coincidentally, the end of November! This was supposed to be my month of "getting shit done" but alas, it's over...and i feel super-unaccomplished. Not good! The month just passed me by and I have NO CLUE where it went! It's the last day of the week, and the last day of the month and typically, I'd want to laze about and do absolutely nothing after Church...but I feel like I need to hide in a corner with books and things and just achieve eeevery last thing I was supposed to take care of all month. Arrgh!

Ok, let's see.... what went wrong where?!
1.) Now, I was supposed to have taken my Candidacy exam by the end of this month (i.e the schedule I had in my mind) but alas, I didn't get the list of people on my Committee (dude's that determine if i'm out/in after the exam) until this past week, and it's already three weeks to the end of the semester. Apparently, I need to give 'em a month's notice...meaning the exam is now - yes, you guessed right - next semester!!! So i'm gonna go home and plaaay for Christmas break and take my exam as soon as i get back! How bloody Charming!

2.) Research - that's actually going OKAY at the moment. I just got kinda lazy in the past week but i'm gonna bury myself in work for the next few weeks left in this semester. Let it not be said that I wasted a whole semester playing with Matlab. *blank stare*

3.) Life - life is good! At least I think so...and that's all that really counts :)

You see that picture up there... I feel like that's how life should be at all times.

Happy Sunday! Here's to a great month ahead!!!

xoxo

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It's Turkey Day!

I'm thankful for my life...for every single day...for every moment... for my loved ones... and for every second/third/fourth...billionth chance God has given me in life. I'm thankful for every dissapointment turned blessing! I'm thankful for every blessing I never knew I needed or even had. I'm thankful for every great thing that's yet to come.


Happy Turkey Day Y'all!!!


xoxo ;)

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I love Droopy D. Lol!

This is what a PhD does y'all! Run!!!!

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" I am nobody...

Nobody is Perfect...

Therefore, I must be perfect!"

-Unknown

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Just because...

It's nice to pretend that I'm multilingual every once in a while... saying words I don't really understand in other languages...just 'cause! Today, I decided to look up "I love you" in other languages. Here are the ones i think sound sweet:

Hausa: Ina sonki
Albanian: Te dua
Spanish: Te amo
Italian: Ti amo
Portuguese: Eu te amo
Tagalog: Mahal kita
Persian: Tora dost daram
Kiswahili: Nakupenda
French: Je t'aime

I think they all roll off the tongue rather nicely...even if you don't have the accent full down...

Now, there are some languages that "I love you" sounds/reads rather harshly... for example:

Hungarian: Szeretlek te'ged
German: Ich liebe Dich
Bavarian: I mog di narrisch gern
Welsh: 'Rwy'n dy garu di

Ouuuch!

Don't mind me though.... I guess when you're hearing those words from the right person, they sound great however it is that they're said. But, if you're saying those words and you're not quiiiite sure just yet about the other person, stick to English or one of the kinder languages!

xoxo ;)

Here's what I've been up to....

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It's November Already?!?!

Doing my happy dance :)

I think this picture pretty much sums up what most of my semester's been like...aside from the random moments where i'm pulling my hair out because my research isn't quite working out...

It's been a good day... good week... I guess i've come to the realization that there are things I can't really change, but there are ways to make "difficult" situations much more bearable...

step 1: pray!... follow prayer clues for step 2 ;)

October was a FABULOUS month... but November's reared its head and now I must return to the life of a Real PhD Student!!

I STILL can't believe it's November already!!!

Wow... He Baracked the US!

Congratulations to Senator (soon to be sworn in President) Obama! I guess he really is Superman!

Niiiceee.....!

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lady sings the blues...but dares to hope ;)

I'm a punk...i come to realize this every once in a while. I've got the blues... So, i sit here with my hot cup of tea, smoking an imaginary cigarette and thinking through my life as Pearl Bailey sings Bluegrass on the radio...but, I digress...

Earlier today, I walked past Obama's book - The Audacity of Hope - and i thought to myself ~ what a brilliant title! To have real hope requires a certain measure of gutts (audacity, if you may). Hope defies logic and looks past the imaginary lines drawn for us by ourselves and our surroundings. To hope, is to be unreasonable sometimes...almost seemingly insane in some situations. But hope is only the beginning... you don't hope and wait....you hope and ACT accordingly towards your dream. Nothing's really impossible - some things are foolish though...so to hope foolishly never really got anyone anywhere (Or maybe it did...i'll have to get back to you with stats on that :p )

Ok, I guess i'll revise what i said and go with this - most things aren't impossible, they're just difficult ~ or seemingly difficult, whilst you're going through 'em. Without hope...without a dream, you never really move past the difficulties/obstacles that are placed in your path. These obstacles test your dreams and your determination to achieve 'em. Without hope, life is mundane and monotonous and you lose your true self to the person you're told you are.

Live, love life, dare to hope, dare to dream... life's too short to live any differently...