long overdue musical suggestions.

So it has been WAY too long since I have last added some musical suggestion so the blogsy. So here goes nothing.

Artist: The tallest man on earth. (Not seriously, just the name of the artist.)
What is it? Folky goodness.
How does it make me feel? Like I need to buy a banjo and learn to write songs.


Artist: Willy Mason
What is it? make a difference music.
How does it make me feel? Like I need to go out into the world and make a difference in the world.
P.S. If you look back a few posts, I posted a song of his (lyrics only). That songs says it all really.


Song: Rock, salt and nails
What is it?: Pure, bluegrassy goodness
How does it make me feel? Like love sucks and that I never want to be in a relationship again, (but in the best way you could ever imagine.)
P.S. The song was written by a songwriter by the name of Utah Phillips and performed first by Steve Young. But many, many artists have covered and do cover this song.

mi vacacione.

Last year was my first time to experience the Florida Keys. After my college graduation, my mother decided to take the whole family down to the keys and camp for a week. Well, I can honestly say it is one of my favorite places now. With clear blue carribean-like waters, white sandy beaches, tons of marine life to see and most importantly, WARM SUN, you really can't beat it if you are looking for a beach vacation.

Bahia Honda state park is our camping destination. But we venture out of the state park daily to do snorkeling, kayaking, diving (if you are my sister and her boyfriend), renting boats, and even checking out of the local eateries, shops, etc. It is also about an hour drive from key west (where the southern most point of the US is). Key west is a VERY cool, hip little town with lots of cool things to get into. We are hoping with the recent devistating oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, the keys won't be affected. knock on wood. Here are some pictures just to make you extremely jealous. :)

Willy Mason.

Willy Mason, musician-songwriter, is the writer of my latest song obsession. This song makes me want to be better. And make a difference. In everything. Thanks, Willy.

OXYGEN
by: Willy Mason

I wanna be better than oxygen, So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin, For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v. For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs, If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry, As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance, Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

I wanna see through all the lies of society, To the reality, happiness is at stake
I wanna hold up my head with dignity, Proud of a life where to give means more than to take
I wan't to live beyond the modern mentality. Where paper is all that you're really taught to create
Do you remember the forgotten America? Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy, Make up and hair to the truth behind every face
That look around to all the people you see, How many of them are happy and free?
I know it sounds like a dream, But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
I know it's hard to believe, But it's easy to see that something here isn't rightI know the future looks dark, But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

If i'm afraid to catch a dream, I weave your baskets and I'll float them down the river stream
Each one i weave with words i speak to carry love to your relief.

I wanna be better than oxygen, So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin, For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v., For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs, If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry, As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance, Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew

braids.

I love braids. I have kept my hair fairly short for a while now making it impossible to braid it into beautiful, long, braids. However, I have been telling myself for a while now that I cannot get the hair cut again so I can have beautiful braids. Well, my hair is officially long enough and I'm loving it. Here is a wonderful dedication to all the amazing hair and braids in the world.

summer projects.

1. I have an outrageously large jar of buttons at my house. I need to figure out something crafty/cute to do with these buttons. Ideas?





2. Buy a Holga camera and take ridiculously cool pictures.









MORE TO COME.

fashion goodness.

I spend the majority of my 4-hour office workday blogging. Whether it be adding to my blog, (which has been semi uninspiring lately), or looking at TONS of other amazing, fantastical fashion/cooking/crafty/amazingartsyness blogs, I do it... for a good 4 hours daily.

This being said, I really need to work on making my blog a bit more interesting. My absolute favorite blogs to look at are the vintage fashion blogs. I heart all things vintage and own lots of things vintage. I really just need to start taking more time on the material in my posts- not just surfing the web and sharing things with everyone that they can go find on their own.

As I brainstorm on ideas, everything will continue to be the same old, same old. However, if anyone has any great crafty/artsy/musical/creative/semi-nontimeconsuming things I could post about, comment PLEASE! I am a lady of endless interests and love to try new things. Throw something my way.

adulthood.

I just want to be a kid again.

In the last year of my life, I have reached the scary place known as adulthood. I pay all of my own bills. I have 4 jobs. I go to bed before midnight EVERY night. I have the energy of an 80-year-old woman when I get to the end of my days.

I don't like it.

When you are young, you want to be grown. When you are grown, you want to be young. Why is it that we can never be happy where we are in life? I am going to make a determined effort to start living in the moment. There is nothing but the present, after all.