Dear Taylor Momsen,

I respect the whole dark and brooding, crazy rocker chick thing, but please take my advice; the Raccoon eye makeup didn't look good on me when I was in high school, and it doesn't look good on you either.
Thanks,
S.

Color Quiz

I just took this quiz and it's kind of eerie how accurate it is considering all you are doing is picking color boxes...

results below. :)

Your Existing Situation

"Is lazy when it comes to further herself or her career and lacks the ambition to change things. Does not like to put to much effort into things, except sexual activity. she would rather feel comfort and security, than success."

Your Stress Sources

Feeling empty and isolated from others and trying to bridge the gap between herself and others. Wants to live life to the fullest and experience as much as possible. she cannot stand any restrictions or obstacles put in her way and only longs to be free.

Your Restrained Characteristics

Emotionally distant even from those closest to her.

"Feels she is not receiving her fair share and is unable to rely on anyone for support or sympathy. she keeps her emotions bottled up, leaving her quick to take offense to small things. she tries to make the best of her situation."

"Feels trapped in a helpless situation and is desperately seeking relief. she is able to find pleasure and happiness in sexual activity, as long as there is not a lot of conflict or emotional difficulty."

Current events leave her feeling forced into compromise in order to avoid being cut off from affection or future cooperation.

Your Desired Objective

"Feels stressed due to her current situation or relationships, and needs to make changes. Looking for a solution that will increase her chances of fulfilling her current hopes and dreams."

Your Actual Problem

"Feeling held back and restricted from moving forward, looking for a solution that will give her more freedom and less obstacles."

Your Actual Problem #2

"Fears she will be held back from achieving things she really wants, leading her to search endlessly for satisfaction and become involved in activities which are pointless."

Louis

The classic struggle of head versus heart

I love the simpsons...

Changes

The end of the semester is quickly approaching, which for me means I am one semester away from graduation, finally. I am, all at once, excited and petrified at the concept of school ending, because for the past four years this has been my safety net, but it has also felt like the noose around my neck. Being in school means that I am working around 40-60 hours a week but only getting paid for 20-25 of those hours. This means that I don't have enough time to work to make enough money to pay for school. One of the things I am excited about is finally being free of the obligation to attend classes and complete assignments. I have experienced life in the grown up world and am not scared of it. I would take working 40-60 hours a week to attending school full time and working part time any day of the week. At least then I am making money one hundred percent of the time instead of only half the time.
Thinking about after school, I am not really so sure about the idea of entering into a career directly after I graduate. I don't necessarily feel ready to find "my calling" or "the job I am going to have for the rest of my life" or at least for a loooong time. I feel more like floating along for a little while. I have always wanted to travel, but school has made that impossible. My plans for after I graduate are to work my ass off for the summer so that I can afford to go to Burning Man with a good friend of mine...and then afterwards will probably look into joining the Peace Corps. I feel like exploring, getting into trouble and discovering what life has to offer beyond this school, this state. I want to be awesome, and have amazing stories to tell the world. We will see, and as they say every journey starts with a single step, and the time to take the first step is approaching faster than I had ever imagined.

Pet it and set it free

Spacehog - In the Meantime (Music Video)

Let It Be - Across The Universe - Carol Woods And Timothy T

John Mayer - Free Fallin'

Ray Lamontagne- "Empty"

This man, has got to be one the most extraordinary musicians of my time.

Manuel Rebello

Here are some beautiful illustrations I stumbled across.










Trendland.net Manuel Rebello

Lomography, A world through a plastic lens...

I know Lomography has gotten a bad rep for being artsy fartsy and pretentious thanks to hipsters, but before then Lomographic photography was a look into the recent past. It was the filter through which I viewed my parents as young adults when flipping through their albums and for me invokes nostalgia about the 70's and 80's;  Here are some of my favorite shots curteousy of www.lomography.com 

Part of me wants to believe this whole heartedly, but it fails to take into account the fact that one may have been smiling for the wrong reasons. Ignorance is the bliss of fools.

cont...

In the process of fine tuning my blog and working out the kinks I am fixing this post. Originally the post was too long and as a result overlapped the footer below and looked trashy, so in lieu of determining the reason why the formatting won't contain the text within the blog post, I am just posting the rest of the article here, with a link to the actual article below.

http://ourreallifebysam.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-administration-this-week-said.html

This is a repost from the LA times about proposition 19, which is a piece of legislation that proposes the legalization of marijuana for the state of California. The federal government vows to enforce national marijuana laws regardless of whether the majority of California citizens want it to be legalized. this to me is wrong because it displays a failure of the basic principle of the purpose of government. "for the people by the people." the government exists to enforce laws that a collective group of people agree should be enforced. but what happens when something is illegal regardless of the feelings of the voters? well I believe that the interests of the constituents will shine through. It seems completely unnecessary to enforce a law in a state where no one thinks that law should be enforced. and lets get one thing straight here, anti-marijuana and anti-drug laws are not the same at all as other, more generally accepted laws like the illegality of Rape and murder. Drug abuse should be considered a public health issue, and not a legal issue. specifically, I think the states should decide what drugs to regulate and which ones to keep illegal. and when you are talking about something that is proven to be less dangerous than taking an Advil, the argument becomes even more relevant. there would be a major burden taken off of the tax payers and local and federal law enforcement if marijuana were legalized because of the reduction in incarceration and arrest of non-violent offenders. it would also generate several million dollars in revenue for the country and would not pose a serious threat whatsoever.

Holiday season

They are starting to play christmas music everywhere. 0.o it is that time of the year. I have always had mixed feelings about christmas time. I love that it brings people together but hate the snow and the shopping and the obligations of gift giving. If it seems odd that I am talking about christmas before thanksgiving then perhaps you have not watched television for the past few years haha.

"Weed cures headaches by making you forget you have a head." ^___^

everytime I see one half of a couple do something nice for the other half, I feel a little stab at my heart. Why can't I find a good man? Why can't I get someone to care that much about me? :(

Black man loves Pokemon

hahahaha omg this is hilarious.

Not feeling so hot today. Like, slightly off my game. ever had one of those days where everyone annoys the fuck out of you? Yeah, today's kind of like that. Walking through the halls of the "Union" thing on campus just makes me want to punch everyone in the face. I want to ask, "Why are you walking so slow!? don't you have shit to do? no? well I fuckin do! so move!"
ugh.