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there isn’t much i need to say about this video. it speaks for itself. take twenty minutes to watch this if you already haven’t, because i promise you it’s worth it.
the pursuit of happiness
21 Tuesday May 2013
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daily inspiration
17 Friday May 2013
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american, blogging, clare vivier, classic, fashion, inspiration, leather, leopard, new york, outfit inspiration, style
i am back in good ol’ new york, and finally i feel like i can sleep! while unpacking my room i have also been preparing for a new job, so it’s been nothing short of busy. not to mention i injured my hand so it is currently wrapped in a little cast, making typing not too easy. once my room is done (i’ll post about it) i can finally feel settled in. one of the upsides of coming home is feeling like you don’t have to dress up, basically it’s okay to live in workout pants and t-shirts. i’ve realized i need to break this pattern and fast, so here are some outfits i am absolutely loving. (this also took me forever to type, i miss my fully functioning hand) 
it is what it is.
05 Sunday May 2013
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coming up with a blog post is not always easy to do. whenever i do get an idea i’ll write it down right away, but most of the time i don’t have a set way of doing things. one of my biggest inspirations does come from photos. at one time i will have multiple photos splayed across my desktop, grouped into little clusters, just waiting to be picked. the tricky part is deciding what to write about them. at the same time it happens to be the best part, because that’s where i get my prime ramblings that usually end up being something. i mean yesterday i went from instagram to harry potter… i didn’t even mean to make that connection and i just did. if anything, my life in lipstick has taught me that things happen… life happens. you can’t always plan everything out, sometimes you just have to just wait and see what’s in store. i guess the photos i’ve chosen are an example of that. they may be similar in color tone (to some extent), but they just happen to be of things i love, or like, or wish to see one day. together they have meaning, and while it may not be completely planned out, as anything goes in life, it’s what you make of it. 
don’t you forget about me
01 Wednesday May 2013
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on monday i had my last class of sophomore year. my LAST class!! see, i’m the kind of person who freaks out about these kinds of things. i get emotional and reflect on the whole entire year, then begin to wonder where the time went, and then the endless cycle has begun. the good thing is that before i let my life become a whirlwind of feelings and emotions i remember that i do have finals and studying needs to occur. so as i sit here and write this post, i’m also in the process of making my roman archaeology study guide. oddly enough i am looking forward to this test (if that’s possible), but it’s because i actually love the class. it doesn’t help that i have don’t you forget about me playing on pandora and all i want to do is watch the breakfast club. (i know you guys would want to do the same) so maybe i should focus right now, which i swear i will, but in one of my final classes the other day we received some advice from one of my favorite professors. i realized i went off track all the way up to this point, but i feel like my ramblings somehow connect to each other by the end of my posts. it was something that was right up my alley, as my friends proceeded to point out while i copied down everything she said word for word. when she was speaking i thought to myself this is exactly how i feel, and i admit (not like it’s hard to) i love inspirational quotes and sayings so i wanted to pass it on. thank you professor thompson!!
on happiness: “remember that happiness is not what happens when we become a success at something. happiness is the ability to appreciate fully who you are, what you have, and life the way it is now.”
i carry your heart
18 Thursday Apr 2013
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“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)”
― e.e. cummings
**shoutout to my favorite poem of all time** (plus a bunch of irrelevant pictures)
quote me
08 Monday Apr 2013
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today is one of those days where i am seriously stressing. i shouldn’t be doing a post on here because i should be dedicating all time to studying, but i’m posting this during a class (so it’s okay!). anyway tonight is the night of my final finance midterm. i am beginning to freak out, but if i pretend i’m all good maybe i actually will be. something i have been doing is saving pictures of quotes i love and today is the day i need to look at them. so here they are for all of you! i hope they give you the sense of calm that i am so desperately seeking… (but really)
food for thought.
25 Monday Mar 2013
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hate, hate crime, imagine, john lennon, love, peace, violence
sometimes we need to get real. we need to realize that while we are making progress, there are things in this world that still need to be changed. yesterday i read a story about a british teenager who was made fun of and set on fire at a party, because of his sexuality. literally, he was set on fire. how do people do that? how does this happen? many things confuse me about humanity and why people do the things they do. there is so much evil out there, but if you pay attention there is good too, and i honestly believe that things can change and will change. i don’t know if this is some kind of naiveté or a hopeless state of hope, but we’ve changed in the past for the better, and although history does have a way of repeating itself, sometimes tradition needs to be broken.
start spreading the news
20 Wednesday Feb 2013
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architecture, new york, new york city, soho, the strand, times square, travel, zara
this past weekend my girlfriends and i slipped away to new york for the weekend before the upcoming hell week known as midterms. after multiple arrival times (some getting in closer to 1 am on saturday morning), we all trekked into the city, pulling off a gracefulness i didn’t know was possible… if you noted any sarcasm in the last sentence, you’re correct, i felt like a bag lady. either way, this past weekend was one of the best of my life. we traveled the whole entire city, visiting beloved new york spots, got a taste of new york night life (which won’t be mentioned here, other than the fact that nicknames were made due to our nightlife experiences), stuffed ourselves with food, and shopped only a little bit, i swear! one thing i did appreciate was being able to experience true winter weather, bone-biting cold and all, but i can’t say that my west coast and southern friends felt the same, especially after “losing” their coats a.k.a they were stolen. so in typical cheesy fashion, in the words of frank sinatra “it’s up to you, new york, new york”, and after this weekend i congratulate you new york on fulfilling your duty as the greatest city in the world.
love is in the air
14 Thursday Feb 2013
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so today is that special day… valentine’s day, and everywhere i go i am reminded of that. from my instagram, to facebook, or even just seeing lovebirds flitting about campus, so in love they just can’t even handle it. this year though, i happen to have a man in my life. yes i do, and i happen to be wearing his shirt today. i don’t want to reveal too much detail, but i guess i will share this: he’s a player for the new york knicks. yes, my man happens to be carmelo anthony. clearly this is a total joke, but love is about dreaming, and clearly that’s what i’m doing. i will wear my shirt loud and proud today, and as cliched as it sounds, celebrate myself and the friends i love and care for. (and maybe walk around campus listening to love in this club by usher, because clearly that’s what life is all about…)
february fever
05 Tuesday Feb 2013
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if you follow my blog regularly or happen to know me in real life, you’d know that i tend to obsess over little details. so when i tell you this next little quirk about myself, please try not to judge too hard… i plan out my computer backgrounds according to month/color scheme/feelings, etc. i admitted it, it’s out there, i can’t take it back. now i know it seems a bit crazy, but i love putting the photos together and having a new montage every month. friends will look at it and say it looks cool, i tell them i put it together really quickly, but little did they know i may have been storing photos for weeks. i won’t say any more on this topic, but enjoy february’s photos (and maybe share some of your quirks with me too.. i promise you won’t look as crazy as me).
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