Despicable Me 2

Adorable! If you enjoyed the first movie then you should love this one! The villains are not the focus of this one. It is more of a redemption story. Gru (voice by Steve Carell) is no longer and evil villain trying to steal the moon or take things. He know is a happy father to Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher), and Edith (Dana Gaier). This Anti-villain task for ask Gru to join them but even in this task force to take down villains they may have their own agenda.
Gru works with Lucy (Kristen Wiig) to watch the workers in this shopping center to catch the bad guy. There is a Mexican restaurant owned by Eduardo who Gru is convinced is El Macho. However the Anti-villain says they have the guy. But then why are his minions being taken? Gru does not notice this because he is not as focused on being home, or the jam they were making. His trusty sidekick Dr. Nefario (Russel Brand) has missed doing evil and leaves him.
What he did not know was the evil planning was with El Macho and they are taking the minions and turning them into evil killers! They are indestructible. Of course there needs to be an epic battle between Gru and El Macho. Good verses evil is always a good match up.
Be ready to smile, giggle, feel slightly sad, but overall entertained.

Make up

I have green eyes and have stuck mainly to using purple and browns for my make up. I have been wanting to get to know more ways of doing my make up because I am simply getting bored and want to try new things. I found this amazing site on Youtube for doing eyes with plum colors, a different way then how I do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVM2BWhoswY

Generation

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I used to think that each generation was one in the same. In a sense it is but now I am realizing it truly is not. I feel so bad for my generation and younger. They do not know the social disconnect we all share. When our friend is sitting right next to us we will text and have our own private conversation. Why not talk to them?! They are next to you. But oh goodness our others friends that are there which we are suppose to be hanging out with are sitting there and we don't want them to know what we are talking about.

I will admit I am guilty of this crime too. I will be with friends and something with come up and I want to share it so I text that one person. My other friends might want to know too. They could even enjoy what was going on around us. However I keep them out. Why? We are all guilty of this and it has gotten to a point of being normal. How is this a normal behavior? We loss empathy for people. We loss the joy others can give us. We loss our creativity. Those are crimes in which we cannot go back.

We have all scene it. When was the last time an original movie came out? One that was not made from a copy of a book, copy a cartoon, redone a movie, or had a new storyline? Everyday is a new day but we continue to live in the past. There have been a few books that have changed and written what we have not read before. When I look at books now I see a new memoir written about a celebrities life.

The classics are in the back of Barns and Nobles while the celebrity memoir is up front. Are people going to buy books that have been around for years that will change their life? Or grab and "easy read" about a celebrity that is all over the magazines, but we don't know the truth about what really happens in their life. It is a memoir. Read a classic Keep those a live.

I will start reading the books I have heard so much about but have not read because I hear of these other stories and I finish them quickly. I will read through the list of books my Creative Writing professor has given me:

Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

Tuesday's with Morrie Mitch Albom

Note found in a bottle Susan Cheever

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life J.M. Coetzee

Colored People:A Memoir. Henry Louis Gates

The Shadow Man Mary Gordon

Daddy We Hardly Knew you Germaine Greer

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Marya Hornbacher

All Souls: A family story from Southie Michael Patrick MacDonald

Are You Somebody Nuala O'Faolain

Dubliners (Stories) James Joyce

The Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad

Dangling Man Saul Bellow

Seize the Day Saul Bellow

Ravelstein Saul Bellow

The old man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

The Sun also Rises Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway

A Separate Peace John Knowles

Slaughter House Five Kurt Vonnegut

The Color Purple Alice Walker

Jazz Toni Morrison Beloved Toni Morrison

Sula Toni Morrison A Mercry Toni Morrison

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri (Stories)

Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri (Stories)

The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Book of Evidence John Banville

The Death of Artemio Cruz Carlos

Fuentes Mrs. Dalloway Virginia

Woolf Light in August William Faulkner

Sanctuary William Faulkner

Native Son Richard Wright

The Invisible Man Ralph Waldo Ellison

The Fifth Child Doris Lessing

Love Medicine Louise Erdrich

Tracks Louise Erdrich

Love in the Ruins Walker Percy

The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez

Love in the time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck

The Dark John McGahern

Slow Man J. M. Coetzee

Disgrace J. M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee

I will Read this list. I will continue to add on stories. Though I will add on these books, my reflection. If any other book stand out to you which I should read please comment. I hope that you also feel incline to read a book. Reading gives us knowledge, creativity, and can bring new friendships.

Let us get our generation involved, social, creative, and gain knowledge.

- Seeking Originality

After first thinking of this topic I have spoken to two friends who share my opinion.

Hit & Run

Dax Shepard does an amazing job in this film. He directed, wrote, and starred in this film. It has a smart sense of humor with a story line. I was entertained by the story of having to rush off for Annie Bean (Kristine Bell) to make her job interview in LA. Although she has this momentous opportunity that is career and life changing, Charles Bronson (Dax Shepard) Annie boyfriend's past gets in the way of making this an easy trip. Alex Dmitri (Bradley Cooper), Neve (Joy Bryant) were Charles crime buddies, Alex went to jail and Neve used to be his fiance. They find out where Charles is thanks to Annie's ex boyfriend Gil (Michael Rosenbaum) who still believe that him and Annie belonged together. This doesn't end the crazy train, Charles witness protection officer Sanders (David Koechner).
This crazy train doesn't end here. First Sanders is introduced by him getting out of his car that's not parked, it heads down then road and he's chasing after it shooting his gun. The neighbor kids are playing in the front yard and his mini van almost runs them over. This just introduces you to the ridiculousness you're about to experience. If you liked Fast and Furious you would enjoy this. Combine that with Dukes of Hazard, well at least those are the only movie combinations that I could possibly think as a combination for this.
Writing, directing, and staring in this movie wasn't a terrible idea or job. The cast seemed like closet friend. Kristen Bell - fiance, Joy Bryant - co-stare and wife of show Parenthood, now where Michale, Dax, and David came from they could be other connections to being in the same industry. It's good to have friends that can help when it comes time to bringing a project to life.

Man of Steel

First I must admit that I saw this movie twice. TWICE! I cannot give it a proper review because each time I was distracted while watching it. Well hello, Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) is easy on the eyes but that wasn't it. There was just so much happening with the history and the length of the film that my second time watching it I fell a sleep. I don't fall asleep during movies so this wasn't a normal thing. Granted this could have been from the exhaustion of crazy life happening but still, I am saying there is a bias going into this review.
Sharing all that I will say it was generally a good movie. Could things have been taken out? Yes. Where there too many story lines going on? Yes. So, this story could have been made into two movies. On one hand was the history of who Superman man was and where he came from. This wasn't the first movie ever made though. I think that is why the writer David Goyer believed there needed to be the villain of General Zod (Michael Shannon). The villain was helpful because it was apart of the story of where he came from and connecting Clark to his original home.
Great, we have a connection of his previous world and Earth... Sound familiar? THOR.. cough cough. For you avid comic book fans you can tell me if I am wrong but I don't know the Superman story and his origins and all that so this all seemed to fit under the present Marvel franchise. Which good for them and creating all this head way. I am a Marvel fan, I enjoyed Spiderman (all four), Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and Hulk. Well I haven't seen the remake but I did enjoy them so I am in no way trying to put them down. Although it is become clear that this happens to be a franchise.
I must give credit to Lois Lane, I think Amy Adams gave her more of that stronger women persona. Granted it is a strong 21st women. Which don't get me wrong I love a strong woman but I think we are over shadowing men a little too much and they are being seen as having no back bone in the world by television, movies, and ad. It's a little much for me. They wonder why woman can't find a man, stop putting them in such a light of being weak, all I'm say.
Now I will stop with rants and basically with this movie, I am sure you will end up seeing this at some point with friends who are Marvel fans. There was nothing too crazy or outstanding. It could have been shortened or broken into two movies rather than having two strong story lines overlapping like they did. Of course there is an ending that just shows this is not going to be the last Superman, which I cannot complain.

Honeymoon Killers Critique

Already feeling like your going to die a lone, this movie just propels that feeling. Fear of Marriage? Concerned about going to Match.com cause you’d meet a serial killer? Well, this movie just add those two fears. Director and writer Leonard Kastle takes Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) a victim of Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) to be a lover, partner, and killer. Yes, that did escalated quickly.

Martha is terrifying. She has an over barring mother who wants her to get married so she begins exchanging letter with Ray Fernandez who his mother set her up with on this letter exchange. Martha falls fast and hard. It’s easy to see this might be the first man to ever show any interest. When Ray goes back to his home after they meet the first week end she constantly calls him and wants to see him. SUPER needed! However Ray stays with her and they move in together. Ray wants to continue his day job though. Martha joins with as his sister.

Let’s reflex on this twisted idea for a second. Yes, I will go along with you to get close to this lonely women with money, manipulate them, and take convince them to give you their money for a marriage blessing. She becomes almost a driving force in the scenarios. Sure Ray is the one actually leading them on, but she’s crazy. If I haven’t made that point clear lets have this scene show it. Warning it’s a spoiler. The second women that Martha and Ray travel to leaves by the water. The scene starts with Martha being left to shore while Ray goes swimming with the women. Ray is slightly flirting with the girl, but this is job correct? Martha can’t handle so throws a tantrum and goes in past where she can swim. Martha almost drowns before Ray comes out and rescues her. When they reach a point where they both can stand they have a tender moment, a little too tender for siblings.

The women is obviously uncomfortable and that ends that moment. Even with all this dysfunctional relationship, lying, stealing, and manipulation Ray and Martha dearly care for one another. It is one example of a loving relationship. Do I recommend it? No.

This film is based on a true story. Does is seem to exploit the relationship of the couple? No. To be direct about it at least. The writer was telling this story as it happened focusing on the relationship between Ray and Martha. Without showing it from the perspective of Martha you would not have been able to pity her like you did. The moments where she whined and threw tantrums you would just want to hit her. She’s an adult. However the story begins with showing her life and you feel bad for her. Ray is seen as a bad guy you can’t stand. Ray’s a jerk basically.

As the relationship continues you see they both do really love each other. It’s a little strange but they are both there for each other and the other person comes first in their life. It is sweet to see. Although the moment that was too much to handle would be the ending when they used Myrtle Young (Marilyn Chris). She was the sweetest old lady. Martha bullied her and Ray pushed her to sign her $10,000 over to him. Myrtle become concerned about this and starts thinking correcting and can’t sleep because of not know where her checks are or why she signed them over to a man she just meet the day before.

Martha cannot handle Martha and tells her to stop but the situation escalates. Ray comes up in the commotion and it adds to Martha’s hysteria. Ray tells Martha to kill Myrtle. Martha does! The next they are cleaning up the crime scene and it just seems like a normal day. It’s amazing how that scene wasn’t the most horrifying. The final scene is them going to see Myrtle’s daughter and her family! That scene is what showed the sadistic attitude of the characters. It’s unnerving to see that these characters where not simply made up in the writers mind. Ray and Martha were real people who did this. Oh the chills!

Sassy Pants Critique

Thinking by the title the this movie could be a witty movie or some girl with an attitude. Nope. It’s a story about an under appreciated girl within her family. Forget about the witty part. All families have their dysfunctional parts to them. I believe that is a given. It is a relatable thing. However this movie takes too many levels of dysfunctional parts to a family to make it believable. There is a gay father living with his love, over protective and extremely controling mother, divorced parents, crazy grandma, and teens who do not know how to properly socialize.

Writer and director Coley Sohn seemed to be reaching for a lot within the narrative of this movie. It could have been away that he dealt with his own life. Whatever the reason it seemed like he needed to deal with something and this was his way of doing it.

This first scene opens to this girl in pink sheet, with pink pajamas, going to get dressed for the day in her closet, which is full of pink clothes. The girl, Bethany Pruit (Ashley Rickards) has an mother who is extremely over protective, it is more like a prison. Within the first half hour the extreme controlling side of the mother and rebelling of the daughter is shown. It’s not even a big thing, it’s a dress for her homeschooling graduation. Bethany picks a sexy red dress while the mother forces this pink very childish dress. The forcefulness of the mother goes to show that this is not a mother/daughter bonding time, it is to get a dress the mother picks and leave.

The mother played by Anna Gunn constantly keeps tabs on all the children moments, has them home schooled, does not let them have contact with other children, and is one massive guilt trip. The father played by Diedrich Bader is even more of child, running away from the mother, turning gay and proud.

Bethany wants out of her trapped life. One night she goes to a party with her neighbor and her mother goes to the party and forces her to come home. Bethany has had enough of her mother so sneaks out of her house to go live with her father and his lover Chip, played by Haley Joel Osment. The couple has a party hard mentality and are the extreme opposite of living with her mother.

There is no learning point to this movie. A girl is trapped by her mother, then trapped with her father. Even through all this and not really coming off as being hard working but a plan Jane who just starts designing clothes, she works retail to learn more, and even applies to a fashion college. Her mother finally finds where she is and guilts her to come home saying her grandmother is dying. Bethany return home, works for a local shop to design and the only sane one in the whole movie is the “dying” grandmother who light s cigarette while on oxygen so the mother needs to care for her.

The camera followed Bethany through out this movie. She was the focus. There was no wide shots to see the multiple characters and get more in their head. Had the story followed a wide screen setting, showing the multiple characters, this movie would have been better at showing the screwed up world this family created for itself. It stayed with natural lighting look because it mainly was inside of a house or in a store. Very rarely were the characters shown outside.

The characters rarely moved around the set. The where given one spot they stayed in. Once scene was Bethany talking with her coworker at the mall, Brianna (Shanna Collins) and she was talking about stealing the clothes because they deserve it and also trapping her boyfriend into getting her pregnant so they couldn’t break up. This is one of the few times that a low camera angle is used. It is as if to confuse the audience rather than looking down at them in judgement we are below them. What they are say is “right”.

The camera is never above the characters. It is either at eye level or a low angel. If there was an over view it was Bethany looking out her window at her neighbor Hector (Rene Rosado). That keeps perspective of Bethany though.

This movie still has potential though. Yes, the crazy mother and grandmother dynamic was well done. That is not the thing that fully gets me, but Bethany gets me. She is the main character to this movie, the driving force. She has no drive, nothing really propelling her forward. Does she seem to have a focus on fashion and want to go to school? Yes. But there seems to be no inner passion with her. Till the end. Bethany has been working at the local boutique making a decent amount of money and trying to save enough to get to school. When she losses her job because the boss does not want the focus and all his profits going to Bethany she’s upset. That’s not the kicker (spoiler) her mother stole her money! 

Correct not only is the mother over protective, guilt trips her kids, does not let them grow up and have a life, but she’s a thief. This throws Bethany over the edge and her grandmother is the one to give words of wisdom. Basically it’s your life, you can’t keep blaming your mother or be trapped in it. There comes a point in time where you need to take ownership of your own life.

The movie has a good message but the slow pace with not completely developed characters makes this movie fall short.

True Romance Critic

Bring on the bright colors, sex, violence that makes up the collaboration between director Tony Scott and writer Quentin Tarantino. True Romance is the love story between Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). Clarence works at video game shop and Alabama is a hooker. Alabama is set up with Clarence by a Clarence’s boss and after spending the night together they fall for each other and get married.

All of Alabama’s stuff is at her pimps house so Clarence goes to get it. In the process he ends up taking the wrong suitcase that is filled with cocaine. This cocaine belong to Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walker) and he searches for the couple and ends up in Hollywood. Clarence is using his friend Dick (Michael Rapaport) connections to sell the cocaine and get a Hollywood Agent, Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubinek) to buy it. However Vincenzo is not the only person looking for Clarence. He left behind his ID at the crime scene so the cops are after him as well.

Through one scene Alabama is being beaten by one of Vincenzo’s men and Clarence is talking about a comic book with a stranger. This new style is not a typical Tony Scott film but it’s not the style or shooting that makes this. This could be debatable but passing the time with pop culture references, violent scenes, and over lapping story lines of humor mixed with violence. It’s finding humor in the violence that takes away from the gore that the viewer just experienced. What else could be expected when the main characters is influenced and driven by Elvis.

Middle of Nowhere

The title gives this movie justice, Middle of Nowhere. The town is mentioned but you are not told what state this story is taking place. Grace Berry played by Eva Amurri Martino (Saved, That’s My Boy) is a local who lives with her sister Taylor Elizabeth Berry (played by Willa Holland appeared in Arrow, Gossip Girl) and Rhonda Berry (played by Susan Sarandon appeared in Cloud Atlas, That’s My Boy). Grace is trying to get loans to pay for college but thanks to her irresponsible mother and using her name to open up credit cards, Grace is screwed. She returns to her summer job of being a lifeguard at the local water park where she meets Dorian Spitz (Anton Yelchin, Charlie Bartlett, Star Trek) who is a rich kid who has been sent to his uncles to get his life on track.

The movie begins with a preview of Dorian Spitz life over lapping with Grace Berry. A rich boy whose given everything and doesn’t appreciate it, with a hard working girl whose trying to pay for school on her own but can’t due to her mom opening up credit cards in her name with a debt of $37,000. Both end up working at the local water park where Dorian works to befriend Grace for use of her car to buy drugs. Dorian offers this opportunity for her to get a piece of the profit to pay for school. Grace ends up in this business with Dorian which begins the family inner look to a family dysfunctional life losing a father to suicide, self absorbed mother, and a younger sister whose lost that’s held together by the stable Grace.

This films plays out like we are a friend coming along with these characters. Your not imposing on their life. Your asked to be there. If you’ve enjoyed movies like Charlie Bartlett, Saved, then Middle of Nowhere is up your alley. Life doesn’t go as you played and there is a fair line between right and wrong. It’s whether you choose to change from your path of doing wrong and do the right thing.

Fight Club

I am going to start this review with the disclaimer that I was told the ending twist before seeing Fight Club. However, the drama kept my attention and threw me for continuous loops. The movie takes place in the present day when it was filmed in 1999 in a city which is on the outskirts and a bad neighborhood. The story in driven by the inner monolog of Edward Norton’s character by his voice over narration. Edward Norton’s (Moonrise Kingdom) character wakes up on a plane on his way home and Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt (Oceans Eleven), is now sitting next to him. These two characters enter into a dysfunctional friendship. In between these two dysfunctional friendship is Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows), who has a sexual relationship with Tyler.

The movie opens up to Edward Norton’s character barely sleeping because he is an insomniac. He’s unable to sleep because he is emotionless. To over this issues he goes to support groups and gets addict. This is where he meets Marla Singer, who is also a support group addict. This is the first relationship shown with the narrator. People do not seem to get close to the narrator. Tyler he meets after Marla and becomes his closest friend, even though he appeared next to him when he woke up on the plane. Tyler lets the narrator stay with him when his apartment blows up and they start fight club. It was in a parking lot where Tyler ask him to hit him as hard as he can and they start fighting. Men come to gather and watch and then ultimately join and be apart of fight club to feel alive again.

One of the members from the support groups, that the narrator went to, becomes a member of fight club. His name is Bobby, played by Meat Loaf (The Rockey Horroe Picture Show), he had testicular cancer and with the two of them confiding in one another they had a genuine bond. Marla and Tyler’s connections to the narrator had it’s dysfunctional side but with Bobby he was his one true friend that - spoiler sorry - when he is killed and the men are saying to just bury him in the garden. Bobby is evidence and the men did not want the police to find him, the narrator says that is wrong and he’s a person. He begins screaming out his name Robert Paulson, which all the men begin chanting. They come off as brainwashed saying that in fight club they don’t have an identity but in death they do.

Fight club brought men together in a way that Tyler liked to say was a near life experience. That doing their daily life, that is where they were dying, but at fight club they were alive. The narrator breaks it down by showing him encountering another fighter and the voice over says that outside of fight club they do not acknowledge one another. At a restaurant the server is another fighter and they do not interact beside looking at one another. Fight club is the release.

Fight club seems to give the narrator confidence in his life at work. He is first shown as a timid character that does as he’s told and does not stand up or speak for himself. Then, as the movie carries on he begins to have a psychological break down. For example in one moment where the fighters are given a mission to start a fight with a totally stranger, he starts one with himself in his bosses office. He’s covered in blood and making it seem as those his boss had just beaten him.

As the story line begins to unfold he becomes paranoid of those around him. Tyler is leaving the narrator out of his plans. He is now replaced as Tyler’s second hand in fight club by one of the recruits. A second segment of the fight club begins. He is not told about what going on with the group. None of the members will give him information which adds to his paranoia.

The filming angles of this movie works to add to the paranoia going on in the film and the twist to make this movie get in the viewers head. This movie’s story line is created to make you think. With the camera’s fast cuts back and forth between Tyler and the narrator speaking gives the speed to interaction pulling you into the story. When his paranoia begins to be extreme it makes the viewer almost uncomfortable by Tyler. In one scene where Marla is over and the narrator begins to have an honest conversation with her, he is distracted by this noise Tyler is making down stairs. Marla is shown behind the narrator making her appear insignificant. The angle on Tyler is almost eye level even though he is at the bottom of the stairs he takes up most of the screen. He is shown to be the stronger voice and the one in power. Many shots of Tyler is as if he’s the main focus when the narrator, who is doing the voice over and the story is told from his perspective, his made small. The narrator is not given many close ups and the camera is generally a wider view when showing him.

The casting for this movie was well selected. The acting of Edward Norton and his relationship with Helena Bonham Carter’s character was dysfunctionally splendid. Their relationship starts off as being a love hate relationship. Edward Norton shows pure hatred for Carter’s character telling her his hatred for her because she was posing as a fake victim in these groups, just like he was. The two split up their groups but Carter does not keep up her side of the bargain which leads her to reaching out to Norton’s character. In this plea to see him she talks about how she’s going to kill herself. Tyler  then takes over the situation beginning a sexual relationship. This twisted love triangle adds to the confusion but well constructed story of Fight Club. Are they friends, do they care about each other, or is Carter the crazy one? This relationship is a small piece to this complex story that the director David Fincher, writers Chuck Palahniuk (who wrote the novel) and Jim Uhls (screenplay) weaved together.

Disclaimer for if you choose to watch this movie, do with an open mind. There is vulgarity, foul language, sex, and violence. Besides all that the story line, characters, and well done filming will keep your attention. Even with being told the ending I looked for flaws in the story line and there were some, but not enough to make the story fall apart. One thing that irked me was how Tyler first showed up on the plane. That was not believable for me. Norton’s character falls asleep with a women there, and wakes up and suddenly Tyler is there, they have the same briefcase, and he’s the extreme opposite personality of the narrator. Even with this flaw the rest of the story plays out to make that scene become an over laps to make Tyler so real and believable. The more confused Norton’s character gets and confused as to what is happening in his life, as are you. The twist to this movie were unpredictable. Sure it is not perfect. However even if the big twist is revealed, the way it is revealed is well done.

CHANGED!

Hey all! So I stopped using the section of my blog because I thought everyone has an opinion on something and simply having a page called opinions that is vague. I could write about literally ANYTHING! This page did not have a clear voice. It was just here for anything. Well now that is going to change. This semester I am in a film criticism class. I love film whether it is old, new, indie, foreign, the one I cannot do is horror! That you will never see a review done on this page.
I kid not. I scare myself with someone just coming behind me saying hi. I don't need to sit through a tow hour long movie to add on more things. I do like thrillers so sometimes that can be a hard line when they turn to more of a horror then thriller. If that makes any sense.
Now before I get completely side track, movies! Yes I wish to turn my movie observation to a higher purpose then simply being a fan and wanting a movie, but to have a voice of what I have watched. If you ever have a suggestion please pass it on!

Ending

I wish I could keep this page but most of my thought I have begun sharing on Twitter, tumblr, or I simply journal them. I have written this to that you who have checked it out. However this page will find it's way into cyber space and be lost. I have you enjoy my writings, poems, and photography :)

Sincerely,
Seeking Originality!

Hangover Part II

For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last two years there is an epic move called The Hangover. You should probably go check it out! I am sure you will begin quoting things as soon as it is over and have a massive urge to go out with your friends. Well you will love Alan, and who doesn't love Bradley Cooper, like seriously he is such a talented actor and he went to Georgetown so you know he has a brain. Well any who after watching the first one, go and check out the trailer for the Hangover Part II. That's right there is now going to be a epic second one! This is my little rant, go check out the Hangover, and then go to the Hangover Part II!

Marriage

It may seem strange for a girl who is only twenty years old to be thinking about this but it has been on my mind lately. I have a lot of guy friends but simply because I get a long with them. My Christian friends have all expressed a want to get married young. So they have there friends but meet girls to see if they would date them. While I say I wont get married till I'm 30 because I want to make it clear I want make it clear let us be friends, get to know each other, and then see where this all goes. Doesn't that make sense. I have had a strong opinion about wanting to wait with marriage, get my education (which I still do want) then get a career, live on my own, and get a very solid independence. Which now I have been rethinking because marriage is a partnership and we need to work together.
Why become so solid on my own? That will only bring issues to my marriage. Get married at any age! You found someone I think that is great!

City

For those of who do not live by a city or at least a major one, let me fill you in on a little something. I am amazed by those who have grow up by them and do not know how to blend in with the people and to not stand out for the people on the street! I am seriously amazed. The weekend I went into the city twice, well I should say the city was New York City. Sorry for me it is "the city", we forget others out there exist. The second night I had gone it was smooth however one person did not know to not speak to those who talk to everyone on the street or you'll be trapped in awkwardness of turning them down, for them following you for blocks. Well this one friend would engage in conversation. So we were followed, thank God we were in Time Square at this point so the following couldn't last with all the crowds of people. Then on our way to see the Rockefellar Tree, she gets stopped and has someone draw her photo. Mind you she stopped being at the end of the pack so we are calling her and she is ignoring the calls. We are thinking the worse. Then she finally answers and asked why we were calling.
Anyway just a message from experience think of who you are going with before going. Tis all. Merry Christmas!

Charities

I am reaching out for some serious help. I am trying for this years christmas to instead of giving my family gifts I am going to donate the money I would have instead spent on a present, as a gift to someone else in need. Now how many more things do we seriously need? With a gift it something we are given and try and find something for it. I know that I think sometimes my life I need something else and so on. However I am truly blessed. I have a roof over my head, a car, job, and am getting an education. Some don't have all of that or any of that. What do I have to complain about? I have been looking up charities and so far these are the ones sticking out to me:
Baal Dan Charities
American Red Cross
Invisible Children
These are ones that I have found so far. I am not cut off to any. I am new to finding an organization. Right now I am in the mind set of a well know organization to be used as a gift. However I would also like to find a charity to donate to ever month. Please share or let me know which one would be best.

Retail

Where would we be without the world of retail? I have given my time for the past two years of working retail. It is amazing how one person could really make a difference of your experience. No one could not where clothes. Well some due but not exactly the latest fashion. Shoppers only see the deals that they are receiving or the prices. Not all the work behind the scenes. My old store would not open up until 10 am. However I don't believe you see us arriving at 5 am and already having works a full shift by the time you come to shop. Or the wonderful displays how much thought goes behind the littlest thing. The company sends out a photo of what they think would be best but not every store is designed the same way or have all the tables or things need in each display so we have to figure out how each things will go.
Anyways. That being said. Next time when you enter a store, treat the people there kindly. Sure we are there to serve you, but not to be your bitch. I cannot believe the amount of times people throw clothes my way, demanded things, or questioned my intelligence. I am sorry but we cannot give you deals on everything and it is not the employees faults. We do not make the rules. If you have an issues with the prices or sales, shop somewhere else, or don't try and have us do something we cannot to loss our job because you do not want to pay the price. Now that is my issues with shoppers.
Management. Take the stick out of your ass. Simply because you are a manager and are trapped in the life you made for yourself do not take it out on your employees. You only loss them. Some are chill because they have other things in their life. It is good. Retail is not for everyone. But for those of you "lifers" enjoy it. I will move along with my life leaving you behind.

Sorry this blog is a rant from leaving my job of two years, where in the end I was truly disrespected and was treated truly unfairly. I don't like being back in the corner. Nor being treated as if I am unintelligent and my character being called into question. I did my job and did it better then most. So such it.

ST. Ives

This is a wonderful face wash! No lie. I have used face washed that have either left my face feeling oily throughout the day or way too dry. But now on their website they have a skin profiler which helped me out so much. It gave me a few that would would and a moisturizer. I have been using the new Green Tea face wash with the Timeless moisturizer. Then four times a week I supplement the Green Tea Face Wash with the Apricot scrub. It is so light weight and just great and easy to travel with. I am not one for skin regimen. I am simply lazy. But this is easy enough and when I skip out I don't feel my skin bugging out or have a sudden reaction so missing it once it not a major thing. They also have product for it you don't daily wash your face to use. But now I wash my face night and morning. I really recommend it so go check it out!

Give and Get is Here!

Give and Get is Here!: "Enjoy 30% off from November 11-14 at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy plus we'll make a 5% donation to a non-profit."

Sweaters

What is better than when it starts to get cooler outside to put on that sweater that makes you look amazing? Not only do you look amazing but it is comfortable and keeps you warm! Since I work in retail I tend to see the sweater in a lot of different displays and people trying them on in fitting rooms. I think a simple jean and sweater would be great but there is so much more. Depending on the type you could layer it with scarves, leggings, boots, hats, etc. I don't know if it is because I very simple with my clothing choices and where I work they love to do the layer pieces. But lets get real here, the reason why all fashion trendy and retail places want you to layer, is so they more money out of you. That aside some outfits can truly be made better with layer pieces. Whatever your fashion sense just think to add something and it will take your outfit from simple, to adorable.
When you want to just through on a tee shirt, through out the day you could get cold, or ladies you can feel this, a little "showy". Grab a cardigan instead of wishing you did. Even an open one that is a great cut for your legs and one you could pull in tight to keep you warm. Rather than being to tight you want to take it off. Honestly size does not matter. Being a size 0 doesn't happen for everyone. You have hips and a bone there preventing you from getting the jeans on, not fat. Or you were blessed with an awesome add. Isn't it better getting clothes that fit you, make you look better, and feel great? Or is size what matters and have those size 0 that cling to you all day, giving you a muffin top, and makes it unbearable to sit better? Be happy with what you have, because no one should ask for you size if you look amazing.