Mad Men

"It's a business of sadists and masochists, and you know which one you are." 

Color your Life.........

The world is full of color

Lose sight, you'll see in black and white.

.... Its up to you to see the beauty in life. 

"I would like to turn the whole world orange for a moment, just for a moment" - Edie Sedgwick

Listen.

The bittersweet between my teeth 

Trying to find the in-between 

Fall back in love eventually 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah 

The Mix Tapes

I know I've blogged about this before, but I truly believe in the power and magic of music. 


I am creating two mix tapes one friend punch drunk in love and another for someone who lost the love of their life. 


Selecting the songs I wanted each to be perfect, to inspire them and make them happy. The selections I found had to be so particular, I wanted to make my one friend so happy and feel good about being in love and young and filled with life. The other mix tape, I wanted each song to be happy and full of life and not a reminder of pain or sadness.


All of these songs are very special to me in different ways. I decided to share my Mix Tapes so maybe if your reading this, you too can enjoy some of the music that colors my life. 


Mix Tape for Love
According to Columbus-  A Skylit Drive
Big Light- Roman Candle
A Heartbeat - Roman Candle
Remembering Sunday - All Time Low  
Walking On a Dream - Empire of the Sun
The '59 Sound -The Gaslight Anthem
I'll Catch You -The Get Up Kids
14 Candles - Plushgun
Where Does the Good Go -Tegan and Sara
Absinthe Party At the Fly Honey Warehouse -Minus the Bear
Tearjerker Fenix Tx
Apology -Alesana


A Mix Tape to Smile
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
Song Away - Hockey
Kids - MGMT - 44
The '59 Sound -The Gaslight Anthem
Miles Davis & the Cool - The Gaslight Anthem
Too Fake - Hockey -
Just Impolite - Plushgun
Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
Electric Feel -MGMT
Rabbit Heart - Florence + The Machine
Flux -Bloc Party
Whirring -The Joy Formidable
Cradle -The Joy Formidable
Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
The Purple Bottle - Animal Collective 

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Through hardships to the stars
These words are powerful and bring meaning, truth, and hope to many lives.  I soon found that many others were inspired the same way I was. Some of the best examples are below. 

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

 And when things start to happen,

don't worry.  Don't stew.

Just go right along.

You'll start happening too.

 OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

 You'll be on your way up!

You'll be seeing great sights!

You'll join the high fliers

who soar to high heights

 Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!

There are points to be scored.  there are games to be won.

And the magical things you can do with that ball

will make you the winning-est winner of all.

Fame!  You'll be famous as famous can be,

with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Oh, the Places You'll Go.

You open my eyes to the world, Ohh all the places we will go. 

Change is the only constant in all of science

Listen. Joy Formidable.

Books to Read

Boys and Girls Like You and Me - Aryn Kyle

I'm Not Myself These Days - Josh Kilmer - Purcell

"She found a person who made her feel safe and pretty and peaceful, and wasn't that more than a lot of people had?" - Economics  


I told her it is. 

Words to live by...

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand and without them any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.


Claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals.

Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey has been quoted as  one of music’s most deadly secret weapons. The real talent behind the big names, She was a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who has contributed to records for Eminem and Rihanna (“Love the Way You Lie”), T.I. and Christina Aguilera (“Castle Walls”), Diddy-Dirty Money (“Coming Home”), and Dr. Dre and Eminem (“I Need a Doctor”).

"To me, New York was Jackson Pollock sipping vodka and dripping paint onto a raw canvas." - Edie Sedgwick

"To thine own self be true"

I find this to be the most important and inspirational quote in existence.

If I didn't find quote tattoos so cliche, perhaps it would be on my body. 

Native American cultures have made the seagull a symbol of the care-free attitude, and of versatility and freedom..

Art of the Street

I've always been memorized by street art.
This piece in particular I found and instantly fell in love with it.
Later, it was purchased by the Hotel Ganzevoort in the Meat Packing District, NYC.

Moans Of Passion, Lack Of Trust.

The root cause of all insanity is lack of trust.

Don't feed the models, balloons must carry them away.

Your arms are the very structure of what I call home.


              The sound of your heart is the sweetest serenade.


I cannot describe how beautiful it is,
to feel the very thing that keeps you alive beat against my chest.

I am thankful....

For having the feeling that I finally got it right.

11.19.09

When we spoke my soul had a sigh of relief it said, "there you are, I've been searching for you." 

A hero is not defined by an event or his cape but the impact of his actions on the life of another

When the whole world comes down on my shoulders

You're always there to save me

My strength and eyes to see clarity.

Know that you are the epitome of love

in the depths of my heart, the glow in my soul.

Beautifully Acoustic

Deserving the world she takes a breathe
and settles for what is in front of her
for the sake of not loosing what she so tightly holds onto

The Jack-o-Lantern

The perfect one is picked and taken home.

Then its carved to smile
though its insides are gone.
Give it little fire and it illuminates the night.
It can only take the heat so long with nothing left inside
Slowly disintegrating as the fire dies.

Looking at life through a new perspective

"Disappointment is the Universes way of preventing you from selling yourself short"

A simple quote that in my opinion can change one's life. Many times we let disappointment get the best of us causing stress, hurting one's self-esteem, and the like. The thing is disappointment is inevitable since we are part of a human race that is imperfect and therefore bound to make mistakes which effect ourselves and others. But when you look at it from this perspective I find that it offers hope. When you don't get what you want and you find yourself disappointed instead of letting it get the best of you.. see it in a positive light. There are better things coming your way, not getting what you want is protecting you from selling yourself short.

Calm your mind, excercise your body, express your love, have impeccable style.

Quote for thought:

"The quickest way to receive love is to give. The fastest way to lose love is to hold too tightly; The best way to keep love is to give it wings."

Strength. Ideas. Music.

"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. "- George Eliot


Not only is the author of this quote an inspiration, SHE is also a radical role model. In order to have her work accepted in a male dominant society and to escape the stereotypical ideals that women only are capable of writing lighthearted romances in the 1800’s Mary Anne Evans took a male pen name.

Back to the quote, I think she describes the power and importance of music brilliantly. For me music has the ability to drastically change a mood, an opinion, even one’s life. As she says it, life is simple when you have music.

Listen. Song of the week.

"I feel so numb to see this bitter end of beautiful illusions... would this be the same"

Introverted extrovert

She thought it was classic.
He made her feel alive
With each lingering embrace she quickly went from an introvert to a gregarious luminary.
But the flux made her poignant
Made her question her situation
left with the decision to be alone and certain
or accompanied and ambiguous.

Food For the Taste

Initially when I thought about Indian food, I thought it was going to be nothing less than an unpleasant meal. Swallowing my stereotypical ideals, I tried a range of Indian food. To my surprise the chicken had more flavor than any BBQ’d chicken I have tasted (even though I stopped eating meat a year ago I made an exception – when in “India” right). The vegetables were seasoned deliciously, having a little flavor and spice, but nothing too exuberant. Also, the perfect accomplice to this unique food is Indian beer. A glass of Taj Mahal went perfectly with the food, as it cleansed the palette and allowed you to experience the full flavor of each dish. Stepping out of the norm and having a unique dining experience is definitely something I recommend trying, to say the least you can feel a little cultured.

Quote for thought.

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." - Wayne Dyer

Truly inspiring, really think about it, try it out. You may find that you like the change in your attitude as well as others.

Words for Thought

Maybe its selfish to think ecstasy should exist
But maybe we shouldn't settle for less than constant bliss
The best kind of love doesn't change your essence,
it enhances your soul.