JAMAICA: 6/20 - 6/27.

We landed in Kingston,
drove across the island all the way to Negril,
making one stop in Mandeville,
all in our van...
This is our journey.

THE REST OF THE PHOTOS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greeds/sets/72157620567796969/

VIDEOS:

Tarzans. from GREEDS on Vimeo.

The boys on the zip line at YS Falls.

Leaving Jamaica. ;\ from GREEDS on Vimeo.

The four of us on the plane before leaving Kingston.

We had such a great time.
Jamaica is beautiful.
Hope you enjoy the pics and vids.
:)

STADIUM LOVE.

Metric concert in Philly on June 19th.
They were absolutely amazing.
I can't wait for them to tour the States again.
Hopefully in the future, I'll be able to catch them in NY.
Love them.

In Jamaica until June 27th.

Ciao, babydolls.

FUCK APPLE.

CURRENTS.

Moon Over Mumbai by OPI on my fingernails:

& Shorty Pants by Essie on my toes:
Yummy colors.

This weather is shit. It doesn't even feel like summer. Thank God Jamaica will. I still have a million things to do, including packing. I feel like I'm procrastinating for too long and I'm gonna take it down to the last minute, fail. I still have to get my nails done which I have planned to do with my mom tomorrow. I have to return this dress to Lord & Taylor and the other to F21 before we go, doing that tomorrow as well and I have to go to the salon for a wax. So seriously, all of this has to take place tomorrow... And I have to worry about carrying all of my crap to my mom's on Friday. I get to see Metric on Friday! I can't wait, super excited. After the concert, Boobie and I are taking a 2AM bus back to NY, lol. This should be interesting. Hopefully, everything will pan out properly. I think I'm thinking about it too much. I don't know if we're gonna get any sleep that Saturday morning before the flight. We get in at 4 and we have to leave for the airport around 8. I doubt we'll get any more than 3 hours, if that. We're flying into Kingston, which means we have to drive from there to Negril. Not really looking forward to the drive, but my mom said we're gonna make stops and we'll all be in a van, so it should be entertaining. It's my brother and Voy's first time there, this should be... Interesting. I want to change the song on my page, but I'm too lazy and I don't even know what to change it to. Well, I'm starving, so let me get a move on. Toodles.

Tip:
I was reading Cosmo last night and a girl had asked, 'How could I keep my hair color from fading and getting lighter during the summertime because of the sun?' They said that if you soak your hair in bowl of black tea, it will darken the pigment of your hair. My hair was so dark, I think it still is, but to me it isn't. I think I'm gonna try this, probably when I come back from Jamaica, though.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER?

Smh, not according to this article.

Ladies (and gents, as well), take a read.

http://www.living.aol.com/marriage-poll-results?icid=webmail|wbml-aim|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fliving.aol.com%2Fmarriage-poll-results

I think this is pretty sad, to be honest.
How come people become so unhappy once they enter a marriage?
What changes?
Is it because you know this is the person you'll be with (or be 'stuck with'),
so the relationship loses it's spice and you lose the strive to keep that person around?
Is it because the 'chase' is now over?
I don't think that's fair - Especially when it comes to
making the other person feel special and having a sex life.
Married couples have no excuse to stop having sex, I'm sorry.
Yes, you may have children... But you also have a husband/wife.
People forget the fact that they have eachother after a while.
You got married to be with the other person,
not to forget about them later on down the line - Unfair.

I guess this doesn't even apply to married couples only,
it could also be relevant to people in long-term relationships.
Do special things for your significant other.
The fact that you're with the person for so long,
and that you have built such a bond with that person,
should be the motivation to satisfy that person.
Why not?

Share that with the person you love.
There's no excuse for it to stop.
There's no reason you should become bored.
There are a million things to do on this planet...
Why not do these million things with the person you love?

Get it together and let's fight this divorce rate!
:)

PACKING: THE SERIES OF FAILED ATTEMPTS.

Where do I begin trying to explain?
I don't even know.

CUPPYCAKE.

Last Friday, on my way to Philly,
I picked up some cupcakes that we love from Crumbs Bake Shop.
The one I go to is on 42nd and 6th,
the bus station is on 42nd and 8th,
so I just decided to walk.

I got to the bus station and the classic strawberry
one, that I had wanted all to myself,
lost all of it's icing!
I was upset,
but I lived and enjoyed the chocolate coconut.
Delicious.
Cupcakes featured:
Brownie, Caramel Apple, Red Velvet (my favorite),
Classic Strawberry (naked), Chocolate Coconut & Chocolate Sprinkle.

Crumbs Bake Shop
@ http://www.crumbs.com/

On another note,
I have a few things to do before Jamaica.
One includes packing, of course.
Someone help.

PS: Whoever is leaving comments on my blog
using Anonymous as an "identity",
please be a woman.
If you have something to say,
bring it to me,
without hiding behind your computer screen.
You obviously have other sites of mine,
considering you found my blog link;
Lose your fear or shut the fuck up.
Thanks.

:)

ARCTIC VIOLET.

Yeah.

PLUSMINUSMULTIPLYDIVIDE.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I knew that I had to take a placement test to get back into school. I received a letter informing me that my SAT grades leave me exempt from taking the English sections, but I have to take 3 math tests. Guess when I have to take this this... TOMORROW. So at the beginning of the week, I pulled out my Math A textbook, hoping I could brush up on some things because my friend told me it has all kinds of shit on it... Shit that I didn't learn then and that I don't know now. I don't know how I'm going to pull this off, but I'm trying. If I fail, they'll put me in remedial math... Like my mom said, if I fail I belong in remedial math, lol. Point is: I don't know why I'm taking math to begin with! I'm trying to major in Art History and minor in Philosophy, Psychology and Mythology. I need to get a Masters... But I still don't understand WHY MATH? Makes no sense to me. I didn't have to take math in Saint John's. -Sigh. I'm sure I'll do fine. I hope I'll do fine, I just want it to be the weekend already. This week is going by too slowly. Somebody help... I hate math so much. ;\

KETCHUP.

I started using Mane & Tail again because I feel like my hair is beginning to thin. Before I started using Mane & Tail the first time, my hair would fall out... A LOT. Once I started using it, it stopped. Once I stopped using it, it wasn't falling out. My hair situation was working out pretty beautifully. But now it's thinning and falling out again... I don't know if it's because I started shampooing and conditioning again (I stopped conditioning before because it's harsh on my hair) or if I've been using the straightening iron more frequently. I'm not sure, but I'm back to Mane & Tail. Good thing they sell it in that huge bottle, I have enough to last me forever. I won't be getting a pedicure this week because I'm saving if for the Thursday before Jamaica. It doesn't make sense to get one now then another next week, waste of money. I bought a new bathing suit last week and I thought the bottom wouldn't fit me well. It looked way too big, even though it was an extra small. Old Navy sizes always run big, so I was skeptical... But both the top and the bottom fit me pretty awesome. I love it. I have to return this dress to Forever 21 and another dress to Lord & Taylor. I also need to bring my Hamsa bracelet back to Lord & Taylor because it broke! I just got it like, two weeks ago. I am not a rough girl, so I don't know how it happened. I just looked down Saturday night and it was broken. I hope they can do something about it because it really shouldn't have broken. Our flights to Jamaica aren't direct flights, that sucks... But at least my mom got my boyfriend, my brother, our friend Voy and myself all sitting together. We have to make a stop in Fort Lauderdale going and coming, but at least we get to clear customs in Florida on the way back, so we don't have to do it in NY. Easier for us, we just get our bags and get to walk out of the airport. I'm just worried about all of our bags getting there. I will be hawking those ticketers at the check-in counters, making sure all labels are correct and secure. Just to be safe, I will be carrying essentials like my toothbrush and stuff in my carry-on. Definitely must be prepared, anything could happen. We're leaving on the 20th and returning the 27th. Plus the night before is the Metric show, can't wait. I am very excited for the upcoming events... Except my placement exam. Not so much looking forward to that, lol. Night night.

SUMMER GOALS.

For some reason, the older I get,
the quicker my summers seem to fly by.
My summers of 2006 and 2007 were so active.
I was such a free spirit in 2006 and in 2007,
I was working and still managing to do everything I wanted.
Including painting my room, going to every museum,
taking weekend vacations and lounging on Far Rockaway
beach at least once a week.

How did I do this?
I don't know.

Last summer, of course I took my weekend trip.
But work pretty much had complete control of my life.
I was sorta miserable during the week,
then the stress carried on over to my weekends.
You could tell by my attitude it just wasn't what I wanted.

This summer I'm taking a different approach.
I have a few things I'd like to accomplish:

1. Pick up painting again.
Preferably outdoor painting, in the backyard.
2. Start ballet class.
3. Visit the fabric store and start throwing more
things together, using my sewing machine.
4. More outdoor activities!
I'm trying to make everything I do outdoors.
5. Clean up my disaster of a garden/yard and do some planting.
Also if I clean it up, my dad will be able to BBQ more often, YAY.
6. LESS SHOPPING, seriously.
I have cut down a lot and I am proud.
7. LESS CLUTTER.
I'm trying to get rid of everything I own, lol.
8. Try whatever recipe I want to try -
Whether it be a drink recipe or a dinner recipe, why not?
9. Picnics.
10. More natural... Less make up, style products, whatever.
Seriously, it's too hot for this.

And of course,
I'll need to buckle down before I get back into school for the fall.
So I better get all of this energy out of my system.
I hope I can accomplish everything on my list.

Do you guys have any summer goals?
Share, if you will.

:)

PERFECT WOMAN.

She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleam'd upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair;
Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful dawn;
A dancing shape, an image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and waylay.

I saw her upon a nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman, too.
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.

And I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveler between life and death;
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength and skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
With something of angelic light.

-William Wordsworth.
(1770 - 1850)

SICK MUSE.

Metric's new video for Sick Muse,
a song off of their Fantasies album.



Yay!
I love it.
I'm so excited.

Also their video for Gimme Sympathy.
This is my favorite song off of their new album.
I didn't know they had a video for it, so I'll post it too.

LADY GAGA...

Can actually sing.
This makes me happy.



Girl crush on her when she was a brunette, though:

CONFESSION #1.

I betrayed you guys today.
People talked me into making a Tumblr.
I did... But it isn't working out.
That's what I get for giving into e-peer pressure.

So, please... Take me back?

:(

MAGS.

June's Cosmopolitan > June's Vogue.

Vogue has been falling off lately,
I don't know why or how.

But anyways, this month's issue of Cosmo has
gotten me SO amped for my upcoming vacation.
You have no idea.

They have these great punch out parts.
One is for this delicious sounding cocktail.
It's called a Mangorita and I can't wait to try it.

Everything from this month's recommendations
to it's horoscopes has me super excited.
Someone help me calm down.

;)

BARBIE...

Has a Blackberry now.
You're hating.

Anyways,
my weekend was nice.
The eye place still hasn't called me to let
me know that my prescription sunglasses are ready.
I'm getting annoyed because it's been over a week.
We're going on a picnic next weekend,
I can't wait.

I'm excited for a few things, actually.
1. Picnic next weekend.
2. Metric on June 19th.
3. Our 2nd trip to Jamaica on June 20th.
And we get to stay for a whole week this time.
I can't wait to start packing.
4. Boobie coming to NY for the 4th of July weekend.
I get to take him to the Intrepid.
5. Ballet again.
6. Starting school... Probably in the fall, though.
I don't know if I'll be taking summer classes, yet.

I have to return this dress to Lord & Taylor.
My mom got it for me and it doesn't fit me.
I was going to exchange it for a bigger size but,
I think I can find something that I like even better.
I'll probably do that on whatever day
my glasses are ready.

Toodles, guys.