So, recently I have been reading fashion blogs like a MAD woman! The lovely ladies who’s blogs I follow are so interesting and their fashion totally inspires me! This got me to thinking that I wanted to make my own so that maybe one day I could influence at least one person! I’m a little nervous ‘cause I don’t want people judging it, but that doesn’t matter! I’m going to have fun with it!

SO if you guys wanna check it out here’s the link: http://hiimchristina.blogspot.com/

Thanks guys!

Christina 

I’ve been a busy person recently because of choir and life. I also started hanging with my Marquis family and a close friend of mine a lot recently. One of my friends (not gonna name names) took this to heart. She thought this meant I had grown out of her, that I didn’t like spending time with her or talking to her. This is of course a false statement. Well, until now.

On Friday, I went to Disneyland. I saw her there, and I waved way to enthusiastically and of course she gave me like a lame ass wave. Right then and there I knew something was up. When I get off the ride I text her. Now mind you I haven’t talked to her for about a month so I knew this was going to be weird. I ask her if she is mad at me and she says no she’s just sad because we aren’t friends anymore. I do not know where the hell she got this cause it wasn’t true. Just because you don’t talk to a person everyday doesn’t mean you aren’t friends with them. Anyway, long story short she said it was my fault that we weren’t friends because I actually found a group of friends that I enjoy spending time with. Totally bull shit in my opinion. I didn’t answer her text on Saturday because I didn’t wanna argue about nothing. 

Today, I get home from the gym and while I’m watching Food Network, I get a text from her. She said she thought about this situation and she wanted to be friends again but it was going take some getting used to. I said things like, “Sounds Great” and “Fine by me” because I wanted to move on from this shit. She takes it as I don’t care. Talk about making drama where there really isn’t any! Anyways, I’m over it.

Over the past few weeks I’ve realized that I’ve been blessed to have a friend as good as my friend Krystal. She has help me realize what it means to have a real friend that is actually there for me and one who isn’t always accusing me of doing something and one who makes me feel great because she is totally accepting of me. It feel amazing to know that you have someone like her who you can really trust to always be there. Even if we don’t hang out every weekend and talk every second of everyday.

Not only do I have my amazing friend Krystal, I have my Marquis family who I know will always be there for me though all the shit that happens in life. I love you guys so much because you accept me for my weirdness, you’re so much fun to hang with, and you’ll always have my back. For this I am eternally grateful! So for those of you who follow me, I thank you for always because there and for helping me realize who I am and that who I am is okay because there are always gonna be people who don’t like me but they don’t matter. 

I feel like a totally new person than I did a month ago. I feel like I have become for self assured, I know what makes me happy, I know who I am and I don’t give a fuck about what others think of me. Like what my teacher Mrs.Green said today that really made me think was something like this, “Once you figure out who you are, remember the person you were because from there, you can only get better.”

You can only get better.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone,

Christina

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Yes I am a lameo like this I am putting up my favorite records from 2010. Now I didn’t get a chance to buy all the albums (I wish I could’ve but sadly I’m not rich and I don’t know how to pirate) So here we go!

1. “Contra”-Vampire Weekend Defiantly my favorite record of the year because it is my favorite band ever so of course I would put it on top. (Favorite Songs: White Sky, Holiday, Diplomat Son)

2. “Volume 2” -She & Him A great record with a lot of cute songs with Zooey’s enchanting vocals, how could you not want to listen! (Brand New Shoes, Lingering Still, Riding in My Car)

3. “Teen Dream” -Beach House Amazing record. Victoria gets her point across in a very sophisticated. I love how when I listen to this record I can really truly relax because the melodies are incredibly soothing. (Zebra, Norway, Walk in the Park)

4. “Suburbs” -Arcade Fire Now I didn’t get a liking for Arcade Fire until I saw them in concert. I had listened to their stuff a few times but I honestly didn’t feel a connection to them until I saw how amazing they are live. Then and there, they became one of my favorite bands. (Favorite songs: Ready to Start, Rococo, We Used to Wait, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains))

5. “Wild Hunt”- Tallest Man on Earth I love this record so much! I have recently become really interested into folk music and this is a great record if you want to listen to some good ol’ folk tunes! (The WIld Hunt, King of Spain, Burden of Tomorrow)

6. “The Place We Ran From” -TIred Pony More folk! This is actually a really cool band because they team up with a lot of different artists (Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward, etc.). Seriously recommend checking these guys out! (Northwestern Skies, Get on the Road)

7. “Gorilla Manor” -Local Natives Their debut record and I have to say I think it’s a hit. I love every song (especially “World News”). My only complaint is, on the song “Airplanes” at the very beginning they have a bunch of boos and I don’t see the point in them. Makes me lose a little respect, but not enough to stop listen to them (World News, Sun Hands, AIrplanes)

8. “Together” - The New Pornographers Love this band. Great music on this record. All the songs are extremely catchy and kinda quirky which is fun, but truly good selection. (Crash Years, If You Can’t See My Mirrors)

9. “Have One on Me” -Joanna Newsom Love this lady! She has a really unique (some would say annoying) voice that some won’t like, but she’s great! And she plays the harp! (‘81, Baby Birch)

10. “The Age of Adz” -Sufjan Stevens This record is a lot different that my favorite one of his “Seven Swans”, but that doesn’t mean I hate it! It’s really some fun jams I enjoy listening to when I’m reading or doing homework. (Too Much, Now that I’m Older)

Some great music came out this year so it was honestly really hard to chose, but I hope you take the time to listen to some of these artists, and I hope you like them as much as I do!

This is kinda a random thing i just felt like writing some stuff I doubt many people know about me. So here we go:

I own “Contra” on 3 different formats (CD, Vinyl and mp3)

I set up this thing in my room where I have hidden Contra’s (Kinda like hidden Mickey’s) because am a dork

The most played song on my laptop is A-Punk, surprisingly.

I love weird artsy photography.

I love MacBooks, but hate iPhones (Android all the way!)

Victoria Legrand is a huge inspiration to me.

Before I saw Vampire Weekend in concert, I made myself not listen to their music for 2 week before the show.

After the concert, I couldn’t listen to their music for a month because every time I did it made me cry. (For the sole reason I wasn’t listening to the music live)

I used to think Ezra was not that attractive (Don’t know why but I did). I think Rostam is SUPER hot, really bummed that he is gay. BUT! I love that he has come out and doesn’t give a fuck about what people say. :)

I find it extremely insulting when someone calls me a Hipster.

I hate when I talk to a person about Vampire Weekend and they claim they are a huge fan. Then I ask them what their favorite songs are and they say either A-Punk or Cousins. (I hate this when I’m talking about any band because these are just their songs played on the radio)

I don’t have a single favorite song.

I like sitting in the dark. I find it easier for me to think deeply. ( I do this quite often. Especially when it is raining.) 

I hate waking up before 8.

I hate going to bed before midnight (Because I love nighttime)

I am extremely scared of going outside when it is dark alone.

I love writing. English is my favorite subject (But I’m not amazing at it)

My favorite colors to wear are grey and blue.

I wish I was British.

I love reading. Especially books that people suggest to me.

My favorite Christmas gift from this year was this little chest my cousin bought me when he went to Russia.

When I am sad I have to listen to depressing music (My go to record is “Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?” -Of Montreal)

I live for gloomy days.

I hate wearing bright colors because they make me grumpy.

I love when someone knows the same band I do, but I hate that at the same time because I don’t want them to change and become mainstream. 

I know the exact lyrics to ALL Vampire Weekend songs.

I have ever cover they have ever done (and remixes except one).

My dream is to meet Ezra Koenig and hang out with him because he seems so incredibly wise and funny I feel like he and I could be great friends (only if I was a tad older =/)

I love to make collages.

I hate it when someone calls me a dumb blonde.

That’s quite a lot about myself haha, but it was quite fun writing it. I think these are things not many know about me. :)

I was just eating lunch with my cousin Jason. Now he and I have a weird relationship. Sometimes I love the kid to pieces, other times I wanna slap him across because he says something fucking retarded. Today was I day I wanted to slap him.

While we were eating lunch, my Uncle and I were having a conversation about French food because he brought brioche rolls. I asked him about the bakery where he got them and he was telling me all about it and how there is also a French market by his house. My cousin came into the conversation asking what language I was taking. I told him that this was the last year I’m doing Spanish because I really want to take French. He then started asking me why I wanted to take it cause I would never use it. I told him that I wanted to go to France one day because I absolutely love French culture. Then I started telling him I want to take French classes in college and maybe study abroad. I also told him my dream is to move somewhere in Europe because I love European culture more than I love American. I knew the second I brought that up it’d be a horrible idea.

Jason started to tell me, “Oh why would you do that? You’ve never been. You don’t know anything about it or how its like.” and “Oh French people hate americans… You’re going to miss your family.”

I seriously hate it when he does this. I am always telling him about what I really want to do when I grow up and he always has to say something that fucking turns me off to it. I hate how he always makes me feel like shit because he has to take something I love SO much and make it seem like shit. I never do that to anything of his because it’s his dream, something that when he thinks about it, he gets excited about it. Why would he have to do that to me? I guess he really doesn’t understand how I work. I’ve had this dream FOREVER and I really do want do this. Now I know I’m not going to tell him about this ever again because this time it really did hurt my feelings. =/

I hate it when someone tells me that I shouldn’t curse. Is it their choice? NO, it’s mine and they have no right to tell me what I should or shouldn’t say. Yesterday I was hanging out with one of my friends and we were watching SNL Digital Shorts. One of the one she loves is “Natalie’s Rap” and if you’ve seen that one, it has a lot of cursing. She was watching the explicit version and she stopped in halfway through and said “I don’t think it’s funny when the curse words aren’t bleeped.” So she goes and finds the clean version of it and makes us watch that and I said, “You think this is funnier that the explicit one?” and she said, “Of course. I don’t find it funny when people use bad words. It shows that they have nothing intelligent to say so they use bad words instead.”

I almost had a hissy fit after she said that because we all know that I use curse words quite frequently, but I can manage to have an intelligent conversation with a person without using bad words. I love when people curse! Especially when they are talking about something they are extremely passionate about because it shows me that they are truly passionate about whatever they are talking about. I also love when people curse in songs. For example, “Oxford Comma”. The lyric is “Who gives a fuck about an oxford comma”. Do you think it’s be the same if they said “I don’t care about an oxford comma”? I don’t think so!

I guess the point I’m trying to get across is I hate those pretentious bastards who think cursing is a bad thing. And two words I’d like to say to the is, Fuck you.