Combo Deal

Thanks to a certain someone bugging me – I combined the 2 blogs I had. One was for important things, talking about God and what’s happened in my life. The other was about fashion, where I was traveling and much more…well trivial stuff. I didn’t really think the 2 mixed well so I kept them separate.

But that made me realize that they in fact do go together. Those 2 blogs contain things that are a part of my life, so it might as well all be in one single place.

I’m incredibly busy at work right now because its quarter end and I have so much work to do I can barely think straight – but I’ll write something soon enough. I don’t know if it’ll be about silly stuff or about God – but I guess we’ll just have to see.

I love when I find Christian bands that seriously rock it out hard. I have ALWAYS been a rock baby, my father raised me on Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Tool - all of that. One of my biggest struggles when I first stopped listening to secular music as much as I used to was finding music that actually fit my taste. I love the classic worship songs and singing them is a peaceful experience. However I really LOVE when I find some metal or rock band that is singing their lungs out about God. It's amazing to me, and the guitars and drums...its just what I love. I told my friend the other day my perfect man would be someone in a Christian rock band :] A rocker boy that shares my love for music with a heart for Christ, what a combination huh :]

Anyways, I found this band RED. So good, seriously love everyone of their songs. This video struck home though because I feel like it embodies what so many of us struggle with. It's about the good and the bad WITHIN ourselves, not a battle with others, but with you. Your demons, your mistakes, your sins and falling, but that it can't win when you have God on your side.

The fashion world forever changes...

Alexander McQueen is gone. Hearing that news this morning was horribly devastating to all of us in the fashion world. He was a visionary, an extraordinary human being that created beautiful artwork out of clothing. He was the "hooligan" of the fashion industry, never conforming and always doing as he saw fit. He will be missed greatly, I wish I could have had the chance to meet him in this lifetime...he was an inspiration to us all and he always will be.

add to the list

List of things I need to get my hands on:

1. REALLY old copy of Alice in Wonderland
2. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. from 1820
3. The black & white cardigan off modcloth

Taking it back

Even though that pesky groundhog saw its shadow and graced us with 6 more weeks of winter, I can't help but sit here and dream about the warm sun and the flowers blooming. The fact that I can go outside in open toed shoes and not get soaked, the return of color, of my very apparent lack of tan. But with a new season I'd like to bring on a new me. Fashion wise I haven't evolved too much - I still love my black - with love being kind of an obsession. I still wear simple pieces, keep it pretty safe when it comes to things and usually only allowing color when it comes to my accessories and my purses.

SO. this spring/summer I am going to try very hard to move away from that style. I want to be a bit more vintage, bring back the dresses, the pearls, the fun of the 50's. Dresses are the perfect garment to wear when you can't figure it out - throw it on and the outfit is made. So once April hits I will be a very happy girl <3

Have a little faith

This world isn't always a pretty place. Everyone is so concerned with themselves that most of the time we don't see sorrow and pain when it's staring us down. Even I do it from time to time. I wish as a whole, as a world, that we could have love and compassion to all. To not care that we are separated by class, race, religion, cultures...and just realize how lucky we are to have life, to wake up and breathe, and to have the choice to love. Because if every guy that wanted to be a player and just run over girls hearts like it was a game, if girls learned how to love themselves and have more self respect, if the government would just stop arguing over who's right and who's wrong, if we just learned to all love...like Jesus did for us...maybe then this world would look a little less gray, a little less sad and bring hope, faith and love to us all.