February 26th, 2010

A Love Letter

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February 8th, 2010

Splash of Imagination

“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. Honestly, they don’t teach you anything important.”
~ Neil Gaiman

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February 1st, 2010

Things That Make Me Happy… In January 2010

Birman cats.

Listening to music I haven’t listened to in a long, long time and falling in love with it all over again.

Bright Star. ♥ Again. (Why yes, I am obsessed!)

Cliched sailor-style tattoos.

The colour magenta.

Christmas lights that are still on in the middle of January.

Brilliant ideas in the middle of the night.

Homemade blueberry muffins fresh from the oven when the tops are still crunchy.

Snow! (Snow never gets old in my books, and is always happiness inducing.)

Receiving a response to a message I sent Coco Rocha. “Oh you’re sweet. I’ll tweet about it after 7pm! Xoxo” Saving that forever!

Eating so many Sweet Tarts your tongue becomes tingly for hours.

Discovering my Dad also likes Natalie Portman.

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What made you feel all warm and squishy inside this month?

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January 27th, 2010

On Finding (And Keeping) Your Inspiration

For the observant bunch, you’ve probably noticed that I stopped participating in NaBloPoMo. I know I’d vowed to post every day for the month of January, but the forced posts became too taxing on me. I loathed the task of writing a blog entry knowing that I had to do it. Two weeks later after having “quit” and am no longer required post daily, all I want to do is compile blog posts.

Funny how inspiration works. It’s not something that can be forced and task produced. Sure, you can whip things out one after another, but in time, when your heart really isn’t feeling your creative process, your output becomes stale. You’re uninspired.

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January 2nd, 2010

Things That Make Me Happy… on January 1, 2010

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Snow. Lots and lots of snow. The kind you can make snowmen out of.

Baking brownies and using the sifter to sprinkle powder sugar on the top.  (Eating the brownies is also a plus.)

Left over spring rolls. They’re better when they’re mushy.

My new crown earrings from Sophie. (I’ve been wearing them ever since I opened the gift wrap yesterday.)

Playing ‘hide the stuffed toy skunk’ with my brother.ⁱ

Curling up in bed and watching The O.C. reruns.

Starting NaBloPoMo!

Games of Chinese Checkers.

Learning about brussell sprouts.

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