A Simple Thank You.


thank you for jumping into my world. read. share. live mindfully. laugh often. seek balance. choose happiness. love life. -- XOX ♥ msamarse

5.31.2009

Productivity vs. Procrastination

Today's Brunch: College Excuses

Today I will sit down to write a 7-10 page paper for my Research Methods in Criminal Justice class and then a 2-3 page paper for my general Psychology class. I’m thinking I will be productive at Starbucks… that always seems to get me thru my work. Seeing as how they are both due tomorrow, & yes I have known about them for the past hmm 2 weeks. But I guess the procrastination is my college excuse. Oh yes, the joy of summer classes seeing how it will be June 1st tomorrow and I still have work to do… BLAH! I now understand why I never take summer school classes… because not only is Greensboro, NC the most boring place on Earth to be during summer, but work + summer = just does not equate. Anywho, so the time is now 12:15 pm and I am off to shower & get my life together to make my venturous move to a corner in Starbucks where I will conquer these 2 papers. Wish me luck!

[This post was mainly for my own self-satisfaction of knowing that I WILL be productive today! YAY me!]

---this meal is on me ♥ Amarse

5.29.2009

The Perfect Rhyme Over a Tight Beat


Today’s menu: Music of the week – Drake

Who is Drake?

Some know him as “that guy on Degrasi in the wheelchair” --- more popularly and recently known as a hot new hip hop and R&B artist.

Drake or “Drizzy” formally known as Drake Graham is a 22 year old actor, rapper and singer from Toronto, Canada & has managed to conquer popularity many artists only dream of in just months. It seems a year ago this time, people would question Drake who? But now, his popular songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Successful” can be heard blaring from the speakers of people ages 15 up to 30. His eclectic taste in beats appeals not only to those who enjoy hip hop, but also other genres of music as well. He can often be confused as sounding like Kanye West, Weezy or R.Kelly.

This is one of my favorite songs by Drake, called "A Little Bit" off his mixtape So Far Gone



So --- do we give him a thumbs up or thumbs down?

Personally… I definitely give him a thumbs up, and on a scale compared to other artists of this time, I would rate him an 8. He is multi-talented in the way he is able to switch up flowing raps and rhymes to singing smooth verses, I think that is what makes him a talented artist. Especially in competition with rappers like Soulja Boy and Gucci Man, there is no comparison. Unfortunately hip hop has moved away from what gave it it’s appeal in the first place…

The question I have is, why did it take Lil Wayne to officially S T A M P Drake with Young Money for him to start getting the credit he has deserved from the beginning? I guess because it’s Weezy… people listen to & follow Weezy, & if Weezy says Drake is good… then Drake is good. It would have been interesting to see if Drake could have become so popular so fast without Lil Wayne putting him on the map, but I believe so. I am just happy to see he is finally getting recognition and credit he has deserved from the beginning!

Make sure you go out & BUY his CD when it drops --- I don’t buy many CD’s but I’ll support Drake!

Until our next meal --- ♥ Amarse

5.28.2009

broken & empty


Today’s MENU: a full serving of love, or... heart.ache

[With Kanye’s 808’s & heartbreak on heavy rotation] I am about to address a touching & highly debated topic… love.

My feelings on love are more on the positive side despite the fact that I like to wallow in sad love songs, my opinion on love is actually that it is one of the scariest, realist feelings you will even confront in your life. It can take you to heights you’ve never reached and lows you never thought you could hit and would never want to hit again. It’s something that is beautiful but at the same time something you have to walk on eggshells around. It’s hard to find the right words to actually describe the 4 letter word. I guess that’s why it’s a “feeling”. It’s just something you have to experience for yourself bc everyone feels it differently. For me, it is the most indescribable and unsure feeling I have ever felt, but its unconditional and that's how I knew it was real.

Now heart ache, that’s a little different… Heart ache is something that's unfair and selfish bc it steals whatever feelings of love you had and even when there is just something barely hanging on by a strand, oh yeah... it takes those too. I have plenty of angry & aggressive thoughts about that. I guess bc of past experiences & my views on how you end up at that point. & I guess bc it’s the rock bottom point of love, the point when all the drugs have run out, & you’re going through serious withdrawal but you really want to get off of this drug, and kick the bad habit, but for some reason --- it’s addictive.


I treat them all the same
So I don't end up hurt
& then no one is to blame
For the emptiness that consumes my heart
A C H E . . .
That's what I feel
From previous relations where I gave my all
And in the end nothing even mattered
At all
So I gotta keep up this wall
& hide the way I feel
So then no one is to blame
And I don't end up hurt
That's why I treat them all the same

But tell me, is it wrong?
When I'm the one left empty
Left tearing up to sad love songs
(I know I'm dramatic) but It's torture
& you can't tell me anything because it's something you have NEVER
EVER had to endure
But that is why I'm slow to love
Quick to judge
And slow to rush
Into something new
Or back to something old
And that is why I change my mind
Back and forth

Left and right
Time and time
Again
Because who knows who is truly there
Or who actually cares
I just know
That no one will be to blame
& I won't end up hurt
As long as I
Treat them all the same

until the next dish --- ART

disclaimer

For clarificatiOn purposes ---

Nothing that is posted in my blog has any actual research based reliability, simply opinions & thoughts that have crossed my mind & I wish to share with others. & YES, I am plagiarizing by stealing quotations and ideas that I post on here from other websites... but whatev! my world. my page. Use your own judgment when deciding what advice to take and what to leave, otherwise it's all in good, clean (sometimes) fun... thankies :)

grand opening



todays menu= insight.wisdom.advice.


my 1st entry... yay :) so, im beginning a blog basically because i feel like i have SO much to say & what better a way to share my thoughts, inspiration, concerns & opinions than w the world... so here goes


topic of the day: AMARSE's new motto on life

"stop over-thinking & just enjoy and
C H E R i S H the simple and current moments in life"

therefore with that said, any problems or issues that i think are so pertenant that need to be addressed at the present moment or things in any relationship that i am dealing with that i think need to be handled at this exact moment or they will blow out of porportion... they really DONT! im slowing teaching myself this, one day at a time. & with work... i will stop antagonizing about the small things and sit back with a glass of wine and watch my life smooth over bc everything will fall into place. & this is advice i am handing out to anyone that wants a free copy, life really is too short to be obsessing about things that will eventually handle themselves ((and that goes for anything... your boy/girlfriend, your grades from last semester, a fight with a bestie)) what ever the case, enjoy TODAY --- tomorrow will handle itself!