Top five on repeat:

1. “Let Me Think About It” (Fedde Le Grand Club Mix) by Ida Corr
2. “The First Single (You Know Me)” by The Format
3. “My Time” by Minus The Bear
4. “Paperweight” By Joshua Radin & Schuyler Fisk
5. “Armageddon” (Stonebridge Club Mix) by Jessica Jarrell

My biggest problem at the moment is finding a pub to hop into on our drive up from Los Angeles to San Francisco this Sunday. There is absolutely no way I’m missing out on screaming my head off for David Villa. I can’t believe my aunt dared to even suggest to watch the game after it’s ended when we’re checked in at our hotel.

Gonzales – DOT

Virginia Woolf:

Across the broad continent of a woman’s life falls the shadow of a sword. “On one side of that sword, she said there lies convention and tradition and order, where “all is correct.” But on the other side of that sword, if you’re crazy enough to cross it and choose a life that does not follow convention, “all is confusion. Nothing follows a regular course.”

My beverage of choice:

1. Pineapple juice for lazy mornings.
2. Root beer for movie dates.
3. Kronenberg 1664 at a dive bar with nachos.
4. Inniskillin Riesling 2008 for quiet nights.

Lucielle Clifton:

He is salt
to her,
a strange sweet
a peculiar money
precious and valuable
only to her tribe,
and she is salt
to him,
something that rubs raw
leaves a tearful taste
but what he will
strain the ocean for
and what he needs.

White Lies – Death

Matthew Inman:

True love only happens once in a lifetime. Bacon can happen seven times a day, if you want it to.

Laura Marling:

There’s a house across the river but alas, I cannot swim. And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin. There’s a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim. I’ll live my life regretting that I never jumped in.

Two nights ago I had a dream where in it someone told me that if I close one of my eyes while looking at my cat, I would be letting my cat know that it’s raining. I then proceeded to tell myself in the dream to remember this fact so I can tell someone when I wake up. I open my eyes that morning remembering what I dreamed and couldn’t help but be a bit disappointed. I honestly believed it was true.

Gabriel García Márquez:

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.

The Bird and The Bee – Love Letter to Japan

5 things you probably don’t know about me:

Kelly Cutrone:

You have to be prepared for people to hate you. Average people love to be average because nobody bothers them.

Tiësto – Bend It Like You Don’t Care

Albert Camus:

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

When you’re looking for signs during a time of chaos, it’s easy to depend on horoscopes. Especially when a woman named Sally somehow gets it right every single time. My favorite was her prediction on April 20 when she said: No matter how many disappointments you may have suffered in recent weeks better times are just around the corner – you can feel them. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and start making plans. And make them big!

Generic or wrong as it maybe to others, she put a smile on my face.

Elizabeth Gilbert:

I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, ‘There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And who’s in charge?’

Lady Gaga:

Some women choose to follow men and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.

Florence and The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

I understand that updating is currently sparse and rare but I have good reasons. Between my recent break-up, searching for a new apartment (found one yesterday), getting my life back in order, the start of 2010 up to now has been a whirlwind of ups and downs, heartaches, joy and worry. My finding the apartment yesterday cannot come at a better time. After these past few months, it’s about time that my life take a turn for the better, just in time for summer to roll in and replace the craziness with new and happier memories. Now here’s to a new year!

Chuck Palahnuik:

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.

Kim Sozzi – Kiss Me Back (Cry Tonight)

It is now Monday at 1:50 in the morning. This weekend, we decided to tackle a 500 piece puzzle of an image that mainly comprises of roses and stones. Needless to say, it is driving me bonkers. At one point, I had to mention that my back hurt from constantly bending over while I scrutinized each individual piece. It wasn’t until after I had made a comment that I needed a make-shift back support for doing said puzzle did I realize that I have no life.

Demetri Martin:

Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name: DJ Abraham Lincoln.

J.D. Salinger:

I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

Bitter:Sweet – Heaven

Chuck Palahniuk:

What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.

Non-kitten delicacies favored by Gloria:

1. Brown rice tea
2. Yogenfruz’s strawberry and blueberry frozen yogurt
3. No Name tuna from the can
4. Freshly sliced tomatoes
5. Kraft Philadelphia Garden Vegetables cream cheese spread
6. Cold milk
7. Smoked turkey breast
8. Purified water from other people’s glasses
9. Cheese on a pizza
10. Kitchen Table’s sour gummy bears

Wayne Dyer:

How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.

Dr. Seuss:

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

This boy once told me that he did not like my gold nail polish. I automatically disagreed despite how not even seconds after he made such a statement I instantly blurted out that they did look trashy. Although in my defense, it did match my skin tone so I didn’t think it was all that bad.

I like his honesty, it’s refreshing. It’s making me remember that criticism and personal opinion are two completely different things.

Dr. Tom:

Did you know that talking as a means of resolving conflict actually goes against every biological instinct that we have? You know, we feel threatened and so we fight. Or we if we don’t have the stomach for that, we run.