Mini Vacation

So right now I am rushing around packing up stuff because I am soo behind schedule. 

I am going to meet up with my parents for a few days to escape this wretched place called HOME.

Work has made me soo stressed and I need some space from people in general. 

I will probably come back to complain about my parents but whatever.

I apologize for not blogging recently and for leaving the internet for a few days. I think it is time for a break.

I'm not sure if I can make it.

Bye for now. 

Twitter Thoughts

My addiction which started towards the beginning of this year just might have ended.

Twitter.

I became obsessed with it like it was a drug and it spread like a disease. Once I turned on Twitter Text Updates it was all downhill. I was updating every 5 minutes and with any random thought I had I would HAVE to update.

Then I began thinking in Twitter Thoughts, making every situation into an update. It took over and made me crave more and more attention from Twitter.

With that said, I think I am over the stalking/social-networking site especially in the form of text updating. I turned off text updates which will result in less text messages on my phone bill. But who actually counts those. ;)

I also unregistered my phone for the site, so I can no longer even update via text. I have to wait till I get home and on my computer.

I think it will be a good step in keeping me sane.

What are your thoughts? 

PS.  I will be able to sit through a conversation with someone without getting a Twitter Texts. lol

Future Failure

DEVON SUCKS

IKEA FEVER

A few days ago, I took the hour or so trip and experienced the world of IKEA for the second time.  I was yet again amazed, excited, shocked, and bedazzled by the store.  The first time I walked into the blue & yellow store, I was in Burbank, California.

I think it was love at first sight when I was there but the hardest part was not buying anything, because there was no way I could fit a desk or something similar in my suitcase. 

With the time simmering down until I move into my new apartment in the fall, I needed to get some supplies and furniture.

I drove to the closest IKEA with my friend Jenn and we had a blast. We spent four hours in the store. Yes, FOUR. This also included a lunch in their cafeteria and of course I had to try their swedish meatballs. 

In the end, I felt guilty looking at my reciept total but justified the purchases as necessary for living. These included a throw, two bamboo shoots, trivets, assorted candles, a pot, a mini Yucca Palm Tree, fabric, a lamp, a coffee table, and a desk chair.

I took a few pictures of my purchases, including a 59 cent tarp like bag which I am so happy about. Something so cheap yet so satisfying.

I have fallen in love with IKEA and cannot wait to go back and buy more useless....necessary goodies. :D

PS. I justify my shopping at IKEA by thinking that I am supporting my heritage/family since I am 25% Swedish.

Paris! Paris! No Paris.

In the Gardens of Versailles^
Eiffel Tower at night^
Louvre Museum^
My friend Renee & I in front of Sacre Coeur

SO, my last post was a total lie but if I could I would love to just leave for the City Of Light and just do my own thing there. I was there in 2006 with my school and I fell in love with it.

I felt like posting some of my favorite pictures from the trip since they are the closest thing I will come to Paris for a year.

PS. Please do not click on the last picture and critique my jeans. I know now that they are kind of hideous.

Running Away

I am running away to Paris and opening up my own cafe.

Goodbye.

PS. Au Revoir.

ACCORDION ORGASM

I love this song. Enough said.

In-Grid "You Promised Me"

PS. Thanks to Joey for telling me of this amazing techno polka ghetto dance beat.

Lucky Raindrops

It's raining. Blah.

Thunder is rumbling. Blah Blah

I am listening to Katy Perry's new album. So far so good.

Off to buy Kerli's new album. I know that will be good.

I keep buying so much music! I keep telling myself, "Tom, save your money for when you need it and stop spending!"

However, I am addicted to spending money.

On that note, I am going to cash my $2 lottery ticket, which I won $20 on, and buy some more.

Because I feel lucky. 

If I win again, I will buy more tickets, more music, and Andy some modeling classes to make his Blog portraits better! ;)

Clash

These are my new boardshorts I bought at H&M today on sale for $10. I am sooo proud. LOL I love clearance with passion!

But seriously they totally clash with my tee right now but I'm feeling fashionably rebellious.

Suck it GQ! 

I am in LOVE with the colors of the shorts. I want these colors in my room, in my closet, and everywhere. Brown, Beige, White, & Blue FTW!!!!

PS. Those colors are so going in my new apartment.

PSS. I love GQ and didn't really mean that. :)

Kerli Kuotes

Okay so that title doesn't really work, but I like it so there mwah.

Tonight in Kerli's video chat she really talked deeply about things and to me she is more a normal person than a celebrity. She talked about how people who are in the business for the money are making their own decisions and its their lives. Kerli believes that each person is set out to do something in their lives and she is doing what she dreams of. Or at least that is what I received from her discussion.

Another subject was regrets. She thinks that it is important to have no regrets in life.

In my life, there are plenty of things that I regret and disagree with my actions.  Is it hard to overcome those? Yes. As someone matures they look at all directions, past, present, and future. Most times one of those three take precedent and cause the most stress or anxiety.  It changes from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute, but what I realize is that without being comfortable with your own past, how can you look clearly towards the future?

Smiles?

SO for the first time in awhile...I am happy right now. I can't really explain it. Could it be that it was my first day at work after being out for a week for my injured foot? and that I made decent money?

Or that after I got out of work I was really productive?

Or that I visited Target and bought a DirtDevil Kone?

Or that I read an article about High School Musical 3?

Or that I watched my new favorite person's, Kerli, video chat on kyte.tv?

Or that she was eating a cupcake on her chat?

Or that she answered one of my questions?

Or that she responded to Andy's video message, in which I was mentioned?

Or simply that I vacuumed and febrezed my room today?

Or more simply that my bed sheets are fresh and clean?

Can you answer that? Because I really cannot.

Even though my foot still hurts and is currently being iced with a frozen bag of peas, I am happy and I hope that this mood continues. 

However, with my attitude it will change quicker than New England weather ... or Lindsay Lohans sexuality.

Just a little Bossy ;)

I've been obsessed with downloading all this new music lately. My "Recently Added" playlist is soooo long right now. 

But my latest infatuations for music are Kerli, Heidi Montag, Lindsay Lohan, and Vanessa Hudgens.

~Kerli~

Andy introduced me to Kerli and her song "Walking On Air." I freaking love it! The video is soooo creepy though!! I love the whole character of the video despite it giving me nightmares. Her sound is very different and I have a feeling she will become big here in the US, because I think shes Norwegian. Kerli has a definite Emo feel to her but Pop-esque. "Not A Barbie Doll" pretty much sums up her style. (Walking On Air)

Heidi Montag.....*gasp*.....

Yes, I have to admit that her reputation is not splendid especially for being an attention whore. And I am almost ashamed to support her in her music career. But hey, I like it so there. :-)

She definitely doesn't hit the high notes but her beats are super hot and I love dancing to them!

She has a slightly slower one that is a favorite, "No More." Check it out! (No More)

Lindsay Lohan - Bossy

This single came out and I am confused on if she has a new album or just did this for fun. Since she doesn't seem to care about any career that she has....or had. But good news, she has an album coming out in November, I think, and I am actually really excited! This song is sooo hot and the bridge around 3:10ish is downright amazing!!! It calls for strobe lights, fog, glitter, and maybe some ecstasy LOL or M&M's in my world.

Vanessa Hudgens - her new CD "Identified"

Of course, I adore Vanessa from High School Musical. Her and Ashley Tisdale can call me anytime to go shopping and get coffee. We'd soo be BFF's. Anyways! Vanessa debuted her second album this week and I LOVE it! Her first self-titled cd was really good and touched me because of her lyrics. In her some "Drive" it kind of resembled my feelings on my future: 

"I've hit the highway, and I'm not comin home 
I'm gonna drive 
I'll do it my way, I'll call you on the phone 
When I arrive 
It's all I got and I'm not gonna stop for no one 
In my way as long as I'm alive 
I'm gonna drive"

But this new CD has a lot of upbeat songs which I love like "Amazed" and "Identified" 

So check those out! and Let me know what you think!! :)

I Don't Know

I don't know.

Why does everybody resort to using this phrase simply because they are too lazy, scared, confused, or just too bottled up.

I can never trust people who say this anymore because I honestly don't know if they are keeping me from the truth and playing off that they "don't know."

This just frustrates me because it comes up everyday in my life. You don't always realize it but listen to how many times you say it and think about if you really mean it.

I admit to doing it all the time and I proudly call myself a hypocrite because most times I am too lazy to explain something or speak freely.  If some random person asks me for directions I usually help them but sometimes I am just in a mood where I don't care to help so I say "I don't know." Or my mom will ask about a friend and how they are doing and I will just say "I don't know" because I really don't feel like explaining to her about this person. 

But I just hate when people say that and deep down I know that they are lying to me. I can tell...I am not stupid.

I think people use it as an escape ladder. But you wanna know something? . . . That ladder doesn't last forever. It has an end.