Now to end with some music that I've been grooving to for weeks now! First up is Zebra (Nuera remix) by Temple One. I can't get enough of this song! It's trance of course, and the melody is amazing. At the beginning it makes me feel like I'm going on a trip or adventure, haha. Then it mellows out and gets insanely pretty. Definitely give it a listen.

Second is Niggas in Paris by Kanye and Jay-Z. I don't really like or agree with the first word in the title, but this song is hilarious to me! I always listen to it when I need to smile or laugh. (Side note- my first cat is named after Jay-Z, but my dad renamed him to Psycho because he's so jumpy and paranoid. So when I heard this song for the first time and Jay-Z calls himself psycho in one of the verses, I burst out laughing! :D)

I saved the best for last: We Found Love by Rihanna. OMG. If you haven't seen this video, WATCH IT RIGHT NOW! It's just amazing. I watched it about 3 times a day for a week when it premiered. First of all, it's like trance, electro, techno and pop all at the same time, which are pretty much all my favorite genres. Plus, the scenery and plot in this video are really gorgeous (and so is the guy in the video, I'm just saying...). I know it's just a music video and not that deep, but I think it really captures toxic relationships, etc, which is what Rihanna had when she was with Chris Brown. The guy in the video looks just like Chris, so I get that that;s what she was going for. It's really interesting. Just watch it, you'll love it too! :)

Hope you liked them! Later, lovelies.

Jessica

Aloha, lovelies!

Can I just say that my favorite month is finally here?! Excited doesn't even begin to cover it! My birthday is also only THREE days away! I'm not all that happy about turning 24 (it sounds so old!), and even though this sounds a bit selfish, I can't wait for presents/money, haha. But really, I'm ready to just hang out with my family too because we haven't done that in a while. Last year I made my own birthday cake and I'm most likely going to do the same this year. As for birthday plans, as of right now, I have none. I was thinking of getting a few friends and Josh together and go out to dinner or something like that. I'll have to think on it more though.

In other news, school is nearly halfway done! It's actually going by really fast week by week; at least it has been for me. And I've been doing so well in my classes! I haven't gotten anything below a B. I usually have at least one C in there somewhere. But I'm not gonna jinx myself. :) I still need to make my FINAL schedule for next year, but these two classes are trying to give me problems. It'll work out though.

So, regarding weight loss and healthiness, I'll admit that I fell off pretty hard these past two weeks. Halloween candy is beyond tempting! Plus I haven't had too much motivation to work out or anything. But I discovered something that has really boosted my inspiration for healthiness X 10. That something is tumblr! It's a bit like Twitter, but it doesn't have a type limit and is very image-based in design. There are tons of healthy food and exercise blogs on there that just really boost my confidence and get me going! I still have a goal to have all my weight loss be done by this time next year, but because of tumblr, I've started to realize that it doesn't matter when you get to your goal weight as long as you start on the path.

Since I follow so many positive blogs, they're always in my dashboard (a newsfeed, basically) and are there to motivate me when I just don't feel like doing anything, or that I can do this at all. It's really exciting! Here are a couple of images that I saw today on my dashboard:

(For when I really want something awful for me!)

(Always a good thing to remember :])












I was going to end with some music, but I figured this is pretty long enough already, so I'll make a part two in just a second. Later, lovelies! <3

Jessica

When I started this blog, I really didn't take into account how stressful school was going to get for me. I didn't realize how much time I was going to be spending so various projects and labs and design work. So while I'm definitely not going anywhere, I might have to rearrange how I blog.

I was thinking that instead of M-Th, I could post biweekly (no specific days, just randomly). One post could be a healthy living round-up type deal. The other could just inform y'all about what's going on in my life, etc. I think for right now it would be best, since otherwise I wouldn't be able to post for days at a time because of school, like recently. Wish me luck! I've actually made all As and Bs on everything so far, but extra luck won't hurt anything. :) Oh, here's a bit of good news- I'm applying for Spring 2012 graduation tomorrow! Yay!!

Later, lovelies.

I go through artist obsessions when it comes to music. I get stuck on one CD or artist for a long time before moving on. A few weeks ago I was obsessed with Will Holland's CD and posted one of his songs in my last Trance Track Tuesday. I've moved on since then! Right now I'm obsessed with Raise Your Weapon by Deadmau5. I like nearly everything he comes out with and I just now discovered this song. It's actually closer to dubstep than trance, but the two are kind of musical cousins, so I figured it would still count. :) I need to find out who does the vocals for the song too, because it's so pretty. Anyway, happy listening! <3 Later, lovelies.

Even though the buildup to Halloween is one of my favorite parts of the year, there's something else that trumps it just a little bit. What is it, you ask? The countdown to my birthday! It's only one month and 9 days away, and despite the fact that I can't even fathom being 24 years old, I can't wait!

It sort of ties in with my motivation topic for today. I'll let you in on a secret that I'm pretty embarrassed about- this summer before I started seriously thinking about changing my diet, etc, my doctor put me on blood pressure medicine since it was too high. Definitely not my proudest moment. I went for another checkup about 3 weeks ago, and it had gone down a bit. Yay! :D I'm still on it and have a while to go, but I have a final yearly checkup in December and they told me to lose at least 10 pounds and see where that gets me.

I have faith in myself that I can do it! But it does make me sad that I'm so young and already on medicine like that. So a really big motivator to be healthy is so I can be free of unnecessary medicines. I don't want to have to take any pills that I don't need to, and once I lose my goal weight for May, it's extremely likely that I can get off of it!

You know, once I sit down and think of all the benefits, motivators, and the like, it makes me wonder why I'm only just now taking action. But at the same time, hindsight is 20/20. I'm wiser now, which is a good thing. And I'm slowly on my way to making a big change! Later, lovelies.

Jessica

By the way, I have had an awful case of the Mondays! Our toilet over flooded today. Needless to say, it was not pleasant. One of my cats got stuck in our attic and I had to pull her down while standing on a chair. What do I get in return? Scratches! Then I was carrying my dinner to the table and somehow managed to drop my entire plate on the floor. Ughhhh, get here fast Friday!