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How To Be Alone

July 29, 2010

"A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well." -Unknown

xoxo,

~C.

Friday, June 18, 2010

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -Anais Nin

xoxo,
~C.

For You.

"Desire, ask, believe, receive." -Stella Terrill Mann

xoxo,
~C.

Let Me Check & See...

Knowledge Grows....

I was reading Time Magazine and an advertisement got me....thinking.

it read....

"Few Things possess more Power than a Thought.

Because a Thought has the potential
to become something significant.
To solve something meaningful.
And to inspire us to achieve great things.

What makes a Thought so powerful
is that it can be created by anybody.
At anytime.
From anywhere.

That's why Thinking should be encouraged
and nurtured in all its forms.
No matter how small.
Or how impossibly grand.

Because wherever Thinking happens,
Big Ideas follow.
Minds become enlightened.
Knowledge grows.
And people discover new ways to unlock their
Potential.

So start Thinking."

 that is all.
xoxo,
~C.

Bloom Bloom Pow!!!!!

Today is the first day of June and I've decided to re-name what society has called "June Gloom" to "June Bloom"

Yes!!!  I'll say it again....JUNE BLOOM!!!!  Why am I re-naming it?  Because I'm choosing to see my life in the most favorable light I can imagine.  Bloom by definition is a flourishing, healthy condition; the time or period of greatest beauty, artistry, etc.

Now is the time!!!  Now is the time of greatest beauty, artistry, creativity, the freedom to let your light shine!  Now is the time (even when circumstances seem bleak) to allow yourself to space to create great miracles.  Creating my life during June Bloom means that I have a blank canvas.  I have a clean paintbrush and my smock is spotless....and it's now up to me to paint what I want.  Having no rules, except to see myself in the MOST favorable light I CAN IMAGINE!!!

So guess what??  We all have the power to create whatever we want for our lives! Like seriously....you really do!  You have your canvas...it's blank....what are you going to fill it with? 

"We lift ourselves by our thought.  If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.  Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere." ~Orison Swett Marden.

Go ahead....GET YOUR BLOOM BLOOM POW on this month....today is the first day of you choosing to see yourself in the most favorable light you can imagine!!!

Love YOU Long Time!!!
xoxo,
~C. 

One of the greatest lines he ever spoke....

"You are truth. You are love. You are bliss. You are freedom."  ~Osho

Oh Boi....Who Wants to Dance???

I'm so excited about this....Active Arts at the Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles wants to get you ready to dance to the rhythm!

The program started May 21, 2010 and goes until September 10, 2010.

This will be my first time attending but I think its going to be fun...a cool way to meet people and experience Los Angeles in new & exciting ways.

Here's the schedule:

• June 4 Ballroom (Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Rhumba, & Viennese Waltz)
• June 18  Line Dancing & Two Step (7:30-10pm)
• July 2  Bollywood/Bhangra
• July 16 Argentine Tango
• July 30 Zydeco
• August 13 Disco Night
• August 27 Throwback Night - 60s Dances
• September 10 Samba

Admission is Free. Donations welcomed. First come, first served.
Check them out...www.MusicCenter.org

Have fun this summer!!!!

*peace*

mark 4:39....
"& he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."

Self-Meditation

let's ask ourselves....

"Am I living according to my deepest heartfelt values and principles or am I just reacting semi-consciously to the vagaries (an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance) and vacillations (a state of indecision or irresolution) of the moment?"

Let's make a commitment to be true to ourselves in every way.  The truth shall (definitely will) set you free!!!

xoxo,
~C.

Really Worth The "WAIT" in Gold???

Worldwide Tacos is the name of this food spot in the Jefferson Park Area of Los Angeles.  I'd heard about this place and folks saying these are the best tacos ever!  Like seriously?  Really?  The best tacos ever????  So I felt a little inspired to check them out.

I went a couple of days ago...nice, breezy day in LA and I was in the neighborhood...the hunger bug attacked and I was feeling a tad bit adventurous.  Why not try them out?  One thing is for sure by the looks of this place I wouldn't have touched it with a ten foot pole.  I am often surprised by what I experience in this grand city of Los Angeles by just closing my eyes and diving in.  It's really amazing!

OK...back to taco land Christann!  *smile*

I walked up to the window and looked at their endless menu, and I do mean endless.  This place serves every kind of taco and burrito known to man.  Literally!  Veggie tacos, turkey tacos, beef tacos, shrimp tacos, jerk chicken tacos, steak tacos, and the list goes on.  They serve over 150 different kinds of tacos. Too much?  I think so.  But hey..what do I know?  So I placed my order, two hard shell turkey tacos with everything and my friend ordered three shrimp tacos.  How much?  $18.00.  How long?  45 minutes!!!!!  What the H-E-double hockey sticks!?!?!?!?  Are you serious?!?!?  The cashier then asked for my phone number to call me when the order would be ready for me to pick up!

OMG!!

I started thinking...does this place really take this long to prepare some tacos?  WOW!  Then there was a sign on the window that read "You order can take between 15 minutes & 2 hours."  WHAT!?!?!?

Keep your cool Christann is what I kept telling myself!  Just keep your cool...you are trying something new and different.  So just remain open to the experience.  LOL!!!
So my friend and I left and ran a few errands..all the while discussing how long this taco process was going to take.  Has there been an announcement of a slow-food movement that I didn't know about?  I mean really?

After all was said and done...I took 48 (FORTY EIGHT MINUTES) for FIVE TACOS!!! Using a little math...that comes out to 9.6 MINUTES PER TACO!!!!  THE NERVE!!!!


WHERE IS THE KOJI TRUCK!!?!?!?!?!?

at least they had an "A"

LOL!!!

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Sweet Water....

Fall on me...
cleanse me
nourish me.

except a drop fall to the ground...
it abides

in me
on me
you...

Keep It Pushin'

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

~William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

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"From Paris With Love"....Travolta did a good job.

"tonight I wanna find a way to make it without you...I wanna hold on to the times we had..."

Desigual is coming stateside, it looks like, fits like & feels like wanna be @Custo_Barcelona. imjustsayin

CBean is awesome! RT @cbeanshop: I am also going 2 need a job in NYC. Experience as a costumer, costume designer, stylist, personal shopper

what time is Siesta?

wants to know if anyone is down for a trip to the Rose Bowl Flea Market this Sunday? Yeah, I know it's V-Day but so what?

awake. thoughts. writing.

pain!!

got sunburned today at the beach! aaaaaarrrrrggggghhh!!!

listening to Dr. Laura on 980...she is tough love to these callers! I like it!!!