Goodbye, last year.

This is basically how my year ended.

Let the joy spread.

So, Christmas is here, all the family gathered together somewhere we're not used to be, doing things we don't regularly do but having lots of fun. Using shorts and skirts for Xmas is definitely a new thing but hey who could ever be mad about warm, delicious weather?

This time of the year always gets me to think a lot, to go deep inside myself and try to figure out what I'm doing with my life and I I'm doing it right and going in the right direction. Of course I never get to any answers and only end up being way more confused, but the thing I always conclude is that there's not much I can do when it comes to the future. You just have to let it flow.

But is letting it flow really something we humans can do? Or are we too busy trying to always have control over everything and not actually having it?

All that I wish for Xmas is being here, and being able to enjoy my family and all of life's little gifts and blessings, and to stop worrying for once while I do all this.

So dear fellas, I wish your Christmas is merry and lovely and that you eat a lot of delicious food and that you get a lot of love and kisses and more bear hugs than any other thing. Be safe and if you drink too much be sure to have two Advils and a big glass of water before you go to bed. You can thank me later for the advice.

Cheers!

So...

My shrink suggested that I kept kind of an agenda... not for planning ahead but for recording everything I go through... and we agreed that a blog was definitely a good way to do this. Also we agreed on something: my eyes look weird and bigger lately... anyways.

Whatever nonsense I begin writing from now on is under prescription and you should therefore be patient and pretend you find it interesting... or not, I'll still write it anyways.

Have a lovely friday, xoxo.

Together they're Invincible.

There's few things that excite me more than weddings. I haven't been to a lot of real weddings (meaning: most of the wedding's I've ever been to are from people that aren't close to me) but yet every time I get all teary and excited.

Last saturday I got to be at one of the most beautiful (and let's say different) weddings ever, and for the first time someone close to me was actually getting married. My ex-coworker and friend Paola married her best friend for 10 years and long time boyfriend. You could see it in their faces and feel it in the air: these guys are crazy about each other. Everything in their wedding was so well thought and perfectly arranged, it made you wanna smuggle something in your purse.

Along all that, I was sitting with all of my ex-coworkers. It was amazing and fun (and a bit sober due to fancy cocktails and lack of beer) but we danced so much that I can still feel every muscle in my body aching after 3 days. We were the last ones standing, dancing and jumping around the dance floor. Eventually only the bride's parents and sisters were left apart from us. And they cutely waited for us to be done dancing to leave.

So once again (happens every time I attend a wedding) I went crazy and I can't wait to have a wedding of my own.

So, God bless their marriage and may they be as blissful and in love as they are now.

Here's some proof of all the magic:

 

Please Don't Go I'll Eat You Up I Love You So

Siempre llego tarde a todo y este caso no es la excepción. Hace 2 días vi por primera vez en mi vida Where the Wild Things Are. Por una u otra razón nunca la había podido/querido ver, a pesar de muchas recomendaciones sobre todo de mi sobrina Jazz (de 5 años) y de mi hermano. Gracias a Wal-Mart y sus películas de $5 dlls es que tuve la oportunidad.

Sobra mencionar que lloré como una niña, esta película que en lo personal no me pareció una para niños, tiene no sólo mensaje hermoso sino paisajes, situaciones, personajes y colores exquisitos. Ni se hable del Soundtrack creado por Karen O and the Kids, que es también una joya.

Lo único que quiero después de ver esta película es meterme en mis pijamas de lobo con orejas, garras, cola y bigotes, tener un cetro, una corona y correr libre por la vida, amenazando a todos de que me los voy a comer.

Así que están advertidos.

¿Te imaginas?

Estoy segura que todos en su vida han escuchado alguna vez la canción de Imagine. Ese himno que sólo un verdadero genio de la palabra y de la paz como John Lennon podía crear. Si pudiera tener un contador mágico en mi vida, que llevara la cuenta de todas las veces que he escuchado esa canción (o cualquier otra de los Beatles) seguramente ya hubiera explotado o marcado algún error.

A pesar de eso (del incontable número de veces que he escuchado Imagine) nunca deja de tener impacto en mí, cada vez uno distinto, pero siempre positivo. ¿Será imposible realmente Imaginar?

He pensado en más de una ocasión en esta idea; he escuchado y re-escuchado, leído y re-leído la letra una y otra vez. El mensaje parece tan sencillo que hasta pareciera absurdo. Sin embargo, en este mundo (cada vez más) retorcido, no hemos logrado seguir ese clarísimo y súper "easy-to-follow-advice".

¿Qué nos cuesta? Imaginar un mundo sin cielo e infierno, sin posesiones, sin religiones... de pura paz y hermanos. Yo por mi parte propongo que sigamos el consejo. Al final, "you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one". Yo confío en eso, en no ser la única que se siente inspirada por el consejo de este hombre irrepetible e insuperable. Tal vez mi impacto al vivir de esta manera sea pequeño, casi insignificante. Pero confío en que no soy la única. And I hope someday you'll join us.

Long live John Winston Ono Lennon and may the world just live as one.

"RULES", DOs & DON'Ts, Guía básica de supervivencia.

Un día alguien escribió esto antes de conocerme (realmente conocerme). Inconscientemente estas han sido las reglas de mi vida ever since.  

First of all

. Be happy
. Enjoy it!!!
. You deserve it (I guess), si no, le estaría pasando a alguien más
. Let me know when it's enough
. Do not expect anything from anyone
. Imagine
- Apenas um pouco (não vai perder o emprego)
. Why?
. Why not?
. You're guilty of your own destiny
. Avoir du plaisir
. Sleep tight, obvio con una sonrisa
. Ain't a riddle (I'm not good at them)
. Todo es efímero
. Weird
. Super weird
. Random
. No idealices, nah mejor sí
. Feel free, you are
. "Do not try to find me", I've already found you
. Please do not sue me, jaja, I'm pretty sure I'm not a freako*
*"They are usually politicians, real estate agents, loan officers, people who work at the metro, Canadians, or car salesmen." http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freako
. Sue me, I changed my mind, it's kind of rockstar, jaja
. Watch out with the things you stare at...
. Watch out with things you desire, they might become real.
. Life is easy, let's make it harder.
. Axiomata sive leges Motus (rules the world, for sure)
. Keep it simple, it has its own rythm
. J'insiste, dis-moi quand c'est suffisant
. There's always a widely agreed answer for everything, just make it real.
. Let people know de questa cosa or not, è la vostra decisione
. No te decepciones, es como tenía que ser

Nada de lo leído anteriormente debe ser seguido al pie de la letra, son reglas, y las reglas se hicieron para romperse.