New music stuff

Last Sunday Shawn got GREAT GREAT GREAT news about his music. One of his songs was picked up for the soundtrack (and possibly the movie) for Step It Up 2. The really great news is that it's for Missy Elliott! They want to put it on her new album as well....AND it's a very strong contender to be a the first single. Missy Elliott herself is lobbying for it to be first. If you know anything about the music industry you know that having a single is the best possible solution and that it opens all sorts of doors for you. Plus it also helps that it's Missy Elliott, everything she touches turns to gold! Things happened so quickly which is very unusual in music. Shawn is so excited about everything. He keeps waking me up in the middle of the night to tell me how excited he is. Of course in his industry nothing is written in stone until the album is actually released but the heads at Atlantic and Missy herself are all really liking the song. They've already recorded it and mixed it last week and looking for it to hit radio by December or so! Will keep you posted!!!

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to ME! My 20th birthday was on Saturday. Shawn got me a massage-which was MUCH needed, I've always had the worst back and neck pains-tickets to see Colbie Caillat in November and he also found me a dog that I really wanted but that fell through an hour before we were supposed to pick him up. We had been looking for a Maltipoo or Cockapoo for the last few months now. We wanted one that was a bit older so that it could already be house trained. So after searching for a few months we finally found one. I spoke with the lady on Friday and she said we could come pick him up. I was so excited! Then when we came home from being out all day Saturday there was an email in my inbox from the woman telling me that her daughter begged her not to sell him so they changed their minds! I was pissed and kind of sad. So now we are going to try and find another older one, but if we can't we will just get a puppy and have to go through the whole "potty training" thing which I did NOT want to do.

Feeling 20 (so far) feels no different at all. I hate that question of "So how does being (insert age here) feel?!" I think it's the lamest birthday question ever! The only positive thing about being 20, is that word "teen" is no longer attached to me. Saying "teen" feels so awkward!

The Time Travelers Wife

I have to recommend to everyone who likes to read to go and get "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. I'm only on page 54 (Just started a little bit ago) and it's one of the best books I've read this year!

Oh and if you like to read look me up on Goodreads so we can swap book list!

Art show pictures

Sunday my Pop-pop was apart of Baltimore's Free Fall events. Below are a couple pictures of some of his work and of me and my sisters.

I needs me a hobby

Sometimes people just get bored with things. I've gotten a little bored lately with two things. 1. My "look" so now I'm debating if a hair color change will fix that or a totally different haircut/style-Victoria Beckham anyone? Nah, don't think so. 2. I want a hobby of sorts. I used to write short stories, but I don't feel inspired to do that anymore. Blogging is sort of an outlet, but still not satisfying my creative urges. I thought about photography, but isn't that kind of an expensive hobby? I mean if I suck at it, I've spent all this money on camera equipment and stuff. I want to make something, something that would also satisfy my fashion design thirst but I can't sew (I never tried, but I can't even put on a button). When I was about 12 I used to "sketch" designs but according to my mom I wasn't very good. So I stopped that. So I thought and I thought. I watched Martha Stewart for ideas and finally decided on jewelry making. It sounds pretty easy and who knows if I'm good enough I could even try and sell it on Etsy and turn a profit. Anyway, I'm not sure where to start. Are there books to read? What kind of tools do I need? Where do I get supplies? Should I take a class?? Is there anyone out there who reads my little blog who does this? If so point a clueless girl in the right direction! I'll be forever grateful!

Quote

I have Gmail for my email and Google puts select quotes for me on my inbox page and the following quote just popped up and I really liked it so I wanted to post it.

Vittorio Alfieri - "First thoughts are not always the best."