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Make It Stop…

Hey Folks,

So I have a problem, and it’s kind of hard for me to actually come out and talk about it. So I was hoping someone, somewhere would take the time to listen, to read this, to help me, because I’m not sure I can do this alone.

I’ve held it inside for to long, because I just thought, you know, some things are better left unsaid. But that’s not true, it’s come to this. It’s taken over my life.

So here it goes,

I have, an addiction…

To … well

MUSIC.

Got Cha!

But in all seriousness, This week i’ve just been sick to my stomach by the amount of negative news broadcast. Actually i’m always bothered by all the negative things on the news.

From the Jewish school shooting in France, to the continuous headlines of another victim of bullying, to the innocent killing of Trayvon Martin.

Its just…Why does these things happen.

Make it stop.

Make a change in this world.

Make a positive impact/change in your life, or in the life of someone else.

Do whatever it takes. Be the voice.

It’s the only life you get to live, so make it count.

This, is my “Song Of The Week”

Rise Against- Make It Stop (September’s Children)

What’s yours? Inbox me a song that perhaps changed your life, or made some kind of impact in your life, or in the life of another.

Cheers.

The Challenge: A Week Later

Bonjour Mon ami,

Okay so i’m far from an expert at french speaking but hey, I like to try.

So it’s been a week with my Challenge. For anyone who doesn’t know what i’m talking about or who was not interested in reading my previous post, here’s what i did.

The past week I decided to spend less time using my phone, watching tv, and spending countless hours in front of my computer. Your probably thinking, this girl is crazy. Sure maybe I am , but have you realized you too could probably be obsessed with checking your phone, or spending countless hours in front of your computer and making sure you don’t miss that television show you’ve been wanting to catch, as well and missing out on other important things in life? . Ladies and gents, the first sign of this is DENIEL.

The past week I devoted myself to only 1 hour each day, of using those 3 items. Well my end result was this ; I used my computer once, my cellphone I used for only an hour each day, and television I used an hour each day (with the exception of Tuesday night, when i had to babysit and had nothing to do but watch TV, so i spent it watching the Dark Knight). I took up reading 2 books in my spare time, did alot of life thinking and came up with some story writing material of my own.

End result; I had a day spent with my uncle and his kids. Family is important no matter what. And you know what, I realized there’s so much i learned by spending time with them. I also joined the gym, and it’s been kicking my ass but its also time worth wasting. I accomplished chores, inside the house and outside =successful feeling. I realized I don’t have to watch tv or go on the Internet to learn things when I can just go outside and discover things, or learned new tasks by hand. I learned that spending time with someone in person is so much better then by using my phone to talk to them.

Seriously, there’s a whole other world out there. I recommend you turn off your phones, TV, and computers and go enjoy it.

Cheers!

The Challenge

Alright class is now in session.

With a show of, hands,likes or reblogging how many of you agree & shamefully admit to spending way to much time in front of a computer, a cell phone, or perhaps a television.

“LIKE!”

Hey folks,

Have you noticed while walking down a crowded street, the amount of people you pass, holding a phone in front of them? Okay texting while walking has become considered a skill. A dangerous skill you could get hurt while doing so. Have you tried talking to your sibling or a parent while the tv is on? and they only catch parts of what your trying to tell them? Isn’t that rude? I think so. Do you notice the amount of technology that is being presented to us in the world. Of course its a wonderful thing, but is it to wonderful that people are starting to forget the words “there’s a whole other life out there” Meaning, go outside, stop searching through someones facebook or twitter photos titled “trip of a lifetime” & wishing you were them. GET OFF YOUR ASS AND take a trip somewhere (sorry, the truth hurts), go learn something at a museum or read a book, instead of googling it. Go see a movie with friends you haven’t talked to in person for days because you can just skype them now, or text them. Put down your eBook and go to a library, get off eharmony or match.com and go socialize outside of your home. You might actually meet someone who isn’t lying about their age just to get your attention.(unlike their eharmony profile says) .

I can understand if your work requires you to use a computer or phone. But still…

Here’s your assignment. Here is what I will be doing.

I’m calling it, “The Challenge”.

My challenge for a week , and goal to achieve is to stop spending countless hours in front of the computer, or having OCD with checking my phone. I’m going to enjoy life without the computer in front of me, without my phone in hand. I’m limiting myself to only an hour a day to either, the computer, phone or TV. Phone is only for a real emergency.

Lets see after a week if this challenge will continue.

So put away your ipad, your iPhone, cellphone whatever, step away from your laptops, flat screen TV’s and go see the world, go enjoy life. LEARN SOMETHING NEW, maybe about the world, or about yourself.

Can you challenge yourself?

Class dismissed.

Cheers.

“& that’s a wrap folks”

(RAINMAN 1988)“Dr Bruner; Would’nt you be more comfortable in your K-Mart clothes Raymond?

Charlie; Tell him Raymond.

Raymond: K-Mart Sucks”

(I AM SAM 2001)Rita: I just don’t know what to call you: retarded, mentally retarded, mentally handicapped, mentally disabled, intellectually handicapped, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled…

Sam:You can call me Sam.

(FORREST GUMP 1994)“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get” 

Hello Folks,

When it comes to movies, I like to come across one that has meaning, a great emotion preformance, a storyline to relate to, to leave me in laughter, or leave me thinking.

I’m sure many can agree that Forrest Gump is one of your most-liked films, & if it’s not, then your like the Tin man on the Wizard of Oz. “YOU HAVE NO HEART”

Obviously i’m kidding. Movies where an actor can play a character with a disability of some kind, truly is art. It takes a lot to transform into a character like that. Having the right facial expressions, movement, tone of voice and much much more.

I have to say those are the movies I enjoy most, honestly. Such as Cuba Gooding Jr. in Radio and amongst;

Tom Hanks put on a great performance as Forrest Gump, I can’t imagine any other Actor to fulfill this roll, besides Hanks.

Sean Penn is another great actor of our time. I think the perfection he put into I Am Sam defines the difficulties and challenges a person with that disability has to overcome each and everyday they wake up. I loved this film.

Dustin Hoffman, literally blew me away with the first time of seeing Rain Man, actually it still blows my mind and makes me wonder how an actor can do such an outstanding job playing a character with a disability, every time I watch this film. There are many types of autism in the world, and with watching this film, it’s amazing how gifted a person is with autism all the while, at the same time heartbreaking. To see someone with such an intelligent and talented mind,go through each day struggling with everyday life at the same time.

These people could visit a place, or see a skyscraper just once, and instantly take that photographic memory and draw or paint every bit of detail to it’s exact structure..it’s just amazing. They could remember a historic event or tell you the scores from a baseball game they watched years ago, excel in math or have an obsession with their everyday routine. Having to do the same thing everyday, Living life like that, i cannot imagine.

Dustin Hoffman played the character Raymond to a “T”.

These types of movies I enjoy most I would like to say. Now, to see an actor put themselves into THAT, kind of character is truly a work of preforming art. Those types of movies i enjoy, it makes you think, its like sitting in school, during a class you enjoy and really LEARNING something. I like that about these films.

That’s my thought for this evening.

Cheers!

Happy Ho Ho Holidays!

Hi there folks,

Is your gifts wrapped? your Christmas lights shinning bright? have you got your baking done yet? You better hurry up and do those last minute preparations before the family/in-laws show up.

Are you panicking yet? i’m just kidding.

Those are just the few things I notice about the holidays. Everyone rushing around, like Christmas is one big scavenger hunt and there’s a million dollar prize once you’ve completed the mission. Well there is a prize, congratulations your bank account in looking small, your dishes are not going to clean themselves & after all the family leaves…you forgot the tylenol on your grocery list. Merry Christmas!

On a serious note;

Since I was a kid, my first priority was and is to make people smile. I hate seeing someone sad or going through a rough time in their life, & if I can cheer them up in anyway..Farren’s the name.

I would rather give someone something rather than to receive something.

For the past 4 years, around Christmas time a few of the local stores set up Christmas tree’s in their stores. Not the ones with the star shining at the top, or the big sparkly ornaments that fill the tree. I’m talking about the tree that is filled with  tags on them. The ones with the gender, age, and a few of the things kids enjoy. So you take that tag & go shopping for that unknown named person. You buy something special, a toy or a book for them to learn, or a piece of clothing to keep them warm.

Every year I HAVE, to take a tag from the tree. Giving someone who has very little or is less fortunate, a gift at Christmas time, is the best feeling. (:

So next Christmas i want to do a little something different.

From a baby until i was 16 I had to take hospital visits to the IWK which is never fun. Seeing those sick kids faces each time i went, broke my heart. The ones who were in wheelchairs while I walked passed them… it broke my heart. SO, next Christmas I want to make a promise to myself, that I will take time out from all this Christmas craziness… & visit kids in a hospital. (:

What are you doing this Christmas?

Cheers!

Think Before You Drink

Hey folks,

When you hear or see the word, “Alcohol” what runs through your mind?.

Is it the thought of the next party you will be attending this weekend? or is it an item that’s on your “to get” list?. Is it the smell of the person sitting next to you on the bus, his/her’s breath? Or perhaps the lump in your throat because you know what you will be coming home to when you see the one you love, drowning their addiction in alcohol.

The advertising of alcohol really ticks me off. Honestly.

One minute there’s a commercial about some new brand of alcohol that you can now purchase, while the next channel is a news headline stating ” Tonight a tragic accident claimed the lives of a teenager(s)” Rather it be a mother, a brother, sister or father, a friend, a complete stranger or an innocent by standard, drinking and driving advertisements have become just a shadow in the background.

Life’s a party, yes but it shouldn’t have to end in such a way.

Just this past September I heard of a college student who was JUST starting their life in their first year of college. Not even a week into school and this student died of an Alcohol overdose.

Seeing what the addiction of alcohol can do to someone who means the world to you. It breaks your heart, i know this. You feel guilty that you cant help them, or maybe you feel like your the reason that person drinks. You try your best to hold it together all the while, inside your screaming with anger, with fear. “When will this stop”

If your going to drink, drink responsibly. Don’t drink to fit in, don’t drink & drive, don’t drink as an excuse to hide your pain, or just an excuse to party.

My point, their are so many advertisements on branding alcohol, its seriously pathetic.

Their is a small portion of advertisements/commercials that show of what the affects can do if you drink.

Not enough commercials/ad’s showing what you can do to get help, or how to help another.

You could claim your life, or the life of another.

You only have one life, don’t mis-use it.

A Tribute To: Ryan Dunn

Hey Folks,

If you don’t know who Ryan Dunn is. Then leave now.

I’m kidding.

Does the words Bam Margera’s best friend/like a brother ring a bell? Jackass? Viva La Bam,CKY? ”the guy who never bathed” ring a bell? or that guy who would do anything you asked him even if it meant shoving a toy car up his butt, ring a bell? Or in Johnny Knoxville’s words “he was such a good person and i think he made me a little better as a person” ring a bell? Well if you don’t know Ryan Dunn by now then,now you do.

 Just a few nights ago MTV premiered : Tribute To Ryan Dunn, where Ryan’s friends and family came together to celebrate a life that was cut way to short.

After Ryan died suddenly in a horrific car crash, the lives of Dunn’s family, the cast and friends of jackass, Viva La Bam.. even his fans, all those people lost a part of their lives.

Always the funny guy, the Tribute to Ryan Dunn truly left the viewers in tears. Not sad tears though.

While watching this, when you think of the word Tribute, you instantly think a reflection back on someones life. Right? you think it’s going to be moving, sad and hard to watch, and leave you in silence.

Nope not this. Of course it was a reflection on his life and hard to watch but laughter was the only thing that brought tears to my eyes. The footage of Dunn’s life, the words his friends and family spoke about him, they were all just happy, and funny moments.

What really got me was when they’re was talk about Ryan being in his dark place for two years. That was just… it was shocking. To see what we all see of Ryan on our televisions, funny, happy go lucky kind of guy, to hearing of him hit rock bottom. Just,wow.

And what Wee Man spoke of him. Just those few words..was something else.

Overall this tribute was nothing but filled with happy comical moments of a life that was cut short…

RIP you Jackass. <3

Cheers!

New Years Resolutions…Who does That?

Hey Folks,

So the end of the year is quickly approaching. Today I flipped to the last month on my Taylor Swift calender. December. De-pressing.

Another year gone, another to get through. 

Now don’t get me wrong, this year had its ups and downs but hey, it was a hell of a ride and as I look back on it, I wouldn’t change a thing…well except one thing. I would change the time change. (yeah that made plenty of since). It gets dark way to early. I’m more awake when the owls are out, then i am when the seagulls are. Maybe that’s why they call those people, night owls. Does that make me an owl? Anyway my point, Here’s to good times and bad times of 2011, *insert middle finger in the air here*.

Everybody makes lists? correct?

 list of groceries you need to get.

list of chores you need to get done in a certain amount of time. Lets face it, there isn’t enough time in the day to get it all done.

lists for Christmas gifts. (Uncle Tom isn’t going to be offended if you forgot his gift, you’ll just have to make it up to him on his birthday with twice the gifts)

lists for homework

lists for work

lists of reminders (don’t forget Owen’s hockey helmet for his baseball game..wait)

lists of books to read

lists of when your suppose to be to certain places. (showing up to a dinner meeting with your sweat ban on after being to the gym..)

lists of pros & cons, do’s and don’ts

lists of when your favourite tv shows come on (it’s going to take you an hour to find the remote..NOTE TO SELF: CLEAN HOUSE)

lists of lists….

See, the problem with people is they make lists….for everything.

So make a list of new years resolutions.

Here’s a new years Resolution for you folks. #1)BURN THE LISTS!!! Got the matches? good now continue to burn the lists, they make a cozy fire. And good for s’more making.

We should just take life as it comes. The chores aren’t going to do themselves..although that would be wonderful. Spend a day on a hiking trail (put down that cupcake). See lists are for people who have short term memories…those are called people who are getting old. And that’s because it’s the truth…it’s also a part of life. Your getting older, you can’t remember a thing. Or your own name. “Hi, i’m ..uh, shit” …”your name is shit”?    “NO, no..”

Awkward.

Stop with the list making folks. Live life unexpectedly.

Don’t forget to make note of this:Burn this note.

Cheers.

ps. Note to self: Buy chocolate christmas calender. CHECK!

The Best Stories, Are The Ones Left Untold.

I want to create something beautiful

Something meaningful.

Something others can relate to.

Something to help overcome apart of life.

Something leaving you wanting more.

Something that can inspire others.

Something to make you feel.

Feel of pain, of sorrow or survival, or wonder and happiness.

I want to create a story that no one has yet to write.

Thoughts on Film

Okay what happen to good movies?

It seems as though film makers are copying those of another film maker. Movies such as “13 Going on 30”, in comparison to “A Lot Like Love” , “No Stings Attached” in comparison to “Friends With Benefits” . Along side many other movies to name. I just find either the ideas of a new movie have become…well slim. Either sequel upon sequels are being made. “Oh hey we made some money off of this movie, lets continue to make sequels”. Really viewers don’t mind a “good” sequel, I mean take all the Harry Potter movies for example, phenomenal film(s) with such creativeness put into it, and at the end of each film your wanting more and asking yourself “what happens next!”. And then there are films like Toy Story, and American Pie that are both in the works for sequels.

Its just frustrating to say the least, i mean I get that when a movie is being promoted for us to see, it seems as though they only show “the good parts” so we will go see it. I get it, i know its part of “how things work” but if your going to show previews of your movie worth seeing, make the whole movie… worth seeing.

It takes Good actors/actresses, hard work, dedication, commitment, creation/creativeness, time, preparation, a good story line and a job well done for the end product to be shown. It seems like less and less of that is being shown. Stop doing remakes of old films, stop copying films that have a similar storyline and start showing the world what you can do. Put creative minds to work.

Agree ?

#YouGotThis, #JustSayin

Looking Back

Looking back on life today. As the end of 2011 is quickly approaching I’m finding it quite scary how time is flying, but at the same time, excited as to what is yet to come. Agree?  Mistakes have been made, challenges have been overcome, one chapter of my life closed as another opened, good things happened as well as the bad. But that’s what makes us who we are, “you got to get through the bad to make it to the good”. I guess life is what you make it right?

Memories have been made with new and old friends. Not only has this past year crossed my mind but other years, the past. I guess the best memories come from bad ideas.

So whats next in life that will eventually become my past?

Your To Blame…

Clean up after yourself 

Okay i’m sure we are all guilty at one time or another of disposing our garbage on the ground, storing it in places it should not be. Rather than in the garbage, that is more then likely within your reach, or perhaps infront of you.

There has been claim that its the size of Texas, but although i find that hard to believe, it also does not surprise me that maybe this claim has some what of a truth? The other day I came across a man, he asked me if i could put his bar wrapper in the garbage that was behind the counter of course i said “Sure,No problem” , He began to tell me about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It’s part of our ocean that is just covered in garbage, plastic, tires, bottles, you name it it’s probably floating there.Sure our ocean is full of junk, but this particular part of the ocean, It just stays there.  Now i’ve heard of dolphins being caught in plastic can holders, but this information he was telling me was just unbelieveable. After much curiousity and disbelief I decided to use google and check out this claim i was told about. To my surprise it exsist, but not only that…it’s a major issue that is growing. Now i’m not an expert, or an enviromentalist. But garbage bags, garbage trucks and the garbage can WAS invented for a reason folks. When will we learn to take care of our earth. Really.

Falling alseep while listening to the rain fall outside my window…

life is good

“It Will Get Better”

As a new school year has started for students all over the world, it’s a time for reconnecting with old friends, making new friends, focusing on their academics, and struggling to make it through another year of school.

  By reading post, headlines, seeing worldwide news broadcast, hearing stories of one student after another, tragically taking their own lives because of bullying, cyberbully, verbally and/or physical bullying, it angers me that this continues to happen and nothing NOTHING has yet to change this. It needs to stop. School systems are failing tremendously with putting a hault to bullying in their schools.

As a victim of being bullied. It hurts & it “sucks”. Your not alone & it will get better.

Talk to someone, a parent, call a helpline, councillor. Don’t be afraid, stay strong. speak up & don’t keep in the dark, find that light. 

Your not alone.

Make A Difference, Make A Change. Stand Up & Stop Bullying.

“When words fail, music speaks”

Hello folks,

Well i’m back again. But this time around i’m going to use this for more of a useful tool. With the “at times” pointless posts. But HEY, what can I say, I’m a person with many thoughts, so I want to share them with you.

With this tumblr I’m going to share with you;

music &/or  music videos that have caught my interest. “Songs of the Week”

Quotes- one(s) that i have stumbled upon

Writing “spilling my heart on paper”- pieces that i myself have created. Such as “stories, quotes” “Random Thoughts of the Day”

Film- Perhaps a favourite of mine, or comments/ thoughts on a recent film I watched.

Photos/Art - I love art, especially, a painting or photography. When one can capture a moment through a lens, it’s beautiful.

This way I can share some of my personal favorites that may become your own favorite as well, or a written piece that you, out there, are feeling or can also relate to.

when words fail, music speaks