Your Duty Today....

... Don't be a jerk, be nice to birds, people and everything else.

*Currently in silence, about to head out*

All You Need Is L♥ve

Hey, I'm feeling dreamy...

What I Want.

I want to pay off all my debt. By the end of the year. I'm working on it. It'll be. It's not much. But I want it gone. Life has been good to me, people have been good to me. I want it all on a clean slate. I want to be able to give back.

I want to tell my sister she can go back to school and I'll support her financially. I want to pay off my friends' student loans. They don't need to think about that, they're ridiculously talented, that's all they should do, create art.

I don't care for diamonds or very fast cars. That's a lie, scratch that, I would love a Lotus Elise. I don't care for diamonds. I don't want jewelry, I don't want a mansion or servants. I do need greens, many dollars, although dollars are not green anymore... I have an expensive lifestyle. I like to eat out (really good food), I like to travel (there's a plan for Europe, Africa, Cuba, Chile), I like concerts and shoes and art. I like YOU. For that, I need no greens at all. Oh and throw in a Vespa, how cute would I look in a mint green Vespa?

I want a house by the beach, nothing crazy, something easy to maintain and spacious enough for Amara to roam around and stretch. I want a tiny little studio apartment in Manhattan. I want a condo in San Andres. I want a boutique with the hottest fashion trends, established by me. I want to own a cafe, my very special recipes served in a 'chic-little-kitchen' atmosphere... I'll be a good boss. I know it.

I want the time and funds to create wonderful events to support local artists and give back to the world. I want to be a part of making this place a better place. I want to be a volunteer without worrying about the time that could have been used for work.

I don't want children. I don't think I will be a good mother. I want a life partner, not a husband.

I want you to be happy, as happy as I am. Even more.

*Currently listening to my phone vibrate and ring, incoming text message*

Now, replace her straight strands with curls and the dog for Amara.

La Tierra Del Olvido

Como la luna que alumbra
por la noche los caminos
como las hojas al viento
como el sol espanta al frío
como la tierra a la lluvia
como el mar espera al río
asi espero tu regreso
a la tierra del olvido

Como naufragan mis miedos
si navego en tu mirada
como alertas mis sentidos
con tu voz enamorada
con tu sonrisa del niña
como me mueves el alma
como me quitas el sueño
como me robas la calma

Tu tienes la llave de mi corazón
yo te quiero
mas que a mi vida porque sin tu amor
yo me muero

- Carlos Vives (Ivan Benavides)

*Península de La Guajira, Colombia. - El Paraiso.

Warrior of the Light

A Warrior of the Light is never in a hurry.

Time works in his favor; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking.

By walking slowly, he becomes aware of the firmness of his step. He knows that he is taking part in a decisive moment in the history of humanity and that he needs to change himself before he can transform the world. That is why he remembers the words of Lanza del Vasto: 'A revolution takes time to settle in."

A Warrior never picks fruit while it is still green.

- Paulo Coelho (Warrior of the Light, page 40)

And now I take off, in a hurry... I'm the Warrior-in-training of Friday night!

*Currently listening to Thriller, Michael Jackson (they wont stop playing him in this house)*

What's Your Price?

Everybody's got a price, what's yours?

So lets see... Would you eat a rotten egg for $10? Probably not. Would you do it for for $100? Maybe. How about $1000? Yeah, I know you're thinking about it... This is basic 'take what you can get' mathematics. You need something, you may be offered a possibility, you have a price. Of course there are morally limiting factors. I wouldn't commit murder for a price, I may do it for another person's life. If I had to.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson - I heard someone saying that the insanity surrounding the last couple of decades of his life were merely a publicity stunt. If so, wow, what a price to pay! Then somebody else referred to him as an Omega, not the Alpha, but a demure, low-key, barely noticeable figure. This person also argues that what we'll see is that soon enough, all the bad will be forgotten and the media will go back to exemplify his first years of stardom.

I will not forget a thing. And in the great words of James Dewhirst when I asked him if he'd heard the news: "I heard, all the little boys in the world will sleep peacefully now". Amen to that!

Okay my little sweetlings... I'm of to see Lucha - VaVoom!!!

*Currently listening to 1 2 3 4, Feist - Gosh I ♥ Feist*

Iran, Zombies & Shoes

People must stop asking me what I think of Iran. Seriously? Let me list the reasons why:

1. How am I supposed to know what's going on in Iran when nobody really, REALLY, does?
2. How am I supposed to know what's going on in Iran when I seldom know what's going on in the U.S.?
3. How am I supposed to know what's going on in Iran when I seldom know what's going on in MY head?

Seriously. Please.

Kevin's pitch sounds kinda' cool to me, he says: 'I think Iranians need to start doing Flash Mob Protests. I think the government would have no idea what to do if 15,000 people suddenly showed up at Azadi Tower done up as Zombies (and they could hopefully shuffle away before getting shot). If they did get shot...well, they're already dressed as zombies, which would make for some really bizarre Romeroesque video.' -Only Kevin ☺ (yes, that's a happy face).

Okay, now what I really think about Iran: Nothing. We have to wait and see. The world is watching.

R.C.: Don't forget to get 2 of each, in EVERY SINGLE color. Contrary to what anyone might have told you, cows DO like being milked. Also, it is the morally correct thing to do, yes, it is. Morality and Connectedness is shit when coming from the common person. You and I are not common, we define IT honey. Go crazy!

*Currently listening to Such Great Heights, Postal Service*

Crazy Town & Las Vegas.

I have a friend. I can't really say he's my friend, we barely know each other. But I would like to get to know him better someday, he's sort of special, not as in 'special education special', more like interesting and very odd special. His mind works in crazy ways. Good crazy. More like intellectually profound crazy... You know? Like some used to think Einstein was insane... I once heard that genius was a step away from crazy... Maybe he is crazy, sometimes I wonder...

So, last week, when Summer and I were in Las Vegas, at one point we sat at a bar and a man sat next to me. He said I had nice legs, he asked if he could give me a lot of money for me to go have sex with him, at that point Summer said: 'You're very inappropriate, she is my lesbian lover, you should leave now'. Summer rocks, I still need to learn how to say no, but at least I didn't say yes and that's what counts, right?

*currently listening to Af607105, Charlotte Gainsbourg*

Not Here, Please.

Yesterday, as I drove down Barham, into Cahuenga, I realized that one of the reasons why I have never considered living in Hollywood is because of all the traffic and noise. When I'm at R.C.'s I can't hear a thing, same as at R's, but I wonder if I'd miss the simplicity of a quieter city, one located at easy access to my favorite places. Do I really stand on the right place?

Ideally, I would like to live by the Beach. A friend just moved and he showed me a picture of the a beach sunset, he took it from his phone, from his front door. Envy here. Mad envy.

I want the sea-breeze and the splash of waves.

Then, I'd be too far from the places a go to most frequently. I guess nothing's really far in L.A., but 10 minutes is quite different from 25.

Someone said: 'You live where? I thought you were a Santa Monica girl!'.

Yes... Perhaps that would be a better place for me.

*currently listening to Oasis, Amanda Palmer*

When The Cool...

Peeps you know, actually do something good on YouTube, you get this:



Go Cheeks, Go (darling)!