Snow now? Everyday I wake up to a new surprise every day.

And welcome to Iowa.

This is probably my number one reason for hating to live in Iowa. The weather, it's beyond bi-polar which is beyond frustrating because for one, I like to have a general idea of what the weather is going to be like so I can get a general idea of what I'm going to wear. It's frustrating when you have a cute outfit planned out for either a warmer day or a cooler one and to have the weather be the opposite. So now you have to make some more time in your fast paced morning routine to plan something else. Which personally, I don't have enough time because I would rather sleep in a little longer than look good for everyone because I'm not really trying to impress anyone.

     Just kidding, I love all of my school mates and I try to look my very best just so when they see my made up face they can just smile in joy seeing of how long it took me to get ready. Not really.

      Another reason I don't enjoy this bi-polar weather is because since I've had my license and have had a car, which is now a SUV, you learn that when it's cold outside and snowy, you need to start your car ahead of time so your not freezing and can't see through your ice window. Trust me, I've learned from experience. So during you're morning routine, you either have to take your time to go start your car, or if you're lucky like me, your Dad will ask if you're going to leave soon and start it for you. Thanks Dad. :)

     And finally another reason I hate the weather is because it ruins your plans, or it tries really hard to. Because of this weather, me and my boyfriend are planning to see DJ Pauly D at the Eastern Iowa sports center, which I'm not sure we can now because he goes to college an hour away which means he'll have to drive here in this weather and I'm hoping he doesn't die. Wah. 

Your favorite song gets turned into a LSD dream?

Have you ever had a song that you really liked and have played it multiple times, whether you're driving in the car, listening to it while blogging, or just at home. You just love the song, from the music and the lyrics, it's just you're favorite song.

          Until you see the music video.

      This is how I feel about the song, "Kids" by MGMT. I never had really listened to their music before, let alone heard of them until one day I was getting ready in the bathroom for school and Pandora chose to play it. I automatically fell in love with it. The song reminds me of the music of H&M and just wants to make you dance. And not the, 'I'm-trying-way-too-hard-notice-me' or the 'I-don't-know-what-the-hell-I'm-doing' dance either. But just as if you could do whatever you please and still look good and decent.
    But one time I made the mistake to look up the music video.
    And all I can say is when I watched it I couldn't stop watching it because it's just so weird. It first shows a baby crying in a crib and these creepy monster hands are trying to grab it so it's freaking out, than it flashes to his mom is picking him up. And his mom reminds me of a celebrity mom who doesn't really care about her kid because he's just loud and crying because when she's carrying him around, he keeps seeing all of these creepy monsters and messed up faces. It's so creepy. Than it turns into someone's drawings and how the baby is running from these monsters in his life and a hand grabs him and he thinks he's safe, just to have his hand turn out to be a bunch of monsters.
    After being creeped out but still interested, I thought about maybe what the music video was trying to show is that either
A) This kid has been introduced to drugs that make him have these visions because his mom is a celebrity and does drugs so it's effecting him
B) He's just having bad dreams.
C) It's showing society how everything is turn to scary trash and it's taking over our youth and scaring them.
D) Watch this video and you'll never have to worry about doing LSD because you can just watch this! (388)

Here's the link.

Here's a list of people I hate.

1. I hate people who chew with their mouth open. It's so gross and annoying, I don't want to see what you're eating because I could just look at your plate. 
2. People who think they sound smart by using long words that they probably don't understand themself or they just use it constantly.
3. When people don't say 'Bless you' after I sneeze. It's awkward because now I feel like people don't care about me because I sneezed. And it's not even the religious aspect.
4. People who look at you like you're weird or stupid because I made a comment or a joke about something. I don't think you probably heard the entire conversation so you don't need to give me a look. Stop.
5. When you make plans with someone for basically over a week and than when it's time to hang out and you decide not to text or call me back. And you're still on Twitter or Facebook.
6. People who don't brush their teeth. Especially if they look good or have their hair and makeup done, but than when you talk to them and they get really close and choose to breathe all over you. Please carry gum or breathe mints.
7. When you try to be nice to someone and they think you're being a rude person or a bitch. I guess I'm sorry I said I liked your sweater and you think I'm making a joke just to be rude. I'm not. I do like your sweater.

My hating people rant is now over. (255)

People who treat their dogs like children

That's the shit I don't like.

Don't get me wrong, I love both of my dogs Chanel and Snickers, Chanel is the yorkie and Snickers is the dachshund. Yes, I buy them chew bones occasionally so they don't come into my room and chew things, and I'll even get them a new toy even though they have hundreds.

     But some people really push the limits.

    We have this neighbor that lives down the street from us and her and her husband, who are both around 50 to 60, have no children but they have a wiener dog named "Sparkie" AKA "Miss Sparkles". Not trying to sound rude but this dog has to be one of the sickest dogs I've seen, they bought her thinking that she's a mini, when in reality she's on the larger size of being "mini". So they feed her the average amount for the smaller breed, so she looks really sick because she's so thin. It also doesn't help that she's 9 or 10 years old. Or older. Who knows.

    But it's not her name that makes her spoiled. It's the fact that they treat this dog like IT IS THEIR CHILD. This dog goes on trips with them and has even been to Florida a few times. 

     I've only been to Florida once.

    This dog also has a birthday party every year that we get invited to every single year, which I always have something going on. (Not really but I don't want to go to a dogs birthday party). This dog also gets it's own sweaters and everything you can imagine, which includes a rain coat. It also pisses me off because they talk about this dog like it is a child, they talk about her daily things she's done and how she gets her teeth done. Kill me now.

   But maybe I shouldn't be so judgmental  Maybe they are both just lonely, but I honestly feel that people push it when spoiling and treating their dogs like humans. (335)

How to talk to people online you don't know and creep. AKA CATFISH

Catfish is a MTV show based off a documentary that follows a young photographer that has been talking to this girl named Megan on Facebook for a few months and begins to have a relationship with her even though he's never Skyped her or met her. As he keeps talking to her, his brother and a friend think it's sketchy because she always has some excuse for things and things just don't make sense from the things that she says which leads to a shocking surprise when they go to visit "Megan".

 

 

 

So since the documentary was such a big hit, MTV contacted them about how they wanted to make CATFISH: The TV show. When basically Nev (the guy who met Megan and dealt with what all happened there) would pick people that emailed him about their experience or story about how they're dating someone online but haven't met or Skyped them for whatever reason. And after watching every episode, which is on at 10pm on MTV, I've come to realize a few things, so here’s a few tips of how to find out if the person you might be talking to is fake.

1.      First of all, if you're talking to someone online that you don't know in real life, you shouldn't honestly believe everything about that person and go ahead and assume they're being sketchy. Personally if you have less than 50 mutual friends, and they don't have that many friends and only 1 profile picture, go ahead and assume it's a fake.

2.      Every single episode, it's never the person they say they are or act out to be. They usually know the person that they stole the information and pictures from and have just made up this fake person. There's been situations when a girl thought she was talking to a guy to have it be some gross girl, or thought she was talking to some male stripper to have it be a 40 year old guy with 4 kids, or even better, the time this guy thought he was talking to this hot girl to have it be a gay guy who got kicked out of college for using the fake profile to get at one of his teachers.

3.      If you think that the person is too good to be true, that individual probably isn't real. If the person has a fake account, there's a few signs. Such as A) They have had something tragic happen multiple times or something is always going on. B) They look like an absolute model and are 'famous' or have famous friends C) They don't have a webcam, which you can buy for around $15, never talk on the phone or never send a picture of themself to you.

4.      Trust your gut instinct. Every time I watch the show with my Mom, we always guess if it's going to be the real person or a fake, which it has always been a fake. But when you do watch it you know that some things don't add up or just something weird isn't right.

5.      If you were really concerned if whoever you were talking to online was a fake, you should creep. And when I say creep, I don’t mean find the persons IP address and stalk them in their real, not online life, I mean that you should be able to use their information to your advantage. If they have a phone number, look it up online, it’ll tell you what state it’s from or even city. If you think that they are using someone else’s pictures, save them on your computer and Google Image search it. If the same picture is somewhere else on the internet, it’ll show up. (764)

6.      Talk to the mutual friends that you might have with them. Since it’s probably a low number, message that person and say, “Hey! I was wondering how you know so-and-so.” Or something like that. More than likely they’ll say they never met this person in real life but they’ve talked online. Fake.

7.      And finally, as they said on the show, “If she’s asking for a picture of your (insert word here), she probably has one herself.” Meaning if they constantly want inappropriate pictures of you, it’s probably a creepy person or other bad people who come into your mind.

Stay safe online and don’t talk to fakes. And again, don’t stalk them down because you don’t know if the guy you’re talking to is a 18 year old football player, or a 60 year old man with candy.

 

Chocolate and Small dogs.

What's the difference between chocolate and things that look like chocolate?

When I was sitting in my bed on Tumblr and creeping on Facebook, my mom picked something small up off the floor and flicked it at me 

"Ew, what did you flick at me?" - Me

"If you keep leaving things on the floor one of the dogs are going to eat it and get sick. Damn it, Ashley I've told you this so many times." - Mom

"Mom, I haven't had chocolate in forever..."

And we both turned to look at my Yorkie Chanel sitting on my bed, acting like she didn't understand what was going on. But she had this derpy little smile knowing that her pile of poop was now sitting on my shirt. I'm beyond ready for the weekend.

Lana Del Rey

"Cause it's nice to love and be loved, but it's better to know all that you can know."


           First of all, I just recently found out about Lana del Rey when I was on Facebook, probably creeping on someone or something, and on the side there was an ad for H&M and had this gorgeous girl on it who reminded me of someone from the 60's which is my favorite era. So I clicked on the ad and it said that the company was coming out with a line influenced by Lana del Rey and that's when I Googled her and automatically fell in love.
          There could be a whole list of things I adore about her, so I'll just make a quick list about why I, and you should, love her too.

1. I personally think she is beautiful, which I don't think about a lot of things. Not trying to be rude, but I don't see nature as beautiful so when I see someone that I think is beautiful, that means a lot. (Just to verify I do only like men and my boyfriend is aware about my obessision with her.) But I think what makes her so pretty is because she reminds me of a Hollywood scarlett, an old fashioned, classy, celebrity before not wearing panties was the new thing, hint hint Britney and Lindasy.
2. Her voice. I'm assuming you haven't listened to much of her music before, because a lot of people have never heard of her or let alone listened to her music. But when you listen to her songs, you can tell it's her voice and it's not auto-tuned. I can't even describe it. And I give her more credit because I've listened to her acoustic and live sets and she honestly sounds pretty close to the CDs. Just a warning, her music isn't pop, it's more like Indie/Classy.
3. The lyrics in her songs. It's not something catchy or popular, but the words in the way she puts them together makes you think. I feel like in every one of her songs she's telling a story or a part of her life. Her lyrics aren't always the happiest, or are clean of a cuss word or too, or what society expects, but either is life and her music just reminds me of a person's life. A few examples are,

"It's you, it's you, it's all for you everything I do, I tell you all the time. Heaven is a place on earth with you."

"Now I'm lost sweet child of mine, you're divine. Didn't anyone ever tell you that it's okay to shine?"

"Because I'm a ride or die, whether you fail or fly."

"This is what makes us girls, we all look for heaven and we put our love first. Something we would die for, it's all a curse."

"I think I'll miss you forever, like the stars miss the sun in the morning skies."

 

You would have to listen to the music with the lyrics because the way and the emotion she brings out when she sings them are incredible. It feels like she's telling you a story in her words.

     5. And finally another reason I like Lana is because her interviews show that she's not into just the fame and the publicity for her music, because if that was true you would have heard of her before now, wouldn't you? She seems like a laid back girl that's just honest about her life to the point in one interview she said she used to be an alcoholic before she started writing songs. And before she was singing, she would go to thrift stores and estate sales to find old tapes of images and put them to classic music, referencing her music videos.

 

Below I left a couple videos of her so you wouldn't have to creep through YouTube. You're welcome. :) (669)

 

Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans

 

Lana Del Rey - Video Games

 

Lana Del Rey Interview