Fly Me to the Moon....

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So did anyone get to see the Lunar Eclipse the other night/morning? Unfortunately (even though I stayed up) my view was completely covered by clouds so I didn't get to see anything. Stupid clouds....but I'm not bitter or anything. I guess I'll have to rely on this cool progression of the eclipse by Briana Fahey. Hope you all are having a fab week and getting ready for Christmasss!!

Loveable Quotes

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"Every woman wants a man who knows what good sweet tea is, loves to shag to beach music, knows just how much bourbon to add to her coke at football games, goes fishing and drinking with the boys, but he still opens the door for her, says thank you, never walks out of the room without kissing her, and calls to say I love you. That's a real southern man."

"Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life. Love shouldn’t be one of them."

- Dream for an Insomniac

"A woman without curves, is like jeans without pockets, you don’t know where to put your hands."

- Italian proverb

 

"Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy, and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with."

- SATC

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"Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn that anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you."

- David Whyte

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Getting in the Spirit

So unless you live under a rock (or not in the South) you would have heard that USC lost the ship. And by "lost" I actually mean we brutally got our asses kicked and rubbed into the dome turf by Auburn. I've been a little depressed by it which is why I haven't written all week. Hah you know I'm lying, I've just been lazy per usual. But don't think I haven't noticed I'm not the only one. Most of the blogs I read, which are usually updated once or twice a day, have been a little lax on the posts.  Anyway, don't you worry because I promise I will not slip into oblivion again. Since it's the holidays and I am of course terrible with money broke, I am putting my baking skills to use and creating all kinds of goodies as gifts.

Every year when I was growing up my madre and I would bake our little hearts out and then she would gift them to co-workers, friends, the mail lady, pretty much whoever, considering we ended up baking so many she was practically tossing them at people to get them out of the house. And these days knowing how my curvaceous figure works I would've done the same. Regardless I plan on baking about 6 different types of cookies which I will be posting the recipes, and my great granny Hisle's banana bread, but unfortunately for you guys that one's staying locked up since it's a family secret I enjoy keeping. And allll of that is happening this weekend. I plan on cranking up the Christmas tunes and baking my little heart out. Wish me luck, because I'm def going to need it!

SEC Championship 2010

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I am so excited. This weekend is the SEC Championship game, in which my Gamecocks will be playing! Not only are they playing, but the game is right here in Atlanta. All I can say is this is about to be a ridiculous weekend. And naturally I'm starting to feel sickly. Joy.

So when I say this will be a ridic weekend, I mean it for about a billion reasons. Well really only a couple, but still. Starting tonight I have friends coming into town to stay with me. Seven people to be exact. Now lets lay this out. I live in an apartment with approximately 750 square feet of space. Ahem. Thank God my lovely friend Meghan has offered to house some of my biffs while they are in town. On top of that we have toonnss of events planned in addition to watching the game. Overall I'm super excited to be reunited with all of my friends from everywhere, in my town for once! I'm not sure who's going to win the game, even though according to ESPN, every state except for SC and Utah (or something) believes that Auburn is going to win, but I will definitely keep you guys posted. Not that I really need to, I mean unless you don't read a newspaper, or watch the news, or live. GO COCKS!  

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

- Still I Rise by Maya Angelou 

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I read this today and felt quite inspired. Then I felt like sharing my inspiration.