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Moi.
Basics.
Name: Andrea J
D.O.B: 04.02.91
Age: 22 years old
Nationality: Australian
Heritage: Chilean
A Life Worth Living.
Musac.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
11:47 PM
It was a year ago today that Alex Burke passed away and maybe a year and two weeks since I last spoke to him.
It's strange how someone who was never consistently in my life could have had such a big impact. I guess a lot of important things happened between us over the last year of his life however fleeting those moments were. Either way, that guy really was special and I'm really not just saying that because he's gone now. From the first moment I saw him I was hooked and every encounter after that was always something that I ran home excitedly about to tell my mum or write about what he said or did.
He was fascinating, it was too bad we never had the right timing. Things might have been different between us but oh well, nothing I can do about it now.
I've been remembering silly little things about him, like how he once spent over an hour webcaming me just pulling retarded faces and pretending to be a vampire lol or how he reacted the first time he heard my voice on the phone or how excited I was too see him at Dragonskin but not being allowed to hug him because he was a Rover...but we still snuck in a few cuddles hehe
All these random moments that meant so much because they were so scarce and spread out over the time that I knew him.
Dealing with people making up rumours about us after a party
Getting wasted with him on a bottle of moonshine one of his mates made
Him scaring me at the scout hall for my 2nd ever meeting, it was halloween and he was helping run the 'haunted hall'
Talking to him on msn through my phone when I was SOOO bored at parties with Tim...lol
Him sending me lyrics for Stages of Infection
Painting some blue thing at Rovers with him =S
Running into him at Dragonforce and squeeling and running into his arms like some sped
Having to listen to three different girls crush on him and be upset that he had a gf...lol
Being drunk and soaked from the rain and going back inside to hug him so he would get wet lolll...and then taking luvos with him.
Him promising to dance the Hamster dance with me...he never did =[
I was with Joel earlier today, I asked him if he would come to the cemetery with me. We couldn't find alex =[
While I was showing Joel some random pics I came across some screen-shots from one of the last msn convos I had with him hehe they're so silly
♥
lol...they made sense at the time =P
He was awesome, there was so much left to explore =[
Hallow. I woke up at 8:30 this morning on my own and was going to go back to sleep but decided against it. I was going to have breakfast on my own (the way I like it) and then do the zumba DVD Michelle gave me because I feel like even more of a slob these days. Then I was going to study.
As usual I got side tracked. My mum woke up and has ruined my plans. She's in my room using my computer and will most likely annoy the shit out of me and won't leave until she yells at me for something stupid. Then I got a phone call and that... FUCK I need to get out of this room. Her voice even pisses me off.
*more distractions*
Now I'm in the car. We're on our way to pick up a second hand book for uni. I still need to buy two more which means another $220 I think *sigh*
I forget what the point of this post was. Since I'm listening to my mum complain right now so here are more photos of my uni:
I took them before class yesterday. I don't know what happened but I got there like 40mins early. The main office wasn't even open yet.
My uni is teeny tiny. One old conference room used as the lecture theatre. Two rooms for the tuts and one "lab" with 4 beds and simulation scenes.
We have no library, no cafeteria, no shops, about 15 computers, no microwave and an office that is open about 30mins a day, which I could swear is only open while we're in class.
The "campus" is using some of the rooms from the shut down Rozelle Mental Health Hospital that closed down like 3 years ago. It's right in the middle of suburbia, surrounded by peoples homes and there is only one bus that gets u here that comes about every hour.
Despite all this, the small courtyards that surround these weird hexagonal shaped buildings that link up like honeycomb are actually kind of nice...or, well I like them. It's full of deciduous trees and vines.
I feel like I'm in over my head already. Like I shouldn't have gone out last night and that maybe I shouldn't have signed up for two workshops that have nothing to do with uni. I have my first test on Friday and I don't have my books yet. Blergh.
I wish I didn't find everyone here annoying. I can't deal with fake being nice like I used to ={ I'd rather be alone than have to attempt at sounding remotely interested in what people have to say.
Is this me growing up or just being a bitch?
Blah =[
Today and last night have been shit if you couldn't already tell.
I'm back! And in bed. Feeling like I need to blog just because I have this strange and slightly overwhelming feeling of loneliness.
I've been in Forster since Fri with 9 other people until today. When we got back some of us continued to hang out and it still didn't feel like a burden. Then me Tim and Peter went to Outback steakhouse for dinner. Then they came back to mine while I gathered my stuff for uni tomorrow *sigh* at least this semester I'm not scared and anxious like last time, I'm just bored and lazy about it all.
So for the first time in days, I feel alone. I was getting so comfortable with being on my own and now I need to adjust all over again. I want Tim ={ I can't call him because we're both tired, I'm meant to be sleeping and he might need his space after being together for so long.
I find it kind of scary, just the idea that I don't want space from Tim. I don't need it... it was nice sharing a home with him. Probably because we found a decent balance between doing our own thing and being together. Now I miss him ={
So the road trip. I'll write more about that later but lol... in a few words = fucking drama.
I'm kind of sad now so I'm going to try falling asleep to some podcasts.
I've finally started watching the 5th season of Skins. It started a few weeks ago but I hadn't felt up for it, now I don't know why I felt like that. I thought I wouldn't like this season, the actors look so young that I thought they were meant to be in highschool. Turns out they're in college and legal (in the show at least), to me they all look 16, but the shows just as good =]
The intro always makes me really excited and it just feels right.
I'm watching it as we speak. How horrible, loosing ur virginity in a random guys house while ur best friend is fucking a guy she just met on the couch opposite to you. ugh =[
Crazy stuff. gah megavideo limit reached.
I've been up since just b4 7am coz I was feeling really ill so I decided to put it to good use and I figured out what textbooks I need for next week and some uni stuff is on the way to getting sorted so I feel better. Plus I also finished the menu/budget for Forster on vday which took me a few hours but now I can relax...a little. Hopefully everyone eats what's on the list and they all remember they still need to pay for food & petrol...plus we also don't have a 10th person despite paying for one, I guess it won't matter much, just everyone needs to pay $10 more. I guess we could try and find one more person but..meh and they'd have to be a bit of a free spirit to just come on 2 days notice and also have $160 spare plus whatever they want to spend on alko and like $50 on extra food if they want snacks/restaurant food.
It's wierd how much things stress me out, I get anxious over the amount of shows I need to catch up on. Like it worries me...it's odd, like it's almost a chore that I need to get through watching everything. I'd been kinda "bogged down" by the amount of things I had to catch up on and they're things I used to watch purely for the entertainment value. Now I worry I will miss out on something important, which makes no sense because I don't even talk to people about the shows I watch or comment on them with ANYONE. Except for my running commentary while I watch which tends to bug people =P
stress head.
I got really excited this morning at the thought of planning me weeks now that I'll be busy again with uni. I used to be reallllly anal about it when I was younger. I would schedule everything, including small things like brushing my teeth. I would always feel so happy looking at the schedule and knowing exactly what I had to do all day but then I would only follow it for a couple of hours and end up running into unexpected circumstances and it would ruin everything. Then I would give up and throw everything in the bin, give up on studying and cleaning and all the things I had to do and just veg. Odd child.
I think I can actually do the Live Sound Production workshop XD I found a way to make it to Hylands after uni and I would get there just on time. ^.^ EXCITE.
Ergh...but when I get back from Forster I need to update my resume and start applying =[ SO scared.
I DON'T WANT TO WORK =[ people are so mean.
eep..
ANYWHO. PHOTO TIME.
Some of the things I made for vday...i attempted to make a teddy bears themed picnic. I SWEAR it was Tim's idea...erm but yeh maybe I should have tried Doctor Who themed instead =[
In case ur wondering, this is a bumblebee lol
It was meant to look like this:
lol...I was really rushed buying the ingredients and I totally forgot what the actual ingredients were and used white chocolate instead of marshmellows...lol whoops
It was harder than I thought to figure out bear related foods. Nghi helped out and suggested sushi since bears eat Salmon. PERECT IDEA...except neither of us eat sushi with salmon in it..so i got the sushi he ordered when we were at fatpanda...uhm turns out he doesn't eat sushi now -.-....3 days after having gone to a jap restaurant.
so yer it was all kind of a bust.
happy days...
oh well.
Hung out with Kurt yesterday ^.^
We got him a teddy bear for vday with my mum ^.^
I have a surprisingly large collection of texters for someone who doesn't draw/colour or ever has.
anyway. moar skins? or should i go for gossip girl...pretty little liars maybe? ARGH so many to see b4 uni!
I went to my first ever Hens night last night. A few posts ago I went on a rant about how I disagree on the basis of hens nights. It makes no sense to me that people celebrate their last days as 'single'. Mainly because you haven't been single since u started dating ur partner you dickhead!! I feel like the only appropriate time to have a hens night is just b4 u start dating someone lol.
Plus it creeps me out to see people being sexual who are prudes the rest of the time. Believe me, I have no qualms about overt portrayals and expressions of sexuality (these days) AS LONG as it's coming from a person who I have always seen act that way.
Anyway we were running late so we missed the stripper (thank god). I hate male strippers, they gross me out, plus I watched a video later and the bride to be looked so damn awkward which just made me feel awkward.
So we went straight to dinner at Vivaz Restaurant and Nightclub at The Rocks. It's in that little gallery space near pancakes on the rocks.
It's a 'South American' restaurant that is open Fridays and Saturdays in the evenings. I'm not entirely sure but I think that it's mainly just used by groups who hire the place out. There were a few other hens night groups there. So it's an all you can eat style buffet set up but nome of the food was particularly south American. There was a bunch of salads, a bit of pasta, roast potatoes and some roast meats. Except most things were spicy... *sigh* I hate spicy food.
It was better than I expected since the decor was all Mexican inspired and I was worried about having to eat Mexican (ick)
The lights were pretty =}
After the eating they started playing music, mostly salsa but they had a good mix merengue, cumbia, and even some merengue hip hop from the late 80's. Always fun haha and some radio hits for a few mins. Eventually there was a Salsa band.
It was okay, I wouldn't go there again and buffets always come off cheap/tacky...as does anything mexican, which is fine but I would want a bit more class for anything related to a wedding.
Anyway my feet were killing me despite changing into flats. The flats were worse than the heels ={
Im at Tims right now. I'm starving but the dope is asleep.
I do not like tennis. I do not understand how it works. Regardless, I went and "played" tennis yesterday with Tim, Stef, Nghi and Robert and then met up with Matty and Paul for Jap food in Canley Vale.
I sat out for most of it, I could serve the ball but couldn't really hit it when it was thrown at me lol
Maybe it's just coz I'm all lovey dovey with him but....Tim's so cute ♥
After much confusion and pointlessness we decided on Japanese food. Nghi and Tim were the only ones eating, Nghi suggested it and Tim's been craving sake for awhile now so off we went to Fat Panda.
I always notice it when we drive down Canley Vale Road, mostly because the sign is cute and people always used to call me Panda in high school, only after reading a blog post just then did I realise that they don't have Panda's in Japan haha. I don't like jap food...mostly because it always revolves around sushi whenever I go and that's just not a meal. It's a lite snack at best. Fav: tuna sushi!
I was told by Nghi that the place was really derro up until recently and then they refurbished the whole place. It looks really nice and it has a sushi train down the back. Surprisingly Tim had never seen one of those =S We sat around the sushi train which really wasn't the best seating arrangement for a group of 6, you could only talk to the people next to you and it felt very disjointed.
I didn't eat much because I wasn't hungry but I looked out for some tuna sushi and split it with Tim. It tasted soooo old, it was actually kinda gross. The place redeemed itself when Tim ordered a tuna sushi roll freshly made and that was really tasty. I also tried a sliver of sashimi for the first time, I think it's pretty much just raw salmon. It seems sort of silly to call that a meal...it's just a piece of fish...it's not even cooked! Tastes like NOTHING, the only flavoring was added by the wasabi and I don't like wasabi...pointless dish. Although, Nghi was coming in his mouth because it was so 'amazing' or whatever so maybe I just don't know how to appreciate a piece of tastless pink stuff.
I did have a few drinks there. Our favorite was the Tsunami. I don't know what was in it but I couldn't taste the alcohol at all and it was a little bit sweet and fizzy with a bubbling lychee in the bottom of the glass. I also had their other cocktail, I wanted peach but they only had lychee =[ I had never tried lychee before tonight, I guess it's not terrible as long as it's soaked in alcohol ^.^
Tim also ordered the heated up sake. I've only had it once before in a cheapo, ugly sushi place in the city but I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. Part of what puts me off is that it's warm, but that's not the the main reason because I've had "hot wine" before with pieces of fruit in it (Chilean version) and it's amazing.
At least the waiting staff was really friendly and chatty which normally bugs me but this girl was alright and the chefs finally cracked a smile when they heard me and Nghi singing 'Killing Me Softly'
Except in my head it was the original lol.
Matt met up with us at Fat Panda and had a birthday gift for me with him ♥ It was so nice of him. He knit me the cutest white beanie with this really complicated looking pattern, a pair of dangly earings (lucky because I only have one pair and have been thinking of getting some), a really awesome smelling guava body scrub and an assortment of body lotions.
So nice of him! Then stef took off and the rest of us dropped off Nghi, stocked up on supplies and went back to my place and drank for awhile and just watched youtube. Nice arvo...actually, tennis onwards, nice arvo.
Verdict: If you ask for freshly made stuff at Fat Panda, go for ur life oh and try the Tsunami. ^.^
lol...so old:
*Noooo matter what i dooo, all I think about is you*
It's been just over a week since I last blog and I've felt so busy and like I have so much to say that I've put it off the more time passes because it means I have even more things to write about. Yet at the same time I know this is going to just turn into another recount despite having a few actual topics I want to blog about.
Anyway I last left off my boring tale the day before my 20th birthday. Friday the 4th of February: I woke up to Tim bringing me breakfast. I love waking up to him =} We spent the day at the city, he took me to lunch and then 'surprised' me by booking a massage. It was sweet of him but there were so many things working against us, it was so HOT and walking around the city in the sun all day was making me cranky, he hadn't slept so he didn't make the best company. When he wasn't falling asleep, he was grumpy and short tempered. Then because he was so tired he canceled dinner and the movie and sent me home so he could sleep lol ={ oh well at least he tried and the massage was great once I got past the tear inducing pain XD
Saturday: Joel randomly asked me to house sit so I agreed ^.^ I went over, got all the info I needed and then tim picked me up for his family's lunar new year BBQ. It was good, his mum made THE BEST chicken strips. Omg it was just like KFC but BETTER. Peter came over, we watched Tokyo Drift and I even got a lucky envelope ^.^ so nice of them. Later on I went back to Joel's to let kitty in and spent my first night there. It was awesome watching cable again XD I haven't had it for over a year, I don't really miss it because I prefer watching my shows on my own time and without adds but there's so many random shows on there. Very addictive.
Sunday: I had dancing in the morning where we tried to work on the salsa...we're not getting very far. Then I went home for a bit and went back to Joel's. That's when I discovered the sims3!! They have it but I felt bad playing so I asked first. He didn't get back to me until the next day ={ so I didn't play that day lol
Monday: was pretty awesome. Since I was back in the area and right down the road from Kurt's so we hung out XD we walked the trail to Tommys kebabs and got chicken and chips across the road. Then we made our way to the gelato store near Brenan park. they were surprisingly good. The walk was half the fun, many discoveries:
The cute bottlo burnt down ={ but fantastically eerie.
Boganism taken to bright new heights
Beautiful frangipanis
Awesome gelato! Kurt got Blood Orange and Rock Mellon and I had the Bubble Gum and Strawberry. Not my usual choice by a long shot but I was pleasantly surprised. I think Kurt fell in love with the Blood Orange hehe so if ur thinking of a small gift for him you know what to get =P
The place looked too nice for Smithfield haha especially with the deros walking past. There was one drugged up looking guy that stood infront of the window and yelled at nothing and then threw his sneakers into the car park and walked away angrily in his socks. Odd.
Then we came back and watched Weeds. Such a good show. I'm up to the 2nd season now =}
Then Peter came over without me knowing, scared the shit out of me.
Tuesday: went to Rashays with Stef and then a park:
Then saw Nghi for a bit and then me and Tim went to go see Black Swan. Slightly disappointed. Too much hype and the movie didn't bring anything new to the table, no profound moment. Nothing special.
Wednesday: Joel came back and brought me a bottle of dessert wine so good! Already finished ={
Today: catching up on my shows and attempting to organize the Forster trip. Things are finally falling in place. *sigh*
Anyway my grans been on the computer all arvo watching movies I play for her so I haven't been on much. I redid my hair and was on the phone to Stef most of the arvo =}
A proper post later *.* tennis tomorrow ...yuk. The things we do for company *sigh* lol
I'm avoiding my online discussion yet again...*sigh* At least I got a distinction for my essay =]
Happy Chinese New Year! My poor doggy was going bezerk last night with all the fireworks going off in the area.
As you can probably tell I have nothing to blog about...so uhm
I spent a long time listening to podcasts yesterday. I'm really into them now thanks to Tim and his friends. When I first started off listening to podcasts they were all from the smod family. Mainly Blowhard, Jay and Silent Bob get old and also Smodcast. Then I went wondering a few months ago and never found anything I liked. I downloaded a bunch from Philosophy Bites and I never got around to listening to them until yesterday. They were really interesting ^.^
I tried Stuff You Missed In History Class but those girls are annoying =.= So i went for some stuff with Dr Karl in it and he got a bit annoying, he rarely brings anything new to the table anymore. I tried Freakonomics because Uly recommended it but it felt incredibly disjointed and I couldn't pick up the flow of what the show is about. I listened to about 3 eps and they were all over the place and not in a good way.
I did sort of enjoy one about Trash. It was all about reducing our garbage output and how in America some states have a "pay as you throw" system which means they get charged by the bag/weight. All this in an attempt to be more eco friendly and use up less landfill space by providing an incentive not to throw out as much trash. What confused me the most is what the hell are you meant to do with your waste if they don't want you to throw it out =S
I can understand how it's possible to recycle bottles by making..i don't know, flower containers out of them but how many flower pots can you really have around ur home? I suppose if I was being incredibly eco friendly I could recycle local newspapers and brochures and make my own paper but uhm EFFORT much but that's beside the point. There's other things too...like okay, I can make compost and buy a bunch of earth worms but you can't throw all your food scraps in their either because it kills the soil/worms. How exactly am I meant to recycle used tissues and dirty nappys.
I'm all for recycling by putting thing in the recycle bins but do they really want us to recycle things in our own home? Maybe I misunderstood the message the were trying to convey =S
Uni starts on the Monday I get back from Forster....epp BUT i think I don't have class till the next day. That would suck. I really don't want to miss the first day. I hate uni...I would like it better if I didn't dislike the people. Argh I'm entirely on my own this semester with all new people. At least I sort of had Jimmel and Grace last year but I'm pretty sure they won't be coming back ={ Urgh new people...I would like to be optimistic but I haven't met a single person through uni that is worth befriending this far so I doubt I will now. At least if I got to socialise with interesting people I might be slightly more inclined to trek out those 3 hours it takes to get to class. Fuck, I may as well be studying in Jervis Bay. The traveling isn't so much the issue. I like the time alone to think and it goes by fairly quickly, it's just that it feels really pointless traveling 3 hours, staying for about 40 mins and then heading back home and taking another 3 hours to get there. Especially when I leave feeling like I haven't learnt a single thing.
=.=
ajshalsdja;d Plus there's a prac coming up in May apparently...ergh. You don't understand the stress that comes along with that, the thought of having to go to a new hospital, meet a whole bunch of new people who usually don't want me around because it means they have to take time out of their busy day to show me how it's all done. That horrible feeling of knowing you're not wanted around and sometimes told directly to your face. Feeling incompetent and useless and like you're never going to be what they need me to be.
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Life is a bitch. Oh wells, at least my house isn't flooded and ripped in half.
How do u feel about this eye makeup? I think it looks trashy but Tim likes it...lol but that doesn't mean a whole lot. I wish my eyes actually looked that big all the time and that I didn't have such bad dark circles.
I've always wanted to do a makeup course, you know, so I can actually learn how to apply makeup properly and not do shit like this.
Awhile ago I got a comment from someone who forgot to leave their name asking about how to volunteer and get more involved with local events. Well if that person still reads my blog I wanted to let him or her know that Fairfield Council have opened up the lines for volunteers to apply to help out in NSW's biggest free youth event that happens annually as part of National Youth Week.
Bring It On! has been happening for the last couple of years in April at the Fairfield Showgrounds with approximatly 12000 people attending. It's targeted to people aged between 12-24 and there's usually rides, rock bands, hip hop, parkour, soccer/basketball comps, beat box battles, dancing, FOOD, info stalls relevant to young people and free stuff ^.^ haha. It's actually a whole lot of fun, last year was my first year to go and I was a volunteer through LOUD! Tribe. I'm not sure if I will volunteer this year, mostly because there was a lot I missed out on because I only had a short break which wasn't enough to see everything that was on offer.
ALTHOUGH there is a live sound production workshop happening as part of the TAME project which is tied into Bring It On! that I'm really interested in doing. I think it would help a lot with my job at the Theater and best of all it's free and local.
Event: Bring It On! Youth Festival 2011 Date: Sunday 10 April 2011 Time: 11:30am - 7pm Where:Fairfield Showground
SO. More about the Tame Project. Tame = Technology, Arts, Music and Entertainment (TAME) Training Program. It also happens every year in the lead up to the Bring It On festival. I have yet to participate in the project but I really hope I can work my uni schedule around it. There were two other workshops that have already started so it's too late for that but they would have been interesting (photography and graphic design).
More info: Live Sound Production Workshops Every Wednesday from 23 Feb - 6 April 2011 4:30pm - 7pm Hyland Rd, Youth Centre, Greystanes To Register call George on 9637 1535
Only problem is that I finish uni at 3pm on Wednesdays according to my draft schedule. I don't drive *sigh* Even if I did it takes about 2 hours to drive back in peak hour traffic...is 3pm peak hour? According to trip planner I can make it as long as I leave 5mins to 3pm....seems iffy. So I've arranged to talk to George tomorrow and see how relevant the workshop is for me and see if I can work something out. When I first worked with George last year I got really excited because he organises all those Hyland road band nights.
A few of you would have come to Hylands with me, they were the place to be on Friday nights when you were underage and had nothing to do. It was awesome fun ^.^ lol...ahhh back when "emos" were abundant in the Holroyd area. Hylands was pretty damn popular...it was fun. Having a place to listen to music that we all seemed to bond over and meet like minded individuals. kinda funny how most of the people who hung out there eventually became 18 and moved onto Hot Damn! lol...
Kinda glad we grew up lol...not to say it was a bad phase in my life but it's interesting. I don't think any of the people I hung out with who went there really still LOVE that sort of music anymore haha....except for a select few who I don't even talk to anymore. Odd isn't it...that we needed something to have in common and now it doesn't even matter.
Either way I have fond memories of Hylands and I feel appreciative of George and Holyroyd councils work to give us a place to have fun and do something when there was seemingly nothing to do other than walk around aimlessly in westfields and go see movies.
So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language.
Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so.
Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]
Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease
Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'
Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.
Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.
Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.
Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.
*To be continued
To Do.
Here's a list of some of the things I would like to do or accomplish or places I want to visit in my lifetime =]
* I have already been there, done that or started to read that but would like to do it again or complete the task
-- The task is completed and I don't feel the need to do a repeat