bailar con la vida

dance with life

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I am in love with my body, I love the imperfection. I love the way my hips sway when I walk, my eyes are blue like the sky, and my smile is so attractive.  Coming from a childhood of repetitive messages of how fat I am, I am finally not going to fall for that anymore. I have been feeling sorry for myself majority of my 23 years, I am so over that. I want to be healthy me, body & mind.  It feels good to feel good.  “Self-confidence is not a feeling of superiority, but of independence.”Lama Yeshe

I am in love with my body, I love the imperfection. I love the way my hips sway when I walk, my eyes are blue like the sky, and my smile is so attractive. 

Coming from a childhood of repetitive messages of how fat I am, I am finally not going to fall for that anymore. I have been feeling sorry for myself majority of my 23 years, I am so over that. I want to be healthy me, body & mind. 

It feels good to feel good. 

“Self-confidence is not a feeling of superiority, but of independence.”
Lama Yeshe

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… I am BACK.

A couple of great (foodie related) things happened to me while being on my hiatus. 

I am still addicted to coffee, good food, and good wine.

So much so that I have been going through Old City Coffee Six Bean Espresso (ground for my stovetop espresso) like light tampons don’t last a woman when she has a heavy flow.  

I have also been cooking everything out of Gaida’s Giada At Home. I love you, Giada for your simple flavorful recipes (and you really do kick Rachel Ray -and her followers- in the ass), although I add extra garlic to everything- a little sin never hurt anybody.

 And I bough a copy of Armenian Cuisine by Alina Kamakian & Barbara Drieskens YUM- it spices up my Armenian pride. I also bought Ina Gartens Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics. CANNOT WAIT FOR TIME TO COOK and I wish I had a bigger belly. 

As for wine, Louis Jadot Beaujolais is my favorite to get from the pain-in-the-ass-PA-controlled-liquor-stores. Although when I get a chance and the extra money, I head over the bridge to Moore Brothers (it’s in New Jersey). Just amazing when a wine joint keeps a data base of all of the wine I have ever purchased AND makes kick ass recommendations. 

Oh and I got rid of my microwave. I do no use it as much as i thought I did and it cleared up so much space in my small city kitchen. Yay for being cancer free. That and perhaps smoking a joint once a month, I should be okay… right? 

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No matter what you think of your own naked body or however much you might want to change or shrink (or expand) bits of it, the person who’s been lucky enough to get to have sex with you is just enormously grateful to be there and thinks you’re the biggest turn-on in the world. (This is always, always true.)” -Cindy Gallop

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9/11

… I don’t care where you were on 9/11. or how you felt by it. 

I am saddened by the innocent lives that died that day but I am more angered by the innocent lives that the USA is guilty of. 

Right now, the USA, we, (we because, guess where are tax dollars are going to?) are in two wars that is draining our economy.

We are arresting, majority who are innocent well actually, who knows if they are guilty or innocent when these individuals do not get the right to have a hearing let alone a lawyer, and torturing them in Guantanamo Bay. 

Ask yourself how many innocent lives have died in the hands of the USA since 9/11? 

How many returning veterans are damaged by their experience in war? 

Ask yourself, could these wars been avoidable? YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 

It’s hard for me to love the USA or feel patriotic today. I am cynical and it’s what happens when you are aware of the bullshit on Capitol Hill. 

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Rain, Rain, Irene.  (image source) There have been floods, a couple of power outages, some trees fell and strong wind. Business’ closed ( i was off work today) and people freaked out.  Bought all the bread & batteries from grocery stores and made sure all electronics were charged. I am concerned that this isn’t the last hurricane to hit the Northeast. In fact, I have a strong feeling that this is one of many. Oh and this winter, will be just as bad as last winter with record low temperatures and heavier snow storms.  What do we expect with global warming?  There is more moisture in the air and thus we are experiencing more climate change, exponentially. The moisture in the air fuels the system, the hurricanes, the rains, the temperature rising and lowering. This summer has been weird, in fact, we didn’t have much a spring to begin with and now fall weather is coming way too early. This freaks me out. It sits heavy on me when I ask myself if I want to have children. Do I want to bring a child into this world when the world is on a brink of disaster?   When we add all of these risk factors together, we can say with a great deal of confidence that in the future, there will be more and more events like Irene. We can comfort ourselves by saying that this particular storm was not necessarily caused by global warming. Or we can acknowledge the truth, which is that we are making the world a more dangerous place and, what’s more, that we know it.                 Elizabeth Kolbert

Rain, Rain, Irene. 

(image source)

There have been floods, a couple of power outages, some trees fell and strong wind. Business’ closed ( i was off work today) and people freaked out.  Bought all the bread & batteries from grocery stores and made sure all electronics were charged.

I am concerned that this isn’t the last hurricane to hit the Northeast. In fact, I have a strong feeling that this is one of many. Oh and this winter, will be just as bad as last winter with record low temperatures and heavier snow storms. 

What do we expect with global warming? 

There is more moisture in the air and thus we are experiencing more climate change, exponentially. The moisture in the air fuels the system, the hurricanes, the rains, the temperature rising and lowering. This summer has been weird, in fact, we didn’t have much a spring to begin with and now fall weather is coming way too early.

This freaks me out. It sits heavy on me when I ask myself if I want to have children. Do I want to bring a child into this world when the world is on a brink of disaster?  

When we add all of these risk factors together, we can say with a great deal of confidence that in the future, there will be more and more events like Irene. We can comfort ourselves by saying that this particular storm was not necessarily caused by global warming. Or we can acknowledge the truth, which is that we are making the world a more dangerous place and, what’s more, that we know it.

                Elizabeth Kolbert

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Last night I saw a really good movie

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (2009) 

It freaked me out and I was creeped out but it was good. Weird huh? 

I love the main character, Lisbeth. Yes she has emotional damage, faces sexual abuse, and has intimacy issues but that shapes her into a kick ass woman. She faces her abuser and is not afraid of what people think. One of the strongest female characters I have seen on screen in a while. 

I look forward to watching the other series. I really should read the books but I am enjoying the cinematography and the Swedish language, too much. Besides, I picked up a really good book… thus far. 

What is a good movie you saw recently?