Quote of the Day

"Fortune does not change men; it only unmasks them."

-Marie-Jeanne Roccoboni, 18th Century French Writer

You see this all the time in the movies. One person stumbles upon fortune and they begin to act differently. They can act pompous and like a jerk towards their true friends OR they remain the same and treat their friends and family to things. It is when they lose it and they are left with nothing,  that they revert back and apologize. In the second case, there was nothing to unmask, because there was nothing to 'change'. 

You always see people 'change' due to something. But really, it is them being unmasked because that part of their personality has always been buried in there somewhere, the fortune or event or whatever it is was the excuse that let them reveal that part of their personality.

Song of the Day

Title: Like I'm Gonna Lose You

Artist: Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend

Another great one from Meghan Trainor. At the current moment, if there is any song I want to be my wedding song, this is the one (if I have any say in the matter). I actually just read that Meghan Trainor cancelled the rest of her US tour due to vocal cord hemorrhage, and that she will be undergoing surgery. Hope all goes well for her so that she can keep producing great music as she has been.

Song of the Day

Title: Night Changes

Artist: One Direction

Currently this song is one of my top 2 favorite songs, the other is Marvin Gaye by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor. So I'm surprised it took me so long to post this as a song of the day. The first time I heard this song I instantly loved it. Then I found out it was by One Direction...that didn't change how much I liked the song. A lot of times you write off a song because it is by a certain artist or group you don't usually go for. But when you hear a song first, it can change your mind on the band entirely. This is my go-to song for karaoke now. I did it one night at Franco's in Waltham, and my brother got a text from one of his friends who was there saying 'OMG your brother is doing karaoke to One Direction, I'm fan girling so hard right now!'. So while some may frown upon it, others embrace it, just as with everything in life. As my friend Stacy says - "You do You".

Quote of the Day

"Those moments, they stare back at you. You don't remember them, they remember you. Turn around, there they are, staring."

-Ani, True Detective

Given the second season of True Detective just ended this week, a topic I will have another post about. I figured it was appropriate to have a quote from the show. This one is very true. Sometime's you do something that you don't remember, but maybe someone else does, and that's one way these moments stare back at you. If it's not the other's who remember, it's these moments staring back at you in a way that it is because that particular moment played a hand in shaping who you are now.

Random Video of the Day

BLOOD.

's'not funneee

Saw red ink covered paper towels in the trash today and I thought it looked like blood, and so I was reminded of this.

There's not much more to say about this one.

Dating: The Safari Zone

Dating : The Safari Zone

So if you played Pokemon growing up, you will completely understand this analogy. Getting a date is very much like trying to catch a Pokemon in the Safari Zone. You search and search for one that you actually want, then when you finally find it you have to be very careful about your approach. You can BAIT (compliment & chat up) your prospect, but do too much of this and they flee. You can throw a ROCK (flirt, make a {flirtatious} joke, or 'make a move'), but be careful of this one as they could get angry and flee. You have the SAFARI BALLs, which are your opportunities to pop the question of going out. Be careful with this as you don't want to ask too early on or too frequently because then they flee. In the game you have to execute the right combination of the above in order to succeed, or sometimes you just get very lucky. You always have the opportunity to RUN, but you only really want to do that when you come across a prospect that you aren't interested in.

So there you have it, the Safari Zone as a real life application. Now, if only I could heed my own advice...

Song of the Day

Title: Macarena

Artist: Los Del Rio

Song of the day because 

1. It was playing while I was at the gym today...it was pretty awesome
   and
2. Everybody loves the Macarena

And for anyone who ever wondered what the actual words are in the song, or what it even means, see the lyrics and translation below.

Spanish

[Coro:]
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegría y cosas buenas
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
¡Eh,… Macarena! Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

Macarena tiene un novio que se llama,
que se llama de apellido Vitorino,
y en la jura de bandera del muchacho
se la dió con dos amigos…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

(Coro)

Macarena Macarena Macarena
que te gustan los veranos de Marbella
Macarena Macarena Macarena
que te gusta la movida guerrillera…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

(Coro)

Macarena sueña con el Corte Inglés
y se compra los modelos más modernos.
Le gustaría vivir en Nueva York
y ligar un novio nuevo…Aaay!
(repetir una vez)

English

[Chorus:]

Give happiness to your body Macarena

'cause your body is for giving happiness and nice things to

Give happiness to your body Macarena

Heeey,... Macarena! Aaay!

(repeat once)

Macarena has a boyfriened who's called...

who's called the last name Vitorino,

and while he was taking his oath as a conscript

she was giving it to two friends ...Aaay!

(repeat once)

(Chorus)

Macarena , Macarena , Macarena

you're popular the summers in Marbella

Macarena , Macarena , Macarena

you like the guerilla excesses ...Aaay!

(repeat once)

(Chorus)

Macarena dreams of the English Tailor*

and buys the latest models

She would like living in New York

and seduce a new boyfriend... Aaay!

(repeat once)

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/macarena-macarena.html#ixzz3i3mGlxhP