Category: Misc.

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I have 48 hours left of being 23 years old. I swear the years go by faster as they come; I was just 21 not too long ago. Being 23 wasn’t easy on me; it has been one of the more difficult years since… like, 19. 23 was that year that I don’t mind giving up because it simply wasn’t a good one for me. Even though I say that I still appreciate seeing another year and experienced being 23, it was that year that I look back on and feel like I learned a lot about myself and about life. Prior to 23, I had this idea on the world that everything was good and no harm can come my way if I had everything under control. I was always considered naive, innocent, and sometimes even stupid for thinking that everything could be perfect. I thought I dropped that mindset when I was in my late-teens, but I feel like that’s something I was still carrying around with me years after.

23 taught me that life doesn’t wait for anyone. Life will continue to go on whether you’re upset or not, not everything in this world is what it seems, and sometimes you have to get uncomfortable to understand the reality of life.

23 was the year of self-awareness.

Prior to this year, I had a clear understanding of the positives in my personality. I knew the positive things that made me “Liz”, but I always would try to push the negatives under the rug so that I was never a “negative” thing. I always told myself that I was not my negatives, and 23 taught me that I am not only my positives either. I am a control freak. I am a perfectionist. I am a narcissist when I feel offended. I have social anxiety. I forget important things when I’m nervous. I try to hurt people when they hurt me first. I have a hard time expressing what I’m thinking or feeling because I’ll feel like a burden. I avoid confrontation like the plague. I am all of these things because I know I am not perfect, but I also know I am not fully any of these things. 23 showed me these things and taught me how to acknowledge these negative traits about myself without feeling resentment towards myself. 23 taught me that the negatives balance out the positives, and if there is a negative I necessarily don’t like, then I have the power to change it.

23 showed me how to recognize and be familiar with the things about myself that I neglected for so many years. It left me uncomfortable, depressed, and uncertain about where I was supposed to go and how to get there. 23 showed me the ugly things life can be if you’re oblivious to the negatives. 23 also showed me that the negatives in life are not meant to be fixed, but they are meant to show you that life is about balance. Even if 23 wasn’t my year of growth in the way I wanted it to be, it still showed me growth; growth that I needed to move forward.

 

 

-Liz. (:

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So, before you guys read the title and say “uh, Liz, what the hell are you talking about?!”, let me explain what I mean by it. It’s not what you think it is.

So, as we officially end the first week of 2018, many of us have resolutions that we are attempting to follow and achieve. Resolutions sound optimistic and promising on New Year’s Eve, but once the new year actually rings around, we don’t have that same enthusiasm we once had in the previous year. We all feel like if we didn’t accomplish our resolutions six days into the new year, we failed. Then, we all just shrug our shoulders and say, “there’s always next year!”

The problem with resolutions is that most people make resolutions that aren’t short-term goals. We all say that we want to lose weight or we want to save up money for a vacation; things that take time and dedication to achieve. Just because we eat that one cheeseburger for dinner one night or if we spend money to buy that new iPhone, it doesn’t mean you automatically failed your resolution.

Many of us have this assumption that if we make a new year’s resolution, it will automatically apply once we hit the new year. Resolutions don’t work like that and that’s why many people tend to stop going to the gym once the first three weeks of January are over. We don’t give our resolutions enough time to actually become something. We treat resolutions like they are short-term goals when in reality, they aren’t. Resolutions can be short-term; resolutions can be as small as drinking a bottle of water every day or water the plants every morning. Those type of resolutions are usually called habits, and many of us believe even the littlest things can’t be resolutions.

Instead, we make long-term resolutions and treat them like they are short-term ones. We give up on them too easily when in reality, we aren’t taking them as seriously as they are.

I didn’t make crazy resolutions for 2018 because most of my resolutions for 2017 did not go as planned. I fell into the “make unrealistic resolutions and try to achieve them anyway” lifestyle, and most of my resolutions fell apart when something major happened in my life that year. Resolutions are made because you want to better yourself and make your year a good and productive one; they are not the problem solvers of life. Life will happen, and it’s up to you if you allow it to defeat your mission of bettering yourself or make you even more determined to better yourself.

So, if you’ve given up already on your resolutions or if you didn’t make any because you find it hard to keep them throughout the year, start off by making your resolutions short-term. When you feel like you can keep them, then start thinking about the bigger and longer ones that teach you lessons about life or help you get through the year. Resolutions are hard work, but they aren’t impossible to keep.

My 2018 resolution is to simply be happy. Nothing more, nothing less. I know that this resolution is a long-term one, and I know not every day in 2018 is going to leave me happy at the end of the day. I am going to be sad, I am going to be nervous, I am going to be anxious, I am going to be an entire spectrum of emotions. I know that being happy is going to take a lot of personal work, and because I know these things, I know that this resolution can be kept and accomplished by the end of it.

I mean hey, we got 359 days to make things right.

 

-Liz. (:

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So, let’s talk about a topic that has been pretty popular for the last couple of years: hair. If you know me or you’ve read the blog before (i.e. this Hair Color/Guide post), you would know just how much I am addicted to hair. There’s something about it that I love about it, and I am notoriously known for switching it up. I’ve had almost every hairstyle and hair color you could possibly think of. In the recent years, many other people have been gaining this obsession with hair as well, it most likely started because of Kylie Jenner and her teal ombre hair back in 2014. Since then, people are at beauty supply stores more than ever, hairdressers are now making hair tutorials on YouTube, and hair is just as important as an accessory in fashion.

I am naturally a brunette crossing the line of black hair. My hair is very dark. To even dye it a lighter brown would include in using bleach. I’ve had success and horror stories with bleach, and in recent times, they’ve all been bad due to the black hair dye build up in my hair. If you know me, you’ve might’ve heard me complain about this all of 2017.

My current hair color is back to black because I am on the journey (again) of getting it back to health after messing with it and cutting it in the majority of 2017. My current hair status? It’s growing and everything is going well, but I do get tired and impatient of waiting for it to grow to at least have my front layers touch my shoulders. It’s torture to wait. Since then, I’ve been getting more and more interested in finding alternative ways to get some length on my hair while I wait. I religiously watch Tasha Leelyn on YouTube and she is currently going on a healthy hair journey as well, and she passes the time by putting human hair tape-in extensions on. While those cost about $300 to get and do, it just made me more interested in finding ways I could enjoy having the best of both worlds without actually damaging my own hair.

Recently, I went searching for a wig. Today, I received her.

Obviously, I have no idea how it’s going to look or if it’s even wearable, but it does not hurt to try. Seriously, I’ve thought about buying a wig for months, but I constantly told myself that I was going to look stupid with it and there’s always this stigma that women with artificial hair such as extensions, weaves, or wigs meant that they were ugly or fake.

Extensions seem like they’re more accepted into society because you’re just clipping (or taping) pieces of hair to your existing head of hair. Women would happily say that they have extensions in their hair, yet be too embarrassed to put a wig on their head and say the same thing. Why? Because wigs and weaves always meant to other people that you do not have hair to showcase on your own. That a woman needs to put artificial hair on because she doesn’t have natural hair, which ultimately brings her down from a 10 to a 5 if she doesn’t wear her real hair. What about those who actually wear wigs because they are chronically ill? What about those who develop diseases that result in hair loss? Women who wear wigs and artificial hair in that scenario aren’t constantly frowned upon for doing it, so why is the concept of artificial hair still associated with “being ugly” or “being fake”?

I will admit this; At first, even I was embarrassed to tell my mother and my partner know that I purchased this wig, despite knowing they were not going to judge me.

But why can’t women just wear what they want? In what harm are they bringing you that they are wearing fake hair on their heads? It’s it offending you or hurting you in any type of way? Wigs were never accepted into society until recently, and half the women who are wearing wigs on their head have an excessive amount of hair on their heads already. Wigs are more than ever in style because of celebrities choosing wigs to transform their hair without the long process of cutting and coloring it. Personally, this wig isn’t going to be on my head 24/7. This wig will be on the days that I want to have long hair. There will be days when I want to wear my short natural black hair. I sought out for a wig for that I am able to have both while my actual hair remains untouched, protected, and regains its health, and, newsflash: many women are.

We are in 2018, you guys. If you want to buy a wig just for the experience or because you are planning to rock it out in public, do not be afraid to do so. I hope to follow my own advice when it comes to wearing mine out in public myself, but hey – 2018 is the year of the fearless: so fuck what everyone else thinks.

 

-Liz. (:

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So, it’s 2018. It’s crazy to believe that 10 years ago was 2008. 2008 was one of those years you look back on and remember your youth and the memories that are forever a part of that specific year. I thought it would be fun to reminisce about the person I was and the memories that made this year one to always remember. I wrote a #TBT post about 2008 a while ago if you’d like to read a more detail description of this year. If not, here’s a summary of 2008 through my eyes.

 

• In 2008, I was 14 years old. I vaguely remember my birthday being during the school week and I went to school with my pretty outfit I bought at Fashion Bug and I straightened my hair for the big day. I never straightened my hair in middle school so whenever I did get it straightened, it was a big deal to my friends. Another person in our class also shared the same birthday as me which never happened because I don’t really know that many people who are born in January, let alone on the same day as me. My birthday was a fun day; I got birthday wishes from all of my teachers, I got my various birthday punches (a middle school tradition), and I got mad love by my friends. I spent my after-school hours auditioning for the school play, which was an experience of its own. Eventually, I got the role of “Queen of Hearts” in the production of Alice in Wonderland.
• I was really big on music at this time. I listened to such a variety of music that I look back now and remember a lot of different music from 2008. That summer, though, I started to get into the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, and I was literally that girl. My friends who were still into the mainstream music actually began to judge me for my music tastes, but guess who didn’t give a fuck!
• My 8th-grade class literally made my year. We were considered one of the smartest classes in the middle school yet we were one of those classes that raised hell in our classes. Something would happen every single day, whether it was rumors being spread around about our teachers hooking up, causing havoc in our math class because we never did a damn thing in Math, and even when someone stole a few things from one of my teachers one time, we all stood together like a family.
• The greatest day of 2008 was opening day of my school’s production of Alice in Wonderland. For months, I spent my after-school hours rehearsing for the show, making friends along the way, and it was bittersweet to see the show come to life after months of getting it together. All my friends and family came out to support, I owned the stage whenever I was in character, and it was just one of the things I am so happy I did, even years after the fact. This production really made my passion for singing and acting a lot stronger, and I was excited to continue my studies in performing arts high school that Fall.
• When the weather began to get warmer, my friends and I would always hang out on Fridays after school. We either went to the park in our area and played basketball (I would be the one watching), or we would go to the movie theater in Bay Rudge and watch something. The first ever movie hangout we all went on was to see Iron Man, and surprisingly it was amazing! It was more fun that there were, like, 15 of us in that movie theater just hanging out and having a good time. One of the best movies we all went to see in theaters was Batman: The Dark Knight. Seriously, that movie to me was put together amazingly. It was one movie that all of us wouldn’t have dared to talk through because it was so good.
• In our grade, everyone knew who were the best singers in our grade. I was known to be one of the best. I participated in every talent show since the sixth grade and I was in both of the school productions while being in that school. I was even chosen to sing a duet with another one of those singers for graduation, and we sang our asses off. Because I went to a regular junior high-school that wasn’t specialized, it was a big deal to my friends when I told them I got accepted to Brooklyn High School of the Arts.
• My class was chosen to be a part of this middle school Ballroom Dancing program and I was one of the people chosen to be a part of something called the Rainbow Match Competition. In each round, we were assigned a color and our hand-picked dance couples had to compete with other schools in that category. I did something similar to this in the 5th grade where we made it all the way to the semi-finals; I was assigned as the merengue couple with a boy from my class. In middle school, I was assigned to do the Tango with a boy I really didn’t like because he didn’t take me or the competition seriously. But we did what we had to do, and we ended up getting third place.
• Although I was a singer, I started to take myself more seriously as a writer as well. I was even chosen to share an original poem about ballroom dancing during out school performance. Eventually, I even started to keep a journal that I eventually wanted to make an actual published book in the future. I don’t know if future me would do that now, but I wrote everything down and made sure I recorded the memories I was making in 2008. I even made a scrapbook of all the 2008 memories; I’m glad that I did. It was definitely the start of me writing down everything for the sake of sealing the memories for a lifetime.

2008 was that year I had after having a year of uncertainty and self-doubt. 2007 was a year of tears and fakeness and losing friends for stupid things and 2008 was the opposite of that. I felt more like myself in 2008 than I had prior to that year. I guess I hold 2018, ten years later, to that same expectation. I hope that 2018 is great for its own reasons, but I hope it has the same amount of happiness and positivity that 2008 had. 2008 Liz was a girl who was a force to be reckoned with; 2018 Liz is going to be the woman version of that.

I hope!

 

 

-Liz. (:

 

Happy New Year, TNTH readers!

Today is the first day of the new year, which means a new start, new beginnings, and another chance to make the year absolutely yours. I am currently in Pennsylvania celebrating the new year with my family, and this is my reminder to you guys that I hope you spent New Year’s Eve with friends, family, or with people that mean most to you. Take on this new year by leaving everything behind and see this as the official first day of change.

Speaking of that, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t use the new year as a way to make changes in your lifestyle. Your problems from 2017 don’t just disappear on January 1st. Most people are right; the issues you had the previous year don’t just go away, they carry onto the new year, but it’s up to you to resolve them to make your new year a good one if that’s your goal. Three years ago on 12/31/15, I came into the New Year determined to make 2016 a great fucking year. I was ready to be happy again. By the time 2016 was coming to an end, I looked back and saw just how amazing and happy I was in 2016. I wanted to maintain this newfound happiness in 2017, but things don’t work out the way they’re supposed to, and that’s okay.

It just makes me even more determined to make 2018 a great fucking year, and it will be because 2018 is going to be a big year for me.

• For one, I’m graduating with my master’s in the Spring. Yep, your girl literally has 5 months left of grad school and I’m finished for good! It feels bittersweet that in May I’m going to be in another gown (now Masters) and doing what I did 2 years ago in 2016. Can we talk about how 2016 was two years ago? Seriously, time is fucking flying by. But yeah, I graduate in 5 months and I’m both excited and terrified for it.
• Piggybacking from that, I am most likely going to get my first official job when I graduate. I had a job three years ago, but I was degreeless and it was an internship. With two degrees under my belt, I hope to get a starter job that I enjoy having. It’s just weird that I won’t be returning to school next Fall, but it feels good to finally feel like a functioning adult.
• I’m turning 24 in eight days! I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do for my birthday, but I’ve come down to the point where I wanna spend it with my family and my partner. I really want to go bowling, but we’ll see…
• Last but certainly not least, I plan on being happy this year. 2017 was a really rough year for me because I had to do a lot of growing up to do. I hope that this year I took everything that I learned in 2017. All I want out of 2018 is to be happy. Nothing more, nothing less.

On another note, today’s the first official day of TNTH’s Anniversary Blogging Celebration! I am going to try to daily blog for all days leading up to TNTH’s Birthday/Anniversary, January 9th! I feel like I’m going to slip up on a few days, but it’s the attempt that counts! 😀

Anyway, I hope everyone has such an amazing year not because you should, but you deserve to have one! Whether you have resolutions or not, make this year one of the best you had.

Cheers to a new year!

 

-Liz. (:

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Merry Christmas, TNTH readers! And if you don’t celebrate it, Happy Holidays. We finally reached day twelve of TNTHmas and it has been absolutely amazing to write for TNTH again. Thank you so much for those who came and read any of the posts these last 12 days; it’s been great to get into the holiday spirit with you guys! In celebration of Christmas, I wanted to show you guys some Christmas memories of my family and me over the years. I feel like this is the reason why we need to bring back film camera; you can’t get these moments of your life back. 

Before we start, I just want to remind you all that TNTH will be coming back on MONDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 2018 for the start of TNTH’s Anniversary celebration! Previously, I was going to daily blog for all 31 days of January, but knowing that’s not going to be physically possible, I am going to be daily blogging leading up to the day of TNTH’s Birthday (and mine), January 9th! After that, TNTH will be back on a regular schedule, which is Tuesdays and Saturdays.

For one last time in 2017, thank you for supporting TNTH. ❤

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you in 2018!

 

-Liz. (:

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Today is Christmas Eve. Man, time flies.

A week from now, we are going to be celebrating the new year: 2018. It makes me look back on the year I had, and although it was a rocky one, here are the top 3 things I definitely learned in 2017:

1. Life is too short. My uncle passed away spontaneously in February, and since then it’s scarred me. He was living with my family and me when this happened, and every now and then I think back at the last time I saw him leave the front door to go out for the night. Who would’ve known that would be the last time I saw him? It was hard, and it’s still hard to think about, but it’s definitely taught me that life is way too short to be negative and to let it take over you. After he died, I always tell myself that I don’t ever want to go to bed angry at someone I love or go to bed sad or upset. I also don’t wanna go to bed knowing that I had the absolute worst day of my life. I mean, bad days are going to happen, but make sure that you did everything you can to turn the day around, and always look at bad days as lessons.
2. Acknowledge your anxiety, stop using it as a crutch. For a while, I allowed myself to slack off and act in a certain matter because I have anxiety. Before, I never expressed it because I felt ashamed of it. Now, I feel like I deal with it better now that I acknowledge its presence in my life. Yeah, it prevents me to this day to do things I want to do, but to allow it to take me away from doing things I did once before is using it as a crutch. Oh, I didn’t do my assignment because I was anxious about it. I didn’t want to go to class tonight because my anxiety was acting up. I found myself falling into that deep hole this year, and it’s taught me that yes, I do struggle with anxiety and there are just certain situations where I’m not ready to be in because of it, but using it against something that I would do without it ever being a problem makes it a crutch, and no one should use their mental illness or issues as a crutch to get the easy way out of things. Try it first. Overcome it. You never know.
3. “Make room for the entrees and stop getting full off of the appetizers.” My partner, Obie, told me this little gem the end of 2016 and it didn’t make any sense to me until I saw the effects it left on me this year. Whether it was “minor” people, “minor” problems, “minor” life events, or “minor” annoyances that were considered appetizers, I learned that not everyone is meant to have your time, problems have solutions, you will bounce back from minor life events, and annoyance is a temporary feeling. Your entrees in life are the things that motivate you, inspire you, support you, and constantly lift you up. Making room for your entrees simply means that you are separating the major things and the minor things and taking into consideration what are the important things in your life. If you keep getting “full” off of the minor things/issues in life, you’re not getting fulfilled. You are constantly looking for that fulfillment to keep you satisfied. This year I always wondered why one month I felt really great about myself and life but the next one that came I felt absolutely horrible. The appetizers in life will distract you from what you really came for: that juicy ass steak in the entrees section!

I plan on making 2018 my comeback year. There are going to be so many amazing things happening in the next year that I am so ready for. 2017 you’ve been rough, but 2018 is gonna show me how tough I really am. Thank you, 2017, for making me wiser & stronger.

What are some of the things you learned in 2017?

 

-Liz. (:

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This is going to be a quick little post about something that we are all going to start seeing as the next weeks comes, goes, and we start a new one in the new year.

There is always some negativity around holidays. Someone always has to make a negative post on a holiday just to be edgy and “different” and their post about New Year’s Eve or the new year is something of this sort:

Just because the clock turns midnight and a new year comes, doesn’t mean all your problems from the year before just disappear.

I never understood these type of posts. Who are you to judge how someone welcomes the new year? Do you know what a person goes through in the year? I say this because there are people in the world who have genuinely bad years. Sometimes, the hope one has during the year diminishes because they do not know how or when things get better. Sometimes, people need the new year to get the courage to drop every negative thing and start anew. The new year symbolizes this. The new year is supposed to make you want to start fresh, to do your wrongs, to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes. Yeah, things are bound to happen and people may gain new problems in the new year, but you telling people that their problems are just going to carry on into the new year is pretty much saying why bother trying to get happy?

Personally, I had a rough year and I’m not afraid to admit that. 2017 was not my year. I’m still grateful for everything that I learned and that I get to see another day each and every morning. The new year is a breath of fresh air. It’s a restart button. It’s taken everything that went wrong the previous year and making me better in the new one. Yes, I’m aware that life doesn’t just have a reset button and everything just disappears. I think everyone in the world knows that this is logically impossible. 

Let people interpret the new year the way that they want to. Let people allow the new year to push themselves forward and change for the better. Let people set resolutions and if they don’t keep them, how does it affect you? At the end of the day, you live life the way you want to live it, and people will live it the way they want to live theirs.

And if you’re a dreamer and believer of all the pure and innocence of the new year like me? Keep it close to your heart and indulge in the magic of it all.

 

-Liz. (:

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So, it’s been awhile since ya girl wrote about some music favorites on here, and since my last post, a lot of great music came out! I don’t know why everyone is releasing new music at the same time, but I am seriously loving it.

In case you guys need some music to listen to this winter, here are some of the songs I’ve been obsessed with in the recent weeks. Again, you can follow my Spotify playlist here if you’re interested in what I listen to.

Without further ado, here are some of my music favorites of December:

1.) “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Ninja Sex Party

In the recent months, I’ve been watching a shitload of Game Grumps videos on YouTube. One of the hosts, Dan Avidan, is in a band with Brian Wecht (another behind-the-scenes Game Grumps member) and they released their second cover album on October 27th. This song was originally sung by Def Leppard, and although I’ve heard the song before NSP’s cover of it, I have to say this version of it is just as good, if not better than the original one. Dan’s voice in this song is angelic and rockstar-like, and whoever produced this song was a genius because the harmonies just give you that 80’s vibe and it’s tough. Plus, Dan looked amazing in the music video with his goth-like eyeliner, just saying. Seriously, this one’s a bop!

2.) “Deny U” by Superfruit

When I first heard this song on part 2 of their Future Friends album, I wasn’t thrilled about this one. It wasn’t until I saw the music video for this song (it’s always the music videos that get me) when I started to like this song. I don’t know why, but this song gives me 90’s R&B vibes, and I dig that. Mitch’s voice is mostly heard in this song, and he doesn’t disappoint with the high notes he belts at the end of the song. Scott’s bass voice compliments Mitch’s voice in the chorus; seriously they are meant to sing with each other. If you like Pentatonix and/or Superfruit, listen to their music. It won’t disappoint!

3.) “Real Friends” by Camila Cabello 

This song is very different to the ones Camila Cabello released in the last year. This song is unplugged and stripped with mainly just a guitar playing for most of the song and her voice. I like this song because the lyrics are hella relatable. No, I think I’ll stay in tonight / skip the conversations and the “oh I’m fine”s. If that opening line doesn’t scream out “REAL AF”, then I don’t want is. Camila admitted that “Real Friends” almost didn’t make it onto the album because it was written really close to the deadline of her tracklist submission for her debut album, Camila. I’m not one of those people who chose between Fifth Harmony and Camila Cabello because they are both good at what they do. I actually find it immature that people who used to be fans of 5H are now talking a whole lotta shit about the group ever since Camila left. I prefer Camila as a solo artist because her voice merely didn’t match up with the other four girls of 5H. The girls f 5H now have such a smoother harmonic range that resembles butter. It is what it is and I’m just as excited to hear Camila the same way I was excited to hear Fifth Harmony.

4.) “Say It To My Face” by Madison Beer

I didn’t know Madison Beer was a singer. I thought she was just this person who dated a famous celebrity and that’s how she gained her fame. That is not shade, I just don’t follow J14 magazines being the almost 24-year-old that I am. Anyway, I’m shocked that I fuck with this song! This song has some early 2000’s R&B vibes to it that I live for, and the lyrics are just relatable too. Her voice though… I mean, I’m not saying that she can’t sing, but she definitely doesn’t have the vocal control that will take her to the next level. But besides that, this song is sassy, and ya girl loves her some sassy music.

5.) “Already Won” by Kehlani

You know ya girl loves some Kehlani. Seriously, her debut album that came out earlier this year has been one of my top albums of 2017. Hell, she’s the top artist I listened to on Spotify this year. I am officially a Kehlani fan and when I heard this song at my partner’s house, I was digging it. The song is the definition of #HumbleBrag. She sings about her success as an artist, yet she’s like “there’s no award big enough to label my art” and I fuck with that message; heavy. This is the song you put on at a celebration around your friends who are also succeeding and doing their thang and everyone is happy that everyone is making something for themselves. Kehlani is always singing about good vibes and I will always like her music because of that.

 

It was hard to pick through a whole list of gems on my Spotify, but here are the Top 5 that I can say have been on repeat most of my days. What are some of your favorite songs at the moment? Let me know and maybe i’ll fall in love with it too!

Happy listening!

 

-Liz. (:

 

 

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Today is December 21st, which means it’s the official first day of winter and Capricorn season begins!

Uh, Liz, so what?

It’s Capricorn season, which means that it’s my season. My birthday is on January 9th, which means that my zodiac sign is Capricorn. Now, I’m not one of those people who read their horoscope every single day and believe that shit is a fortune teller or something. I occasionally read them for fun and yeah, there are times when I’m like “wow, this is currently my life to a tee”, but I do have an open mind about them, and it’s just something that was assigned to you because of your birthday.

When it comes to Capricorn personality traits, though, I feel like I am a legit Capricorn to heart. Capricorns are notoriously the most serious sign out of the zodiacs. They are the workaholics of the signs and I honestly feel like as I get older, I see just how hardworking I’ve become. I’m always working on something whether it’s for school, my personal life, and TNTH. As much as I say I’m too overworked and burnt out, I know that without it, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.

Some other positive Capricorn traits are that we are typically very helpful, ambitious, determined and loyal. Although we focus in on our work and the things that have to get done, we still are able to be there for those around us when they need us the most, and I’m definitely that type of person. As much as I focus in on my workload, I make time for those around me, especially my family and my partner because it’s always important to come back and take a break from your individual busy lives. We may be one of the more “boring” signs out of the bunch (which is true to an extent; we don’t stand out that much), we are still very chill people to be around.

Some negative traits that Capricorns have are that we appear to be very shy, which I can say that’s completely me. No matter how hard I try to open up and express myself, I still become extremely shy and awkward, which is also another Capricorn trait. We’re awkward because we don’t do well in social situations. We’re the type of people who go to parties because our friends invite us and we have a miserable time there because our friend is off somewhere partying with everyone else and you’re sitting at the table in the corner of the room. I remember going to a quinceanera with a couple of my middle school friends and I was practically at the table all night. Because we don’t know how to socialize right, we appear to be self-centered, which I can say this is me at times. I forget that those around me have feelings as well and that my feelings are just one side of the story. I occasionally get into arguments because I tend to not take into consideration for other people’s feelings, and I try my hardest to not let that happen. But it does, and it sucks.

When it comes to compatibility with other signs, I find myself not fitting into that aspect because I feel like I get along with everyone in every sign, but I do find myself looking back at all the best friends I had in my years and most of them were Taurus (which is the most compatible sign of friendship for Capricorns). My college best friend is a Virgo which I never knew were friendship compatible because I never had a friend that was a Virgo, so it’s crazy to see just how different we are as people, yet are still really good friends.

It’s funny to see that Capricorns and Gemini’s are like the sun and moon. Geminis are literally the sun, and Capricorns are the moon. My partner is a Gemini at heart. I’ve encountered a lot of Geminis in my day and you can just tell that they are Geminis. Capricorns and Geminis clash a lot; Geminis are the life of the party, sociable, and are constantly on the moveCapricornsns are quiet, antisocial, and have to plan things before they move. They do say opposites attract, so maybe that’s the reason we work out,  but we do have our moments and we do have our miscommunications.

Typically, signs get along with their own signs because they’re literally the same. Me? I really dislike people who are Capricorns. When Capricorns interact with other Capricorns, they usually have to be “the better, smarter person”. I’m constantly looking at other Capricorns like ugh they think they’re the shit, they are smartasses, they think the world revolves around them, etc. Whenever I do that, I tend to have to look at myself like, “do I appear this way to people? Am I like this?”

Something special that is happening this Capricorn season is that the first time in three decades is that Saturn is going to be in Capricorn, and Saturn is our ruling planet. This means that Capricorns are going to have a positive, life-changing experience that helps us grow and strive in the long run. As great as that sounds, I really hope that this Capricorn season treats me good. I mean, this time of year is usually a good one for me, but if it actually helps me blossom and be the person I’m working towards, then so be it.

Happy birthday, Capricorns!

 

-Liz. (: