Do you ever feel like you don't have a strong support system? I do. And it has been a reoccurring thought and while I used to get so upset about it, I now look at it as a blessing in disguise. This lack of support makes a fighter out of me. It makes me want to prove to everyone just how wrong they are because everything they doubt I can do, I can do and I can do it even better than I thought.
Today, I came across a quote from Jennifer Lawerence (congrats on the Golden Globe!!!) that really exemplified this feeling.
“When I first got to New York, my feet hit the sidewalk and you’d have thought I was born and raised there. I took over that town. None of my friends took me seriously. I came home and announced, ‘I’m going to move to New York,’ and they were like ‘OK.’ Then when I did, they kept waiting for me to fail and come back. But I knew I wouldn’t. I was like, ‘I’ll show you.’” - Jennifer Lawrence
I drove close to an hour today just to see SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. And the almost two hour drive was completely worth it. In fact, I suggest taking a long drive after for some clarity and quality time with you and your singing voice.
Have you seen SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK yet? If not, you should be looking up local times while you read this. I don't even know how to write a review on it.The film is so witty, funny, and yes dramatic but not in an over-bearing sense. The film engrossed every part of me. It felt so good to watch a film where there is so much humanity in it.Patrick (Bradley Cooper) and Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) absolutely blew me away that I wanted to shoot up from my seat and do an air kick for them.
**Kind of a spoiler alert (but not really) below:
The montage of Patrick and Tiffany practicing their dance moves to Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash's, Girl From The North Country, will forever have a cabinet in my mind.
You have to see this movie.I have never felt so positive in my life.
Whenever the road gets rough, I indulge my life into movies that have characters just as distraught as me. Last night I looked to Oscilloscope's, HELLO I MUST BE GOING, to even out my blues. HELLO I MUST BE GOING was selected as the opening film for Sundance back in 2012 and it is not a mystery as to why.
The film follows Amy (Melanie Lynskey), who has fallen into a depression after a divorce from her husband. She wears the same t-shirt as she feels sorry for herself around her parents house. Then, she meets 19-year-old Jeremy (Christopher Abbott) and the two of them have a very hot love affair as he helps her become the woman she once was. The plot line is simple but the talent of Lynskey, Abbot, and the cast make the film memorable. Right from the beginning of the film, I kind of wanted to be Amy. Then again who wouldn't want to be if she gets to make out in cars with a boy like Jeremy.
I highly recommend this quirky comedy.
Doesn't that picture just make your heart fill up with desperation to be with someone and watch a projector?
Happy New Year to you. New Years is such a perfect holiday because it offers the perfect starting point for change and I love change.I have started 2013 with a clean slate by getting rid of baggage, leaving the past behind and having resolutions that focus on bettering myself. 2012 has taught me that sometimes I put so much into something that just is not going to work out and exhaust myself until finally it ends, I do not give myself enough credit, don't give the right people a chance, and worry too much about silly things. But this year that is not happening.This year, I am going to have the confidence to not indulge into bad people, bad habits, bad situations, etc. This year I will succeed at what I put my mind to and not fill my head with silly thoughts or waste my time. I have started 2013 with a clean slate and I am going to paint it to MY perfection.This is the year of Shannon Kelly and damn is it going to be an outstanding year.
There are some nights that I am in complete bliss with everything around me. Tonight is one of them. After finishing my last week of classes for this semester, I grabbed my cheetah print beret and ipod for a walk downtown for a bottle of wine. The walk reminded me of Brooklyn and how independent and comfortable I felt with myself and my surroundings. It was perfect.
So here I am with my cheetah beret, a glass of red wine, a candle lit and Rolling Stones playing in my head. Nothing can break my mood tonight.
Button your lip baby Button your coat Let's go out dancing
Do you ever have a desire to meet someone new? I get this feeling a lot and it has been overwhelming lately. I have the strongest desire to learn about someone over a cup of coffee in a coffee shop I have never been to. I want to ask the most random and generic questions and then high five him when we agree on Jackson Hole being the most perfect place to escape to. Learning about someone comes with so much excitement, butterflies, giggles and waves of that feeling of your stomach dropping to the ground. Oh, it is just the best! I am getting all giddy just thinking about it. I just want someone new that loves to teach and learn.
Happy Wednesday! Since interning at a social media marketing firm, I have grown a serious love for how companies, brands, celebrities, and everyone uses different social media platforms. Twitter has to be my all time favorite -- it is quick, simple, promotes conversation between users more than any other social media, and brands, companies, and celebrities love to interact with you. Most of us have probably experienced the joy of having a company or artist retweet us or even reply with a quick little note. I know I have and I won't lie, it kind of makes my day every time. But I cannot say that I have ever tweeted about an artist not making enough music then getting a reply from that artist with a new song. Have you? Yeah, didn't think so. Well, for some Twitter user she or he did.
After heckling M.I.A over Twitter about lacking on her music game, M.I.A quieted down the fan by replying back to the user with a link to a new, unreleased song called "AtTENTion." The fan has since uploaded it on YouTube for us all to hear. Check it out below.
Does it get better than that? Seriously.
(I heart Twitter)
These are the things that keep me sane, motivated, smart, and creative.
This is the simple side of the big, complicated, successful picture.
This is What the Mountains Said to the City.
