Thursday, April 30, 2009

April Showers Bring May Flowers


APRIL ENDS TODAY! I personally think April is a very beautiful and interesting month. It's very rainy and very warm. It's kind of like the threshold into warmer and brighter days. When most people think of April they think ugh rain...and celebrate Easter which is awesome but there are magnificent qualities in a month like this. It's completely under rated so I'm going to take the time to share all of the wonderful facts about April!

1. April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month

2. National Poetry Month

3. Jazz Appreciation Month (Jazz I like!)

4. Buddha's Birthday- April 8th

5. EARTH DAY!!- April 22nd

6. Take our Sons and Daughters to Work Day!

7. World Health Day-April 7th

8. April 13th is Thai New Year in Thailand and Khmer New Year in Cambodia

9. April Fools Day! (Gotcha!)

10. World Autism Awareness Day! April 2nd

Happy Birthday to all you April babies...I hope everyone had a wonderful month and get ready for May flowers!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Time Traveling


I've been thinking. Thinking about music and how important it is on our cognitive and what it does to us mentally. What I really like is the way it massages my senses and flares my nostalgia.

The best way to enjoy nostalgia, if you enjoy it at all, is to listen to songs that remind you of the past. What made me think of this was yesterday. Let me explain...Yesterday, I had to work and before I got into work I decided to listen to a playlist I made early last summer. While it was a tough summer, a lot happened for me. I started the very job I was walking into. Listening to that playlist took me back to last summer. The plot thickens! I was so in tune with the past that I put in the old door code from last summer and I could even smell the smells inside of the break room. I felt as if I had time traveled to July 2008. It was a really incredible feeling. In a sense the playlist is a time capsule. Bottling up the past and when I am ready to dig it up I can feel the feelings I felt at one specific time in my life.

Next time you listen to throwback jams, emerge yourself into the scene and enjoy that blast from the past. Whether it reminds you of that specific love interest that had you in love for like a week and you only listened to one song *Tear*, or maybe there was a really amazing time in your life you would love to relive. Do it with a song!! Some people like to do their childhood...not me specifically but whatever floats your boat.

All I am saying is, music can be more than just entertainment in the car, or a nice beat at the party. It should evoke feelings of pain, love, nostalgia, all of the above! Get your groove on!

Your Dancing Queen,
Attia

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Spring Will Be Spring


Bonjour!

Here I am, in Maryland, enjoying delicious crabs and wonderful family. Enjoying the warm weather! It feels good to get out of town. This is the second weekend in a row. Sisterhood of the Traveling Attia. Like the movie..with the pants! No? okay... Seriously, I feel pretty good. I have so much work to do as it is the end of an amazing semester but I can't help but feel happy because the sun is shining so bright. It feels like this has been the longest winter. It started in November and it has been freezing ever since. I just want the warm weather to stay! Even though I'm a little afraid of bumble bees, its comforting to see them buzzing around me on a day like today. They are enjoying the sunshine as I am. Bzzz...(Im buzzing)
Enjoy this change in weather. The winter makes me appreciate it to the fullest extent. Soon, it will be May and every color will bloom into existence in our gardens, in our forests, in our souls, and in our lives. Just a few more days of the rainy month and there you have it. A sense of city, country, or sea wherever you are. I am going to make me a sunshine playlist. This playlist will be full of happy songs and sunshine tunes! Hooray for the spring time!

Peace and Love,
Attia

Monday, April 13, 2009

Get me out of here!


Hello my people...

I have a test tomorrow. I am ready. Maybe...How can we ever know if we are ready or not? In a test or life at all. I really want to travel. I've been fighting with myself trying to figure out what is stopping me. School, work, money! All of these things. Life is short. I have to go. It will drive me insane. I am going to Pittsburgh this weekend. That's the end of this post.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Somewhere Over The Rainbow


Yesterday I saw a rainbow...It was AMAZING!

Yesterday I was verbally abused at my job...it was HORRIFYING!

I wont let that get me down! When people don't have such good days they like to take it out on the cute front desk lady at the hotel. Oh my life! This guy was totally insane on the phone. Luckily, I don't let things like that get to me. The best part was that I got to see a rainbow!! It gave me the chills when I looked outside and saw the array of colors neatly aligned in the sky. I love when it rains and the sun is shining. It makes me feel serene like everything will be okay. Which it will!

I have to say, things haven't been the easiest lately but seeing things like rainbows and rain in the sunshine makes me feel like I will be alright some how. No matter who threatens me or hates me for giving them wrong directions to the hotel, I can still smile and say "Hey, it's April! Life is beautiful!"

Something you need to know...Lately I have been dancing at the train stop. It's so much fun and even though people stare at me and think I'm strange...it is so so so rewarding! It cheers me up in the sourest of moods. I mean I don't do full out dance routines but if my favorite song comes on, I don't hesitate to groove! You should try it anyhow...

Enjoy your Rain in the Sunshine!!
Attia

photo by: Calvin Jones

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