Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The New Years Resolutions List

Yes, here it is. I'm sorry. I'm going to do the oh so cliche "New Years Resolutions" post. Forgive me. I was gonna do to a whole post for New Years, but felt I should do it on the actual day =P Sorry! But you'll never know; you could find some of this interesting...

So, here it goes!

2010 New Years Resolutions
STOP BEING SO DAMN LAZY - I am very lazy. Ask my mom, or my brother, or even my father. It's not that I don't do what needs to be done, but I do tend to slack off for the bare minimum. It's horrible, I know, but it's true. This year I have to make sure I keep up with school and do my work (even if I don't want to), be more active (no more days of doing absolutely nothing!), and really work toward my goals. Oddly, I feel as if this might be a good year for me, so hopefully I can pull through.
FIND A JOB - Now, don't think I haven't been searching (I have, and it's a real b*tch), I just never get hired. I don't know why. I just don't. I've tried at lots of places, and each onehave never give me a call back. But I'm not going to give up! I am going to get a job, and at a place I'll like, too! I just have to keep looking. Wish me luck!
BE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS - This kind of goes with the "STOP BEING SO DAMN LAZY" one in that I want to be more serious about certain things I want to do. I want to have further lessons in piano and become a better player, do my very best in my vocal training class and become a much better singer, really play with my love for fashion and figure out where that love is going. I also really want to become more serious about my writing. Writing and storytelling has always been a passion of mine, and in the end, will always be my one true love. I aim to be more serious in writing my stories, continuing them, and looking for ways to improve and maybe even publish them. It's kind of a lofty goal, but we'll see. It is one of my biggest dreams to get something published, so why not start working at the goal now?

DEVELOP MY STYLE MORE - I am a huge fan of fashion and playing with it, so I really want to fine tune my style and figure out what works for me best and what I like the best. I also want to do more research on brands and see which ones I like the most and am willing to spend my money on. Some of that stuff ain't cheap, and if I'm going to spend $300.00 on a pair of boots, I better know where it came from, what it's made out of, and if it feels right.
MAKE MORE FRIENDS! - This is pretty self explanitory. I want to make more friends! Blogging friends, school friends - everything! It's always nice to have lots of friends. =] Of course, when I say friends, I mean true friends. Not snarky bitches that talk crap behind your back and bring you down. Nice, down to earth people who generally care about me and the same stuff I do. If anyone wants to be a friend, than don't be afraid to comment! =]
FIND TRUE LOVE - ;]
Well, that's it! If I think of anymore (I don't think there is, but we'll see!) then I'll post it. For now, that's it.
I wish you luck with with your New Years Resolutions and I hope you can think of some good ones!
XOXO, Dani

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Oh Marc, I love you.

MARC JACOBS SPRING/SUMMER 2010 COLLECTION



No words can describe how much I love the Marc Jacob's 2010 Spring/Summer Collection. I especially love his use of volume and ruffles, as that is something I'm experimenting with in my wardrobe. If I could own any of these pieces, it would definitely be the blazer at 2:09 and the last dress. I love myself a great blazer, but really? This is perfect. The strong, dark blue color with the ruffled shoulders is absolutely wonderful. It's not too edgy, and not too girly, the perfect balance I think every girl loves. And the last dress? Talk about ethereal and romantic! I would never have a place to wear such a dress, but I think it's OK to still want it, right? Haha.

Marc has always been my favorite designer ever since I was younger and I obsessed over his handbags. I still have yet to own a one, but I know my time will come soon. Haha. Until then, I'll do what I've always done: draw inspiration from his collections and continue to obsess ;]

XOXO, Dani

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Higher Than High




Metric never fails me. Emily's voice is so calming to me =]
XOXO, Dani

Two Updates in One Day?

Yes. It is true. Haha. I figured that after my previous, horrible attempt at a post, I should make a post about my upcoming idea for the upcoming year. (And I'm going to do back to my fashion-y posts sooner or later, don't worry. Haha.)

Ready for the title of said new project? HERE IT IS!

365 Days in the Life of Danika

Or maybe I should just call it LOOK AT HOW MONOTONOUS AND BORING MY LIFE IS!

What I plan to do is take a picture everyday next year of something I'm doing, or of my surroundings. I don't think I'll do it for every hour I am awake (Can you imagine that?! I know someone who does that, albeit she's not doing everyday for a year, and she has waaay too many pictures as it is.), but I'll probably do it at the same time every day. Maybe every 1:00? Every morning? Something like that.

So, what do you guys think? Yes or no? To be honest, I'm going to do it regardless if you guys suggest no =P Not that there is anyone who reads this to say no. Haha.

I also have another project that I've thought up, but I requires a few people who live in different places in California for it to work. If you're up for it, please comment!

XOXO, Dani

Friday, December 18, 2009

My Slumbering Heart

Warning: Incredibly cheesy and makes NO SENSE. I suggest you don't read it at all.

I'm sorry that I have not updated in so long. I know that no one reads this, but I still feel the need to say sorry so that anyone who happens to come upon this entry six years from now so that they know how poliet and kind I am.

I'm kidding about the last part.

But I really do feel sorry for not updating, because I clearly told myself (and whoever reads this lame excuse of a blog) that I would do so regularly. So here it is. Another entry. Just a warning to those readers expecting something fashion related: this isn't. So, are you ready? OK. Here it goes.

I don't know whether everyone feels this way, or if I feel so simply because I'm a hopeless romantic, but I believe there is always that one person whom you'll alway love, always remember. And I don't nessisarily mean love in the sense "I love them so much I want to be with them for the rest of my life". More like "I will always look at them fondly and wish them the best". This person could be your friend, or you ex, or someone you've quietly noticed but never spoken to. Call me crazy, but I believe in this. Partly because I have said person.

Obviously, I will not include his name. I have a great fear of him somehow stumbling upon this, and I do not need him thinking I am a creeper. Well, maybe I am, but not in the crazy, stalker, watch-you-while-you-sleep way. I swear.

But I should make up a name for him to make writing this easier. Matt Powers. There.

Matt is younger than I am; 16 years to my 18. I was in my last year of high school when I met Matt. I had transfered out of one of my classes into a Teacher's Aide position, and he sat in he fourth seat one row in front of my desk at the front of the class. The class was sophomore English. It was one of those times when you wished you had met more people in high school. It was the classic high school regret: in all the years you spent trudging through the halls, you wish you had opened yourself up to more people because you finally realized there were so many you hadn't met. You wish you made more friends. Yes, Matt and I had only been in the same school for a year, and yes, I didn't really think much of the freshman (No one does. Lets be honest.), but that was still a year. A year I could have spent getting to know him more. But no.

Maybe it was better this way, maybe it is truely tragic that we didn't meet before my last few months. Either way, I don't know what made me so attached to him.

I've made lists and paragraphs before, trying to explain what it was, or rather, is, that I love about him, and, as much as I don't want to admit (albeit I've told myself this may times) I think it's because of the person I imagine him to be. This naive, kind, beautiful, boy who's just trying to make something of life. This person I hold in my heart is everything I am not. He is very musically talented, driven, well liked, smart, funny and charming. His smile lights up the room, and his laugh makes you fall in love with him. He's caring and considerate, and will never berate you, or make fun of you for who you are, or who you were, or who you want to be. He's this kind, beautiful boy trying to make something out of this life of his. It was as if he never experienced pain or suffering before because he was always happy, or trying to make others happy. It was something about those almond, chestnut brown eyes, and the way they squnited when they smiled.

Anyway, I fell for him. God knows if it was real love, or admiration, or something related to that, but I knew that he had affected me somehow. And he had. I was happier when I was around him, when he spoke to me, when I saw him. I felt like he was truely a beautiful person. He inspired me, and was hooked on him. I'm sure people have felt this way before about someone. You can't lie.

But as soon as I realized his exisitance, I realized my time was ending. He was young, naive, and beautiful, and I was growing older, more tired and worn with my life about to "start" as graduation came around the corner.

And it killed me. Because I wanted nothing more than to watch him grow, and get to know him more.

Yes, I sound crazy and ridiculous. But that was how it was.

And so I tried to hold on to him in some way. Went out of my way to go certain places, stop by the school once and awhile, even if I was no longer needed, or apart of it. Most of the time it worked, sometimes it didn't. Either way, I was trying to get myself used to one simple fact.

He was moving on without me as I stayed stuck in the same place.

And sooner or later, I got used to it. Stopped asking about him, stopped trying to bump into him. It sounds pathetic, it really does. And I suppose it was. The point is, it's now over, this longing to see him and be with him.

However, this does not mean I don't miss him from time to time. Or think about where he is, or how he might be.

No.

If anything, I have just let go of the idea of us becoming something. I have not really let go of him.

I still think about him from time to time, and wonder if he's ok. If he's happy with his new girl friend and if his band is still together. I still wish him the best of luck in everything he does, and that life treats him well.

But the one thing I will always wish for him, is that he never changes. That he will always be happy, and kind, and beautiful and... well, himself. Perhaps this is selfish, but that is what I truely wish for him.

I know this seems incredibly dull and creepy, and you can picture the sitaution however you'd like, but just know I'm not some pshyco-stalker. I swear I'm not. Haha. Think of it like this: It's like looking back on one of your ex's, and thinking of the good in them and the time you shared, and how you wish them no harm. I suppose my situation with Matt was something like that, except for the fact we never dated.

Until next time.

XOXO, Dani

Sunday, December 13, 2009

East is East, and West is San Francisco

Please excuse the hat. It was more for the cold, rather than the fashion statement. It was raining pretty hard, and it was really cold, but my jacket is golden and kept me warm the entire time.


I wore this today for my cousin's birthday party in San Francisco, my favorite city. I'm rather biased though, as I haven't been to too many places =P Still, SF never fails to bring a smile to my face, and I can not wait until the day I can get my own little apartment there. It's that big city feeling, ya know? That feeling of being completely on your own, but surrounded by people. To me, the busy streets, the tall buildings and fluorescent lights are perfection. The gray skies this time of year make it ever better. Even if I visit many other cities, and perhaps, find a new one to take it's place as my favorite, SF will always have a special place in my heart as a city that holds many dreams and memories.

As if that wasn't sappy. [;

OH! And check out my chictopia account under the same name =P Haha.

XOXO, Dani

Friday, December 11, 2009

Current Annoyances...

Lets me first start off with the biggest annoyance so far: College. Why on earth is it so complicated to sign up for classes? My college makes it ridiculously annoying! I had to wait for weeks just to sign up today, and by the time I could sign up this morning, practically all the classes I chose weeks ago were full. How am I supposed to tansfer out into a university at this rate? I'll be suck in community college for the rest of my life, taking 2 classes per semester. *bangs head on desk* The stupid thing is that the sign up priority was based on the number of units we had under our belts, and my friend, who dropped out of the ONE CLASS HE HAD, had priority over me with 3 CLASSES I'M STILL ENROLLED IN. Gahhh!

Second annoyance: Boys who like you, but you DON'T LIKE THEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET WITH YOU, FLATTER YOU, ETC. I don't like you, ok? I already told you! I mean, really? Need I say more? I really don't want or need a boy friend, so can you please respect that?

Third annoyance: This damn cold weather. I used to love it so much, but now I'm just finding it all kinds of annoying. I miss the sunshine and the warm air! Give me spring and summer, NOW!
OK. That is all.

XOXO, Dani

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Dr. Martens


It is beyond me as to why I don't own a pair. I've been wanting one for ages, but, alas! I am too poor to afford them =[ If I could get a pair though, I want the tallest ones they've got, in black. Haha. I think they're pretty versatile; they look great with dresses, or with jeans. Maybe this Christmas I'll have enough money for a pair (that is, if I don't spend all my money on the upcoming broadway shows coming to San Francisco/Sacramento) and my dreams will be fulfilled...
XOXO, Dani

photo source: photobucket

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Stay Classy


"I believe laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." - Audrey Hepburn

Monday, December 7, 2009

“Though I love playing Hermione..."

"... I definitely don't want Harry Potter to be the last thing that I do in this business."
Oh Emma. You have nothing to worry about...









I love Emma Watson for many, many reasons. Yes, part of it is because she plays Hermione, but it's also because she's a fabulous human being. Haha. She seems very kind, intelligent and hello, she's majorly talented! Plus she seems really chill and laid back. If I could hang out with her for a day, I don't know what I would do. =P

XOXO, Dani

photo source: various sites

Saturday, December 5, 2009

"If you enjoy books with happy endings...

... than you are better off reading some other book."






Even if the movie butchered the books, the makeup, environment and costumes were stunning. It has a sort of neo-victorian/gothic influence. It's so gorgeous, I can't even describe it accurately. =P I want to live in that movie so so much.

And the books. There is nothing I can say other than they were complete genius. Thank God for Daniel Handler and his amazing imagination.

XOXO, Dani.


photo source: various sites

Friday, December 4, 2009

Lets Start Again

Hello, there. This is my third attempt at starting a legit blog. Usually I get caught up in so many things and neglect updating, but now I figured I'm going to let it all go and just... blog.

So, I'll stop wasting your time and introduce myself:

My name is Danika, but some people call me Dani.
I am a college student and a lover of all things art and music.
I love the obscure, the simple, the melancholy and the unique.
This blog will consist of things that inspire me, things on my mind, and (sometimes) clothes I desgin/make myself.

Love it, hate it, I don't mind. I'm just here in hopes someone else would be interested in what I have to say.

XOXO, Dani.