Insomnia: A Movie Lover's Best Friend

As many of you may know from my late night, later night, wee hours of the night, and sunrise social media posts, I have a problem with sleep. Well, perhaps I should correct myself I don't have a problem with sleep. I adore sleep. Don't we all? I I love 12 hours nights of bliss, I love cat naps and power naps. My one problem is I also hate the morning and love to stay up late. You add that to a summer full of nothing to do of a time sensitive nature, and here I am up till anywhere between 4:00 am to even 8:30 am. I do lots of things to pass the time. I clean, I cook (right now I am making a cheese cake), I read(Georgiana Darcy's Diary), I creep on the interwebz( see my other internet hobbies in the side bar), I watch an absurd amount of Food Network and the Cooking Channel (hence the cheesecake, it's an Anne Burrell recipe from the show Best Thing I Ever Made), but most of all I watch Movies. Movies seem to be the best thing to do at the end of the night, morning, whatever, because they lull me to sleep perfectly. I highly recommend insomnia, or just an inverted sleep schedule for all Movie Lover's because you find yourself with all this time where you have to be relatively quiet and it is socially acceptable to lay in one place for hours on end under the pretenses of searching for sleep. I watch movies in all mediums; DVD, Blu Ray, DVR, iTunes download, and most of all the beloved Netflix. Insomnia gets the best of us movie lovers. It makes even the snobbiest critic find themselves watching Piranachonda.. Okay not really! But I have watched my fair share of bad movies. I have, however, also seen some favorites, new and old. Here is my list of things to watch when counting sheep just doesn't cut it.

These are not by any means, the best movies known to man kind. They are not the most clever, beautiful, thought provoking, or enticing. But that is the point isn't it. You're not tired, you're wide awake, but you really aren't are you. You're dozing, by the time you picked one of these out you are dozing. You're glad that the action flick is not too racy because that would keep you awake, nothing particularly dark to save you  from those nightmares. I hope you found this rather entertaining and or helpful in your quest for zzzs. 

xoxo,

ACE

P.S: My movie of choice tonight is Best in Show

Girlfriend Manifesto

This post has taken me quite some time so I apologize for the wait. I am sure you have all been itching to know what exactly is on my mind. I think that now that I have reached the ripe and old age of a nearly nineteen year old, I can officially say that I have dealt with my fair share of girl drama. Ive seen it all, from cyberbullying to backstabbing next to nothing is new. So now I am going to write my Girlfriend Manifesto, about all the things that get under my skin, and how if we all just avoided them, we'd get along much better.

5. Lying
I don't mean the white lie you told about getting your period and cramping to ditch when you just wanted to lay on the couch instead. We all tell white lies, and not that that is as humans one of our most redeeming qualities, but we do it. I don't mean the white lies. I mean don't lie. As resourceful beings, us females, tend to find out the truth. Like with anyone, it is worse to lie and get caught then to just face the consequences of whatever telling the truth are. Also, the old adage that "the truth will set you free," is true. If I called Stacy a drunken skunk to Natalie, and Natalie got mad at me and told Stacy, Id be better off admitting it and apologizing for being a bad friend, then denying it. Also, Stacy can't continue to fight with me aka bitch me out if from the beginning I am honest, and accept the consequences of my not so nice actions. This brings me to my next topic.

4.Denying Responsibility
It is just like you think it is. Everyone thinks that no one can admit when they have done wrong. If you know me well you may say that coming from me this is rich. I will however stand up for myself when saying this, I am a know it all, and I do think that I know it all, but if I did something wrong I own up to it. You may believe that I have a secret burn book and then accuse me of it, and if I have a secret burn book I will tell you I do and I wrote next to your picture about how bad your make up looked at prom, but I don't have a secret burn book, so just because I am saying I don't doesn't mean I am lying or failing to accept responsibility. If you have ever had the privilege of getting in an argument with me you know, that I will own up to my wrong doings(or at least I try to). Genuinely if you've been a bad friend, accept it, things will move on much quicker, and don't beat around the bush because you're proud.

3.Insensitivity
Don't be mean just because you can. I swear you hear it time and time again and yet people sometimes just suck. Don't get me wrong I have been known to duel out harsh words, but we all have. Self proclaimed Regina George of 6th-8th grade right her. Like hellloooo I know I have awkward love handles don't remind me you nasty sloot. They key to avoiding this is just to put yourself in their shoes. Works every time. Especially when receiving a call-out text. You know those texts that are the length of an iPhone screen, you cringe a little when you read them, nothing good comes of a text that long. Nothing. But really the key is to just think that in the end it will all be worked out and wouldn't you have rather being sweet than sour.

2.Annoyance at "talking about me behind my back"
Okay this is bull. Am I to form no opinions of anyone or their actions or my life or theirs or my interactions? And if I do form such thoughts and opinions am I prohibited from speaking of them or must I perhaps write a diary. Even if I did write such a diary it is likely that even then I would be prosecuted to the death for "talking about EVERYONE behind EVERYONE's freaking back." Blah blah bleh blah. This is absolutely silly. To what extent does anyone really think that everyone tells everyone exactly what they are thinking. Then people would know when I think they look ill because they forgot to wear make up. You just need not know. I am not saying that it is not better to just be honest with your friends. But sometimes you need to tell someone else about how ya feel. Maybe they will tell you something smart like to let it go..

1.Selfishness
Contrary to popular belief, the world does not revolve around ourselves. I know again this seems obvious perhaps, but these all kind of feed off of each other. Put others before you. Think of others. You are not number one all the time. I am not number one all the time. Just because we are going to get pizza and you hate pizza doesn't mean we did it because you hate pizza. Typically, no one individual is genuinely the source or motivation for any other individuals actions. Most people aren't vindictive enough to act that way. This I think, is my number one because I know how bad I feel when I have been selfish, or when I know others are being that way.

In conclusion, there may be many things that get on our nerves about our girlfriends, but thats what they are, our friends. So this is a shout out to all of "my best girlfriendzzzz" (Mean Girls)  For those of you that have been with me since my youngest years, or my green eye shadow days. For my laugh all night, cartons of ice cream friends. For my can't sleep must entertain each other via ridiculous conversations via text message, or Facebook. For my sistaz. For my girls that like to drive around and do nothing.For my "drunken nights at rockin sushi, hayyy" (Bridesmaids) girls. Soul Sistas. Y'all rock! Thanks for being the bomb.com and more.

xoxo,
ACE

Just for gigs

To make myself clear gigs are giggles. I am currently working on my Environmental Geology Online Homework without my textbook so I am on the brink of attempting to close my head in my Macbook house elf style repeatedly. In an attempt to break up the monotony I thought I would share some things that I like, just for gigs!

First, in my love for hipster humor I have two things. Go follow @hipstermermaid on twitter! Constant wit and impeccable humor. Also this funny combination of my two favorites, hipster humor and Disney!

Second, (and feel free to debate any of these, and make your own) I submit my top ten movies from the 1980's. Of course being a self-proclaimed 80's lover, this list has always sort of existed in some shape or form in my mind, but since my discovery of Listography  I was forced to make my list. So here it goes. See my other lists at listography.com/carlslifeinlists

Third, this one is not so much for giggles as for smiles! I have a large obsession like most of the modern world with Pandora Radio. My new favorite radio station is called Movie Soundtracks Radio. Not a station filled with the musical products of John Williams and Han Zimmer but instead filled with the awesome songs from all the best Movies and their soundtracks. So obviously filled with a large amount of Smashmouth ( Shrek) Mr. Brightside by the Killers ( The Holiday) a dozen versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and many others.

xoxo,
ACE

Your life in lists.

During my trip to Carmel me and my vacation posse headed down the coast to Big Sur, a gorgeous area of California. The drive down, and up into the mountains is breathtaking enough. A perfection combination of giant mountains, crazy cliffs, and breath taking ocean, Big Sur has it all for sight seeing. However, it also has a few other treasures. I have made this excursion more than once in my life time, ( meaning I have done it more times than I can count), and yet I find it just as enjoyable each trip. Our favorite place to eat is called Nepenthe. It has this awesome 1970s, hippie, you should be smoking pot vibe, with cool metal art and a step lounge complete with pillows. Nepenthe looks out over the Pacific Ocean coast line which provides for a pleasant backdrop as you nom on the yummy eats. I recommend what I tend to get every trip, the Ambrosia burger. True to it's name, it is like the food of the gods. Today I also had their spiced cider which, on a windy day like today, was heaven in a glass. The most interesting part of this trip was what I found in the interesting shop on the Nepenthe grounds, The Phoenix. The Phoneix typically is home to Nepenthe and Monterey Bay area souvenirs, hippie jewelry and home furnishings, hippie candles, make up and other aromas, and hippie instruments. It also has a host of quirky books. But this time a certain section caught my eye. It started with the Listography section. Listography is a series of books by Lisa Nola. They have themes like music, friends, movies and love. I was standing there flipping through the books desperately wanting to buy all of them. Sadly I didnt have 100 dollars to spend on books solely comprised of lists. But I did want to. It seemed like a fun and easy way to be creative and to use your brain. Lucky for those of us not inclined to spend money on books comprised of fun lists to make. They have a website where you can make a page and make lists that they recommend. From "nice things I can say about  myself" to "dates in history id time travel back to," they  have dozens of fun lists to keep you entertained. Check my page out to the right of this where I keep my links for my instagram, twitter, and pinterest! I also stumbled upon an interesting book called my life in graphs, where you journal everything from your emotion that day via smiley faces, to the level at which you want to kill someone. There were also the FU and FU ex books which provided fun pages to fill in and beat up. The party girl in me loved the Hook ups and Hangovers book. A notebook filled with forms to identify and categorize how bad or good your hook ups and hangovers are with sections to fill out like. Woke up....     _still drunk   _cant move    _room is spinning.. well you get the picture! My personal favorites where the citations and report cards. You can write your friends, family and loved ones all citations for being bad. Personal favorite "this is a citation for being a bitch, you were being a.... _spoiled bitch   _frumpy bitch   _ bossy bitch"... again you get the picture. But I just wanted to share with you all the fun books I found up in Big Sur! Enjoy the photos...



  

xoxo,

ACE

Are you there Carly?

I'm sure that's what you all are asking yourselves. Like, helllooo did you abandon the Internet so soon. The Internet isn't for the faint of heart. The answer is no! I have been terribly incapacitated on vacation in the always beautiful Carmel, CA. I am lucky enough to have Grandparents who have a second home out here. And a time share in Vail, and that one in Tahoe too, but oh who's counting? I take that back I didn't mean to sound spoiled. But I am, I am spoiled by the ever generous and sweet grandparents. Must be all my wit and charm that makes me so deserving. I am laying awake at 1:18 AM pacific time, and I just grabbed a book out of my bag to read and while reading the inside flap to my bedmate, best friend, and book sharer, Maria, I realized I had already read the book. But time has passed and I'd forgotten the details but I knew I'd liked it the first time. And I thought, these are the best times, when you can't remember the ending of a story you know you love. Maria agreed. The book happens to be a wonderful and silly novel entitled, "Bergdorf Blondes," by Plum Sykes. Something tells me that's a pen name... Or maybe just a baby boomer... Either way the book is so wonderful a little love and wit and a little Designer name dropping. I think I like it so much because the narrator who loves to use the words tres and moi, reminds me of an adult Eloise. Like from my beloved children's series. Well I advise you females to pick it up, it's a fun read. But other then this the west coast is treating me wonderfully. Filling me up with delicious foods and beautiful art and nature. As well as wonderful company. I'm attaching some pictures that will hopefully make you all supremely jealous!

xoxo,
ACE