I'M BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ^_^

WHATS GOOD!!!!!

alright, ijust had to get that out of the way. you're probably wondering where i've been the last few months. Well what happened was that my laptop charger was so frayed (even after my dad fixed it once before), that my laptop died and it was about a month before icould get a new one...and then after that the internet got messed up so it delayed me posting again for who knows how long, but now i'm back and ready to take on the blogging world!!! not only that, but it delayed me from posting new youtube videos (iwill post one soon!!!)

so what's been going on in my life!! hmm lemme think...well i'm finally 17!! yes you heard that right, 17!! my birthday was on November 9th, and now ican go see R-rated movies by my self. HUZZAH!!!! (not that ididnt do that before...lmfao)...i'm also dancing again this year...but the dances kinda suck because they're really slow...senior year is really good so far, with the exception of finishing my first marking period with a 74 in AP Psychology (should've taken Psych/Soc), But its the new marking period, and i'm working hard!


i'm really excited, because thanksgiving is coming up, but it's also a bummer because my uncle died in july so he's not gonna be here :/ next week is such a pointless week of school...ihave 2 full days, and then wednesday is a half-day (POINTLESS!!!)...but whatevs, iget to pig out with my family...GOOD SHIT!!! :)

well, i'm gonna go do some studying, cuz ihave this stupid paper to write...i'll write again soon :)

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!! :)

xoxo, R♥

another manic monday

good morning, or good evening depending on what you consider being awake at 3:02 am, iknow it's late, but ijust felt like posting a new blog, even though ijust posted a new blog 5days ago about my passion, which if you haven't read, is dancing, but that's not what my blog is about today...i'm just sort of, going over my weekend, and just pointing out some of the highlights of what idid, and some things i'm really excited and happy about.

so, friday was basically wasted, because ihad injured my back on thursday after rearranging some DVDs...iknow it sounds kinda silly that iwould injure myself by doing that, but it happens...as of now, i'm still feeling discomfort, but it's not as painful as it was when iwoke up and tried to get out of bed on friday morning...but ispent my friday entirely on the couch....icame downstairs and took some pills, lied down (if that's proper grammar), and watched two of my favorite films...The first was a French film that irecorded on my DVR...it's a film from 1959 called "Les Quatre Cents Coups", or translated "The 400 Blows"...it's a great film, and iwas really excited to watch it again for the first time since isaw it in my middle school french class...the second, which iwill always adore, is Breakfast at Tiffanys...yes, iknow there is a song with that title, but the movie was made WAYYYYY before the song was though of, so I WIN!!!! :)

saturday was alot like friday, in that iwas still in a huge amount of pain, and that ididnt do much...but sunday was great!!! my cousin jamie came to my house from New York with her friend from college, Jackie and my grandma, and of course my grandmother was accompanied by her dog...needless to say, my dog weezy, and her dog santi did not get along...my dog kept growling at her whenever she got too close, which is only because santi, is a strange dog to weezy, and she's never been around santi, but my dad thinks she was just protecting her own..lmfao

anyways, so ialso ended up getting CDs, iknow that is irrelevant, but ijust thought iwould mention it...my cousin Jamie and irocked out to the runaways and gossip, it was a pretty fun time, and we caught up on some of our "thug-life" lessons :) but the reason i'm excited, is because my cousin lent me Cherie Currie's memoir. "Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway". i'm really excited to read this, because irecently just saw The Runaways movie, which imentioned in a past blog, but i'm soooo excited!!!!! anyways, once iread that, i'm definitely going to post a blog sharing my thoughts on the book :)

i'm also kinda bummer though...it's monday, and that's my day of the week that ifeel drags on forever....and today ihave to do the following:

1. go to the dentist b/c ihad one appointment, but it was rescheduled...i'm definitely going to get yelled at because idon't wear my retainers :( kill me now

2. go see a doctor about my back...this might not even happen, it all depends on how my back is feeling when iwake up :/

3. go train my mini me for a tournament...i'm a second degree black belt, and i'm helping afriend's daughter train for a tournament in october...hopefully i'll be able to hdemonstrate something if i'm in good shape


well, that's my blog for today....ithink might do this every monday, but i'm not quite sure yet ;)

i'll write back soon ^_^

xoxo, ree♥

my passion :)

namaste :)

so, today, my brother and iwent to go see Step Up 3D..he had already seen it, but ididn't see it yet, so he took me to see it. out of all of the "Step Up" movies, this was my favorite, and the cool part about this movie is that it was shot entirely in 3D. all the special effects were amazing.

now the reason that i'm posting this blog is that in the movie (and iknow this is a MAJOR spoiler), the main character, Luke (such a hottie!!! lmfao), is a dancer who is also into filmmaking, and when the movie begins, we see him interviewing different dancers, and asking them why they dance. this movie made me think about why idance. like isaid in my other dance blog, i've been dancing for 12 years, since iwas 4 1/2. it's something that i've always done, and it's what i'm always going to do. in college iwanna keep dancing. it's just something that i'll never let go of, it's my passion.

now i'm gonna answer Luke's question: why do you dance? well, idance because when ido, i'm in my element. everything feels right, my problems go away, and ijust feel free. idance because it makes me feel happy. and when you see me dance, you get to see me in my true form, & my spirit shines...and ijust feel invincible:)

ok, so now ihave a challenge for all of the dancers that might be reading this. answer Luke's question, why do you dance?

leave a comment below & i'll write again soon


xoxo, ree ♥

love....

that one who makes my heart melt, everytime we lock eyes
iwish icould believe him, but instead ihear his constant lies
iknow it would never work, ijust kinda wish that was wrong
my heart is just pacing so fast, it'll explode like a cherry bomb
iwish you could see the world as isee
the one where everything is perfect between you and me
but that world doesn't exist
and so you're up to your old tricks
while ijust sit here and make my wish
that you would be with me♥

and even though you don't know how ifeel
or what i'm going through
ijust want you to know...iloveyou

whatever comes to one's mind early monday morning!!!

namaste everyone!!!

ihope everyone had an amazing weekend..mine was good, even though ididnt do alot, istill had a good weekend..if you live on the east coast by NYC and Philly and Boston like ido, then it's just as late, but for all my west coast readers, its a couple hours earlier, but it's still late..anyways ijust decided to make a little entry before igo to bed, b/c i'm wearing my retainer, and itook nyquil (no clue why, thought it would help with the pain) and aspirin, it still hurts a little, ithink my retainer might not fit, which i'm really fcuking myself over, b/c its my second retainer that i've had made, and i'm gonna have to pay for it if ihave to get a new one, and my mom is gonna be pissed...but hopefully that's not the case...b/c ithink it's a pretty penny to get a new one


anyways, so imade 2 new videos today for my youtube account (oohlalamariaa)..for those of you who don't know, my youtube account first began in may of 2008 with the debut of the Alie & Reea show, and it has since branched out into doing makeup tutorials, tag games, vlogging, and in the very near future, a parody of Laguna Beach!!!!! ifelt so productive today because of the videos iposted...ioriginally made 3 videos, but the first video, which was a 25 random question tag, was removed from youtube, b/c it was too long..my second video was a would you rather tag game, which iwas dilligent about, if you wanna put it that way, b/c ididnt want it to be too long..my third video, which iam most proud of, is my first ever...drum roll please!.....MAKEUP TUTORIAL...AHH!!! i'm so happy that ifinally was able to do one, my digital camera was cooperative with me, so iwas able to make the video and post it...the look that idecided to do is a look for going out to a club or a party or a nighttime outing or something like that..i've used it a few times in the past few weeks and people like it on me, so idecided to do a tutorial for it...iwill do more tutorials soon, and more tag games are gonna be coming up..

so i'm going to post the videos iposted today in this entry..hopefully you enjoy them, and don't forget to comment & subscribe, b/c ineed subscribers!!!!

thanks

xoxo, ree :)

Would You Rather Beauty Tag Game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dM7fNWdmr0

First Makeup Tutorial (Evening/Party/Clubbing Look):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdF1Kev40Tk

ps- also go follow me on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/xxmariaxluvsyou

vitamin water, ipods, 80s movies, girl power, joan jett, and whatever else comes to mind :)

good evening (told with a vampire accent for comedic effect of course ^_^)

well, its friday, and i'm home with my dog, watching a movie while drinking vitamin water XXX. iwent out for dinner with the family, red robin (YUMMM)...hahah ihad their apple harvest chicken salad, SOOOO GOOD!!! haha. then the family and iwent to walmart. got some essentials ineeded, ya know, bottle of vitamin water, an itunes card ($25, of course), new earphones, a DVD set that had the Teen Wolf movies, and igot some other essentials that ineed not say...there's a red box at the walmart that iwent to, so irented the runaways, so some of this blog is my review or critique, or whatever you wanna call it...basically its what ithought about it.

but before we get into that, igot an itunes card, like isaid before, and igot a bunch of new tunes that ihad been wanting to get (wow, probably bad grammar) for a while...so, this is the list, in the order that igot them from itunes:

1) Mine - Taylor Swift
2) I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
3) I F****d the DJ - Tila Tequila
4) DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher
5) The Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney
6) Round & Round - Selena Gomez
7) If I Had You - Adam Lambert
8) Undo It - Carrie Underwood
9) The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
10) There Goes My Baby - Usher
11) Our Kind of Love - Lady Antebellum
12) I Never Told You - Colbie Caillat
13) I Wanna Know You - Hannah Montana (yes iknow this is sooo dorky, but ilove the song)
14) Makin' Me Fall In Love Again - Kellie Pickler
15) Red High Heels - Kellie Pickler
16) Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
17) California Paradise - The Runaways
18) Hollywood - The Runaways
19) Everybody In Love - JLS

ok, so you see, ihave a very wide range of music here, from rock to R&B, to country, to pop to rap, ilike all kinds of music ;)

so now, i'm gonna give my critique or review or just basically, my opinion of the movie about "The Runaways" :)

so if you know anything about The Runaways, they were the first All-Girl rock & roll band. it launched the career of Joan Jett, who later became famous for her band "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts", who were famous for their cover of "I Love Rock & Roll", which happens to be, if iwere to ever do karaoke, the one song that iwould have to do!!! lol..anyways, the movie is based on Cherie Currie's memoir "Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway"...Cherie Currie was the band's lead singer from late 1975 to mid-summer of 1977...she joined the band when she was 15, and left before she was 18...anyways, so enough with this playful banter of giving information, on with my review!!!

so ireally enjoyed the movie...Dakota Fanning's portrayal of Cherie Currie was amazing..her performance is transitioning her into bigger, more mature roles. ithink that now she'll be given more adult roles, because ithink that the role of Cherie was a big step for her, and it was her chance to show what she could do, and she pulled it off perfectly.

ialso loved Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett. ididnt really know much about Joan Jett, other than her band, but my cousin, Jamie, told me about her and The Runaways, and ijust love the idea of an All Girl Band during the time that women weren't really able to branch out of the ordinary..this band paved the way for other girl bands...without their influence, you wouldnt have bands like The Donnas, The Gossip, or any other girl groups...but anyways, thats some serious Girl Power

the movie to me, progressed very quickly, it didnt seem like it was 106 minutes, or however long it is...the movie was directed by a woman, so that is some serious GIRL POWER!!! 5 stars for that :) ialso loved how both Joan Jett and Cherie Currie were on the set of the film, and when you compare side by side, Kristen looks soo much like Joan Jett!!! WOAHH ihad to take a double take...anyways, nevertheless, it was a great movie, and now ireally wanna read Cherie's memoir


well, thats all for now, i'll right back soon, byee :)

xoxo, R<3

a friggin night owl, not so much a pro yet, but a night owl no less...

so in the words of blair from youtube (juicystar07), im officially a night owl...like iwouldnt consider myself a first time night owl, but i'm not a pro...b/c honestly i've been up this late before, but it's only happened a few times, sporadically of course ;)

so i'm wide awake, and ihave no friggin clue why. like itried sleeping the normal way ido, but it didnt work, ijust kept sneezing. and my dog is in my bed with me, and shes getting scared by it, cuz its sudden...but then itried turning on music, but that didnt work either..and then itried flipping over and sleeping upside down, but that didnt work...so istarted doing different things...ikeep a physical (like tangible) journal aside from this blog, so iwrote an entry in there...and then iwrote a little bit more in this book that has a story that i've been writing since iwas a freshman...and now i'm writing this

legit, idk why i'm awake...so far this summer, i've never been up past 3....ok legit ijust had to pretend to be asleep b/c my mom came upstairs...but shes not anywhere near my room ithink, so ican keep typing..iliterally was about to write "tryping"...wow imisspell so many words...

i'm gonna sleep so late now, its pathetic...like last night iwent to sleep close to 4, and islept for nearly TWELVE HOURS!!!! like wtf, thats not really good for me, especially since my mom got super pissed at me when itold her what time iwoke up..but whatever...IRREGARDLESS!!!

anyways, i'm gonna try and get some sleep, because ineed sleep, and i'm tired, but ijust can't seem to fall asleep...so i'll write back soon!!!

xoxo, R♥

dance withdrawal.... :(

ok, hi everyone!!!

its been a little bit since my last post. from end of school, to finals to family stuff, my summer has started off ok..i've just been working, cuz irecently got a job at a dunkin/baskin in my area...but istill manage to hang with people and do my normal teenage stuffff...

ok, so iwas hanging out today, and iwas like damn, imiss the time ispent in my old dance studio..when iwas 4 1/2, iwent to my first dance class, and i've been doing it ever since..the classes were run by an 80year old woman (miss irene) and her 40something assistant teacher (miss dee)..iremember all my family and friends of family would come to my recitals, and for 7 years, iwon free lessons for a year, because my mom sold the most tickets, and thats the way it was for most of my childhood. it first started out as every saturday, and then iwas moved to the friday night class..and thats the way it was for a while...

so when iwas well into my 7th year of dance, iwas getting ready to achieve another goal, recieving my blackbelt. it required me to go to camp, but camp coincided with the weekend of my dance recital :/ ihad a decision to make: camp? or recital?

so ieventually decided to go to camp. icontinued taking dance classes every friday for the next couple of weeks. however, sometime during that period, ihad an epiphany..it was then that istopped going. istopped because iknew that iwouldnt be performing in the recital, so why should igo through with lessons...so since then, inever went back to miss irene or miss dee..last summer istopped by the house one day, and she wants me to come back, but iknow in my heart, ican never go back..that was the foundation of my dance ability, but icant go back there, because iwont get the training iwant, iwant to do more advanced stuff, and miss irene is too traditional, and most of her dances are very babyish

so my dance career went on hiatus for about a year and a half..that is, until my freshman year of high school. the high school iattend has a dance program, and i've been in that program for the past 3 years. dance is something that inever want to stop doing, because its been a part of my life for as long as ican remember :)

well thats my little post for now, byeee :)<3

First Rant: WestBoro Baptist Church

hi everyone!

hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather we've been having, iknow ihave!! track has been amazing, and my second semester has gotten better, with the exception of liking this one guy who turned out to be a total jerk, but thats a story for another day..my junior prom is on friday, and i'm really excited. tomorrow i'm getting my hair color done, and a mani-pedi, and then friday im getting hair and makeup!! yay! i'll post again soon and give a full recap! lol

ok, now onto a more serious subject. iwas in my english class on tuesday, and we were discussing a prevalent issue in the media at the moment. my english teacher brought up a group of Baptists who are harrassing people. they picketed a soldier's funeral with signs like "god hates soldiers" and "god's glad your son is dead"; basically, some really fucked up shit. that is a private affair, and noone has the right to doing anything of that magnitude in a private setting like that, although the first amendment states the whole "free speech, freedom of assembly, blah blah blah...."

now here's where it gets really messed up on a whole 'nother level..the family of the son who died in the war sued them, and they won 50,000 dollars. however, the baptists who picketed, went to a higher court system, and won the case, so that they dont have to pay the family, but the family has to pay them. how messed up is that? a family just lost their son, and you're picketing their funeral?!!! seriously, their minds have some wires that need to be reconnected. what really ticks me off is their website url ---------> godhatesfags.com

that is the most hurtful thing ihave ever seen. itook the liberty of going onto the website, Lord knows the hurtful things isaw on the webpage. it even has links to other websites like "God Hates the World," "America is Doomed," and what is the most perverted, "Priests Rape Boys."

i'm speechless. honestly ihave one question...How are the state and federal governments of the US not seeing the atrocity that this group is bringing to the nation. honestly, i think the Westboro Baptist Church is the most vile thing on the face of the earth. what they are doing is hurtful, and they should be ashamed. they may think that they are doing what their "confused minds" are telling them whats right to do, but really they are just causing more pain and suffering to those who have already experienced it enough!

as iclose my first rant, ijust wonder what the parents of these individuals are thinking about their child's actions. are they thinking, wow i'm proud of them, or are they thinking "you must be out of your goddamn mind to do something that stupid!"...ihonestly hope its the second one, but with the way the Westboro Baptist Church is acting, iblame the parents of the individuals, because they were the influence of their children that instilled these hateful beliefs on them..and not only that, ialso blame the parents of the leader of the WBC, because he is the reason for this ridiculous act of hatred.

and on that note: peace, hope, and love

maria <3

a miracle in a bowl...

so the last week has been insane!!! in good ways and in bad...my dads friend passed away after shoveling snow, at only 54...his funeral was beautiful, but it was still sad...he was buried in his army dress uniform, and it was a total military funeral...imean everything was done: the gun salute, the flag, everything..

anywaysss, tomorrow is COTILLION!! i'm soo excited....myfriend rebecca told me that a former flame, kevin, is gonna be there, so hopefully nothing happens, since its been a while...ihave no intentions of hooking up or making out with him..tomorrow is about me and my friends having a great time...igot my nails done today, and this day was amazing...iwent on a retreat today, perfect way to end the week!!!! so excited to partyyyy!!! im gonna look amazing!!! im getting my hair done tomororow early, then goin to my besties house, then cotillion!!!! yay!!! :)

i'll put pictures up!!! see you <3

sunday morninggggg :)

heyyy everyoneee:

ok, so first week of the new semester was ok....religions ok, aside from having my ex-boyfriend and the guy who insulted me in my class...but its whatever....first aids fun, because ihave two of my best friends in that class, so its all good...choir is choir, as alwaysss...ilove english with my teacher, hes sooo hilarious and tells us the craziest stories...chemistry is pretty cool, my teacher is really nice, and the stuff she does while she teaches is amazinggg....anyways...i'm just here to update...tonights the superbowl!! GO SAINTS!!! <3...ihave a four day week, which consists of 3days of workout, 1day of service, 1day of a retreat, and 1day where iget an academic award...but the bright side is that cotillion is in 13days!!!!

anyways, i'm gonna go do stuff before igo out for the superbowl...kbyee <3

2nd semester here icome!!!

ok so hey everyoneeee....hope everyone is having a great week...my week just got better as of today at 11:45 when iended my last final.....im really happy for second semester to start, but im also not looking forward to it..


next semester ihave this guy in my religion class, who constantly messes with me, so i'm totally dreading it....but im excited for chemistry, cuz ihave it with my bestie mariiii!!!!! haha...one more semester until summer and senior year!!! ihave sooo much to look forward to: cotillion, junior prom, spring break hopefully in florida, and i'm mostly excited for it all to be over so that summer can begin!!! lol, im excited, cuz im working on losing weight sooo ican be in a rockin bikini this summer!!!!

lol, im watching what ilike about you....tryna kill time before american idol...GAHHH ilovethat show!!! lol, cant wait to go bowling on fridayyyyy lmfao...anyways i'm gonna go do stuff...so yeah

and todays quote is from eleanor roosevelt

"no one can make you feel inferior without your consent"....<3

i'll update soon, kbyee :)

F.I.N.A.L.S. (fuck inever actually learned shit)

ok, so i'm currently studying for my introduction to film final exam thats tomorrow morning, first thing...not too worried about it, and ihave a precalculus final that i'm sure i'll do fine on....i'm pretty sure ifailed my history final today...istudied, but the exam was sooo friggin difficult, i didnt even finish the essay!!!! my grades gonna go down, i'm sure of it...

ihate how teenagers (myself included) always get stressed out over exams....ihave more things to worry about than the date that world war II ended on the european front...ihave my family, and my own personal well being to worry about, so why should knowing about the korean war should be a valid asset to my life...ireally cant stand it....iknow we learn history so that it doesnt repeat itself, but c'mon!!! i'm not going to be a history teacher, i'm going to be a lawyer or a journalist...give me one fcuking reason why ishould learn about stuff that happened over 60 years ago, other than "so it doesnt repeat itself"....that response is soooo played out....

so yeah i'm gonna go study for the next forty-five minutes, and then i'm goin to bed....


and in the words of TimothyDelaGhetto2: love, peace, skeet, & cheese <3

really bored

so yeah, ihad a blog like this before, but istopped using it, and forgot my password...so icouldnt get in...but thats extremely irrelevant, so ishould probably tell you what you wanna hear...

ilive in the suburbs, and ipretty much lead a normal life....i'm only 16, and iactually have a pretty adequate knowledge of common sense, so to the rapists and pedophiles in the world that are or possibly reading this, i'm not gonna meet you....i'm not a moron thats gonna buy into the whole charade of "i'm 12 years old"...thats just lying to hurt some innocent human being.....

anyway.....i'm a level-headed high school junior who aspires to be a lawyer (probably criminal, ilove watching SVU)....or a journalist...i've learned, pretty much from 9th grade on, to not take shit from anyone....i've been through too much in only 16 years...i've been in trouble at school, being harrassed by stupid immature teenage boys...lost friends, gained friends...lost family members, new people came into my life, and others made their way back in....in short, my life is
a crazy rollercoaster, and my friends & family have been along for the ride for as long as ican remember....

so anyway, i'm gonna go now, and do something productive with my life....