Thoughts from the hippie

wise ram.....

Thoughts from the hippie

I want to start my 2012 in a positive way, not in a way where I'm making my new years resolutions and starting them at the start of the year. I'm recognising things I want to change in my life now, starting those changes now so that way when 2012 hits I won't be thinking of things I want differently in life and ways I want to change, I will already have begun that process. Part of this is sticking to a vegan diet for a while, I'm not putting a time limit on it, just for as long as I feel feels right. Like most people I pigged out for about three days over Christmas and although the majority of the food I was eating was really healthy, my portions were huge and I was going back for seconds, thirds and snacking all day. I generally don't have dairy in my diet anyway, but if I'm eating out somewhere, or if someone offers me some of their food and it has dairy in it I do usually have some but for the next while until I feel like I'm back to feeling really healthy. 

Another part of my getting ready for 2012 change is to stop wasting time. I've done a couple of blogs about this already and it's something I do so easily! So to combat this I'm going to deactivate my facebook before new years. I'm waiting up until then because I still have one more person to hear back about their email so I can still keep in touch with them as well (I have a couple of friends from the USA and one friend from Sweden). The thing that annoys me about facebook is that I hate how much time I spend on it, and I know that I hate how much time I spend on it, yet I still keep coming back to it. I don't even know what I do on there! I'm just getting sick of it and I also don't like the new timeline layout, so now seems like a good time to deactivate. 

2011 has definitely been a huge year for me, I feel like I have changed and learnt so much and I am so grateful for all the experiences and interactions that I've had and can only hope that 2012 will be even better.

These two songs are definitely a couple of many of my favourite songs from 2011.....

Thoughts from the fashionista. . .

I moved to Vancouver, Canada approximately 1 month ago on a working holiday visa. I had finished uni and had been working for about a year, so I felt like it was time to leave the country before life became too settled. 


Although I'm slowly adapting to the cold and learning the art of layering, the winter does get to me at times and I'm starting to miss the beautiful Brisbane summer sun. However it's not all bad, and being able to snowboard every weekend is definitely a bonus, something I may never have the opportunity to experience again. The other bonus is weekend trips away, made even better by long weekends. My future plans include San Francisco, Mexico, Hawaii, Las Vegas, New York, Seattle...now these upcoming weekend trips are certainly not possible back at home!  

Although I'm missing summer like crazy, Vancouver is such a beautiful city, with beautiful people. I'll always have Australia to go home to, so for now I'll just have to rug up and start embracing the cold!

Thoughts from the hippie...

These holidays so far have not been wasted! The other Sunday I ran the furthest and longest I've ever ran before (one hour and fifty minutes) and now I've finally learnt Incubus's song 'Isadore' from their new album. This song is probably my favourite song on this album, I have tickets to their concert in February aaaand there's a possibility I might be able to meet the band! If you don't know Incubus has their own foundation called the 'Make Yourself Foundation' and to raise money for it, they've created an auction that includes tickets to see their concert AND a meet and greet with the band! Bidding starts at $100, there's 3 days left, and so far I'm still the only one who has put a bid on. If I win this auction, I am going to be incredibly nervous, to meet Brandon Boyd, WOW! For those of you who don't know, since high school Incubus has been my favourite band and Brandon Boyd my dream man... oh wow, to meet the band... oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! Here's their song that I recently have conquered on guitar: