And Now For Something Entirely Irrelevant!

I've decided to create a new segment devoted to completely irrelevant things that pretty much no one but myself will care about :] Today's Irrelevant post is about Alicia Silverstone. If you've never seen the movie Clueless, then, first, shame on you and second, you have not lived. Not many people appreciate the greatness that is this movie, but I can quote the entire thing and learned many life lessons from it. Anyway! Alicia Silverstone plays Cher, who represents Emma from Jane Austen's novel, Emma. In it, this actor Jeremy Sisto plays a guy named Elton, obviously representing Mr. Elton who's in love with Emma in the novel. Anyway, all of this is just a back story. Jeremy Sisto is now in a new tv show called Suburgatory about a single dad and his hipster, activist, teenage daughter who move from New York city to a suburb and their life adjusting to it. It's not the most smartly written or funniest thing on tv, but I like it. So, I was watching a few nights ago George, Jeremy Sisto's character, has a new love interest named Eden. She looked familiar and once she started talking I realized THAT'S ALICIA SILVERSTONE!!!!! DDDD: I fuh-reaked out! My mind was totally blown! I mean, here are these two actors who were in a movie together like, 20 years ago or something and now they're playing love interests!! I dunno. I thought it was pretty damn amazing. Anyway, I was just so thrilled and couldn't think of anyone who would even remotely care about this as much as I do, so I decided to blog about it :] Hope y'all had a glorious last full week of April and have an even more glorious weekend! Prom is tomorrow, so you know there'll be a post about my fab outfit and even more (redundancy) time :D


















xxo taylor

Daddy's Girl

Two posts in one night?!! I've gotta make up for lost time here :] So today in my english class we had something my glorious and wonderful teacher Mrs. Wickersham calls Polonius day. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Polonius gives advice to his son Laertes before he sets out on a journey, and it's pretty good advice. So Mrs. Wickersham wrote letters to all of our parents and asked for them to write each of us letters with their own advice since we're all about to go off to college. Isn't she marvelous? (She also gave us her own list of good advice :]) Needless to say, there were many tears and much sharing and it was an all around fabulous day. I really would like to share the letter my father wrote me because it was so beautiful and spoke to me so deeply. (my mother's did as well, but maybe that'll be in another post :] ) So! Here are some experts from my letter from my father that most spoke to me.

      My Dearest Taylor Kaye:
     
            ...Your Emotional Quotient is high... You can get lost in the weight of human suffering- don't do that. Share joy and comfort sorrow; but, be kindest to yourself.

           ...Pray for safety, pray for happiness, pray for health and pray for the ability to live your life with ease. Pray these things for yourself first, then for those you love, then for those you like and finally and most importantly, for your perceive enemies. It works.

          Strive for Enlightenment. ... Never settle. I didn't and look what I got- the woman of my dreams and a family that brings me joy every day.

                                                                           Love you,
                                                                                  Daddy.


Phew! I got teary eyed again just typing those parts up! My father and I have an amazingly close relationship. Actually, I'm very close with both my parents. But my dad understands my struggle with emotion more than my mom does because he's who I get it from. When I say struggle with emotion I mean that I feel things very deeply. Not just my own emotions but for other people as well. If you've ever read Secret Life of Bees then you'll remember the character of May. The twin who is no longer a twin because her sister died, who gets emotional over a squashed cockroach. I am much like May, though to a lesser extent because I am not a literary figure. My daddy and I often have talks about how to deal with my potent emotions and his recently turning to Buddhism has really helped me to find inner peace and acceptance of who I am. He and my mother have raised me incredibly well and I am a little terrified to leave them, but know that they have prepared me accordingly for the world. I would be no where near the same person I am today without their guidance and ever-present, unconditional love. I will forever be grateful for the person they have helped mold me into and hope I can continue to make them proud with my life decisions. This was kind of a random post but I was feeling like reminiscing so I took advantage of my blog :] Good night and sweet dreams! Go hug your parents.

xxo taylor

     

Compassion

We live in a society of apathy. Where being cool means not giving a shit and being over excited or passionate about something is weird. This has translated into being apathetic to our fellow human beings. This can be seen from shows like "A Thousand Ways To Die" to the much talked about issue of bullying, which is being brought to light by the documentary Bully. We've been desensitized to violence and mocking and tell ourselves it's okay to laugh at the kid being made fun of because he's kinda weird and besides, the jocks are just kidding, he needs to learn to take a joke. We have lost the art of compassion, for truly caring for one another for the simple reason that we are all human beings. No one wants to suffer. Everyone wants to be happy. Once we realize that we are all connected by those two simple facts, I believe the world can start to become a better place. In my opinion, high school is where compassion goes to die. Jokes get taken too far because everyone is so concerned with being perceived in the way they want to and making sure that the "popular" kids think the right things about them. I strive to have and show compassion for everyone, but of course sometimes fail in my attempts. This woman really spoke to me and serves as a reminder to always be kind (not nice, a post on that to come later) to every person you see. Because they are a person just like you, and deserve respect for that reason.

I Work Out

Here we go! This is my new and improved plan to have my body show off my inner, beautiful, sexy self. I think it will definitely help for me to post this for God and everyone to see, because I'll probably stick to it better if I know I've bragged about it on the internet :] All righty. I'll start off with food, which I'm going to be much more lenient on... let's be real, it's summer, imma be chowing down on BBQ and froyo. I am only human!!

Eating Habits:

No more than two desserts a week.
In-between-meal snacks must be healthy. i.e. fruit, veggies, fruit/veggies smoothies. etc :]

Work Out Plan:

Stretch every morning!!
Every other day:
Run using Couch to 5K app (GET IT!!) to work up stamina
On non running days- Butt workout app (that's what it's called...)
Every day:
                Abs:
                       30 Crunches
                       30 Up Twists
                       30 Butterfly Crunches
                       30 Throwdowns
                       30 Cross Overs
                Legs:
                         30 Lunges per leg
                         30 Leg raises per leg
                         30 Ballet Bounces
                Arms:
                         5 lb weights

Also, every Saturday I'm going to focus on something.
First Saturday- Arms
2nd Sat.- Legs
3rd- Stomach
4th- Butt

Annndddddd
Every month I'm going to take on a 20-30 day challenge
:D
Phew.
Too much?
I don't think so :]
Of course, my body is used to working out, not intensely but I have worked out on and off for about a year now. If you're just now starting, be sure to pace yourself. And remember, it took more than a meal to gain it, it'll take more than one round of work outs to lose it :]

Some tips:
Drink tons of water! It's good for you metabolism
There are tons of work out challenges and food tips online, especially pinterest (that's where I got all my stuff :])
Stop saying "I'm gonna look like her when I'm done working out" no. you're going to look like you. Beautiful as always, just a little trimmer and healthier :]
Good luck to you if you're going on this beach bod journey with me! Remember to indulge every once in a while ;] much love!!

xxo taylor

Apologies, apologies.

Well! It's finally time to dust off the cobwebs from this here blog. To my (one...two?) readers, I am so so sorry it's been so long. Even though I'm sure your lives have been going on fine without my random musings. So! In Texas, we usually skip over spring and head right into summer, so my first post (after this one...) will be my new workout/eating healthy plan so I can look extra hot in my new bikinis ;] Of course of course, looks aren't everything and I am a strong, beautiful woman no matter my size. But goddam it's nice to make boys do a double take on the beach, am I right? Well, I better get started on this new plan :]

xxo taylor