BEYONCE!

"We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller.
We tell girls, you can have ambition, but not too much.
You should aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you would threaten the man.
Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage.
I'm expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. 
Marriage can be joy, love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage when we don't teach boys the same!
We raise girls to see each other as competitors, not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men.
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are."

Feminist:
A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.

So true...

So i have a few things to organise before a cascade of pent up blogging arrives but here is my favourite blogger in the world!! With some amazingly true tips.

http://www.garancedore.fr/en/2013/05/29/my-new-ten-commandments-of-style-ok-five/

Nearly Done....

http://aemportfolio.blogspot.co.uk/

So i'm nearly done with the first six years of architecture...how part three can be more intense than this I have no idea but I guess I have a while before I find out. Just my interview to go then the Degree Show Edinburgh College of Art 2013 and my first and last graduation as a Master of Architecture.

So back to blogging in a few days.

Very excited for my meeting on Saturday for the ERA jewellery 2013AW campaign!!!

Inspiration...

friday...inspiration

Today...

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action you haven't truly decided.

 

courtsey of kanye west twitter.

Interim Review...

Really dawning on me (since I text it [pretty much] in these words to Amir)

"I have been learning this stuff for 6 years"

6 YEARS!!! bloody hell....anyway here's the latest produce from the studio grindstone...

 

Oh and by the way....some architecture advice from my friend is just to shape buildings like there function...so this Olive Oil Mill should just be a giant Olive sitting in the Guadalquir....
 

Molino Review

Mill....

Molino de Aceite de Oliva

February 13

Bits i need to remember!

Nexus 4

Ok, so at first I got obsessed with watching Google Play for the return of the Nexus 4 and then it came back...do you buy one or wait or...

 

It happened to be that day I had dropped my 5 1/2 year old phone which has started turning itself on and off and now because of me a screw is poking out of the thing so I thought despite limited funds, as a person for whom a phone lasts upwards of 3years I deserve a good phone, and the only phone out there I consider reasonably priced is the Nexus 4! So I bought it, the 16gb version too no less, uploaded my music to the cloud to stream it free (convenient as my mp3 has also begun to die! why does everything always happen at once!)

 

So in 1-3 weeks I will be a hopefully proud owner of a nexus 4, the most difficult phone to track down, and maybe my new mp3!

 

http://www.google.com/nexus/4/

Loving Garace Dore!...Still!

The Architecture Ball 13

New Year | Old Rules.

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it..

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

11. It's OK to let your children see you cry.



12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it...

14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

15. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

16. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

17. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

22. The most important sex organ is the brain.

23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

25. Always choose life.

26. Forgive but don’t forget.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..

31. Believe in miracles.

32. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

33. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

34. Your children get only one childhood.

35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.

39. The best is yet to come...

40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

41. Yield.

42. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

New Year.....

 

Wanting to post in the New Year but the bloody image upload is broken, nevermind though as I can still share fabulous links. Happy New Year!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hit-ebook-authors-offer-tips-on-how-to-publish-your-own-blockbuster-112819985.html