Miss Moon Gets Healthy... By Staying the Course!!

I find myself at a crossroads in my "Get Healthy" journey. On one path, I see myself the way I'd like to be if I continue on my journey: healthier, slimmer, more energetic, feeling loads better about myself. 

On the other path, I see the destination if I allow myself to give up my goals: I become the inactive, unhealthy, unhappy woman I was before I started on this journey. 

Regretfully, there will be no walking stats for this month, because I honestly did not walk. I managed to leave the house and walk briefly around my neighborhood for various errands each day, and I still manage to eat far better than I was.... but I haven't been giving it my all. The heat rash was a big reason, but I think that the main reason was fear of what will happen when I reach my goal. I've come to realized that being a big woman is so much a part of my own personal identity for myself that it scared me to see myself dropping the weight and getting smaller so quickly.

I know I have to get over this, because it's my health I'm doing this for... not for becoming some skinny minnie. I don't want the diabetes and high blood pressure and cholesterol concerns members of both sides of my family face. I'm discovering that this is the greatest motivation out there for someone like me.  

I am two sizes away from reaching my goal for 2012, and quite realistically, I can achieve this goal if I continue on the path I started at the beginning of the year. I kept it simple, and I reaped the benefits. 

So I promise to you all... Audrey is going to stay her course. She is going to walk.She is going to eat well, she is going to stay motivated, and come October, she will be sharing her September stats with all of you!! And I am going to need your help and support more than ever now!!!

DOPE: "Darwaza Band Karlo" from "Darr" (1993)

"Darr" is probably one of the funniest films I have ever seen in Hindi cinema.... and ::whispers:: the movie isn't supposed to be all that funny! If there was a market for a Bollywood movie-style Mystery Science Theatre 3000 out there, I swear my sister Marcy and I would make a million dollars off of our commentary watching this film! I might do a post on my new Bollywood Tumblr blog about some of our riffs on this film... 

I say I enjoy this movie because I like to riff on it (I swear if I ever saw Sunny Deol on the street, I might possibly scream out "Suniiiiiiiiiiiiiil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" to see if he comes running)....  but the truth of the matter is I love Shah Rukh when he's crazy in films!! LOL

That being said, for a not-very-romantic movie (As I said ,SRK plays a creepy sexy stalker guy again... which you can tell from his face, an expression I have dubbed the "Crazy Rahul Face"!), this film has some of the sweetest, romantic songs! For example, the song during Holi, "Ang Se Ang Lagana" (which I may feature in a future post) and today's song, "Darwaza Band Karlo"... Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla are SOOO adorable together in this!!!

I could not find the lyrics (Hindi lyrics courtesy of Hindisongs.net) with the English translations ANYWHERE, so because I am especially fancy.. I actually transcribed the translations from my DVD... which involved a lot of pausing and typing. Feel free to "ooh" and "ahh" over my fanciness! LOL

Chhota sa ghar hai ye magar

It's a small house but...

Chhota sa ghar hai ye magar

It's a small house but...

Tum isako pasand karlo 

I hope you will like it

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Main haan kahu ya na kahu 

Whether I say yes or not

Main haan kahu ya na kahu

Whether I say yes or not

Tum mujhako rajaamand karlo 

You must bring me around

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Ye ghar nahi ye hai ek sapana

This isn't just a house, it's a dream

Sapana nahi sach hai pyar apana 

No dream, our love is for true

Ye ghar nahi ye hai ek sapana

This isn't just a house, it's a dream

Sapana nahi sach hai pyar apana 

No dream, our love is for true

Is pyaar se lag ke gale

So let's give each other a loving hug

Is pyaar se lag ke gale

So let's give each other a loving hug

Mulaakaat chand karlo

And make the best of our meeting

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Main haan kahu ya na kahu 

Whether I say yes or not

Main haan kahu ya na kahu

Whether I say yes or not

Tum mujhako rajaamand karlo 

You must bring me around

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Chhuna na mujhako o mere chaila

Do not touch me, lover boy

Gora badan ho jaayega maila

It will soil my fair body

Chhuna na mujhako o mere chaila

Do not touch me, lover boy

Gora badan ho jaayega maila

It will soil my fair body

Is rang ka is roop ka 

Don't let your complexion and your beauty

Is rang ka is roop ka 

Don't let your complexion and your beauty

Na itana ghamand karlo 

Make you so vain

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Main haan kahu ya na kahu 

Whether I say yes or not

Main haan kahu ya na kahu

Whether I say yes or not

Tum mujhako rajaamand karlo 

You must bring me around

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Suraj sitaare ya phool laanu

Must I bring th Sun and the stars?

Is ghar ko main kaise sajaanu

How am I to decorate this house?

Phoolon se ia ghar ko main sajaanu

With flowers, I'll do up the house

Bolo main kya kya saamaan laanu

Tell me what things I have to bring then?

Rehana mujhe dil mein tere

It's your heart I'm going to live in

Rehana mujhe dil mein tere

It's your heart I'm going to live in

Bas isaka prabhhad karlo 

Just you make arrangements for that

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Chhota sa ghar hai ye magar

It's a small house but...

Chhota sa ghar hai ye magar

It's a small house but...

Tum isako pasand karlo 

I hope you will like it

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Main haan kahu ya na kahu 

Whether I say yes or not

Main haan kahu ya na kahu

Whether I say yes or not

Tum mujhako rajaamand karlo 

You must bring me around

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Darwaza band karlo

Shut the doors first

Wanna Wanna Wednesdays... Eloquii's Stitched Pocket Blazer

Did you ever feast your eyes on something and immediately thought to yourself, "Yeah... I needs to get me some of THAT!!!". I have thoughts like that quite often, and I most certainly had that thought about today's Wanna Wanna Wednesday item!!

If you would've done a "person on the street" interview with me and asked, "Would you ever rock a fuchsia blazer?" I would've given you a great big ole side-eye and let that be my answer! LOL 

But guys... look at this blazer ($109.00, eloquii)!!! Look at it!!! How adorable is that?!? I would be all Pink Ladies in this jacket... Rizzo, Frenchie, Martie, Jan, and even Sandy (Didn't see become a Pink Lady at the end of "Grease"?!?). I would be all the Pink Ladies in "Grease 2" as well.... Just don't ask me to name them, I'm not THAT much of a dork!!! 

Yummm!! Falafel Frenzy!!

I have been freakishly obsessing about falafels lately. It's one of those foods that when I was working, there was always a falafel wagon nearby that I would pass by with a hearty, "Meh!". Now that I'm unemployed, in Brooklyn, and with no wagon to be found... it's all that I can think about! Such is life, huh?!?

I'm very much of a "D-I-Y" kinda gal, so I thought that I would look up a falafel recipe online to see if it could be done simply. And because I'm the kind of chick that likes to share good things, I am sharing the recipe with you all.

Falafels

Recipe courtesy of Tyler Florence, Food Network

Ingredients
2 cups dried chickpeas, picked through and rinsed
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
6 garlic cloves, smashed
1 tablespoon cumin seeds, toasted and ground
1 tablespoon coriander seeds, toasted and ground
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 handfuls fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves coarsely chopped
1 handful fresh cilantro, leaves coarsely chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil, for frying
8 warm pita bread, store bought or homemade recipe follows
Tahini Sauce, recipe follows
Shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, chopped cucumbers

Directions

Put the dried chickpeas in a large bowl and add cool water to cover by 2 inches. Soak the beans in the refrigerator for at least 18 hours or up to 24; the chickpeas will swell to triple their original size. Drain and rinse thoroughly.

Put the soaked chickpeas in a food processor and pulse to coarsely grind, not until smooth but with no whole chickpeas remaining either. Add the baking powder, onion, garlic, spices, and herbs; process until the mixture is pureed; scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate while heating the oil, this should take about 15 minutes.

Pour 3-inches of the oil in a deep fryer or deep heavy pot and heat to 375 degrees F.

Roll the falafel mixture into ping-pong size balls. (Alternatively, use an ice cream scoop.) Carefully slip a few at a time into the hot oil, making sure they don't stick to the bottom. Fry until the chickpea fritters are a crusty dark brown on all sides, turning as needed, about 5 minutes per batch. Remove the falafels with a slotted spoon and drain on a platter lined with paper towels.

Open the pita bread halves to make pockets (don't split all the way) and put 4 fried falafels into each. Drizzle with the tahini sauce and layer with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Serve immediately.

Tahini Sauce:

1/2 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
1/2 cup plain yogurt or water
1 lemon, juiced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Pinch salt
Pinch paprika

Combine all the ingredients in a blender, process on high speed to make a smooth and creamy sauce. Adjust seasoning, to taste, and serve with falafels or as a salad dressing.

Yield: about 1 cup

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.”
~ Robert Collier

" Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture."
~ Norman Vincent Peale

" Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible."
~ Cherie Carter-Scott

I'd like to invite you all to join me in a practice of Creative Visualization that will be continuing on for the next few weeks. Today, I want you to think of something you really, really want. Take a piece of paper, write down what it is that you want. Turn this piece of paper into a kindergarten art project, color, doodle, draw images that relate to your desires. Tape it somewhere you will be sure to see it (I plan on taping it right next to my bed so that it will be the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night).

Every moment your eyes fall on this piece of paper, feel happy, feel proud, feel as if you've just received it. Bask in that sublime feeling of triumph. Imagine calling a friend or loved to share in the good news. How would they respond? Imagine how you will feel when you hear their joy and praise.

In achieving this desire, would you feel like crying tears of joy? Shed those tears, and really put yourself in that wonderful moment where your wishes have come true. When you find yourself in that moment... revel in that feeling. Treat the obtaining of this goal like your favorite holiday!! Celebrate!

See where I'm going, here?!? LOL

 Of course today's song pick for Music Therapy with Miss Moon is Madonna's "Holiday". This song symbolizes a party for me, and despite feeling VERY VERY old that the tune is almost 30 years old (Wow!!), it still makes me feel like jumping up and down on the bed, which (let's be honest) is the BEST way to celebrate a success!!!

Over the next few weeks, I will be picking only the best celebratory songs. Use this music to be the soundtrack of your desires coming to you easily, effortlessly, and with harm to none. You can do it!! Who's with me?!?



Holiday Celebrate
Holiday Celebrate

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice

Everybody spread the word
We're gonna have a celebration
All across the world
In every nation
It's time for the good times
Forget about the bad times, oh yeah
One day to come together
To release the pressure
We need a holiday

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice

You can turn this world around
And bring back all of those happy days
Put your troubles down
It's time to celebrate
Let love shine
And we will find
A way to come together
And make things better
We need a holiday

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice
Holiday Celebrate
Holiday Celebrate

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice

Holiday Celebrate
Holiday Celebrate

Holiday, Celebration
Come together in every nation

A Little [BETTY DAVIS] for a Saturday Night

I'm back with another song from some of my all time favorite female artists this Saturday Night, and I couldn't think of anyone else I'd love to share tonight than the fabulous and completely underrated Betty Davis.

I hope you all will get funky with me as Betty pays tribute to some musical pioneers with "F.U.N.K"!!

DOPE: "Atara Baras Ki" from "Anjaam" (1994)

How do I begin to describe the beautiful and marvelous buffet of WTF-ness that is the movie Anjaam?!? It's like [INSERT "Creepy Stalker Guy Movie" HERE] meets "Kill Bill". In the midst of all this "huh?"-city, there you will find today's DOPE song. And I love this movie for this song and for Ms. Madhuri Dixit. NO ONE in Hindi cinema can dance like this woman... and if you disagree, I will fight you! LOL

Now the lyrics in the DVD I own are vastly different than the lyrics I'm including. The DVD lyrics make the song sound like the Hindi version of "No Scrubs"... These lyrics, while similar, are a bit more formal, which makes the song sound like the cheeriest song about attempted rape ever... Which only adds to the "What thuh....?"-atitude of the whole picture.

BY THE WAY: Shah Rukh plays the creepy stalker dude in this.This is why he is crying and looking like he's never seen a woman before in the video. ::Whispers:: Is it wrong that I LOVE when he plays crazy?!?!? LOL

atharaah baras kii kanvaarii kalii thii 

I was a nubile ingenue of eighteen;

ghunghat men mukhda chhupaake chalii thii 

I went out with my lovely face hidden in a veil.

Atharaah baras kii kanvaarii kali thi 

I was a nubile ingenue of eighteen;

ghunghat men mukhda chhupaake chalii thii 

I went out with my lovely face hidden in a veil.

phansii gorii 

The beauty got caught

phansii gorii chane ke khet men 

The beauty got caught in chickpea field.

hu'ii chorii chane ke khet men 

In the field of chickpeas, a theft occurred.

pahale to zulme ne pakadii kalaa'ii 

First the rascal caught my wrist,

phir usne chupke se ungalii dabaa'ii 

then he quietly pressed down a finger.

pahale to zulme ne pakadii kalaa'ii 

First the rascal caught my wrist,

phir usne chupke se ungalii dabaa'ii 

then he quietly pressed down a finger.

jora-jorii 

By force

jora-jorii chane ke khet men 

By force, in the field of chickpeas,

hu'ii chorii chane ke khet men 

there was a theft.

mere aage piichhe shikaariyon ke ghere 

All around me, hunters' traps;

baithe vahaan saare javaanii ke lutere 

seated there, the plunderers of girlhood.

haarii main haarii pukaarke 

I was defeated, I was defeated as I cried out,

yahaan vahaan deke nihaarke... 

glancing wildly around.

joban pe chunarii giraake chalii thii 

Draping a scarf over my beauty, I went;

haathon men kangana sajaake chalii thii 

adorning my hands with bangles, I went.

chuudii Tuutii 

The bracelets broke;

chuudii Tuurii chane ke khet men 

the bracelets broke in the chickpea field.

jora-jorii chane ke khet men 

By force, in the field of chickpeas.

tauba merii tauba nigaahen na milaa'uun 

Alas, I won't be able to meet anyone's eyes;

aise kaise sab ko kahaanii main bataa'uun 

how can I tell such a story to everyone?

tauba merii tauba nigaahen na milaa'uun 

Alas, I won't be able to meet anyone's eyes;

aise kaise sab ko kahaanii main bataa'uun 

how can I tell the story to everyone

kya kya hu'aa mere saath re 

of what all happened to me

koii bhii to aaya na haath re... 

No one came to help me!

lahangaa men gota jaraake chalii thii... 

I went, tying a knot in my skirt...

baalon men gajara lagaake chalii thii 

Putting a flower garland in my hair, I went

baalii chhuutii 

My earring fell off

baalii chhuutii chane ke khet men 

My earring fell off in the chickpea field.

jora-jorii chane ke khet men 

By force, in the field of chickpeas.

Wanna Wanna Wednesdays... Jeffrey & Paula Aztec Leggings

 We've reached the last few weeks of summer and I for one cannot believe how quickly the season has gone by! I haven't even made it to the beach yet this summer! Booo!!!

Nonetheless, a large part of my mind is now ready for Autumn to arrive. No more heat rash from taking my walks, cooler, crisper weather, and of course... fall fashion!!! First up on my Wanna Wanna Wednesday list are these adorable Aztec Leggings from Jeffrey and Paula ($49.00, Simply Be)!!

I love how the leggings are paired with boots and a snazzy black sweater in the picture below! I most likely would rock it exactly that way. Boring, I know! LOL

How would you rock these leggings?!?

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream."
~ Khalil Gibran

" How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?"
~ Tony Robbins

" Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."
~ Mark Twain


When I think about the past few months that have made up the year 2012, it astonishes me how many times I have strayed from the path that will lead me where I want to go and to who I want to be. I've felt unmotivated, I've felt frustrated and I have (for more times than I care to count, franky) put on the well-worn and ragged "Who gives an eff anymore?" uniform.

As has happened several times before, I am finding myself in much better spirits, and have a renewed passion to keep pushing forward until I reach all the goals I've set for myself this year. I will reach my fitness goal by year's end. I will find an awesomely kick-ass job that will be well worth the wait. I will move into my own modest but lovely apartment and will be ringing in 2013 in my own space. And until I achieve all of these goals... I will fight like hell to get them!

I'm discovering that it isn't about the days or weeks that you stray from your path, it's that one moment, that one second you steer yourself back into the right direction. I feel like I'm there again now, and it feels great to be back on the path today. I'm not going to beat myself up about yesterday anymore. I refuse to!

Today's song choice for Music Therapy with Miss Moon is from Bruno Mars (Making his first appearance in the blog), and I was struck at how many of the lyrics echo my feelings on starting over. I hope you all will enjoy "Today My Life Begins", and may it serve as a reminder that for each day we wake up and rise from our beds, we have an opportunity to do something to make something happen. Something that will ultimately make our lives better, brighter, and happier! Seek out that one thing today and embrace it, dear friends, embrace it with both arms!!

I've been working hard so long

seems like pain has been my only friend

my fragile heart's been done so wrong

I wondered if I'd ever heal again

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same

All around me I can feel a change (Ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting It's mine for the taking,

I know I can make it, today my life begins

Yesterday has come and gone

and I've learned how to leave it where it is

and I see that I was wrong

for ever doubting I could win

Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same

All around me I can feel a change (ohh)

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me,

leave the past behind me, today my life begins

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins

life's too short to have regrets

so I'm learning now to leave it in the past and try to forget

only have one life to live

so you better make the best of it

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins

I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me,

leave the past behind me, today my life begins,

a whole new world is waiting it's mine for the taking

I know I can make it, today my life begins,

today my life begins...

A Little [CREE SUMMER] for a Saturday Night

Happy Saturday, y'all!! For the next few weeks, I thought I would do a little something different for each Saturday night, and share some of my favorite female artists with you. Of course I had to begin with my She-ro, my Idol, my Goddess... Cree Summer. If you don't know how deep my love for her goes, you must be new to the blog. If so.. welcome! :) I hope all of you will enjoy, "Sweet Pain"!!!

DOPE: "Udd Udd Dabangg" from "Dabangg" (2010)

I am madly in love with this movie, y'all... It's campy, funny, great action, and the item song I'm sharing today makes the film for me. I'm starting to realize that most of my favorite songs in Hindi cinema are all sung by one person, Sukhwinder Singh. He's dope!!!!

Before getting into the song, I have to share a story. I am a firm believer that despite the language barriers, you can for the most part get a general idea what someone is trying to express in a song by looking at their body language and the surround scenes. This song is a firm example of that. I played the video for Mizz Lennid and asked her what she thought the song was about. She got it 100% right. Go, Mum, Go!!!

So, I hope that you all enjoy "Udd Udd Dabangg", and don't worry... I won't make you guess what the song is about. The lyrics and english translations are included!

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Fearless

Man balwaan, laage chattan, rahe maidan mein aage

[He has] a mighty heart, looks like a rock, stays ahead always

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Fearless

Jo jhunjhaar ho taiyyar, wohi sardar sa laage,

When a tough fighter gets ready, he only looks like the leader

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Fearless

Dhaar de, kaante re, cheer dhare sannate re,

jab veer bhare hunkare,

Sharpens, cuts, rips apart the silences,

when the brave roars

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Udd udd dabangg dabangg dabangg dabangg

Fearless

Wanna Wanna Wednesdays... Teal Bubbles Leather Look Bound Lined Journal

Those of you who know me know that I value gratitude very very much. So much so that I keep a gratitude journal in which I write down all of the people, places, and occurrences in my life that I'm grateful for.

The journal I purchased earlier this year has unfortunately finished, so for the past few weeks I have been making it a point to at least think of the things I'm grateful for, but I must admit, not having a journal to write down in makes it easier to skip a day or two, which I'd rather not do.

I think that this time around, I will be investing in their Teal Bubbles Leather Look Bound Lined Journal ($14.99, Barnes and Nobles).  Barnes and Nobles is my go to place for nice journals, and I know that I will not be upset at this one.

Miss Moon Gets Healthy: July Stats

July was a much better month for yours truly! I had (many) moments of not feeling very motivated, but I still managed to get out and walk this past month. I am noticing that I'm walking less and burning less, but I really want to improve that. I have to... if I want to reach my fitness goals by year's end.

The same reason why there is no present picture is the same reason why I haven't been able to walk this month yet. I broke out on my face and neck with a horrible case of prickly heat (which is a nice way of saying heat rash). Sweating makes it worse, which makes it difficult to heal, so I've been sustaining from walking just now until I feel better. Now you know what my last post was about as well.

Fingers crossed the rash clears up very soon, so that I can be out and about and getting healthy!!!!

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

" Beauty?... To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to."
~ Pablo Picasso

" Ugly is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion. "
~ Margaret Cho

" Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
~ Kahlil Gibran


For reasons I will go into in a post tomorrow, I have been feeling really very ugly and awkward for the past few weeks. I really really dislike what I see in the mirror... which is an odd feeling for me.

It's not that I look in the mirror everyday singing "I am everything... and everything is me..." à la Kyle Barker, but I can usually find something about myself that I am pleased with. I never really consider myself beautiful, but I do think I am attractive, and on good days pretty. I haven't been having too many of those days lately.

And I've pretty much decided that it's okay to feel poopy and ugly sometimes. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt this way in the past... even the most glamorous and beautiful women in the world feel that way some times. Perhaps because of a huge pimple, or bags under their eyes, whatever! The circumstances that make me feel this way will change eventually... but I think what I need to change immediately is my attitude.  So I decided to think of a song choice for today's Music Therapy with Miss Moon that can get me started.

I didn't look any further after my mind went to my all time favorite girl group of the 90s, TLC. So I hope you all will enjoy "Unpretty", and if you happen to feel that way right now, get started on the path (with me).. to recognizing how lovely we truly are!

I wish could tie you up in my shoes

Make you feel unpretty too

I was told I was beautiful

But what does that mean to you

Look into the mirror who's inside there

The one with the long hair

Same old me again today (yeah)

My outsides look cool

My insides are blue

Everytime I think I'm through

It's because of you

I've tried different ways 

But it's all the same

At the end of the day 

I have myself to blame

I'm just trippin'

You can buy your hair if it won't grow

You can fix your nose if he says so

You can buy all the make up 

That M.A.C. can make

But if you can't look inside you

Find out who am I too

Be in the position to make me feel 

So damn unpretty

I'll make you feel unpretty too

Never insecure until I met you

Now I'm bein' stupid

I used to be so cute to me

Just a little bit skinny

Why do I look to all these things 

To keep you happy

Maybe get rid of you 

And then I'll get back to me (hey)

My outsides look cool

My insides are blue

Everytime I think I'm through

It's because of you

I've tried different ways 

But it's all the same

At the end of the day 

I have myself to blame

I'm just trippin'

You can buy your hair if it won't grow

You can fix your nose if he says so

You can buy all the make up 

That M.A.C. can make

But if you can't look inside you

Find out who am I too

Be in the position to make me feel 

So damn unpretty

I'll make you feel unpretty too

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh (oh)

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh (oh)

You can buy your hair if it won't grow

You can fix your nose if he says so

You can buy all the make up 

That M.A.C. can make

But if you can't look inside you

Find out who am I too

Be in the position to make me feel 

So damn unpretty

I'll make you feel unpretty too

A Little [ROBIN THICKE] for a Saturday Night

Happy Saturday, Folks! Tonight, I am in a mellow mood and my song choice reflects this. I hope you all will sit back, relax, and enjoy Robin Thicke's gorgeous tribute to the late great Whitney Houston, "Exhale".

Wanna Wanna Wednesdays... Forever 21's Colorblocked Cutaway Blazer

After being without internet for a few days, I'm so very happy to be back up and running and sharing with you all the newest item added to my Wanna Wanna Wish List. Those of you that have followed this blog for some time know I'm ALL about blazers... I think that the right blazer can make an outfit look hella awesome!!

Forever 21 has really been killing me softly lately with their apparel, so I shouldn't have been surprised to see this GORGEOUS Colorblocked Cutaway Blazer ($29.80, Forever 21). I would so rock this with a pair of skinny jeans, a bright red or yellow shirt and riding boots... I would rock this blazer in the office with a pencil skirt and a lovely camisole underneath.... But the outfit I immediately see in my mind is inspired by the beautiful Weesha's World, and her recent "Tribute to the 80's" outfit post!!

Can you imagine pairing this blazer with the Abstract Print Strapless Jumpsuit ($24.80, F21) my lovely friend is rocking the HELL out of in her post?!? FIERCE!! I think that if I reach my weight loss goal of size 20 by my birthday in November (1 size to go, so it's a do-able goal)... I'm totally going to rock an outfit like this for my birthday celebration.. whatever they may be!!

How are you feeling Forever 21's Colorblocked Cutaway Blazer? What would you rock this blazer with? Leave a comment with your suggestions!!

A Little [BROWNSTONE] for a Saturday Night

Happy Saturday, Beautiful Friends!! Today's song choice for a Saturday night is one that I am super duper excited to be sharing.This song, in fact, is one I've been wanting to use for this post for several years, but hadn't been able to find it on YouTube until recently. 

I actually own the cassette single of this song (Yes folks... your friend Audrey is OLD!!), and because I unfortunately do not own a cassette player (Or a CD player for that matter... I'm totally Ms. iPod!), I hadn't heard it for sometime. Until recently, by sheer happenstance, this particular version of the song was a suggested video for me. I clicked the link and upon hear the opening chords, I yelled "Yessss!!!", and instantly decided that tonight I will share Brownstone's beautiful rendition of the Eagles' classic, "I can't tell you why". Enjoy!!

DOPE: "Aati Kya Kandala" from "Ghulam"

I'm weird when it comes to Bollywood movies... a lot of my favorite item songs are in films I have never even seen. "Chaiyya Chaiyya"? I had never seen the movie "Dil Se" until recently (For my thoughts on the film, be sure to check out the Tumblr home for MMM... I had a lot on my mind about that flick! LMAO).

Such is the case with today's DOPE post. "Ghulam" is not yet available on Netflix (Booo!!), but I love this song with a passion. Is it SUPER dated? Yeah, pretty much. Aamir Khan looks ready for a Menudo audition in the number, but it's a cute song, and I bet all my natural hair sisters who wrap their heads up at night will be doing the scarf dance to this song with me.... 'Cause I do it. Every. Single. Night. LOL

And if goes without saying that my fanciness hasn't diminished, so the lyrics (with translation) will be included. Enjoy!

ay kya bolti tu 

hey, what do say?

ay kya main boloon 

hey, what can i say?

sun 

listen

suna 

yes, what?

aati kya khandala 

want to go to khandala

kya karoon aake main khandala 

what will we do in khandala?

ghoomenge phirenge naachenge gaayenge 

we will roam around, sing, dance

aish karenge aur kya 

have fun, what else?

ay kya bolti tu 

hey, what do say?

ay kya main boloon 

hey, what can i say?

sun 

listen

suna 

yes, what?

aati kya khandala 

want to go to khandala

kya karoon aake main khandala 

what will we do in khandala?

ghoomenge phirenge naachenge gaayenge 

we will roam around, sing, dance

aish karenge aur kya 

have fun, what else?

barsaat ka season hai 

it is the monsoon season

khandala jaake kya karna 

why bother going to khandala?

barsaat ke season mein hi to maza hai meri maina 

the monsoon season is the one when one can have fun my dear

bhigoongi main sardi khaansi ho jaayegi mujhko 

i will get wet and get sick

chhata leke jaayenge paagal samjhi kya mujhko 

you think i am an idiot, we shall take an umbrella along

kya karoon samajh mein aaye na 

so now do you get it?

kya karoon tujhse main jaanu na 

what can i say to you, i am not going

arre itna tu kyon soche main aage tu peechhe 

hey, why do you have to think so much, i will lead and you follow

bas ab nikalte hain aur kya 

come on, let take off right now!

ay kya bolti tu 

hey, what do say?

lonavala mein chikki khaayenge waterfall pe jaayenge 

we can go to lonavala and eat chikki and enjoy the the waterfall

khandala ke ghat ke oopar photo kheench ke aayenge 

we will go to the marina in khandala and take a photograph

haan bhi karta na bhi karta dil mera deewana 

i can't decide, my heart says yes and sometimes no

dil bhi saala party badle kaisa hai zamaana 

the decidions of your damn heart changes like a politician change their party, what has this world come to?

phone laga tu apne dil ko zara 

telephone your heart

poochh le aakhir hai kya maajra 

ask your heart, after all what is going on?

arre pal mein phisalta hai pal mein sambhalta hai 

it changes its mind every second

confuse karta hai bas kya 

and confuses me, thats all

ay kya bolti tu 

hey, what do say?

ay kya main boloon 

hey, what can i say?

sun 

listen

suna 

yes, what?

aati kya khandala 

want to go to khandala

kya karoon aake main khandala 

what will we do in khandala?

ghoomenge phirenge naachenge gaayenge 

we will roam around, sing, dance

aish karenge aur kya 

have fun, what else?

Wanna Wanna Wednesdays: Alloy's Olivia Color-Block Skimmer

Behold this shoe!!! I mean it... behold it!! Kneel before the Zod that is this shoe!!! This shoe brought about one of those times when I spot something, groan audibly and think to myself, "Why aren't you in my life, like, NOW?!?". For these obvious reasons, it's my first Wanna Wanna Wednesday item for August!!

The Olivia Color-Block Skimmer ($29.90, Alloy) is just beautiful to me, because here in this one shoe are ALL of my favorite shades. And since I wear these colors a lot, I will always have a shoe to match!! LOL

Since my shoe size has changed along with my clothing size, I have to be careful about what size I get in this shoe (And yes.. .I will be getting these!!) but I will exchange them until I get it right if necessary. I can totally see myself rocking these to work with a nice pair of trousers and a blue top, with a flirty dress, and with jeans and a tee shirt!! Frankly, I have a feeling that these shoes are going to be my go to shoes when not wearing my sneakers!! LOL

What do you think about the Olivia Color-Block Skimmers? How would you rock these shoes?!?