My friend Dave sends me these daily INSPIRATIONS, Idk where he get’s them from but he forwards them to me and I just started posting the one’s I really like so here you go…

Living and Dreaming are two different things-but you can’t do one without the other. – Malcolm Forbes

Water... Does a body sooooo good!

Many health experts will agree that drinking more water will help give you more energy.  I find this to be absolutely true. However, I still find that I have to remind myself to drink it! So I came up with this list and it seems to be doing the job.. Hopefully you’ll find it usefull as well.. Summers coming babes, we gotts to make the body right!! Drink up!

* Make it a Morning Ritual. I once read in a magazine article that many of us wake up dehydrated, and the first thing you should do before you do anything else is drink two glasses of water. I’ve now made it a regular morning habit, and it inspires the momentum to continue drinking more for the rest of the day.

* Add Some Lemon. Back in the early stages when I couldn’t stand drinking water, I squeezed lemon juice into my water. At restaurants, I would ask the servers to provide lemon slices with my water–which makes me sound snobby, but most restaurants are willing and expected to provide this service.

* Keep it In the Clear. When your urine is clear, you are properly hydrated. When your urine is a dark yellow, you are definitely dehydrated.

* Think of How Pretty You’ll Look. I don’t know how direct the correlation is between having healthy, glowing skin and drinking a lot of water, but I’m not taking any chances. Whatever psychological trick keeps me hydrated!

* Do It Like It’s Hot. If you’re in the mood for a hot drink, drink heated water. Sometimes we just want the psychological pleasure that comes with having a hot mug cupped in our hands than the actual drink itself. Plus, coffee and tea contain caffeine, which is a diuretic and elevates the rate of water being expelled from your body via urination.

* Drink When You Have a Munchie Attack. Sometimes our hunger is thirst masquerading as fake hunger. Drinking a cup or two of water will make you feel “full.” 

*Take Baby Steps. Don’t expect to go from zero glasses of water to the full 8 glasses overnight. Start with one glass of water in the morning and one glass of water at night, and build your way up from there.

* Cheap cheap. Water at restaurants are FREE! 

* Always have a full glass of water near you when you are working. It will give you something to mindlessly sip on when you are brainstorming or need something to do with your hands. I bought myself a big 20oz. water bottle that I fill up throughout the night.

xo,

Miss Jaz

I don’t know how ur weekend went but mine was emotionally taxing, good and bad, all apart of this thrill ride we call life. I worked a 9 hr day on friday then i went to my night job and worked for another 4 just to find out that they still weren’t gonna pay ,me what they owe me, even after they promised to have the full amount. I fought with my significant other over bbm because i couldn’t come over after my incredibly long day to “talk” and “cuddle”, all because i had already committed myself to “following my bliss” early the next morning.  I was spent, emotionally, physically and mentally spent and all i wanted to do was spend a day thinking of nothing and blowing off some steam, and following my bliss.

I guess my real question is…why is following our bliss so important, and why do we have to constantly remind ourselves to do so?

I had planned a trip to the Santa Clarita valley to go shoot guns with the boyz, such a Mafia-esque thing to do, shooting guns that is, and by all means i was gonna do it! I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, something about the feel of cold hard metal in my hands, the contrast of soft and hard, warm and cold, feminine and masculine.  My friend Robby who I’ve known since High school is ex military, and now he teaches shooting logistics to the Navy. He had helped me move the week before and had mentioned that he was going shooting. I seized the opportunity and invited myself to come along. I’ve been  wanting to learn how to shoot, to feel all that raw power explode from underneath my complete control. i wanted to “pop my gun shooting cherry”. This made me happy! i knew I was following my bliss, and the reason i know that i was it was all because it felt it. Following you’re should feel right and good that’s how you’ll know yoUr on the right track.

We arrived at the range around 10:15-10:30. We didn’t expect it to be as far as it ended up being. The range was nestled into the Santa Clarita mountains, right past MagicMountain off of Valencia blvd. it just looked like a huge vacant dirt lot with only film encrusted pick-ups and a small white shack smack down in the middle of it. All aroundthe perimeter were what looked like to me wooden bars standing on top of steel post with pieces of  tin hanging from invisible string. it reminded me of a scene from a Rob Zombie movie, dirt, pick-ups, creepy unabomber looknmen with handle bar moustaches that framed their parched lips, fliesbuzzing around, and the smell of gun powder. in this instance i really felt safe for some odd reason, perhaps it was the shot gun i was carrying in my left, even though it wasn’t loaded and the safety was on, i still felt strangely at home. We walked up to the shack and signed off waivers, and bought enough ammo to launch a small attack., we then walked up to those “wooden bars” and the boyz preceded to teach me how to load a 9mm properly, how to stand with my feet shoulder width apart and lock my elbows. They showed me how to lean ever so slightly forward as to compensate for the impact of the blast. I picked up the nine and just like deja-vu i felt the cold between my hands, the contrast of soft and hard, warm and cold, feminine and masculine, and i let her rip. Wow, what a rush it was! I felt the adrenaline rushing through my veins, and i shot again letting go with it the stressof the week, and again releasing all the tension left over from the move, and again, and again till the clip was empty. Thisto me is Bliss! Not the act of shooting guns persaybut more of the act of completing something that I’ve always wanted to do with out fear with and with an open mind. FYI Missfit Mafia does not condone the use of guns for shooting anything or anyone, only under the watchful eye of a professionals under controlled legal conditions, such as a gun range or facility.

So Why follow Bliss??? Just cuz it feels good! i can’t really answer this question for anyone but myself, but what i do know, for me anyways, is that why would God or whoever you call God, have us here on earth to do anything but follow our Bliss? Love who you want, do whatever you want to do, follow your dreams, Live in bliss!

Miss Roq

I cannot wait for this movie.. After the success of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen brings Bruno, his outrageous and fabulous fashion designer, to the big screen. Yay!! Bruno is scheduled for a July 10 release and will star Baron Cohen as the faux Austrian fashionista he made famous in his TV series Da Ali G Show. The homolicious catwalk groupie sucks in unsuspecting members of the fashion world, convincing them to share their knowledge until they embarrass themselves. The trailer looks fucking hysterical.. Go to www.thebrunomovie.com/bruno-movie-trailer/ to watch it. For some reason, I wasn’t able to post it here.. Sorry.. Ccccccheck it out! I can’t wait!!!!!!

xo,

Miss Jaz

 Alright so I’m about to go Latin on everyone, being that I am of Argentinian and Mexican decent it should come as no surprise. I’ve been working for my dad during tax season…yuck, and every year I develop an even deeper appreciation of my culture and it’s beautiful and poetic language. I start out every year speaking a broken variation of castillian, (mainly because I make little to no attempt to keep up my practice during the year) and by the end of the year I’m as fluent as a Brahm’s lullaby. Such a precise language, and what i mean by that is that there is literally little to no exact translation into English most of the prose. I truly believe Spanish is the language of romance.

So while thumbing through my radio stations in the car the other day i came across a Latino Indy station 107.1 Estrella, and i heard an almost angelic voice over an acoustic guitar. I turned it up thinking that i recognized the voice to be that of the lead singer of “Sin Bandera”.  but when the song ended the radio dj announced that it was a band called “Reik”. What a weird name? i listened intently translating the lyrics in my head. I was moved by the delicate phrasing and the sincere tone in this dude’s voice. ain’t nothing like a guy that can sing! I arduously tried to interpret his lyrics into English with no such luck. It just doesn’t sound as pretty in English, but i felt what he was saying from my lips down into my toes. The minute i got to a computer i punched in the name just so i could see what this guy looked like, and what i found was a band not a single individual. Reik is almost like an American version of Maroon 5, or Jona’s brothers. Three handsome well dressed latino’s, except for that scarf around his neck, i could do without that…lol, and I’m not into latin men, but i might make an exception just this one time. I ended up buying the whole album and i’m officially turned back onto pop latino, and Reik. check them out!

 Inolvidable (Video)

By Miss Roq

First of all I must start saying that I miss the old Brit, Brit. The semi-normal all american girl who was in love with another mickey mouser, the one who shook her tookus in videos like “Slave 4 U” an “Hit me Baby One More Time” has definitely changed ALOT and I’m not sure it’s all for the good.

Every morning I wake up and make my oatmeal and turn on VH1 because I like to see what’s new and current in pop culture, and it also gets me going. Well this morning I popped on the tele and low and behold new Britney!!! I was so excited until I sat down to watch the video. It was her newest release “If You Seek Amy” which is a clever play on words ( F U C K me) if you listen closely enough you’ll get it. The music and melody is particularly catchy and the style is strangely familiar being that is yet another Max Martin hit, but the video certainly lacked in performance. Britney seems Laxidasical, just going through the choreography like it was just a dress rehearsal, She’s no longer hitting the beats as sharp and clean as she once did, and i wonder is it her or her choreographer? I’m not sure but all i know is that this video and the past video’s from this album make me not want to buy tickets to her show, even though for the first few weeks this album “Circus” has been in my car on heavy rotation. I just don’t know and I’m yet again disappointed. See if you can get what I mean. I’m gonna post a past Britney favorite and this new one, tell me what you think..
BEFORE

Britney Spears- Slave 4 u

AFTER

Britney Spears-If You Seek Amy

By Miss Roq

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umm ya, these guys disappeared for a brief moment but know there back with a totally new look and an album that i luv, luv, luv!!! Oh n they’re looking perty yummy too…

Check them out….
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

Kings of Leon

Ya can you say YUMMY!!!!

Miss Roq:-D

Ok so I’m back on my music kick, the one where I’m all inspired and wanna write n listen to all sorts of different kinds of music.the kick that makes me want to go out there and try to do this music thing again. the kind of kick that inspires new interesting lyrics and melody. the one t makes me look back at the past and damn how much time I’ve wasted doing other shit that really doesn’t matter to me in this life or the next. The one that truly torments me one day then the next gifts me with uber joy moments when a song comes to completion. 

So while I’ve been in this particular kick lots of shit has been going on in my life..i.e. a move back to the hood, a separation from my boyfriend, and a work schedule from hell. It’s been particularly hard to focus on one particular thing, but now I’m ready to focus and work. There’s nothing like a little adversity to help you realize that still at 30 your not ready to become a conformist.

 A fire’s been lit like never before, I’ve learned from many, many , many mistakes and while I’m better and stronger still a part of me wonders what if? I try not to dwell on things, i remind myself that everything has it’s time and purpose, i practice my gratitude, and remember to be thankful for all i have, which is ALOT! i look inside myself for strength, i depend on my friends to talk me down, and every day i look out for the sliver lining in this bitch! Some days are definitely cloudier then others, n if you know me u know exactly what i mean by that. We are here to create, to make things, invent things. we are here to live,love and learn. We are here to be in Bliss, so why do we waste so much time living in negativity, pulling it, yanking it towards us? perhaps it’s fear of failure, fear of success, fear of the unknown. maybe it’s because when everything is still, we just don’t know how to live in the stillness because we’ve become so accustomed to the chaos. I know now, like I’ve known before,i long for the blissand happiness of those fleeting momentsSo why not stop to breathe, meditate and choose to follow your bliss. I’m choosing to live in every moment in Bliss!

Just some thoughts…

Miss Roq

“Reach high, for the stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaul Starr

I really liked this one…

Miss Roq