Sorry, I'm late

I shall begin this entry by saying "I'm sorry". Yup. I haven't been much of a blogger lately. Oh, the shame! It's been almost a month since my last post but, hey, I'm back!

As you may know from previous publications, I'm currently unemployed and...yeah, just as expected: it sucks. Really, it's annoying. Today, for instances, I received an e-mail, a response from one of the companies to which I sent my resume. My heart jumped, I opened an e-mail and...another "unfortunately we are not hiring new collaborators at the moment". It's kinda depressing. I've already received four responses like that...five? Whatever. One of them came with a bonus. It said something like "don't give up your dream" at the end. Really? Well...you are definitely NOT helping, you know that?

So, yeah. This is a positive blog. A happy blog. But we can't always be happy. That would only happen if we had some serious emotional problems. Bu we can't give up. Ever. Giving up would be taking the easy and useless path.

I could just end this blog like I did to many others. I could spend my days laying around, not looking for a job, like I see most of my unemployed family members do. I could just give up. You could also give up. But we don't do that! Not in a million years! Not after a million negative responses - and I really hope it won't come to that! We keep fighting and we will succeed. Or we'll die trying (that would be kinda dramatic...).

On another topic, yesterday I saw a really (apparently) cheesy movie that ended up being really cute and kinda lovely. Me and my brother saw "About Time", from Richard Curtis, starring Rachel McAdams and Domhnall (how the Hell do you spell that???) Gleeson. I gave it a 7 on IMDB. It was cute and different from the usual romantic crap, which is always nice.

And I just began watching "Shameless". What do you think? I'm just heading to the second episode so...I really can't give an opinion just yet. But it's with that girl from "The Phantom of the Opera"! And yeah, I know everyone is going nuts with "Game of Thrones" but I'm reading the books and I really don't want to imagine the actors while I'm reading (I'm sort of a book nerd and I really like to picture everything in my mind, without exterior influences) so I'll watch the show after reading all the books. Considering that the chronicles are yet to be finished...that will be in ten years from now...maybe. I don't know.

So, good night everybody! I promise I'll be a much more present blogger! 

See you later, alligator! 

It's Friday night!

Aaaaand...it's Friday! 

Trust me! I'm telling the truth! You made it through this week and now you are going to have the weekend you deserve!

I know, you're exhausted, right? With work, meetings, Christmas, family reunions and so ever. 

Now wait a minute. Sit down. Are you sitting? Of course you are, you're on the computer. Now, take a deep breath...

A deep one. Inhale, exhale...deeeeeeply. 

Now RAISE YOUR ARMS and yell: WOOOHHOOOO! (ok, maybe I went to far with that one. I don't have that much of a power over you, do I? No, really...do I? Did you yell? You're a strange fellow...I like you.)

Anyway, I can't think of a better feeling (lying... cough cough you pervert (!), what did you think I was insinuating (?) cough cough I'm thinking about eating pizza, of course cough cough) than the one we get at a Friday night when we know we can sleep all morning the next day. We don't have to, maybe we won't, but we CAN! Hell yeah! And today you can give yourself an extra night time. You've earned it.

You can watch a movie. You can play Sims 2 (I'm not the only one who still does it, am I?) until you're bored - 30 minutes or so -, or you can go out with your friends, your dog, your boyfriend, I don't really care....anyone who makes you happy. Enjoy your Friday night - what time is it there, by the way? -.

As a soon-to-be-official-unemployed-citizen (this sounds weird), I've been really confused about...anything "calender related", actually, so, Friday, Tuesday, Sunday...it's all the same for me. But, you know, I'm happy for you.

Keep in touch! And take the time to follow me on Twitter and like this blog of ours on Facebook! Thank you!

See you later, alligator!

Stop whining

Christmas: check.

Next: New Year's Eve.

It's a party season, alright! Are you enjoying it?

I know it's not easy to have your family reunited for the holidays. It can be really annoying! And, yes, I do know it's not easy to have a small Christmas with only a couple of people, specially if you used to have your house full of relatives by this time of the year. Been there, done that.

But, you know what? We have to be grateful for the few people we have around us. For the pleasure of our own company, even. And we should enjoy every minute of this season. (And by "we", I mean "we, the ones who like/celebrate/live Christmas". Not everyone likes it and for many people Xmas doesn't mean anything. And that's cool. I don't care. And I bet that my idea of Xmas is completely different from yours. And, again, I don't care. The important thing is for us to be happy with our own choices.)

So, you miss those days when you used to have 15 people at the table on Christmas Eve. You got divorced and now there's only three or so. You know what I say to you? Be grateful!

And you? You are so bored with your aunt's stories and your grandfather's snoring is driving you crazy. That guy I mentioned above would kill to have what you have. Be grateful!

Stop whining and go eat some cake. Ok? 

The same applies to New Year's Eve. Whether you're spending it at some crazy party or at home in your pajama, watching your favorite series, be grateful! You made it through another year! And your life is not defined by the way you spend one night, ok? Do what you like to do, without worrying to much about what everyone thinks or how they'll be spending their night. And do yourself a favor: stop stalking everyone's life on Facebook. That's not good for you.

Anyway, I hope you're having an amazing time! And if you can relate with some examples I gave here, don't worry, you're still perfectly in time of enjoying this season ok? 

I'm gonna go to sleep now. And yeah, I'm really grateful for that warm bed of mine.

See you later, alligator!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Sunday laziness

Let me guess. You are having a pretty boring weekend, right? There's absolutely nothing worth watching on TV and you find yourself just vegetating (is that a word?) in front of your computer.

Well, you're lucky enough to be in that situation. It means you have nothing to do.

No? Oh, so you have that tiny thing to do since last month? There's that friend of yours to whom you don't speak in ages? You've been too busy to  even walk your dog?

Well...guess again. This is the perfect time to do all that stuff. You're not even enjoying your spare time. You are bored to death in that computer of yours. Reading this blog is acceptable, of course (!) but as soon as you're finished with it get up and get a life, ok? I mean, if you ARE bored and all. 

It's actually really easy, you just need to get up and start doing things. Like, go and take a bath, call your friend and go grab a cup of coffee or whatever you like. A cappuccino is cool too. Call your dog (in this case, just yell or go to him...I mean, I believe he's a smart ass but I don't thing he'll answer the phone) and go do some exercise at the park near your house. You know? ENJOY your weekend! And tonight you won't be struggling with insomnia, I assure you that much! 

It's raining outside? It's freezing cold? Well...what about getting friendly with your oven? Yeah! Bake a cake! It rhymes so it has to be a good idea (or not; it depends on how old you are and what experience you have cooking...please, be careful O.O)!

The thing is: if you are bored, don't be bored! If you are enjoying you're "vegetable" mode, well, embrace it!  It's good to just do nothing once in a while.

Anyway, I hope you liked this post. More coming soon ;) have an awesome weekend!

See you later, alligator!

Take a minute

Hello! Good night, or good morning, good afternoon, maybe. The keyword here is "good"!

So, a little bird told me that you are having a crappy day. It happens to the best of us, right? But what if you contradict this day? 

Yup. Take a minute, grab a piece of paper and write all the GOOD things that happened today.

Like, for instances, today, for the first time, I gave my cat a bath and, believe it or not, he loved it. It was really easy, I was shocked!

So, this is a good thing that happened to me today. Another one?  Today I had pasta with meatballs for dinner. 

Can you do this? Think of one thing that made you smile today. A 9gag post, your mom's laughter, a hot chocolate or even the fact that it didn't rain today. Anything! Even the fact that your butt looked really nice in your favorite jeans today - what?? Why are you so shocked? There's not a single woman in this world that doesn't check her butt in the mirror before goin' out.

The important thing here is for you to see your day in a different perspective. And you know what? In a few hours you will be sleeping, all cozy and warm in your bed. That's also a good thing!

As for me, in a while I will be drinking a hot cup of tea and it's gonna be awesome. It's freezing out here!

See you later, alligator!

Power up!

Good night everyone!

Today I saw a video that really inspire me. And I'm really glad that I got to see it before getting a job interview. It made so much sense to me and I promise that you'll want to spend 20 minutes of your time watching this video.

Are you familiar with TED? You can see really interesting people talking about all kinds of matters in this website. And sometimes you can found life changing approaches! This might be a good example.

Meet Amy Cuddy (click to watch the video)! Unlike me, she knows what she's talking about! She's a Social Psychologist and has a really important message to us all. 

I admit I even got a little emotional watching this (don't tell anyone).

Enjoy!

Oh, and don't forget to check out our Facebook and Twitter accounts! Yes, "our", 'cause this is our page, mine and yours too.

See you later, alligator!

Follow me

This blog of ours is kind of a baby but it's already all over social networks. So, today's post is to let you know that it's official: we are on Twitter and on Facebook too! Yey! Let's like and follow each other like stalkers ^^,

Click on the following links and be happy!

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See you later, alligator!