Day 26: Your Dream Wedding

I have this strange feeling that basically every girl has atleast once thought about their Wedding and what it would be like. I'm not going to lie, I have too. And I'm not even sure if I want to get married!

I don't want a traditional Wedding, I kinda always wanted to get married on the Beach. I'm not even sure why that is but it's just something that I think would be awesome.

I don't think that I want a big thing, just this simple and intimate cermony. Just really close family and friends, noting big and extravagant. I've never been one for the "Princess-Glamour-Weddings". I like simple things.

  

But most of all I want the Wedding to represent us. Not some fake thing, just simple, loving and true.

       

Then there's the fact that the Wedding March kind of freaks me out. I just don't like it. So instead I would like to walk down that isle with Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss a Thing. Corny? Very much so, but the rocker-chick in me tells me that it's right and I love that song.
And what about that one special dance? Aerosmith again actually; Deuces Are Wild. Beautiful, I love it and it's just so brilliant.

That would be my dream wedding.    

Day 25: Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs

Music is important to me and I listen to it every day.

 

Put your iPod Mp3 on shuffle, first 10 songs.

1. John Mayer- Who Says.
   John is, as mentioned,  one of my personal favorites so it's only suiting that he happened to come first. This is a song from his newest album Battle Studies and I enjoy it alot.
   
2. Fair to Midland- Stiffback
   So I have a soft spot for rock music. Fair to Midland is a band that I found by accident on the interwebs and I'm really happy for it. I love their original music style and the whole sound. This isn't my favourite song but it is still pretty good.
   
3. Chris Bell- Speed of Sound
   This song appears on the soundtrack of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist a pretty cute movie with an amazing soundtrack.
   
4. The Stiff Dylans- Ever Fallen In Love.
   There's just something about this song that I love. I can't really explain it but I do.
   
5. Fair to Midland- Dance of the Manatee
   Antother FTM song, this is my favourite one and I adore it. From the beginning to the corus and lyrics. Amazing song.
   
6. In Flames- Alias
   In Flames is one of the greatest bands ever and I listen to them alot. Alias is also one of my personal favourites. There's just something about the lyrics.
7. Nickleback- Gotta Be Somebody
   I've always liked Nickleback, and Chad Kroegers' voice. This isn't my favourite one, I like the older ones better but it's a pretty good song.
   
8.  Brendan Benson- A Whole Lot Better
   Brendan Benson is a member of The Raconteurs and that's how I found him and his music. This is one of my favourite songs and it always makes me smile and in a good mood. The video is pretty damn awesome as well.
   
9. The Skids- The Saints are Coming.
   I basically only have this on my playlist because it's on the movie Boondock Saints II's soundtrack and I love that movie. But the song and the band is good as well.
   
10. The Clash- Somebody got Murdered.
    Joe Strummer was a god, a genius. The Clash is one of my all time favourite bands and this song is brilliant. The lyrics, the sound...almost nothing beats The Clash. 

Day 24: Something you've learned

I've learned alot over the years. How to write, how to read, how to do my job.

I've learned that I should live my life the way I want to live it. Do what I want and what I feel is good for myself.

I've learned that I should be happy about my life and the people in it, because they're all pretty awesome.

But most of all you learn about people I think. One of the most important thing I've learned is that people is not always what they seem. A person can turn the tables on you and just be this totally different person then when you met them. And the worst thing is that you never saw it coming. Or when people out of the blue change, and you outgrow eachother and realize you don't even know eachother anymore. And then there's the two-faced ones, those are sneak bastards that are hard to identify. Which is annoying at times if you're not like a mindreader or I dunno...Batman he seems like a people person.

That wasn't even funny. Was it?

I'm sorry. I'm so tired. I blame S. He's been overly tired all week and it's spread to me, or well I was out of it too but it got worse. So we're tired together which doesn't make things easier, but it sure as hell is fun. I've been laughing so much my cheeks hurt. Funny shit.

we♥it.

Day 23: Favorite Book.

I read alot. And I have so many favorite books that it's hard for me to chose one.

I read basically anything; classics, mystery, fantasy, romance...you name it!

But one book that I never tire of is Meg Cabot's Boy Meets Girl.
It's a very girly, romantic and funny book that is comepletly written in E-mails, IM's, Diary entries and such.
It's bloody brilliant. It's part of a three book series that aren't directly connected, you can read one without the others.

My paperback is pretty worn out because I read it over and over again.

Day 22: What's in your purse?

My purse is almost always filled with stuff that I need, and then somehow things that I don't need find themselves lost in there as well.


I surprised even myself when I took time to take pictures of almost everything in my purse. Freaky.

This is the bag I use right now.

This is my wallet. It is almost always in my bag.

My Alice in Wonderland Dayplanner.

This contains neccesary make-up.

This is mentioned Make-up.

In this little fellow I store my keys so they don't get lost.

This contains coins, a flashlight and other stuff.

So that is basically what one can find in my bag. Amongst; Candies, Random Notes, Cigarettes, Lighters and the occasional book or extra gloves.

Day 21: Favorite Picture of yourself ALL TIME Why?

Sorry, I missed two days. This took some searching through alot of drawers, but finally I found it!


Who would of thought that my favourite picture of myself actually is a School Picture! Yeah, I know. Those terrible, often embarrisingly bad photo's that we all love to hate.

My Second Grade photo though...Well it's actually pretty good and I like it. So here you have it, My favorite picture of myself, of all time. Back to "haunt" me from  1998.

I'm not even sure why I like this picture, it's just something about it.The quality is pretty bad but it'll just have to do.

8 Year Old Me.

Day 20: Nicknames

I have alot of nicknames. Very few people actually call be by my real name which is; Charlotta.

The most common one is Lotta, but people also refer to me as; Loppis, Loppan, Lotski, Lottis...and it goes on like that.
I've also been called Charlie, Charre and Charlielotta and then of course my middle name Emilia.

My best friend calls me Luv, we're just like that. And I've found myself answering to Honey, Sweetie and the likes alot more often as well.

Day 19: Something you miss

I kind of miss being able to see my friends every day. Now when we live far apart, work and just have different lives then back when we went to school we just don't see eachother as much anymore. 

It's also still weird not to have the summer off and just do whatever you want, but I don't miss summer break that much. Nowdays I get antsy without having anything to do so.

Other than that, there's not much I honestly miss.

Day 18: Favorite Place to Eat.

I really don't have a favorite place to eat.

But one place that pops into my head is this little place far away from here.

It was one of the first places we ate at in Croatia, by mistake actually thanks to a freak-storm. It was hidden on a small beach but that has to be one of the greatest pasta's I've eaten. Ever. I was basically starving, and it was raining then but it was delicious.

The Beach it was located at. Also the calm before the storm.

You can't really see it in the picture but it was raining alot by then.

Day 17: Something you're looking forward to

This Summer is something I'm really looking forward to. No more snow. No more cold.

Hopefully there will be sun and warmth.

Last summer was awesome so I'm hoping for another one of those!

Filled with Boatrides, sun, my friends and loads of crazy fun!

Day 16: Dream house.

I have a friend who has her whole house planned out. Like, every single detail.

I'm not like that. But yes I have imagined what my house will look like in the future. I know what I want and I'm kindof anal about some things.

But it's not really about the stuff in the house. My biggest plan for my future house is that I want it to reflect me and any other person that will possibly live there. I want people to know instantly that I'm the one who lives there. I want it to feel like home.

I'm into modern design though, but that feels really cold sometimes so I want to mix it up with a bohemian feel to it. I found some pictures that appeal to me.

It's the wallpaper. The colors. The way the furniture is put together, Different stuff.

Day 15: Bible verse

I am not a very Religious person so this is rather strange for me.

I believe that there's something bigger than us out there, but God as the church portrays him? I'm not so sure.

So therefore people I give you no Bible Verse, sorry to dissapoint. But here, have this picture of my "God", Johnny Depp instead!

Day 14: A picture of you last year - how have you changed?

Technically, last year was 2o1o. But that is also 4 days ago. So because I started this Challenge in 2o1o I chose a picture from 2oo9. Obviously.

This is Me. Technically 2 years ago, but let's go with one eh?

How have I changed?

Well physicly, not that much. My hair is no longer purple, although I'm thinking about making it so again.
Style-wise I'm alot girlier now. Back then I still had some of that punk-edge left in me, not that it has completely evaporaised now either but, you get what I mean.

Mentally. Alot. I'm more grown up I think, and a little less naive. Less shy than I was, but I'm still shy just not as much. I would like to say that I'm wizer, but I doubt it.

I now have a Job, and I'm out of school. I've experienced alot last year (2o1o, that is...and in 2oo9 as well when I think about it).

So all in all, I'm not the same and yet I am. Confused? Me too.

Day 13: Goals

Another wicked difficult one. Or it was until I really started thinking about it.

That's how I came to this conclusion.

I have just one goal and that is to Live Life to it's fullest.

That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

And I feel rather pigheaded, lame and pathetic for actually typing the following sentence down, but I can't help it.

Life, right now, as it is. Is Pretty Fucking Awesome.

We♥it.

Day 12: Something you don't leave the house without.

There are actually not alot of things that I don't leave the house without. I'm not really that dependent on alot of things.

But my Phone is one thing, if I don't forget it that is...I've agtually gotten better on having my phone with me. So that is almost always on my person these days.

Another thing is, pathetically, Eyeliner and Mascara. Yep, I'm kinda addicted to make-up. I can deal with being without make-up, but the Eyeliner and Mascara is almost always on.

My handbag, or well one of my handbags seldom leave my shoulder or arm.

Then there's nailpolish. My nails are very seldom without it. And I feel weird if they are.

Now I feel really, really superficial. But the last thing has to be Hairspray. Yep, Hairspray addict right here.

Day 11: Favorite tv shows

I'm addicted to alot of different TV Shows. C.S.I., Scrubs, Dexter, Sex and the City and so many more. But one show that I'm really into right now and that is;


How I Met Your Mother.

Ted's journey to finding the mother of his kids is one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.
The plot is slightly original, funny and the cast is brilliant.
Marshall, Lily, Robin, Barney and Ted just fit so well together and the actors they've chose to play each character couldn't be more right.

I am, like so many others, a huge fan of Barney Stinson though. He is my favorite character by far, the blonde suit-wearing awesome player played by Neil Patrick Harris never fails to make me laugh.
I adore the sweetness of Marshall and Lily, Robin's "self.awareness" and the hopeless romantic in Ted.

This show always makes me happy. 

Classic HIMYM.

Day 10: Something you're afraid of

I actually wrote a post about this almost exactly a year ago. Nothing has changed much since then when it comes to my fears so I am going to post the same thing I wrote then, again.

What am I afraid of? Have I conquered any of my fears? And the answer is...well I am scared of Clowns, that'll probably never change. I find them utterly disturbing. I'm not very fond of rats...or any kind of rodent-like animal fro that matter. I mean Guniea-Pigs and Hamsters makes me queasy...they are basically rats with shorter tails, right? Porcelain Dolls creep me out(it's the eyes). And well...snakes aren't on my favorite things list- So yeah, I am a scaredy-cat. No doubt about that.

But I have conquered one of my biggest fears. When I was younger than I am today I used to be (excuse the following pun) deathly afraid of...well death.
If someone even mentioned death I got this unpleasant feeling at the pit of my stomach. I wanted to throw up and just not listen anymore. I used to wish for time to go slower so I wouldn't near the unavoidable fate that awaited me. But it wasn't just my own death that scared me, no it was everyone elses too. I visibly winced at the thought of losing a grandparent or anyone near me. That's not any way to live, is it?
But I got over it...and believe it or not it had alot to do with the film; Tuck Everlasting. And no that was not sarcasm I am comepletley serious here. The movie is basically about a family that are immortal, to keep it short. But that's not what made me think, no it's one line in the movie. That one line struck a cord in me. I quote; Don't be afraid of death. Be afraid of the unlived life.
That got me thinking. Why should I fear something that will happen? And I relized that I would never be able to live my life to the fullest if I feared death.
So I simply...stopped. Easy as that. I started using my head. I thought about it and that's one of the reasons to why I see life the way I see it now. Live life your way. Take one day at a time. That sort of thing...

Alot of our fears are comepletley irrational. Like my fear of Clowns but it's not like it's hurting me, like my fear of death did. So I'll just keep on being creeped out by Clowns and rodents. Just for the hell of it.

Day 9: A favorite picture of your best friend

Well I don't exactly have a favorite picture of my bestfriend. I've all ready gone through the fact that I'm not much of a photographer.

So instead I chose the most recent one of us together, this Halloween.

Party's Over Dude.

This was taken at a small Kebab-Joint after we finished partying.Yeah.

V. and I met when I was 16. Before that I had a best-friend that I had known since forever, which actually means practically from birth. I know, weird huh. Anyhow we sort of outgrew eachother and I moved away for school. We still talk sometimes, and she's still a friend but my bestfriend she is not.

School is where I met V. I'm not sure when it happened and I'm not even certain on how it happened...but after a conversation about our love for Johnny Depp, we just clicked.

V and I are so alike. And yet we are so different. I love her and she's my best friend. She knows everything about me and vice-versa. And we both know that we can call eachother at any time and the other will be there.
Sadly because now, we live so far away from eachother we don't see eachother as much as we would like. But we talk on the phone, text and facebook eachother constantly.

She's my best friend, my soulmate and I wouldn't trade her for anything. ♥

Day 8: A place you've traveled to.

This was an easy one actually.

Croatia.

I went there the Summer of 2009 and it was awesome. Stayed for two weeks and had alot of really great experiences.

We traveled from place to place and saw alot of things, people and places. And ate food, oh the food how I miss it. Especially any kind of sea-food and of course the Ice-Cream, it was brilliant.

To sum it all up I've chosen to post pictures from the trip instead of japping on and on about it.

Day 7: Favorite Movie

Oh Boy. 

The fact that I love movies is by no means a secret. So how can I choose one? Well, I really can't because I have so many favourite movies that I'd be here for days if I even tried to write about all of them. And that is sadly not an overstatement.

So what movie did I choose after alot of thinking.
I want to say I chose a really cool cult movie like Donnie Darko, but I didnt.
I want to say that I chose Trainspotting, because it's psycological and really strange and weird, but I didn't.
I didn't even choose a movie starring Johnny Depp. Surprising, I know.
No I chose a movie that I will never tire of watching, no matter how many times I've seen it.

I chose...Rob Reiner's Stand by Me.

This is what I wrote about it on Flixster;

(First Lines) " I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959 - a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock; there were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people, but to me it was the whole world."

The movie is about a man who after finding out about his friends tradgic death writes down their story. A story about the best summer they ever had together. The summer the four best friends, Gordie(The writer), Chris,Teddy and Vern set out to find the corpse of a boy that has gone missing. We follow them through their journey and watch the adventure of their lives...well, any 12 year old going on 13 would think of it as an adventure... I love this movie. It's a cute movie about friendship. The boys are over-dramatic and funny...and you just cant help but laugh with them...and feel sorry for them. And the Cobras...those guys should have their own movie x) I love Ace and Eyeball... It's a very simple movie...but it is truly amazing. Definitley worth watching...  

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

I love this movie. And I will never stop loving it and I've seen it too many times to count.