Do gentlemen really prefer blondes?

I dyed my hair last night. It got me thinking, when ever I have been a blonde I have always wanted, and always loved going back to my more natural colour, chesnut brown. I feel better in it. My mum though said I always want to change my hair colour drastically when I come off a breakup or when Im in the mood for a change in my lfe. While the first can be classed as sort off true, my dear mum was deffinitly right on the latter. Im deffintly going through some changes at the moment and I personally always feel better after changing my hair, so since I am very happy with the length (for the first time in ages) a change in colour may be just what the doctor ordered.



So while there have been many iconic fabulous blondes that have been many a boys fantacy for years, brunettes have a certain elegence about them.



So now I will have no come back to all my stupid 'blonde' moments. And FYI yes I did use L'Oreiele 'cos "I'm worth it." Happy weekend people.

California Dreaming!

So after having in what my mind was one of the worse weeks in my 9 year professional career. (And the 2nd post in todays ha ha.) I decided to plan ahead for my LA trip (18 months away) but hey I'm a girl on a budget :). It has made super excited and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to fit it all in.

So without further a do I think I have my trips kind of sorted. Im thinking: Los Angeles city tour, Paley Centre, SeaWorld (love love love dolphins), a beach trip (unsure on current location). The hotel is still a working progress as I'm looking for something a little central.

Planning this trip has totally cheered me up. Not that drinks the other night didn't do the trick, this was more of something to look forward to. At least the worrying can now stop on the job front.

So with my love afair with America now in serious planning stages I can begin to concerntrait on my book. With negitivity out of my life this is the new possitive thinking Lisa, at least for now. Its anybody's guess as to how long this lasts for :)

So in the words of Pantom Planet "California, Here we come."

Lisa Marie

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Negativity is a 10 letter word!

The power of possitive thinking has taken hold of me today. That has much to do with my wonderful 'date' last night with a close friend. We both came to the connclussion over vodka and Jack Daniels that, by waiting around possitive things are not going to just fall into place. Sometime removing the things that are depressing, or the people who hold you down is the first important step in making you feel positive. Everybody has those people in there life who always make you feel bad about yourself. Some come in the forms of romantic partners, some in the forms of friends, and some come in the form of work collegues.
While it isn't possible to be able to remove all of the people who bring you down, sometimes you have to look at how things can be improved, limit the time you spend with that person for example. Again some people you are best cutting out of your life completely. Those people who say they are your friends but continue to make you feel either like a child or make you feel that you are in some way a lesser citizen to them. These are the people who you dont need around. I can guantee the outcome will only be good. Sure you might loose a large number of friends but is it really worth feeling down and depressed by so-called friends. No its not. You are never going to be able to change these people, so the best thing for you to do is be the better person and not put up with that anymore.



In your 20's you should be living your life to the fullest and while our parents are from a different generation, and dont understand how things work as a 20 something in 2009, we must look out for ourselfs and be the people we want to be and not the people our 'friends' 'lovers' 'collegues' think we should be.



Everybody deserves to be happy and nobody should pretend to be someone else. Its what makes us unique.



Lisa Marie

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Men & there Lies!

Men. They come in various shapes and sizes. Some you let into your heart and some you don't. I have never been a huge dater. At school I was more interested in spending time with my friends than having some huge need to have a boyfriend. At 21 I fell in love for the first time. He's a guy I will always have a special place in my heart. And while i have 'dated' a fair bit since I can genuinly say I have never loved another guy.
A couple of months ago now I broke up with my ex and was suprised at how easy it had been. As much as when we were together I thought he was someone very special, after we broke up I stopped seeing him through rose tinted glasses. Today we did the swap over giving each other back our stuff. And upon seeing the ex i felt nothing at all. It was a bit awkward which I knew it would be. But at the same time i felt nothing. He wanted to remain friends after and as much as he said thats what he wanted he lied to many on any number of IM chats. It was at that point I went from wanting to be friends with the guy to not trusting a single word that came out of his mouth. Men lie. We all know this. What I am surprised at is that in some way this surprised me.
So the new me is putting this last 'relationship' behind me and is ready to move on. So while this will probably not be the last time that pick myself and move on to 'the next guy' at least it will make me grow as a person. Much like this last breakup did.

LisaMarie
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Music & Storytelling...

Just taking sometime out of my busy writting day to update the blog. After having a couple of weeks of unsuccessful writting and rather depressing storytelling on my part I am please to have finally finished chapter 3 of my new book. Music has been a huge influence on my writting over the last couple of months. I've now come to the conclussion that due to the happy nature of my story I have had completely go through my itunes and find some a little more inspiring. No coldplay, U2, Bruce or The Cure are not going to be very helpfull to me at the moment.

So must get back as my characters are a calling.

LisaMarie
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Frienships

I recently had a very interesting conversation with a good friend of mine. Said friend and myself were minding our own business and having a nice little chat about friendships. We were talking about how for both of us our bestfriends are of the opposite sex. It then reminded me of a conversation i had with an ex a couple of years ago where he said that men and women, boys and girls will never be just friends. Someone will always want more. And while that may be true of some boys, alot of men can have very good friendships with women.

Now then said boyfriend at the time was over a decade my senior. So me and my friend got thinking. We came to the realisation that it must be a generation thing. We have been brought up where women are treated differently and expect to be treated differently. So me and my two very close male friends have a great relationship. We can both bounce ideas off each other and sometimes have very different ways of seeing things. We also both go to the other for great dating advice. I know that i will always be there for my best friend, because we've been through so much already, that at least I can always trust one bloke who not related to me by blood.

So bye for now and remember that friendships come in many different boxes, different sizes, different shapes but they all have the same on the inside. Honesty. Trust. Longevity.

:)

Lisa Marie

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Be the person you want be, not the person you were forced to be at school.

I recently came across some old school photos and it got me thinking about how much we all change. How the people we were at school are different to the people we have become as adults. Now while we haven't grown up too much in terms of years a great many of us are probably hugly different to the people we (however you look at it) were forced to be at school. Now then I know personaly I was one of those people who just went by school under the radar. I wasn't the most popular but I wasn't seen as a 'geek' (or at least i don't think i was :)) And i never wanted to be the most popular, because at the end of the day even the popular people were seen in a way that you yourself didn't wanted to be labled. So i'm waffling on a bit so let me try and get back on track because its something we should all think about. I know i've changed a lot since my days at school. I was always kinda quiet and while I had a close group of friends that i hung around with i can honestly say that i rarely speak to these people now. And while the introduction of facebook is great for catching up with these old friends it also in a small way brings you right back down to the person you once was.
If you were to ask any of my friends the type of person i was at school I'm confident that will give the same answers. And while I do still hold these characteristics I have grown as a person as well. I'm not as shy as i once was. I wont just back down from a fight. I will always stand up for what I believe in even if nobody in the room agrees with me. So i'm slowly coming to the realisation that if i feel this way about my self other people have probably changed as well. So the next time i come across a old school friend i'm going to try and but in the back of my head the person they were at school, as they too have probably grown as a person as well.

We all have dreams of becoming the best possible version of ourselves so why not have a little faith. Be the best version we all deserve it. And never give up hope that our dreams can come true.

Bye for now.

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