What I wore in Boston

Hello folks,

Aaah... So I just woke up... 11am. Not quite true. I was awake at 9am. But fell back asleep. Weirdly, I had a dream about the Ballroom Thieves. Well, not just them. Loads of people were in my dream.

DREAM:

My friend Alex had brown hair in my dream, so when I saw her at brunch in Cushing 20 minutes ago, I told her she looks good as a brunette. The Ballroom Thieves appeared at a great time, right after a nightmare. It was a nightmare within a nightmare. For some reason, I was trying to get food (even in my sleep, I think of food) in a big kitchen (like one at Smith C) and then someone grabs me, they're holding a knife or something, so I close my eyes (good God, if this were real life...) and it was as if I had woken up, I was in my bed, but I could still feel the person's hand grabbing my wrist and I just hoped they'd... leave. Then my family was there. My cousin Juan Pablo was there, I remember. My mom. My grandmother. She accidentally let out a dog that was sick and if he touched you, licked you, bit you, ... I don't know what would happen, maybe you'd die. Anyway, all that disappeared, and somehow I was hanging with the Ballroom Thieves and they wanted to go skiing. I remember mountains... I also remember having to go up a fence and through a little window that wasn't completely open. Devin helped me up because I couldn't really do it alone. We didn't actually ski... Did we? Hmmm... I just remember that they were taking me somewhere (we may have "also" been in Boston - it's a dream) and there were a lot of obstacles and I needed to be helped a lot. Martin was wearing his shades. Then I remember Devin showing me an old picture of Martin where he had tattoos all over his body (arms and chest, he was not naked, no no, I don't dream of that) and long hair... in braids. We were then in a sushi restaurant, and we tried some really good sushi (yes, I remember it tasting good - strange, didn't know it was possible). And... aaah, I don't know anymore! It's been 40 minutes. That's good enough!

THOUGHT:

So I know I went to Boston a week ago... But there's been a lot going on! I just found out something about myself. Nothing life-altering but I find it a little bit shocking! Just... weird that I hadn't noticed at all before Rachel pointed it out. Apparently, I love to dress in blue. Why? Because every single day in Boston, I wore blue. Every. single. day. Not on purpose!! The things I buy, the dresses, the rompers, the jeans, the skirts... a lot of them are blue. It's not a bad thing. It's just strange, since blue isn't even my favorite color. Purple is! Yet, I have almost nothing purple. Anyway, it's just one of those funny little things you just realize when someone points it out to you.

OUTFITS:

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Funny story: 

Rachel, the crazy person who came with me to Boston, looks at two pictures of me from our trip: one from Thursday, one from Friday. I point at the one from Friday when I had the highlights in my hair, and I say: "See, I really do like these highlights!" 

She then points at the other picture and says "Yeah, they look good in this one!" 

I look at her and say: "Rachel, that picture was taken before we dyed our hair..."

Love, Freedom & Truth, 

V.

(Irish) Music for the Soul

It's that time of day again... My Music Hour.
I really should post the rest of the Boston pics... But I just haven't. I will though!
In 45 minutes I meet my little kindergartner for our Friday Leaf Study session! Fuuuun

Here is some musica! Let's make it all Irish today, shall we? Nothing particularly new - at least not for me. But it's all good. 's marvelous.

Mick Flannery :: Boston

What a wonderful, beautiful song. What a looovely title.

Lisa Hannigan & John Smith :: Tonight you belong to me

This could not be cuter. 

Bell X1 :: How your Heart is Wired

I love this song...

James Vincent McMorrow :: If I had a boat

This is an amazing song! Sometimes you hear a song and say "Man, I wish I wrote that". This is one of those songs for me! The lyrics are beautiful, everything is perfect. 

John Smith :: Winter

I've never tried playing the guitar that way. Good eh?

Valentina Duracinsky :: Passenger

Yeah that's me. It's an Irish song though. So... it counts

Love, Freedom & Truth,

V.

Music for the Soul

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I have Child Development from 9am to 9:50am and my next class is Foundations and Issues in Early Childhood Education at 11am. Which means I have about an hour "to kill" (what a horrible expression). And I spend this time at one of the three Mac computers in Neilson library. Everyone around me seems to be working. I can't... These giant Mac computers are peeeerfect for listening to music. I pretty much listen to music for an hour. It's a magical time. I don't feel like I'm wasting time at all. I love my musical hour of the day...

Here are some great videos. More than one, because one is just not enough!

The Lumineers :: Hey Ho

The Head and The Heart :: Lost in my Mind

Mumford & Sons :: "Un concert a emporter"

I absolutely love this video of Mumford & Sons. I lived in France for most of my life, and I love to see them try to sing in French. Also, they're so funny... I love love love their laugh. They seem to be having so much fun! If you watch other live videos of theirs, or their documentaries, they laugh all the time. And hello, Marcus Mumford is one of my favorite people in the world - and he has a mandolin. I love his voice. Their album is one of my favorite albums in the world. People think I love Lisa Hannigan so much, and that that's why I want banjo in my songs... Yeah, no. Mumford & Sons is my banjo inspiration.


In fact, I'm quite annoyed by anyone who asks me if I do what I do because I'm trying to copy Lisa. If I'm wearing this or that because it looks "Lisa Hannigan-ish". When I went looking for my future guitar with my grandfather, he asked jokingly (...) if I picked Lisa's guitar. I just rolled my eyes. I'm not even a fan of Lisa's guitar. It's too big, and no, it's not the kind I want at all. Also, back to Lisa's fashion choices. Uh, just because I like dresses now does not mean I'm copying Lisa. If anything, fashion-wise, I like James (Bleubird Vintage) more. 
I know I talk about Lisa and I watch her videos a lot - because her music inspires me, but I'm getting really tired of people thinking that before everything I do, I think "Would Lisa Hannigan do this?"
Good God, there's more in my life. I've more people who inspire me! So, please, stop. 
Every time someone says something like that to me, I feel like suddenly, they don't take me seriously as a musician anymore. 


Hope you keep that in mind.
Now please listen to the amazing videos above! The Lumineers are actually coming to Northampton in two weeks and I'm going to see them with my friend Kady!! So exciting.

Love, Freedom & Truth,


V.

We wound our way to Boston

So, here are some pictures of our time in Boston!!
I was there with Addie, Rachel and Weiwen. We stayed in a pretty nice hostel and had a lot of fun.
The first days were quite warm indeed! Then it got colder...
Right now, in Northampton, it's actually freezing! I saw the sun this morning and thought Yay! It's going to be nice and warm. Boy was I wrong. Went out in a sweater, and was soooo cold...

I took so many pictures in Boston! What great memories.

 
Go to Boston, you won't regret it.

Love, Freedom & Truth,


V.

TEN THOUSAND

Hey folks, how are you all doing today?

I'm doing quite well!
The sun is out. But I think it's still a little chilly. I'm in my room doing homework. Have a group presentation on Homeschooling coming up on Thursday. Homeschooling is awesome.

Also, I'm looking for an internship or job for the summer... Argh, it's hard.
If any of you (especially those in Ireland) want to NOT pay me this summer, let me know. Especially in the music business. Or photography. Or film. I'm a hard worker. And very small and nice.


Anyway, the big news is this...

I just went on blogger and saw in the stats...

10000 views!!! 

Ten thousand! wow!

Thanks so much for reading my blog, guys.


I'm so happy you do! I love sharing music, photos, stories on this blog... It's a pleasure to write posts.

Congrats to me! haha

Love, Freedom & Truth,

V.

Ps. proof: 

Pretty Little... colors!

So, as you may know, while in Boston with my friends, I tried dyeing my hair alone. I wanted some purple highlights in my hair, and somehow they turned out turquoise/purple! I really do like it. Though I will try to dye some parts purple again. I reeeeally love this. Why NOT play with your hair? It grows back! I love all these awesome colors and styles.

Here are some lovely pictures! Maybe they'll inspire you too haha!

Found on Pinterest

Love, Freedom & Truth, 


 V.

BITS + PIECES

Ho hey,

Bits and pieces of Boston! Amazing city. Ever been? GO.

As I said, there are loads of pictures, so I'm going to have to write more than one post about 'em.
There's a lot of Food porn... Makes me so hungry! Just ate. Not hungry anymore!
Anyway, some pictures of our time in Boston.
That was easy. Now back to work! I bet all you smithies are finishing (starting) up the homework you put off during spring break... I'm aaaaalmost done with this paper. Almost. Getting there.