I went up on the farm today. The guys were laying down lime in preparation for a new crop. I went upstairs to the cabin and Chris and I sat there just listening to nature while the breeze tried to lull us to sleep (it almost worked).
I told Chris that people pay good money for the sounds we were listening to: insects chirping, birds singing, the wind rustling through the bamboo.
I remember when we moved to Caracas how long it took me to get used to the constant din of the city. It’s something I love now, but coming from east Trinidad where I lived surrounded by nature, it was hard to adjust to all that noise and concrete.
I still don’t like concrete. It was something I had a hard time dealing with living in Miami. There are no parks to speak of and aside from the occasional palm tree, very little greenery. Living in Trinidad always made my spirit feel like it could breathe because everywhere you turn nature is right there. For some people it doesn’t matter, but for me to feel like myself I need greenery around me all the time.
1. Are looks important in a relationship?
2. Are relationships ever worth it?
3. Are you a virgin?
4. Are you in a relationship?
5. Are you in love?
6. Are you single this year?
7. Can you commit to one person?
8. Describe your crush
9. Describe your perfect mate
10. Do you believe in love at first sight?
11. Do you ever want to get married?
12. Do you forgive betrayal?
13. Do you get jealous easily?
14. Do you have a crush on anyone?
15. Do you have any piercings?
16. Do you have any tattoos?
17. Do you like kissing in public?
20. Do you shower every day?
21. Do you think someone has feelings for you?
22. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?
23. Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?
24. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?
25. Do you want to be in a relationship this year?
26. Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you?
27. Has someone ever written a song or poem for you?
28. Have you ever been cheated on?
29. Have you ever cheated on someone?
30. Have you ever considered plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?
31. Have you ever cried over a guy/girl?
32. Have you ever experienced unrequited love?
33. Have you ever had sex with a man?
34. Have you ever had sex with a woman?
35. Have you ever kissed someone older than you?
36. Have you ever liked one of your best friends?
37. Have you ever liked someone who your friends hated?
38. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?
39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?
40. Have you ever written a song or poem for someone?
41. Have you had sex so far this year?
42. How long can you just kiss until your hands start to wander?
43. How long was your longest relationship?
44. How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?
45. How many people did you kiss in 2012/2013?
46. How many times did you have sex last year?
47. How old are you?
48. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?
49. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her?
50. If your first true love knocked on your door with apology and presents, would you accept?
51. Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for?
52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?
53. Is there someone mad because you’re dating/talking to the person you are?
54. Is there someone you will never forget?
55. Share a relationship story.
56. State 8 facts about your body
57. Things you want to say to an ex
58. What are five ways to win your heart?
59. What do you look like? (Post a picture!)
60. What is the biggest age difference between you and any of your partners?
61. What is the first thing you notice in someone?
62. What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you?
63. What is your definition of “having sex”?
64. What is your definition of cheating?
65. What is your favourite foreplay routine?
66. What is your favourite roleplay?
67. What is your idea of the perfect date?
68. What is your sexual orientation?
69. What turns you off?
70. What turns you on?
71. What was your kinkiest wet dream?
72. What words do you like to hear during sex?
73. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?
74. What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for?
75. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
76. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?
77. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?
78. What’s your dirtiest secret?
79. When was the last time you felt jealous? Why?
80. When was the last time you told someone you loved them?
81. Who are five people you find attractive?
82. Who is the last person you hugged?
83. Who was your first kiss with?
84. Why did your last relationship fail?
85. Would you ever date someone off of the Internet?
plz do this i’m bored
The right person makes consistent deposits into your heart and sees you as a long term investment. The wrong person makes withdrawals and leaves you emotionally and mentally bankrupt.
This is like every westindian kids birthday party ! Just look at the kid sitting there waiting for people to start singing happy birthday , his face 😭😂😂
No but really full on bar at a 1yr old’s party lolol
You can tell in the far right corner there is alcohol
A friend was just telling me how he never realise the singer of this song was called Half Pint and I was in shock too cause he have REAL hits and I neva know de man name. Anyway I like this song in particular cause all de Trini white people does real scant up in de dance when dis play like dey ketch it from Jah.
Greeeeeeeeeeeeetings I bring, from Jah!
To aaaallllllllllllllllllllllll raggamuffin, whooey
A guy just came to my table and asked me if I had any men’s jewelry and I said no. He waved me off and declared that I don’t want to make money.
I’ve had enough requests that I know making jewelry for men could make sense, but it’s not something I see myself ever getting into.
I don’t want to invest in a whole bunch of new materials to start with. And I just don’t… make jewelry for men. I don’t think about men when I’m designing. My aesthetic is pretty, delicate. It’s not masculine. I’m not into it. I don’t understand this idea that if you make jewelry you should make all kinds of jewelry for everyone. It’s weird. There are people
here who have that market covered and nobody’s demanding they make women’s jewelry. I suppose I should feel flattered that they like it enough to ask. But still… I don’t get it.
Angry people want you to see how powerful they are. Loving people want you to see how powerful you are.
Someone came up to my table at Green Market today to greet me and I know his face but because I was meeting him in a different environment I could not for the life of me remember who he was. But I know him well! But I can never place people if I meet them in a different place. My brain is such a lazy asshole.
The teen volunteer group that has been meeting in the church is in the running for a $5000 prize for their anti-smoking PSA. They are really good kids, ages 12 to 22, and they’re doing great work on this and lots of other public health projects. $5000 would make a big difference.
I’d super appreciate it if you watched the PSAs and voted for the Chariho Youth Task Force here:
Greetings to Mugs of NPR’s latest addition: national security editor Phil Ewing’s entry from the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta,
Ohio, birthplace of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong.
More to come on this “greatest mug in the history of
all mugs ever made” in a future post here. 🚀☕
Friday fuel! -Emily
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.
Liam is the guy who takes our promo shots of books, and does the delightful construction paper art backgrounds. Today is his last day as an NPR intern – he’s off to intern at a paper in Naples, Fla. We’ll miss you, Liam!
– Petra
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
shoutout to people with simultaneously great and terrible memories. like oh yeah i remember in perfect detail that random story you told about the banana costume from a year ago but all of novemeber? completely blank.
I am convinced this house has elves or gnomes or borrowers or some shit that continuously take my shit and return them where I didn’t leave them because nothing else can explain how the same shit keeps going missing and turning up days later right under my nose.
The lady at the post office told me I should go see Girls Trip with a group of girlfriends and I felt really sad and pathetic to tell her I didn’t have a group of girlfriends so I just smiled and nodded.
I’ve never really understood why female friendships are so… difficult for me? Is difficult the word?
I’m not someone who has to be around my friends a lot (rarely at all if I’m being honest) but for some reason my male friendships weather those spaces easier than my female friendships do. I think with my guy friends we just expect less from each other. They leave me alone and when I’m ready they’re there for me. WIth women it seems like it requires a level of upkeep that I can’t offer and so things tend to die out.
Maybe I’m just a shitty friend who likes my solitude too much. I don’t know. The point is I have no group of girlfriends to go see Girls Trip with and it’s making me feel things.
Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest, and true. The simple things often mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.
To make the right choices in life you need to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of.
I’m right there with you, my friend. I don’t believe I have enough friends to even consider it remotely close to being referred to as a “group”, and I’m honestly OK with that. Most movie and dining out experiences are done solo, or with my mother. xoxo Now, if I could scoop up all of my online friends… that would be lovely.
It seems to be the recurring sentiment. If we could just gather all our online friends we’d have that group!
I can relate 100 percent. I think maybe I am also just not good at the upkeep stuff women seem to want/need? A lot of what I see women doing for each other, I think “Wow, that is above and beyond!” But maybe it’s not in most women’s eyes? Maybe that is what is expected? I dunno, sigh.
I’ve had the typical best friend relationships where we’re really close and hang out all the time but they’ve never really lasted. I seem to do best with women who like myself need a lot of breathing room.
This is interesting! Perhaps your experience has been that the women in your life expect a level of emotional labor and commitment you’re not willing to give? I find I get along better with women who, like me, are introverts, and require a lot of space as well. This is a thinker!! 😉 xo
Aside from being an introvert, I’m a loner. I prefer to do things by myself. Things that women would do together I like to do alone. I think that’s why it works better for me with my male friends because doing or not doing those things just isn’t an issue.
I went yesterday with all my girlfriends! Which is to say, by myself. Which is my preferred way of movie-ing. (It’s great, and Tiffany Haddish is a treasure.)
I’m thinking that I may just make a date with myself and go alone (which I always enjoy)
The lady at the post office told me I should go see Girls Trip with a group of girlfriends and I felt really sad and pathetic to tell her I didn’t have a group of girlfriends so I just smiled and nodded.
I’ve never really understood why female friendships are so… difficult for me? Is difficult the word?
I’m not someone who has to be around my friends a lot (rarely at all if I’m being honest) but for some reason my male friendships weather those spaces easier than my female friendships do. I think with my guy friends we just expect less from each other. They leave me alone and when I’m ready they’re there for me. WIth women it seems like it requires a level of upkeep that I can’t offer and so things tend to die out.
Maybe I’m just a shitty friend who likes my solitude too much. I don’t know. The point is I have no group of girlfriends to go see Girls Trip with and it’s making me feel things.
Yesterday in the car on the way to cricket I was telling Chris about this Irish couple who bought two pairs of earrings from me at UpMarket on Sunday.
One was a pair of resin earrings with red flowers and the other was a brass and silver pair I had just put out minutes before.
Literally a minute later I saw the same couple walking past the oval to the cricket match and the woman was wearing the brass earrings. What were the odds? I love seeing people wearing my jewelry. What a nice surprise.
Just finished this order for a 6mm faceted alexandrite gold filled ring. Alexandrite is a stone that flashes in blues, reds and purples depending on the light. Magical! .
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#Sundara #sundarajewelry #forher #artisanjewelry #jewelry #artjewelry #customjewelry #uniquejewelry #handmadejewelry #handmade #abstract #gemstones #goldfilled #alexandrite #ring #semipreciousgemstones #caribbean #trinidad #buylocal
I’m in the Starbucks at Movietowne for the first time. It’s like pretty much every other Starbucks except it’s full of Trini people and it’s kinda weird since I associate Starbucks with being abroad. But kinda nice too. I always like the vibe. Maybe I’ll come here more often.
Also, we came to see Girls Trip and all the shows are sold out. Huh.
There are so many new markets popping up in Trinidad, and they’re all trying to do something special to draw new customers. Meanwhile the lady who runs UpMarket has done nothing to inject new life into it, and it shows. All the vendors I speak to are complaining about poor attendance and even poorer sales.
I make consistently good money at Green Market every week. They are excellent at promoting it and they draw a good crowd. They have themed days every two or three weeks that bring a lot of people. I make the kind of money there I USED to make at UpMarket. Today? Worst sales day ever in two years. I don’t think I need any more convincing. Oh well. I won’t miss it. Green Market is outdoors and so much more pleasant to sell at. Hmph later UpMarket. See ya at Christmas time.
I forgot to bring extra cash with me to UpMarket today. I had it yesterday but forgot I spent it and didn’t replace it (and I have cash at home!). I have literally enough money to pay for my table and nothing else. I bought a cup of coffee this morning but I’ve had nothing to eat.
So as I’m typing this, my friend Ryan just walks past my table and asks me if I had lunch yet and when I explain my situation he hands me enough money to go get a pulled pork sandwich. What a blessing. Thanks Ry you’re an angel.
“It’s a form of violence, in the way that we look at women and how we expect them to look and be — for what sake? Not health, not survival, not enjoyment of life but just so you could look pretty. I’m constantly telling girls all the time everything’s airbrushed, everything’s retouched. None of us look like that.”
I’ve been having serious pet cravings lately again. Like I want a doggy or a cat so bad. And then a minute ago it got me thinking, is this how people who want children feel?
When y’all post pics of places you live or visit sometimes I feel envious because I miss living in a big city (or a big country) and all the variety that comes with it. But then I post pictures of places I go to here in Trinidad and y’all help to remind me that living on a beautiful Caribbean island is something to envy too.
I know I’m not supposed to, but I find combining painkillers and alcohol works really well for me. It’s one of the few times I experience a pain-free existence. Painkillers on their own never do it for me, nor does alcohol, but together, yay. It’s really the only way I can party and enjoy myself. Unfortunately it’s all worn off but it was nice while it lasted. Now I have a migraine. Seriously menopause can happen right about now man… tired of this shit.
The original, unedited photo into which Jack Nicholson was composited to create the iconic photograph seen in the final shots of The Shining. The identity of the man in the photo is unknown.
I’m still in the experimental phase with these pieces, still learning from my mistakes but I finished this little piece today. I like how it turned out. When using coloured resin I realize I have to soak the whole piece because the color stains the wood. So I’ll keep this one for myself. But it’s close to what I envisioned. Yay!
I’m feeling super tired today. I had an energy healing session earlier. I paid for a twenty minute session and she ended up working with me for twice that time. I was so grateful. When people’s calling is to do healing work, they truly will go above and beyond the call to help others. The first time I heard this woman’s voice her vibration resonated so strongly with me. I could have booked a lot of other people but I chose her and I was really happy that I did.
She told me I would need rest and to drink a lot of water so that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve been going through some difficulties lately, and I could feel my body was energetically in a mess. I feel much better now, I can feel the energy has shifted and cleared. But I also feel tired. I wanted to go into the studio today but that might be later. Right now I need a nap. Thankfully I can take one. It is a rainy day so it’s perfect naptime weather.
This Agave caught my eye because of how the aggressive spines contrast with the beautiful soft blue tones of the leaves. This print is available on my website, link in profile. #agave #succulents
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
I had a really uncomfortable encounter today with the ex wife of a guy I used to share a house with some years ago.
He was a casual acquaintance who I knew through mutual friends, largely because we all worked in the same industry. I was dating someone who was part of that group of advertising people, and when he needed someone to share the rent on a townhouse, my then-boyfriend suggested it to me. The location was great, the rent was very affordable, and I would have the top floor exclusively to myself. Sounded like a great deal.
Eventually my boyfriend and I broke up but we all remained friends (for the time being). Then one night the roommate hit on me. I spoke to him and made it very clear what my boundaries were and he apologized. But it happened again and then happened again once more, at which point I was furious. He had come up to my floor, a place we had agreed he had no business being, and insisted that he needed to sleep with me. He made me feel unsafe in my own space. I sent him a very strongly worded email in which I made it clear that his behaviour was unacceptable. I referenced the fact that it was not the first time I was addressing the issue. I told him if it happened again I was moving out. I avoided him for weeks, I was so angry.
At this time he was seeing (and sleeping with) different women and also occasionally sleeping with his wife, from whom he was separated. I had met her a few times and she seemed very nice but I could tell she had questions about the nature of our so-called friendship.
When he inevitably crossed the line again I moved out immediately and had nothing more to do with him. In the midst of another attempt at reconciliation, her better instincts lead her to go snooping and she apparently found my email. She called me one day and talked my ear off about their problems, none of which I cared to hear about. I just wanted distance from anything related to him.
I ran into her today at my tent at the Emancipation Village. We greeted one another and she left. Then she came back and asked to talk to me in private.
She then proceeded to tell me that my email had had a profound impact on her. That she read it so many times she knew parts of it by heart. She said she was glad someone had experienced with him what she had also gone through (I wasn’t but I guess my feelings were irrelevant).
She told me she printed multiple copies of it out and taped it up all over the house for him to see. She confronted him repeatedly on the contents. She wrote it out by hand and mailed it to him. She printed copies of it to show it to his close friends so they could see what kind of man he was.
Listening to this I just wanted to pick myself up and run as far away from her as I could. This email was personal. I referenced incidents that happened that made me feel vulnerable and unsafe. I had felt violated by his behaviour, and the idea that she was showing it to people, and referencing it in arguments, made me feel violated all over again. But she sounded like she was obsessed by the contents. In telling me all of this it was clear it never occurred to her that she was crossing the boundaries of my privacy. Her eyes glazed over as she talked about it, as though she had found a lost gospel.
I felt like I was standing in front of a lunatic. I simply nodded politely while she went on hoping if I said nothing it would end soon. Eventually the tent filled up with customers and she became aware that I needed to get back to business so she wrapped it up and we parted ways. But not before telling me how much it meant to her. This email that had not been addressed to her. That she had found while snooping. That contained my raw emotions. That she’d taken and shown to god knows how many people. She expressed gratitude for it. To me.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to see the back of another person as I was today.
After five days I think my nerves are a little frayed.
Why do people have to come and touch every. single. piece. of jewelry.
I’m getting really irritated of dealing with people. I think it’s time for me to pack up and go home. My introvert tendencies are in overdrive. I’m tired and everyone who walks within five feet of me is getting on my nerves.
I get super anxious when people come around my table and don’t supervise their kids.
Kids like to touch. Especially if they see shiny stuff. And when their parents aren’t supervising them they pick up everything, try on everything and I can just feel my whole body getting tense because a lot of my jewelry is very delicate. I don’t want to discipline someone else’s kids but sometimes I have no choice. I’d rather parents just make sure their kids don’t touch stuff they can break. Damn it man.
We’re celebrating Emancipation Day today. They say it has to rain for the spirits on this day and the weather has certainly obliged. It’s been lovely to see everyone come out in their African finery looking so regal. It’s our last day at the village. I will take a much deserved rest after five days of selling.
I’ve been vending for the past three days straight. 14 hour days. I’ve never had a stretch like this and it has been beyond exhausting. But it’s also been a really enriching experience. And I passed the halfway mark today. Just two more days and I can slip into a coma for a while.
I’m now freshly showered and enjoying my heating pad (best $11 I have EVER spent) and trying to decide if I have the energy to watch GOT. Probably not but I’m gonna try.
Its a beautiful sunset, what is the village may I ask?
Every year we celebrate Emancipation Day. There’s a five day Afro-Caribbean festival. They set up a temporary village in the Savannah, a large park in the center of the capital, where there are performances and people sell clothing, jewelry, crafts, and food.
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