On the brain...

I've had these food cravings that just haven't been fufilled yet.

Lately I have been craving cous cous with saute'd rosemary, tomatoe, avo, spinach, olive oil, and parmesan.... I've also been craving fresh guacamole! Sometime this week!

I have to give a shout out to Bibby's Crepes in La jolla. This morning I had 2 DELICIOUS crepes: 1 with belgian chocolate kisses, pears, caramel and whipped creme and 1 with brie, potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, and avo! SO GOOD.

It's classified in the DMZ, gotta go ASAP, you know, strictly BYOB. Bye!

I've come to appreciate how comfortable my running shoes actually are when I am not Marathon Training. They felt so "eh" when I would do my longer runs, but now that I only run 3 miles/day, 4/5 days/week, it's like, "wow, these shoes are actually really padded and nice." I still feel like I should've never bought the Nike Triax 12...the 11's were better....anyway, ya running, shoe freak goon...

I have this goal that I am sorely, abysmally, want-to-shake-myself-silly not accomplishing. 4 letters. G M A T.

I want to just take the test because I feel like the studying (or lack of studying as of late) is really going nowhere. BUT, I don't want to drop $250 to take the test and bomb. NOR do I want to spend $2000 on Kaplan study class to motivate myself. What will it take, Alexis? Well, the 2 programs I am considering are both next fall (2010---missed this deadline of course)...granted, I have a lot of time, BUT, I was kind of hoping to be starting my Master's this year...Ahhh, the woes of a was-jobless woman...

Consider this my official motivation...starting tomorrow...of course...maybe...you know...Hmph.

Cheers and Ciao, folks

Alexis Tia

P.S. alexistia.weebly.com ---my website for my freelance, so if you or anyone you know in need of any of my services, I am here!

Reverb, Vibration, 6 Strings, 2 Hands...

It's typical that I play guitar at least once a week. My Celebrity Ovation has been my companion for about 5 years now and since taking up using a capo (thanks to my gut friend Joey), I have written a good amount of songs.

However, my guitar playing has become intermittent lately (lately as in---I haven't pulled out my guitar in weeks!). One would surmise that becoming a "big girl" in the "real world" plus family/social life would inevitably pull me away from my beloved music for a while. And while this does play a part, I have found that I am feeling a sense of loss in my music creativity as well.

What new melody can I think up now? ---lull, void, nada, not good enough, no inspiration...

I finally looked at my guitar yesterday, what seemed like months since I had, and pulled it out of its case. I am happy to say that the capo on 2 and something jazzy inside me told me to start plucking slowly to see what story I could find in the strings...

I have a verse! Hopefully I will finish it soon, I usually do when I start a song, and post it to youtube (which I have been lagging on as well). I'm just hoping the creativity is there and nothing has been lost...

Until then, Happy Sunday, and check out my youtube in the meantime: http://www.youtube.com/user/alexistia

Cheers and Ciao!

Alexis Tia