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Mar8

After the sunset

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I’m watching After the Sunset, you know where Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan found their little paradise in Nassau? Ok, I know not all the movie was filmed in Nassau, but is it a bad thing that every time I watch this movie I want to go to the Bahamas?

Last year I promised my boyfriend we would go to great beaches and rest for the summer.  Indeed, we visited great beaches in Mallorca but did we relax?  No, we did not.  We run all day to explore the island.

 

Which island was beautiful of course and amazing.  But from our 15 days vacation we came back more tired than we left.

So, for this year, I’m planning a real relaxed vacation.  I need a place to hide, nice blue waters to cool me and far from the crowd.  Is it too soon to plan my summer vacation?  With this cold winter, I so need to get away.  I found a great little place in Corsica.  And I don’t know if you know, but I love France.  I even bet you, there will be some great italian espresso as Sardinia is just across.

For now I’ll keep watching the video, cause this is something I need to thing carefully. 

It’s a little extravagant, don’t you think?

 

 

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Mar6

Readers vs comments. Why are we blogging

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So, I decided to take part to this, postaday2011 kind of thing.  And everyday I log in to my WordPress account, there’s a dashboard reminding me of my stats.  What’s wrong with that?

I see many visitors but less comments or no comments at all.  Should I be bothered?  I mean, there are times when I read something and I don’t leave a comment, sometimes because I have nothing to say, sometimes because I didn’t like what I read.  But most of the times, I do leave a comment.  Why is that?

I support the writer this way.  This is how I feel about it.  Somebody has given time and thought to his writing, somebody has something to share with me, I feel the only thing I can do for his effort is to show him, I was there, I read your stuff and this is what I think. 

But then comes another question.  Does that mean we are blogging for stats? Should we really care how many people are reading our posts or how many comments we have?  

  1. In 2005 I started my personal blog.  It was more like a diary than news and entertainment site.  In was much more innocent.  So in 2006 I didn’t even mind about readers and comments.  I just did what I had to do to express myself.  In 2008 blogging had become a huge deal.  I had readers, comments, I was a frequent blog visitor and everything that goes with the package.  In 2011 most blogs are about sex, entertainment, relationships and advertising.  So I’m kind of lost.  Should I care about the stats?  Exactly for who am I writing for?  Me or them?  Do I have to sell something?  Isn’t selling my thoughts enough?  When did it stop being enough, actually? 
  2. On the other hand, we need to communicate.  Even that personal blog of yours has the need of attention.  We all crave attention, from the moment we hit the publish button.  We all searched on how we can become super bloggers and there are a lot of interesting posts on that matter. But here comes another question again…Why does it matter?  

Anyway, I came to this conclusion, others write for fame, others for money, some because they love writing and some because they just want to share something.  It’s like watching movies, some of them are plain fiction, others are true stories, either way we love watching them. I don’t think I’m going to stop blogging ever and I blog because I love writing, money and fame are welcome and there are many things I wish to share with you all. 

Are you a stats-holic?

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Mar5

The list before turning 30 (The much desired body)

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The much desired body….

much desired
much desired
3. There comes a time in your life, when you look in the mirror and you have to face reality, your image.  I never wanted the super model figure, but come on, who wouldn’t love to have a great body like, Megan Fox (Ok, I know, she is too skinny now).  
In other words I would like to lose some pounds and get back to fitness before I turn 30.  You know, 30 is another chapter in our life if you thing about it.  Our body changes, it needs a balance, especially if you a have children.  But before I get to that there are plenty of things I want to consider.  
Fitness and diet is the key to a nice body figure.  But I don’t need a diet in my life, I need a nutritious balanced diet. Further more, I’m considering turning to a vegetarian, from what I hear and read for those poor animals and all the bacteria we consume by eating them; I never want to see a hamburger in my life.
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Mar4

I know what you wrote last night.

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After 5 years of blogging I should have known better…it’s maths, at some point you’ll be exposed.

What if someone you know, reads your posts? What if someone you know, reads your posts and says nothing to you?  That’s spying.

I’ve thought that a lot, and according to circumstances I’ve changed a couple of blogs in the past.  Not this year darling, I won’t.

I’m a five-year old blogger who deleted two blogs because someone I knew read my posts and said nothing.  If I wanted anyone I knew to know who I am, I would show my face (and I’m pretty good-looking), I would expose my name, I would invite them to read me.  I remember blogging as an online private-personal diary, a way to get things out of our system and write about what bothers us, share our every-day life experiences and some times, yes, we would bitch about people who, one way or another, hurt us.  I have the right to keep my anonymity.

I have the feeling that people who read you and they think they know you, but say nothing to you, spy on you.  They say nothing because they’re waiting for the moment.  The moment you write something for somebody they know, something that you keep a secret, something to hold you on that.

So because I hate this kind of attitude, if anyone feels he knows me, I would appreciate the balls to confront me.  Yah man, I’m LadyStou, your friend, who has a problem with her boyfriend, who you know, but wishes not to discuss it with you.  Yes, I’m LadyStou, the blogger who studies history but doesn’t want you to know.  Yes, I’m LadyStou, who has personality issues, an internetholic, a bloggerholic.

By the way, except from internetholic and bloggerholic, none of the above is true.

Anonymous vs conventional blogging.  What do you thing? Check out the related articles, some even tricked me in attaching a face to my writing, which would be lovely, but I’m not there yet.

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Mar3

The list before turning 30 (The music)

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And the list goes on…

2. Until the age of 29 I’ve been only to one concert.  And that was when I was a little-little child.  I don’t even remember to who.

Only one in my entire life, I remember as a child waiting to go to Iron Maiden or Scorpions, but I never had that lovely chance.  In 2010 I’ve seen Rihanna, Scorpions and Beyoncé, ZZ Top, Billy Idol and I don’t know who else.  It’s my job after all.

In 2011 I’m attending (I hope everything goes well), Sade and Bon Jovi.  So I believe unconsciously I really wanted to hear some live music from my favorite artists.  I’m still waiting for Iron Maiden though who I just read their tour…and I don’t believe it.  They will be coming in June or July.  I feel so happy right now.  Bruce is a poet.

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Mar2

The list before turning 30 (The travelling)

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I never paid much attention to age.  I never thought of 30 cause it always seemed so far away from my reality.  Yesterday, as I was reading blogs, the usual staff, I read this and it suddenly dawned on me…in a few months I’ll be turning fucking 30.  Should I make a list of things I’m supposed to do before 30?  Should I even be bothered with this staff?

1. I never thought I’d say this but yes, before turning 30 I would like to travel.  And I’ve already made my 3 trips to Europe in 2010.   Of course I never-ever thought of travelling as a to-do kind of thing before a certain age, but it seems as I get older I get that feeling, you know…I want to see the world, or a part of it at least, the part I can afford actually.

Here is a list of countries I would like to visit, in which of course there’s no way I’ll be visiting all of them until I get 30.  I just hope I have plenty of time to do so and after 30 and I’m an optimist; I’ll win the lottery. The list is in no particular order…

  1. Istanbul
  2. Budapest
  3. Prague
  4. Austria
  5. Moscow
  6. Germany
  7. Amsterdam
  8. Italy (I definitely want to go again in Rome)
  9. France (I’m going to Paris this May for the second time)
  10. London
  11. Spain (Haven’t visited Barcelona yet)
  12. Ireland
  13. New York
  14. Greece (So many beautiful islands)
  15. The Bahamas
  16. Egypt
  17. Morocco

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