happy halloween!

happy halloween everyone! this is one of my favorite holidays. so spooky and you gotta love the colors. i have my room painted a medium purple and hung amber (orange) lights around the room and it's soooo beautiful. those colors are so nice together. and in the living room we have purple, green and orange lights hung up. it really creates such a nice glow at night. so everyone, have fun, get alot of candy and be safe!! ciao!!

sylvie update

sorry i haven't posted much. living out in the country not alot of things happen so not alot of posts. celebrated my b-day this past friday...it was quiet but fun! got lots of cash which is always good. my mom made an angel food cake for my birthday and it was so damn good. the whole thing was eaten in one nite. so yummy!! let's see, what else. the leaves changing color are in full effect...so beautiful! and the ladybugs didn't last very long. they are already gone, most likely 'cause it got so cold here so damn fast. so not ready for winter and i was so pissed to see that my warm place that i would flee to (houston) was going to be in the 30s. heck, that's what we are facing too. is there no more warm places left? so sad. that's all for now.

note for all you people who think country living is great: it's not!!! it's for people who don't like or want contact with social situations. if you love that then the country is great for you. other people stay where you are. the grass is not greener on the other side. believe me...i know.

something about luck

You Are Balanced - Realist - Powerful

You feel your life is controlled both externally and internally. You have a good sense of what you can control and what you should let go. Depending on the situation, you sometimes try to exert more control. Other times, you accept things for what they are and go with the flow. You are a realist when it comes to luck. You don't attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random. You don't beat yourself up when bad things happen to you... But you do your best to try to make your own luck. When it comes to who's in charge, it's you. Life is a kingdom, and you're the grand ruler. You don't care much about what others think. But they better care what you think!

The Three Dimension Luck and Power Test

happy birthday to me

Your Birthdate: October 21

Being born on the 21st day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental. There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to portray an easygoing, "couldn't care less" attitude. You have a natural ability to express yourself in public, and you always make a very good impression. Good with words, you excel in writing, speaking, and possibly singing. You are energetic and always a good conversationalist. You have a keen imagination, but you tend to scatter your energies and become involved with too may superficial matters. Your mind is practical and rational despite this tendency to jump about. You are affectionate and loving, but very sensitive. You are subject to rapid ups and downs.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

ladybug paradise

well you know it's october when you step outside and see about a hundred ladybugs everywhere you look. they are literally everywhere, on the doors, the car and all over the tree, especially the leaves. i absolutely love it. although i didn't like it when i had one crawling up my leg...a little creepy. other than that it's ladybug paradise. so cool! i love fall!!

i hate feeling sick

you know how in the bible or in dante's book they talk about purgatory? kinda like the waiting room after you die and you're not really sure if you're going to heaven or hell. or, like in beetlejuice for people who really have no idea what i mean. well...for the past couple of days i have been going through what i like to call "purgatory sickness". not really sick...not really well. you're shaking because you're starving but feel like you're full and might puke if you take a sip of water. lovely, right? no...of course not! it's horrible...it's like i don't want to be sick, but i would appreciate it if my body would just make up it's mind. do you want me to be ill or not? let's go with not! of course, i kinda blame the weather...it's in the 80s all day which means a/c and then drops to the upper 40s at nite and then you need the heat. so your body temperature doesn't know whether to warm up or cool down. i also kinda blame the "flu committee", whatever the hell they're called. ever since the first day of fall all you keep reading about in all of the store papers that come with the sunday paper is: "are you ready for the flu?" um...no.

a few years back...i had to call out of work a couple of days before christmas because i had the flu and got yelled at by my now former boss who said "i would most definitely be working next christmas!" yeah, sorry i couldn't come to work and get everyone sick...i really tried but everytime i tried to stand i would fall back down...damn me for being weak and sick. i mean...i know it's busy during christmas season but to yell at someone because they had the flu is just ridiculous. he even told me my co-workers were mad at me, which wasn't even true...pathetic. so...last year during mid-october i gave my boss 6 1/2 weeks notice...alot i know...but i just wanted to make sure they had someone for the christmas season. i'm nice like that.

but...ever since i got yelled at for having the flu...i have this irrational fear of the flu. call it flu-phobia. i use to try and look on the bright side of the flu, like you lose a few pounds with all the puking...weird i know...but i always get it in the stomach and that's all i do is puke during the flu...so gotta try to look on that bright side. didn't get it last year 'cause i wasn't working and didn't have to be around all the sickies. thank God!! and i wish i could say i don't have to work this season but i have been out of work for almost a year and desperatly need money. so...flu shot this year. i hate needles but hate the flu more. ok...this is really, really long so i will wrap it up now...here's to a healthy non-flu season! cheers!! :)

happy october!!

it's finally october!! i love this month...mainly because my birthday falls in this month but also 'cause there's so much going on in october! it's also happens to be the month of my parents' anniversary, grandma h's birthday, halloween and as my friend told me today, her sons' christening. yes...busy month. but, most importantly beautiful month...fall is in full swing and trees should mostly be shades of orange, yellow and red now. should be...but according to the lovely weather channel we still have 3 days of upper 80s weather to go through. it's october dammit...no more 80s...bring on the cooler weather...not cold...just cooler. i am so not ready for winter yet. :P yuck! so...happy october everyone!!

it's perfect!

right now...it's perfect. what you may ask? well...everything...it just seems perfect. i absolutely love the rain and it has been raining constantly for the past 5 hours or so. it's beautiful sounding and so peaceful. earlier i was lying on my bed, drinking coffee and watching tv and during the commercials i would mute out the tv and just listen to the rain and it was perfect. these are the moments that make up life. right now...i'm on the computer (obviously) and my cat is just laying on the desk like usual and just chilling...it's perfect. and, of course, it's still raining. perfect!

britneys' new fragrance

britney spears has a new fragrance coming out called 'fantasy' and of course with a new fragrance you need a new commercial. i saw it the other day and well, while i don't really care for britney i thought the video was really cute up until the last part. here goes:

britney and kevin are in a forest and while he is looking for her, she is up in a tree. when he walks past the tree it shows that she or he carved 'britney + kevin in a heart'. after he walks by she jumps down and starts running. he then notices and starts running after her and they are like sparkles just everywhere...really cute. she starts to talk about how he loves her and doesn't want to lose her 'cause she will be leaving soon to go on tour...just then he shoots her with an arrow and then they hug.

the part that isn't cute at all is that when they are embracing she turns her back to the camera...the arrow that he hits her with looks like a plunger. it's stuck to her back. a plunger...that's so not sexy. so...her fantasy is to be in the woods with kevin and have him stick a plunger to her back? very strange!

kate moss' scandal

kate moss---burberry ad



poor kate was caught in a drug scandal! she is one of my favorite models and since i have seen the pictures on the net, i'm not in denial anymore. i have said it before, not here, and i will say it again...she needs to drop that loser boyfriend of hers. i have never, even heard of him or his band until they hooked up. he's obviously using her to get in the spotlight and gain attention to his band. now i'm not saying this is all his fault and we all know that kate is a partier, but...i have been a fan of hers since she basically started and while she has done alot of crazy-model things, she has never been in a 'drug scandal'. so i do partially blame him...but she does need to get a brain and drop him!! she can do sooooo much better, she does not need this loser drug addict dragging her down. she's so pretty...it's sad to see this happen to her...she's a great model!

keane

right now...i'm totally loving the band keane. they rock! i brought their cd...yes, i actually went to the store and bought a cd instead of downloading it. cds still exist, shocking but true. anyway...i had to have their cd even after hearing only one song. i promised i would never do that again but i just had a feeling that it was going to be great and it is!! i hope they plan on putting out more cds. you don't hear much about them as much as you do coldplay, but i think they just might be better than coldplay. its very rare for me to buy a cd from a relatively unknown band and like every song but keane has restored my faith in the relatively unknown band. great band...go listen!!

name of blog

hey! changed the name of the blog. i figured this title is a little more fitting to what my living situation is right now. for the record it was "*silver stars in the sky*". i love that title but it just doesn't say much about the blog. so now its "sylvie in the country". very true!

today

dyed my hair today...it really needed it too. as i said before my current hair color is black and i'm not really sure what my natural color is anymore. i have been dying it for about 13 years now, but i think it's like a light brown, dark blonde...in that family. anyways...my roots, especially near the front of my forehead looked like a white blonde almost. and, can't believe i am going to put this down but, my roots were like an inch long. so my hair was black with light brown roots and strands of white blonde and some red, for some reason. horrible!! had to dye it. it looks really nice now...totally black! not a drop of any other color. had to share...bye!

music videos

hey! i was watching music videos early yesterday morning on vh1, which i don't do alot because the seem to play the same ones over and over again, but i turn in every couple of months when i know new ones will be on and saw 3 i really liked.

1. dave matthews band--'dream girl': really cute video staring julia roberts who seems to be dreaming. i don't really care for the song...but the video is done really well. dave matthews is in a movie theater watching the video and he makes the cutest face when him and julia are about to kiss and just before they do...she wakes up. he's all start to get a big smile on his face and it just slowly fades...cute.

2. sheryl crow--'good is good': great video...i don't know who directed it but it's awesome. it's like black & white with some color thrown in and the images just keep changing throughout the video. you have to check it out...it's beautiful. i really like the song too.

3. missy elliot--'lose control': i'm not a big fan of rap music, but i always love her videos. there are always so entertaining and the music is really good too. i can't wait for her next one...you know it's going to be good.

well, that's it. check them out if you haven't already. bye!

washing dishes

sometimes i really hate washing dishes. like now for instance. still have a bad-ass headache from lack-of coffee. there are times where i'm like fine with washing dishes and other times i just stand in front of the sink staring at the dishes maybe hoping that if i stare long enough they will just wash themselves or disappear. don't waste your time...never happens. so, i gotta wash them myself. then another tea and off to bed with me! bye!

i have a confession...

hello! my name is chandra and i'm addicted to caffeine. mainly coffee. it's more of a dependency to coffee than it is an addiction. like i don't get shaky and freak out if i don't have it. i didn't have any yesterday and today woke up with a massive sinus headache. my brow hurted so badly that i couldn't even move my eyes without wincing in pain. it sucked. if someone wanted me to look at something...i had to turn completely around. it was horrible! thank God i love coffee 'cause i obviously cannot quit. well...i can...but then i would be in pain and that would suck so i won't quit. hell...i quit smoking and that was bad enough. honestly it wasn't that bad, didn't want to quit but was forced by nature. i never got used to the change in elevation going from 72ft. to 772ft. and everytime i smoked i would get real dizzy and light-headed. not fun! and, yes, it was just cigarettes. so, now my only vice is coffee and it turns out coffee is actually good for you! ha ha take that all you people who said coffee was bad for me! it's not and i'm probably going to live longer 'cause of my love for coffee...tea too! probably the only 2 things i drink constantly. favorite tea is 'celestial seasonings madagascar vanilla red'...absolutely perfect...mmm!! going to have one now!! bye!!

who's the true you?

The True You

You want your girlfriend or boyfriend to be more relaxed, calm, and composed.

With respect to money, you spend whatever you have.

You think good luck doesn't exist - reality is built on practicalities.

The hidden side of your personality tends to be a little selfish. You only do what interests you.

You are tend to think about others' feelings a lot, perhaps because you are so eager to be liked.

When it comes to finding a romantic partner, you will search and search until you find your perfect match.

Who's the True You?

love this pic...it's from an ad.

it had to be done

i had to turn on the word verification thing after i got 7 comments on one post in like less than a minute. only 1 was from a real person. thanks for posting by the way. so to prevent anymore comment spam...it had to be done. i got so happy too 'cause i've been waiting to see what people were going to write about the whole soul mate thing. robots didn't say a thing, but i got alot of offers. ; ) so for now on...gotta type the little code out. bye!

the worst has happened (to me)

before i tell you what the worst thing that could happen to me happened, i have to go back a few years. 5 1/2 years ago i lived in a small town in new jersey. the town was 4.4 square miles, so you could easily walk to the store, school, job, friends' house and families' house. basically if it was in the town, you could walk there. which i did...alot. i didn't have a license until i got one here at the age of 25 'cause i didn't need one there. i was younger there and felt more independence than i have in the past 5 1/2 years since we moved here. and it's not like my parents gave me hell for having to drive me to work, it's just i felt like hell needing a ride for someone. i was use to walking everywhere by myself. i was use to being able to leave the house and go to the store when i felt like it. now, i couldn't. why? 'cause in driving time we are about 10-20 mins. away from any store. and that's going 50-60 mph. so, walking would take a few hours. yes, unfortunately, we live in the country. i hate it here. i know some people dream of living in the country but for a suburbanite/city loving girl like myself, i'm dying inside. the noise of the millions of bugs on a summer nite is enough to drive you crazy. thank God our house is always noisy from tv or radio. i'm actually closer to the airport than i am to a store, a bus line or a taxi service. does that make sense to you? it really doesn't to me. it's now easier for me to just jump on a plane and fly away from the hell that is the country. but, unfortunately i have no money. and no way to make some. if you haven't guessed what's the worst thing that could happen to me is, i'll tell you. our only way out of the country, into normal civilization, our car, died. there was a leak in the radiator, so my dad put some stuff in there to stop it and now there is no water going to the engine to keep it cooled down. so, at any point in one of our past trips to the store, the car could've just seized up. we are so lucky that we got stuck here instead of someplace far away 'cause i'm sure the taxi cost would be through the roof. to let you know how much trouble we could've been in, last thursday my mom, brother and i went all the way up north (30 min drive on the highway going 70 mph) to our favorite japanese restaurant and then to the grocery store. on the way home, my mom, who was driving, asked us if our stomachs felt okay 'cause hers was feeling super hot. we just said no, but later on sunday realized that it was the heat from the engine on her stomach. we would've been in so much shit if the car seized up that far away from home. it's not like we even know anybody that we could've called up for a ride home. it just sucks big time. so, now we are stuck in the house until my parents can save up some money to get another car. they've already done the new car thing and rather get a used one. at least my dad can get to work, he works at the airport which is like i said, basically right across the street. we are going to rent a car once a month to get groceries and stuff like that, but it stills sucks. what else can go wrong in my life? my little definition under the title of the page says "loving life"...maybe i should change it 'cause i'm not loving it now.