January 2012
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
mohandasgandhi:
frombaghdadwithlove:
machistado:
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has...
December 2011
youremyguitarhero:
I wish I could still write without getting extremely self-conscious, embarrassed, discouraged, dismissive and depressed within the first 30 seconds of sitting down to try and do so. I used to love it so, so much. It used to be the one and only thing I could almost pride myself on, the one creative trait I had that I felt like I could go somewhere in life with. Oh, well.
All I write about is shopping anymore.
I need to fix that with better posts. Anyways…
Auditions are fast approaching (though I wish they weren’t!) and I need to find something to wear. Hoping to find some really good after Christmas prices, my mom and I went shopping. I wasn’t expecting to find anything because I was in a bad mood to begin with and Ashley was going with us (she’s awful to shop with-she’ll...