12/12 Playlist

"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.

But above all, the world needs dreamers who do"

-Sarah Ban Breathnach (12/14)

The Pretty Reckless- Just Tonight/  Just Tonight (Unplugged)
J.Cole- I'm Coming Home
Matt Costa- Mr. Pitiful


"Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was"
-Pope John Paul II    (12/13)


‎"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places"
(12/15)

“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing;
it also depends on what kind of a person you are” ♥
-C.S. Lewis    (12/17)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

12/5 Playlist

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?"
-Our Town (12/10)

Florence and the Machine- Cosmic Love
Adele- Rolling In The Deep
Glee- Marry You
One Republic- Secrets
The Beatles- Obladi Oblada


"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph"    =D
(12/5)

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"
-William Penn    (12/6)

"Don't Agonize. Organize"
-Florynce Kennedy    (12/7)

"If somebody want to walk out of your life, let them go~"
"Some people come into your life for a lifetime, Some come for a season.
You've got to know which is which" ♥
-Madea (12/8)

“Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement comes apparent failure and discouragement”
-Florence Scovel Shinn    (12/9)

"As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do"
-Andrew Carnegie    (12/10)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

11/28 Playlist

“You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head,

but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair”

-Chinese Proverb    (12/3)

Bruno Mars- Grenade
Rogue Wave- Eyes
Morissey- The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get


"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God" ♥
Eleanor Powell    (11/29)

"Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love"
-Miguel Angel Ruiz    (11/30)

‎"The past is behind, learn from it.
The future is ahead, prepare for it.
The present is here, live it." ♥
-Thomas S. Monson    (12/2)

"If u do not have confidence, half a brain, and a dollar in nyc —
you are basically f*cked"   =D
-Kelly Cutrone    (12/3)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

 

11/21 Playlist

“Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.”

-Mark Clifton    (11/21)

Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee)- Forget You
Joan Osbourne- One Of Us



“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” ♥
-Charlotte Bronte    (11/22)

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out"
-John Wooden    (11/23)

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning" ♥
-Ivy Baker Priest    (11/27)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

 



11/14 Playlist

"Love and magic have a great deal in common.

They enrich the soul, delight the heart.

And they both take practice." ♥

-Nora Roberts    (11/19)

Keri Hilson- Pretty Girl Rock

"Gratitude is the best attitude" ♥
(11/16)

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them"

-Mother Theresa (11/18)

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value"
-Albert Einstein    (11/20)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

 

11/7 Playlist

"Only as high as I reach can I grow,

Only as far as I seek can I go,

Only as deep as I look can I see,

Only as much as I dream can I be"

-Karen Ravn    (11/9)

Nelly- Just a Dream
Pink- Raise Your Glass
Diane Birch- Rewind
Lee Greenwood- God Bless the U.S.A
Natasha Bedingfield- Strip Me

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed" ♥
-Booker T. Washington    (11/7)

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it" ♥
-Thomas Jefferson    (11/10)

‎"You can do what you want. The opportunity's on.
And if you find a new way, you can do it today.
You can make it all true. And you can make it undo"
-Cat Stevens (If You Want To Sing Out)    (11/11)

"What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me" ♥
-Helen Keller    (11/12)


 

 

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love



10/31 Quotes

"Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.
I believe you can't feel real joy unless you've felt heartache.
You can't have a sense of victory unless you know what it means to fail.
And you can't be birthed again until you've died"
‎-Kelly Cutrone (11/4)


 

"Nobody trips over mountains.
It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.
Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain" ♥
(11/3)

“Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us”
(11/6)

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am."
-Sylvia Plath    (11/6)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love

10/24 Playlist

"All of life is a journey:

Which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us.

We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there,

and how happy we are when we get there"

Marina and the Diamonds- I Am Not A Robot
Diana Ross and the Supremes- Someday We'll Be Together
Kutless- What Faith Can Do
Florence and the Machine- Dog Days Are Over
Louis Armstrong- La Vie En Rose


"Happiness can exist only in acceptance"
-George Orwell    (10/24)

‎"Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, do you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If they pray for courage, does God give them courage, or does he give them opportunities to be courageous?
-Evan Almighty  (10/24)

‎"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door"
-Emily Dickinson    (10/26)

"The human life is made up of choices. Yes or no. In or out. Up or down. And then there are the choices that matter. Love or hate. To be a hero or to be a coward. To fight or to give in. To live. Or die. Live or die. That’s the important choice"
-Grey's Anatomy    (10/27)

"Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be"
-Robert Brault    (10/28)

"Procrastination is like masturbation. At first it feels good, but in the end you're only screwing yourself"    ;)
(10/29)



 

*~ Peace Out ~*

live. laugh. love

 



10/17 Playlist

"Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop"

The Killers- Spaceman
Fuel- Bad Day
Christina Aguilera- You Lost Me



“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” ♥
-W.T. Purkiser    (10/17)

“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
-Malcolm S. Forbes    (10/19)

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” ♥
-Brian Tracy    (10/20)

"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers" ♥
-Rainer Maria Rilke    (10/22)
   

*~ Peace Out ~*

live.laugh.love



10/10 Playlist

Far East Movement- Like a G6
Joshua Radin- I'd Rather Be With You
MGMT- Kids


"It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down.
I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave"
-Tupac Shakur    (10/11)

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again"
-Flavia Weedn    (10/13)

“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past”
-Percy Bysshe Shelley    (10/14)

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more;
Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more;
Love more, and all good things will be yours”
-Swedish Proverb    (10/15)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live. laugh. love

10/3 Playlist

 In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.  

It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.  

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.  

-Albert Schweitzer

Colbie Caillat- I Want You Back
The Cure- Just Like Heaven
The Cure- Pictures of You
Ingrid Michaelson- Keep Breathing



"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it anyway"
-Remember Me    (10/5)

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity"
(10/6)

"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends"
-Virginia Woolf    (10/8)

"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it"
-John Lennon  (10/9)

 

*~ Peace Out~*

live. laugh. love.

 

 

 

9/26 Playlist

‎"There's so much living to be squeezed into the cracks of one little day.

You can make someone laugh, smile, hope, sing, think.

The most important day of the year isn't Christmas or Easter, your anniversary or your birthday.

It's the day you are in, so live the hell out of that day alone" ♥

-Regina Brett

Coldplay- Fix You
Hillsong- Stronger
Sean Kingston- Letting Go
Dixie Chicks- Long Way Around
Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina- Stereo Love


"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."
-Anne Frank    (9/26)

"My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night.
In between, I occupy myself as best I can"
-Cary Grant    (9/30)

“The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount”
-Joseph Addison  (10/1)

*~ Peace Out~*
live. laugh. love.

9/19 Playlist

   "STOP!

At some point, it's important to stop questioning everything

and truly relish the results of all of your navigation to this point.

Stop thinking you need to go somewhere else.

Stop looking back and wondering if you should have done something differently.

Enjoy and appreciate yourself, your life, and the people in it.
Admire the view from where you are" ♥

-Christine Hassler

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes- Home
Miranda Cosgrove- Disgusting
Ke$ha- Disgusting  
Hillsong- Mighty To Save
Parachute- She is Love
Scala- Creep
Lady Gaga- Bad Romance
Vivaldi- Summer
Vivaldi- Winter



“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
-Epictetus    (9/19)

‎"Women treat us just as humanity treats its gods.
They worship us, and are always bothering us to do something for them"    =D
-Oscar Wilde  (9/20)

"I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had"
-The Wonder Years   (9/21)

"God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces"
(9/21)

" 'Artists suffer for their work, but they don't mind'.  That's the spirit I'd like you to embrace in the coming weeks, Virgo.  See if you can immerse yourself in a labor of love with so much enthusiastic devotion that you drive away some of your aches and anxieties"
- Virgo Horoscope (9/22)

*~ Peace Out~*

live. laugh. love.

9/12 Playlist

"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them,

but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead"

-Louisa May Alcott

Coldplay: Warning Sign
Plain White T's:  Rhythm of Love
Chris Tomlin: How Great Is Our God
Ysabella Brave:  Swinging On A Star



"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants"
-Esther De Waal    (9/13)

‎"I can resist everything except temptation" ♥
-Oscar Wilde    (9/14)

‎"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"
-Katherine Mansfield    (9/17)

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did"
-George Carlin    (9/17)

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps-
we must step up the stairs"
-Vance Havner    (9/18)

*~ Peace Out~*

live. laugh. love.

9/5 Playlist

"Map out your future, but do it in pencil"

-Jon Bon Jovi

Marie Digby:  Spell (Unfold)
Priscilla Ahn:  The Boob Song
T.I. (feat. Keri Hilson):  Got Your Back  ~ Sooo obsessed with this song!
Kate Nash:  We Get On  and The Nicest Thing
Glee: Total Eclipse Of The Heart  and Journey to Regionals


“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
-Madonna  (9/8)

"There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.”
-Federico Fellini  (9/9)

‎"For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away"
James 4:14  (9/9)

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”
(9/10)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live. laugh. love.

8/30 Playlist

“You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see,

but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.”

The Band Perry: If I Die Young
Hillsong: Worthy Is The Lamb
Hope: The Rain Don't Last Forever
Lifehouse: Halfway Gone
Coldplay:  The Hardest Part
Coldplay: Politik -  My favorite driving song this summer



“I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - ...against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope...”
-Grey's Anatomy (9/5)

"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control." ♥
-Elizabeth Gilbert  (9/2)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live. laugh. love.

4/12 Playlist

"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. 

Out on the edge, you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Music is my life.  Here's my life this week~*

*Side Note: I'm kind of scared that all my years of blasting the radio so loud is making me deaf 
(Since I keep getting random "whooshing" sounds in my ear, and it'll pop randomly)  

Either that.... or I'm just getting really old  O_O     

Beyonce: Halo          * Such a beautiful song and video
Taio Cruz: Break Your Heart        * Sooo catchy. Just can't get enough! 

Epik High: One         * I listened to this song a lot when I went through a serious depression. It made me cry hearing it again....  
"He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it"- Matthew 10:39

Jesse McCartney: Body Language    * Cute pop song that reminds me of last Spring.  
"Parlez Vous Francais? Konichiwa, Come and move in my way"

Electric President: Insomnia    * "Why are you up so late? As in all the time?" -e.m.p.  
Here is my song~*

"I sit and watch the screen for a message. Some kinda sign that says we’re OK. But the screen stays blank till I turn the thing off, And wait for my conscience to break"

Kesha: Your Love Is My Drug/ Blah Blah Blah      * Her album is surprisingly really catchy! Listened to while Spring Cleaning~    
"Maybe I need some rehab, or maybe just need some sleep. I've got a sick obsession [Facebook] I'm seeing it in my dreams"   
"Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat. Just show me where your dicks at"  haha.. I'm SOOO kidding~ but it is a funny line  ;)

Muse: Super-Massive Black Hole    * Great song... and I love the "Twilight" video. Hi Robert Pattinson. You're so pretty. Please marry me.... I promise to behave  ♥

P.S.   Yes, that picture of my Odometer (?) at 0 miles is for real.  

I was driving from the city (Manhattan), and wanted to see how far I could go without any gas.  
I was scared my car would run out of gas in Pal Park when I was driving with literally no fuel... but I made it!  
It was AWESOME.  And now, I'll never do it again........ hopefully. 

(Sigh... iRene.....I know... I don't know what to do with myself, either~*)       =P

(Yay! I made it!!!)

*~ Peace Out ~*

  live. laugh. love. 

Garden State: The Magic of the Movie and the Music ~*

"That's life. If nothing else, It's life.  

It's real, and sometimes it f*ckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have"

There are certain movies that touch my soul to the core. (Haha.. sounds so hard core, right?!?)
Ok.. maybe it's not that intense... but I just really really love them and they become a part of my life.
I'll go into my thoughts about movies that change my life (in ways however huge or insignificant) another time...

Today, I want to introduce you to one of my favorite movies..... GARDEN STATE!
Not only does it take place in my home state, but it is a fantastic movie that has great dialogue, beautiful cinematography/scenes, a great soundtrack, and themes that I really relate to or that make me think.

The movie is partly autobiographical, depicting Braff's own emotions while he was writing the screenplay.

"When I wrote Garden State, I was completely depressed, waiting tables and lonesome as I've ever been in my life. The script was a way for me to articulate what I was feeling; alone, isolated, 'a dime a dozen' and homesick for a place that didn't even exist."

I think this is a great Quarter-Life Crisis movie... I like the simpleness of the movie, and the fact that if you look a little deeper, there's a whole lot more to it (Kind of like the Infinite Abyss!!!)    =)

4/4 Playlist

" Music is what Feelings sound like"

iRene: "Ahhh.. Spring is right around the corner"

tCho: "Irene, Spring officially started 3/20"

iRene: "Shoot... Are you serious?!?!  I have to change my Korean Beacon Article!
I wrote that Spring is right around the corner!!!"

Here's the music I've been playing on repeat (and I can play the same song over and over for hours...)
This is my life in music right now.

Selena Gomez: Naturally    * This is the song I have on repeat.  Sooo catchy... Love it~ for now.... (but the video is such a bad imitation of the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army!) 
Amanda Seyfried: Little House     * I have listened to this song 1,000 times in the week since I discovered it.  I love her voice. I love the lyrics. I even wrote about it cause I want everyone to love it, too (Most of my friends like it and have been patient with my playing it over and over again. Thanks, girls)!
Big Bang: 붉은노을   * I played this a lot while driving before I went to L.A., In Christina's car in L.A., and now that I'm back home.  Best pump up song right now.  Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Remy Zero: Fair    * Recently rediscovered this song.  The last song I smoked to before quitting. It was a pretty big decision
Miley Cyrus: Goodbye   * I listened to this sooooo much last year.  Love the "story" of the song...♥ Miley~ haha)
Train: Hey Soul Sister    * I listened to this a lot before they played it on the radio, but got into it this weekend when Tracy kept wanting to hear it.  Such a happy song!  "I'm soooo obsessed"   Also love the Kollaboration Version!
The Killers: Mr. Brightside, Spaceman, Read My Mind       * One of my all-time favorite groups. They have the BEST music intros and awesome music videos.  Sooooo talented~* Loves It!
Nirvana: All Apologies, Lithium  * R.I.P. Kurt Cobain.... Cheers to changing the world of music (and the lives of many angsty young adults) ~* ♥ "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not" "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person u are" -Kurt Cobain
"I'm so happy 'cause today, I found my friends.They're in my head", "I'm so horny, that's okay. My will is good".  ♥
Colbie Caillat: I Never Told You      * Just heard this song~ Sooo pretty  =)

Hope you enjoy these songs as much as I do!  =)

*~ Peace Out! ~*

live.laugh.love.

This is Me~ Take it or Leave It! =)

"Je Suis Qui Je Suis"

("I Am What I Am")

Hello. Bongiorno. Konichiwa. An Nyung. Yo Yo Yo~ What Up!

So I have decided that I will be writing a new blog.  I already write two blogs (irenekimmakeup and Korean Beacon)... but this one is for personal use.

Recently, I've realized that I have a huge Facebook Addiction and it's affecting my life. I know it sounds stupid... but it's true.
Literally all my friends that I see have commented that I have a problem...... Perhaps my biggest problem is that I need new friends     ;)        
In all honesty, I realize that I have become addicted to FB, it's affecting my relationships with real people... and I need to take a step back.
So... this is going to be my outlet into all the things I love, whether it be people, movies, quotes, music, food, travel, books, shopping, and all the other fabulous things in the world that life has to offer~*

A few people have suggested that I keep my Irene Kim Beauty about Beauty Related topics... and although I wanted to encompass all the different aspects of my life (all of which I found to be different aspects of beauty)... perhaps they're right and I should keep Irene Kim Beauty for Business, and keep something else just for myself.
I was really proud of my blog and the fact that I could write about anything and everything.... but perhaps it is a little too "all over the place". 

This blog is more personal. It's going to be pretty much the same stuff I would post on Facebook, but more for myself and people that are interested in the things I have to say and share.

I hope you read this because you can also appreciate all the beauty I see in this world... but if you can't... I really don't care.  This isn't about how many subscribers I get, or how many people read this blog....
It's about me remembering what I was interested in, what I was thinking, and what made me who I was at the moment. Life goes by soooo quickly... and I want to remember every minute of it~* 

If you have similar interests, are introduced to something you'd never heard of, learn something new, feel something new, or something I write/show you gives you a new perspective..... that's AWESOME.
If not...... that's OK.

I do hope people will read this and enjoy the things I write about... because there are sooo many wonderful things in this world that I see, and I love sharing it and my life with other people!

So, if you're bored, have a lot of time, want to experience something new, are a friend (or future friend) of mine, and/or are a stalker... Here it is.....

 I am an Open Book.          I wear my Heart on my Sleeve.        I am a Magician.

I hope you come along for the Adventure that is my life... 

Please Fasten your Seat Belts.

     You're in for a Bumpy Ride~*   =)

*~ Peace Out ~*

live. laugh. love.