Movie Trends and Loss of Inspiration

 (Photo Credit: Dina Goldstein - check out her work now!)

Now this isn't exactly rocket science but it suddenly dawned on me today while humming away and copying my new favorite television series to an external (to hook up to my boyfriend's awesome television for an indulgent day of procrastinating) that there is actually a major trend happening concerning one particular character in the series. And I suddenly remembered how unpopular of a character she is in my rankings because of course everyone always prefers Belle or Ariel or Jasmine more so than Cinderella or the character of the year - Snow White.

High Maintenance or Maintains Highly?

One day while walking to university I overheard a conversation between a girl and a guy. The girl was firmly saying to the guy, 'At least I'm not high maintenance.' That made me smile a little since I normally like telling myself and Scott the same but a moment later I realized that maybe I'm not actually "not high maintenance". By being "high maintenance" you automatically assume someone who requires a lot of TLC in the form of presents, compliments and regular loving (which may involve being that persons slave/fanatic fan/etc.) but it could also mean someone who requires a lot of "work", like regular dates and communication, so on. Generally everyone will fit in either category (if they are in a serious relationship) depending on what sort of person they are like and what sort of person they are with.

It wasn't either of those things that got me thinking about the "high maintenance or not" issue. Instead, it was more or less about the individual: do you maintain yourself at a high standard or do you not bother with maintaining yourself? In terms of when you are in a relationship I mean. How many of us tend to get comfortable to the point that we stop bothering with the exercise, the sexy lingerie, the flawless makeup, the thoughtful clothing, and the way we act overall? It happens, even if you don't mean for it to happen it will when you are really in love. I find myself giving up on some things (exercise being the new recent bothersome thing but I fully intend on getting back on track with my figure!) but still maintaining myself in other aspects. I still find myself doing certain things with the same determination and paranoia that I did when I first met Scott. Doesn't that mean I'm high maintenance in a sense? I still maintain myself to some standard which means Scott doesn't get the benefit of a sloppy girlfriend that he can then neglect therefore forcing him (ha!) to maintain himself and the standard of our relationship overall.

Am I just thinking too much or do girls/guys out there see this difference in the concept of being high maintenance?

I haven't been missed, I know.

Lets be honest with one another: no one has missed me and I haven't actually missed blogging that much. Hence why it has been quite a few months since my last post. However that said, I'm back in the blogging game because there are posts I have wanted to do and companies I have needed to highlight. Also I really owe Fashion Addict some videos and tutorials - I haven't forgotten, merely I have been waiting for when I'm more up to it so I don't do a half-hearted job.

What does it mean to blog and have a blog? I'm not sure. I haven't kept up with blogs I used to read while I was blogging and now I find they have taken the whole "blog about everything" route when it was unacceptable to do so when I did ("But what is one word you can use to describe your blog, Suki? Beauty? Life?"). I'm happy this is now "acceptable" and these bloggers are "seeing the light". But it's boring now that everyone is combing beauty and cooking and life together. So I'm stuck now with this dilemma of "should I really return to blogging?".

Fact is, I miss taking photos (which I know would piss certain types of people off since I don't use a fancy camera and proper lighting - I love you guys and how anal y'all are) of products and my face and I miss having a place to procrastinate in. So I'm returning and hope you'll welcome the return with the resignation that I'll be as brutally honest as I have always been and nothing is going to change.

P.S. I've missed you a little admittedly. Just a little.