3 Ways to Get What You Want

1. Always be nice to everyone. If you are always nice, even to those you hate, you give people no reason to dislike you. Then if someone for some reason does dislike you, others will think that person is crazy! If you are always kind, gracious, and giving, your superiors will appreciate it when they realize everyone should act like you do. You will always be peoples go to person, which in the beginning may be annoying, but after awhile you will notice it is worth the benefits. You will be invited to everything, more people will remember who you are, they will be slightly happier for just the smile that you give them.
2. Say yes to the little things. Making people happy by the little things you do that make there lives easier will get you far. Say if someone really needs a shift covered at work and you know you are not busy, say yes (if it's a one time thing). They will be so gracious and will already feel as if they owe you. For another example, what if someone you know really needs a ride somewhere, like the airport. If you know you have nothing planned, take them there. Even something as small as someone needing there shoe tied while their hands are full will make a person gracious. So then when you finally ask someone for a favor they will have no reason to say no and if they do say no, they will feel guilty.
3. Have good stories from having adventures. No one likes a boring person or someone wasting their time with a boring story. Live your life and do exciting things! Such as traveling, sky diving, road trips, etc.  Even just doing these adventurous things once will have you remembered. People will want to hear your stories because people like to hear about things they wish they would have done themselves. People live through others adventures. By being that other person you automatically become the person people want to talk to at a party or get together. By seeming so exciting, people will gladly give you what you want.

A Recipe For You

So today I baked  clafouti aux pommes or in English apple clafouti. It is a French dish, a dessert, or even a breakfast item if you choose. This clafouti you can even make with other fruits such as pears and berries. I thought for my first time baking this dish from scratch, it turned out quite nice. I will admit I through a fit when I flipped it over and some of my apple moved and my clafouti no longer had a perfect appearance but other than that it was quite successful. So for anyone who is interested here is the recipe I went with. It ended up being a modification and combination of two recipes I found online. This is somewhat of a list, a list of ingredients to create a delicious, pretty healthy French dish. Here goes it:

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup of flour

1/3 + 2tbls of sugar

3 eggs + 1 egg yolk

2 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

1 cup of milk

-This is all for the batter, which is supposed to be thin.

2 granny smith apples, cored and sliced.

1/4 cup of sugar

A splash of vanilla

1/3tbls of butter

-Put all this in a skillet to soften the apples

-Then arrange apples in a pie or cake dish and pour the batter over it. Then put in the oven set to 400 degrees. It took mine 35 min before the tooth pick came out clean.

10 Most Recently Popular Songs In My Collection

So I'm leaving my computer at home for the next couple of days, 2.5 hours away from me, so that I can hopefully fully focus on my finals. I did manage to study as much as my focus allowed, which was more then usual. So I'm satisfied for now. Just to get another post in since its been a few days and since I won't be posting for another few days I figured I'd let anyone who reads this know what I've been listening to recently since I just enjoy music so much and I just downloaded 2 GB worth while I was home. I would also suggest listening to all the music on this list. Anyways, the most played songs within the last week in my music stash:

1. Raise Your Glass by Pink
2. Last Night by Good Charlotte
3. Snuff by Slipknot
4. Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance
5. Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent
6. Lost In Darkness by Escape the Fate
7. Omnos by Eluveitie
8. Should We Fight Back by The Parlotones
9. Think of You Later by Every Avenue
10. You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground by Mayday Parade

Oh, The Places You'll Go

So today I'm heading home to study for finals and I am currently sitting in the train station waiting for the train to come. I still have awhile to wait however. I am one of those people that hates to be late. I also hate it when other people are late. I must be on time for everything and I even prefer to be early if possible. That is one reason why I do not like having to rely on other people to drive me around this include the public transportation system. So I figured while I'm sitting here waiting for the train I would create a list of things I need to get done this weekend.

1. Study for my finals. The whole reason that I am taking the train home to get some peace and quiet away from my roommates who don't know how to be quiet at the right times.
2. See my BFF for her birthday and hope that she enjoys the gift I got her.
3. EAT GOOD FOOD.

I know it's a short list but it's simple and to the point and it is what is most important to get done. However since I am sitting in a train station I figured I could also have a more whimsical list of the interaction with people I have already had today and since I am heading into Chicago, I'm sure I will interact with many other people before I am at my house:

• An older gentlemen who told me he is going to Arizona in a sleeper car from Chicago.
• A sort of creepy guy who sat next to me on the bus who said to me 'Where ya going sweet mademoiselle?' I think he was just trying to be nice but then he started talking to me about driving a motorcycle or something.
• The women at the Amtrak ticket counter. Let me use my ticket from October that I didn't use.
• The women at the TJ maxx check out. Nothing special about her, just thought I would point out that she was normal and not rude.
• The security guy at the Bon Ton who let me go when all of my bags and such set off the alarms. He just laughed at me when they all went off.

Pictures to Ponder.

I really enjoy taking pictures with my Nikon D40. They are pretty amateur and by no means do I consider myself a professional photographer or even a photographer for that matter. I just like to take pictures and work with angles. I also really like pictures of the sky.  So here are some pictures for your eyes to peer at that I have taken recently:

10 Songs You Must Hear

If you've read my previous entries or looked at my bands seen page, music is clearly very important to me. I listen to all genres and there are certain songs that I must listen to. This is my list of composed music that is necessary for everyone to have or to have heard before (I have attached the link for youtube videos, so listen to them!):

1. Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
2. Snuff by Slipknot
3. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber - there is also a Tiesto remix of this song that is pretty awesome, so check that one out too.
4. The Sunscreen Song by Baz Luhrmann
5. Into the Ocean by Blue October
6. Girlfriend by The Darkness
7. Fascination by Alphabeat
8. Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
9. Regni by Heljareyga
10. Don't Stop Me Now by Queen