Blog Title...

  As mentioned the last time I redid my blog, I feel like anytime I tweak it, I stick to blogging for some time; however, the name I changed it to in itself makes me want to keep up with my posts.
  Allow me to explain: when I first came to blog, it was just another thing I decided to try, like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr- you know, just another social media of sorts. The next time, when I redid my whole blog, I changed its name: "And on Towards the Sky." This saying comes from one of my absolute favorite shows, Kaleido Star, as I explained when I redid the page. (I even did a whole couple posts about the show). The second time I redid my blog, I kept the name, changed the layout & began to treat it like a diary, except, like every diary I've ever owned, I hardly ever wrote in it. THIS TIME: I tweaked the page &&& changed the title: "No Day But Today." I've really wanted to change the title for a while, hence the few months of it being "Sweet Dreams," but I could never think of a perfect blog title- a title that was very ME. I kept thinking about some of my favorite words & things: Dreams, Disney, Otaku, Anime, Daydreamer, etc... I just couldn't get it! Last night, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I was spending time with my cousins in Dallas. We were watching RENT, a wonderful & beautiful musical, I hadn't seen it before (even though I actually OWN it), but I loved it! Or rather, I loved what I saw, seeing as how I fell asleep halfway through it (- -;).  But I woke up the last 30 or so minutes, just as they kicked off, "No Day But Today," and suddenly, it clicked! That was my new blog title!!
  I realized that I've always been the type of person to rush into things, that I'm always, ALWAYS, thinking forward towards my future, which is great, but not always the best game-plan. All last year I had to keep telling myself that I had to learn to live for every day & for every moment. I doubt I will ever be able to completely change myself, being the forward thinker I am, but if I only keep my eyes facing one direction, I'll just continue to miss so much. And so, this year, I plan to actually LIVE. I don't want to forget anything. I want to be able to have moments everyday: the good, the bad, and the great; I want them all. I'm only 21, but after living through family members with Dementia and Alzheimer's, at the same time having so many babies joining the family, as well as realizing just how close I am to graduating college!! I plan to live for No Day But Today, and by doing so, I'll have so many moments I won't be able to keep up with my posts! But, I'll give it a try! (^-^)
  Well, I guess I'm doing good so far- 2posts within a week's time, yay! I plan to keep the Diary/Letter format, since that's what I'm most familiar with (teehee). I don't know exactly WHO I'm "writing" to, since I have like ?4? followers- maybe just to a future me?? Anywhoos, till next time!

Sincerely Yours,
Lisette Monique Diaz  

The New Normal

HiHi!!

For some reason I've decided that I should start watching more 

American television shows like,

Glee, Pretty Little Liars, etc...

One of the shows I've gotten myself into happens to be:

The New Normal

The show is from the creators of Glee,

Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler,

and you can definitely see it in this new show.

The New Normal is all-around hilarious,

and a lot of fun; however,

if you don't like vulgar language or crude racial jokes,

I suggest you don't pay Nana much attention!

A basic synopsis:

Bryan and David are an adorable couple that dream of having a baby. 

While searching for a surrogate,

Goldie, a single mother who is looking for a way out of her "dead-end" life,

agrees to have the baby for them.

When Goldie's Nana follows her and Shania to LA,

the family's crazy-meter jumps to an all new level! 

Well, just in case I've peaked your interest

into watching one of my favorite shows:

http://www.nbc.com/the-new-normal/

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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Taking Inventory

HiHi!!

So, it's almost time for the new semester to begin!

I'm currently at my Aunt & Uncle's house,

so I figured I'd share this now:

I TOOK INVENTORY OF MY COLLECTION!!

All of my Manga & ArtBooks

This was just my CLAMP Collection

And then Everything Else

My Cardcaptor Sakura Collection

My Japanese Cardcaptor Sakura Set!

CLAMP's Longest Series:

Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles

And then the End Result!!

^^This was Totally my WHOLE NIGHT!!!^^

What started off being just a 

"cleaning my room" kinda night,

I ended up spending hours upon HOURS 

going through my Manga/Figurine Collection!

((>w<))

Inventory Results:

164 Manga

8 Artbooks

1 CLAMP Audio CD

10 out of 12 CLAMP no Kiseki

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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Surviving the Apocalypse

HiHi!!

Well, it's officially 2013, huh??

So much for that Apocalypse!

And now that it's the new year, 

I, like most people, 

have very specific goals that I plan to accomplish

and resolutions to start!

1.) Actually BLOG 

There are so many things that I want to blog, 

from Anime/Shows/Movie Reviews

and so much more!!

I really, REALLY want to stick to this resolution,

no matter how crazy life gets!!!

2.) Make more Youtube Videos

Again, so many ideas!

And now that I have my new mic,

I can make it all happen!!

I'm really excited to get this resolution started!

3.) Audition, Audition, AUDITION

Online Voice Over Auditions,

Any Stage Auditions available,

Any RTVF Auditions Possible!

I want more experience under my belt,

and the only way I can make that happen

is if I actually go out there, get involved, and DO IT!!

4.) Keep Healthy

It's never about a number for me.

I never know how much I weigh,

I just know that I would love to buy that particular skirt,

or to wear that adorable dress I saw online some day!

That's my motivation- FASHION.

I've luckily always been around a great support system,

so my slightly being overweight has never been an actual issue,

this is just a personal choice that I want to see through.

Last year I was able to avoid that 

"Freshmen 15" stereotype,

as a matter of fact,

I actually lost a lot of weight last year

and I plan to keep going this year!

I'm going to force myself to the Rec Center at least

2times a week!

And I'm going to continue eating healthily!

Less snacks, less splurging,

more portion control!

5.) Become More Aware

Since Geography Freshmen year of High School,

I can't remember where certain countries are!

I never know what's going on in the world,

or even just around my community.

I doubt I'm gonna start watching the news or reading the paper,

but I want to at least BE AWARE.

Also, by this,

I mean the Pop Culture as well.

I hate listening to the radio,

so I never know what's new or who's new

and I have such a closed off mind when it comes to music.

I really want to start listening to the classics,

bands that I know by name but not by sound.

Actors as well.

Even though I'm a Theatre Major,

I hardly know anyone in the business,

and that needs to change this year!!

6.)  No More Procrastination

I am the BIGGEST Procrastinator EVER!

And that has to stop.

My GPA has had to suffer because of it,

but no more.

I plan on getting my work done in advance,

that way I don't have to worry about

it the day of, like usual.

>>This may be my most important resolution<<

Now, these 2013 resolutions are only a small part of my plans this year.

Last year I wrote a whole 5year list of goals

and I plan on getting as many of them done as I can!

WISH ME LUCK!

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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Just Some 2012 Quotes

HiHi!!

From Writers to Politicians,

everyone has got something to say

and sometimes you might just hear some amazing

 quote that describes YOU!

So here are some pretty good ones

that are all over my planner from 2012!

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." ~John Muir

"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." ~Henry J. Kaiser

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." ~Abraham Lincoln

"To think is to differ." ~Clarence Darrow

"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand." ~Henry Wheeler Shaw

"My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." ~Pablo Picasso

"Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops." ~H. L. Mencken

"No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them." ~Flannery O'Connor

"Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous." ~Bill Moyers

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle

"Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress." ~Liz Smith 

"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." ~James Joyce

"I perplex others, not because I am clear, but because I am utterly perplexed myself." ~Socrates 

"In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a whorl that no longer exists." ~Eric Hoffer

"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular." ~Adlai Stevenson

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain." ~Jane Wagner

"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." ~Joseph Campbell

"There are no creeds in mathematics." ~Peter F. Drucker

"The fall of dripping water hollows the stone." ~Lucretius

"The next Administration must do more than provide comfort for the comfortable." ~Edward M. Kennedy

"He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom." ~James Huneker

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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Happy Boo Year, Guys & Ghouls!!!

HiHi!!

I just thought I'd wish you guys a little

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

However you celebrated last night/this morning,

I hope you were able to enjoy some quality time with 

your friends and family!!

As a Monster High Fan,

I thought this video was pretty cute

& spot on!

So, For Your Amusement:

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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New Choreographer's Concert 2012

HiHi!!

I really do love dance. 

I often wonder how different my life would be

if I had agreed to take ballet as a kid....

So, now I get my dance outlet through the Rec Center,

or watching performances.

After last year's NCC, I was pretty excited for this one.

However, not all of the performance lived up to my expectations.

Don't get me wrong, 

the dancers were all fantastic,

there were just a few technical issues I would have changed for the staging.

Of course, this may just be coming from my Techy Side,

but it's not my fault!

There's a reason why, as Theatre Majors,

we are REQUIRED to take tech classes!!

And it just so happened that I'm currently enrolled in Stagecraft,

so as an audience member,

I continued to critique the lighting and sound

and how it played with the music, costuming, and dance.

Here are some Photos of the Performances:

Overall, I was entertained.

But I also realized:

for the rest of my life, I can no longer be JUST

an "Audience Member".......

(~w~) 

Till Next Time: 

Remember to KEEP IT GENKI!!

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