so this is CHRISTmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Well, another year has come and gone! I can't say much about this year, i guess not much exciting happened, besides being alive and having Christ in my life, things stayed the same. I cannot believe that CHRISTmas is here already. I love how a few of my friends have posted it as "CHRISTmas" around all of their fb's and twitters, it really reminds me of how amazing this holiday is and the changes it does to people.

I remember as a little girl going to church on Christmas day, and looking up at the nativity scenes on the church's stage. It was always a time when i felt the happiest, where my family came together and we just loved one another. I know that those days prepared me for days of today, actually tomorrow, to know the TRUE importance of CHRISTmas. it all lies within the name, CHRIST. if you translate it in spanish, you get "navidad" but if you say "CHRISTMAS" it can mean "more CHRIST". I guess thats what we should see it as on Christmas. A day that we want more of CHRIST in our lives.

2 and a half years ago, i joined THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, commonly known as the "mormon" church, or the LDS church. all 3 work, but its the ACTUAL name of it that hits my heart so hard. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. wow.just in the name, i can feel so much presence of him, and i absolutely LOVE it. These 2 1/2 years have been quite a learning experience, and i've never felt closer to my savior than i do now. Its pheonominal how much faith can place you in the right path of life, and help you realize what life IS all about. I absolutely love where my life is going now, before, i wasn't so sure. but now, i know where i need to get. I love that i have a loving heavenly father who has been there for me since day 1. i remember as a little girl praying to my "God" not really knowing how much my prayer would be heard, but having the faith that he was listening. I've always knew that my father loved me.ALWAYS. i'm so thankful for my parents and the amazing life they gave me. I've always been unconditionally loved by the both of them, and i could never thank them enough. it's just amazing how everything in life works out, one way or another, you will always find happiness, AS LONG as the means of that happiness come through good works and faith in your heavenly father. I love how much this gospel has changed my life. I may have faced my trials, and have given in to temptation, but i know that i have the chance to repent and learn from those mistakes.

This holiday season, remember what the true meaning of CHRISTmas is, keep him in your life, and you will be eternally happy. I promise, and know that he loves us all, after all, he did die for our sins, for our happiness and for our chance to be with our father in heaven again. Don't let all that sacraficing go unnoticed on his very special day. :)

much love

Mayra D.

so good.soo good.

So it's been quite some time since i wrote in this lovely thing! This past month has been completely amazing, and so different than the month before. :) I feel like this month, i finally got the summer i wanted, going out with friends, attending church activities, working, starting school, just a lot of things going on in a good amount of time. I guess it's all thanks to a whole lot of praying and listening and being where i should be. I finally have gotten most sundays off, i have monday wednesday nights off (fhe,institute) and thursday nights (temple) so i'm just feeling so great being able to attend most church functions, i mean, since that's really where i want my life to be. :) I've also made some new friendships with people, i fixed my car ($1,000 later, runs a lot better) so i started school last month, im taking 4 classes: Mass comm, film 1, marketing comm and dance aerobics :) all of which i have fun taking, because they are interesting courses that i don't mind going to class for. The only thing is that just like my car, i spent a whole lot of money on them.lol. but im loving it, i love working out, its the best feeling ever, i wouldnt mind taking an aerobics class again, as long as it keeps me in shape :) work is going great, selling my little heart out is the best, specially when its with people that are way chill! anywho, boyz, oh those boys and their mixed signals and stuff. i just dont understand them sometimes, but whatever. there is one, who is on my mind a little bit, but who knows, i have no idea, i have a little bit of hope for it, but am not tooo worried about it. lol. he's rad. lets just say that, but a little distant. so idk, ihave no clue. our ward is growing, we have some really cool new people in our ward that i spend a lot of time with, currently, my new friend bret and i tend to drive everywhere together so its way cool to have new people that 1. live close by, and 2. love to have a good time. OH so heres some fun new news, IM GOING TO GENERAL CONFRENCE!!! :D im SOOOOOOo excited, last time we went was last year, it was alyssa and i with robroy, so it was way super chill. now im going with robroy and a few other people. im staying with my newest friend sharon, which is going to be rad bc the [E][D][C] are going to PAAARRRTAYYY! :) im super stoaked for it! :) of course im looking forward to confrence of all things, but its just the fact that i will be there with my closest friends, in the most amazing environment that is MORMON WORLD :) lol. i've had some seriously amazing experiences this month, and i feel like my life is how it should be. I love that after trials that we have that really break us down a little bit, we find happiness and love given to us from our Loving heavely father. I'm sooooo thankful for having what i have and knowing what i know, because without it, i don't know what i would be doing, or how my life would be. I'm just extremely greatful for everything i have now :) thats all :) <3>

The [E][D][C] [electric dancing crew]

[aarow.aaron.ryan d]

[sharon,me,rachelle]

[a.fronky]

[bret & i] THUG LIFE..CTR :]

life is good.life is GREAT ;]

EDC.TWILIGHT.BONFIRES AND SO MUCH WORK.

It has been quite a while since i blogged, so i figured i might as well get on this thing and get you all caught up on my oh so busy life that i had this summer. It all started late May, when i decided to intern for a Boutique in Beverly Hills, WHILE working full time at Windsor's out in Torrance. I was lucky enough to work with some really amazing people out in BH that taught me a lot about what i'm getting myself into with this PR stuff. I'm really excited to work for a PR firm some day and have my own clients that i can help with Marketing their products and throwing events for them. It seems like Windsor is also giving me that same opportunity in the next few month's (im the districts PR intern now) wahooo..... so i won't be getting a break like i want anytime soon. I was really busy with work all summer, and the fact that the driving distances from work and home are so extreme in traffic, i seemed to be limited on my social time all summer. I think for about a month straight, I didn't go out as often or hang out with people because i was either in traffic, off work late, or too tired to do anything. HOW LAME IS THAT?!?! pretty lame!

well I went to EDC back in June, it was SO much fun. 2 days of electro isn't enough for me. I loved ever second of it. i mean, who wouldnt love 48 hours of good music and dancing? i have tons of pictures on my FB ( check em out at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=188101&id=515319181) ....

but thats seriously most of what i did, so about 3 weeks ago, i broke down and had enough, i couldn't be at home anymore, not after all the fun i saw people having, i had to do something. And thankfully, i had friends waiting for me to get back into the groove of things. I hung out with derek and a few kids, went on bike rides, went to bonfires, went dancing and met some really awesome people from all over sunny so cal! :) There were definitely some parties that i went to and had a blast, and some where just okay.

Here is the big reason why i went a little social shy, ha, TWILIGHT. i spent 2 weeks of this summer consumed in the Saga that people have been over for a few years. I had so much fun reading these books because they made me remember high school and that teenage dream crush that we all had and made into reality. It's a good book, i definitely don't regret spending most of my nights locked in my room just reading. It was liberating to say the least,and im glad i read it, it is such a good love story!

I guess that my summer consisted of a lot of work time.

I got called to be the dance committee co-chair, which is something i have wanted for a long time now, but im glad i got in now, i'm definitely ready to take on the responsibility!

My friends are awesome, i've been getting really close with friends that live far away, so it sucks, thankfully for skype (find me: mayradlovesu) it saves the distance.i guess i've learned this summer that you have to just be responsible and get things done, you can't just leave things on the backburner and after 5 years, realize that you have waisted time doing nothing. In the end, i know that the memories i have made with my friends will never leave me, but i don't want to live my future based on memories of the past, i want to keep making new ones. And i have to take leaps and be afraid but take the risk so that i can become a better person. :)

ah. this summer could've been better. but im glad it's going the way it is now. <3>

mayra d.

living should be easy.

So this weekend was quite a learning experience. i did something ive never done before, and will probably never do again. :) . so due to my constant state of high energy streessssfulll blah blah blah of a life, i findmyself unwinding in music all of the time. Because of this wonderful addiction, i find so many songs that have short lyrics that relate to my moment in life oh so well! :) here's some lyrics, with the song and artist right before! :) these songs will probably be on my playlist. if not, look them up! theyre GREAT musicians! OH, speaking of music! I went out to silverlake with derek tonight, it was rad! we were only there for about an hour, it was at this bar/lounge place and we saw War Tapes, they were really good and the bar was chill! of course, no drinking for us, we headed back home right after they were done, which was 11:30, got home by midnight! thats definitely a first for me!well, getting home that early from the city! anywho, he'res some music :) enjoy!

The Way the Lazy Do-Dr. Dog

May your thoughts be kind
May your knots unwind
May your dogs drink wine
May your days kill time

And may your fears go blind
As your regret rewinds
A little peace of mind
May you wake to find

It's just that time of the year
That holds you dear

Shadow People-Dr.Dog

I stole a bike from the 2ndd Mile
Saw a band play in the basement
I crossed the path of a friend of mine
And I know what that look upon her face meant
Something’s gone from her eye
Something’s gone wrong

You could be a woman or you could be a man
Wear the glove on the other hand
Or you could be twisted
Or you could be insane
Pushing the envelope against the grain
Just playing along (uuuuuuh)
Just playing along (uuuuuh)

And I got something on my mind
And I got voices on the other line
Saying hi, saying hello

Too Afraid to Love you-The Black Keys

My gears they grind
More each day
And I feel like
They're gonna grind away

And the city blocks
They drive me wild
They're never ending
Mile after mile

I just don't know what to do
I'm too afraid to love you

It's heaven on earth
In her embrace
Her gentle touch
And her smiling face

I'm just one wishing
That I was a pair
With someone
Oh somewhere

All those sleepless nights
And all those wasted days
I wish loneliness would leave me
But I think he's here to stay
What more can I do
I'm wringing myself dry
And I can't afford to lose
One more teardrop from my eye

its too hard to be bold sometimes. ive come to regret it. just because i fear every ounce of the consequences of being "bold." i hate this :/

<3

summer time is here!

Finally some time to rest! This semester seemed so easy at school but trully it was one of the hardest because i REALLY devoted all i could to my classes and work. It feels so great to finally be done and i'm excited for the summer to bring great things! This past week was a hard week, i must admit i was so ready to just walk out of work and run to the beach. I've been soo ademant about going out and having a good time at dance parties that I wore myself out. I was sick, and exhausted and stressed out and to top things off add a little bit of drama to my life and BLAH. we all know how much i hate drama. X( but this weekend made up for every ounce of BAD that was last week. Friday, i went to disneyland with my dear friend Ryan D. it was a tripple D attack!!! DENNY DELAO @ DISNEY!! hahah... here's a sneak peak at some rad photos!

Such a fun and chill trip to disneyland. After a fun day, we headed up to the Glendale dance and had the MOST fun i've had in a while! I definitely enjoyed the company and getting to know new people! There were SO MANY ppl at this dance, it was just like New Years but probably better! So Aaron is no longer gonna DJ our Beach cities dances, which totally bums me out bc that was honestly one of the only reasons i went, was to be with my good ole friends. I guess i still find it semi hard finding that "group" of close friends i once had. Of course, theyre married now so i cant complain, theyve moved up in life and im so happy for them! :) I just miss their company! anywho. we all had a blast. it was at this crazy industrial site in South El Monte (ghetto) haha but they pulled it off SO well. good music, i was dancing all night sweating my heart out. heres a few pictures of the night..

That dance was too good for words. I love every second of being there, idk why. i just felt like i was having such a good time, running around dancing with different people, having a legit good time.

Saturday rolled around and i had to work all night but after wards i met up with Stacy and Diana who i used to hang out with in high school and we ended up going to our friend Jason's Bday party! So many people from high school were there it was so nice to see everyone and kind of catch up. People change so much after high school, some for such better, and some just stay the same :) but im glad the people i know are who they are, because theyre great no matter what! here's a picture of the hottie bday boys and us girls!

It was so rad to chill with these kids! Even though our lives have gone towards different paths and stuff, i still love em! :)

Lastly, this sunday my friend Cynarra decided to get baptized :) i met her about a month ago at a party, invited her to church, she came and just kept coming and loving it! I was honored to speak at her baptism about the holy ghost, you could just feel all the love in the room and really see how it has brought her happiness. its really awesome to see someone come unto christ and really want to change, to see that happen to her was amazing!here she is. right after her baptism with derek and i :)

you can see where all of my excitement comes from. of course sunday was just fantastic. I love going to church so much. It was the first sunday i had off in over 2 months so it was really nice to finally get to sit in and conversate with people about the gospel. Im so in love with it its insane.

I have so much on my mind lately its driving me insane.. ive found myself SO scared to fall for someone, because im so scared to open up and get it all back. if that makes sense. maybe im looking into the wrong face, because its breaking my heart slowly, but its happening. theres so much to feeling like you have to hide your feelings because of that crazy fear of rejection. im right there. ive been right there my whole life and i have no idea how to EVOLve.ive lost sight of how to take a risk when it comes to really liking someone, enough to want to tell them but im so afraid, im so afraid of what he'd do to my little bandaged heart.

I need to take more risks and grow up, because i've slowly started to realize that without taking that ONE simple risk, im going no where, that without taking a leap of faith, the things that coulve developed will be left unspoken, and thats far worse. Somehow, ive got to let it out and grow some. Its just a matter of time.... well im off to bed.

<3

M... y... L...O...V..E...L...Y... random shenanigans.. :D

"OOH OH! i want some more... take a bite of my heart tonight..."<3NEON TREES

so life is fun, i guess... things seem to be in a bit of a routine at the current moment, which i hate with a passion...

but its okay. :) i live through all the annoyances that life can bring sometimes.. hahahah... now i just sound like a brat, but im kidding... so i have an interview in the AM.. im pretty excited :)

i'm applying at the ABC SCHOOL DISTRICT to be a paraeducator :) hopefully things go GREAT!! :) id LOVE to work with kids again... :)

anywho...

life is peachy. my grampy is here from mexico :) its soo great to see him doing so much better, even from the day he got in to now, he's progressed! Cancer is a sucker! and im glad he punched it out of him! :)

family is fun, im so greatful for the family i have, and the relationships i have with every single one of them! :) nothing in the world can compare to the family i have!! :)

well.. love is love, war is war.. fight for the free and feed the needy!

have a bEAUTIFUL day! :)

<3>mAyra D.

top 10!!!!

bahahhaha....

so i came across the amazing idea while reading my rolling stones magazine today that I should SOOO make a TOP 10 Celebrity Hot list!!! :) so after abo

ut 30 minutes of thinking over whos really on my top list, i have come across some of the Most

attractive men in Hollywood... i know.. a little crazy, a little silly, but hey, they're wicked hot! SO ENJOY! :)

yaowza!!! Chase Crawford...

you cant stop the beat with Mr. Zack Efron!
the boys of Carolina Liar.. :)

mmm...John Mayer...

yum yum Penn Badgley
oooo hello Jared Leto!! :D
mmmm me likey some Bryce Avary!
seriously, mouthwatering... Paul Walker

so yea. basically. my first so called "celebrity post" hahahah... :)

its so great to look through the world and see such attractive men out there, but im looking for something more than just the looks you see on an average day, im looking for a man full of gospel, love for christ, humility,attractiveness and amazingness all tied into one.. :) hahaha...

have a great day :)

<3emm.dee.

unexplainable. unbelievable.

scream.

let all your fears out.

let them all fly into the sky

with every ounce of regret of forgetting to say "i love you"

you vanished.

and are now gone,

without a simple explenation

of what happened.

i miss you.

SOOO SOOO much.

i cannot belive it ended that way.

i am SO sorry for not answering your cries,

or even a simple goodnight.

im sorry baby of mine.

you will never be forgetten

you were my best friend.

i love you zoe girl...

i miss you most bisquit.

this wasnt fair.

<3>

rip my angels.

just fyi. both of these GORGEOUS doggies were killed tradgecly last week. we believe a racoon got into the back yard early monday morning and just got in with them.. unfortunately they both are gone, Zoe completely vanished but her blood stayed behind. sorry for the greusome details, its just what happened to my loves... :(

i love you Jesus Christ...

Jesus Christ i LOVE YOU YES I DO....

man oh man, it has surely been a pretty good 2010. Nothing TOO exciting but i think im back to normal after being beat up kinda bad in 2009... im learning that you have to set things out and plan them for a while, you can't ALWAYS be spontaneous in life specially when its about your future... i guess there are a few things that are supposed to be spontaneous, but with school and work, you gotta plan! So that's what this year is going to be for me... im hoping to get through some amazing classes and ace them all... and at work, i want to move up and show the big bosses what im really about! :) i want to grow, i want to learn and i want to prepare for whatever comes my way in the future. of course there is someone there backing me up full force, and that is why i love him so much... :) Jesus Christ I LOVE YOU :) man, the gospel of Jesus Christ is so true, its insane how amazing it feels to have the love of christ constantly keep you content! Every single experience, i have had him by my side and im so greatful for that! :)anywho...

life is good... last night i went to the avalon and saw steve aoki & plum Dj's... it was 2L2Q.

i love electro, and the whole scene is fun, but scary! heres some pictures of the night... video to come soon! :)