the month that has passed...

I swore I had updated the blog a while ago, but apparently i thought wrong. so, BIG NEWS... i'm engaged :) YAY!!! I get to spend the REST Of my LIFE ..and then some... with my best friend, the man i can tell anything and everything, the man that supports every decision I make, the one that kisses my forehead on a daily basis and tells me i'm pretty. The one person that can make fun of me and love every one of my silly blond rediculousness... I know i'm going to have so much fun being married to him! We got engaged on November 17th, our 7 month anniversary :) We went up to this gorgeous cliff in Ranch Palos Verdes, theres a little park that overlooks all of the pacific.The view was gorgeous, It was a cloudy day so we were able to see the blankets of clouds covering the sky below. It was phenominal! Then mona started being super cute, he started to say the cutest things like how much he loved me and how he had waited for this day for such a long time. And then he pulled out the box, and I pulled out my SMILE! :) he got so red and was like "ah i don't know why I'm so nervous right now"-- got on a knee and asked "Mayra De La O, will YOU marry me??"

let me think about that for a second... YESSS!?!??!?! hahah

yay! :) we are so excited, nervous,anxious ready and just want to be married like already. I can't wait to be able to grow with him, to learn and to start my life with him. I know one of the biggest things I look forward to is starting a family. I can't wait for that opportunity! The wedding plans are coming along! :) We have our engagements done, also our invitations, the first of 7 bridesmaid dresses has come in, it is GORGEOUS, we have a photographer, videographer, location, mariachi, food, and we just need to find a decorator and we are completely ready! :) I've been just focusing daily on this so that it works well! His immediate family is flying in from Sydney in February, I cannot wait to meet them! So excited! :)

So to update on that Wells Fargo Interview, I GOT THE JOB!!! :) I honestly will never forget that interview, it was crazy and so funny all at once! I'm at the lynwood location and I start as a teller this monday, I've been training for 3 weeks now! I quit windsor the monday before black friday so I have every sunday off from now on!! WOO HOO!!! Life is good, I'm at my sisters house in torrance, I'm trying to come up with a routine for my little nephews and nieces to dance to at our wedding. It's going to be so cute! I cannot wait!! Anywho, remember to focus on the eternal, and how things now affect things later, DON'T give up on yourself, always remember who is the most important and that is HF. He is #1 always!

xoxo

Mayra D. :)

New Beginnings...

I'm pretty exhausted, but i'm forcing myself to write this down, even if no one ever reads this, I HAVE TO TELL THIS STORY! Or atlease write it down to remember all the details, It's pretty long but I promise it is pretty funny at the end... or atleast I think so..

A few months ago I applied for a teller position with Wells Fargo, probably about 3 months ago. I went through the first few interviews and passed the phone interviews, but i couldn't seem to get into an actual interview slot. I was messing up on a lot of things during that time, I wasn't really going to church (not by choice) but because I was being scheduled to work from 1 to 10 every sunday. I had even put in my 2 week notice but because i had no job to secure me financially, i took it all back. Our store ended up doing horribly for inventory, My store manager quit and to top it all off, one of our Assistant managers got injured and never came back. It was all me to fend for the store until our new store manager would come in from Arizona. A few horrendous corporate visits from our VP and DM made me realize how i could work a little harder and give a little more effort to make this better.

I looked at how i was living and how i was making excuses for EVERYTHING, I was sad all of the time, I just didn't understand why things didn't seem fair in anything that I did. Even Mona was getting it from me, I was just a mess. Then I looked at the bigger picture, What was missing? why was i so sad, so confuzed and so hopeless in all the things that were easily manageable. i'd done it before?Where had my faith gone? It was at that moment that I realized how much I was doing was wrong or just throwing a BIG pitty party. I was tired of having to work sundays, I was tired of messing up, I was tired of giving in to temptation. I was just tired of everything. So I said sorry, REALLY sorrry.

.. its really nice that during this time you have a very understanding boyfriend who will help you get through the hard times, even if we had our trials, we got through every one. He is my best friend and the one person who understands so much about me but at the same time can drive me NUTS :) i'm sure he feels the same way at times. But i love him so much, he is my world.

I prayed a lot, I talked to bishop and I cryed away all my fears and just stepped it up. In that next week, I got an email from Wells fargo to call for an appointment slot for a group interview, I had been in that process for about 2 months and all appointments were being filled up quick. That morning was different, THEY ACTUALLY HAD AN OPEN SLOT! I hadn't gotten my schedule at Windsor but i booked it for the coming week anyways. I was able to get the day off and go to my interview. There were 15 people, all eager as me to get this job. Only a few of us really stuck out and I left the interview feeling really good about my performance. About 2 weeks later I would get an email telling me that I had made it to my final interview process! YAY! Which would be Tuesday Nov. 8th at 1030 AM. It would be in Downtown LA, yes that big building in Dwntown. I was pretty excited to be heading into the city for a big girl interview. It felt really cool in all honesty.

MORNING OF... THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING...

So I woke up and got ready for my interview, I made sure to pick out my outfit the night before, I was done doing that late stuff so i woke up and left my house at 915 to get to LA. I live like 30 minutes from downtown, NBD right? So Since It was a little early i figured getting an iced Chai to calm my nerves would be a good idea. I got on the 105 at 935, thinking it would be enough time, only to find myself sitting in morning traffic, WTH? I thought it ended at 9 am? WRONG. SO here i am, freaking out because I want to be IN the building by 1020. I jump on the 710N and thank goodness no traffic. I'm on the 5N in no time, 950ish and kaboom, TRAFFIC. Urg, so closeee! Traffic was HORRIBLE on the 5 to the 101 which is where i had to be, It took about 10 minutes to get to the 101 and from there I had to go to spring street which was ONLY 3 miles away, yea, that means 15 minutes in traffic. SO here i am, screaming freaking out because I'm like runnig late, i'm nervous, let the panic attack arive, just what i needed right? WRONG. So i get off on spring at 1020, head to the so called parking lot that the wells fargo recruter said would have a shuttle to get to the building. So they lied, it was 12 bucks, not ten, so i gave the guy all my change which was probably 1150 or so, give me a break. I ask about this so called shuttle, but he had no idea what I was talking about. At this point i was like F it i'll just walk. So I ask the guy where the wells fargo was at and he pointed me west, I kind of had a feeling of taking my flats to walk but I was like nah, i'll be good in my 4 inch heels.WRONG.

10 minutes until interview,

I walk down spring street only to find that he had pointed me towards ATM machines from wells fargo FML. SO i asked someone directions to the Wells Fargo tower, 4 blocks up 4th street... ???? WHAT! its 1023 now... so I decided to book it, I literally started running in my heels, BAD IDEA. I was good, then i feel a slight slip and hear a tear... "omg.. i'm falling i'm falling i'm falling shoooootttt... omg i'm goonna cryyyy" right in front of a sandwich shop where everyone was waiting for me to hit the ground, but i made it.. lol. I decided to take off my shoes and just RUN, So here i am, wearing a blazer, a cute top, a skirt, BAREFOOT in Downtown Los Angeles. I made sure to watch evvery step i took, no siringes, no gross stuff, just pavement... I found 4th street, went up 2 blocks and put my shoes back on, thinking it would be good from there, I was already late, it was 1030 on the dot. I crossed the street, only to find A HILL!!! A FREAKING HILL!! omg... KILL me.. this is the interview from HELL.. lol. So, I take of my shoes, because THERE IS JUST NO WAY, and i book it up there, mind you its like 70 plus

degrees at this point so i'm like sweating. I find a nice man who walked up to the Wells fargo tower

area and pointed me in the right direction. Of course I went to the wrong enterance and had to go all the way

around to FINALLY make it. it was 1040 AM. 10minutes late BUT thankgoodness they were running

late so it was nothing to them. I was ahot mess, and everyone else seemed to look ready and nice,

I was not happy. I got some water, cooled down and did my all.

Today, I found out I got the job. THANK YOU HF! All of that trouble and it all paid off,

I guess a rule of thumb is to ALWAYS prepare for traffic in LA, and NEVER wear 4 inch stilletos

to an interview.

The end.

<3

Six.

Life is so pleasant, even when things are difficult

when things don't go your way, you learn that

the most important thing is the people who

love being by your side.

I couldn't be happier,

finally a love that is unconditional

finally a love that can last forever

finally someone worth getting through the fights for

finally someone to call MINE.

Today marks six months since Mona and I started dating, which is really exciting! So much has happened in these six months, so much to grow from, so much knowledge and so much adventure!

I love how he looks at me, I love how he knows when something is wrong, I LOVE how he loves me, I love how i can look like a hot mess and he smiles, and says i look beautiful. Since day 1, we've been the biggest cheeseballs, but since day 1, he's had my heart. I'm looking forward to the next few months and what comes our way, what obstacles we'll face, what happiness will bring, what adventures we will take, what risks we'll be taking.

This weekend was one much needed, Thursday, we spent all day together, I got my hair cut and then we went and saw 50/50 which was a pretty great movie! Friday, he got off work early and surprized me at home so we went and danced at El Dorado's dance. Its so much fun being on the dancefloor with that boy, its like nothing else matters... really.

Saturday we went and did laundry together, lol, we're trying to be "grown ups" but it was nice to sit and just conversate with him. I swear when we get married we're going to be that newspaper couple, sipping on some OJ reading about the 99% of the population being broke arses. I find it cute, but he always makes conversation so easy, even if we disagree, its so easy just to talk. After laundry we went to mama's sushi where i tried ALBACORE for the first time, now let me tell you, flavorgasm. That was a good meal though, after that we went over to his aunty and uncles house for a bbq, his cousin Justin who plays for Notre Dame came into town so we went and just chilled with his family. Its nice to be welcomed like they do, they're really nice! I always tell him that when we have a family I want us to have the samoan family bond like his family does. I mean, mexican families are way close too, but not like his family seems to be. Anywho, that was fun, we talked about the gospel with his other cousin for a few hours actually, that was probably the best part of the night, sitting with Mona and talking about how people are around the world and how Jesus Christ affects their lives in such a positive way when they are open and willing to listen to a message of Christ. After that we went home and fell asleep, I was pretty exhausted.

Sunday came and we headed to El Dorado, and for the first time in a really long time, we made it to church on time! :) you think girls take forever to get ready, meet my Bf, omg... lol. anywho. Church was great, the talks were great. It was so nice to be back at church. I've been working every sunday for the past 2 months so its been REALLY hard to get to church and really take advantage of the blessing of the sabbath. Ironically, we had to leave early to head over to Lomita and get my nephew Alex so we could head to the LA Galaxy Game vs. Chivas USA. It was fun, Alex was able to run around the field before the game started so it was great to see that! The game was great, Galaxy took the victory. I was exhausted after so we went back to mona's and watched Apocalypto on Netflix. That movie is crazy! I fell asleep in loving arms and thats how my sunday ended.

Today was a good one too, Today is our actual 6 month anniversary and we went to Zavalas for some tacos for lunch. I dropped him off at work, which is always the saddest thing, I swear I could be with this boy 24/7 without getting "sick of him" haha. Maybe he does, but I sure don't!

Anywho, things are so good! I have an interview with Pepsi Co. for a customer service rep tomorrow at 1 so i'm really HOPING and PRAYING that I get this job. It's $1 more than I currently make and 1/2 way closer than I work now! Pray for me please! School is alright, I need to focus because i'm definitely being a slacker ( I should be doing HW at this current moment) lol. Family is doing great, things are just at a good place right now! I know things will only get better with time, I can feel it! I'm ready for any challenge that comes my way!

With that,

keep smiling!

Chao!

love you. just the way you are.

I could watch you for a lifetime
You’re my favourite movie
A thousand endings
You mean everything to me
I never know what’s coming
Forever fascinated
Hope you don’t stop running
To me cause I’ll always be waiting

You are A cinema I could watch you forever
Action Thriller I could watch you forever
You are A Cinema A Hollywood treasure
Love you Just the way you are
A Cinema A Cinema A Cinema
A Cinema A Cinema A Cinema

Stars spell out your name
Like in a science fiction drama
Romance roll in
Like a flower in the summer
You always keep me guessing
Forever my wonder
Hope you start undressing
All my dreams until the end of

You are A cinema I could watch you forever
Action Thriller I could watch you forever
You are A Cinema A Hollywood treasure
Love you Just the way you are
A Cinema A Cinema A Cinema
A Cinema A Cinema A Cinema

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Never know what movie you’re playing
Never know what movie you’re playing
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Never know never know never know

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Reminescing

Things are so different today. so different than they were 4 months ago. I was looking back on old blogs and re-reading the horrible time I was having when I published them. It honestly makes me so depressed to rethink of the time that was Jan-March 2011. What hell. I couldn't be happier today. Life is getting so exciting lately, I have an amazing man in my life who just knows how to love me, and gives me all of the things I could ever want from someone. He's my everything. Lately, I feel like that grown up girl i wanted to become a few months ago. I'm way more secure than I've ever been, and I am definitely way more in Love with someone than i've ever been.

A few weeks ago, Mona got a job working with my brother in law at Puma out in Torrance, he was placed on Swing shift, meaning his hours are from 4:30PM to 3:00 AM Monday thru Saturday. I'm dying over here. As things continue to escalade in our relationship, our time together seems to get less and less. We actually went and looked at rings yesterday. WOW.WOW.WOW.crazy i know, sooo exciting, most definitely. This boy is mine forever! Well, i need a ring to finalize that statement first but, it's definitely the goal we are working towards!! FINALLY. someone who understands me, who loves me, even my imperfections and insecurities. He loves me through it all. Finally a boy who isn't here to play games, a man with real emotions and someone who is selfless and gives of himself for my happiness. FINALLY.

I remember having a dream about a man who would be the father to my baby a few months ago and getting this feeling during the dream about how much of a stranger he was but how i knew that i loved him: Mona,has had a crush on me for a while and i've always had an attraction to him, but i always thought he was someone who wouldnt be interested in someone like me. apparently im very wrong. to continue with the dream, my "husband" in this dream loves me and the baby unconditionally: mona always puts me first. i may get insecure at times and grow fear of what could happen and if things don't work out how much i would die instantely, but i relate this feeling to that dream because thats the love i remember feeling in that dream! It's kind of crazy to relate what is going on now to what i dreampt about that night, but it makes so much sense. He always puts me first, and that's all ive ever wanted, to actually and geniounly be loved by someone who i love. to have true and real love, and i've found it.

I'm sooo thankful for standing in holy places, for following the spirit and for joining the LDS church. I'm no where near perfect, and i know perfection could never fully be reached but I do know that I am so happy now, knowing that life is the way it is because of the choice i made 3 years ago, to become a MORMON. to live like Heavenly Father would want me to live and to be closer to my savior. None of this wouldve happened if I weren't a member of this church, and i'm so thankful I made THAT giant leap and made THAT decision.

keep looking up :)

Mayra D.

eres la luz de mi vida...

im a rapper sometimes...

::

Baby boy you my evrythang

cant believe you got me this diamond ring...

you everythang i been wishin for

got me fiening n i want some more...

eres todo lo que quiero,

para siempre

eres todo lo que quiero,

para siempre

eres todo lo que quiero...

nunca me dejes.

ay que guapo.

mi amor.

para siempre...

<3

Because i love him...

oh yes i sure do...

here he is, the man i love. the one that consumes all of my time, the one i cannot get sick of, okay sometimes, lol. the one i argue with. the one i cry with.the one i cuddle with.the one that i wanna be with for ever... yes. deep.don't judge me, i just know. :) i love this boy. a feeling like this hasn't entered my body since i joined the church.anywho, he deserves every second of your undivided attention right now, because, i say so. jk. lol. i love this boy. he's everything i could ever ask for. he's showing me so much of his soul and letting me grow with him. i love everything about him. he's just too good to be true... yea yea, sappy little love blogger now huh, but hey, so what!:) lol. i'm in love, and i'm not afraid to say it. i want to marry this boy. yea, i do. so what! :)

fin.

He is..

everything i could ever ask for...

everything i could ever dream of...

the person that makes me want to be everything i've ever dreamed of....

the person i want to make better, i want to be like...

he is everything i've been waiting for..

lets just hope that its all in HIS will to work out...

life couldn't be better..

<3

We've hit turbulence...

and im one shaken little girl.

tonight, he broke me. completely.

it was the final cherry on the ever so building snow cone waiting to tip.

and he placed it.

things could be worse.

and i hope they don't get any worse.

it just so happens to trickle down sometimes.

this year started off "great"

new promotion.

new location.

more money..

one big happy mye mye...

what happened since then?

what has changed so significantly in my life that has drastically made my ever so happy temper slowly dull into a depressed little seventeen year old child..

i know where the problem lies.. just need to fix it and remember that trials will come.. and that's when we need to turn to him the most.

I can't do this on my own. and i think ive been neglecting the help i know i have way too much lately. I need to remember that he is always there. he is ALWAYS going to love me, even when the guy i wish wanted me dates someone else.. HF will ALWAYS love me. no matter what.

Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me.<3 i am like a seventeen year old at thismoment in my life. so i feel like i am. i am hurt, stressed and have too much to think about that my emotions take over.. i hate it...

so i dedicate this song to me..

Maturing Comes with age..

And i'm getting old...

SO the last couple of months, my life has been pretty busy. With work and school I was definitely getting pretty tired and stressed out dealing with so many things. At home, my mothers health was crumbling, at work I had issues going on and at school the debates only got harder over time.

I am exhausted.

Never in my working life have I come home feeling so down on myself, so utterly lost and stressed out than i have in the past 2 months. I think this new position will be the death of me..

The past few months I have gotten closer to some friends that help me relieve that tension. I'm so thankful for them. Specifically miss Hannah who has understood and given some amazing advice on how to deal with things.. As i stated earlier, maturing comes with age (total lie) ...to me, It is a personal challenge. Sometimes, we don't mature until we are much older, sometimes we are forced to mature at a young age.. it is all due to a personal experience. I have matured, I think. I guess i base that off of the things that are most important to me lately. Family, HF, Friends, Work... Then the rest follows.. partying is not a priority.

Lately I feel like i'm ready to get on with my life.. midlife crisis? maybe.. well in a year right? I had a really vivid dream the other night where I was pregnant. My "babies daddy"(LOL) was a complete stranger, i didn't even know I knew him in my dream, but we were in love? it was weird. well, the dream continued and my boo became more supportive, buying baby stuff, telling friends, being really excited for the ever so fast growing baby in my overnight pregnancy.. I had the baby and we were in love.. i think the time lapse in my dream was 5 hours.. meaning that IN my dream i was pregnant and 5 hours later i gave birth..lol.. I had a boy, and he was perfect. he could talk, and he loved me.. he was full mexican, bushy eyebrows, perfect complexion and the cutest smile. His dad and I loved him so much so we took him to our house that we bought in .25 seconds (dream time is fast!!) The dream ended and I woke up feeling like a mom. I wasn't sure what the dream meant at all, but it was so real, and i felt so much emotion from it. I woke up with tears in my eyes, wondering why i would dream something so great and then wake up to a reality that is no where near it. I guess subconsciously i'm ready for that kind of love.. kinda sucks that its no where in sight right now, but Love takes time.. and it'll come when its supposed to.

I still wonder the meaning of that dream.. it's definitely one i will never forget..

Anywho, life is alright... taking it day by day.. just a little overworked and overstressed.. emotional mess at times.. but i'll get through it.. this is just another page of my book called life ;)

-Mayra

Right to a fair opinion..

So, lately, i feel like my honest opinions don't matter. Like whatever I think, gets bypassed and however i feel about something is WRONG. Someone else is always right, and im wrong, and what i think is different and wrong, and there always has to be a friend finding random sources trying to be the "know it all." That btw is one of THE biggest and most annoying things a person can have as a quality in my personal opinion (if that even matters to you) bc apparently to many, my opinion doesn't matter.. so, since no one reads this anyway, here i am, letting YOU, invisible person out there, read about who i am, and how i fell about certain things..

I LOVE electronic music. I love it, so much. I've listened to plenty of electro for the past 4 years, dancing out in clubs in hollywood, raving it up at EDC with minors (weird) and just blasting it in my car on the way home from work. it is one of the most relaxing sounds for me, and i LOVE it. Electro to me is a huge genre; dubstep,drum and bass, house music, trance, nu-disco..all of that, is classified under electro in my book. Yes, you can argue with me on how they arent electro, and i know, they arent, but when i say that, i mean a BROAD range of music.

i HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE... (i think thats enough) when music goes mainstream without it being represented fairly. FOR EXAMPLE. Britney Spears released a song this week, that has a trance beat behind it. IT is straight up dance music, like from the grungy underground, plastered on a pretty face for the world to see... no no no.. to me.. this is a no no, and i understand, WTF, nbd Mayra D. but this is just how i FEEL about it. and my feelings need to be expressed right? so let me express them.. k, thanks! anywho, i posted a thing about it on my fb status, (here i go being a little bit overdramatic, but anywho...) and the whole thing turned into a discussion, which i should have expected, but it was not what i wanted. I understand the people feel that they should comment on it, but it was most definitely a vent on how i felt about something so passionate about. YES, i am an "electronic music fiend!!" meaning, i need it, i crave it, ALL of the time.. lol, so when someone like Britney plastered my "vice" all over the nation, that made me not happy. not mad, but more dissapointed at the lack of representation that the MAINstream media is doing for electro. Electronic music, the amazing stuff, is still no on the radio, its still free of charge on blogs, in zippyshare files, on twitter, but it is no where to be found on radio stations. SO that is what gets me mad. Britney, bc she's the "queen" can deface such amazing music ( to me) and people love it... i dont get it..

im not making sense,

oh well,

no ones listening.

Mayra D.

2010 in 10.

Okay, so i know im like 6 days late of posting my favorite things of 2010, since we have moved into a new decade :) so here are my top 10 songs, fashion trends, icons, movies, reality tv people and parties. :)

10. Kloe Kardashian :)

Okay, so i know, why not kim? HELLO??? Khloe is HILARIOUS. omg, she makes me laugh every episode. I also admire that she runs her own store, sticks up for herself and is a little on the heavier side of life, and still manages to makes thinks look great. She has a fun personality and this year, charmed me into liking her, therefore, she is #10 on my "cool" celebrity list.

#9.JEGGINGS

Have you recently tried to squeeze your cute little bottom into a pair of jeans, only to feel like your butt is being sucked out, and a muffin top is definitely on the loose? well, no fear here, the jeggings are here to save. The wonderful spandex combinated with cotton and jean material has made it easier to fit into your pants without the worry of a muffy top. :) thank goodness for jeggings and their comfortable fit, they are defintily staying in 2011.

#8. LOST

Okay, so i must admit, the ending was extremely dissapointing to me, i expected something elaborated, great explanation for why these things happened to these people, but no, death. that is all it was, it was death.

#7.EDP (Electric Dance Parties)

Okay so i have to state that i have YET to attend an EDP, but for the record, i am pretty close with the founder of this amazing dance party group based in Provo Utah. Their movement is amazing for the location they are based in, a college town. Who wouldn't want to party for free? Of course, super mo's might consider it a rave, but these DJ's are trying to expose a music genre that most people have yet to really listen to. I give them a good round of applouse for their hard work, and place them #7 on my 2010 list of awesome.

#6 Steve Aoki

Mr. Kid Millionaire himself is just known for partying all around Los Angeles. As i scoped through my many video clips of 2010 and i noticed that this year was a little more party for me, and it all seemed to take place at one club :Cinespace. Tuesdays nights is DIM MAK nights, DIM MAK is Aoki's label and they throw weekly parties in LA for the electro loving hipster crowd. I do love me some cinespace, and am so glad for steve Aoki who spread the party love in 2010 to me :)

#5 TWILIGHT.

can you say, YUM? okay, okay i know, i need to workout a little more in order to get a guy that looks as physically great as these 4 hotties, but twilight sure did keep me away from any activity other than reading this summer. I did an internship in Beverly Hills and after all the traffic and hard work, i would come home, sip on some hot cocoa and call it a twilight night. I was HOOKED, this story is amazing, finishing it in 2 weeks is a first for me, specially with reading something like this. 4 books, 2 weeks, must have been easy reading. but boy was it amazing. can't wait until november when the first part of the final installment of these movies comes out :)

#4 DUBSTEP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgGte6vlic&feature=player_embedded#!

(cassius)

OMG. dubstep. SO good. SO this year, I indulged into some crazy new music.A little more in depth of what you could say "electro" and merged into the subgenres of this music, only to find more beauty hiding in the underground. Dubstep is dirty, grungy and all about rage, but it didnt really fuel my anger, it just let me express it within dance. Thank you dubstep, you definitely saved some poor people from a Mayra D. nose punch. ;) jk. but really, Cassius and Pendulum definitely topped the charts for me on the dubstep/d&b sounds for me. :)

#3. DucK Sauce

of course, leave the last few #'s to the music genre's that rocked my world:DISCO HOUSE. One of my favorite bands in this spectrum was DucK sauce. Not really a band, more of a collaboration of producers.A-Trak and Arman Van Helden are the front runners of this Disco House fueled collab and Barbra Streisand (one of the most amazing songs of 2010 in MY book)was produced by these two along with Anyway (which came out in '09) but continues to tickle my fancy :) make sure to check them out...

http://vimeo.com/15367744

#2 EDC (electric Daisy Carnival)

never in my life would i have ever imagined a dance party so huge in my life. besides the nudity, drugs, alcohol and other nasty "worldly" things that go on at these "MegaRaves" i was there for one thing and ONE thing only, MUSIC. wow. can i just say that words could not express how amazing it sounds and feels to be submerged in a place with so much crazy energy. The insane thing of it all is that you are kind of put in this field where everyone is basically out of their minds, literally, and so you have to make it fun without getting into any of the crap that they're on, if you get what im saying. I am SO lucky to be as strong of a member and faithful to my HF to not be even remotely tempted to step back into the alcohol scene, or be tempted to buy drugs or do ANY of those things. I party clean, and that is the ONLY way i will ever party. Music is amazing to me, and i love it and i was so glad to see so many artists come together over a 2 day period to bring forth good and new music for us sober "i will NEVER forget this" crowd that doesnt need any kind of "stuff" to have a good time.

We also found a kid there that was LDS, and he had this amazing shirt that said "LDS hardcore, HUG DON'T DRUG" all over it. it was amazing. such wonderful times with wonderful friends :)

#1 A*TRAK!!!!!!!

Of course right? leave the #1 spot to not only the most attractive DJ in the electronic world, but also one of the most amazing scratchers/producers/partier in all of the US of A, even if he is from Canada! So i've known of A*TRAK for about 4 years but not until this year did i really indulge in his mixes and appreciate the artwork he does. He has these mixtapes where he mixes electro and hip hop and blows it up on the dance floor. He is amazing to see live, he'll definitely keep you dancing all night. I was privelaged to see him live both at EDC and at cinespace back in october. He's the founder of Fools Gold record label based in NYC and has an older brother in Chromeo (an electro synth pop Band) Check them out :) Anywho, he gets #1 for his attractive charisma, charming whit and my uber cute DJ groupie crush on him LOL. yes. i am his biggest fan! hahahahaha....

Okay, well there you have it. my top 10 of 2010. I guess these things really did influence and impact my year on a fun level. I'm really looking forward to increasing my faith and spirituality in 2011 and finally settling down and getting everything done before i grow too old to do it. Of course, parties and good times with great friends are ALWAYS on the agenda, just got to prioritize a whole lot better in 2011..

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