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great things are coming, I just need a little time to freshen up first

june 20, 2017

hey loves. great things are coming, I just need a little time to freshen up first. see you in a bit with new content. 

xoxo,

martina writes

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the ultimate this or that tag

june 19, 2017

aloha! I realized that I haven’t done a tag in quite a while, so I thought it’s about time to bring that trend back! I was searching through a bunch of question tags and found one that I’m super excited to answer!

this tag includes 100 this or that questions! I think these type of tags are super fun to answer. I’ll be bolding and italicizing the answer I choose! there are a few questions where I didn’t like either option, so I didn’t leave an answer for those. if you want to find a blank copy of the tag, click here!

I hope you enjoy this post and maybe learn something about me! I highly encourage you to answer this tag as well.

marty

coffee or tea?

black and white or color?

drawings or paintings?

dresses or skirts?

books or movies?

pepsi or coke?

chinese or italian?

early bird or night owl?

chocolate or vanilla?

introvert or extrovert?

hugs or kisses?

hunting or fishing?

winter or summer?

spring or fall?

rural or urban?

pc or mac?

tan or pale?

cake or pie?

ice cream or yogurt?

ketchup or mustard?

sweet pickles or dill pickles?

comedy or mystery?

boots or sandals?

silver or gold?

pop or rock?

dancing or singing?

checkers or chess?

board games or video games?

wine or beer?

freckles or dimples?

honey mustard or bbq sauce?

body weight exercises or lifting weights?

baseball or basketball?

crossword puzzles or sudokus?

facial hair or clean shaven?

crushed ice or cubed ice?

skiing or snowboarding?

smile or game face?

bracelet or necklace?

fruit or vegetables?

sausage or bacon?

scrambled or fried?

dark chocolate or white chocolate?

tattoos or piercings?

antique or brand new?

dress up or dress down?

cowboys or aliens?

cats or dogs?

pancakes or waffles?

bond or bourne?

sci-fi or fantasy?

numbers or letters?

harry potter or lord of the rings?

fair or theme park?

money or fame?

washing dishes or doing laundry?

snakes or sharks?

orange juice or apple juice?

sunrise or sunset?

slacker or over-achiever?

pen or pencil?

peanut butter or jelly?

grammys or oscars?

detailed or abstract?

multiple choice questions or essay questions?

adventurous or cautious?

saver or spender?

glasses or contacts?

laptop or desktop?

classic or modern?

personal chef or personal fitness trainer?

internet or cell phone?

call or text?

curly hair or straight hair?

shower in the morning or shower in the evening?

spicy or mild?

marvel or dc?

paying a mortgage or paying rent?

sky dive or bungee jump?

oreos or chips ahoy?

jello or pudding?

truth or dare?

roller coaster or ferris wheel?

leather or denim?

stripes or solids?

bagels or muffins?

whole wheat or white?

beads or pearls?

hardwood or carpet?

bright colors or neutral tones?

be older than you are or younger than you are?

raisins or nuts?

picnic or nice restaurant?

black leather or brown leather?

long hair or short hair?

“ready, aim, fire” or “ready, fire, aim”?

fiction or non-fiction?

smoking or non-smoking?

think before you talk or talk before you think?

asking questions or answering questions?

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imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

marilyn monroe

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ten buzzfeed quizzes part 3

june 15, 2017

hello all! today I’m going the be doing another buzzfeed quizzes post. I really enjoy writing these and taking the quizzes so I’m excited to share another one of them! I recently haven’t been as active on buzzfeed so I’ve been eager to write this post to see what types of quizzes they have. 

just like the other two posts, these quizzes have no correlation. I just click on the ones that look interesting and include them in this post. I also include a link to each quiz (which you can access by clicking on the title of the quiz) and my results after the title so we can compare results.

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find ten buzzfeed quizzes that I thought were worth taking. I hope you enjoy!

marty

design a house and find out which “gossip girl” character you are. dan.

answer five random questions and we’ll reveal which mystical creature you are. mermaid.

design a dream home and we’ll reveal which disney princess should be your roomie. rapunzel.

cast a spell and we’ll reveal a secret you don’t want anyone to know. you’re original but you’re afraid of what people think.

build your dream pool and we’ll reveal your summer crush. a stranger who will run into you and spill their coffee all over you.

it’s time to find out if you’re more type a or type b. type b.

which former member of one direction should you end up with? harry

it’s time to find out which “riverdale” friendship you and your bff are. betty and veronica.

answer these fashion-related questions and we’ll reveal which of barbie’s friends you are. teresa.

style an outfit from uniqlo and we’ll reveal your secret talent. your special power is making anything and everything look good.

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my favorite “oh wonder” songs

june 12, 2017

it’s martina back at it again with another playlist! playlists and quotes are my favorite kind of posts so it’s no wonder why I’ve been overloading you all with them lately! (also remember to check out my spotify @ martinawrites)

today I’m going to be sharing all of my favorite songs by oh wonder. I absolutely love their music and have been around since their first album! a lot of their songs were used in vine edits so you may recognize some from there. also, these songs are listed in no particular order!

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find 14 of my favorite songs by oh wonder. I hope you enjoy and give these songs a listen!

marty

ultralife

drive

lose it

all we do

technicolor beat

without you

landslide

livewire

white blood

the rain

shark

midnight moon

plans

heavy

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all you need is love. but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

charles m. schulz

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ten things to do this month – june 2017

june 9, 2017

hello all! now that it’s summer, I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the time I have to spend. since I was thinking about it, I thought that it would be appropriate to do a things to do this month post!

if you don’t already know, I’m a huge goal setter and I love accomplishing things. that’s why I absolutely love writing these posts! not only are the things on this list things I recommend you to do, but they’re also recommendations for me!

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find ten things I reccomend you do this june 2017. I hope you enjoy and maybe even try some of these out!

m

clean out your backpack and wash it if needed

recycle all of the papers and school supplies you don’t need

make a good playlist and walk around your town and notice things you haven’t before

add a new record to your collection

start daily journaling or buy a journal prompt book

update your playlists and delete old ones you don’t listen to anymore

redo your tumblr theme if you feel like you need to

dust your room

reread some of your favorite books

donate old books you don’t want/need

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personal playlist – june 2017

june 7, 2017

hello my loves and welcome back to normal posts! I hope you all enjoyed my theme week (I sure did)! while I have your attention, I thought I’d plug my spotify page! you can find it my searching “mrtinawrites”. there you’ll be able to find all of my playlists and get a sneak peak at upcoming ones!

today I’m going to my sharing my personal playlist for june 2017. for some reason I always love my summer playlists more than others. I highly suggest you give this one a listen! I absolutely love all of these songs.

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find 18 songs I’ll be listening to this june. I hope you enjoy!

martina

perfect places – lorde

all we ever knew – the head and the heart

strangers – halsey, lauren jauregui

lay by me – firekid

coachella - woodstock in my mind – lana del rey

our apartment – aaron west & the roaring twenties

there for you –  martin garrix, troye sivan

atlantis – bridgit mendler, kaiydo

ruby – foster the people

if – r5

young blood – sun culture

sweet creature – harry styles

malibu – miley cyrus

nice2knou – all time low

heavy – oh wonder

wolves (you got me) – dreamers

told you so – paramore

caught up – sarah close

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quotable week – audrey hepburn

june 5, 2017

where has time gone? greetings and welcome to the final post of quotable week! I’ve had so much fun writing and sharing these posts with you all! I’m seriously considering doing a part two of this theme week later on. picking these authors and getting to share all of these quotes with you has been such a lovely experience.

for our final post, I’ll be sharing quotes by the adorable audrey hepburn. when I originally saw her name on the list of authors, I didn’t think there would be much on her page. though, when I clicked on it I was pleasantly surprised with the quality and quantity of the quotes! also fun fact, I bolded my favorite quote of all time!

if you’ve missed any of the posts in quotable week, make sure to click here! that link will take you to the official tag for this theme week. under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find twelve quotes by audrey hepburn. I hope you all enjoy!

m

“nothing is impossible, the world itself says ‘I’m possible’!”

“the beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.”

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

"the beauty of a woman is not in her facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. it is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. the beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”

“as you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think t’s the thing I like the most, to laugh. it cures a multitude of ills. it’s probably the most important thing in a person.

“the best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

“if I’m honest, I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”

“everything I learned I learned from the movies.”

“living is like tearing through a museum. not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can’t take it in all at once.”

“I’m an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, the flowers, the sky.”

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”

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quotable week – edgar allan poe

june 4, 2017

hello loves and welcome back to the second to last post of quotable week! I can’t believe this week has gone by so fast. it seems like only yesterday that I was planning these posts.

today I’m going to be sharing quotes by edgar allen poe! in sixth grade I read a bunch of his writing (a tell tale heart still haunts me) and am still in love with his work and writing style to this day. I thought it would be a great idea to include him in this theme week!

if you’ve been slacking on reading the posts from quotable week, make sure to click here! this link will direct you to the official tag for this theme week. I think by now you know where to find the quotes, so I’ll leave you to find all ten of them! I hope you enjoy.

marty

“words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”

“all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

“science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”

“all religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.”

“I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.”

“once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.”

“the man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.”

“the true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.”

“we loved with a love that was more than love.”

“if you forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.”

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quotable week – eleanor roosevelt

june 3, 2017

greetings my loves! is it just me or does it seem like quotable week is going by super fast? either way, I’m super excited to be sharing another post with you today!

for today’s quotable post, I’m going to be sharing posts by eleanor roosevelt! one of my grade school teachers absolutely adored her and always shared her quotes with us. I think she’s absolutely brilliant as well and that’s why I wanted to share some of her quotes!

are you caught up on quotable week? if not, make sure to click here! that link will take you to the official tag for this theme week. under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find ten quotes by eleanor roosevelt. I hope you enjoy!

martina

“you gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. you are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’”

“we are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”

“it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”

“no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. you’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”

“it is not fair to ask others what you are not willing to do yourself.”

“never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.”

“it isn’t enough to talk about peace. one must believe in it. and it isn’t enough to believe in it. one must work at it.”

“remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”

“it takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”

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quotable week – j.r.r. tolkien

june 2, 2017

hello my loves and welcome back to quotable week! I can’t believe we’re already half way through this theme week. I’ve really enjoyed doing this theme week and I’m considering doing another quotable week in the future.

today I’m going to be sharing quotes by the spectacular j.r.r. tolkien! I’m a huge fan of the hobbit and I’ve recently been getting into lord of the rings. I find his writing so amazing and thought it would be appropriate to include him in this theme week!

if you’ve missed any of the posts in theme week so far, make sure to click here! that link will take you to the official tag for quotable week and will show all of the other posts.

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find nine quotes by j.r.r. tolkien! I hope you enjoy.

marty

“all that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

“it’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”

“the wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”

“short cuts make long delays.”

“so comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!”

“the say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many.”

“go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.”

“a box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”

“a safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.”

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quotable week – dr. seuss

june 1, 2017

hello and happy june! I hope you all are having a lovely summer vacation (if you have one/are already on one)! I’m surely enjoying mine. I also hope you’re enjoying this theme week. I’ve had so much fun putting it together and writing it!

as I was going through the authors that I could feature, I notice dr. seuss on the list and thought it was important that I included him! his quotes are absolutely lovely and inspiring and remind me so much of my childhood!

if you’ve missed any of the quotes in this theme week so far, you can click here to visit the official tag! here you’ll be able to find all of the posts so far. under the “keep reading” section of this post you’ll find nine quotes by dr. seuss. I hope you enjoy!

m

“you have brains in your head. you have feet in your shoes. you can steer yourself in any direction you choose. you're on your own, and you know what you know. and you are the guy who'll decide where to go.”

“I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.”

“the more that you read, the more things you will know. the more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

“only you can control your future.”

“a person's a person, no matter how small.”

“you're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”

“whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'you can do better than this.'”

“unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

“today you are you! that is truer than true! there is no one alive who is you-er than you!”

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quotable week – maya angelou

may 31, 2017

aloha and welcome back to quotable week! I’ve been having so much fun writing these posts and even more fun sharing them with you all! theme weeks are definietly some of my favorite posts to write.

today I’m going to be sharing quotes by the lovely maya angelou! while I was looking through my quote source, I found so many amazing ones by her and thought it was only right that I shared them!

if you’ve missed any posts in this theme week, make sure to click here to visit the official tag!

under the “keep reading” section of this post, you’ll find twelve quotes by the lovely maya angelou! I hope you enjoy and I’ll see you tomorrow!

marty

“my mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive’ and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

“try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

“we may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“all great achievements require time.”

“love recognizes no barriers. it jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“a wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.”

“when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

“you may not control all events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

“it’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. forgive everybody.”

“you are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure my experiences are positive.”

“there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

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quotable week – william shakespeare

may 30, 2017

greetings and welcome to the first day of quotable week! I am so excited for the rest of this week! I have so many great posts and quotes lined up. to visit the official tag for this theme week, you can click here!

I decided to start quotable week off strong with one of my favorite people, william shakespeare! he has so many quotes that I love and is very great with words so I thought it would be perfect to start out with him for this theme week!

under the “keep reading” section you’ll find fifteen quotes by william shakespeare that I love! I hope you enjoy.

m

“we know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

“if music be the food of love, play on.”

“some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

“there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

“the course of true love never did run smooth.”

“better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”

“we are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“what’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

“suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”

“how far that little candle throws its beams! so shines a good deed in a naughty world.”

“what is past is prologue.”

“though she be but little, she is fierce.”

“nothing can come of nothing.”

“wisely, and slow. they stumble that run fast.”

“such as we are made of, such we be.”

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introducing: quotable week

may 29, 2017

hello loves! to celebrate a lot of people getting out of school, I’m going to be starting a new theme week! as you know, I absolutely love writing these and I thought it was about time for another. 

a few days ago I introduced a type of post where I shared a bunch of quotes by specific people. I absolutely loved writing it and sharing it and decided that I wanted to make a theme week about it.

each day of the week I’ll be posting somewhere between 8-15 quotes by a specific person. I decided to call this week ‘quotable week’ because all of these people are very quotable!

I hope you enjoy this theme week! I’ll see you tomorrow with the first official post! I hope you enjoy.

martina

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always do your best. what you plant now, you will harvest later.

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