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bohemea replied to your photo: u like????? I feel like shit.

Get it girl! That colour looks fantastic on you!

Hella late reply here: thank you ma chérie!!

bohemea replied to your post: epiphany!

You don’t need a flat tummy to be a belly dancer for Halloween! Belly dancers with tummies are lovely!

Aw, thanks, I should’ve known you would say that! ;)

Life Lessons From Bo

bohemea:

1. Make Eye Contact
I cannot stress enough how important I feel it is to look someone in the eye. Everyone. From your loved ones to store clerks & bank tellers. Treat everyone like your equal. I also find eye contact immensely attractive. It shows you’re assured & open & I dig that.

2. Remember Facts About Other People
This ties into ‘be a good listener’ which I think everyone loves in a person. I also feel it’s important to remember the anecdotes & facts people tell you. I’m not talking just birthdays & phone numbers. When someone remembers that I take my coffee black or that I once had a cat named Killer, I know they’re a good person. I know sometimes it feels this way, but not everyone is talking just to hear the sound of their own voice, sometimes people are trying to connect. Find those people & connect.

3. Have Individuality & Confidence In Dress
I like when a person looks comfortable in their own skin. I don’t care if you dress conservative or eccentric, so long as it expresses who you are as a person & you look like you chose your look because it makes you happy & not because it’s what is expected.  

4. Love What You Love
SB & I went on a rant about this the other day & I kept shouting “LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE!” It is my new life motto. I loathe when people automatically reject something because they think it would be lame to like that something. I would much rather someone vehemently hate something I love for their own personal reasons than agree with me because they think they’re supposed to. No more guilty pleasures. Love what you love without shame.

5. SHOW ENTHUSIASM!
Everyone I truly love sometimes gets so overwhelmed by their excitement that they start shouting or typing in CRAZY CAPS. I adore this trait. I spent most of my early 20s acting like I was too cool to get excited about something unless I was drunk. That’s silly. Giggle, clap, jump up & down. True honest enthusiasm is endearing & infectious.  

6. Be Willing To Change
No matter what convictions you have now, accept that life is change. You will change, your circumstances will change, roll with it. Allow yourself to grow & evolve. Don’t stick stubbornly to a belief or idea just because it’s something you believe now. If it’s meant to stick, it’ll stick on it’s own. Just be willing to change. Keep this motto that Cher recites in Mermaids close to your heart: Life is change. Death is living in the past or staying in one place too long.

7. Accept That Other People Are Better Than You
Do what you love, even if you’re not the best. This is difficult for alphas to accept. I’ve given up many a project because I wasn’t instantly awesome at the task. Keep trying, improve & accept that doing what you love is just that; it’s not being the best, it’s being fulfilled. That being said, if you really truly suck at something, & sometimes you will, maybe give it up & try something else. 

8. Be Spontaneously Affectionate
Tell people you love that you love them, but also show them that you love them. Hug, hold hands, link arms. When a friend overwhelms you with their adorableness, tell them. Respect that some people don’t respond well to physical affection & find other ways to let them know they’re loved. Do all this freely, generously, often.

9. Stick Up For Yourself
Just as you should question your convictions, you should also be skilled at defending them. Don’t let anyone talk you out of something you truly believe. Respect their differing opinion, listen, absorb, but don’t sacrifice your opinions to appease another. I would also add that you should pick your debates, don’t vehemently argue every difference. Sometimes it’s fine to let someone go on about something you disagree with. You’ll learn a differing view & maybe it’s not worth the effort to dispute their opinion.

10. Love Yourself Best
This sounds selfish, but it’s not. Remember what RuPaul says: If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else? Love others, give yourself to others, trust others, but remember that you have to love yourself best so you can give well to the people in your life. Have fun with yourself, enjoy your own company, challenge & be proud of yourself. 

bohemea asked: Oh my god, that source post you reblogged about sourcing is blowing my mind! I've always wanted the source to be the actual post & not my main tumblr page, but I didn't think there was a way to do that & I didn't want posts to get lost so I always made my main page the source (unless it came from a different site) so at least people could trace posts with info removed back to the place it was originally posted, but the post itself would still be lost. Plus it'll save time! Hooray! Thank you!

bohemea, continued: But you know what? That’s not always the case. It’s only when it’s a reblog of a reblog that it does the auto-source. I just reblogged a picture that had a blank source & the source didn’t show up when I reblogged it, but then SB reblogged the reblog from me & it showed up. Weird! Tumblr is weird! I just said reblog a lot!

Ha ha I just tested it out and you are absolutely right. All I know is that it’s only difficult to find the original post if you’re like the millionth person to reblog it AND the OP sourced back to their main page. 

I guess Tumblr doesn’t auto-source when you reblog directly from the source because you’re already AT the source, but if it’s a reblog of a reblog (or a reblog of a reblog of a reblog of a reblog…) it makes sense to auto-source so people can find the original post. Like fleurdeliser said, you just click through on the link at the top of the post. But yeah, Tumblr is weird.

OK I’M PROBABLY STATING THE OBVIOUS AND I CONFUSED MYSELF. GODSPEED.

bohemea replied to your post: Seriously considering shelling out $48 for a Fiona…

Do it! 48 dollars is a good price for a good performer nowadays. I’m positive you wouldn’t be disappointed.

Ha ha, I know you’re right; I’m just really cheap. So have you seen Fiona live?

bohemea replied to your post: Is Seth MacFarlane gay? I don’t enjoy his work at…

My Seth MacFarlane feelings are mixed too. He dated Amanda Bynes.

Oh okay. We were watching the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (I know, I know) and after the millionth gay joke about Seth, someone asked if he was actually gay and/or closeted. I was like, “I don’t think so. Wait, maybe.” 

bohemea replied to your audio post: The Monkees, “I’m A Believer” RIP Davy Jones. My…

Mine too! She loved Davy Jones. I call him “The accessible Paul”.

He IS the accessible Paul! I feel like our moms would be buds.

bohemea replied to your post: it’s true :(

Girl, I lose my toenail all the time. Rock it! Also - OUCHIE!

If by ‘rock it’ you mean go to the grocery store with dried blood all over your big toe, then yes, I did rock it!

bohemea replied to your photo: Tumblr Crushes: thedailywhat suicideblonde …

OFFENCE!

I know! It’s always been you and SB up top, but the stupid Daily What had to make its way in there.

 bohemea replied to your photo: EXCUSE ME?! This is my computer! Who in god’s name…

Sometimes to perform certain tasks on your computer you have to make yourself the system administrator. Before Vista you were automatically the sys admin, but I think they changed it so non-computer savvy people didn’t fuck things up. It’s annoying.

Thank you. Apparently I AM the system administrator, so I don’t know what the problem is. It’s no big deal; I was just trying to clear out a few programs that I don’t use. Windows Vista fucking sucks. I’m gonna ask my dad to install Windows 7 for me.