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11-30-2025 MY INSPO: a bountiful harvest of inspiration

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  this past week, inspiration was all around, from gifts i'm excited to wear, to the turbofolk princesses of the 2000s. here's some inspo that caught my attention, and now i'm bringing it to yours. y2k balkan style while my peers in the usa were surrounded by nicole richie and paris hilton, jwow and snooki, britney, destiny's child and xtina - as the naughties style icons with a reputation , i was surrounded by not so different icons, when it comes down to the level of cuntiness.  a bit of backstory - with croatian history being extremely complex with serbs, we're in an entanglement of sorts. very similar, shared most of our lives and upbringing, lot's of our traditions overlap. we're neighbors, friends and cousins with each other, and our languages are similar - we don't need translation. and we cannot forget the homeland war, where this relationship took a dark turn and left these feelings bittered toward our neighbors. i am no historian, and i know th...

7-27-2025 MY FAVES: like a tween again

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  books of the week i'm a few chapters from completing  midnight sun  - and i got to see edward's perspective on some iconic quotes:  " as if you could outrun me " and " you're like my personal brand of heroin ". this week is a week to celebrate the tween indulgences, cute vampire vs werewolves and such. spoiler alert: if you're hoping for lots of jacob content, there's very minimal in this book.  music of the week it's one direction 's 15-year anniversary of becoming the boyband  of our times. here we are - most of us fans grown up and lost a member last fall. drama, fights, girlfriends, and new music - but no reunion in sight.  indulge with me in this  playlist  with songs old and new, solos and hidden gems. my fave was louis  - who was your's? there were two genders on repeat this week in my orbit of discovery: irish punk bands   and balkan pop princesses . irish bands kneecap  and fontaines dc  have been talked ab...