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Life and Media Why do we so badly want to be a part of a celebrity life? We watch shows that glamorize being popular. Longing to be in the in crowd. Feeling a sense of deprivation because we are not in the elite. Feeling as though we know these stars: Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ellen, and any other that come to mind. We want to be in that club, we want to have as many followers, likes, retweets, shares, and anything that comes with it. We feel as though we should have those things it's a sense of entitlement. "Well if Ellen has that many likes on her photo then I should too." Almost missing the message of what life truly is and the possibility that we may never have those things. We may never have 1.4 million likes on our Instagram account. We may never be sitting in that chair next to Ellen. Through all of the hype and all of the buzz the one true thing that we should be ok with is ourselves. We should be perfectly content with what we have, we should be ok with in...

Lanicfer's 2012's It's Chill-EP Cover. Welcome to an ALL NEW #MusicMonday! This week we are bringing you so much more!! Last week I was on youtube and I was listening to some music that I was familiar with and I really enjoyed. I came across an artist that I had never heard of and was completely in awe of his music. So I found him on twitter and started following him along with sending him some tweets. He responded and granted to me an interview. I am honored to feature Lancifer's, "It's Chill" this week on #MusicMonday. Lancifer is a refreshing new sound in the world. Bringing a hip hop/rap flavor. In his music video for It's Chill, he brings Meekakitty. Together they are a driving force to be reckoned with, providing amazing dance moves and inspiring lyrics to the song. One of my favorite things about Lancifer is that he is a Christian and he is not shy about his faith. It plays such a huge role in his life and music. I hope that you will tak...

Today is Music Monday, and I am writing this about my new favorite song. Between the Raindrops by Lifehouse feat Natasha Bedingfield, something about this duet brings the song to life for me. Frontman Jason Wade brings emotion to the vocals and paints the picture. As Natasha Bedingfield throws down her amazingly beautiful vocals on this track. I do believe this song will be number 1. Such a positive song with a force behind it. Lifehouse seems to always have an uplifting message to their songs as well as Natasha. It's very refreshing to hear this song. It's a rarity for Pop music to has great lyrics and a great message. I hope that you will take a second to listen to this fantastic song!! I will include this lyrics of this song on her so you can see how truly great the lyrics are. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did on this Music Monday! This song will be making waves in the year 2013! Between the Raindrops Lifehouse feat Natasha Bedingfield Look around There...