#will need to do updated pics with melody's kids too

[sillysoraya]

Some more pics and updates from my TS2 Maxis Sims BACC-kinda-thing, inspired by Katatty’s Hollyhead.

We're on day 6 of their first week, and:

Lucy's garden is doing fabulously - she's harvested lots of produce ready for when she opens a farm shop. Dirk has a few medicinal herbs growing in his little garden too, to sell from his clinic in the future.

Romance is definitely in the air - with Dustin and Dirk both vying for her love, Lucy has fallen for Dirk. Dirk currently wishes to propose to Lucy! I'll let him do so when I next play.

Tara and Melody have 3 bolts and are all over each other (they had the first woohoo of the town), however much Tank tries to get in with Tara. In fact, being an Irresistible sim, Tara gets a lot of attention!

Jules was fed up being left out of all this and wanted in on the action, so started flirting with her best friend Johnny, then fell in love with him!

Not to be disheartened by Lucy's rejection, Dustin finished his first car renovation and is now up to 7 mechanical points - he still needs 10 to unlock electricity and plumbing for the town.

Jules is 78% done writing her novel, and up to level 2 of the Journalism career - I'm not sure why she's so slow to progress!

Tank made is to level 4 of the Law Enforcement career as Desk Sergeant and now requires a Police Station to work from, which I will let him live in. I download and renovated one from Pleasantsims.

Melody made it to level 4 in the Architecture career as Head of Construction Company, unlocking townies and house building!

I added 15 townies, a mixture of kids, teens and adults, all aged up Maxis toddlers/kids/teens. Here you can see Ginger Newson, Puck Summerdream, Jill Smith and Ripp Grunt. Jill upset Ripp by electricuting him 😂 There are also Garrett and Georgia Newson, Beatrice Monty, Mercutio Monty, Pauline Aspir, Isaiah Gavigan, Alexander Goth, Tybalt Capp, Miranda Capp, Ophelia Nigmos and Angela Pleasant. When townies move into households, I'll replace them with more Maxis kids/teens aged up.

As of Monday, everyone will be moving to their own places. I think I'll move Dirk and Lucy out together. I rolled between 20-35k to work out how much each household will get to buy a home and if any leftover, a community lot for opening businesses.

Dirk needs to open & run a clinic once he gets to level 6 (currently level 4) and Lucy needs to open her farm shop to sell her produce. Johnny needs to open something fun like a bar or club. Melody, Tara, Dirk, Tank and Jules can stay in their Architecture, Politics, Medicine, Law Enforcment and Journalism careers respectively, and try to reach the top. Dustin... I think will have to continue renovating cars for money until someones business reaches level 5, which is when I've decided a spot in the Criminal career is unlocked!

[megs--stuff]

Cousins!

[yakumtsaki]

Alright, by popular demand, here is our first spare update! I was gonna do one gigantic post on Wordpress but the amount of pics ended up too overwhelming to edit and upload, so I’m gonna do it here in smaller installments.

We begin with Daniel and Melody, who I’ve actually played quite a bit, they moved into this cottage/cat farm, adopted all our non-heir cats, got married, and had twins:

June and Julian, JuJu for short! JuJu are just about the most angelic kids I’ve ever had in this game, not only do they look adorb but they both got Daniel’s 10 nice points so this is what they do all day:

-I wuv you, June! -I wuv YOU, Julian!

-3 steps without huggling?! -Huggle huggle!

Awww, nothing’s ever gonna ruin this perfect family!  (*ominous music*)

So Daniel is just about living his dream life, he loves his farm..

..he loves his cats..

..and most of all he loves his bebes! With Daniel I’m actually having a problem I’ve never experienced before, which is that he’s literally TOO GOOD of a parent, like he’s fucking obsessed with his kids-

-to the point where he legit lives in the nursery and almost died of hunger because he wouldn’t fuck off to go eat. 

-Sorry to wake you up, sweetheart, I just missed you so much those 3 minutes you’ve been asleep!

-Great job getting your diaper changed, buddy!

Btw Julian grew up in Daniel’s haircut which I thought was the cutest thing ever, especially because he has both the Komei nose and Daniel’s jaw! Mini Daniel <3

I’m sure you all remember that Daniel’s aspiration is popularity, which gave us a lot of laughs but never felt right for him, and his LTW was to ‘become Rock God’ which. lmao. Since he has yet to roll a single popularity or job-related want and all he wants to do is hang out with his kids and his cats, I do a little switcheroo and make his secondary family aspiration his main one, and he keeps popularity as the other one.

His new LTW is to have a golden anniversary, best LTW there is, so he quits his job to stay home and continue to hover over the kids’ cribs 24/7!

You might have noticed a lack of Melody so far and there’s a good reason for that, she has been.. how should I put it.. oh right, FUCKING TERRIBLE.

So the thing with Melody is twofold a) she only has 4 nice and 2 playful points, so the exact opposite of her husband and kids b) she’s a HARDCORE knowledge sim, by which I mean literally all she wants to do is skill to reach the top of the science career, and when she’s not skilling she will autonomously read/play piano/paint etc, basically anything to not interact with her kids. Her pleasure secondary is certainly not helping matters..

..and as a result I don’t have a single pic of Melody interacting with JuJu, Daniel does freaking EVERYTHING, the kids aren’t even FRIENDS with her.

-Oh hi Mel, how are the kids? -None of your business, bitch.

-Mama home?? -Mama mean >:(

-Daniel, I got promoted again!! -Congrats, babe, you’re so close!  -I know! But I don’t have enough friends for the next promotion so I’m gonna be socializing non-stop these days, you can take care of the kids right? -Of course! -And the cats and the house and the farm and the cooking? -Sure! -And you’ll make whale noises until I fall asleep? -Anything you need! -You’re the best! Can you go out in the snowstorm and get me those cookies I like? -No problem, nothing like a hike in the snow to improve the ol’ blood circulation!

As I might (?) have mentioned, I want to create cadet branches of the cat legacy too, so Neo (the non-heir son of Alegra and Ronroneo) had kittens with Roux (the final cat Komei adopted to reach his LTW)! These are Sisi, Nana, Bubu, and Zuzu! <3

Between all his wants to interact with the kids and all his wants to interact with the cats, Daniel has literally been platinum this entire time, like I don’t think his aspiration meter has even touched gold. Happy for you bb! 

Unfortunately Neo died shortly after his kittens were born and Daniel was devastated-

-so we got a new cat, Vasilissa, and she had kittens with Goro (D’vorah’s spare brother so Neo’s.. nephew?? Man I really need to make a cat family tree).

So cute! These are Daisy, Poppy, and Tulip!

God I love Daniel, he’s unironically become my fav sim, he’s SO EASY TO KEEP HAPPY.

Meanwhile Melody is hustling for that final promotion, she invites over Frances and Ti-Ning to re-befriend them..

..she invites over Julien Cooke whom.. she met at some point?? I have no idea, but they had a really high relationship and he came right over to shittalk Ti-Ning with her..

..and then she invites over GUNTHER. So this was my own brilliant idea, that since they’re not furious at each other anymore and their relationship was really high, we would just invite him over, patch things up, and be one step closer to our promotion. Clearly I learned nothing from the Max Flexor incident.

They have a good time gossiping about their college days-

-but Ferdinand the wolf judges them!

-Oh boy, here I go to get Melody’s cookies! WHAT THE FUCK. GUNTHER YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE -I’M NOT IN YOUR HOUSE, I’M AT THE YARD -GET OUT OF MY YARD -Calm down Daniel, it’s just promotion befriendment!  -FINE. I’m off to get your cookies!

-It really is just promotion befriendment, Ferdinand! I love my life! I don’t find my 10-nice-points children at all irritating! 

-Huggle?? -Huggle huggle!!!

Daniel is hustling hard for Mel’s promotion with this bitchy flower-haired townie I hate-

-and he makes it LITERAL LAST MINUTE. BEST HUSBAND EVER

-Enjoy perma-plat, baby, you earned it! -Aww Daniel, thank you for befriending that awful flower townie! -Boy is she main-house material. -She sure is. Now that I only work 3 days a week I want to be more helpful around here with the cats and the farm and whatever else. -The kids? -Let’s start with the other two things. 

-And this is how you clean a cat bowl! -Why do we have so many cats again? -What do you mean? If anything, we don’t have enough! -Can’t we get a dog? -WHAT.

We have 7 KITTENS right now and do you wanna guess what Daniel wants?

Another kitten! Komei’s son if there ever was one.

-Let me wash away your cat hatred with this pesticide, baby! -I’m still more of a dog person. -STOP THAT. YOU DON’T MEAN IT

The kiddos grow up! June looks so much like Mel-

-and Julian looks so much like Daniel! I love them <3

Ah, those Union genes.

How was the first day of school, June? -I’m so sorry. For what??

OH FUCK, SUGAR THE ACCURSED IS HERE. EXIT HOUSEHOLD, EXIT HOUSEHOLD. See you in part 2, with Gunther and Brit-Brit!

[booshi-hoon]

tldr: even though i struggle with my views on kpop, seventeen will always have a special place in my heart and they helped me understand why people rely on music/kpop emotionally. 

i’ve been having a really tough couple days (just bc of internal emotional turmoil nothing major on the outside). 

I’ve been going through the usual “ahhhh what is my purpose?? I’m not doing enough!!! Why am I even complaining??” type mentality, mixed with the realization that I need to address and heal some things inside me too. I haven’t suffered through any major traumatic events, and I found this as a way to dismiss my negative feelings ever since I could remember. It’s not healthy and once this pandemic is somewhat under control im goin to therapy yall. There’s not bare minimum trauma requirement for therapy, everyone can go, and this took me a long time to accept. 

ANYWAY (sorry for the long ass tangent), but I am always impressed with how healing Seventeen can be. I’ve struggled with how involved i became as a carat, and I policed my own enjoyment bc it seems wrong to be “obsessed” with a kpop group...right? I never really understood what people meant when music or a group “is there for them”. Logically, I understood how impactful music can be for people, but I always labeled it as entertainment rather than a genuine way to heal emotionally. I was always a “beats/melody” listener rather than someone who listens to the lyrics, so I never turned to a specific music genre or group whenever times were rough. 

My outlet has always been writing, still is, but seventeen has shown me why so many people turn to music and kpop groups when times are rough. I watched PD listen to the henggarae album on youtube and i just cried. I could see how much the album meant to him as a long time fan, and it just made me cry. I could feel the genuine love he had for the music and the boys, even though he admitted that he felt like the past few albums haven’t been the same for him. 

I don’t know, i guess what I’m trying to say is it’s amazing how something that is a huge capitalist entertainment monster that is the kpop industry can still have a semblance of genuine connection through the music, members, and fans. 

I have a lot of criticisms about kpop...but i’ve never felt so emotionally attached to anything like it before. I’ve really really really relied on kpop for the past 6 months to get me through some ugly feelings, and overwhelming overthinking. 

Like the amount of genuine joy I had when watching Going Seventeen, fan crack edits, seeing random SVT clips and pics on instagram, joining in on the hype and excitement on twitter...i felt like I was allowed to be a kid again. 

My existential dread was momentarily put on hold and instead I was looking forward to a comeback! New music I would love! 

Idk, I’ve really struggled with my relationship w kpop bc some things just dont sit right with me, but seventeen will always always always hold a special place in me. 

I think I’ve finally found a great middle ground of getting back into the core of enjoying seventeens content, and I stripped away my weird hunger for constant updates/carat twitter drama, and all the other unnecessary negative energy I was really wrapped into that made the experience turn sour. 

Even if I do stray at times, and might eventually naturally fall off of kpop, there’s no questioning how impactful they’ve been during some of the roughest times I’ve been through. 

[sole-cuore-amore-e-droga]

Tel Aviv 2019: Straight outta Hungary to Eurovision with yet another father song apparently

Hungary, I love you, but you're bringing me down...

Never in my life have I wanted to fight a NF as much as A Dal 2019. The lineup was considerably less engaging with me than the previous year's one (but in the end it turned out to be even MORE engaging than the previous year's one), the design update (to which I got used to like 10 minutes later anyway) happened, the jury exterminated a handful of favourites, and a common Eurofan's worst fear apart from not having at least one glitzy-schlager-fiesta-wrapped entry a year occured yet again - the under/over-staging of songs with potential. What could've been a smooth sailing sweet ballad sung by a man with all his heart turned out to be a confused fisherman's piano boy tune with little to no emotional connection with the televiewer; a killer electropop soundscape piece sprinkled with intensity, fragility and neon-like colors was supposedly performed by a lost-on-stage housewive who probably has 2 kids and 2 cats at home; and that one folksy melody set to campfire suddenly lost all its fire with a snow backdrop behind. Truly a wrong time to become a full-on Hungary stan.

And yet, out of all this hot savaging and rampaging mess, entangled with fan-fave losses and one eliminee too late thanks to a common ESC song's worst fear (plagiarism accusations), emerged one gloriously victorious soul in the shape of a brave man of gypsy 'origo' who once has been elected to Eurovision to make his country proud with his killer ethnic track 2 years ago, and he nailed that right to the T, with the help of an onstage dancer and violinist (both female) to create some space for the song to breathe and exhale the passion of what he sang out of his heart by then - Joci Pápai. Yes, him again! Who did you expect, András Kállay-fucking-Saunders??

Anyways, his song this year is titled “Az én apám” (My father), written by him and partially co-written by a man hiding himself behind the name Caramel (and I prefer caramel candy more than the actual raw caramel tbh), who is probably finally lucky enough to see a composition of his go to Eurovision after he himself couldn’t quite make it as himself right back on the very first A Dal. This year he also wrote a cute little harmless ballad for a 16 year old girl but we’ll discuss her later (maybe), because it’s Joci’s time. Again.

As the title already indicates, it’s another song about a father, and unlike for AWS’s lead singer, Joci’s father is... alive and well, surprisingly, considering Joci is 37 and, at the time of his fatherly loss, Örs Siklósi from AWS was approximately 24-25. That definitely does not mean the parents’ loss can’t come in at any time of your year - A Dal 2019 had a contestant whose mother was murdered when he was NINE. 0_0 Not to mention that some mothers die during childbirth, too. Or even maybe some fathers die before children were born because all they need to be in part of babymaking is to give her satisfaction at the right time and boom, 9 months (or even earlier/later) of wait. But I digress. This is much different song from “Origo” as “Origo” had this ethnic upbeat rhythm to it, with violins included, and was mostly a captivating song with a little bit of rapping because Joci couldn’t fit so many words in all of the other verses he could have thought of for this song without having to extend the song for A Dal submission, so he had to do the rap, sorry “Origo” rap bit’s haters. “Az én apám”, meanwhile, has him project his feelings against a musical backdrop of a little bit more softer, acoustic, chill tune with a little poppier arrangement (and add some violins during his live performance on two of the A Dal shows, that are now a permanent part of the ESC version of the song!). And instead of the Romani onomatopoeia we’re getting “na na na, ya ya yah” in the chorus, which is as nice, but I’d rather “jalomaloma” out some bitches than have this.

For this one, he’s all alone, on his own, except for the other songwriter’s aid (dare I say that this personal song’s lyrics weren’t even written by Joci himself??? Not even a microscope??? Caramel you mastermind you). But mostly on stage, he’s alone. And shoeless. And with a starry-ish backdrop. Simple enough staging for a simple enough song, right? As it’s proven that simplicity can work in the past Eurovisions (see Sobral), and maybe, just maybe, Hungary does stand a chance for once again for being just simple, like Boggie was (but mostly she was more inoffensive and singing about a topic that’s still beaten to death every now and then, although this topic has fizzled out lately, which paved the way to all the love songs dominating NFs now, as well as the Latino craze). Though I doubted it was gonna remain so “simple” after it was revealed the Hungarian team is looking for everyone’s fathers’ pictures to be submitted to them. Yes, it was supposed to be one of THOSE kind of backdrops. I don’t even know what kind of use did Michael Schulte have of the fatherpics people sent HIM! Most of the backdrop focused of his lyric video aesthetic on the choruses, and I remember more of THAT, not the photos... so I doubted it was gonna work out on this one either. But in the end Joci wasn't satisfied with how all of those pics looked, so he will go for only showcasing his very own papi now.

Oh shit I forgot to talk what I feel about the song myself... well, safe to say that I didn’t warm up to it when I first heard the snippet ahead of every other A Dal snippet, but as in full, it just so happened to be nice enough, although I preferred “Origo” because reasons - not to mention that looking back at the A Dal 2017 state that I’ve seen from, I’d probably have had Joci as a legit fave to win it! And I already found Tótova to be too strange at first, unsure if it’s worth it to give them a second shot (post-2nd-listening-note: I did and it wasn’t that... bad?). And so, with low enough expectations, I didn’t even look into his chances all that further, especially with him being sick on the heat 3 day and only managing to barely tie-win in his heat just so he could dominate further rounds. But man did it turn out to be a beast later on.

So let’s, for now, say that I like it, but it’s just one of those artist return expectations that let you down because you really wanted to maybe see them again, but there would never be another song like the first one. Time will probably make me forget it all happened though and I’ll be able to enjoy it as much as “Origo”, as the “na na na” chorus part is really lovely enough. The song though, it is bafflingly too much reliant on too long verses in order to make the song just only have 2 of them and 2 choruses, and for the person that is biased for ‘2 verses - 3 choruses - bridge somewhere in between’ kind of songwriting that I am, it’s lowkey a glaring problem (as I'm finishing this weeks later than initially planned I actually got used to this structure and it even slightly compliments the song, but only slightly), as “Origo” has not only an engaging song but an engaging structure - nothing seems throwable out, nothing seems needed to additionally to be added. This one, however, is just there with its structure, and although hearts and minds are swayed by this, I don’t think I’ll get used to it this as a whole easy, unlike, like I said, time makes me forget the NF messfest and focus my love and support towards those that ARE going, not those that COULD’VE BEEN going. For now, I am not sure if I finished my review rant this properly, but for now, I’ll just wish Joci the best of luck, eventhough he’ll 1) never read this and 2) never understand this :( But still ^_^ Don’t let your nation down, big man and a father of two!

Approval factor: Despite reasons I’ll detail a little later, I’ll approve this entry, as I can’t be mad enough at Joci, for the humble man that he exists as, and the message he’s spreading, and the man he teamed up with. I approve of him but not of the background things.

Follow-up factor: From substance things, let’s just say it’s a bit of a yes and a bit of a no. No because ‘omfg it’s too soon for him wtf!!’ and I agree but if that’s what the juries initially wanted after seeing him in the lineup, and this return of his is now a bit more unnoticed and anonymous... but yes because it’s not a bad choice after AWS, because it was to be expected Hungary will send something softer after going out hard the last time, and they delivered the softness.

Qualification factor: depends on how does the audience feel for this emotionally, if Joci transmits his love for his father and that other supposed message as well well enough to the audience, in this simple staging of things (well if the fatherpic concept is still considered as ‘simple’ and nothing too cheesy or creepy). For now though I’ll be optimistic enough for Hungary - they won’t break their streak this year. If this simple-ish enough staging with just the singer on it doing his best worked for our lovely Ieva last year (despite these two not being a comparable songs), this would as well! And then settle around in top 15 provided enough people are there to give Joci just the right amount of love and patience that he needs (jury is a different question but since it’s not ethno-aggressive I think they might warm up to this as well, despite this being Hungary). Or even 16th-20th.

NATIONAL FINAL BONUS

A Dal 2019, with all things considered, needs to immediately die in a hellhole. Mainly because of the juries doing their dirty work by drowning the public favourites yet again, and especially the good ones (I've mentioned some of them earlier in the first paragraph by description). Let me demonstrate two of my favourites to the unsuspecting audience:

• Let’s get the elephant out of the room first. LEANDER FUCKING KILLS. Would you even think they’d have had any sort of victory of a NF potential?? Well, not off the AWS’s heels, considering both them and AWS play metal music. But their 2019 entry, "Hazavágyom", was something else. It’s if your dad went out with a couple of his friends to start a campfire somewhere in the woods, and then he took out a guitar because he remembered that he wanted to play something new he learned after listening to a lot of Irish folk music. And they all go off together - one rhythm drum, one guitar, the others jam out to the rhythm and create a fully-fledged campfire song, and a mysterious violinstress appears out of nowhere to help keep the party going. No really, it’s in the music video. Them being the most positive surprise of the lineup 2019 really melted my heart as I didn't expect so many people siding with another shade of their music. And even I started to draw myself into that song more and more, of how dancy and heartfelt it sounded with them decent lyrics about some sort of personal affection (maybe??), hoping that the jury will listen with their hearts and minds open to this Leander’s change of things and let them win the selection that way. But in the end... you know that Assi Azar quote. That’s right. And even so guess what - their first hurdle was their last. Sure, you can say they had a flawed live performance (no violinstress :( too rough vocals at the last chorus :((((((), but if you crush a future of good potential ahead, you’ll never know what might have you lost and how much would you have liked it better if things were slightly improved according to what you thought that needed to be changed in it. As it is for now, both "Hazavágyom" and Leander Kills ended up being robbed of Tel Aviv 2019. Hats off for trying, though.

• And then we have this fantabulous guy down here, with the name of Gergő Szekér and his journey-like legendary folk-tale, written for us guys, to let the past go, just like a (little) bird, and keep what matters only - “Madár, repülj!” mesmerized me from its first snippet (with me additionally commenting on that he’s a nice guy somehow), and then the full version came - with some rapping, wavy electronic bassline (that we haven’t seen striving since last days of dubstep’s relevancy), great choice of instruments, THAT gorgeous way of singing this whole song - I was ready to run away from the disappointment I had from Leander’s flop and immerse in this song fully knowing that it’s gonna be ‘such a jury darling!’... but a-MOTHERFUCKING-las! The boi missed the mark by 4 points in the superfinal vote-up in order just to tie with the unexpected new jury darling that was even BEATEN by Gergő in the semi, Bogi Nagy (the 16 year old I mentioned earlier)... the last juror thought that shooting up Bence Vavra to the superfinal spot was a good idea, and I can’t blame him as Bence deserved to go to the A Dal final for the little that he has participated in, but NOT AT MY BOI’S EXPENSE. ;_; I truly doubt that at this day and age there’ll be anyone capable of filling in the Gergő shaped hole in my heart... well, I can certainly TRY cutting him out of me, but the pre-NF-hype-build, his song’s remix with his X Faktor’s friends and my imagination of him dancing in the Telavivian postcards and engaging with his new Eurofandom fam through live interviews will haunt me from here on end... ugh.

And normally I hype up the NF participants that I supported last time previous year but then they become just artists for me and I wanted more of their song but not of the actual performer in Eurovision and therefore I don’t want them to ESC anymore, but if both of those above artists go to Eurovision at some point, I’m likely stanning both the hell out of their songs AND themselves, for who they are and who they stand for (hopefully nothing too controversial, we already have had a fanfave oppose gay marriage once so imagine a Hungarian A Dal winner doing the same at some point :O). Leander for his overall talent, Gergő for everything he is (and plus a little bit of mutual acknowledgment I’m gonna talk about later UwU bias is strong ahahaha).

Now with my sorrows out of the way, let’s highlight some more of this shit-fest:

• How the fuck wasn’t Dávid Heatlie’s staging a big meme during the season?? At least nationwide?? Seriously. “La Mama Hotel”, his actual entry, might not be too much of a standout (considering it’s just some by-numbers-synth-heavy song with its only major saving grace being a kickass guitar solo), and he did not perform all his best, BUT THE LAMPS. THE FUCKING LAMPS. Too many of them, and they’re slightly too oldfashioned, but so aesthetically-satisfying out of nowhere. If I were a moth, I’d immediately run to his lamps at any given time, and even stay with them after they’re eventually returned to MTVA’s stage props garage or to a Hungarian IKEA. Yes I know the moth meme is dead btw but so what?

Not to mention the guy himself is a bit of a meme in my eyes.

• I already discussed about this on my only one-time “Fanwank Assimilation” bulletin and I have no intent to reiterate all that I said from there on this one word-for-word but let’s go on anyway. Olivér Berkes, the hipster friend of Zävodi from A Dal 2017, returned on his own to win many more hearts with a soft piano/acoustic ballad “Világítótorony” (lighthouse), which couldn’t have been staged more... disconnectingly. To summarize, it’s somewhat of a love song inspired by a lighthouse symbol (quite literally lol), staged as if it was like fisherman taking care of one lighthouse himself, coming and going to do his thing. And like, there was no click with people that made Olivér stand out with something else other than just this ballad, like he did by constantly tele-qualifying with Ádám Szabó’s current girlfriend back in A Dal 2016 and being put in the superfinal with aforementioned Zävodi in 2017. His song itself was just a nice song and kind of a lot people liked it it seems, but I wasn’t really getting it until too much later on after Olivér’s heat was over, so I was surprised with his elimination, but my feelings I got from this song off my first impression weren’t disappointed over this. Check his performance here.

• Can I call Rozina Pátkai a highlight? You might have not heard of her unless you’re Hungarian and/or THAT into their jazz scene, as she’s big on there. This year though she has had a “noisy electropop” song through to the chosen 30 of the A Dal selection, and it was of the name “Frida”. Nothing was too bad until she also ended up having some unfortunate first-hand mis-staging. I did say at the beginning of this post that she kinda looked like “lost-on-stage housewife who probably has 2 kids and 2 cats at home”, and that’s just me not being fond of the outfit she got, though I don’t really imagine in better clothes, or do I? Nevertheless, the Rubik’s cube visuals of her pictures and bright pink lighting (where visible) looked great on her staging somehow (and the on-screen effects), just not the visual aesthetic of the singer’s. Witness it here. Also witness what I meant with the visual parts of things:

Triple woman?? now I’m scared

who’s this shocked gal in the background that got cubed???? UwU

curious woman telling you a bedtime story on TV

Sorry, these captions are a little too silly, but still. The jurors were alright with it except for one (and that’s also the one who killed Olivér’s chances too a little) and the televote was harsh (5 points, yikes, the lowest ever telescore of this A Dal year). Well, if it was studio, we’d probably see her through, but me personally, I saw it as a semifinalist at best when I first heard her song. Now I think it would have been decent enough for a final too maybe? As at least the chorus of this is good but I was never too hooked on the first verse as it always reminds me of the annoyingly soft indie pop that dominates the current music trends... well alas.

(Sidenote: maybe her moterly styling was dedicated to her future child she’s currently carrying? Yep, turns out Rozina is currently pregnant, just like one other A Dal contestant this year!)

• A personal highlight for me, besides that one time Gergő Sz. spoke out to an ESCBubble interviewer that “there’s this, like, a guy or a girl from Lithuania, and [he] said “yeah, I’ve some re-LAH-tivs [sic] ... in Lithuania and she was like *exasperated gasp noise* “Lithuania! Oh my God! We love you so much!”” (and for a matter of fact, it was me :) I’ve been only acknowledged once ever but the acknowledgement still exists!!), was discovering Fatal Error (and USNK but mainly just Fatal Error) before they entered A Dal 2019 with THE EXACT SAME SONG I FIRST HEARD OF THEIRS. Yeah. “Kulcs” music video featured Örs Siklósi, your favourite Hungarian screamer/singer, as a presenter rather than a part of the song, and a good-ass metal song did he present. And as the A Dal 2019 season rolled on at the beginning, Fatal Error were on my hyping target until some better songs came on and I didn’t feel like stanning Fatal Error’s song as much as I only stanned them because they’re here for the fans even more at even more times than I expected them to be - liking their comments on the band’s Instagram and Youtube posts - nothing against other contestants though (Leander included), if they have their lives to carry on and only sit down to check Instagram twice a week or so, it’s perfectly fine. :) I am quite sure Joci is probably like this also. Nevertheless, Fatal Error totally rocked, despite coming off AWS’s heels, and they’re at least encouraging other rock acts to come over to A Dal to open themselves to the world of many eager people discovering new artists every now and then. Just like the victory of AWS sort of did. Also one of the guys from that band said that their mother was delighted to see his band live, which brings us to...

• ...The Middletonz, a fresh new band for András Kállay-Saunders to leech on through next few A Dals now that the band of his name is no longer a thing. They, and yesyes, were the first ever fan favourites to emerge, mainly for sounding modern and having these artists people hate seeing back to A Dal only because of so many tries in the show, but happy to see back in hopes for them finally taking A Dal by their hands (and for András it’s a ‘finally AGAIN’ moment), but problems arose when the juries weren’t fond of both Middletonz AND yesyes, so much so that the frontman of the latter band spoke that he’s not coming back to A Dal again (unless he lies to us by coming back in 2022 or so). What amuses me more about The Middletonz, other than the song (which is fine for the most part, the D’n’B + acoustics mix is neat and catchy, but the beat drops harder than my will to live, and it IS bad (okay further listens later it’s not THAT bad but still... you gotta have had tried harder, men), is their nationality. Besides the hidden phantom member of the group that we never heard on any interview but appeared to be present (at least on the heat stage of the NF), here we have András, which is Hungarian-American, and his friend of the (nick)name of Slashkovic, which is Dutch-Iranian! That’s a colourful palette of double nationalities. And not to mention, despite it being a minority language, therefore a perfectly fine addition, some Russian language is heard in their song, courtesy of Slashko himself. That and on the A Dal 2019 final night Slashko had his parents watching him perform live for the first time... and based on the amount of years he has hidden that from his parents, it took him SO DAMN LONG somehow to reveal himself. Damn. Anyways, anyone up here to bet we’ll see András again, especially after him being reminded to “never give up” by one of his fans? Well, now that he has definitely seen Joci win A Dal twice on his both attempts, it’s highkey positive. Now with or without Slashko? We’ll see.

• The infamous plagiarism incident, which actually hung like a shadow on one of the contestants and those accusations probably scared him for life, and then the scandal outright knifed out a completely different contestant, Petruska (if you remember him from 2016, you know who he is), a little too late into the competition. If you were so certain his song sounded alike, you’d have either eliminated him in the heats or not accepted his song at all, which... maybe did sound like a Vampire Weekend song, I’ll let you judge.

I can’t be arsed to highlight anyone else because there was a lot to go after. Like, two young-bun A Dal acts that came from the same kidshow (different season though) and one did the song all by himself but couldn’t carry it quite as far despite his basic technotronic visuals, another was completely dependent on Caramel’s songwriting capabilities and fared WAY better than everyone else expected, tied-winning the heat with Joci, being the 3rd qualifier on the semi and beating Gergő Sz. during the superfinal vote-up by 4 points (and Feró’s endorsement lol). Yes the latter person I was talking about was Bogi Nagy. Have her song linked too if you want to listen to it. (I could have also talked about her sitting on a hula hoop and having a long extended projector dress to showcase her childhood pictures onto, but that’s just a song-saving gimmick in my opinion, and I don’t wanna waste my thoughts on her any longer tbh.) And USNK, those two that won X Faktor 2018, Soundcloud-rapped a song about HASHTAGS HASHTAGS HASHTAGS, gave a needlessly over-colourful stage show and took Leander’s spot of qualification to the semis through televoting (and additionally pissed me and borisbubbles off. Ya welcome for an indirect tag too!). Wow. But enough being a bitter Betty, I’ll have to let the bird fly until the next NF season and wait for some more eager names to cheer for, even if they don’t have an exciting “#háttérzaj” of nationalities. Until then, A Dal, my love...

[easythetape]

Journal Update #14 APR - Spider-Man

I arranged a session with my cousin Callum who brought a few of my uncle's old synths to the studio. Specifically the Arp Odyssey and Roland Jupiter MKS80, we worked for around two days creating new material for the tape. 

It was cool to get him involved and this particular collaboration linked in with the themes of family connections and relationships explored on The Tape. My family has a lot to do with my early musical influence and my memories of jamming with my cousins are happy times. As we grew up and both started to specialise in different areas of music but we continued these ‘jam’ sessions usually me on drums and cal on keys, (see pic below) but usually for fun or when the time allowed. So it was great to actually collaborate for a project that will be released.

Callum is a talented multi-instrumentalist and all-round nice guy who specialises in piano (he currently teaches piano at a school). Cal has a great understanding of jazz, and I was able to learn from his knowledge on the keys and record multiple parts of him playing melodies and chords on synths. He contributed to the tracks Kick About, TOAST OF PARIS, Drink it Up and Spidey.

(Pictured above is the Arp Odyssey and the Super Jupiter MKS-80)

It was great that he bought these two of my uncles synths along, because they produced solidly fat, analogue, retro sounds and fed into the idea of nostalgia. Adding analogue ‘warmth’ to the beats was something that was important for me because I love the concept of noise and in particular I am a fan of Lo-Fi Hip-Hop. Although I would not describe the beats on The Tape as Lo-Fi Hip-Hop there are certainly some elements of the genre included like my use of the SP-404 effects and tape hiss. The Roland Jupiter’s “great sound is due in part to the classic analog Roland technology in its filters, modulation capabilities and a thick cluster of 16 analog oscillators at 2 per voice.” (Vintage Synth Explorer, 2017). The Arp Odyssey is a revolutionary analogue synth and I am glad to say it has featured on The Tape. The Odyssey is a “duophonic unit with two VCOs, most notable for its sharp sound and the versatile sound-creating possibilities” not easily available on other small synths of the time. With functions and modulation options such as oscillator sync, sample & hold, pulse width modulation, high-pass filter, and two types of envelope generator, it featured a rich array of sound-generating potential. The Arp Odyssey's signal path had a major impact on synth manufacturers that followed. It became the standard for subsequent eras, influencing even the polyphonic and digital synthesisers that were to come later. The Arp Odyssey was used by many great musicians including Herbie Hancock, George Duke and Kraftwerk (ARP, 2015).

I made a special SP-404 emulation effects rack for use in live performances to market and create hype for Easy The Tape (pictured below)

What went well:

We created quite a few new ideas and also recorded multiple parts on more than one of my beats, which gave me a lot to work with and choose from. It was also good to learn from Cals knowledge on the keys. And because we knew each other creativity flowed and the session was productive.

What didn’t go so well:

Didn’t get as much done as I could have due to having too much fun in the sessions and getting distracted listening to music, playing Gamecube and watching old TV and films... to find samples though, all of which you can hear in the beat ‘Spidey’. 

The Artwork for the track is pictured below.

The main sample on Spidey is recorded directly from the original VHS of one of my favourite spider-man films when I was a kid (pictured below)

The use of sampling directly from VHS references not only the sample itself but the sonic characteristic it carries with it. This piece of technology is obsolete now and only used in a nostalgia inspired visual art or music, and sometimes as an effect for music videos that reference the nostalgic and ‘Lo-Fi’ aesthetic. Hopefully incorporating samples like this will evoke a nostalgic response in the listener with realising. In addition Multiple samples from vintage spider man cartoons of my childhood were recorded from Lo-Fi (obsolete technology, such as VHS and DVD). I remember being so excited to wake up on Saturday morning and sit in front of the massive flickering box in the front room with my cheerios for double bills of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. When I think about it now it brings back happy memories and it has a lot to do with that ‘Lo-Fi’ aesthetic, the flicker of the CRT screen which always seemed giant compared to little me and the crunchy nature of the sound coming out of the low budget TV speakers... simpler times. Hopefully listeners will get these same feelings when listening to the beat.

Once I’d finished a first mix on Spidey I showed the track in one of our production showcases for feedback

Feedback on the first mix of ‘Spidey’ from the peer review session:

Nick (tutor): The use of samples is great and the elements all work together and communicate well with each other. The stereo image is a little strange however. The snare feels too wide and leaves a gap in the centre. The kick is central and acts as an anchor to a point but there isn’t any central information in the mid range, which is needed. It’s ok to have the wide information with the snare but consider layering this with a mono version of the snare to give focus whilst also sounding wide. I also think the distorted bass sound should be in mono and the piano sample should be more central. Overall the mix seems lopsided towards the right, so some attention towards balancing out your panning is necessary. 

Nice placement of all the elements of the track sounds tight and professional, although feel parts are possibly a little dry and could move about a little more to fill spaces that sometimes feel a bit empty, vocals are cool!

Production sounds great, the structure is all there, maybe the backing sample (horns and keys) could come up in the mix a bit more?

Real nice stereo spreadage, could even play with that as the track develops? Really like the subtle pad in the second half. Real nice velocity control on the drums and stuff, sounds smooth as a babies bum. Mix sounds pretty tasty too. 

NY/Parallel compress those intro vocals. Beat is nice and breathy though.

This is ace. Really great use of the chosen samples. Maybe spread out a bit too much.

Kick is really punchy and clean! Maybe some saturation and stereo spread of the hats. Overall sounds really nice, good mix.

Drums sound really nice, the stereo spread on the snare works well although there could be a layer in mono. 

This track reminds me of some of the songs included in the Baz Luhrmann production of Great Gatsby - mainly "No Church in the Wild" and "Ni**as in Paris" by Jay-Z. Not sure if he's an influence but it might be interesting listening to some of the production techniques he uses to enhance the mix of this track.

I think it's great and has a strong foundation.

Really great track! Love the way you’ve played with the stereo field although the hard pan of the piano sample feels a bit extreme for me. Texturally it sounds great and got me rockin’!

Above is a picture of just an excerpt of my large spidey comics collection. I started collecting around 2006/07, and if I remember correctly the right comic is the first issue I ever bought, the left is probably my most prized comic in that collection, 30th anniversary edition... nerd...

References:

Vintage Synth Explorer. (2017). Roland MKS-80. Retrieved 2020, from Vintagesynth.com website: http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/mks80.php

‌ARP. (2015). ABOUT | ARP. Retrieved 2020, from ARP - The Legendary Analog Synthesizer website: http://www.arpsynth.com/en/about/‌

[jumpsitehq]

Top 500+ Attitude Status New, Best, Cool, Short Quotes

We all have attitude, which we want to express from our Whatsapp Status. So, this time we have collected and updated Attitude Whatsapp Status for you. Today we are sharing Top 500+ Attitude Status New, Best, Cool, Short Quotes.

Attitude Status for Whatsapp in English

1. I'm not changed it’s just I grew up and you should try too. 2. I never insult people I only tell them what they are. 3. If you think I am BAD than you’re wrong, I'm the worst. 4. The biggest slap to your enemies is your success. 5. I always arrive late at the office but I make it by leaving early. 6. I’m sorry my fault. I forgot you’re an Idiot. 7. I don’t have a bad handwriting, I have my own FONT. 8. My attitude based on how you treat me. 9. Hakuna Matata!!! – The great motto to live life... 10. Yeah You - The one reading my status, Get Lost!

New Attitude Status in English

11. When a bird hits your window have you ever wondered if God is playing angry birds with you? 12. I know the voices in my head aren’t real but sometimes their ideas are just absolutely awesome! 13. I loved a girl and she broke my heart. Now every piece of my heart love different girls. People called it flirt that's not fair… 14. Dear Mario, I wasted my childhood trying to save your girlfriend. Now, you help me to save mine. 15. Me and my wife live happily for 25 years and then we met… 16. Childhood is like being drunk, everyone remembers what you did, except you. 17. I’m poor. I can’t pay attention in classroom. 18. When I'm good I'm best, when I'm bad I'm worst. 19. I’m cool but global warming made me hot. 20. Excuse me. I found something under my shoes oh its your Attitude.

Top Attitude Status for Facebook

21. If people are trying to bring you ‘Down’, It only means that you are ‘Above them’. 22. Please don’t get confused between my personality & my attitude. 23. My personality is who I am & my attitude depends on who you are! 24. I'm Not Special , I'm Just Limited Edition. 25. Everything that kills me makes me feel alive. 26. I enjoy when people show Attitude to me because it shows that they need an Attitude to impress me! 27. Stop checking my status ! Go get a Life! 28. Coins always make sound but the currency notes are always silent! that’s why I’m always calm & silent. 29. My “last seen at” was just to check your “last seen at”. 30. Life is too short. Don't waste it removing pen drive safely.

Whatsapp Status for Girls Attitude

31. Life will give you exactly what you need, not what you want. 32. I did lots of stupid things on social networking sites but atleast I never commented “Cute pic dear“ on girls profile picture. 33. Your Whatsapp status say’s online …..If your online then why aren’t you texting me 34. I started out with nothing and i still have most of it :) 35. I was not busy to be online… I had just gave up on my life when I picked up this girls phone and saw my contact name as “Free Recharge” 36. I will marry the girl who look as pretty as in her Aadhaar card 37. They say we learn from our mistakes. So I'm making as many as possible! Soon I will be a genius. 38. Sorry vegetarians we can’t pretend. 39. Waiting for Wi-Fi network. 40. I wish I had Google in my mind and antivirus in my heart.

Best Attitude Status for Whatsapp in English

41. Life is too short. Don’t waste it reading my Whatsapp status... 42. Tried to loose weight… But it keeps finding me. 43. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by selling my car. 44. I’m looking for a bank loan which can perform two things..give me a Loan and then leave me Alone. 45. lazy People Fact #5812672793 You were too lazy to read that number. 46. Sleep till you’re hungry... Eat till you’re sleepy. 47. If your bad. Call me your Dad. 48. If I was asked what a friend looks like, I would seat next to you and hold you tight because you define what true friendship really is. 49. Friends are the family you choose 50. Good friends will share the umbrella. Best friends will steal it and yell: It’s Awesome, Now Run! 51. What is a Best friend? A single soul in two bodies. 52. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one. 53. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. 54. True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. 55. Friends are notes to life's great songs. A melody that carries you along. 56. A best friend is someone who tells you the truth even when you don't want to hear it. 57. I don't have an attitude, I have standards for the people who are supposed to be my friends. 58. It is better to live alone. There is no friendship with a fool. 59. A true friend sees the first tear, catches the second an stops the third. 60. A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your hear.

Attitude Whatsapp Status in English

61. That awesome moment when you're telling a lie and your best friend notices and joins you. 62. My friends are the weirdest, most craziest people I know but I love them. 63. World is full of smiles, whenever friends are with me. 64. If friendship is your weakest point then your the strongest person in the world. 65. Good friends are like starts. You don't always see them but you know they're always there. 66. Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you. 67. Never forget who was there for you when no one else was. 68. Every friendship doesn't change into love but every love begins with friendship. 69. A beautiful friendship can change people. 70. True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.

Awesome Status for Facebook in English

71. A good friend would bail you out of jail but your best friend would be the one sitting next to you saying, damn that was cool. 72. A true friend is someone who never gets tried of listening to your pointless dramas over and over again. 73. Relation of friendship is greater then the relation of blood. 74. A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else. 75. A day spend with friends is always a day well spend. Attitude Status for Whatsapp Attitude Status for Whatsapp 76. Good friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, impossible to forget. 77. I’ve been using Google for 10 years and I have no idea who uses the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button 78. Everyone has an annoying friend. If you don’t have one, it’s probably you. 79. I love to walk in fog because nobody knows I'm smoking. 80. I'm not drunk, I'm just chemically off-balanced.

Awesome Whatsapp Status in English

81. Oh, so you wanna argue, bring it. I got my CAPS LOCK ON. 82. I'm so poor that I can't pay attention in class. 83. Warning!!! I know KARATE and few other oriental words. 84. I'm not virgin, my life fucks me every day. 85. I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people. 86. Save water drink beer. 87. Virginity is not dignity, It is just lack of opportunity. 88. Not all men are fools, some stay bachelor. 89. Phones are better than girlfriends, at least we can switch off. 90. I love my job only when I'm on vacation

Awesome Cool Status for Whatsapp in English

91. Friends come and go, but enemies remain and build up. 92. Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. 93. In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker. 94. How is a poor man a lot like a rich man? they both have an iPhone. 95. Some people call me Mike, you can call me tonight. 96. Sometimes you succeed and other times you learn. 97. I always dream of being a millionaire like my uncle... He's dreaming too. 98. Scratch here ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ to reveal my status. 99. Not always "Available".. try your Luck.. 100. Time is precious, waste it wisely.

Cool Attitude Status for Facebook in English for Girls & Boys

101. I don’t wake up every day to impress you. 102. The only reason I'm fat is because a tiny body couldn't store all this personality. 103. God is really creative, I mean... just look at me. 104. When I drink alcohol... Everyone says I'm alcoholic. But... When I drink Fanta.. No one says I'm fantastic. 105. Sometimes all you need is love. Lol, just kidding, you need Money :-) 106. Today morning when I was driving my Ferrari, the alarm woke me up. 107. I want some one to give me a Loan and then leave me Alone. 108. I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. 109. When you’re good, you’re good, when you’re awesome you’re me. 110. I'm jealous of my parents, I`ll never have a kid as cool as theirs. Advertisements 111. Can I take your picture? I love to collect pictures of natural disasters. 112. The only reason god made cousins so that parents can compare our marks. 113. When life gets tough, remember: You were the strongest sperm. 114. I don’t always lose my phone but when I do its always on silent. 115. The funniest thing in class is when the teacher cracks a joke and no one laughs. 116. When your ex asks if you can still be friends right after a break up, it's like having a kidnapper tell you to keep in touch. 117. AwesoME ends with ME and Ugly starts with U. 118. There's always that one person, who takes a few minutes to get the joke. 119. We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people. 120. ETC – End of Thinking Capacity. 121. I have 2-3 real friends, the rest are just people I socialize with. 122. Marriage is a "workshop", Where husband 'works' and wife 'shops'. 123. I need Six months of vacation, Twice a year. 124. Time is precious, waste it wisely. 125. Life is Short – Chat Fast! 126. Totally available! Please disturb me! 127. You can never buy Love....But still you have to pay for it. 128. I'm not lazy, I'm on energy saving mode. 129. Hey there whatsapp is using me. 130. Not always "Available" Try your Luck... 131. My "last seen at" was just to check your "last seen at". 132. I'd rather have honest enemies than fake friends. 133. Scratch here ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ to reveal my status :D 134. I believe there should be a better way to start each day... instead of waking up every morning. 135. I always dream of being a millionaire like my uncle!... He's dreaming too. 136. Sometimes you succeed... and other times you learn. 137. When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. 138. How is a poor man a lot like a rich man? They both have an iPhone. 139. Friends come and go, but enemies remain and build up. 140. I love my job only when I'm on vacation

Attitude Status for Whatsapp in English

141. Smile today, tomorrow could be worse. 142. Phones are better than girlfriends, At least we can switch off. 143. His story is History, My Story is Mystery. 144. Not all men are fools, Some stay bachelor. 145. Virginity is not dignity, It is just lack of opportunity. 146. Save water drink beer. 147. When everything comes your way.. Then you are on the wrong way. 148. 80% of boys have girlfriends.. Rest 20% are having brain. 149. People say, you can't live without love...I think oxygen is more important. 150. I talk to myself because i like dealing with a better class of people.

Attitude Awesome Whatsapp Status for Facebook

151. I am not virgin, My life fucks me everyday. 152. Warning! I know KARATE... And few other oriental words. 153. I am so poor that I can't pay attention in class. 154. I love to walk in fog, Because nobody knows I am smoking. 155. If you can't convince them, Confuse them. 156. When nothing goes right! Go left. 157. If you are gonna be two-faced, Honey at least make one of them pretty! 158. I am always right, Once I thought that I am wrong, But I was wrong. 159. I work for money, for loyalty hire a dog. 160. When I was born... Devil said, "Oh Shit...! Competition".

Cool Attitude Status for Whatsapp in English

161. I am not failed......My success is just postponed. 162. Some people are alive only, because it's illegal to kill them. 163. Mistakes are proof that you are trying. 164. Be a good person, but don't try to prove. 165. Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. 166. Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. 167. Whenever i think of quit smoking, I need a cigarette to think. 168. I don't have dirty mind, I have Sexy imagination. 169. If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. 170. Silent people have the loudest minds.

Cool Attitude Whatsapp Status in English

171. Born to express not to impress. 172. The road to success is always under construction. 173. I will win, not immediately but definitely. 174. Laugh at your problems, everybody else does. 175. Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose. 176. The longer the title the less important the job. 177. Good girls are bad girls that never get caught. 178. No, I’m not feeling violent, I’m feeling creative with weapons. 179. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. 180. If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.

Cool Attitude Status in English

181. The real reason women live longer than men because they don’t have to live with women. 182. Eat right, exercise, die anyway. 183. I may be fat, but you’re ugly – I can lose weight! 184. We have enough gun control. What we need is idiot control. 185. My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. 186. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure. 187. Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil. 188. Our generation doesn’t knock on doors. We will call or text to let you know we’re outside. 189. Don’t steal. That’s the government’s job. 190. I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them.

Best Attitude Whatsapp Status in English

191. If you do a job too well, you will get stuck with it. 192. Why do women always ask questions that have no right answers? 193. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. 194. I'm not changed it’s just I grew up and you should try too. 195. I never insult people I only tell them what they are. 196. If you think I am BAD than you’re wrong, I'm the worst. 197. The biggest slap to your enemies is your success. 198. I’m sorry my fault. I forgot you’re an Idiot. 199. I always arrive late at office but I make it by leaving early. 200. I don’t have a bad handwriting, I have my own FONT

Attitude Awesome Whatsapp Status for Facebook

201. It is never too late to be what you might have been. 202. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. 203. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. 204. I love the confidence that makeup gives me. 205. I will never be perfect, but I can be better. 206. Girls who do not ask for much, deserve it all. 207. Keep your heels, head, and standards high. 208. You are amazing just the way you are. 209. Always act like you are wearing an invisible crown. 210. What matters most is how you see yourself. 211. You were born to be real not to be perfect. 212. Listen to your heart above all other voices. 213. You are always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. 214. Only make decisions that support your self- image, self- esteem, and self- worth. 215. I decide how I live and who I love. The choice is mine and no one gets to make my mind up. I decide and I choose. 216. I may not be the girl that everyone wants, but at least I am not the girl that everyone’s had. 217. Do not search for a man that will solve all your problems, he would not. Find one that would not let you face them alone. 218. I am not a backup plan, and definitely not a second choice. 219. Take charge of your attitude. Do not let someone else choose it for you. 220. I love being a girl because I am my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks. 221. Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy. 222. I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become. 223. I will not allow anything outside of myself determine my happiness. 224. Someone asked me what is your attitude, then I simply replied, being single is my attitude. 225. What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you. 226. Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself. 227. True happiness comes when you can look at yourself and like what you see. 228. The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. 229. Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine. 230. If you do not have respect for yourself, you would not get it anywhere else. 231. Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. 232. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. 233. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavour. 234. Make a girl happy. That is the most amazing feeling she can ever experience. 235. I am not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. 236. You cannot compare me to the next girl. Because there is no competition. I am one of a kind, and that is real. 237. Every girl needs a good guy who can help her laugh when she thinks she will never smile again. 238. Sometimes I wish I was a little girl again, because bruised knees heal faster than broken hearts. 239. When a girl tells you about her problems, it does not mean that she is complaining, it means she trusts you. 240. All girls want is a guy who is taller than her so she can wrap her arms around his neck when they hug and kiss. 241. It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine. 242. Whatever boys can do girls can do better. 243. I am a girl. Do not touch my hair, face, phone, or boyfriend. 244. Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. 245. There is no market for your emotions so never advertise your feelings just display your ATTITUDE. 246. When guys get jealous it can be kind of cute. When girls get jealous World War III is about to start. 247. Smart girls open their mind, easy girls open their legs, and foolish girls open their heart. 248. It only takes one bad boyfriend to realize that you deserve so much more. 249. I have a new theory in life, what other people think of me is truly none of my business. 250. Treat me like a queen and I will treat you like a king. But if you treat me like a game, I will show you how it is played. 251. Dear Good Boys, do not worry having no girlfriend this time. Remember, bad boys will always have the best girlfriend but they will never have the best wife. 252. There is only one thing I have to say. You are lucky to have me as your sister. Just kidding! I am lucky to have you as my brother. 253. Better to be strong than pretty and useless. 254. I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. 255. No matter what a woman looks like, if she is confident, she is sexy. 256. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. 257. A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfort-ability and pleasantness about her. 258. A girl should be like a Butterfly. Pretty to see and hard to catch. 259. A girl adding you to her Whatsapp is a modern sign of trust. 260. I consider myself a crayon. I may not be your favourite colour, but one day you will need me to complete your picture. 261. Be what you want to be, be the girl you supposed to be and forget the world. 262. Why cannot mosquitoes suck out my fat instead. 263. Every girls dream = to eat without getting fat. 264. If a girl tells you to leave her alone and you actually do then you have absolutely no brain cells. 265. Just because I do not start the conversation, does not mean I am not dying to speak to you. 266. I may not be the best, but I know that I am not like the rest. 267. When I joke they take it seriously. When I am serious they take it as a joke. 268. Thank you to every person who has ever told me I cannot. You are just another reason I will. 269. You cannot compare me to the next girl. Because there is no competition. I am one of a kind, and that is real. 270. An attitude is an inward thought that wiggles its way out. 271. Like me for who I am and not for who you want me to be. Take it or leave it. That simple. 272. Keep your face towards the sunshine, you will never see the shadow. 273. I keep my head held high and smile, because there are people who will kill to see me fall. 274. Never hate people who are jealous of you, but respect their jealousy because they are the ones who think you are better than them. 275. Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you. 276. Jealousy is a terrible disease. Get well soon. 277. Jealousy is the best compliment you can receive. 278. People would say bad things about you, because it is the only way their insignificant self can feel better than you. 279. Love all your haters, after all they are what makes you famous. 280. I do not care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I will laugh because they will probably be funny. 281. Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you – that is how I view it, because I try to see the positive in things. 282. When there is so many haters and negative things, I really do not care. 283. The Internet is for haters. Everyone wants to knock somebody down, but it is cool. 284. I am sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on. 285. Now my haters are very high class people, so I feel like I have moved up. 286. Nations have come under the control of haters and fools. 287. I deal with haters on a daily basis. 288. You are going to have haters and you are going to have lovers. 289. Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy. 290. Insecurity is an ugly thing, it makes you hate people you do not even know. 291. Haters only hate the people they cannot have or the people they cannot be. 292. Do not think that someone else is more blessed than you are, because we are blessed in different ways. 293. Jealousy is just a lack of self-confidence. 294. Remember: people only rain on your parade because they are jealous of your sun and tired of their shade. 295. Jealousy weakens life. Like the ice-cube in sun-light. 296. Thank you to all of you who talk bad about me thank you for making me the centre of attention. 297. You dream it, I did it, you are jealous admit it. 298. Jealousy is a waste of emotions. 299. A jealous husband does not doubt his wife, but himself. 300. Call me what you want, I will just call you jealous.

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301. Dear haters, do not criticize me for my flaws and mistakes when you cannot even see your own. 302. Jealousy is the fear of comparison. 303. You mostly do not have haters of you, but mostly you have haters of your success. 304. You just hate me because you are not me. 305. I never used to be jealous of anyone, and then I like you. I think I get it now. 306. You know you are awesome when people you do not even know hate you. 307. Nothing brings on jealousy like laughter. 308. People call it “jealousy” I call it “fear of losing you”. 309. Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time. 310. I am just someone, not that one. 311. The way I deal with you is the reflection of the way you deal with me. 312. If you want to improve your life, start with working on your attitude first. 313. The words coming out of my mouth are all of me – unfiltered, raw and real. Love it or hate it, it is up to you. 314. In love, if you fall easily on your knees, you will never win your happy ending. 315. Your attitude screams about the bursting colours of your soul and the rhythm of your heart without the need for any words. 316. Attitude is the mirror of your entire being. 317. Let people think what they want to think about you. It is none of your business anyway. 318. You would not find anyone like me. That is why I call myself ‘limited edition’. 319. Everyone is unique in their own little ways. 320. My attitude with love is simple – I do what I love and love will find me along the way. 321. Some people lives on the business of minding the business of other people. 322. I would rather be single and happy than be in a relationship and miserable. 323. I do not have time to dwell in pain because I am too busy enjoying the things that makes me happy. 324. Never apologize for showing your true colours. 325. My attitude is my unique gift which I am not obliged to explain to anyone. 326. My style is my business which means it is none of your business. 327. If I ignore you and your calls, it only means that I am too tired to deal with your foolishness. 328. Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality. 329. I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you are grateful, you will see God open up new doors. 330. If you do not like something, change it. If you cannot change it, change your attitude. Advertisements 331. Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. 332. Being sexy is all about attitude, not body type. It is a state of mind. 333. A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me. 334. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. 335. Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. 336. Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. 337. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. 338. I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude. 339. Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better. 340. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. 341. Happiness does not depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. 342. Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude. 343. For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. 344. Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it is about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong. 345. A healthy attitude is contagious but do not wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. 346. Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. 347. The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. 348. The only disability in life is a bad attitude. 349. Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. 350. Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time. 351. Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone. 352. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you are going to live your life. 353. My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you are moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again. 354. Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect. 355. Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. 356. Fairness is not an attitude. It is a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. 357. Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer. 358. My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. 359. The higher the better. It is more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way. 360. Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, and never know too much to learn something new. 361. Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. 362. The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That is the day we truly grow up. 363. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. 364. A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it. 365. Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. 366. Age and size are only numbers. It is the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference. 367. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it is hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way. 368. Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. 369. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. 370. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. 371. The ABC's are attitude, behaviour and communication skills. 372. It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder, pessimism an achievement killer. 373. Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet. 374. Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude. 375. Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude. 376. It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. 377. You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude. 378. Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you are going to make this the best deal for all parties. 379. Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. 380. Always have an attitude of gratitude. 381. Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. 382. Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you are going to be a success, whether you are in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology. 383. Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong. 384. Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be. 385. Your attitude is contagious. 386. Cock your hat - angles are attitudes. 387. You cannot study comedy, it is within you. It is a personality. My humour is an attitude. 388. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. 389. And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. 390. Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. 391. The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. 392. Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family. 393. The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time. 394. Yes, we are still five little people with a noisy attitude. 395. Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it cannot be done. 396. We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. 397. Attitude determines the altitude of life. 398. Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best. 399. When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order. 400. Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

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401. Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. 402. The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. 403. I need someone who sees the fire in my eyes and wants to play with it. 404. Boys lie more, but girls lie better. 405. Men hang out in bars for one of two reasons: Either they have no wife to go home to, or they do. 406. Forget the haters, because somebody loves you. 407. Do not hate me, just get to know me first! Loves you. 408. People with status do not need status. 409. Always trying to cool myself. 410. I forgive but I never forget. 411. Boys are great, every girl should have one. 412. Hate girls except the girl reading this. 413. I am cool but summer made me hot. 414. My Life My Rules. 415. It’s my life, so keep your nose out of it. 416. Be silent and let your success shout. 417. I am not lazy, I am just on my energy saving mode. 418. ATTITUDE is everything. 419. Mistakes are proof that you are trying. 420. I love my job only when I am on vacation. 421. I never make the same mistake twice. I make it five or six times, just to be sure. 422. My parents should be proud of me because I am addicted to Facebook not to Drugs. 423. My words are like a china phone. They have no guarantee. 424. Dream big and dare to fail. 425. Not all men are fools, some stay bachelor. 426. Life taught me lot of lessons but I bunked those classes too. 427. If you obey all the rules, you will miss all the fun. 428. Not always “Available”. Try your Luck. 429. When I am good I am best, when I am bad I am worst. 430. Yeah You – The one reading my status, Get Lost. 431. I will be back with my same attitude. 432. Do not play with me! Because I know I Can PLAY Better Than You. 433. I am not heartless, I just learned how to use my heart LESS. 434. If you do not like my attitude quit talking to me. 435. Being single is my attitude. 436. Never underestimate me because I am more than you think. 437. Your attitude may hurt me, but mine can even kill you. 438. I may not be perfect but I am always ME. 439. Born to be awesome. 440. I am actually a nice person. Until you piss me off. 441. Tried to lose weight. But it keeps finding me. 442. I am having technical difficulties with my attitude today. I apologize for my inconvenience this may cause you. Avoidance is suggested for safety. 443. I am not arrogant, I am just better than you. 444. Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies. 445. I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow does not look good either. 446. If you are too open minded your brain will fall out. 447. Follow your heart but take your brain with you. 448. The road to my success is always under construction. 449. Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. 450. Born to express not to impress. 451. Sending my Selfie to NASA, because I am a star. 452. If you like me then raise your hands. If not then raise your standard. 453. I do not like to follow. I like being followed. 454. My style is what “I like” not what “others like”. 455. If you want to cry, use a tissue. Not your status. 456. Life is better when you are laughing. 457. I know who I am, and I am damn proud of it. 458. You have not ever seen my bad side yet. 459. Yes I am smiling. But you are not the reason anymore. 460. Attitude is like a price tag, it shows how valuable you are. 461. Down to earth, but still above you. 462. While you are chasing Pokémon, I am chasing my dreams. 463. Kill them with success and bury them with a smile. 464. I will not quit until I am living the life I once dreamt of. 465. Man of the year. 466. Do not be the same, be better. 467. Girls express their feelings via tears. Boys express their feelings via Beers. 468. Great minds think alone. 469. I am W.E.I.R.D Wonderful Exciting Interesting Real Different. 470. I know I am always. SPECIAL. 471. I am just cool like hot coffee. 472. The best is yet to come. 473. I was reminded that my blood type is Be Positive. 474. Sometimes I pretend to be normal, but it gets boring so I go back being me. 475. Only my name is enough. 476. The eyes are useless when the mind is blind. 477. Cry a river. Build a bridge. Get over it. 478. I am not fat, I am just easier to see. 479. I fell in love at first sight. I should have looked twice. 480. Take my advice — I am not using it. 481. Life is short. SMILE while you still have TEETH. 482. I define my own life. I do not let people write my script. 483. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. 484. Only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude. 485. I am not old, I am youthfully challenged. 486. Alter your attitude and you can alter your life. 487. Men also have FEELINGS, for example they can feel HUNGRY. 488. Girls do what they want, Boys do what they can. 489. People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. 490. I am a nice person with bad attitude. 491. I am not a Spider man nor a Superman, however I am Superhero for my Girl Friend. 492. You were born an original. Do not die a copy. 493. Being happy never goes out of style. 494. Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters. 495. Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that will be me. 496. Only great minds can afford a simple style. 497. Believe in yourself. 498. I am not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I am definitely an individual. 499. Do not stop until you are proud. 500. I smile. Because I do not know WHAT THE HELL is going on.

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501. Keep moving! Nothing new to read. 502. I celebrate myself, and sing myself. 503. I am nobody, nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect. 504. Always wear your invisible crown. 505. You could not handle me even if I came with instructions. 506. Out of my mind. I will be back in five minutes. 507. I do not Care about Popularity. I Live In Reality. 508. Stay cool do not get freeze. 509. Keep talking you are making me famous. 510. When nothing goes right. Go left. 511. Looser. Is the one who creates a winner so, I do not mind loosing. 512. I did not lose my mind. I just sold it online. 513. My attitude my choice. 514. God is really creative, I mean. Just look at me. 515. I love being single. It’s almost like being rich. 516. Error: status unavailable. 517. I do not care what people think or say about me. 518. I will win not immediately, but definitely. 519. Be what you want to be NOT what others want to see. 520. Of course I talked to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice. 521. I do not need your Attitude because I have my own. 522. WARNING: U may fall in love with my face. 523. I am going to make the rest of my life, the best of my life. 524. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 525. Sorry I cannot be perfect. 526. Read a book instead of reading my status. 527. My life my rules so, keep your nose out of my Business. 528. I have a disease called AWESOME. 529. I have reached a point in life where I feel it is no longer necessary to try and impress anyone. If they like me the way I am, good and if they do not, it is their loss. 530. I am not online, it is just an optical illusion. 531. If you do not like something change it, if you cannot change it, change the way you think about it. 532. Positive anything is better than negative thinking. 533. They can because they think they can. 534. Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads. 535. To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. 536. A child’s attitude toward everything is an artist’s attitude. 537. Smile when it hurts most. 538. Attitudes are more important than facts. 539. What you think again and again becomes your truth. Think right. 540. A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me. 541. Results are always hidden in thoughts and actions. 542. Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws. 543. Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us. 544. Thinking harder is more important than working harder. 545. Humour prevents a hardening of the attitudes. 546. I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person. 547. You can overcome every hurdle with positive attitude. 548. Attitude-flexibility is the mentality that helps us to smoothly persevere through turbulent times. 549. A thinking man can never be brave. 550. The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. 551. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. 552. Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. 553. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. 554. Sorry Vegetarians We cannot Pretend. 555. You Are A Designer Of Your Own Destiny. Make It Better. 556. Fake People Have Image To Main. Real People just do not Care. 557. Congratulations! My Middle Finger Salutes Your Bad Attitude. 558. Watch Your Attitude. It’s The First Thing People Notice about You. 559. Your Attitude Belongs To You And its You Want To Have A Good One. 560. Smile In Front of People Who Hate You. Your Happiness Will Kill Them. 561. Single is not A Status. But it is A Word That Describe a Person Who Is Strong Enough to live and Enjoy Life without Depending On Others. 562. Coins Always Make Sound But The Currency Notes Are Always Silent! That’s why I am Always Calm and Silent. 563. If you wait to do everything until you are Sure It’s Right, you will Probably Never Do Much of Anything. 564. Dear Mario, I Wasted My Childhood Trying To Save Your Girlfriend. Now, You Help Me To Save Mine. 565. Just Because I do not have A Girlfriend, does not mean I am Alone, I Have a Food and Internet. 566. There is no buddy like a brother. 567. We all live under the same sky, but we do not all have the same horizon. 568. Whenever you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. 569. The world is full of cactus, but we do not have to sit on it. 570. If you expect nothing, you are apt to be surprised. You will get it. 571. What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else. 572. If you do not think every day is a great day try going without one. 573. It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it. 574. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. 575. If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life. 576. I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. 577. Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. 578. It is not the position, but the disposition. 579. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. 580. I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. 581. Life is a story, Make yours the best seller! 582. With Great power, Comes great electricity bill. 583. Silence speaks thousand words. 584. I do not hate Peoples, I just love Peoples who loves me. 585. Some men have Hundreds of reasons why they cannot do what they want to when all they need is one reason why they can. 586. Before I fall asleep, I always picture what it would feel like to fall asleep in your arms. It's probably the best feeling in the world. 587. It is our attitude at the beginning of every difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. 588. I have reached a point in my life where I feel it is no longer necessary to try and impress any Person. 589. Nurture your mind with great and Positive thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. 590. Life is full of surprises, so you may as well get used to it. 591. There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The small difference is always an attitude. 592. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. 593. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. 594. Hope is a waking dream. 595. Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. 596. When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray. 597. Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. 598. The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success. 599. It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. 600. Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.