There comes a point in one's life where one realizes they have a problem. This point happened a couple days ago for me.

I woke up late and was rushing to get out of the house to make it to my internship on time. Sadly, I didn't have enough time to consume my regular morning coffee. I got on the bus and was just thinking the whole time about how badly I yearned for just one little cup of caffeine. I got there early with a mere 10 minutes to spare. The first place I went? Tim Hortons.

"Can I have a medium double double please", I said, rubbing the tiredness out of my eyes.

"That'll be $1.70." 

I reached my debt card towards the cashier and she shook her head, "I'm sorry, we don't take debt here."

My world stopped. No. Debt? What does that even mean? I was furious! There was no way I could continue this day without at least one cup of coffee.

"Is there anywhere else I can go?" I pleaded, on the brink of tears.

"There's a Starbucks around the corner."

I felt a glimmer of hope. Yes, it'll cost me $1.00 more for coffee I don't really like, but it's coffee nonetheless and I just need my fix. I thanked her and quickly walked toward the direction she pointed to. 

Everything fell into place when that warm coffee finally hit my lips, that familiar taste making my taste buds scream in joy. This day is going to be okay. I finally had a coffee.

Once that coffee was done and I felt like myself again, that's when I realized I had a problem. I shouldn't need a substance to make me feel like me. Thinking back even farther than a couple days ago, I've been drinking 1-2 cups of coffee everyday since high school. 

Being a university student, coffee is considered a food group for us, but maybe we should start thinking about why we need it. I think it's fine to indulge in a cup once in awhile, but once its a dependancy problem, we really need to take a step back and evaluate the reason why we continue to drink it and the long term effects it could have on our health. 

Personally, I believe my body is starting to rely on that caffeine to give it the energy it needs, but in turn, my body is not learning how to energize itself. So, instead of reaching for a cup of coffee, I'm starting to reach for a fruit smoothie or a cup of tea. 

I'm only on my second day of being caffeine free and I'm craving some coffee at this moment, but I already feel better physically. Yeah, I'm a little more tired than usually, but I don't feel constantly bloated like coffee makes me feel. I've read that it takes 2-9 days for you to get over the caffeine withdrawal symptoms, so once I get to day 9, expect an update!

-Anna xox

Hello readers!

This is a new segment I'm going to start adding to my blog. I always talk about these media headlines with my friends so I decided to take them to my blog! As my description says, I have a love for music and pop culture. The funny thing is, I don't agree with most things in pop culture and feel like everything is so shallow. So, I'm about to get skin deep and give you a taste on what I think about what the "world" (aka every entertainment channel) is talking about.

Solange and Jay-Z? I believe Jay-Z did something REALLY insulting to either Solange or Beyonce, because a girl doesn't just kick a guy's ass for fun. Considering the fact that Beyonce and Solange left together, I know for a fact that something is happening behind closed doors that we don't know.

I'm an avid reader of Blindgossip.com and they were discussing about a hollywood couple who got married for business and their marriage will be ending soon, once their last business arrangements were over. At the end of this "arrangement", they both will be leaving with heaps of money. All the comments pointed towards our favourite, "black royalty" couple.

All the blogs are buzzing about Beyonce no longer wearing her wedding ring and removing the tattoo from her ring finger that signified the day of their marriage. So, was their marriage just for business? I wouldn't be surprised. They always say two (super) stars shine brighter than one.

Now, the Willow and Rrrrriiiiiccccooo! drama. There is no drama. Okay, so she's 13, he's 20. He's shirtless, she is completely clothed. Oh, how scandalous! Come on people, Moises and Jaden are friends, therefore occasionally he will be in close proximity to Willow. I don't see anything sexual about the picture at all. If I was in that hot, LA heat, I'd be running around shirtless too! (Well not actually, we're speaking hypothetically here). I completely agree with Jada's comment, people are just trying to make something out of absolutely nothing. Must've been a slow news day.

This is just my opinion on what the media has been buzzing about for the last couple weeks. How about talking about something relevant like #BringOurGirlsBack? Oh ya, I forgot. Jay-Z having 100 problems is more important.

ARTIST                                   SONG
Snap!                              Rhythm Is A Dancer (Aylen Remix)
Eiffel 65                        Blue (KNY FACTORY REMIX)
Ace of Base                   All That She Wants (SoundSnobz x ManuMan Trap Refix)
Missy Elliot                    Sock it to me (Valid Remix)
No Doubt                        Settle Down (Baauer Remix)
Bob Marley                    Is This Love (Soke Trap Remix)
Crystal Waters               100% Pure Love (Atlantic Connection Remix)
Nightcrawlers                Push The Feeling On (Contraband Trap Remix)
Ce Ce Peniston                 Finally (Contraband Trap Remix)
C & C Music Factory       Make You Sweat (Team Bayside High Trap the Bass Bootleg) 
The Immortals                   Mortal Kombat (Zebo's 95 Trapstyle Remix)
Vengaboys                       We Like To Party (DJ SOLO Trap-House Remix)
Le Click                          Tonight Is The Night (DJ SOLO Trapstyle Remix)
WRECKX-N-EFFECT              RUMPSH^KER (J-LAH REMIX)
Coolio                             Gangsta's Paradise (Candyland OG Remix)
Missy Elliott                        Pass That Dutch (J-LAH Remix)
Aaliyah                            Are You That Somebody (Hucci Gurl Remix)
TLC                                 Creep (Kaytranada's Creepier Edition)

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ARTIST                                                  TITLE
Tomsize & Simeon                              Loud Strings
Maxx Baer                                            Breathe
Just Blaze x Baauer                               Higher
RL Grime                                         Heard me
Local Natives                                      Ceilings (Kasbo Remix)
Boeboe & Subp Yao                               Clappin
Doctor P                                             Big Boss (Afruxx Remix)
Skrillex                                      Ragga Bomb ft. Ragga Twins 
M.I.A.                                           Double Bubble Trouble
Nelly Furtado                             Big Hoops (Keys N Krates RMX)
Usher & Diplo                              Go Missin' (J-LAH Remix)
What So Not                              Imperial (feat. Astrix Little)
Grandtheft                                   Technicolor (Madeon Edit)
Major Lazer                              Get Free Remix (Swiftly dark)
K-os                                          Crucial (Kaytranada Remix)
Kanye West                              Bound 2 (Cymbol 303 Bootleg)
Meg Myers                                    Desire (Hucci Remix)
SZA                                                   Teen Spirit
Flying Lotus                                      Golden Diva

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It's been awhile since I actually talked about my university experience. To be honest, I've just been so focused on my radio show, finding a job once I move back home, and what I need to do to get where I need to be after I graduate. Yeah, my head isn't exactly in the present right now, but I have been up to some pretty interesting things!

1. I was an intern for the biggest news station in the Windsor area. I got to go to multiple events around Windsor and interact with the public. I even got to interview some of the event organizers, which I found extremely exciting! I still go to events when I can, but I'm not as active as I was during last semester. This showed me how much I like having a job that involves a lot of moving around and interacting with the public.

2. You may have noticed from my previous posts that I now have my own radio show at Cjam, the radio station at my school. It goes to the Windsor and Detroit area, so it's pretty exciting knowing people miles away can hear my voice on the radio. I've gotten great feed back so if you haven't heard it yet, click a post and let me know what you think!

3. For reading week, I got to go to Jamaica (as you can tell from the image on this post). Can I say ah-mazing?! I didn't even know a sky could look so clear and that the air could be so clean. If I ever become a millionaire, I know were I'm buying a beach house.

4. I've decided to move back home for the coming year. Having my own house and living with room mates was fun, but i've learned I really value my personal, quiet time when I'm at home and living with 5 other people, thats hard to come across. I hope to move back home, finally get another job, and since I'm closer to Toronto, get more immersed into media and communications.

5. I've become a bit of a gym rat. I'm in the gym at least 5 days a week. I got the opportunity to audition for an international cheerleading team so, it's about time I get into some kind of shape. I - I work ouuttt.

Well, that's basically what I've been up to for the last couple of months. I hope you are all having a fabulous semester! Leave comments and let me know how YOUR semester has been. I'm interested :)

Just another day in Wonderland.

P.S. I heard this song everyday in Jamaica. I hope you guys become just as obsessed with it as I was.

Double Bubble Trouble                                    M.I.A. 
Say It Right (Kaytradamus Remix)         Nelly Furtado
Creep (Kaytranada's Creepier Edition)                 TLC
Yoncé (Electric Bodega Trap Remix)             Beyoncé
Young and Beautiful (HugLife Trap Remix)             Lana Del Rey
New Scene (Lucky Date & Felix Cartal Remix)         Felix Cartal feat. Ofelia

Lullabies (ft. Yuna)                                 Adventure Club
Imperial (feat. Astrix Little)             What So Not
Everybody Breaks A Glass                  LIGHTS
What I Like                                 Charli XCX
Power & Control              Marina and The Diamonds
National Anthem                Lana Del Rey
No Other Way                     Lara Lynch
Boom                          Anjulie
Lovers in the Parking Lot Solange
Just A Touch                  AlunaGeorge
Only Wanna Give It To You (Elle Varner cover)            JENI x Adrian Per
Upside Down                            Tori Kelly
Everything                     Fefe Dobson
My Mine                              Jhene Aiko
I'm good, I'm gone                  Lykke Li
Wake Up Alone        Amy Winehouse
Parables                         JENI
Coffee              Yuna

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It's A Shame (My Sister)                  Monie Love
Y.A.L.A.                                          M.I.A. 
You Know You Like It                   AlunaGeorge
U Got Nerve                                         Aaliyah
Only Wanna Give It To You             JENI x Adrian Per
Clarity (Brillz Remix)                          Zedd
Genesis (Tribe of Zebras Trap Mix)        Grimes
Lights (K Millz Trap Remix)                 Ellie Goulding
Video Games (Lana Del Rey Bootleg) Grandtheft
Party (Kaytranada Remix)                Beyoncé x Andre 3k
Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (Hex Hector's Club Mix)            Deborah Cox 
'You And I'                                            Anjulie
Uptown Top Ranking                  Althea and Donna 
For a Lifetime                                      Teedra Moses
Red Love                                                  Pia Mia

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Yaow!                       Baauer
Boing Clash Boom (Dada Life) Major Lazer
Give Me More Grandtheft
Squad Up (Clockwork)                                   Torro Torro
Bird Machine feat. Alesia                               DJ Snake
Will Calls (Grizzly Bear Remix)                        Diplo 
Crucial (Kaytranada Remix) K-OS
Rave Weapon (UZ Remix)  Alex Metric
I Could Be The One (Swiftly dark)  Nicky Romero & Avicii
Like This Like That (ft. Deize Tigrona) What So Not
Sock it to me (Valid Remix) Missy Elliot
Twenty Eight (Cutso Remix)                          The Weeknd
You & Me ft. Eliza Doolittle (Baauer Remix) Disclousre
Waiting Game (Kaytranada Edition)                    Banks
About You XXYYXX

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The Grammys is considered the most important night for music. All the legends come together for one night, just to get a bunch of awards and perform a few hit songs. But if you are an avid music lover and consistent grammy watcher such as myself, you may have noticed something about them. They are getting worse every year. This year was no exception. For such an event that is considered “the biggest night in music”, they seem to be lacking a lot of talented musicians. Hour and a half before the awards even start, the pre-show focuses solely on what or whom the “Musicians” are wearing, from their head to their fingernails. The performances have become such a spectacle that people forget that it is about the music. The same 10 people are nominated for multiple awards, where the best artist does not necessarily win.

Tune in an hour before the awards, and you will see what every “important” artist is wearing that night. Half the people they talked about during the red carpet weren’t even nominated. Why even discuss people who aren’t up for any awards? And as always, the presenters have to say the same thing to each person: “You look so good! Who are you wearing?”. Ariana Grande gave the best answer of that night: “I don’t know. I don’t really care about those things”. Me neither Ariana, me neither. After they are done gawking at their outfits, they have to also show off their sub-par manicures in the “Mani Cam”. Why should we care about what colour nail polish they are wearing? What does that have to do with their music?

Lets move onto the actual show. We just sat for an hour and a half hearing about what Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Pharrell were wearing and finally, the main event begins. No one else, but Queen B, Beyonce, can kick off this show. Though I am a major fan of Beyonce, her performance was better suited for her and Jay-Z’s bedroom. Lorde took to the stage to preform “Royals”, but instead of performing, she seemed to be convulsing and conducting an exorcism on herself. Katy Perry seemed to think she was the wicked witch from the satanic west and preformed “Dark Horse” in some interesting gothic attire. You cannot forget her awkward, stiff dance moves, and her obvious lip-syncing. Daft Punk performed that night also, if you could even call it performing. Really, they just stood in their robot helmets in front of futuristic looking soundboards and pressed random buttons. Stevie Wonder was the lucky one that night because he couldn’t see just how bad the performance around him was. Yeah, I went there.

Can we talk about the nominees? Lorde had one hit song that came 2 minutes ago and already has 2 grammy awards. Is it really that easy to win a grammy in todays day and age? Release one song, and than boom, you are a grammy-award winning artist. Daft Punk and Pharrell got nominated for just about every possible award there was and surprising left with only two. Kendrick Lamar got nominated for 7 and left with none. Can someone tell me why Macklemore got rap album of the year? If I rap about shopping in thrift shops and wearing my grand father’s coat, will I get a grammy too? He’s another newbie that walked away with a grammy, beating out Kanye and Jay-Z, whom had WAY better albums. That’s when I had to turn off the TV. Being a big hip-hop fan, I was not too pleased.

But we can’t forget about the real star that night who didn’t win any awards, has there own twitter page dedicated to them, cannot even speak, but was interviewed on the aftershow: Pharrell William’s hat. That big, Canadian Mountie/Arby’s logo looking thing was the only memorable aspect of that night. People are still talking about it, more so than the actual awards. But isn’t that the sad thing about it? People care more about this hat than they do the music, talent, or artists at the Grammys. Maybe if we stopped focusing on what their wearing, started nominating more than 6 people for every award, and have some different performers who aren’t focused on making a spectacle, but think more about the music they are producing, the next grammy’s could be much better. If this is considered the biggest night in music, the music industry has really fallen far.