Me? I am...

Living.
Earthling.
Human.
Female.
Turkish.
American.
Muslim.
Teenager.
Sophomore.
Brunette.
Daughter.
Cousin.
Niece.
Grandchild.
Enemy.
Friend.
Bookworm.
Photographer.
Writer.
Blogger.
Artist.
Cule. (FC Barcelona supporter)
Tea-coholic.
List-maker.
Student.
...
Nurbanu.

What is "identity"? How do you describe yourself? Are three adjectives enough? I think about this all the time. I still don't have an answer.

-Lots of extra lives
Belle

Welcome Movember

Have you heard of No Shave November? or perhaps Movember? If you haven't, well then, now you have. It is considered a little graceless when a girl promotes moustaches for the sake of raising awareness for male cancer initiatives, but dear reader, you know that I am no ordinary girl, so you might as well shift your attention to the real subject.

Movember is a month-long charity event that raises money and awareness for the above cause (male cancers but especially prostate cancer). If you want to know about how this whole movement started, you might as well watch this video here, It has a rather unorthodox way of  a beginning. So, this month, boys grow moustaches - not beards or goatees - moustaches, and earn coolness points. Also they will be appointed to the title "Mo Bro" of the moustache brotherhood.

What about the "Mo Sistas"? Girls, please don't grow moustaches, but don't feel left out either. You can help fundraisers, donate, wear moustche printed clothing, or simply cut this below print out, and tape it onto a baton. That way, you can be like an Italian in the Carnival of Venice. Except, you would hold up a moustache, instead of a mask.

By the way, I know this is kind of frivilous of me to write such a blog entry, but you need to adapt to it, if you are visiting :{

-Lots of connoisseour glances
Belle

Radical Honesty

"The kind of lying that is most deadly is withholding, or keeping back information from someone we think would be affected by it." ~Dr. Brad Blanton

So this coming week, starting Monday, I will try an experiment with my life. I will try to be radically honest for a whole week. Radical honesty is telling everything as you think of it, whatever comes to your brain goes out of your mouth, no censoring, no filtering, no nothing. Every word is out there, and every thought is open to everyone. No lies of any sort, and no worries about what the effect will be on the people around you. ( I got to admit that this part is kind of cruel, but people need to get used to hearing the truth.. )

Where did I get this idea? Multiple resources, but mainly Eli Loker from my favorite TV Show: Lie To Me. Also, I have watched a TED Talk, and read a few articles, so I think this will improve my personality. I hope it will.

So, people who seem to read my blog according to my stats, my next blog post may not be so nice after all.

-Lots of white lies, and cherry pies
Belle