How To Be An Extreme Blogger

Yeah, that's my computer doing a gnarly trick at the skatepark. It's a fakie-blogslide.

Sure, Perez Hilton may have tapped out his blogs and The Coffee Bean, but I chose the skatepark today.

Well I chose it mostly for this guy who really wanted to go to the skatepark today:

And to keep it extreme, look at the Extreme Difference in my hair for Throwback Thursday:

I think, that maybe, I look like a totally different person....ha ha ha

And if you never saw this video, or already forgot what I look like in videos with that long hair you can watch this:

huge hugs and you better make today awesome, yes, even if it'd filled with un-fun things, your homegirl, Kandee

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I kissed a boy....but we're not dating.

 I spent the last two days filming a video with more than just myself, which is how I normally roll, but it was like I was really going to work and had a boss. Yes, they hired me to play a part in youtube/commercial. My roll: Melissa -A girl who has been internet dating
Chester See (see him all the way on the right in the tie)
*yes we had a part where Chester had to kiss Melissa (me)...I made a vlog that I need to edit, I'll put it up later. Chester probably kisses girls everyday. Me, I was worried I might just give him an Eskimo kiss or something.

Nathan Barnatt - who is absolutely hilarious, played the cop, far left.
Me....
Sam Macaroni - giving the thumbs up. And we talked about our love for Walt Disney, since he was reading 4 inch thick book about Walt.

Shay Carl - who should win the award for happiest guy on youtube. His whole family is awesome! And I even made it in a Shaytards video for the 2nd time (whoop! whoop!) Click here to see it.

These were the shoes I wore, yes they are mine, and they hurt my feet. So, I wore my VANS that you see there, until I had to put my Jeffrey Campbells back on- cute but these are not comfy.

 

I saw this awesome, box thing, that they tried to hide by putting an exact picture of the street on it! How awesome is that!?

I love working on sets, it reminds me back in my days before youtube, when I was not in front of the camera, put putting makeup on everyone that was.
One of my favorite parts is the food. This was the breakfast table....and although the donuts looked tasty, I had an omelet and pineapple, I love pineapple.  (insert me patting myself on the back for not eating that donuts)

But don't worry, later I drank this milkshake!

 And A huge PS, I think I'm thinking, of thinking about doing a "let's get in shape for summer" video or series of blogs or something, because well, I'm gonna do it everyone might as well do it with me! ha ha ha

I'm off to go write my KANDEELAND blog...huge hugs and that milkshake wasn't even that great, your Kandee

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Kandee's 30 Minute Wardrobe Challenge

Ok guys, get ready for 9 minutes of me having 30 minutes to make an outfit. This video is not on my KANDEEJOHNSON channel (if you wondering why you didn't see it! ha ha)

*And I'm gonna show you how to:
•jazz up a white t-shirt
(that I also used AndreaChoice's idea for using your phone to trace a cross on shirt as my inspiration, thanks Andrea!)
•dazzle up a denim jacket

•make a hi-lo skirt with a twist

•and how to customize a plain ol' clutch into a bag with a rocker edge!
•I had also custom painted some shoes, that were Becca's favorite, but that went over the 30 minutes to do!
 
I had 30 minutes, a pile of random fabric and junk and tools to make an outfit, and this is how it went down:



Now if you want to enter to win the big contest where you can win big money and a chance to get featured on Simon Cowell's You Generation Contest you can watch them talking about it and the rules here, and they talk about me too (hee hee hee):


And if you missed it, which you probably didn't, here is my video again (I feel like a proud 5 year old with a fancy drawing I want to show off, that my teacher said I did a great job)...here is me and THE MR. Simon Cowell:


Maybe this will give you guys a little inspiration to dazzle up some un-fancy-fun clothes in your closet...and maybe you'll even want to enter the contest too (all the details, because I don't know them or under the video description when you watch the video on youtune- just click the little youtube icon in the lower right corner)

Huge hugs from your homegirl, Kandee

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Cindo De Mayo and my sister...

 That is me, my blue eyed little niece, and my bff, AKA my sister, Tiffany. Now people don't think we're twins that our hair color is different....hee heee, well actually they still do.

What were you doing yesterday, on Cinco De Mayo? Well at about 11:30am, this is what we were doing: We were at the Melrose Trading Post, buying these kids sunglasses for Ellie and getting me a new hat.

If you wanted to know what I've got on, this is it:
*BLACK CARDIGAN -which already has some "vintage looking" holes, from FOREVER21.
*HOUNDSTOOTH TANK TOP - again, the F21.
*BELT- it's one of the oldest things I own, I got it at Ross like a billion years ago.
*RED SHOES- Breckell's from PLNDR. I love them and they are reeeedonkulously comfortable. Because you know I'm a sneaker-kind of girl.
JEANS - Boyfriend jeans - 7 For All Mankind Jeans in Josephina (the cutest boyjeans) I refused to buy expensive jeans, until I bought a pair, realized I lived in them and they became worth every penny, because they last forever and they flatter your figure better than the "saggy-pulling-them-up-all-day" cheapo jeans that fall apart.
HEADSCARF- it's just a bandana I have in my giant bandana/scarf drawer!
SILVER NECKLACE- back to the Forever 21 again!
EARRINGS- cross earrings I got at Claire's.


And since we are part Mexican, well , even if we weren't, we got Cinco De Mayo cupcakes. And actually they were just regular cupcakes, but they put the CINCO sticker on all the Sprinkles cupcake boxes yesterday! They should have made a Mexican Hot Chocolate flavor or FLAN flavor cupcake! I've got cupcake ideas for days! ha ha ha

But the best part was getting to see my sister. She makes me laugh so hard I cry. And she shares my love of cupcakes, speed walking (we've been known since high school for walking really fast), and she gives me great advice if I'm not sure if something looks cute that I'm trying on. She's been able to do that for years!

I miss her and wish we were neighbors....and I can't get enough of her babies...and my babies love playing with her babies....just look again at her sunglass-cutie:

I'm off to go work on another project that I can't wait to tell you guys about...it's kinda hilarious and definitely requiring that I make a vlog video about it on my 2nd Channel on Youtube, TheKandeeJohnsonShow!

Huge huge Monday hugs, your friendy-pie, Kandee

And I'm still in awe, humble amazement and "cartwheel-ness" that Simon Cowell said he's a fan of mine! If you missed it, go on and CLICK RIGHT HERE!

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3 Things You Need To Know About Handshakes

Yes, I've been a part of a few handshakes in my life and today I'm about to tell you 3 things that make a good handshake, well good. I personally am a "hugger", but everyone needs to know the "Art of The Handshake"- you will shake a hand or two every now and again.

My model for the day, happens to be someone you may have seen or heard before, a man by the name of Simon Cowell. (PS. To think that Simon Cowell would ever, say my name, let alone say that he is a fan of mine, well, I just wish I could've told the me, that ate lunch by herself that, or the me that was in a relationship where someone told me that all my dreams were "pipe dreams", or well, my list could go on and on....as you will see in the video, I almost fell off my chair!)

BACK TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND...(total pun intended)

THE 3 THINGS THAT MAKE A GOOD HANDSHAKE

#1. Don't offer your hand like:

a. you are a princess

b. your wrist is broken

c. your are doing an impression of a dead fish with your hand

DO make sure you offer straight out, thumb up and open your hand like it's a welcome sign to say: PUT ER' RIGHT THERE BUDDY!

#2. WRAP YOUR STICKY FINGERS ROUND' THEIR HAND, MAN!

LIKE SO:

DO NOT be "Princess Dead Fish Hand" that just sets your hand out for them to squeeze.
• People that do that seem weak and or like you aren't good enough to bother shaking their hand.
•Neither one of those are impressions you want to make.
•Grab their hand firmly, but gently.
 NO NEED TO SHOW ANYONE HOW STRONG YOU ARE WITH YOUR HAND-CRUSHING HANDSHAKE- that'd be like squeezing someone as hard as you can when you hug them....not the idea!
•I once had a girl try to squeeze my hand so hard, it pressed my poor fingers against my rings so hard I thought she broke a finger or two. Don't be Captain Hand Crusher.

#3. PRACTICE THE 1-2 SHAKE:
DON'T just stick your hand out and give a one, "I salute you" shake. That seems like a police officer or army general would shake your hand like that. A handshake is supposed to be a friendly, social greeting and farewell.
• What you want to do is a fast and firm- once, twice...three times a lady... Just kidding. A quick 1-2 of hand shaking, any more than 3 shakes and it's just awkward.

For a real life example and to watch me meet Simon Cowell for the first time (yes I just met him moments before we filmed this, hard to believe when we seem like bff's, I know.) in London...and yes, this was back before my hair was blondie-pants:

Woo Hoo...the videos up, you're gonna be the best handshaker  in town, and I'm off to go work on another surprise project, that if I can, I'll tell ya about our instagram some pics of at least!
Huge hugs your awesome lil' sparklers, you....your Kandee

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How To Let Go Of Bad Relationships

We are designed to love other and to be loved by others. People forget that in the world, and just focus on themselves sometimes and the thought of loving others:
A. Just plain scares people
B. They don't know how to do that
C. They are too selfish to care about others
D. Are afraid of loving others, in case they might get hurt or rejected

But I'm here to tell you, not all "relationships are created equal". And just because someone is willing to, or says they are your friend, DOES NOT MEAN they are a good friend and that you need to keep spending your time on them.

Be careful who you choose to surround yourself with, because whether you like it or not, good or awful, you will become like the people around you.

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” - Jim Rohn

*You hang around rude, sarcastic, negative people- guess what you are going to start becoming like.

*You hang around people who are materialistic, that only care about using people to help themselves, and just post pictures of themselves showing off everywhere - guess who you are going to try to keep up with?

*You hang around judgmental people who make fun of others, who care more about making them selves feel better by making fun of others- guess what you might be tempted to start thinking?

#1. You need to look at the people you spend time with, or who call themselves '"your friend".

#2. Do they make you feel bad. 
 -Whether they subtly try to make you feel bad, or they go out of their way to make you feel bad, that's not a friend. A friend loves at all times.

#3. Do they make you feel less cool, less important, less successful, less anything than they are?
- If they do, that is not a friend. A friend would never want you to feel "less than them" in any way.

#4. Do they just use you? 
- I have friends that have used me for something they wanted, and it hurts to see that once they've used you help them, they move on to use someone for something else. Part of being a friend is helping each other out, but that's not what I'm talking about...everyone know in their heart when someone is just using you, and then they move on to become bff's with a new person until they use them for what they want, then their on to the next. That is not a friend- that is someone that manipulates others into thinking they're friends to get what they want before they move on to their next "friend".

#5. Do they call you names or make fun of you?
-It's one thing to joke around with your friend, and you both laugh at your or their funny hair that day, or how you said something wrong and you both cracked up, but if they are just making fun of you, what you're wearing, what you said, how you talk- any of those. That's not a friend, that a "frenemy, they almost get a selfish pleasure out of making themselves seem funny at others expense.

#6. Are they mean to others?
- Any one that makes fun of others, is not cool in my book. If you have a heart, that wants to make fun of anyone for any reason, it looks like they have a small heart and a "small mind". People with big hearts love others and make them feel good, and people with "big minds" have an open mind and appreciate others being different, looking different, dressing different, and think it's great we're all not the same! It would be a very boring world if we were all the same!

Someone that talks about others behind their back to you, will most likely talk about you behind your back also.

#7. Are they a bad influence?
This can be anything from them being lazy and making you feel bad for being motivated, or they get bad grades and make you feel bad for studying, or they do things you know is wrong or even illegal.
Even a friend that is really materialistic and only cares about money and fancy things can be a bad influence! ha ha ha

 Analyze, Listen to your Heart, and Make A Decision
If any of your "friends" make you feel like any of the ways above, it's time to get away from those friends so you can make time to make some new real friends.

I am naturally a really happy, positive person that doesn't make fun of others, but I have had friends in the past that were negative, sarcastic and made fun of others. And it made me tone down my happiness, and if they were all complaining about things, I felt like an outsider for not joining in and I couldn't stand being around them for very long.

I've also had friends that used me for something, pretended to be a close friend, then when they got what they wanted, they went on to be besties with the next person they could use.

THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO:
 1. Stop spending time with your "toxic friend".
-If you are spending your time hanging out with "bad" friends, how are you ever gonna have room to meet new friends.

2. Stop Following Them on Their Social Media
- Now that social media is a part of our world, this is an extension of having them in your life and thoughts, and the negativity and negative way the effect you can still be felt through someone's instagram feed, tweets and faceboook. As we all know, people mostly use social media to show off the "coolest" part of their day or life, or to complain! ha ha ha

3. Learn the Art and Awesomeness of Being Alone
-yes, in school this may seem like the sign of "huge loser-dom", but I and many people I know, were all a part of the the "I ain't go nobody to eat with group". But how are you gonna meet anyone new if you're busy with all your old meanie friends anyway! This is like the person who's never single and free  to meet the right person, so they just keep dating the wrong person, because they're afraid to be alone. Well you're not going to meet anyone unless your single! ha ha ha

-and, I've even gone to the movies by myself, which is awesome. No one is talking your ear off during the good part, or annoying you with how loudly they are chewing their popcorn! ha ha ha

-annnnnd, in the adult world, anywhere you go during lunch time, you'll see tons of people on their lunch break, doing guess what?!? EATING ALONE! ha ha ha ha

-Starbucks has turned "eating or, drinking" alone into an art, where people sit by themselves for hours in Starbucks....all aloooone!

BOTTOM LINE:
You are precious, awesome, and one cool individual that deserves to have friends that think the same thing. If you have a friend, that just makes you feel bad in any way, then it's time to sail on the sea of finding a new friend. One of my dearest friends, was met when I wasn't even looking: we both worked at a job we didn't like, and I didn't even think we'd become friends, now she's one of my dearest friends.

Just like jeans, it's not about how many you own, it's about having that one pair that fits great! You don't need a closet full of poorly fitting pant-friends, one just need one pair-friend, that fits you just right!

And always remember, even if you feel all alone, I'm like your "virtual bff", even when I'm sleeping you hang out with me in my videos on youtube! hee hee

Huge BFF hugs and lots of love, your homegirl, pal, friend, Kandee

PS. Wait til you see the video I'm uploading tomorrow! It has someone, very, very famous...that I cannot believe said they are a fan of me...and I send hugs from me and them too! hee hee hee Wait til you see!

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8 Things You Need To Do This Month to Make it a-MAY-zing!

Hooray it's May!

We have a brand spankin' new set of weeks wrapped up in a bow named, May, to live to make it as awesome as we want! Here are some things I think we all need to do this month to make it greater than last month!

#1. GET EXCITED!

This month is a blank set of time, just waiting to be made fabulous by you!

Don't just live for Friday, because we only have 4-5 Fridays a month, and that's an awful lot of days to not be excited about! Make each day great no matter what the name of the day, and no matter if you have school, work or play...each day can be awesome. Start making everyday as fun as a Friday, even if you have piles of work, you be the fun in the middle of the work. A smile, a song, a dance break, can make any job a little better! 

QUOTE FOR THE MONTH:

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you will become and excited person. Life will take on a new zest, with deeper interests, greater meaning. You can talk, think, and act yourself into  enthusiasm or dullness and into monotony or into happiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and a surging depth of joy. - Norman Vincent Peale

You were born a unique individual, with talents, tastes, style, dreams, a voice and personality that is all your own.

Now go out and own it! Be you, and if anyone tries to stop you with their words, you don't listen, refuse to let their words stop the sparkle that's inside you.

#2. Take the Spotlight Back From Your Problems

 The problem with problems is they can turn into the star on the stage of our life, if we let them, and  soon you won't be able to focus on how happy you can be, because your problems are busy doing backflips and tap dancing all over the stage of your days, getting you to cheer them on with how awful everything is.

* Don't you dare let your problems rule you! Instead you call all your PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES. I learned this from my dad. He said, don't give the challenges in your life the power over you to be called a problem, a problem needs a solution, and sometimes their isn't a solution. But there is always a way to overcome, get through, get stronger, get wiser, become better for not giving up! And sometimes what looks like a problem, is really just a ladder to a new level of success, that you wouldn't stretch out and try, unless you had to move out of your comfort zone, and dare or be pushed to an extreme to try something new or new a way of doing something.

*YOU ARE A CHAMPION, AND CHAMPIONS GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT THEY ALWAYS GET BACK UP. IF YOU STOP GETTING BACK UP, YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOU WERE BORN A CHAMPION...SO GET BACK UP AND KEEP GOING!

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

#3. Hunt For Treasures and Blessings In Your Day

 Each day passes away and we climb back in bed, just like the night before, but what did you do differently than the night before when you climbed in bed?!? Did you spend your day looking for the small, sparkles of joy, trying to catch your eye, or did you get blinded and mesmerized by a big ugly "problem".

Each day comes wrapped with little treasures in it, sometimes we are so busy being upset, stressed out, or depressed that we don't even notice the treasures.

And sometimes the treasure come wrapped inside, what looks like a big old, ugly problem!

*Many businesses were started when someone lost their job, had nothing else, or anything to lose, but to finally try to start their dream business, or go after what they never could when they were busy working away at that job! Always keep an eye out for the blessing that might look like it's wrapped up in a bunch of junk.

#4. Get out and go for a walk in the great outside!

#5. Feel the sunshine on your skin, look at the flowers blooming, let yourself get re-charged! 

#6. Eat some yummy fresh fruit.

#7. Get a workout in, so your feel fit and fabulous and strong.

#8. Laugh! Watch your favorite funny movie!

You've got an awesome month of May waiting for you, now go out and make it A-MAY-ZING!

Off to go for a run and feel take in some fresh air myself, your friend, Kandee

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