Hi, I'm Shabby!

Well good goly gosh - I didn't realize I haven't posted in here! Please forgive me! So let me just tell y'all a little bit about myself. My name is Shabby, I am a 21 years young, Persian (also means Iranian) girl and reside in the great state of Texas. I'm a music LOVER (which is probably why most of my attention goes to that blog!) and before my 21st birthday, I was probably the clumsiest, kookiest, most accident-prone, full of bad luck person (literally I was known as the curse, anyone I would get close to would move away) out there.

On my 21st birthday I made a wish on my candles (as do normal people) wishing my life would turn around. Now don't get me wrong, I'm blessed enough to have always had a roof over my head and food in my stomach (obviously), but as a kid, I was picked on a lot. And for that, I have made it my life's goal to touch people or make any sort of difference in their lives. To show them, it does get better, and the bad things that happen to you, don't define who you are. Now I know, when you are in a low it is SO hard to look past the negativity but you HAVE TO! Take me as an example. I've had some shitty people in my life, but now I am surrounded by the most LOVING and SUPPORTING groups of people any girl could ever ask for a shoutout to my friends and fam!

This post is gonna seem all over the place. I started with my background and inspirational sob story, but now let me tell you some ways my life has completely turned around (since I turned 21... obviously...). I turned 21 in March of 2013, shoutout to all the March babies out there and celebrated for 10 days (because I am a weirdo and that's how I do), and then a few days later, I got to meet one of my favorite celebrities out there, Brian Logan Dales (and yes I put his middle name in there cause his name is much cooler that way). Then in April, I realized there was NO WAY I could ACTUALLY be a teacher, which is what I was going to school for. I realized unfortunately in my junior year in college, that child care was no longer for me, nor had it ever been. I realized I was just doing it because it was comfortable; because it's what everyone SAID I was good at, because I love kids. But teaching takes an awfully strong leader, which I feel I COULD be, but it's not where my heart is... Music is. *** KIDS DON'T EVER PICK A FUTURE THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY*** I'm not one to care about the money I make, I CAN NOT live a life where I am miserable every day, and that's how I would be if I were to have continued child care. I think the only reason I worked with kids for so long ( 5 years + 5 years of babysitting) was because I didn't believe in myself, and I didn't think anyone in the music industry would think I was good enough. But in April of 2013, I realized I was tired of letting other people, and their opinions of me and how I should live my life, stop getting to me.

Now, April is a REALLY busy month for me. I run a charity group called Voices 4 Violet, which is a sub-group of Team UltraViolet, who raise money and awareness for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Every April, Team UltraViolet, hosts their annual UltraViolet Rock Show plus the CF walk is that month which means April = HECTIC. Therefore when I could finally settle down in May, I did research on how to completely change my life and my future. By the end of the month, I applied to a new school, and for a new job at Sony Music. In June, I found out the school accepted me AND I got the job within two days of each other. This was actually perfect timing since I was supposed to work summer care at the after-school program I worked at, but then they didn't need me so I was jobless...I literally could not believe it. I felt like my life was turning around like it hadn't gone right all these years because I was on the wrong path.

Before I tell you the next part, I need to tell you this. My guilty pleasure.... is... BOY BANDS. That's right I said it, BOY BANDS, Big Time Rush, One Direction, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, LFO, OTown. You name it, I love it. I didn't tell you at the beginning because I figured you'd leave, but now I kinda feel like you're in too deep, and you have to finish reading this post. But since I just told you that I feel like I should list my favorite bands my non-13-year-old at-heart self loves. A few of my favorites are, The Beatles, Kodaline, Foo Fighters, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phoenix, Cute is What We Aim For, John Mayer, Foy Vance, Haim, Sublime, dear goodness I will stop there, I could go on forever. So did I earn some credibility back? (I hope you are all nodding your heads yes, feel free to comment about music I love talking about it, CLEARLY) Back to this ridiculously long story, at the end of June, I went to a Big Time Rush concert. Their music is actually pretty good, their second album has some inspiring/motivating songs on there. So I go there and who gets pulled up on stage and get to sing with them?!?! Yeah .... you guessed it right... THIS GIRL. It was an unreal experience and whenever I think about it, it still feels like a dream.

So July, August, and September, everything went swell, as in nothing went BAD, which is a good thing. Then in October, MY AWESOME JOB, flew us all out to New York which was the best time EVER, and I am OBSESSED with that place. And now it is November, and I just started this gluten, soy, dairy, corn, peanut, sugar, and chocolate-free paleo diet, which KINDA SUCKS, but I'm currently eating organic strawberries and apple bites drizzled in organic/natural honey and it is quite delicious for my sweet tooth. I entered a contest today, so hopefully I win backstage passes to meet Kendall Schmidt. If you don't know who he is... LOOK HIM UP :) and feel free to follow me on Instagram (@shabbyt) or on Twitter (@ShabbyTalebi)!

Thanks for reading - I promise to write more often and keep these things shorter! Remember stay true to yourself! It's your life, and no parent, friend, or hater should influence you to live it any way other than the way you want to live it! When I turned 21, I changed. I became the real me, the me I was meant to be, and I promise I will be doing great things.

XOXO Shab.