Lately

I think it's about time to actually write another post versus just putting up a bunch of pictures. Here's what's happened lately: Big Sis #2 is engaged (Woot!), homework and school are consuming my life without mercy, and I've come to the blunt realization that after August 27 my life literally has no direction. Right. Moving on to bigger issues, I heart my photography class! Now for a real post.

This is a quote from Mad Men that makes me a little bit sad:

"Teddy told me that in Greek, 'nostalgia' literally means the pain from an old wound. It’s a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called a wheel, it’s called a carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels. Round and a round, and back home again. To a place where we know we are loved."

In regards to that, I think the biggest thing to set that off (for me at least) are certain songs. I have a weird habit of liking a song and listening to it over. And over. And over again. Then all of a sudden I get sick of it and don't listen to it again for another 6 months, meaning that song captures with it everything that was going on at the time. Soooo yeah. Songs are a big one.

It kinda sucks though when a really good song gets bad memories associated with it though, eh? For example, in high school there was a boy who would make me mixes and every one of them would have the song "Faithfully" by Journey on it. Now it's ruined. Sad day. 

Music recommendation of the day? I'm gonna go with "Elephant and Castle" by Houston Calls. Jolly-o! That song rocks.

Dear Nike,

Kudos to your advertising department. They rock.

Me gusta

I'm pretty sure if a guy sang this to me I would marry them on the spot.

True story.

Mondaysssssss....isreallygood.

Here's a nifty quote for y'all! I haven't left one in awhile :) It is from "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Paulo Coelho.

"She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar."

Also, for those of you at home keeping score, Kelty: 4 Frozen Pipes: 0. Heck yeah!!! And this video is hilarious. I can't think of any other random stuff to throw in here so I'm gonna go make tacos. Peace out.

Zzzz

Soo here is a short evolution of my hair. Yep. That's how exciting my life is--I'm devoting an entire post to my new haircut ('cause I'm that cool :D ).

P.S. Post title comes from "Zzzz" by the Cab. Check it. It also is in reference to the sleep that I *haven't* been getting lately. Thank you 20 credits, you're awesome ;)

It's about time

For what? The rest of Ugly Sweater December!!! It's a little late, but with good reason. FIRST, I left my camera cord at home, THEN when I got my cord back I lost my camera, TODAY I found the said camera in my car (which is clean, so I don't know I couldn't see it), anywho, here they are--sweaters #18-24. I don't know where #25 is :/ sorry. I'll find it eventually.

 

Eventually is right now. I just found it!!!!

I'm really bored right now.

I've had a request from Big Sis #2 to post pictures of the various costumes I've had over the past couple of years. I didn't want to find all of them, so you get this instead: different uses I've had for white Hanes t-shirts!!! (that's kinda close, right?)

1. Team Shirts: Amoebic Dysentery was a soccer team comprised mainly of premed majors. Big surprise? I think not. I also added little teeny tiny socks to this shirt, they're just not in the picture.

2. Yeah I don't really know what's up with this other than I thought the idea of trees eating birds was hi-larious.

3. Aaargh, matey.

4. Redneck zombie complete with baseball bat and cowboy boots.

5. Matching tie-dye with Little B.

6. Homecoming in high school--matching t-shirt theme with best shirts ever.

7. 80s dance--not the best 80s outfit, but not super horrible either.

8. Made for midnight premier of HP5...I think. Inspiration from Potter Puppet Pals (you can't see it all the way but it says "sometimes I have nightmares about Dobby eating my skin clean off").

There you have it. 8 different uses for white t-shirts. Next post to come your way: the rest of ugly sweater December.

Weird Crap I Find

I was looking through the pictures on my computer and I found a few that I had forgotten about. I am now sharing them with you--here is the weird stuff I find:

...in thrift stores

...around the house

...and around town.

Hope you enjoyed that.

One. Year. Later.

Exactly a year ago (down to the minute), I was all sorts of distressed sleeping in someone's house--I didn't know them, they didn't know me (hence the distressed state). It was my first night in Ireland and while I should have been in my [new, but unfamiliar] house with my [new, but unfamiliar] roommates, I was at the neighbors. After 32 hours of traveling, I had arrived where I needed to be, 6 hours late, to find no one at home. Problematic. With my luggage and disheveled self as the only things I had, I was going to fix the problem at hand: I needed somewhere to sleep and there were no taxis, telephones, or hotels in sight. There was however, an entire neighborhood of unassuming neighbors. Door #1: nothing (turned out to be The Boys Next Door). Door #2: They were home, but couldn't be bothered to help. I don't really blame them--a stranded American at 9 pm is kinda sketchy. Door #3: Frank and Mary. Thankfully, this wonderful older couple took pity on me, fed me dinner, let me sleep in the spare room, woke me up in the morning, and pointed me in the right direction for orientation :)

I thought I'd share that story BECAUSE it had yet to appear on this blog due to the nature of mothers and me not wanting mine to have a heart attack when I had been gone less than 48 hours. Jolly-o!

Moving on, I finally got rid of the kitchen table, BECAUSE I found a super stellar one for FREE about a month ago; it is now painted, the chairs are re-upholstered and all I needed was space in my kitchen. Hence, the getting rid of the previous table. Here is the before picture. Uuuugly, but with a little love....

Here is the after:

 

It is all a lot cooler than the pictures let on :) Anywho, that's my day in a nutshell. Peace out.

Happy 2011 **Updated**

A few items of business:

1. MOVIE TIME!! (This video now works. Sorry it didn't at first.)

2. The 'Best of 2010' is compiled and is as follows:

1. Scream by Hedley
2. Blue Eyes by Mika
3. New Romantic by Laura Marling
4. Picture Perfect by Every Avenue
5. From Where You Are by Lifehouse
6. Light Outside by Wakey!Wakey!
7. Can You Find Me by the Summer Set
8. I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
9. Warm Whispers by Missy Higgins
10. Back to Where I Was by Eric Hutchinson
11. Sky by Joshua Radin f/ Ingrid Michaelson
12. Angels of the Silences by Counting Crows
13. Take My Hand [Remix] by The Cab f/ Cassadee Pope
14. If I Die Young by the Band Perry
15. JCB by Nizlopi
16. Come On by Green River Ordinance
17. Lindsay Quit Lollygagging by Chiodos
18. Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine
19. Camera One by Josh Joplin Group

That's about all the business I've got. Oh wait. The camera cord was located. I left it at the motherland and should be getting it sometime next week. Schweet.