my love for christopher walken has just grew by 1000. 

anouk

i love my cat Anouk.

she hates when i travel , but she loves laying on my suitcase

holding it open for me to pack

instead of laying on the blankets i had on the ground

she decides the hiking backpack would be more comfortable...??

she has to be right in the middle of everything & lay on all my things

she cracks me up so much.

i love how much my cat loves me.

she is obsessed with me and i am obsessed with her......

true love

haha!

she

listttttTTt

got a good idea from this neat blog :: MEALS&moves

so i think i'll practice the 10 things i liked today post. since i need to remember positives instead of negatives lately.

10 things i liked about toady:

1. found my new favorite drink == iced coffee w/ cream & 2 shots of vanilla. craving it now.

2. bean tacos with lettuce

3. laughing so hard with my bro & sis .

4. i finally did my make up today, it looked nice.

5. make appointments , responsible.

6. made my sweet mother a peach smoothie

7. what

8. jackies ears

9. sending mail

10. ran good errands before work

baby trashes bar in las palmas

seriously one of the funniest things ever and i can't stop watching it because it cracks me up so much. everything is so perfect. hahaha! i love when shes shoving the food in her mouth. this baby does it perfect its great

and yesterday we celebrated mitch's 30th birthday. it was fun. here is the cake that was made for him: his brother adam, did the darth vadar & chewbacca part... hahaha. & payton put the numbers on... makes mitch look younger. ha!

i was supposed to drive home to california today but last night i was really really sick and i barely got any sleep, so i'm leaving wednesday instead. i couldn't imagine driving 10 hours while being super tired and sick. yuck. so i'm just resting and doing last minute errands in the mean time.. so fun..

see ya

almost february .. sheesh

its been a while since ive posted a good old fashioned blog. i dont have much to say. been doin school work. going outside in the chilly but clear weather. just gettin by. looking for a job sorta. wishing i had a neat camera to take special effects photos. i'm really glad i sold my nikon. i just want a cheap camera of some sort. simple. mitch's droid broke so now i don't get to have it when he gets his iphone. (mad)

recently just viewed THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH courtesy of meg*clay* ... one of my new favorites. its wonderful. i still need to go to dinner with her. she's a friend. we also just connected the super nintendo and i have been watching mitch play mario land or something. i was laughing so much. "i got greedy" is what he said when he died once trying to get more coins. i couldn't stop laughing at that. i've also been havin a blast playing with our new iPad/

technology !

anyway

what is a good valentines day gift? a professional massage? a homemade surprise dinner? i just don't know how valentines day works. because i've never had a valentine before and i've never really ever celebrated this holiday with anyone. truth. i'm 22 and i've never before had a real valentine or even gotten a card or flowers or anything like that. weird. but thats my life and i think its more funny than sad . i'm really cool.

i came across a folder of photos this morning and so i wanted to post some up. i love them. and i can't wait for summer timmmmmmeeee. summerDAZE/ days / ways . love it . its so soon i feel but yet , dang. not really.

laughing fit

tonight i couldnt stop laughing. it all started at the dinner table. then i got up to go to the sink and started to laugh all over again and laughed so hard i cried. been laughin ever since. i havent laughed that hard in a while.

here is a picture of me and payton laughing on the kitchen floor. mitch took it.

this morning a storm woke me up because mitch forgot to close the blinds. so the flash of lightening woke me up. plus it was super cold. and the window was open. and i had to pee really bad. payton was awake too. oh ya this was at around 6:30 am! fun! so payton and i came down stairs and watched Barbie... somethin about rainbows and whatnot. and ate oatmeal. made coffee and well, just kinda lazied around all day long in our warm pants and stuff. however the storm didn't stay all day, but the chill did . we went on a walk and a mitch caught a grasshopper and handed it to payton & it jumped out of her hand and then jumped on her leg and it scared her really bad but.... i couldn't stop laughing... i didn't let her see i was laughing tho. that would have been mean. but for some reason just the fact that it decided to jump back onto her after trying to get away was hysterical to me.

so i havent really blogged in a while. sorry if i'm boring. whatevs oh well. time to play this game with mitch.. farcry... whatever

hahahaha

windy

it is one blustery day. hopefully it storm again.

the other day Mitch & i went to Costa Vida for dinner and the cashier girl said to Mitch:

"has anyone ever told you you look like Sawyer from LOST?"

we had to google it. i could see why someone would think that. but i dont think he does. silly tho.

just stumbled acorss something brilliant

look at this blog : tinyhaus.blogspot

AMAZING!
absolutely in love with that blog right now.
the creativity people possess seriously astounds me.

it makes me want to pick up a crayon just to try it. but i know it will be super difficult to do what she does.. she makes it look so easy! i love it. i love sharing wonderful things like this with everyone. i hope it gives everyone a little tingle of excitement like it did for me.

Some Advice for everyone:

#10 - For the most part, what others think doesn’t matter. : the times when someone else’s opinion of you truly matters are few and far between. Think first impressions, like meeting your significant other’s family, meeting a new client, or meeting a potential employer for a job interview. Don’t let other people rent space in your head. What they think of you isn’t important. What matters most is how you feel about yourself.
#9 - Explore new hobbies and opportunities often. : I try new things as they come up, whether it’s a new restaurant, a new beer, or a new pastime. When you try new things, you discover more and more things that you enjoy.
#8 - Nobody knows what you’re thinking unless you tell them. : People can’t read your mind. This goes for your significant other, your employer, and that hot girl you’re too scared to talk to. Relationships can’t improve unless you communicate.
#7 - Talk to everyone in college. : College is the best opportunity you’ll ever have to build a complex, varied network of smart people. Use it to your advantage and get your name out there, because grades mean nothing in the real world.
#6 - Leave every job on good terms. : Giving up all opportunities for future recommendations for one fleeting moment to tell your employer what you really think about them is a bad trade. Give two weeks notice, and say thanks for the opportunity to work with them — even if it’s bullshit.
#5 - Pay your dues. : Stick to it. Hopping from company to company looking for something “better” may allow you to get ahead in the short-term, but in the long-term your resume will become a mishmash of temporary stints that makes you look like a quitter. In the end, persistence creates an impression of dedication and relevant experience — and it will outshine any other attribute, every time.
#4 - Invest in yourself. : When you invest in yourself you can never lose. This applies to everything: Learn to cook. You’ll save a bajillion dollars on food in your lifetime. Learn a foreign language. You’ll expand your horizons and be easily employable. Learn to spend less than you earn. You’ll never be broke.
#3 - You can’t change anything by just sitting back and looking at it. : Change requires two things: a conscious decision to accomplish something, and follow-through. If you want something accomplished, then do it now. If it can’t be done now, then do it today. If it can’t be done today, then start it today. Change is tough, but the most difficult step is getting started. Of course once you’ve actually started, the most difficult step is following through. Change is tricky like that — but know that if you truly want it, you’ll find a way to create change in your life.
#2 - Expect people to be negative, especially if you’re carving your own path. : In all walks of life, you won’t see eye-to-eye with everyone. People will come out of the woodwork to tell you that you’ll fail, tell you that you suck, laugh at you, argue with you, call you names, write you messages laced with profanity, and be altogether unpleasant. As Tony Gazzo from Rocky put it, “Some guys, they just hate for no reason.” The thing is, although it’s common to receive negativity from strangers, you’ll find that even the people you know and love can surprise you with negative attitudes. No matter who it is that’s trying to boo you off the stage, don’t let them succeed in doing so.
#1 - Do what you are. : We’ve all heard that ”If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life.” The problem is that few people seem to actually have this luxury. It seems that somewhere along the line the consensus changed to “If you do what you need to do, when you need to do it, then maybe someday you can do what you want to do, when you want to do it.” You end up spending the majority of your life waiting for that someday to arrive. I’d tell myself that the right choice is much simpler: Do what you are. As long as you’re true to yourself, and follow your own interests, you can find success through passion.

monday night felt like saturday night

went out last night with audra& vanessa. got a realllllly yummy beer. Grimbergen . twas great and i wanted another one. they served it to me in a wine glass tho... kinda bugged me. but Mitch said that's what they do sometimes? i felt like i got less than what i paid for haha.

buuuuut then we went to BJs brewery and got drinks and dessert there... i got two absolutely amazing Pina Chocoladas .... holy crap. i wanted to get maybe 5 . but only got 2. because they are damn expensive. we had fun tho. but now im all thrown off cause i feel like its sunday.
but its Tuesday.
and i have to work both of my jobs today.
and then tomorrow morning my plane for Virginia leaves at 6:30/ ahh! won't be back til Sunday. then i'll have a week & a couple days before i leave for Utah... damn

here's me in my new leopard sunglasses. i love them a lot.

and this ... this is THE funniest photograph i've ever seen. i cant stop laughing at it.

san fran get away

so i went to sanfran for a day really .

i got to megs around 7:30 on friday and we ordered a cheese pizza & relaxed , went to bed early.

then saturday we went to Haight to find some new heels for me... i found the best pair ever. i am soooo pleased with them. i want to wear them everywhere

i also came across this: bansky!

then we went to Oakland for our shoot with Michael Blackmon .. it was so fun . i cant wait to see the images from it. it'll be awesome. meg & i got some photos together too which will be way cool to see!!
then after the shoot we went out to meet up with Claire & Erin at Crepes on Cole in the Haight for dinner/dessert & wine (or beer in megs case) . Erin is from Glasgow Scotland and she has an accent ... i love her. and Claire is from Switzerland. so we were all Euro girls. well kinda ... meg just loves to talk in different languages so she counts because of that. haha

then after we were done being extremely loud and ridiculous in Crepes we walked up the street a bit and found a bar called Finnegans Wake so we had to go in . but it was mostly older people but we had fun anyway. tooons of fun. the guy who was sitting next to us bought us all a drink each which was so nice. but we decided he was a vampire .

i took some photos with my phone but of course they are all fuzzy & dark but they are fantastic anyways.

me & my meg!

me & claire .... this is my favorite photo ever right now!!! it makes me so happy!

meg, me, claire & erin! smooshed... i love them.


and amazingly meg & i made it back by 10:30 . we are wimps.. and we love to sleep... so we prefer to just crash early.. haha

here are two photos from megs back deck

i love San Francisco!

cinco de whaaat

tom had some blood on his cheek and so i asked him where it came from and he replied:

"it was from the eagle that just ran into me"


i told everyone about it because it was so funny. i need to write a book still.

so many people have told me to write a book. but i never know what i'd even include in the book. so i figure i'd just make it a book about anything and everything.

funny stuff. advice. thoughts. questions. i think it could be a hit.
and toms quotes will be featured. i think its only necessary.

last night was cinco de mayo -- it was soooo fun. got to see a lot of people i havent seen in a while and got to meet some new faces as well . i am lucky to be surrounded by great, fun, positive people.

sombrero time!!








we had a pull up contest ... the top 3 winners received exotic fruit.
i sadly, only did one pull up. but Akira won, he did over 20 i think...!








so much fun. such fantastic people. can't wait to get prints of these for a photo album. love!