three day hump...

Today is the third day of consistent blogging. Yet, at 4:11am, I believe I am FAR too ready for bed for an epic and truly amazing photo spectacle for you.. whoever you may be. But seriously, I have a clean room and sleeping puppy and nice warm sheets and the night light on and my normal sleep attire and tired drooping eyes... AND as I began to crawl into bed I came to the bitter sweet realization that I had to first post a blog. It felt better after the recognition because of course now, I haven't failed my mission I entrusted to myself just days ago. I'm not a huge failure! ...yet... and to top that off, here is the most amazing thing I have seen all day. It made me squeel, cry, laugh, and almost fall asleep. Ultra female came out today when I saw this so I MUST pass it on... PLEASE enjoy and I promise a better, more fun filled blog post tomorrow... if anything could actually beat what you are about to see after you press the link below... go on.. press it. PRESS IT!

THIS IS THE LINK!!! PRESS ME!! :D

Ninjabread MEN!

Thus far, I have proven my most serious commitment to this blog to be loyal and by all means, UNBROKEN. Two days in a row! So far, so great! Another decision came to mind today, however, that I would spend the rest of the month of January refreshing this blog of all the things in the past six months that I have thus kept from the internet, but are absolutely completely totally wonderfully sometimes horrendously but mostly incredibly fantastic times of my seemingly mediocre life. 

Today, on the 15th of January at 1:36am, as I sit next to my husband and roommate watching How I Met Your Mother drinking green tea and occasionally smothering my lovely pup with weird high pitched noises that I am sometimes ashamed could even come from MY voice box, I share with you, my adventures with the    ...NINJABREAD MEN!

On November 9th, 2012, my oh so great friend Sabrina had yet another birthday as does happen once a year... such a lucky girl. For a birthday present, she received a ninjabread cookie kit and she decided to open it up and dive right in at my place. Such an honor. These were BY FAR the coolest cookies I have ever baked- though of course chef Sabrina did MOST to almost all of the work.. The fun came in the decorating and I will simply let the photos speak for the rest of the night. enjoy! :)
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...cant forget the less-is-more, perfect mustache ninja!

New Beginnings

Today I awoke to an odd technological noise that is my very weak cell phone alarm at 9:45 am and with the pressing urgency to relieve my bladder of its fluids. I took care of business and quickly decided it was much too cold to survive outside of my bed's outdated and unmatched collection of tourniquets. I then woke again to the same annoying noises that I have become so accustomed to ignoring at 2:15pm. Now I could start my day. 2:15pm is a lot more like it. I slumped out of bed, started my day with mozzarella and jalepeno quesadillas with my lovely husband and watched property virgins on HGTV until I departed for work. Work was as usual on a Sunday evening. Then on the return home I came to a few thoughts that hadn't crossed my mind in quite some time. Some thoughts that really deserved some thinking about and perhaps had suffered from such serious neglect.

Through these ponderings, I decided two quite controversial things. The first, that I would make a far more conscious effort to write in this blog every single night before I go to sleep. So more blogging to come! HOWEVER, I also came to the conclusion that I need to seriously get my computer checked out and fixed. I've been having problems with the CD burner and with the internal fan and that is too important to keep ignoring. As a result, I will continue blogging until I attempt to fix my computer when I will suffer from zero internet for weeks and therefore the lack of consistent blog posts.

Then I'd arrived home and good friend showed me the glorious taste that evolves from a good stout beer (which is nothing I would ever enjoy drinking) when combined with dark chocolate. Magically delicious! So here are a few photos of that. Please enjoy! and I will surely see you tomorrow!

Old Rasputin -Russian Imperial Stout, Brewed in USA + Lindt Smooth Dark Chocolate

CAPSOLIN!

The other day I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing this incredibly talented band, Capsolin. They have such an interesting and well written sound, I recommend any open minded music lover to absolutely check them out! This shoot took place El Segundo, California just down Main Street and with four very fun, laid back, and colorful musicians. Here are some of the final photos and even a few with Capsolin's very own logo on them- take a peek!

If anyone has the chance, they have an upcoming show this Friday, January 11th in Long Beach, California at DiPiazza's!! You won't regret it-they put on a fantastic show!

i LOVE tea

So school has been ever so stressful (as is expected and always the case). But the other night when I was trying REAL hard to stay on task and get what I needed to get done, my awesome husband came and surprised me with my most favorite study aid, TEA. Not only was it extremely thoughtful and helpful and perfect for the moment, it was aesthetically pleasing! So of course I took some pictures and became quite inspired. I love being a studio art major and after so many changes and now my seventh year in college, I wouldn't change anything to have arrived at this point. YAY creativity and HORRAH unexpected inspirations...

 ...One of the coolest things about tea lately is the addition of sugar cubes into the kitchen! I've always wanted them and never realized how cheap and accessible they were. Of course I got overboard excited and took pictures...

...and the next day I decided to try to make this tea in ridiculous bulk.. french press tea! It came out incredibly strong. Though I could handle it, I would suggest only 2 tablespoons of loose leaf tea if going this route. AND as you can see, I added a few sugar cubes-3 lumps!    :)

Happy Halloween Times!!

I love autumn!! My husband and I just moved in to our new WONDERFUL home with two great roommates and are loving finally being settled down again. To celebrate the season we've gotten  pumpkins to carve and friends to laugh with! Yay for pumpkin season!

 Though sadly, in just one week, they die... and become perhaps a bit more scary and comical!

The End!

Congrats Spencer and Alaska! 9.22.12

I absolutely LOVED everything about this wedding; just as much as I love this couple. Please enjoy these few snapshots! I had a wonderful time being a guest at a wedding instead of working one, but I couldn't help myself. Thanks so much Bundocs! Love you guys! :)   [[click on the photos to enlarge]]

 <3  CONGRATS SPENCER AND ALASKA!!