i aspire....

to be like the most fabulous photographer, Richard Avedon.

he was pure genius and everything I love in a photographer. 

he captured raw emotion and personality flawlessly. 

i found this quote by him the other day about the lovely audrey, 

 '"I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. 

I cannot lift her to greater heights. She is already there. I can only record. I cannot interpret her. 

There is no going further than who she is. She has achieved in herself her ultimate portrait."

i guess even the most fabulous hit walls eventually. 

everyone dancing merrily

hey, merry december from these friends.

while we enjoyed decorating my mother's tree, 

it made me very excited for the impending holiday 

and all of its good feelings and events (including my birthday ;) )

hope ya know, we had a hard time

i normally don't share much concerning faith or messages of gospel power, 

but this is something that has relevance to me.

and no matter what you may think of faith or religion, 

this is something we all could hear. 

ps. i love this school and the things we learn at it. like this. 

i came back

my break was good.

and it was fun. 

and all of the other wonderful things it should have been.

i have come back thinking, 

i love pumpkin pie. 

and every year before this that i spent without having pumpkin pie was a stupid choice. 

i also love my family and small moments of hilarity 

between the busy and loud hustle that so normally fills the house. 

i love the lessons i'm learning both from my education and life, 

and i don't think i would trade what i'm learning and doing for the easier and simpler life i had before.

and i love movies. i genuinely love movies and that i have a friend who loves them as much as i do. 

just chugging away

and this my friends is what finishing a large design project right before thanksgiving break looks like.

this all consuming graphically designed photobook that will determine a large portion of my final grade

was exactly what i want to be stressing over right now. 

so naturally, i watched new moon first,
thought long and hard about how much i really wanted to just be done and go home
and then thought even longer and harder about how much i wanted this book to absolutely rock.
and that, my friends, is what i am doing now. 

yes, i look like my mother.

and i sound like her too now. 

because "is it too much to ask, just for you to rinse out your dishes first?"

is not something you pick up on your own. 

and shaking out your shirts before you fold them 

is not something you pick up at the laundromat either. 

so whether you may think it or not mother, 

i am very much your daughter 

and i have very much began to realize how much we are the same.

and i like it. 

simply stated

lately......

things i love lately....

toasty REI socks

SMASH. 

now that i've finished the first season, i've become depressed

with the number of days i have to wait until the next season.

rewatching videos.

lets just say, we're total goofs.

this lovely CD.

its always my favorite this time of year.

this picture

slurpees. 

finally a place in this small college town has a decent slurpee!

so naturally, 2 in 2 hours was a necessary action.

to update you. on life and other things it involves.

1. there is currently a poster that looks just like this hanging on the wall in my room.

and you better believe that its working. 

2. having spiderman come out on DVD was possibly the greatest thing to happen to today.

and to our whole movie collection. 

3. i may or may not want to eat an entire box of dark chocolate cookies from broulim's right now.

its one of those junk food weeks, where my body says, to heck with health, 

eat those darn cookies cause you like them.

4. i took pictures today. 

and like most times, i realized how much i truly do love it. 

ah, the bliss of it all.

5. i am going to bed by midnight tonight. 

and that's final. 

(its part of the goal poster). 

gallerized

Last week my picture was hung in the Spori Art Gallery at school. 

and all I can think is.....

what?

a rather large picture that i have taken

is hanging on a wall.

in a frame. 

in a gallery. 

thanks to those who said such nice things

and showed support. 

it made this girl feel awful special. 

november looks like

this

p.s. 
when your roommate makes you pie, 
it makes a for a happy tummy. 
thanks jace. 

thanks for all the instagrams

all i can say is that utah stole all my dang snow.

and i'm pretty bitter about it. 

that 12 inches you all got last night? 

well it was due for my small college town

and i was looking forward to it so so much. 

simply stated

minimalist

ya know, i still don't completely know what that means, but i think it means this. 

and i absolutely love this style of pictures lately. 

thats all. 

in some ways i've been freed. 

but in so many others, its trapped me. 

its a contradicting trap. 

lately.....

things i love lately......

lucy and ethel halloweens

 in-n-out after a long working day

this song

new photographers to stalk. 

this one is beautifully talented

this quote 

new sweaters for sweater weather. (thanks mom!)