18/52

here's this week's pictures early. i'll be too busy to post them later, so enjoy the last few days for now. :)

112. multitasking at its best

113. my favorite choice of snack

114. i love bows

115. 

Putting the word out....

This summer I am looking to do photo shoots so I can keep my practicing and continue adding work to my portfolio for the fall.  I'll be in a very rigorous class that is all about becoming a professional photographer, putting up a website, and working with clients.  But because I am not a professional quite yet, I don't believe that I should be charging as much as a professional would at all. So if you or anyone you know needs pictures taken, contact me at elsatakespictures@gmail.com, because I would gladly take them!

P.S.- I really need the most practice with families and specifically small children-there are special cheap offers for that! 

things my brothers tell me:

enjoy these funny quips from the boys that frequently run this house into the ground with their humor and crazy antics. I know I sure did.

L: Mom is only my mom. all of you are orphans.

Noah: Dinner with the twins > holocaust

G: Elsa, why are your butt cheeks dancing?

L: Well, I didn't really want to do crafts, I was just suggesting it because I know you like them.

G: Oh, is this that show, Downtown Alley? It doesn't sound all that safe.
L: No Gus, its Downtown ABBEY.  Wait which one of these girls is Abbey anyways?

G: I knew you were trouble when you walked in.
Mom: Gus you're middle name is trouble!
G: No, my middle name is DANGER!

G: Ugh Leo why do you always have to tattle on me?
L: Duh Gus, its my job.

G: I'm going to a museum tommorow to see a real live mummy.
Me: I thought mummy's were dead. How is it alive?
G: No, its a real live mummy!

Dad: Leo, I thought we said no soda on Monday nights.
L: Well....I already opened it.

Me: I wanted to be like, I was friends with Carol Mikita a long time ago!
G: What's a Carol? I want one!

Me: G your zipper is down.
G: Yeah, I don't care if my cows get out of the barn.

winter pictures from the archives

oh i love these winter favorites. 

if i've learned anything from my roommates its... (an ode to my dearest friends)

its that you should always inspect something before you buy it. getting the best magazine is always essential.

its ok to love boy bands at 21.

there is never enough jewelry.

there are actually people out there that watch as much TV as you do.

its your own insecurities that hold you back. people love you and notice your talents more than you think they do.

disney doesn't really get old.

peeing your pants isn't as embarrassing as it seems.

it is definitely possible to not wear the same outfit more than once and still come up with new outfits.

pop radio brings for the best moments in long car rides and getting ready for the day.

anywhere can feel like home.

17/52

 105. I love hummus.

106. this boy kills me

107. i made my own no bakes 

108. downton and ironing

109. I get left with building the Leggos

109. Its always cold in my room.

110. Sunday best

living with boys

Ah. Boys. For half of my year I spend all my time living with boys, 

and they're not just boys-they're brothers. 

It was so rudely reminded to me when I went to use the bathroom today.  

Remember when THIS happened last year? 

Seems a certain younger brother hasn't changed his ways-

only sophisticated it by adding some light reading-

and it seems I won't be able to escape it this summer. 

lately.....

things i love lately.........remember these??

revenge

#cantstopwontstop

movie sales at blockbuster

the beginning of it all...

GIRLS CAMP

this song

message me with my roommates

this quote

tea

did i ever mention that this was my favorite picture 

from my product shoot a couple weeks ago? 

cause it is. 

i'm in love with it. 

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that thing called gumption-

yeah sometimes that works out in your favor. 

paradoxical lessons

You know, I used to be the kind that just really lived on a plan. I always had a plan envisioned and I lived it.  And somewhere along the way, college changed that.  It seems as if I live each year with cautionary tape around it that prevents me from planning too far ahead to devastatingly realize it will get changed.  Its because of this stage that I'm in that keeps me from making any solid plans.  Its both invigorating and exhausting. To be able to decide on a whim to travel to Europe or change where I live or take a new job, not going back to school and at the same time, not be too completely committed to any one thing.  But at the same time, to not feel anchored or attached to some sanity and real ideas that everyone else seems to have can be depressing.  Its this paradoxical lifestyle that I think confuses the crap out of us (for lack of a prettier way of saying it).  It confuses everything we ever have known and gives a thrill seeking "I want to do everything on a whim" but then has us second guessing that maybe some stability would make us happier and keeps us from really trusting our gut instincts. But what I have learned from it now is to enjoy the freedom, appreciate the tie-downs that I once had, live for what you know eventually will come, and maybe, just maybe, this will prove to have taught us to live for now and not for tomorrow and the next years.  Because I will never know what exactly is coming up, but the idea is tantalizing enough to keep me from now and scare me from not wanting to let things happen as they may. change. thats all it really is, is change. and thats something i've feared my whole life. and its something that i may just start to be liking after all.

things i thought while unpacking

i should really have less stuff. 

it is essential that i pay full attention to absolutely every minute of revenge and it is impossible to do so while i pick which clothes to keep or toss. that saying, i'm going to have to change back to carrie diaries. 

i don't know why i ever thought it was essential to keep absolutely all of my notes for my middle east class....also, why do i keep using the word essential?

i definitely want some coffee ice cream. and a nap. 

there was a point when i loved the color pepto bismal pink, and it was definitely when i was in my early teens, because at this point, i feel like a 21-year-old shouldn't have her room like this anymore. #igrewup

i know that at some point i should admit to being a part time pack rat and sentimental keeper of most things, but i think it may be a little too soon in my life for that.

i should be getting more work done because i'm not jetting out to the living room to chat with my friends every 10 minutes, but somehow that does nothing to help me out at all. 

i have a lot of grey cardigans. the germans wore blue, you wore grey. 

casablanca. casablanca is so good, i should really watch it. and that is my problem right there. 

post college limbo

man, nobody ever told me that leaving college could actually be sad at times. 

it may have to do with the fact that i have a little red devil occupying my time right now, 

but i find myself full of me-lan-ca-lee the past few days since i've been home.

while it mostly has to do with the disheartened feelings of leaving my best friends, 

its almost like a post mission limbo, where i don't really know what to do.

there's no school to occupy my time and mind, my lifestyle has changed, 

and i don't have anyone to watch TV with until 2 in the morning. 

i do love being home with my family, 

and the list of things i have going on this summer 

is enough to get me rolling out of bed any day.

but for now, i think i'll take these next few days off as my transition 

and remember that i really am grateful that i had a good enough year 

that it stinks to have left it. 

15/52

98. fortune for my finals

99. spilled M&Ms

100. this cutie sings the best song 

101. finally done with school work

102. marked my territory

103. i have to much stuff

Digital Photo Portfolio

While I have a quick minute 

(because finals week seems to overtake me), 

I thought I'd put my portfolio for my digital photo class up.

Because this is technically a blog that I eventually will convert to only photography. 

I mean, that makes sense, right? 

I made 6 panographs which are small less opaque sections 

of a larger picture layered to make a full picture. 

Collectively as an apartment, the 411 owns around 40 mugs, 

so I decided to showcase our own personal favorites. 

I think if you knew us well, you would be able to tell which mug

represents which girls. 

just some gold ol' fashion

the sun was so gorgeous on Easter Sunday

and I really loved it for these pictures of Jace's impeccable outfit

(as always) 

14/52

91. cute cards from cute friends

92. dress up devo tuesday

93. i can finally see my toes again

94. projects

96. organizing for packing

97. conference