lately....

things i love lately......

going to the gym. 

wait, what?

yep. it makes me happy.

friends and birthday parties.

i have made some seriously good friends.

this wonderful song. 

throwback thursday. 

slurpees for missing class. 

not as a reward, but more of a cheer up.

this good student thing makes missing my first class a little rough.

the carrie diaries. 

all the girls over here in this apartment 

have some serious love for this new show.

i think its because we miss gossip girl ;)

will do anything for picture

last week, i trekked through the deep deep snow

in an orchard that had frozen into ice. 

but at least i got those pictures. 

black and white fashion

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sometimes i update my photography blog (that i had made for a class last semester) with my projects for classes and a photography society. actually i update it kind of regularly. so check it out if you want.

4/52

21. late night homework.

22. photo project

23. homemade oreos

24. chunky scarf day

25. nail painting is a weekly ritual

26. 21 candles for 21 birthdays 

27. movies all sundays

brave redhead

taken by my wonderful friend of olive and penny photography

who is this girl i'm becoming? i don't even know who i am anymore. since when did i enjoy and look forward to exercising? who would have thought that i could bloom into a social butterfly and take initiatives that seemed so counter opposite of what i normally was. the funny thing is, when i step back and look at the things i've adopted, i'm appalled at the changes that have occurred. but in the midst of it, it feels just like i'm supposed to be. it feels like me, and thats something i'd like to keep. 

3/52

14. power outage in a freezing college town. 

15. fashion photo shoot project.

16. gym shoes. 

17. gossip girl day. 

18. glasses pals.

19. sunny snow shoot. 

i know, i know. i totally slacked on a couple pictures this week and used my computer instead of my camera. 

whoopsies!

sometimes when its 2 am,

sometimes when its 2 am and i'm unfortunately still up, i think delusional crazy things like everybody should have a twin and daniel radcliffe would rather meet me any day. also i think that broccoli salad sounds like a delicious meal i hope to consume at that very moment while i remember a boy that came to our game night and had a name that i very much liked and decided, maybe i'd name one of my sons that, but not because i had a thing for him, just because i liked his name. and then my hormones get all whacky and tell me that i have crushes on celebrities that i usually hate, like cillian murphy and thats when i realize that i should probably just shut myself off and quit all this craziness.

lately......

things i love lately......

look ma! 

no bandaid!

this class 

when my time comes by dawes

eat a taco while wearing a mustache night

this photographer

blair waldorf headbands

for all those complaining about the cold

yesterday it was so cold in small college town that the power went out for the whole town and tens of miles to before it. yesterday it was so cold that the college sent out mass texts postponing classes and telling students to seek refuge in the main building on campus. yesterday it was so cold that the snot inside my nose froze as soon as i walked out the door and into the -15 degree weather. yesterday was so cold that it probably could have been called national screenshot the weather forecast day because of all the pictures i saw on various social networking sites about the freezing air.

so yesterday was cold. in case you didn't catch that.

2/52

1. first day of school. 2. big camera, little camera. 3. the view from my bed. 

4. snowy shoot. 5. chocolate cake. 6. scriptures. 7. the ice cream that made me sick.

what my mother told me

quoting a movie, my mother really made sense to me. there's always that cliched analogy about life and that its like a roller coaster with all of its ups and downs. but unlike life, on that real roller coaster, i prefer the downs so much more to the ups.  the impending shuttle up to the unseen top is always a thrill, but the downward spiral into a just discovered new scene is always more electrifying. and maybe sometimes i need to remember that i really do like the downs more than the ups and to just let go and enjoy them.

that mom of mine is a smart woman. and i love her very much.

lately.....

things i love lately....

this picture

my new little lens

among savages

my apartment room 

this little quote art

pushing daisies

things i'm thinking right now

this whole -10 degree weather has really changed me. i mean, today felt like a warm spring day and it was only 31. yikes. 

ya know i was never really a fan of the cute guy that turns into a bratty know-it-all. its like, no one's REALLY that confident. 

there's only so many times i can get on pinterest and look at the same pins without getting bored.

i really shouldn't have pizza for dinner at 10 o'clock at night, and even worse, i really shouldn't enjoy it as much as i did. really i'm just bummed that my roommates felt sick after cause i really enjoyed it.

having a pepsi at 10 o'clock however, was NOT a smart idea. although it was my last resort to get rid of the headache that plagued my head and clearly worked, it probably is not going to help me get to bed. 

dang i miss those little twin brothers of mine. especially when i only have a day or two left to spend with them, because thats when they want to spend time with me the most.

and on the second day....

elsa realized the potential amount of extra work load that came from 

a measly one credit class thats supposed to be relatively easy,

panicked at the prospect of it, 

decided to switch out of it, 

discovered that absolutely NOTHING was available,

and changed her mind and decision.

on the second day elsa also laughed out of pity at my dorky teacher

that is very much a radio DJ and very much exudes that personality from all aspects.

and especially on the second day, elsa realized 

that all these silly college things were exactly the things 

that she would one day remember and wish she had time

to enjoy them just a little bit more.

a few new things

this whole consistent blogging thing has been a bit off lately, 

and i immensely apologize for that. 

i realized that i completely neglected to relay some

 pretty big things that have happened around these parts lately.

like how i cut off the tip of my thumb.

yep, thats right, the biggest klutz moment of my life yet.

and while the bandages have shrunk in size,

they still choose to linger and the ironic jokes that come with it does too.

also, i started back up at school today with a brand new winter semester.

and so far, i am thoroughly enjoying it

(as noted in the picture above). 

so there's my small update.

hopefully it was worth the while.

rest of the week

3. babysitting goofy twinners

4. packing in the morning

5. seriously serious grocery shopping trip

6. roommates do sunday nails