Bright Lights

I'm not sure what they were creating or what the creations were for, but that looks like a lot of fun. Someone tell me what this was!

My small group and I went to Shepherds' Conference at church this evening and they had this set up in one of the courtyards. I love strings of white lights.

This was last month. If I could have taken a panoramic shot {which I could have, so I guess it's more... "If I could have figured out how to create the panoramic shot out of three individual pictures"}, I would have because it was breathtakingly gorgeous outside. As intense as these colors are in the photo, they were about 18x more intense in real life.

Love it.

Success & Art

{If Only.}

Mission accomplished!

I now have two sets of drawers, grey and white, for my closet! My mom had to talk me out of the bright pink set… because while I’m not a fan of the color pink in general, I do love color. Especially bright colors. And white’s not… bright. Or a color. But it is easier to sell/give away in two years in case I don’t need it anymore. Oh, practicality. Sigh.

On another note, we {the parentals and I} were watching Nightline tonight and they featured a segment on Stephen Wiltshire. And now I want one of his pieces. I just don’t know which city I’d want on my wall.



{I think this one's my favorite}



Stephen Wiltshire is this London artist who, after seeing a city from the air for about half an hour, can draw a panorama of the ENTIRE CITY in detail within three days. And I mean… *siiiigh* His work is gorgeous.

{Venice, a Sketch}

I think sometime this year, I should post about which artists I want on my walls someday. We can see if it changes over time, but… I think I’m pretty set in my tastes considering I’ve been on this planet for two decades now, yes? *laughs* I’m so in awe right now. So in awe, in fact, that I might even change my computer background to one of his works! This is a big deal—I haven’t changed my background from a painting of Hogwarts since… at least the beginning of high school. Goodness. There were probably only five books back then. *O.o*

Well, it’s almost 3 am over here {though I’ll be back-dating this so it says Friday… sneakysneaky}, so I should be going to sleep now.

Anyone else have the same computer wallpaper for ages and ages? Fall in love with an artist and vow to own one of their pieces someday? Choose practical over whimsical? Go to sleep around three in the morning on an almost daily basis? No? It’s just me? Sadness.

Blehh.



{This is ADORABLE.}

I was going to post about our adventure today in North Beach, San Francisco, but I've come down with a cold.

Therefore, y'all must wait. The whole three of you who read this blog. *grins* You know who you are.

Happy early 4th of July to everyone since I probably won't be writing anything tomorrow!

Stay safe!

The Little Things in Life, No. 4: Stealthy Feesh & Miscellaneous Multimedia

{From the Fountain}

{In the Arches}

... reading this book and seeing Royce Hall mentioned within its depths (pg 326 in the paperback to be specific). Ohmygoodness, yay UCLA! There are times when I simply cannot believe where I get to go to school nine months out of the year. I'm in awe. *happy sigh of contentment*



{Stealthy Little Feeshie}

... seeing my dad's reaction to the interesting music pre-loaded onto his new work computer. Such as the superly awesome named album, Ninja Tuna. Seriously? I don't care what type of music it is, I'd keep it for the title.



{Library Sale, $2.00, Romantic Comedy}

... watching 105 minutes of cuteness, aka Letters to Juliet. I finally got around to seeing it a few days ago and may I just say. Two words. Christopher Egan. *grins* [Although the rest of the actors/actresses were pretty wonderful themselves, too].



{Sunshine Baby}

... noticing that a buuunch of the bloggers I read are either pregnant or new moms recently and since I somehow ended up helping out in the nursery during VBS with two moms that chatter about everything, I've learned a ridiculous amount about all sorts of interesting things. For better or for worse.

 

 

... more pretty ads! [They were supposed to be mostly eyewear ads. I had an eye doctor appointment Wednesday, what can I say? But when I tried looking them up on Google, I couldn't find them. *shrugs & sighs* What can you do?]

The Little Things in Life

{Kelly Hicks Designs}

... changing a diaper for the first time yesterday. It wasn't that bad. Yay?

{Source Unknown}

... having all the windows at home changed while I'm away at school. None of the mess and drama of the actual installation, all of the benefits of being able to open and close the window all by myself now!

{Though admittedly, lots of my fav ads are Dior ads... They're pretty.}

 ... pretty ads in magazines. Yes, I am one of those people who look at all the pictures first, but at least I go back and read all the articles, too.

{Source Unknown}

... sunshine and temperatures in the high 80s. You can call me crazy, but after nine months of Los Angeles' muggy/humid hot or muggy/humid drizzle, being outside in dry heat isn't so bad.

{TwoPeasinaPod Lanyards Tutorial}

... getting actual lanyards with name tag thingmerbobs for working VBS. It's got my picture, name, and everything! Whoaaa... they're getting so high-tech.

Cookies & Milk... the High-Class Kind



{Too Pretty to Eat, No?}



I thought I'd share this picture with y'all. Cause it's gorgeous and makes me happy. *mmm*

Original link is here.

Spring Banquet 2011

I've realized that I just need to write. Formatting a blog comes with time and experience and practice; and if you don't do anything, you can't practice. So. I shall ignore my original formatting of such-and-such article on this certain day and just write about life as it is right now.

That being said, I had a pretty wonderful week.

Not only am I now done with all major projects for this quarter (papers and a debate), but I'm also done with work for this quarter (the Marketing section of our college newspaper)... AAAND it was Spring Banquet yesterday (THE Spring Banquet-- yeah, that's right, you heard me).

I love Spring Banquet.

[I was going to take a photo of my shoes from yesterday, outside where it'd be all pretty and artsy, but it didn't happen. Maybe for the next formal event!]

And today marks another big day-- I'm going to post a picture with my face in it.

*collective gasp*

I know, riiight? But trust me, this photo's pretty gorge if I am allowed to say so myself.

But yes! Photos of Spring Banquet!

The Dress:

It looks a little sad here, but I promise you, once I get these upper arms all toned and beautiful, it just might be my go-to "Aww, I'm so cuuute" dress!

The Theme:

For from Him & through Him & to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.

-- Romans 11:36

The Centerpieces... (A Before Look):

They were so pretty-- flickering candles in the sand with shells and pieces of colored glass surrounding it and a mirror underneath to create a deeper look. *sigh* It was really pretty.

Apologies, because I do realize that's kinda dark.

The Small Group of Yesteryear:

We're adorables. I contemplated apologizing for the fuzziness of this photo, but I just so happen to love it, so I don't think any apologies are necessary.

Love these girls.

The Centerpiece... (The Remains):

For some reason, the candle at our table was the only one to look like this-- melted almost to the bottom, with colored wax spilling out of it like a water fountain, filling the mini sand dunes with solid waxy stuff.

Why us?

Although admittedly, it was fun to watch it melt in on itself and disappear... So cool.

The Aftermath: 

This is my artsy photo of the insane number of bobby pins I had in my hair last night (and I'm pretty sure that's only about half... they were falling out all night, so I think I lost a bunch-- sadness!), my bracelet (which is elastic for all of you who were wondering how I got that on my wrist), and my asymmetrical earring choice (which worked out amazingly well because my hair would have tangled so madly with the dangly earrings had I worn both of them).

Can you tell I had fun?

By the Numbers: 

Aiight. So if the bobby pins are grouped into sets of five and there are six full sets and one partial set, just how many bobby pins were left in my hair by the end of the night?

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So that was my Saturday night. And I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The only regret? I felt a little guilty that my dress was a tad short, but had pushed it out of my brain as not tootoo short until we ran into a guy on our floor in the elevator and when he asked where we were coming from and I said a Christian fellowship banquet, I got a slightly raised eyebrow.

Apparently, it was a tad too short.

*sigh*

Anyways, now that my dress is hanging on its hanger beside me and my roomie is snoring away, I think today would be a good day to get homework done, don't you?

Have a lovely day off tomorrow and for all the fallen soldiers, we love, appreciate, and miss you!

In Which There Are Whales & Chocolate Truffles

 Every midterm season, and also whenever I have a paper due, I always find myself on the Internet, reading blogs or fanfiction or watching Castle.

This last midterm was no exception. I discovered, as I procrastinated, the aesthetic orgy that is Lavendar & Lilies, Cupcakes and Cashmere, and Pinterest. And trust me, once distracted by pretty things, I can stay that way for hours.

So, in the interest of appearing at least somewhat productive, here are some of the things that (1) caught my eye and (2) may or may not have some use in our apartment...

See? I spend my time wisely.



Anthropologie Monogrammed Mugs





I really like these monogrammed mugs from Anthropologie that I stumbled over on Pinterest. And while I wouldn't mind getting a few for our apartment, Shellie and I might have a problem figuring out whose mug is whose.





Save the Seas!



I kinda sorta love this print.

Can we pleasepleaseplease have one on our wall somewhere?

Rainy Days

I can almost feel the warm and fuzzies that come with being able to curl up with a book in bed on a rainy day.

No textbooks allowed.

You'd be surprised how often that occurs, rain, considering this is Los Angeles...

Yarn Lanterns

 The directions for these are as follows:

(1) Dip yarn into watered down glue,

(2) Wrap the yarn around a balloon, and

(3) Pop the balloon when the yarn is dry.



Heaven

Oh. My. Goodness.

I believe I'm in love.

These are Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles from Love & Olive Oil. Up to this point, I'd only ever visited Bakerella when I needed my foodie blog fix, but this site... *happy sigh*

I know what sort of experimenting in the kitchen I'll be doing next year!

So these are just a few of the things I saw and loved while avoiding Philosophy.

I think Wednesdays shall be my '5 Things That Made Me Happy This Week' days. Although if that is the case, I probably would have different stuff up here for this week. But that's okay. All the more choices for next week!

Be good, readers, and just think! Two more days until the weekend. Hoorah!