first day of the last days

Yesterday was the first day of my last semester of my academic career, assuming I decide not to go to grad school or, the more obvious reason, being rejected into grad school. It's exciting. These past four years have flown by so fast. I left home at 17, moved 3,000 miles away, over the Pacific Ocean, and now this chapter is ending, it's a blur. Currently I'm taking 4 classes, an internship at Ira Lippke Studios; I also started a new job last week as a Design Intern in the Marketing Department of my school, and I'm also the Photo Editor of this years yearbook which should be finished by mid-March. I'm staying busy, but I'm a workaholic at heart because it keeps me sane in so many ways.

Here's some picture's from when I went to Big Bear this past weekend. I LOVE snow. LOOOOOVE.

me and my best pal, Kathy.




View from our room.

grammy commercial & franco

kinda cool, except, why Thom Yorke, it's just a tease to not feature them if he's the main ad for the event.


it reminds me of my birthday present from claire, my embroidered James Franco GOLDEN pillow.

way out in the water, see it swimmin' ?

So I'm back to California after 20 days of being in Hawaii and let me say it was one of my best trips home so far since living in LA for 3 1/2 years now. I did a lot of relaxing on my mother's floral couch, a lot of family related stress due to a few hospital trips and a secret engagement, as well as dealt with "drama" from friends from highschool (that was actually the low point from the whole trip) but despite the downs I got to spent quality time with close friends as well as with the many dvd's I zoned out to. My FAVORITE thing experienced all break was the aquarium. A friend of ours works there (name will be protected due to the circumstances) on the night shift and therefore, we get to hang there at night. He turns all the tank lights on and we get to hang out with the fishes (seriously, I dreamt about being a mermaid, so this is amazingly fun to me). There's also a room with a projection screen where we play Rockband and then we go on the roof, enjoy some beers and watch the city lights. What more could I ask for?

I claim it as my own, my nest, my cave, mine.

skeletons.

well, RECAP of 2008.

Paris.
Found love.
Lost love.
Spring Break road trip to Portland.
Summer in Hawaii.
Shot my first wedding in July.
Aeva came to town.
Back to school in August.
Labor Day in Arkansas.
New Roommate Kathy, BFF.
A heavy addiction to cheese began ala Kathy.
Lots of Green Tea Lattes & CoffeeBean trips.
Turned 21 October 3rd.
Thanksgiving with highschool friends.
Christmas in Hawaii.
Still miss love.
And it all ended with a totaled car on New Year's Eve.
It was a good one, it was a bad one, not so much my year, 2009, treat me right (please).