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[19 Oct 2009|03:53pm] |
 thanks to mom and dad, today is my birthday. the big twenty-one and i plan on spending most of it relaxing. i wanted to take a minute and just say that i really miss my mom and wish she could be spending this day with me. thats probably not the most flattering picture of us but its the first thing i found today during my search. my parents mean a lot to me and i feel grateful that i ended up liking them so much. came home from school this morning to find the dog super excited and saw a big bunch of balloons waiting for me in the living room. thanks dad. both sets of grandparents coincidentally sent me the same birthday card. to make it funnier they live 200 miles apart. tonight after chris gets of work we are going out for some drinks. i dont plan on anything to big but its going to be a blast. thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! ♥
+ sunshine and crisp fall air
+ balloons shaped like cupcakes
+ kisses from the cat
+ pomegranate iced tea
+ pumpkin spice cake
+ new outfit for tonight
+ clean laundry
+ cuddling with the puppy
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[21 Sep 2009|04:17pm] |
 well today was my first day of classes. so here begins my second year at portland community college. after going over my schedule i realized that i will still have another two years to go before i can transfer. a part of me is sad about this and another part says its okay because attending a community college is less expensive and i can take my own pace. good news came today about my financial aid status. i still have four single paged documents to turn in and then it will be completed. i will not be given any aid for fall because of the demand but there is a really high chance i will get a refund at the end of term that will help with tuition. for winter and spring term i will continue to receive financial aid. this is such a relief.
tomorrow marks the first day of fall. this is exciting. this year has been the year from hell so far for my family and christophers. i would have never imagined it being this stressful. but now fall has started and things are looking better. everyone in christophers family has a job, im going back to school, and nobody is in a financial rut as of right now. my birthday is around the corner and im finally looking forward to it. im also looking forward to weather changes and driving to unfamiliar places. ive started a list of all the places ive never been to that need to be visited.
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[14 Sep 2009|05:14pm] |
i created a quick survey that i thought would be fun
so fill it out if you would like ♥
1. your name
2. your age
3. where you live
4. favorite hobbies
5. top five artists your listening to lately
6. what you like/hate
7. something most people dont know about you
8. a picture of yourself (if you have one)
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[14 Sep 2009|01:35pm] |
( p i c t u r e s )took a day trip in august with my dad up the coast. our main goal was to go to the kite festival in long beach, but it was a total bummer when we arrived to late because it ended earlier in the day. we decided to head down towards cannon beach to at least walk around some of our favorite parts. sadly it was foggier than you could imagine and there was nothing to see and half the time i lost him in the fog.
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[28 Jul 2009|02:07pm] |
 going to the zine symposium this past weekend has been a real eye opener to say the least. ive realized how much ive grown up since my last zine was made and how imporant its going to be to write another one. im also realizing how differently my writing is going to be written and how different the layout will be. im growing up and its obvious. this has been my fifth year coming and for the first time i was able to come over my shyness and say hello and make conversation with people. im very proud of myself. the big thing that ive realized is how inspiring all of this was again for me. its made me look forward to being a creative person again. so here are the things im happy to announce that im going to be in the process of:
+ creating little lady issue three
+ rebuilding and promoting my etsy shop
+ trying new mediums with my zines
+ exploring new ways of writing and not holding anything in
+ finding myself and what makes me the happiest
this has needed to happen for a long time and im nervous about being so open about this change. im used to the same routine day in and day out. i do not share much with the public or family. they know bits and pieces of me but i feel that its time for me to come out of hiding and be myself.
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[10 Jul 2009|02:19pm] |
 i feel so lost right now. not having a camera sucks ass and i will probably go insane without one. my to do list is so big right now i feel like my head may explode. ive been trying to make myself feel better by spending some alone time on the computer looking at things i know will cheer me up. my best friends wedding shower is tomorrow and im really looking forward to being with her. i got really sick the other day and im hoping that today will be the worst of it. ive been spending a lot of time resting and taking medicine. my whole body aches and my throat is beyond sore. chris cant even rub my back for me because it honestly hurts way to much.
i almost had a heart attack when i realized all my vacation pictures were on christophers computer that was stolen but i was smart enough to keep them on my camera card. its been so hard since the robbery. i dont feel like myself. i feel as though i have completely lost touch with my creative side. the zine symposium is fastly approaching and im embarrassed to say that i have no new zine to flaunt, or even a table. its no ones fault that all this happend at once. but things are starting to look okay i suppose. i think im finally ready to start sharing my vacation photos here and i will be putting them over the next few days. hope yall are having a good summer!
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[24 Jun 2009|01:37pm] |
 we got back home from our vacation on sunday. disneyland was everything i imagined it would be plus some. california adventure was sort of a disappointment other than a few rides that i really enjoyed. ended up not taking many pictures because i was just to busy having fun honestly. i feel a need to probably go back in a few years during off season since we went at a time where school just got out and all the summer events just started. there was an estimated 65,000 people on just the first day we were there. i want to go back to just to see everything again and not spend so much time in lines. i would love to just make another trip to california so i could travel down 101 and explore the beaches. spending time with just my dad was great because he's always so busy working. i met up with brandie (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) beesting), her sister amanda and little eli and i had such a great night with them at the park. i always love meeting new people and so getting to hang out with brandie was way cool. so glad she and her husband william are moving to portland in the next couple of weeks. there are a few things im going to miss about california but im so glad i dont live there. the weather was perfect and im sure we picked a good time of year to go. all the palm trees and tropical plants were so fun to see. to sum up our trip in just a few sentences is hard because it was a total blast.
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[12 Jun 2009|11:50am] |
 a couple weeks ago i found an old envelope that was addressed to my grandmother. it was full of disney vacation information dated january 7th 1965. i scanned everything and have added them to my flickr. i have finished most of my packing. monday i meet mickey mouse! we leave around three am tomorrow and my tummy hurts from all the excitement. hoping i get enough rest before we start driving. christopher is a real sweetheart and is house sitting for the whole week. found out that i got really awesome grades this last term and i feel like i really deserve this vacation. summer is starting out awesome and i hope that it stays this way. im looking forward to a lot of adventures and relaxing with my boy and my dog.
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[06 Jun 2009|03:09pm] |
this shirt was my mothers originally.
i know that if she was still alive she would want me to have it.
im going to proudly wear it to disneyland.
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