oooh!

I recently stumbled upon this blog, and I've absolutely fallen in love with Kate. I so wish I could be that cool. ;)

Her love of J Crew has also led to the discovery of what I think are the perfect shoes for my wedding. I never would have ever thought to look there. :)

Anyway, she's doing this giveaway where I can win a really stylin' bag specifically designed to hold a wet bathing suit... and I can be entered 3 times if I just link back to her blog! Done. :) This would be perfect to use on my honeymoon!

mini vacation!!!

David and I went to visit some friends of mine this past Thursday and Friday in Houston. Thursday we drove down to Galveston. My family went there for a week's vacation in May 2006 and ate at this pizza place on Seawall about 5 times in 7 days. It is seriously amazing. Like maybe some of the best pizza you will ever have. Anyway, this is the first opportunity I've had to go back and get it again, and boy, it was worth the trip!





After the pizza, we took a quick walk down the pier, and then it was off to The Strand!





I found some sweet Versace sunglasses... I swear I will find a way to get my hands on my very own pair someday.





They would look so much better if I weren't wearing a Crazy Go Nuts University t-shirt, but what's a girl gonna do? It was super hot that day... I wouldn't have looked much better in anything else anyway!

So these are pretty much the only pictures I took the whole two days... I was so busy just having a good time after that I didn't even think to take more pictures. I got to see some really good friends of mine that I hadn't seen in AGES, and that was the best part. (Ashley, thanks for letting us crash in your new apartment! Chris, Adam, it was so good to see you guys again!)

Friday we went to the Bass Pro Shop. I had never been there before. It's a lot like Cabela's though. They had some awesome game hunting arcade games, and I wish I had taken some photos of us playing. It was super fun! I also found this sweet Smith & Wesson 38 Special that I am seriously considering purchasing.

After that we went to the Galleria. I had never been there either, and OMG! It's HUGE!! It was fun walking in all the designer stores. I found some fabulous gold heels in the Dior store, and if I had just had $550 laying around to blow on shoes, I definitely would have walked out with them. In the end I settled for a Cherry Lime slush from the Sonic in the food court. Much easier on my wallet and very refreshing indeed. :)

We were having such a good time with our friends it was hard to leave... but alas, we had to. I can't wait until we get to do something like this again!

Bored and lonely...

Mom and dad are out of town for the night, and David has to get up early tomorrow so he can't come over... so I'm stuck here at home by myself. I had almost forgotten how much I really hate being alone... It's not like the I'm-hanging-out-in-my-room-while-other-people-are-somewhere-else-in-the-house alone. Actually being the only person in the house sucks.

So anyway, here's a pointless survey to pass the time.



1. First of all, where in Texas have you & do you live?
Grew up most of my life in a south Austin suburb, live in north Austin now

2. Where's your favorite place to chill in Texas?
Hrmm... that's tough. I like south austin (Zilker Park & canoeing on Town Lake) but I also like the riverwalk in San Antonio

3. Have you ever been on a boat in Lake Travis?
Yes

4. Do you go camping?
Rarely, but I have fun when I do.

5. Do you use the word "y'all"?
Yall don't?

6. Have you ever owned a truck?
No

7. Have you ever had heat exhaustion?
Yes

8. How many "Texas snows" have you witnessed?
A few. It's kinda fun, but after a few minutes the cold factor outweighs the snow factor and I go back inside.

9. Have you ever ice skated outdoors?
No

10. Have you ever shot a gun?
Many times

11. Do you prefer the Spurs or the Mavs.
Meh, if those are my choices, I guess the Spurs. (I really like the Phoenix Suns though... they're a great team.)

12. Do you like the city or the country?
I like being close to things, so the city.

13. Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk?
No, thank God

14. Have you ever run over an armadillo?
Yes. Stupid thing was trying to cross 183. Poor little guy...

15. Have you ever been to a Cowboys game?
No... way too expensive. I'd rather go to a Longhorn game anyway.

16. Have you ever been to a Stars or an Icebats game?
I've been to an Icebats game... but only because I got a free ticket.

17. What's your favorite Mexican food restaurant?
Hrmm... Trudy's or Texican I think. Serrano's and Abuelo's are good too.

18.Have you ever drank shiner beer?
Tried it... don't like it.

19. Have you ever been on a hayride?
Yes

20. Have you ever ridden a horse?
Yes

21. Were you in 4-H or FFA?
No

22. Which place in Texas has the best scenery/view?
The Hill Country

23. Which grocery store do you shop at?
Whole Foods, HEB, and Target

24. Have you ever partied in a barn?
No, I don't live in Manor

25. Have you ever partied in a pasture?
No, I don't live in Kyle

26. Do you like keg beer?
I don't like beer at all.

27. Are you Baptist?
Nope

28 Have you ever been swimming in a river or creek?
Of course

29. How many presidents do you know lived in Texas?
Let's see... LBJ, Bush Sr., and Dubya. *sigh* And they were/are all scumbags.

30. Have you ever been on the Comal River?
Duh. It's right next to Schlitterbahn.

31. Is/was your school big?
No I was homeschooled

32. How many times have you been to Houston?
I haven't kept track. Let's just say... many times.

33. Have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?
Nope

34. Have you ever been to a rodeo?
Yes

35. Do you own a cowboy hat
Nope. I really want boots though.

Thou shalt not weigh more than thy fridge.

I'm starting a new habit today. Do some sort of exercise every day for at least 15 minutes. Once I get the hang of it and build the habit I will gradually increase the amount of time until I get to where I'm exercising 30 minutes a day. Then once I get the hang of that, I will gradually increase the difficulty of the exercise I'm doing.

I think this is a good plan. I don't move my body enough, and I want to change that. I'm also going to start taking fücoTHIN which will help boost my metabolism and burn more fat. And it's not like all those other metabolism boosting pills... this one is all-natural; the two main ingredients are brown seaweed and pomegranate seed oil.

I'm also going to try using the far-infrared sauna my mom bought at the health freedom expo last month at least 3 times a week. The link is to the BioMat website, which isn't the one my mom bought, but we still want it. We're thinking that we might be able to get Dad's insurance to pay for it since it is an FDA approved medical device. Dad will just have to ask the chiropractor for a prescription, and then we go from there.

There's more good stuff on the Crazy Sexy Cancer website that will improve your overall health. It's not just for people with cancer! You want to keep your body and immune system healthy now so you don't get cancer later! (FYI: Everybody has cancer cells in their body. The difference between everyone and the people who "get cancer" is that their immune system couldn't fight and kill them all anymore. This could be due to any number of reasons, but it usually boils down to a combination of high toxicity levels in the body and a compromised immune system –a perfect breeding ground for cancer!)

holy smokes! it's been a while...

Wow. I can't believe I haven't written anything here since February. Geez.

Well, there's absolutely no way I can recap the last 7 months or so, but here's the big stuff:

1. I'm in a relationship with the most amazing man... David. He's so wonderful... how did I get so lucky?



2. My photography website is up... sort of. I used iWeb and for some reason it doesn't look quite right in Internet Explorer on a PC. I don't know why, and it sucks. I don't have any money to spend on a professional website right now. My uncle might be able to help me fix it, but I haven't gotten around to going over to his house to do so.

3. I'm going to be a bridesmaid in my friend Katie's wedding! She's getting married February 2nd. So I've recently been brainstorming bridal shower ideas, gift ideas, thinking about hair and makeup... and I've come to realize just how expensive being a bridesmaid is! But oh well. I love Katie! And my dress is gorgeous! (Look at it in "Apple" ...that's color I'm getting!)

4. School is keeping me super busy! I'm taking Portrait 2, Expressive, and Lab. I have to find models for all of my portrait assignments, and make a portfolio for expressive. I'm much more excited about my expressive project. I'm going to photograph the people who support Ron Paul. I'm almost certain I will title the project "We The People". What I'm doing is asking each person to write on a poster board why they support Ron Paul, and I take a picture of them holding the sign. "I support Ron Paul because..." and then the sign completes that sentence. I think it's really cool how all kinds of different people can come together with this one thing in common, and I hope that this project will show that variety.

Ok, well there's probably more stuff I could write about but I've got to get back to working on something a bit more productive than blogging. So, until next time! I promise it won't be 7 months before I write again!

Love Songs!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is one of my favorite holidays of the year. I think it's second only to Christmas.


In the past month I surveyed a bunch of my friends via email and myspace bulletins asking what their favorite love songs are! As promised, here is a list of the responses I got!

Cecily:
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
Sam Cooke - Cupid
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Emily:
Etta James - At Last

Jarrod:
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (one of my new favorite songs!)

David:
Tim McGraw - Don't Take The Girl

Ashley:
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do
Tracy Byrd - Keeper of the Stars
Aerosmith - Angel
Etta James - At Last

Elise:
U2 - With or Without You; Desire
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love; Something
Coldplay - Yellow; Fix You
Oasis - Wonderwall
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Muse - Starlight
Travis - Sing
Elvis - Teddy Bear
The Redwalls - Thank You

Jason:
Extreme - More Than Words
Daphne Loves Derby - Pollen and Salt
Yellowcard - One Year, Six Months
Howie Day - Collide
Copeland - Hold Nothing Back
Dashboard Confessional - I Do
Foo Fighters - February Stars

Katie:
Eric Clapton - You Look Wonderful Tonight
Journey - Open Arms; Faithfully
Brian Adams - Everything I Do; Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Extreme - More Than Words
David Cassidy - I Think I Love You
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

Theresa:
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman

Mom:
Hall & Oates - Kiss On My List
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Grover Washington Jr. - Just The Two of Us
Kenny Loggins - Love Will Follow
Silver Condor - You Can Take My Heart Away
Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
Randy Travis - Forever and Ever, Amen
Firefall - Just Remember I Love You

Marilyn:
Seal - Kiss From A Rose

Daniel:
Monte Montgomery - Romeo and Juliet

Here are some of my favorites (without repeating any songs already mentioned):

Babyface - Everytime I Close My Eyes
Brad Paisley - She's Everything
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer
Dave Matthews Band - Crush
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Dido - Here With Me
Edwin McCain - I Could Not Ask For More
Eric Clapton - Change The World
Faith Hill - Breathe
Finch - Letters To You
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes
George Strait - It Just Comes Natural
Ginuwine - Differences
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Hellogoodbye - Oh, It Is Love
Incubus - Echo
Jason Mraz - No Stopping Us
Joe - I Wanna Know
John Mayer - St. Patrick's Day
John Michael Montgomery - Rope The Moon
Josh Turner - Your Man
Kenny Chesney - You Save Me
Kids In The Way - Stars Fall On
Lifehouse - Breathing; Everything
Little Texas - My Love
Live - I Alone
Mae - Ready And Waiting To Fall
Nickel Creek - When You Come Back Down
Norah Jones - The Nearness Of You
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Sting - Fields Of Gold
Tonic - If You Could Only See
Toto - I Can't Stop Loving You
The Turtles - Happy Together
Warren Barfield - 10 Hours

Please feel free to leave a comment if you think of any more great songs to add to this list!

whoa. like a lot of news...

Why do I always wait until I have a huge mountain of stuff to write about before I post a blog?

About a week and a half ago I finally met Katy (my old friend from high school) for coffee, and then she invited me to have dinner with her and her friends. It was so fun! Her friends are really nice. I was glad that I got to see her, and hear her story of how she came to Christ. I cannot express enough how happy I was to find out she became a Christian. I remember talking to her about it back in 9th grade, but I didn't exactly have the best tactics back then. I hope I get to see her again soon.

I emailed Andy (photographer guy), just wanting to touch base about the assistant position, and he wrote back saying he would know better when he will need me towards the end of February. *huge grin* I'm soooo excited!!!! I can't believe that this job just practically fell in my lap. That pretty much never happens to me.

My classes at ACC are in full swing now... I've already shot my first assignment in Illustrative (looks pretty dang good if I do say so myself...) and we're gonna do the critique tomorrow. Today's Retouching class was really good... Carolyn showed us some really cool tricks in Photoshop that I had never seen before! Oh and Katie and I have both Illustrative and Lab together, and that's really awesome! She is sooo nice, and this is the first time we've had any classes together.

Dad finally fixed my car this past weekend. Once I got back in it and was driving around I was just like "OMG I missed this car". It was broken for so long, I had almost forgotten how much I love driving it. *sigh* It's too bad though... I think it might be time to sell it and get something that gets better gas mileage. *tear* We'll see... I think I'll wait a couple more months and re-evaluate the situation once I see how much money this assistant job brings in.

About 2 and half weeks ago it was super cold and there was freezing rain and I was pretty much stuck in my house for 3 days. During that time I wound up joining eHarmony.com. At first I just filled out the questionnaire, and wasn't planning on spending any money... but then I started getting all these matches... and I still wasn't going to sign up, but I saw this one guy, thought he was kind of interesting... and then, HE messaged ME. At that point I wrestled with the money issue (I'm pretty dang broke right now) but then threw caution to the wind and signed up for 3 months. Well, it didn't work out with that guy, but I am talking to this other guy named Tom, and he seems pretty cool. Like, seriously, he's awesome. We've finally gotten to the stage where we're actually talking, rather than sending multiple choice questions and whatnot. So far we've mostly talked about movies... and we like a lot of the same ones, which is nice. He likes chick flicks, and that's major brownie points for him because Romantic Comedy is probably my favorite movie genre. ^_^ I want to just go ahead and give him my phone number and start hanging out already, but I'm resisting the temptation to jump in to anything too quickly, because that's how I usually sabotage this sort of thing. I want to do it right this time.

I've lost about 15 pounds in a little over a month. Seriously. I could hardly believe it. I'm so happy about that. Also last Friday I finally went to see a hypnotherapist! It was so cool! Very relaxing. Anyway, this lady is going to make me like vegetables among other things... to kind of give me a helping hand at losing more weight. I'm getting really pumped up about it, to be honest. I went by the gym at ACC, and found out that they have open gym hours available for any student, and I'm going to start going in on Fridays. So yeah, I'm to the point where I'm feeling really motivated to get healthy and lose some weight and at the same time, Katie has finally set the date for her wedding! February 23, 2008. She wants me to be a bridesmaid, and I'm so excited about that! I've never been a bridesmaid before. Anyway, the point is that before, I just had this general idea of "I want to be healthy/lose weight", but now I have a specific time frame. I have a goal. I'm still figuring out how I'm going to reach that goal, but now I have a real honest-to-God goal! I've got one year. ONE YEAR! I think I can deal with that.

Tina called me out of the blue last week and said that she was trying to get a small group together. Like a little bible study/accountability group. I thought it was a great idea! I mean, I've been wanting to get involved in some kind of group for a long time now, but my church just doesn't have hardly anyone close to my age. I mean, it's pretty much me and David. Well, and Celia too I guess, but she's almost never there. Don't get me wrong, I love my church... the people there are really great. But once I got out of the teen group, my walk with God has been pretty stagnant. ...And I think that has a lot to do with me not being involved in a peer group. So we had our first meeting at Tina's apartment this past Sunday! It was me, Celia, David, Albany, and Tina's friend Theresa, who is going to be leading the group. Tina was there too, but she's not going to be in the group... she's just been facilitating the creation of the group. Anyway, it was really awesome. I'm so excited about it really... I can't wait until we get together again, and actually start meeting regularly. The really great thing about this group is that I don't have to leave South Austin to be a part of it. It's like... exactly what I need. *lol* You think maybe God had anything to do with setting this up?

I saw David a lot last week. I went over to his apartment Thursday night, and watched a movie... then Friday afternoon we had lunch together... Saturday night we went to see Smokin' Aces (really really bloody... but the ending was so fantastic that it made up for it), then Sunday we had church and went to lunch after church, then Sunday night we had the small group thing at Tina's, and after that we went to Mangia's Christmas party. *lol* (Yeah I know it's January... but they were busy opening the new Guadalupe store back in December, so they had to postpone the party.) It was all really fun!! But yeah, I think that's the most time I've spent with David so close together. I really enjoyed it. I think he did too. ...I hope he's not getting tired of me. I don't think he is though, so I'm not really worried. He told me that he's going to take me out on Valentine's Day. ^_^ Maybe I'll get to experience this romantic side of him that he's told me about... I told him that what we do is all up to him, but he's just got to tell me how to dress. At first he said to just wear whatever... but then he paused for a moment and proceeded to tell me that I should dress up. (eep!!!) It's been a long time since I've had a boyfriend or anything remotely resembling a boyfriend on Valentine's Day. Needless to say, I'm excited.

Whew! Ok I think I'm done now.

Until next time...


P.S.
I cannot stop listening to Anberlin's new song "Dismantle Repair". It is so good. Seriously, I can't wait until their new album comes out. I think I'm going to have to buy it the first day it comes out. ^_^

mountains and stars

An excerpt from the last page of the book I just finished reading:

And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth's shore. These mountains, which have untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent, silent so that man's weak praise should be given God's attention. [...] And had these mountains the ability to reason, perhaps they would contemplate the beauty of humanity, and praise God for the miracle that each of us is, pondering the majesty of God and the wonder of man in one bewildering context.

I want to see mountains. I wish there were mountains near Austin. I'd have to drive 10 hours to see them right now.

I want to sleep under the stars and just be still and marvel at how vast the universe is... how complex and amazing and wonderful God made it. You don't really get to see stars in the city. I mean, you do see them, but not like when you're in the middle of nowhere... out there you see so many, you're amazed there's any black to separate them at all.

...where to begin?

The past month and a half have been.... nuts. Mostly the good kind of nuts. Like pecans. (yeah that's right, I'm funny).

Let's begin with what has been taking up most of my brainwaves. Boys. More specifically, one boy. David. I haven't really said much about him to most people, since I really didn't know where it was going (still kinda don't) and if it doesn't work out, I don't want to have to explain to everybody why. I didn't want to make a big deal about it at first... but I just can't help it now. So here goes.

We've known each other for a while... gosh, over a year I guess, just not very well. Well, beginning this past Halloween we started hanging out quite a bit. I started getting a crush on him... I guess it was mid/late November. Fast forward to December 1st. We're over at Angie's house hanging out, playing poker and he wants to watch this movie Seven. It's kind of a gross, bloody, disturbing movie... but anyway, he offered to let me snuggle up with him on the couch. I NEVER would have done that without him offering... and that's when all this really started. At this point it still wasn't much more than the kind of crush I get on almost every guy I spend any good amount of time with... just a tad stronger since I'd had a little encouragement.

Fast forward a week to my birthday, and he comes to dinner with me and my family at the Cheesecake Factory, then we go to Dave and Buster's for the night. Fun times, but not much different than all the other times we'd hung out... I just got to drink this time. ^_^

Then a few days later Stacy had her end of the semester party and I invited David to come with me, and we had a good time. I was finally old enough to bring the kind of drinks I like (Smirnoff Ice) and David kept bringing them to me, so I wound up having like, 4 1/2 of them in the course of the evening. I think I got a little buzzed... Towards the end we were sitting in the yard chatting and he's telling me about how he's trying out the online dating thing, but he doesn't really like it, and then he tells me that he kinda likes me, and wonders if he should start anything there... (eep!!) at this point I told him that I like him too, and that I had been wanting to say something for a while now, but just hadn't worked up the guts. It's now pretty late and the party is ended, so I drive him to his car which is in the parking lot of the Randall's not too far from Stacy's house. And we wind up hanging out and talking some more there, and well... we kissed. :o) Eventually we left the parking lot in our separate cars and went home. I remember driving home thinking "OMG, did that just happen?"

The next week he took me on our first official date. We went to Trudy's, then Dave and Buster's (gotta keep up tradition right?), then Starbucks. We had a really good time, like always. Then on Christmas Eve we went to breakfast before church at Magnolia Cafe. I guess that was our second official date. ^_^ I dunno how many we've been on now... I stopped counting.

New year's eve Angie had some people over at her house and that was awesome. Will really lights up when David is around. It's so cute. Early in the evening David and I ran out and bought some fireworks. They were mostly to entertain Will, but really, I wanted them too. ^_^ He let me drive his car (her name is Phoenix) back to Angie's house from the fireworks stand. I was really surprised! He trusts me with his car. That's a pretty big deal, right? ...So anyway, I wound up spending the night over at Angie's, and the next day David and I went to breakfast (even though it was lunch time) at Denny's, went shopping at a few different stores, saw a movie (The Pursuit of Happyness... good movie), went to Dave and Buster's, and then had dinner together. We spent the whole day together, just doing whatever. It was really nice.

I really like him. I feel like I can actually be me around him. I don't have to hide any part of myself to make him like me or accept me. I was thinking about it, and there's not many people like that in my life. I mean, he didn't freak out when I told him a lot of what I think about government and politics and stuff. He's not going to judge me if I say something a little dirty or anything like that... *sigh* ...That's not even that great of an example, but I'm having a hard time coming up with good examples to express what it feels like. (:o/ No surprise there... I've never been good at putting my feelings into words.)

So anyway, long story short, we're dating. But it's not exclusive. I really don't like that it's not exclusive... I don't want to think about him being with anyone else. And he has gone out with another girl, at least once. (Grr!) ...I want to be able to say, "That one is mine! You can't touch him!" *sigh* Oh well. As much as I don't like it, I can deal with it. ...For now, anyway.



In other news:

I met with that photographer, Andy, from Studio 563, and he really liked my portfolio. I'm almost certain he's going to hire me on as an assistant! I hope that I hear from him soon, he said he'd be in touch with me after the new year. I think that if I don't hear from him by next week I'm going to give him a call or send him an email or something.

I quit my job at Hannah D's. It sucked. I'm glad I quit when I did, because if I hadn't I probably would have gotten comfortable and stayed there much longer, because that's how I am.

My car is broken. She's been leaking everything lately, but I was dealing with it... just had to add oil, water, and power steering fluid every now and then. But then last week the heater core went out. Again! We just replaced that within the last year! Dad thinks it was a defective part. We think it's still under warranty, but now he has to find the receipt, and at this point I don't think he's even started looking. In the meantime, my car just sits in the driveway, unfit to drive anywhere, and I'm driving mom's car. As much as I like the keyless entry and some of the nicer things about my mom's car... *snif snif* I miss my Trogdor. (Yes, I named her Trogdor. And I don't care if you think that's stupid.)

I lost about 10 lbs over the holidays. Weird, I know. But all of a sudden I just found myself being satisfied with less food. *shrugs* I don't quite know what to make of it.


Ummm ok so I'm pretty sick of blogging right about now, so I'm gonna go... read a book or something. Or maybe finish up season 4 of Scrubs. I've been watching episode after episode since I got it in the mail a few days ago. I think I've only got a couple left now. ^_^

Peace people!

ahhh! crazy a lot to write about...

I'm such a lazy blogger. I should have written days ago.

So this past Wednesday was pretty dang awesome. It was the day of the end of semester print show at ACC, so I took a long lunch off of work, and went to go see it. It was a good thing I did! I actually wound up getting 2nd place overall for my photo, "Cameron", winning $150 to Precision Camera!



But! That's not even the coolest part! One of the four guest judges is a professional photographer with Studio 563, and he came and found me, gave me his card, and said he wanted to see more of my portfolio. Sooo, as soon as I got home that same afternoon, I emailed him, and... I have an appointment with him this Tuesday morning! I REALLY hope something (like a job) comes out of that. Whatever job he could offer me would have to be better than the one I just started a couple weeks ago.

Oh yeah! I guess I never said anything about my new job. Well, I got another job (I still work at Mangia, just less hours) at this place called Hannah D's doing their photo editing for the web. It's really boring... I'm doing the same thing over and over and over. Plus, the computers are PCs, and it's screwing me up with the keyboard shortcuts in photoshop. PLUS, the room where I work is kinda depressing, and the chair I sit in is uncomfortable. But it pays more than Mangia. Annnyyyway... so I'm hoping that if everything goes well with this photographer, I won't be there much longer. ^_^

Then Wednesday night I went to Stacy's end of the semester party, and had a blast. Maybe drank a little too much. Not like I was stupid drunk... or even drunk at all... but still. I dunno. I just turned 21, I'm still figuring things out.

Saturday night was my birthday party. Some people didn't show, for various reasons I suppose, but still a pretty good turnout. Fun times!! After we ate pizza, most of us went to the Trail 'O Lights, and it was CROWDED! I had never been there when it was that crowded! I guess it was because it was a Saturday... and I heard it's supposed to rain this week. Anyway, here are a few photos from my party:



(Click the thumbnails to see them bigger.)

Today I went to church with my family and Adam, then we went to Texas Land and Cattle for lunch, then we hung out at the house playing pool and chatting, then Adam went home, and then a little while later Harlan, Michelle (Harlan's girlfriend), and Robbie all came over and we played a couple rounds of pool, then watched High Fidelity... one of my favorite movies.

And that brings us up to now! Now I'm just sitting in my room, listening to Christmas music, and writing this blog! Fun times. Tomorrow morning I'm gonna get breakfast with Harlan and Robbie and I guess Michelle too... and hang out with them cool people until Robbie has to get on a plane and go back to New Jersey...

Sooo yeah, I should get some sleep! It's already 2am!

OMG it's cold! Why did the a/c just kick on?! ...WHY?!?

haha. that was a tad over dramatic. yeah, so, sleep now. night all!