Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Summer is here... sort of?

 

 

 


Summer is SUPPOSED to be here but it's been cloudy and misty in LA. No worries! I am going up to Northern California for the weekend to visit my family where it will be mid 80s - perfect for the fourth of July. Doesn't that blueberry cheesecake look amazing?? I'm going to have to make it... maybe this weekend? Living in an apartment, I can bake and cook whatever I want! What is it about getting older and living on your own that's so great? I guess it's particularly nice because my generous parents are still paying rent and tuition. But anyway, it's a great feeling to get to truly do whatever you want without RA's or sorority house moms, or your parents telling you what to do! I was made for adulthood (well obviously...but more so than many people I know). Not to say that it's easy. You start to realize that adults DON'T know everything like you once thought and that you probably know a lot more than many older adults on the planet. And that society isn't perfect (because you were once severly sheltered, which is actually quite nice but also quite the shock when you go to a place like UCLA) and that people can run companies and simultaneously make the earth bleed (Gulf Spill). You really start to realize how scary it is to be THE generation of the moment, expected to heal the earth, and save all people, completely unrealistic and tall requests. So, to distract me from mourning society, I think about summer, photography, high top chucks, cheesecakes, running, the ocean, and Hawaii (among other things). Namaste.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

A quick "I want" post

 

This dog is so pretty. Not only can I not wait to get a dog when I go to grad school, but I can't wait to take pictures like that with the DSLR I'm getting soon. But I AM content right now, that's definitely not an issue. It's really sad to me when people are always looking to some distant future where they will have something else or some aspect of their lives will be different. Or when people take jobs they can't stand and do a 9-5 just because it's what society expects of them and it's what they expect of themselves. Whatever happened to doing what you loved and being content today??! Wake up people!! Quite wasting your lives sleeping through what life is: the journey ITSELF!
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Gorgeous images

 

 

 

I'm so thankful my eyes work and my brain can process all the wonderful photography there is in the world.
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Appreciation for Women...

 

 

Aren't women in general such a lovely half of humanity? As a (straight) woman, and a feminist, I can't help but see some other women and really admire their beauty, resilience, and strength. Wouldn't you agree? Women are so competitive with each other and this is really unfortunate. We should spend less time looking each other up and down, and more time promoting women's rights and admiring each others beauty inside and out.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

style: looks of the day

 

 


from lucky magazine and some other blog...
the leopard shoes are AMAZING. I love weird, funky, original things. Although, it's difficult to blog about trivialities like fashion when things like the oil spill are going on all over the place. But I guess you need a little triviality in your life so as not to take oneself too seriously, don't you think?
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inspiration: I can't wait to be a photog!

 

 

 

 

photos from Max Wanger

CANON REBEL XSI....come to mama.
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Current Events: Stop DRILLING!!!

 


When will they stop? According to NPR, BP is trying to recover some of the oil to SELL IT.
See what the writers at the SF Compact are saying.
Sign the petition to stop offshore drilling at oceana.org and watch the video on their website.
and visit stopthedrill.org
how would you like for your entire ecosystem (house, school, roads, parks, water, food) to be filled with OIL?
This is such a disgusting tragedy.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Shake Your Tree

 

Into photography? Getting too comfortable? Chase Jarvis, a professional photographer, shows you how to get your creativity and mojo back...
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While this is mostly about photography, I feel you can take these ideas and apply them to many areas of life. He is stressing the importance of immersion in photography and creativity. Don't worry about the gear you do or don't have (well my camera is broken and thus I don't have one at all, so that's not always true, but you get the gist) and just JUMP (!!) two feet into whatever it is you want. If you enjoy it, this will come extremely easily. If it's a chore then it's not sparking the flames of your passion and then what's the point in the first place? Sheer enjoyment the whole process through is a good indicator of what makes you happy. I read a quote and I don't remember who said it but they said something like "When you love something, you will have an endless supply of energy for it." Do what you want with that but pay attention to what you feel you could do for days and you can't go wrong

Eggs in a Blanket

 

As I study for finals, I have to just take little breaks and blog! I'm hungry because my brain is working hard. I would make this (minus the french toast part) because your brain works better with protein!!! yum yum yum yum yum.
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Alphabet Marshmallows

 


yessss....So cool. another thing to make.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

New favorite website!!!

 

 


Zen Habits. Check out the archives. So many good articles.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Don't Give Up Hope...

 


Loved this.
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Swimwear....summer is near!


 

 
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People with great style...

 

 

 


-from one of Time Magazine's Top 100 Design Influences
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I love her shoes and socks together. Seem to go perfectly with her Parisian breakfast. Isn't the first man's mustache awesome? and I believe men get more handsome with age: case in point, the man in white.