skinny legs and all

i need a new plan. and i'm having trouble coming up with one..

fuck.

i need a new blog. a travel or photography blog of some sort. one that i'll actually write in. i don't think that livejournal is very cool these days.
jamaica was awesome!! its sad to be back home. i decided to go to nicaragua next month with my brother and his family. we're staying at an orphanage and they want me to take pictures.
i have two weddings to shoot this weekend, i'm absolutely dreading it...but i need money....i need a job real bad but i don't want one....

all moved in! i live by the zoo with jess, jace, hilary, and chloe. a little far south for me, but it'll do. i can walk to the park/zoo if i feel like getting mugged.
jamaica in 11 days and i can't freakin wait.

yesterday we got to see bon iver at the variey playhouse and they were amazing, intense.
all the shows have been selling out.
also stopped by brycen's bday party..








i am living out of my suitcase right now. and i don't know how i feel about it.
the world is a smaller place than i thought.

heather and i are sitting in portland having a movie night with our friend alex. i'm considering walking to get some hotwings for dinner.
we may be heading back a week early due to a lack in funds and the fact that we miss a few people a whole whole lot...
but the trip has been amazing, when i look back i can't believe that we've gotten to go everywhere that we have....and i have florida, michigan (the lake), and jamaica to look forward to when i get back.



xoxo

sigh, of course i would get some weird children's disease right before we're supposed to leave for the trip. moving out day today, gonna load up on the painkillers!! pushing the trip back a few days unfortunately. and no one wants to hug me :( well, except for the people i've already infected.
here's the site where we'll be updating about our travels...or at least we plan to...

http://roadtrippin09.blogspot.com/

its funny, i've been waking up super early lately. hilary just walked in the door to go to bed at 8am and i had been up for 30mins already. parents and brother are on their way to help move stuff out thank god.

a is for apple
b is for brethren
v is for vicodin
and thank goddd i have them!

ok thats lame but really thank god.

thanks to the website whythefuckdoyouhaveakid.com, i have come across what would appear to be my exact (though pregnant) double. what the hell??? i'm actually trying to remember if i was pregnant and sitting on a bus like this at some point.



weiiird.

so, i am reading "rich dad poor dad" and i'm a little bit obsessed with it.
i have graduated! wow.
soon the traveling will begin. and then, who knows.

so, its looking like i'm going to be a total bum from the months of may to august. our lease will be up and we're heading out on the roadtrip...not sure how long we will be able to afford being on the road, but we're gonna push it for as long as we can...and then i just booked a flight to jamacia for july...i'm not going to have any money, or a place to live, but hey, its the summer of travel!!!!!

oh my god i've been up since 8am and i have no idea what i've even done.
apparently you can't brand yourself and design a business card in a last minute panic. not well, anyways.
i've been downloading rap songs, and i think i started some laundry....
no ideas for my next photoshoot.
no ideas for my portfolio book or paper.
damnit.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
oh so many things

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

i'm finally getting around to the ones i made last year

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

tommy and julie had bella!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no.

5. What countries did you visit?

only this one

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
soooo much traveling :)

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
no specific dates. but its been an amazing year.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

sticking with school. meeting some of the best people ever. being happy.

9. What was your biggest failure?
constantly making an ass out of myself in front of that one guy

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

lots of bruises. nothing major.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

netflix subscription.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

all of my friends. my parents. they are amazing.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

no one made me depressed. some bad drivers pissed me off though.

14. Where did most of your money go?
surviving. food. alcohol.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

summer. boys. alice in wonderland. the beatles.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?

anything by the scissor sisters, mgmt, radiohead, or the latest modest mouse album.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
 a) happier or sadder? 
b) thinner or fatter? 
c) richer or poorer?
happier
getting thinner
richer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

travel of course

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

sleep. throw up. complain.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

with my parents and brother's family

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
not exactly


22. What was your favorite TV program?

the simpsons, lost, aqua teen, intervention

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

i never stay mad at anyone

24. What was the best book you read?
i liked some of the carlos castenada books. lucid dreaming books. wild ducks flying backwards. just ordered mr vertigo off of amazon..

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
not sure, its been a long year. lots.

26. What did you want and get?

amazing people in my life.

27. What did you want and not get?

more time

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

not sure. ratatouille was really cute. wristcutters was fun.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

drank tequila and tried to convince two of my friends to drive to mexico with me. we came close.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

shooting more. traveling more.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?

yellow submarine.

32. What kept you sane?
friends and family of course.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

my cat pumpkin. or billy corgan.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

ha.

35. Who did you miss?

some boys. tristan and brycen.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

re-meeting hilary i suppose.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.

don't leave the tiki torches unattended.

i found these amazing photos of my mom/family










last quarter of classes starts today!

2008, it was a good one...



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hehehe

well, i officially have a new roommate!
i've been living at the pool recently.

my effing video camera is busted.


i've done no homework and i can't sleep.

oooook, tomorrow night we are leaving for our roadtrip! its me, jess raney, russell, greg, and adam. adam jumped on board at the last minute, which is awesome. we'll be riding pretty tight, but it shouldn't be too bad because we're only going a few hours every day. we're leaving around 8pm, driving just past charlotte, nc, where we will stop to camp. then to dc. staying with one of jess' friends. then we'll hit up baltimore, philly, nyc, and portland, maine is our final destination. however, we may decide to forgo maine and see the niagra falls instead (if that doesn't requre a passport). i'm really excited. i still have to do all my packing....i have all my shit out but its not in the bag yet. i'm packing a bunch of food as well so i won't have to spend lots of money eating out. i am going to INSIST that we stay at the hotel chelsea at least one night in nyc....its so amazing and the price is really worth it. the pictures alone will be worth it. besides, we have no place to stay in ny so far. rooms supposedly go for around $300 a night, but split between 5 people its not so bad.
well i'm all wound up thinking about it. we have a few friends from the circus up in ny, and jenna and sarah braun already live there, so we'll have some people to show us around....
can't wait.
i'm going to wake up tomorrow (afternoon prolly) and pack and practice setting up my tent. gotta go buy some long johns. maybe a hatchet so i can chop us some wood. camping gear is my new favorite thing.
kisha will be keeping my cats alive while i'm away, i hope my cactus doesn't die.

ok, guy across the street. you have a motorcycle, we get it.
shut up.