Pick-a-nick!

(Deep impressive voice) Greetings, my subjects!

How's life? Mine is going well. I mean, I have plenty of tasty food and nice clothing and a big house and plenty of water. I am well loved by my family and friends. What more could you ask for?

This is what I did today.

I tried to get my dog to hold still for long enough for a photo.

I tried to get my hands to hold still for long enough for a photo.

And I had a picnic. It's not a very impressive picnic, I'm afraid, just a sandwich and two pounds of almonds. And it wasn't outside. And I didn't have one of those fun little baskets with a red gingham cloth over the top.

But, you can't have everything. And really, who would want to have a picnic in this weather? It was actually a little cooler today, still in the upper-eighties and lower-nineties. At least, I think it was. That thingy in my aunt's car might not have been a thermometer.

ANYWAY, I ate pho today for lunch and my picnic was supper and I kind of didn't have breakfast. Actually, maybe I'll make pho my breakfast and the picnic my lunch, and I can still have another meal! Brilliaaance.

But yeah. I drew a person, but I didn't take a picture of it so you can't see it. It wasn't very impressive anyway.

Hmm what else would you find interesting... You know what, forget this, I have a life outside of my blog, I'm gonna go play with my doggy.

Randomness

SALUTATIONS! Hmm, what to talk about today... Oh, I have more pictures to show you.

Yeaaah swanky, huh? This one didn't turn out as well as some of the others. I think we might try it again in direct sunlight.

Anyway, that's all I've done today. I woke up at something crazy, like 3:50 PM. Which is odd, because normally when I sleep that late, it's because I've woken up several times before and decided to go back to sleep. This time it was the very first time I had woken up. I haven't been sleeping well, despite my sleepy medicine.

"Because you're mine, I walk the line." I know I keep coming back to this, but I really don't know why I keep blogging. My best friend has a blog which she hasn't updated in FOREVAAA. Maybe I should abandon mine. I am greatly enchanted by the color pine green. I like music boxes. Why does one park in a driveway but drive on a parkway? I like whales. I have a sweater with a whale on it, I'll show it to you sometime.

ANYWAYS, I have been having terrible cravings lately for stuff like cream soda and pho and Freebirds and berry blue Jelly Bellies. It's hard to write a blog post while still keeping in mind who might read it. I mean sure, it might be some stranger, or it might be my step-grandmother come to see how I am. Of course, it's also hard to live in a third world country or have cancer or be in jail or put animals to sleep or be hated by everyone you know. Gotta keep things in perspective.

Great now I'm all depressed. I think I'm done here anyway.

Ta ta!

I Only Like Triangles

Happy Earth Day, everyone! I hope yours was wonderful and that you planted a lot of trees and flowers.

Anyway, I haven't gotten any new music recently. Not even iTunes free downloads, just coz they don't look very interesting.

I've been thinking lately, this blog is really quite a waste of internet space. I could do the exact same things I do here in my journal and it wouldn't be any different. Well, I wouldn't be able to share all my stuff. And some people do want to know what's going on with me, even if they don't care what I ate today and how my poops were and stuff. JUST KIDDING, I would never talk about things like that. You never know who will read this stuff or why. I can see it now... my possible boss goes googling me and finds me talking about poop on my blog. Or the people who keep clicking "Next Blog>>" or the boy I'm about to date is doing a creepy background check. You neva know...

But back on subject (I used to get in so much trouble in school for getting off topic in papers; teachers hate that, and they never understood that that was part of my paper), I haven't been doing much of anything lately. Except sleeping. and that is always fun. I'm about to start the Deathly Hallows. Um, I get the mail an awful lot. Um, I am extremely grateful for the existence of deodorant, considering the terrible heat we are suffering down here. Hmmm what else... I've been reading through my old journals and marveling at how much of a drama queen I was (and still am) and how awkward I was (and still am) and how very dumb I was. (look at that-- I still am!) But I prefer to look at how far I've come. (and try not to think about how far I have to go) But you don't want to hear about that.

I've been wondering if anyone else has this problem. See I have this dreadful disease where I love to read, but then when people ask me what I'm reading, I hate to tell them. Why is this? I think it stems from the habit of getting ticked off when people interrupt me reading to ask me what I am reading, so I just get mad even if they didn't interrupt me. Does that make sense?

I also suffer from a natural inclination to choose the minority option in any situation and to be "different." I believe this qualifies me to be a hipster. But if I do choose what is different, that means I'm letting what other people think influence what I love. THIS IS TERRIBLE; I MUST RESIST. So I'm gonna come out and say it: the Hunger Games are my second favorite book series, followed closely by Harry Potter, and Abarat in first place. I KNOW I'm so mainstream. *Sob*

I kid. I mean, I wasn't kidding about the being a budding hipster or resisting the temptation to choose "different" things or loving Harry Potter and the Hunger Games, just the being sad about being all mainstream. That's the word hipsters use, right? Either way, if I can head this off before I become one of those annoying people that wears old 3-D glasses all the time, I will be successful.

Uh just ignore that.

See you later!

Haaaaaaaul

Hey, I didn't know you could justify blocks on here! Cool.

Anyway, today I got up, mailed my Sketchbook, went to therapy, went to the bookstore, went to CVS, and came home. These are what I got.

THE SEVENTH HARRY POTTER! Mwahahahahahaha, mine, at last! I now own my own copy of all of them. Mine is an evil laugh!

Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin. I own the first book in this series, and I like it, so I thought, since the bookstore is closing down (for realz this time), I might as well take advantage of the store credit and slashed prices. So now it's miiiiine...

I swear I'm going to throw away this dust jacket as soon as I can. It is a terrible illustration for some awesome books, and anyway, I like the newer illustrations better. You know, the shiny ones. But it's all five books, and some short stories, so I'm not going to let something silly like an ugly picture keep me from reading them.

And, last and quite possibly least, my owl lip gloss! As my sister said, it's rather awkward to put what comes out of an owl's butt on your face, and it's really not very good quality, but I just couldn't pass this up. I love owls! Even real owls, though admittedly not as much as cutesy ones.

Well I must go now and feed my dog. I'll probably come back later and make another blog post.

Bye!

Another Round of Pictures!

Blogs are boring without photos. But they are also boring without text. This is why I am reluctant to try tumblr, because I do not want to only share pictures. Life is words and images! Why should a blog be any different?

I know, I know, I need to lay off the posting. Well, you know what? You're not the boss of me, I can post however often I want. So :P

Ah, but what pictures should I post or what writing should I write? I'm afraid I've been a little camera-happy lately, and just taking photos of every last thing in the world. The wisteria hasn't bloomed yet, even though I saw some in town that was blooming well over a month ago. Why is ours slooow? I have been playing with my paper airplanes a lot. Not today, though. I don't know why, but they're just not flying well. Perhaps there's some sort of gravitational phenomenon that's making everything in the world heavier! I did feel rather fat today...

These are all the paper airplanes I have in service right now.

 This is Vera, my sister's aloe plant. I am enjoying watching her grow into a big, healthy succulent.

This is MY piano. It is MINE. I OWN it. It belongs to ME. It's MINE. My OWN. My PRECIOUS.

Look! A yam tree. Inside. Epic, yes?

SMILEY FACE VOLLEYBALL!

And Teen Vogue. What does vogue mean? I am enjoying this magazine. Magazine... Is that where the word zine comes from? Devious!

Anyway, that's what I've been up to today! See you... whenever it is that I next see you!

Ta ta!

A Snapshot of My Day

Hey there, you! How's life? My life is good, although... I do find myself making a lot of drafts for blog posts without publishing them. Which is bad, of course-- I end up forgetting if I've mentioned something or not or make references to things I've never said. *Sigh* It was just like this on my vlog.

I really should stop talking about my vlog, it's like talking about your ex with your current romantic counterpart.

Okay, so I found this really cool blog from a magazine, it's called http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/, and it's this woman who does lots of different kinds of art-- photography and collage and street art, heaps of different stuff. And I was looking through her blog and was suddenly overcome by the urge to paint. This is what it looks like so far:

Yeah, so not that great yet. But I'm going to do a lot more flowers of different colors. I wish I had started with some kind of trellis in the background but it's too late for that now.

Here are some random photos of my life right now.

This is the Christmas tree that's been in my room for four months. I kind of need to put it back in storage.

This is my new hippie bag! Well, it's not new, exactly. It was my sister's, but she didn't ever use it, and I loved it, so she gave it to me. Cool, huh?

Above is my older purse. You can't tell from the photo, but it's supposed to be several shades darker than it is. I, ah, didn't know that you shouldn't wash imitation leather in the laundry. Oops.

 Yum! Cinnamon toast for dinner! :9

Last but not least, my Sketchbook, all wrapped up and ready to go to its new home. I will miss you, Sketchbook!

Yep, that's it. That's what I've done today. I'll see you whenever.

Bye bye!

Fun with Photos!

Hi everyone! How are you? Yes, I myself am quite excellent. It's been a good day.

I have nothing interesting to talk about today. Nothing, at least, that I find interesting... -.- I'm beginning to see a pattern here. This is just what I would say on my vlog! Nooooo I don't want this to be like my vlog... If it is, I'll just end up embarrassed and feeling foolish.

Oh well. I shouldn't worry so much. I'll just end up getting wrinkles. And we all know, wrinkles are bad. Hmmm what to talk about today...? My little sister and I have been goofing off recently and dressing up like famous people and then taking photos in imitation of them. Here let me see...

Cool eh? I'm Ellie Goulding! Heehee.

She's Lily Collins! Ta daaa!

Yeah we have heaps of fun. This is really all I've done productive today, and its productivity is debatable. Enjoy!

Hehe I Sound Like a Fashion Blogger, but... Style Haul!

One day I hope to own a great and beastly camera. Like one of those scary ones where you have to change the lenses, or that come with tripods. That way, I will be able to take good pictures. Not crappy fuzzy ones like I take now with our family camera.

See, I was taking photos of some of my new and not-so-new clothes, and just grew frustrated with the camera for being so dumb. Anyway, I want to show you these photos. I am so proud of them. My clothes, not the photos. The photos are terrible.

These two are of a shirt I just got today. It's very nice, I like the nautical sort of look to it. Of course, I like anything that is considered "nautical." A while ago, one of my favorite stores had a "Nautical Shop" and I just loved everything in it, even if it really had nothing to do with the ocean or boats or whatever "nautical" really means. But really, I like the navy and white stripes on this, even though normally I avoid clothing with white stripes. After you wash them, the white stripes invariably turn to whatever the other color is and look rather dingy. You can't tell, but the sleeves have little button tabs on them for rolling the sleeves. I don't know if they're just for decoration or if they actually function as buttons. But overall, I think it's a really nice shirt. It is thick enough to wear without a tank top underneath, which is definitely a plus. I can never find shirts that are thick enough material, long enough, and good collared enough that I can wear it just by itself, without a tank top or a camisole. And this one fits the bill! (What does that mean? What bill?) So far, at least. I haven't washed it yet.

This one isn't so great. My grandmother gave me a bunch of her old clothes, and it was among them. It's not meant to be tied like that, so it looks rather odd. It's a "western shirt" I believe. I would just call it a button-down, if I spoke of it, but I suppose that's not very specific.

This too was my grandmother's. The color isn't really in style, it's rather itchy, and it makes me look tubby. Well, that's not so much the dress as me expanding my rib cage so that the belt would stay on. I despise that belt. I bought it at the store and went up to the cash register and the woman there was all like, "You know this is a plus size belt, right?" and I, being the bright spark of brilliance that I am, replied, "Oh, yeah. Uh, that's why I want it." and so was stuck with a belt that I can only wear on my hips at the tightest setting.

So yeah. I received a few other dresses and shirts and stuff, but I don't think I'll post them. These are my favorites.

See ya!

Booooored So I'm Making a Blog Post!

So howzitgoin? Yeah, I'm pretty bored too. But, now that we got a new powercord for the other laptop, I can play on the computer without having to wait for someone else to get off. It's WUNdaful!

What I've been doing mostly is surfing fashion blogs. I didn't know they existed before I started reading Teen Vogue, and then it was all like, "fashion blogger this, fashion blogger that." So I started looking at some of them, and they're really cool! I wish I was cool enough to be a fashion blogger... But I never could, I don't know very much about fashion. I mean, everyone around here says I do, but this is a tiny town where most girls are more concerned with fishin' and huntin'. Well, I suppose that's not really fair. But still, I don't know of anyone who knows what a Peter Pan collar is. (which, incidentally, I don't really like.) Oh they'll follow various trends blindly, but very few people here have real style. And most of the people that do are my friends.

Ah, I'm so lucky to have such cool friends. Haha I remember saying something on my vlog about how I was abandoning all my friends. I didn't realize it at the time, but I didn't have that many friends to start off with, so that didn't work out so great. But I don't think anyone really watched my vlog, so it doesn't matter what I said.

Anyways, QK look it's a ninja!!! That never gets old.

Well I must go now and get the mail and actually get up out of bed and stuff.

Bye bye!

Rambling... Again

"What have you been doing lately, CityForStrangers?" Well, since you asked so very sincerely, I'll tell you. Yesterday we had a whole bunch of family over for Easter, but no egg hunt, because it rained. The food was good, but other than that it was quite boring. But, afterward, my sister and I had a "photo shoot" where we just piled all our clothes together and dressed up and took photographs. I might post pics of it, but I had just planned to post them on facebook.

"How are your bunnies coming?" Eh, not that great to be honest. They look fine, but they lack a certain life that my previous efforts possessed. I was looking at my bunny post on here, and I think the old ones look better. Hmm that reminds me, I'll be right back.

Hooray for drawing!

More Emoticons

Have I mentioned that I love Pandora? The website, not the science-fictional planet of blue people, nor the mythical moron. I love being able to find new music according to a certain criteria. For example, at this very moment I listen to my station, Indie Folk and Welcome Home by Radical Face, which I d^.^b <-- that's a thumbs up by the way. Have I mentioned that I love emoticons? Oh wait, I have mentioned that, never mind.

ANYWAY, listening to Pandora reminds me that I love music. If you're wondering why I forgot that I love music, it's because I had to spend nine days at a mental hospital, COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM MY BELOVED IPOD!!! And my family, of course, but that's a lot less dramatic. I missed my iPod, but I probably could have swallowed it and choked myself, so it wasn't allowed. Oh well. But now I have it back! But I haven't been listening to it much. But now I remember how much I love music! So I will.

Sometimes I think about what I want this blog to be about. But then I start contemplating how I love music and fashion and art and heaps of stuff I could never leave out if I chose one specific subject. So I'll just keep talking about whatever I want to talk about. So there. xP Hey look it's a mustache! :{o Ooh check this one out:

~~~~~~~^~~~~~\o/~~~~~~ Shark attack! Or:

(>^.^)># I made you a waffle!

Yes, my emoticons are expressive and not entirely original. But I did tweak them some to my preference. So there. No wait, I have some I forgot:

  ^.  .^_______$
(o  o)_______|
        vv         vv

Piggy! Or:

  (\   /)
(=o.o=)
(lll)   (lll)



Bunneeeeeeee! And those two are entirely original. I only hope the blog thingy won't push them all over to the side like they did on my phone.

This post wasn't meant to be about emoticons, but who am I to challenge the movements of fate? Ha, isn't that a good excuse to be lazy. "Oh I'm not fated to do the laundry! Who am I to challenge the movements of fate?"

Ah well, goodbye!