Day 7

Day # 7

A Photo That Makes Me Happy

Ellen took this, so sadly she is MIA, but this group of people is made up of my best friends, and some of the most amazing people I have ever and will ever know. This was during our yearly summer camping trip, this time we were in the San Juan Islands, and it was quite beautiful.

The shot makes me happy because there is no place I would rather be than sitting around an unlit fire pit (stupid burn ban), killing bees, drinking, and laughing with this crazy crew.

Day 5 & 6

Day # 5 and # 6

Favorite Quote

Whatever I want

I'd like to say I have some super inspirational quote that I like to live my life by..but I definitely do not. Instead I like quotes from ridiculous shows and movies, such as:

I'll have an Appletini...easy on the tini. Mmmm you can really taste the apples. - JD [Scrubs]

I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal to primates. Once someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for it's life. - Dwight K. Schrute (Office)

I haven't had this many problems with a book since Where's Waldo went to the barber pole factory. - Tracy Jordan (30 Rock)

aaaand onto the next..whatever I darn well fancy..hmmm how about balloons!

My lovely friend Ellen and I took advantage of a short lived nice day, and made a balloon tree!

I have since decided that balloon trees are quite possibly the happiest creation on earth. All trees should grow balloons. End of story.

Here's some shots from our awesome sunday adventure.

(pictures courtesy of my crappy point and shoot and Ellen's awesome Minolta..you can tell the difference..a film camera is definitely my next camera purchase)

I love Spring and balloons and photography and Ellen :)

Day 4

Day # 4

Favorite Book

I love love love reading..I have zero time for it at the moment since I'm in the last two quarters of school, but I'm hoping once I graduate I'll have a bit more time to find some good reads.

Some of my favorites are:

Brave New World

Wicked

Invisible Monsters

The Lovely Bones

Through the Looking Glass/Alice in Wonderland

Running With Scissors

and I'm not gonna lie, I dig the Twilight series.

Chuck Palahniuk, Alice Sebold, Gregory Maguire, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and Donald Miller are some of my favorite authors.

DAY 3

DAY # 3

Favorite Television Show

I'm having a slumber party with Miss Ellen and Miss Olivia and we all have our matching Macs out at the moment..and I just remembered I had to do one of these though so here it is!

The Office

Chuck

Scrubs

30 Rock

Glee

and probably some more that I'm forgetting at the moment..but I'm keeping it short and sweet.

Goodnight!

Day 2

Day # 2

Favorite Movie:

Once again there is just no way I can choose one movie without acknowledging the others that make me super happy. So heres my top 10 list of films I could watch over and over and over.

1. Garden State (Zach Braff is my pretend boyfriend)

2. Knocked Up (Judd Apatow's kids make that movie for me..hilarious!)

3. Mamma Mia (give me a movie I can sing along with and I am a happy camper)

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (just plain ridiculous)

5. Once (beautiful, sad, amazing)

6. Up (Dug is 100% my lab, Rocket, in cartoon form)

7. Enchanted (how I wish real life was)

8. Where the Wild Things Are (favorite kids book, perfectly made into movie form, love it)

9. Anything by Mel Brooks (my faves are Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Robin Hood-Men in Tights, and Blazing Saddles though)

10. Alice in Wonderland (cartoon version and I haven't seen it yet but I know the new one will be joining this list shortly..it has my other pretend boyfriend Johnny Depp in it after all)

I went back through the list and tried to pick one that was a little more my favorite than the rest and I decided on Monty Python and the Holy Grail (but just barely). My family loves watching that movie together (with the exception of my mother, she thinks it's dumb) and then we all quote the ridiculous lines to each other "Tis but a flesh wound!".."No it's not..your arms been cut off!" while my mother shakes her head and wonders how all of her children ended up with their dad's sense of humor.

Lists

While admiring other peoples blogs (and feeling bad about out how crazy productive they all are) I came across this little ditty.

• Day 01 — Your favorite song
• Day 02 — Your favorite movie
• Day 03 — Your favorite television program
• Day 04 — Your favorite book
• Day 05 — Your favorite quote
• Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
• Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
• Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
• Day 09 — A photo you took
• Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
• Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
• Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
• Day 13 — A fictional book
• Day 14 — A non-fictional book
• Day 15 — A fanfic
• Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
• Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
• Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
• Day 19 — A talent of yours
• Day 20 — A hobby of yours
• Day 21 — A recipe
• Day 22 — A website
• Day 23 — A YouTube video
• Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
• Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
• Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
• Day 27 — This month, in great detail
• Day 28 — This year, in great detail
• Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
• Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

..a list of things to blog about everyday. So I think I will try it. Now normally I don't like having to choose my favorites of things like songs or movies..and I doubt that will change now, because I have a lot of favorites. But that's alright, I will most likely have a few favorites for each subject, and that just means you get more! This should be fun, and I think you should join along. I found the list over at Goodnight Little Spoon. I stumbled upon her blog yesterday and already love it..she posted a picture of a gummi bear chandelier recently..AMAZING.. I want it more than anything in life! haha. Alright, now that that's taken care of lets get started..

Day #1

Favorite Song(s):

Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine

I want to dance to this at my wedding some day.

Hallelujah - Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris

I love this song no matter who sings it (well maybe not just anybody) but I thought this version by JT was beautiful.

Stare at the Sun - Thrice

This song reminds me of high school when me, liv and the boys would lay around listening to music and watching random/weird movies like Pi which the song also reminds me of.

Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

From the movie Once, which is a must see for music lovers. Beautiful song, plus they're married in real life which is just cute.

Imagine - John Lennon

My inner hippy is at peace when I hear this..plus who doesn't like this song?

You & Me - Dave Matthews Band

As a past hater but newly converted lover of the DMB, I have to give him a shout out on here. This dude is an amazing musician and all the songs he writes for his lady/kids make me love him even more. I hope my future family will be as rad as in this song.

Alright that about does it..only 5 more than I was supposed to..not bad ;) now it's your turn!

Hello Spring!

Spring.

I love you.

You make beautiful flowers that I can photograph.

And sunshine is way cooler than gross gray clouds.

Winter sucks.

So I'm glad you're here.

You should think about staying forever.

Thanks.

photos from my flickr

Current Song: Gone, Gone, Gone by Robert Plant and Allison Krauss

Not the whole video but a bit. Raising Sand is a really good album.

Current Awesome Photo: Aub & Nick feet :)

the bf and I.