cheesin.

Alright.. cough.. this next post is a little, well, embarrassing. In Art class we had the option of either A) creating a collage out of pictures or B) submitting a poster to an Art contest with the possibility of winning 50 or something bucks. So naturally I choose the option B. The only draw backs of this little contest is that there was a theme, and that theme happened to be "Don't be a bully. Be a friend" GAG. I might have thrown up a little. Don't get me wrong, I AM anti-bullying. It's awful and kids should never have to go through anything like that. We should put an end to it. I just felt over cliche, and if you know English very well over-cliche is super super cliche. I felt like a teeny-bopper (as my mother so lovingly coins us) who shares gagy "swag" pictures on facebook. In the end I swallowed my pride and bit off the poster. My friends, Talia and Tori, who you all know so well, collaborated with me and thus we developed this picture. It was a very fun project to create. It involved thinking of as many insults as we could then writing them on my face (we even had to google some... which I guess is a good thing), trying numerous arm postions, and making Whitney cry. I literally was crying during the shoot. We discovered that Avril Lavigne's "When You're Gone" opens up my easy accessed flood-gates like a charm. We also YouTubed the saddest moments in Disney history. Struggles. 

The finished poster is bellow. 

Shout-out to Walgreens for printing it at 9 PM. 

okay this was sorta fun. 

<3

Hiatus

       Last weekend was glorious! It was not only our usual three day reprieve from school, but a five day break! I couldn't have asked for more! The longer hiatus was because of a snow storm that (sort-of) blew through on Wednesday night. It lasted all day Thursday, thus canceling school on friday as well. The extra two days were just what I needed to get some required sleep and spend some time reading (re-reading Harry Potter) and playing my guitar. I also got the chance to have Katie over and do a little photo-shoot we had been longing for since summer.

      The break was amazing, although it almost made returning to school last Tuesday even harder. I say we skip these last three months and go straight to summer! Who's with me?

    Also, since I have seemingly been on a streak of posting what I'm lisstening to while typing I figured I'd include it in this post. Right now I'm jamming to Fist Full of Silence by the Glitch Mob.  I know.  I go hardcore.

So it's Monday.

So it's Monday today. Yes, Monday. The worst day of the week according to most. The day that everyone dreads. I mean, the weekend is over and you have an entire 4 more days to go till the next break. Four whole days till freedom. Mondays should be terrible, should they not?

This evening I went for a walk around 5:45 in the bitter cold. It was sunny and beautiful, but the cold wind cut through and gave you a chill. It was lovely anyway. This time I had in the outdoors got me thinking. Quiet walks with just me and my dog tend to have that affect on me. Without any music, noise, people, or there distractions you find yourself thinking; whether you like that or not. I was reminded how much I have to be thankful for. Why do we live life waiting for the next Friday night? Dreading the next Monday? I don't believe we were created to live weekend to weekend. I think we are created to enjoy life everyday. Don't miss what's going on around you because you're just dragging yourself through your week, with your head down, hoping to make it till Friday.

There's so many little things in life that we never stop to appreciate:

 like the neighbor's horses. They're actually adorable- all fuzzy and winter-fied,

Or the line of cows that stopped and stared at me as I walked by like I was some sort of one-man-travelling-circus. I pictured them all laughing and talking to each other in their high-pitched confused voices.

Or the fact that I came inside and my mom had made homemade pasta for dinner.

Or how I'm sitting here wearing my Grandpa's sweatshirt and I have the peace of knowing that He's in Heaven and having a whale of a time.

Or how I'm listening to Daughter and enjoying every second of her wonderful voice.

Today was a good day.