Sunday, February 25

long week ahead of me

last night...(Pip is dark)...



today...

(Sarah...this is the dagger i was telling you about...)




War solch ein schoner tag heute. ich es mag so viel! ich glaube est regnet (im 2 oder 3 stundes...vielleicht)...tschuss....


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Tuesday, February 20

Wochenende

Last Friday Pip played a show at the No Future...Alec helped out...and they did a stellar job.

While we were out that evening, Acacia and Aimee arrived at our house with their Pa. They were asleep when we got home, but the next morning i got up and had breakfast with them (Acacia and Aimee...Pa was gone at this point). Acacia made us fried eggs. yum...



and we ate outside! it was so amazingly beautiful!


Acacia tried to play the didgeree do...


And then it was time to work on Laurel's wedding invitations!




Acacia liked the cheesy puffs.



Later that day Acacia, Aimee Pip and i went for a walk along a trail by the golf course...and then Pip took us to the "secret portal"...which just turned out to be a creepy bum hangout underneath the freeway. It was such a gorgeous day! It was nice to get out.
That evening we made oatmeal and stuff and talked about really weird things. If i get a chance this weekend, i'll put up some videos.


Alec was there too...you just can't see him.

On Sunday after church we had to go to the paper store to get more invitation supplies...so we stopped by Old Town...
i'd like to think that there's an intriguing and intense story behind this picture...

(:


almost finished...!

Acacia and Aimee left that night. ): And they left their mix CD that i made for them. Well, i actually forgot to give it to them. So i'll mail it this week.

Mom and i went out for sushi yesterday and talked. It was good...we discussed things i've been needing to tell her about for a while now...i took this picture from the parking lot (it had rained the night before...so it was my favorite sort of day).


Guess what? i sold my watercolor...the one pictured below! hooray! I really like watercolor. a lot. a lot alot. In fact i'm sitting here at school fresh out of my watercolor class as i've been putting this together. Now i'll drive to Trader Joes, get a workout, eat dinner, do homework and go to sleep. Maybe do some music...theres a pretty awesome song i want to try and cover.

thanks for everyone's prayers...i'm tired and moody but God is really trying to pick me up. But i'm one of those little kids who goes all limp and arches their back and won't let Him get a grip on me. I frustrate myself.

grr.

good night...i mean...guten nacht!


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Friday, February 16

Evening Star

Here's my finished watercolor...as promised...warts n all...


yay!


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it's nearly 3 am. siiiigh.


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Tuesday, February 13

morning star

In my watercolor class i'm doing a master copy of a Mucha piece. I chose this one...

(the color in this reproduction is pretty shoddy.)

And here's my drawing...i didn't trace it or anything. i think that's cheating. so if there are a few things off, that's why. but i like it...


I'll be painting on it today...aaagh! I've never done a watercolor painting before so i'm praying i don't destroy it! i'm really scared. ):

I'll let you know what happens...

Over the weekend was my mom's birthday.
I hope it rains soon.


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Sunday, February 11

just a couple of questions, please.

so, i will now reveal a little guilty pleasure of mine. i really like filling out these stupid little questionnaries. But i don't like putting them up on myspace for the world to see. It's to self-centered and silly to me. But i like having them to look back on. i think it's fun. so i'll just post this one here instead. i may do this every so often...


80 Things You Might Not Know About Me

Whats your middle name?
noel

How big is your bed?
depends on where i am

What are you listening to right now?
mogwai

What are the last 4 digits in your cellphone number?
9854

What was the last thing you ate?
peanut butter panda puffs

Last person you hugged?
peregrin

How is the weather right now?
evening...cold...clear...clouds. yum.

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
my sister

What is the first thing u notice in the opposite sex?
attitude

Favorite type of Food?
mexican/thai/japanese

Do you want children?
lord willing

Do you drink?
at times

Ever get so drunk you don't remember the entire night?
no

Hair color?
blondie

Eye color?
bleu

Do you wear contacts/glasses?
glasses

Favorite holiday?
easter

Favorite Season?
fall

Have you ever cried over a girl/boy?
yes

Last Movie you Watched?
My Fair Lady

What books are you reading?
The Four Loves. I just finished Farenheit 451.

Piercings?
4

Favorite Movie?
Sense and Sensibility, The Royal Tenenbaums, Princess Bride. it's a toss-up.

Favorite college football Team?
bleh

What were you doing before filling this out?
hiking

Any pets?
2 dogs 2 cats

Dogs or cats?
dogs

Favorite Flower?
anything that smells good...gardenia, jasmine, rose...

Have you ever loved someone?
yes

Are you in love right now?
i'm not sure

Who would you like to see right now?
hmm. i'd say Jesus, but then all you guys would be like "colleen, you see Jesus all the time!" so i guess i'll say...sarah. but she's right in the next room so...yea. pointless. But you're the ones who said i coudn't say Jesus.

Have you ever fired a gun?
yea

Do you like to travel by plane?
sure

Right-handed or Left-handed?
right.

If you could go to any place right now where would you go?
heaven

Are you missing someone?
yes

Do you have a tattoo?
nein

Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?
no. sleeep.

Are you 18?
waay past.

Name 3 things in your room.
Back in my apt...lots of old dusty books, a sweet keyboard (thanks Alec!), and a sufjan stevens poster.

Did you get enough sleep last night?
no

First thing you thought this morning?
where am i?

What do you have handy at your bedside?
well, in my apartment, my journal, some pictures, a pencil, a lamp and a few books.

Pandas or Polar bears?
Polar Bears

WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE?
hoooo boy...what doesn't...i'd say my hipbones

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?
not necessarily

FAVORITE HANGOUT?
anywhere i'm peaceful and smiling

3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?
my sister, my friends, and art (which encompasses both visual and audio, mind you)

FAVORITE SONG?
that's not fair

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
spiders. and monkeys, a little bit.

WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
fettuccini, bean, stinky (from lovely Sarah)

WHAT IS YOUR DADS MIDDLE NAME?
hehe milton hehe

WHATS YOUR MOTHERS MIDDLE NAME?
elizabeth

STUCK ON A DESERTED ISLAND & COULD TAKE ONE THING?
my bible and lord of the rings wrapped up inside of it.

FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE?
ALL of my books

Whats your favorite color?
all of em. and that's not a cop out.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS TAKE WITH YOU?
phone, sketchbook, pens, a book to read, chapstick, ipod, gum, and my camera.

WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
a marine biologist. i still kind of want to do that.

WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DO YOU WISH YOU PLAYED?
cello

THE COLOR OF YOUR BEDSHEET?
in my apartment...brown

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED?
oh Lord i'm sorry i don't talk to you more


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Thursday, February 8

Pictures from my week

I took these on Tuesday...




I took these driving to school this morning...



This is etched into the table i'm sitting at right now...


Oh yea, and i wore swirly tights today.


I'm teaching myself how to play the piano. It's really fun and frustrating...so it's good for me. At least i have voice lessons under my belt so i can sight read a little...but music theory is a lot more complicated than i thought it was. It's like learning another language...so that makes it pretty awesome and scary and hard and, to me, fascinating. There's been a lot of, "oooh so that's what that little squiggly thing means. I want to use that!"
Soon i'll be able to actually write music...yay! And i won't even need the piano to do it...i can be sitting somewhere and a melody will run through my head and i'll just jot it down. That's going to be sweet.


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Saturday, February 3

Alec's Day!

Yesterday was Alec's 23rd birthday! He and Sarah were supposed to fly over to Dallas to spend it with his family...but they both got sick and had to be stuck here with the boring old Police's. oh well.
We decided to go out for a special Alec's birthday dinner. He likes Indian food, so yesterday evening before Bible study, mom and Sarah and i took him to Akbar in Old Town...




...and enjoyed a fine meal of saffron rice, okra, chicken and vegetable akbari, and of course, garlic Nan!




twas quite good.


Afterwards we went to Bible Study...which was very good even though i was strangely out of it...and Jan made Alec oatmeal chocolate chip brownies for his birthday! aawwww...



I have some videos...but can't yet get them up. perhaps soon.


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