huh.

Well, turns out i have a lovely bacterial infection. :D
Perfect timing for mom having emergency surgery tomorrow to RE-ATTACH HER HAMSTRING.
Dad is also very sick again.

Prayers welcome :)

i was supposed to fly to colorado on saturday. we'll see...


P.S...just had a small earthquake as i was typing. wow?

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snow on the foothills :)

the rain has made things so beautiful. cold, clear air, bright colors, snow in the mountains...the trees are my favorite. they're the #1 reason why i love fall/winter (kind of the same round here)...

joey and gwen...





beautiful family


cam in his school christmas pageant...he stole the show as the unsympathetic innkeeper...

dad and i in laguna looking so very cool...

a few more trees:


just wait until i get out and take some pictures on our street. maybe tomorrow...seeing as i'm not quite up to my full prowess yet.
stomach flu = rather DIE
i was feeling stir-crazy when i finally woke up today and went to the store, and now i feel like i've lost a pint of blood. yaaay!!

Christmas is in 4 days...just in case you forgot.

anyway, that's all for now.

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Happy Easter

i have claimed Easter Sunday as my favorite holiday for quite a few years now. It still is. Even though today finds my parents in San Diego and my sister and Alec still out at church while i'm home on the couch with a very sore chest from excessive coughing...

i can still say to myself, "Well, at least i don't have be afraid of death"

i think that's pretty cool.

there are so many things about being a Christian that still mystify me. there seem to be more and more every year i am alive. i hope i never stop feeling that wonderment...especially when i am lonely and scared...i need to know that there is always something more to hope for. That's what Easter is about for me...a limitless hope. a perfect hope. heck, go ahead and use any positive adjective you want. it's beyond my understanding. it's so far above me that i don't even know what the heck i'm talking about anymore.

part of that could also be my sinus headache.

as long as i'm not moving, breathing, or making any noises whatsoever...i'm okay...

so, i'm really really sick. really really really sick. at the moment i'm at a starbucks...about half-aware of my surroundings. i had to get out of the apartment to buy some food and water at TJ's and i decided to go online quickly while i was out. (i'm in Orange...i drove out here Wed night) i already feel like i've expended too much precious energy so i'm going to sign off...yaaay


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potential for a good start

The semester is under way and i am ready to go (i think)!
figure painting, figure drawing, watercolor, senior portfolio, and senior capstone round out my 5 days a week. i'm also beginning to narrow down my ideas for my final portfolio and it's terribly scary and terribly exciting to think about. let's try just focusing on exciting, colleen. okay.
i moved studios...now i have one with a window...so i can draw or paint people from life with natural light!! i'm elated. it's pretty messed up right now, but hopefully i'll get it all set up and lovely before the weekend is over. this semester more people are moving in to take the place of those who left, so it will be a fresh start all around. :)

i woke up late this morning and didn't even notice my sore throat and stuffy head until i got to school. i took sudafed and i've been downing cold-eez to try and fend off this nasty bug!! i will not succumb!! tomorrow i will gloat my victory.


love.



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Tick and Sired

How can i be so sick and still be up at nearly 3 am?

Sarah just kicked me out of her room...she's leaving for a youth conference in Memphis in the morning. i'm going to miss her. i wish i was going, too. Well, i do but i don't. i don't know...

i pretty much stayed in my room all day...reading, sleeping, drinking tea...i tried to write but everything i wrote just made me sad, so i stopped. i have a secondary infection (coughing...laryngitis...lots of green gooey stuff) and my doctor perscribed me some antibiotics. i'm still trying to decide whether or not to take them.

James Brown and Gerald Ford both died in the last 2 days. weird...almost...too weird...


Today was a day of being sick and tired in both the literal and figurative sense. Extensive congestion, staring out the window, a few tears, bla bla...
So i recorded an a capella cover of "How to Disappear Completely" in my sick voice. it just seemed the natural thing to do! 9 tracks of me singing lilting violin strains with a dry and swollen throat...actually it doesn't sound half bad. Sarah said she liked it a lot. and it made me feel a little better i guess.

Pip and Andrew came to say hi this evening. i accidentally punched Pip in the stomach pretty hard. didn't even faze/phase him...the man is a rock.

grr



They're going camping tomorrow...i've never been camping before.
it's going to be a very quiet three days.

don't mind me...i just feel rotten and sleepy and...stuff.

i need to go get myself some water...


um...i just heard Thunder...?


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