aaah. (contented sigh)

well, fall is here...and

it

is

so

beautiful...


impromptu trip to disneyland with mom and sarah on thursday...






i've been playing some songs on the autoharp...it's pretty fun.

and reid is getting very tall.


more later...gotta go do stuff...

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it's been a while

Yesterday was my friend Tiffany's birthday. After an afternoon with our friends at Disneyland and a dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, we went to a 21:55 showing of "The Fall".

i don't want to say much, because i really knew almost nothing before seeing it.
i will say, however, that i don't remember the last time i was so completely absorbed into a movie. it is unique in expected ways: visually, of course...and unexpected: like the interactions between the two main characters, and the fact that the fantastical elements, though glorious and stunning, do not take themselves too seriously...as you will understand if you see it. and i think it works out beautifully.

anyway that's all. :)


this is just my opinion. i recommend going in with no expectations. Sarah always says i build things up too much.


know what? just...forget i wrote anything.



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hi

sometimes....God teaches you crazy things.

other times you go to Disneyland for Dad/Lou/Mr. Police's birthday...







thank everyone for prayers...thanks also to Kallista for her lovely comments she leaves me :)
things are just up and down and i'm learning a lot about my own faulty nature. and about other people. and why it's so important to be faithful to God's will...

yes.

i've got some fun pictures from the end of the year party at a bar in Laguna Thursday night. that was 50's themed. i'll put those up later...
also pictures of Sarah, Alec and i having breakfast and playing nintendo at Pip's this morning.

man o man!!


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this week...

...i bought 4 pairs of shoes. two of them on sale at Payless...
but these particularly spectacularly stellar shiny rose-colored kicks i got at H&M. they make me so happy...

i am sharing this because, as people know...i never ever buy shoes. normally i'll spring for a pair a year. i guess this week i was feeling a little girlier than usual...

i also got to hang out with Andrew...a rarity...but well worth the long, agonizing wait. here, he ponders whether or not it would be prudent to purchase some gold leafing...stuff...






a walk with the mom and the dad...et cetera...




poor trees


look...no hair!



Sunday...
amazing clouds



Amaris and Ioni


lovely Joy came to visit! here is Grandpa Floyd chatting to her and Amaris about books or food or something...

the cuteness level at potluck went just a little too high for my comfort...








Skip forward to Wednesday...


Edan looking sleek and cool


lovely Liz


hugs :)

and, as we all know, Thursday means Disneyland!


yaay technology, look how well we all communicate now!


California Screamin...i'm in the above one looking way happy


they could be brothers...



there they all are...Elisabeth, Amy, Tiffany, Phill, Phil, Liz, Edan


Space Mountain happiness




Matterhorn happiness

no day is complete without a band photo





Because we were a group of 8, we all had a number assigned to us so when we wanted to make sure everyone was there we would count off... 1! 2! 3! 4!...&c...kind of like kindergarten. i was number 4. it got really interesting when we began calling out our numbers in Roman numeral form... i! ii! iii! iv! v! vi! vii! viii! it sounded like we were communicating in some strange indigenous tongue...
Here we are on the Winnie the Pooh ride...proudly displaying our respective numeric representations...

Elisabeth on the far right is actually 5...she just happened to be the only one to hold up her number in it's roman form.


Friday night was a special Snazzy preview of the Italy Artwork exhibit, which i have two pieces in...
also, in my defence, i'm not used to being in front of the camera...hence the whole "i don't really know how to smile for a picture" look i have in these photos...



it's weird that i'm not blonde


Michelle, Katy and myself...the 3 roomies. :)


Crystal and me


i was lucky enough to be able to pose for one of Betty Shelton's portraits...there i am on the left with longer, blonder hair

afterwards, Katy, Michelle and i went out for drinks.




We got excited because our rings all looked similar. and yes, i know this is a picture full of middle fingers...

Later Friday night i met up with some people from school and some amazing telepictionary was played.

i'm now in Pasadena, and Laurel and Chad are here. :)

okay. i don't have much time now to sleep before church. good night...morning...day...


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semester: over. sleep: not.

End of finals! That means...Saturday night dance dance!
Edan Red and Phill letting loose





Edan just recently got the video game Rock Band, so the four of us played it. they were happy because now there was a fourth person (me) to sing so they could focus on guitar, bass and drums.
Here are our characters we got to create. Apparently, we are in our "space cowboy" stage. which explains the costumes. maybe.

from the left...Edan, me, Phill and Red (greatest character ever)

the real life band photo

more people continued to arrive...


and the fever spread.


Next day...Chipotle after church...

beautiful afternoon


mom made Christmas cookies


Fast-forward to last night!
a trip to the happiest (and wettest) place on earth...
i met Edan, Phill and Beau at Disneyland...and it almost immediately began to pour...which was great, considering we stood in line outside for the Finding Nemo ride for about 45 minutes. and i accidentally splashed them with my wellies. if you don't know what those are, that sentence probably sounded really funny.




Beau, Phil and Edan looking cool. and not just chromatically.

SPACE MOUNTAIN


that is all

it's strange being out of school...but i'm still extremely busy, as i'm finally doing all of the things i was neglecting because of homework. and as of today all my friends from school are off to their respective corners of the continent; so aside from working in my studio in Laguna, i'm hoping to stick around here and play some real catch-up with my lovely family and California friends.
and write.
i'm kind of working on a special project right now...
and i'm hoping i'm not getting sick...i've been kind of running hard on empty for the last few weeks and i'm starting to feel it.

but if i do get sick that just means more time to write.

One more very important thing: please please pray for Sarah. i don't care if she gets mad that i say this...but she's been strangely sick for a long time and isn't getting better. i hope the Lord tells us what is going on soon...because i'm worried. thanks everyone...




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