Loungin’

Today was the last day of my three-day weekend. I’ve only been waiting for about a month, and now it’s basically over. Why must time move so quickly when you don’t want it to? Since I spent Friday night and most of Saturday and Sunday out of the house, stayin’ in and doing nothing was just what the doctor ordered.

I…

• did a 20 minute workout from my hip-hop dance exercise DVD. It was exhausting but fun, so I’d definitely recommend it.
• did a bit of laundry.
• ate a Southwest salad from McDonald’s. So yummy.
• made two separate Blockbuster runs. I might even make one more before the night is over.
• purchased a couple of things from Urban Outfitters online.
• ate three different types of fried cheese products and drank one delicious Strawberry Banana smoothie, all from Sheetz.
• took a nap.
• read the usual blogs and searched for some new ones.
• used self-control to not purchase some Threadless tees (they are having a $10 sale…go here to check out all the cute styles!)

I’m sad that I have to go back to work tomorrow. But it’s a 4 day week, so maybe it’ll go by quickly. And then I have another work-free weekend to enjoy. Tossing around a couple different fun ideas, and hopefully I’ll have one settled soon.

If you had the day off like me, I hope you made the most of it!

Hair Models

Gossip Girl is such a terribly wonderful cheesy fun show. I haven’t been watching the latest season (aside from Lost, I pretty much wait until DVD for shows), but I got the first two on DVD for Christmas and have been watching them mindlessly before I go to bed. The fashion is to die for, but lately, I’m obsessing about the hair.

It’s probably going to take forever to get my hair this long (and it will never look as beautiful, I’m sure), but I can’t wait to try it out. My hair just brushes my shoulders but I already feel girly and flirty. There’s so much I can do with it! Lately, I’m obsessed with the curling iron.

Happy Valentine’s Day

This day never really meant much to me and now, especially being single, it means even less. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the sentiment it’s trying to give. I am guilty of taping childish valentines on all of my roommate’s doors last year. But that’s where I draw the line. In fact, the last time I celebrated it was in 2007, when I had a boyfriend, and we didn’t even buy each other gifts or go out anywhere.

It’s nice to see hearts and flowers and the message of love spread around. But I guess…well, I think that if you have love, you should cherish and celebrate it all year round. And you don’t have to do it with flowers and a box of chocolate all of the time. But those things are always nicer on a random Tuesday in June than on the day you expect it the most.

{My sister’s room. Her and her boyfriend love all holidays}

So if you’re lucky enough to have a Valentine, enjoy your time with them…today and for as long as you can. But if you don’t, treat yourself to something you love. Because I don’t think this day should just be about romantic relationships…it can be about whatever kind of love you have in your life.

Impatience

Let’s face it. Our world is obsessed with all things digital. We want whatever we want fast. Digital cameras are such a fantastic invention. When you take a picture, you can check it right away (and retake the photo if one or all objects are off until you get it right) and immediately upload it so that it can be dispersed as quickly as possible. That’s why it’s so rough to be in love with quite a few film cameras…especially my newbie. I have to wait until I’m done with the whole roll to get it developed and wait for that to be finished so I can finally see the picture. But it’s the element of surprise that always makes it that much better I suppose. I’m getting myself psyched by checking out photos albums on the LOMO site. Here are a few of my favorites…

Life’s Great Questions…

 
It’s an age-old dilemma. And it usually takes a very long time to solve it. “What should I wear?” I’m serious. What do I wear for the day when I have so many things that I love and that often don’t get enough play? I have so many options. Do I want to be laid-back or flirty? Comfy or sassy? Jeans, leggings, or tights? T-shirt, sweater, or dress? I have two dressers and one closet filled with clothes (speaking of which, I should get rid of the pieces I grew out of/won’t wear), not to mention a pile to put away sitting on my bed. Since I don’t get to wear most of my clothes for work, the weekend is the one time I get to express myself completely (don’t worry, I still manage to look like me on the job). How frustrating to decide…

Also at the top of the dilemma list is what to listen to, especially when there are so many amazing artists with so many great albums and songs and how can you choose just one?

Life Improvement

Last week was very rough. I was having a lot of anxiety over life and mortality and faith and other things that will just make me sound like a stoner. It was not fun. But this week, I’ve been doing so much better. I’m getting over things a lot quicker. I’m working on it though. Still have my fearful moments. But you learn from those. And in this case, I feel so blessed and thankful that I have been chosen for some reason to be on this earth and live this life and breathe this air and taste delicious foods and wear pretty clothes and hug people and kiss and fall in love and share moments and smell yummy scents and learn and teach and grow and change and experience LIFE.

A while back, I read this and I’ve been wanting to gather a list of things I need/want to do to make this life an even better experience for me. I guess my fear gave me the final kick in the ass that I needed to do it. So…here goes…

• Stop cursing, at least as much as I do
• Take a vitamin everyday
• Drink more milk, even if it’s just a couple glasses a week
• Exercise more, even if it’s just once a week
• Take responsibility for/be responsible in all of my actions
• Stop eating fast food as frequently, or, when I do, order one or two things only (Yeah, I usually get at least 3 things)
• Listen to music everytime I drive (it’s sometimes the only time I get to at home)
• Start planning little day trips or weekend getaways.
• See more of the states and, eventually, the world
• Focus on the people and things I love as opposed to the people and things I hate/make me angry
• Start going to bed earlier, even if it’s just by a half hour
• Take more “me time” that involves less of the computer and more reading/writing
• Utilize all of my creativity through fashion, photography, and writing, all things that I feel passionate about but don’t give as much attention physically as I do mentally
• Keep in touch with friends I don’t get to see at least once a week
• Expel the bad people from my life once and for all
• Put my guard up a little more. I wear my heart on my sleeve and I usually get used/manipulated for this.
• Stand up for myself.
• Contribute to people who sincerely need it, whether it be by donations or through volunteering
• Stop and smile as often as possible
• Cry when I feel like crying, laugh when I feel like laughing
• Never let anyone change me but me
• Try something new as often as possible (food, music, makeup, activities, etc.)
• Enjoy every moment as much as possible and cherish everything I have because I am so very very lucky
• Cherish being young and being able to be a little selfish

I could probably go on forever. But this is good for now.

Early Dismissal

It was like being in school all over again. I was a total grump driving to work today in terribly snowy conditions, especially since we were told to call the main branch line and hear for a delay. But luckily, we got out for 11 a.m. I had a total of two members come in with transactions. It was completely dead.

But anyways, I’m home now. Went outside to take some pictures, but there was only so much of the white and cold I could take…

In other news, I received a  package from Fred Flare today. Once upon a time, I craved a LOMO Clear Action Sampler. Well, now I have one. The thing about Lomography cameras are that they are so simple and so light and so…plastic, they almost seem completely complicated in comparison to big and fancy digital cameras. I have my first roll of film and took some test shots. The first roll is always an experiment. But the best part is, I can drop this film off at Wal-Mart and have it ready in a day, as opposed to my 120 Holga film, which gets dropped off a half hour away from home and usually takes up to two weeks for who knows what reason. Speaking of, expect to see some in the next week or so.  Finally dropped off a roll from September….don’t really remember what the pictures are of, but that’s the fun part!

Anyway, I’m off to enjoy the fact that I’d still be working for another 3+ hours. Gonna watch some movies, lounge around, maybe play some Wii, eat junk food, listen to music, drink wine. Man, I miss being in college. We could’ve had so much fun with this. I need to stop being nostalgic. And also, I need to stop rambling. Enjoy your day, snowed in or not!