summer day 10

the Hollywood Video in eagle is closing. this is where I worked for $5.50/hr in high school (and part of my first year in college) and where I spent the majority of my nights and weekends. where there used to be tables of perfectly shrink-wrapped previously-viewed movies (I got mad skills...) and lines of anxious teenagers, there is emptiness and discount signs. nostaglic is not the right word--but it's close.

summer day 9

I have been Internet-less for officially one month now, and this is pretty much how the fourth love of my life exists nowadays.

summer day 8

Today I missed the 100 degree afternoon and the evening thunderstorm because of work, but this is my small attempt at capturing the stormy night sky for you. if you could only smell the asphalt here at alby's.

summer day 7

My parents just got back from a road trip through Oregon, and this is the purse they bought for me in Grants Pass when they visited my grandparents.

summer day 6

I sell drugs and explosives. this is why you should be in love with me.

summer day 5

this is not going to happen tonight. my feet are killing me after working for 9 days in a row, including a 12 hr day and a 10.5 hr day. oh well. there's always another day when I can suffer for fashion.

summer day 4

so this is what it comes down to. I feel sweaty and gross already.

summer day 3

dear giant moth that attacked my scentsy warmer, this is what happens when you choose light over dark. sucker. RIP, Andrea.

summer day 2

this is nature's version of the half full/empty cup. is the tree half-dead or half-alive?

summer day 1 part 2

this is my version of "omg I need to lose weight but I don't want to cook mleh but I can't have mcdonalds either life sucks but yay cheese and eggs and ham and CARBS!!"

summer day 1

welcome to Boise. this is how we roll.

sneak preview

aka testing to make sure my iPhone app will actually post pictures like it promised so I can do this summer challenge.




this is how i spend most of my sunny weekends. thanks, beringer.

happy hours to you all.

picture blog.

a few events recently transpired that have inspired me to try a photo blog:

1.  a blog reader of mine mentioned wanting to start a "photo a day" blog after being somewhat interested in my daily journal-of-sorts throughout may.

2.  a facebook friend started uploading photos to http://www.365project.org/ which encourages users to post a picture a day on their public site.

3.  my cousins use hipstamatic for iphone which creates analog-ish looking photos using different lenses, flashes, and film.

4.  i'm-- once again-- bored.

i really enjoyed unloading my thoughts each day last month; i had both purpose and audience and plenty of writing material, and i even downloaded an iphone app so i could post from home on days that i didn't feel like going to the public library (or if time restraints got in the way with posting).  i don't care to open yet another social technology page (like tumblr or 365project), and i can upload photos (maybe some taken with the hipstamatic app? i haven't taken the plunge into buying it yet...) right from my phone.

so why not?

92 days of summer. in photos.

coming soon.

pieces of me.

i don't really like people that much, so i'm not a person with many friends.  or so i thought.  over this past month, i've realized that i have really amazing friends-- and they are very different.  this post is dedicated to those people i've seen in the past month... i appreciate your presence no matter how often i see you or how many comments you leave me on facebook.

kim, "the bestie"

vietnamese tax auditor. 

generally crazy.

follows almost every statement, appropriate or not, with "that's what she said." 

curses like a sailor. 

works harder than any person i know.

the yin to my yang.

amy, "the realistic friend"

great listener.

loves cats.

actually calls me back.

converses with me for hours.

hosts fun game nights.

recent sushi convert.

anna, "the librarian/medievalist/neighbor"

fellow english major.
newly engaged.

self-proclaimed bibliophile.

thinks i'm funny.

joyful.

alex and ashley, "the twins"

stylish.

recent law school graduates.

good girls with mischievious sides.

appreciate boise and the small world i tweet from.

best friends.

social media whores.

karley, "the barbie"

military wife.

coach purse enthusiast.

exemplifies "loves pink."

LDS

expects people to do the right thing.

soon-to-be italian.

dustin and rachel, "the mormon couple"

newlyweds.
readers.
disagree over smashburger shake flavors.
capital city market-goers.
settled.

christopher, "the scholar"

intelligent elitist.
watches "south park."
challenges my ideas.
pessimist.
values conversation.
eats lots of pizza.


each friend asks me to be me in different ways-- sharing my day-to-day life, or delving into why i think failure is the overarching theme of my life, or trying out new restaurants, or talking for hours at starbuck's about the pressures of the present.  the diversity of my friends mirrors my own personality that tends to fragment and divide.  however, i know that i am not alone, no matter how independent i try to act.