love what you do

day 112

Isn't Matt the cutest thing you ever did see? Goodness I am so in love with him.

Today was a pretty exciting day for me. First I hung out the library with people to study for our AP English final in a few weeks (we actually didn't get too much studying done but that's okay because I was just happy to be invited to a study group with girls ... since 99% of my friends are guys and sometimes I miss just hanging out with girl friends). We'll be getting together a couple more times before the final. Sweet!




But after that I went to help Matt with his latest video. He's making it for a contest and this is a big step for him because it's his first time working with actors other than his family (for a personal video. He's filmed other people for school). He is so talented. Maybe I'll make a post with some of his videos because he really is amazing.




That contraption that Matt's holding? Yeah, he made it. I'm telling you, the man is crazy awesome.




Matt is going to major in filmaking and I couldn't be more proud of him. Just seeing how much joy making videos brings to him makes me so happy and I'm super proud to be his girlfriend.

rainbows

day 111

taking a day's break from my series because I did not have time to do it justice. Nor did I have time to snap a shot with my camera, so here is a camera phone photo. Also the quality got a lot worst on flickr ... thanks a lot. Just pretend it's expired film or something. (p.s. you should follow me on instagram @impulsings)

This little girl loved splashing in the puddles while her brothers rode on their bikes and squirted water guns in their snow clothes. Yep, this is summer in Alaska.

last time I saw you, you were on stage

shirt/shoes: forever 21 // dress: urban outfitters // tights: diy

What a lovely day it's been! The sun is shining, the little insect creatures are coming out and the snow is finally receding (except for at school where there are dangerous ice parking lots still ... good grief I almost die every morning). I've been cleaning my room today, with the curtains pulled back and the window open (much to Oscar's, my cat, happiness), and only now that I'm sitting down I'm a little chilled. Maybe this weekend I'll even pull out my summer shorts!


Silly test shot.



The dress is one I got as a Christmas present, and my most expensive dress, save for formal dresses. A long time ago on a What Not To Wear episode, the host Stacy said that the number of times you wear an article of clothing reduces the cost per wear. As in, if a dress is one hundred dollars and you wear it twice a year, it really only cost you fifty dollars. So if you wear it one hundred times a year, it's only one dollar! It's a somewhat silly thing, but when buying quality pieces it kind of makes sense. I would rather buy a nicer, more expensive piece that will last a long time than a cheap piece that keeps having to be replaced every few wears.




So that's where thrifting comes in, because some of those clothes have lasted centuries! Not exaggerating ... okay maybe a little. Not sure what Stacy would say to thrifting, but hey, there are some awesome things at the thrift store! I haven't been in a while, so all this talk is really making me want to go ...



Well I'm off to babysit on this beautiful Friday evening. Hope you all have a great night!

in the past the hearts sang out loud

day 110

I've been feeling down about my photography, as well as other things, so my boyfriend gave me a challenge . He did a 365 in 2011 and told me to re-create one of his photos. Well naturally I think a ton of his photos are awesome, so I'm doing a little series where I try to re-create some elements of his photos.

For this photo I loved how Matt used cool tones as he took the photo during the winter, so I wanted to mimic that but with warm tones for summer (even though there's still snow on the ground!). I also really loved the glass and how it refracts the light. The pose is the same as well. I am really happy about how this turned out, since this was a new kind of expansion I was doing, like an inception expansion because I only expanded the piece of glass. It wasn't too difficult and I'm happy about this photo. :)

Here's Matt's photo. He looks so young!



And here are some others from today. These were taken at 9:30 pm. Man oh man I love Alaska.