witching hour

day 299

And here is today's photo! This is my RA, Cortney. She is super gorgeous and was more than willing to model for a creepy halloween-y shoot. We went to a cemetery nearby and took the above photo and just enjoyed the Oregon terrain. I can't believe I'm already at day 299!

strawberry swing

day 298

The colors are so beautiful in fall. I could live in autumn forever.

it doesn't matter whether you win or lose

day 297

Sorry for the crazy onslaught of posts today. I have only yesterday's and today's photo left to post and then I will be all caught up!

I roamed around a bit after my original location was taken over by guys throwing a football around, and I was NOT about to go crazy with a camera and tripod with them watching me. So I stumbled upon this area where baseball athleticy type people are seen in their natural habitat. Definitely wouldn't see me here of my own free will unless it was for pictures! I'd say I had a pretty good strike of inspiration after walking around having no idea what I was going to do for a photo.

breathe in

day 296

This was taken on Monday. Rain seems to be never ending now and I am okay with that, because it makes for gorgeous reflections. I feel so powerful when I take photos of people in public places, and vice versa, but if I'm by myself I'm terrified. Thankfully Jenna is always willing to model and/or pretend to take my photo for me.

80s dance

These photos were taken about a month ago during our school's 80s dance, but for whatever reason I'm only now getting around to posting them. Better late than never though, right?







A couple nights before the dance we all went out to buy tights and t-shirts and colorful accessories because we all wanted to look like an 80s band. Not sure we accurately represented the times, but we were definitely cute. We all dyed shirts together and did each other's hair and makeup for the occasion.








About 3/4 of the way into the dance we decided to leave early and get yummy pie at a 24-hour restaurant. All dressed up in our 80s garb, we probably definitely looked insane, but hey, yolo. Isn't that what the cool kids these days are saying?

pumpkin patched

day 295






On Sunday my friends and I went to a pumpkin patch! I've been to a pumpkin patch once or twice before, but this one was insane! They had huge pumpkin cannons and a giant corn maze that we got lost in for at least half an hour and pumpkins as far as the eye can see.







I don't know if every person experiences this, but I feel like I'm sort of getting a chance to redo my childhood, only this time I'm actually willing to appreciate it. I can remember times when I didn't want to do something fun like go to a pumpkin patch, and even when my parents made me go I had the most miserable time, simply because of the fact that I am stubborn and if I am in a bad mood then I want to be in a bad mood, if that makes sense.






But now that I am in college, and it may be because I have friends to do it with, or because experiencing it on my own is something I've never done before, I really love doing things like this. Maybe it's because I'm just *ahem* growing up, but that seems like an oxymoron to me because I feel like I'm looking at the world with brand new baby eyes.







I certainly hope growing up means getting baby eyes, because I really don't want to lose this outlook on life. I guess the way to do that is the way to do anything: hold on to it. Remind me to always make a conscious effort to try to look at the world with new eyes every day, like every day is my last day to see.







Also, I love my beautiful friends. From left to right: Tabatha, me, Ivy, Rebekah, Annette

I love how college brings people from all over the country together. If it weren't for college, I would have never known of the existence of these beautiful, talented girls.