"Do you have what it takes to be a world class spy? If you wish to join the ranks of the greatest spies of all time, then come join us for a chance to test your skills. Your mission? Dodge the land mines, jump over the fence, hop on the rocks in the river, jump over the ravine, roll on the ground, go through the lasers, and diffuse the bomb! The fate of the world is in your hands!"
That was our anthem a couple weeks ago as my friends and I made and proceeded to spend the entire night completing an obstacle course. I snapped a few photos of the event in between dubstep Legend of Zelda music and timers and sweat flying everywhere. I am proud to say that I ended up with the fastest time, 15.1 seconds, and rightly so considering I did that course a billion times and was so exhausted by the end. But it was totally worth it.
Basically, our floor is the coolest ever. How can you argue with a spy training center?
Man, this was such a crazy, fun outfit to wear! I love the loud, obnoxious outfits that I feel confident in, and this was definitely one of them. I can't wait for the summer months when I can turn this dress into a shirt and wear it with shorts, or even just without tights. Here in Oregon we are starting to get a couple really hot days (okay, those days are only like 65 degrees, but to me they're hot), so I'm crossing my fingers that we will get a lot of sun!
It's the last week of school before spring break, and I'm feeling that final stretch of anticipation before a break. It's only Monday and I've already written two papers? What is this nonsense! And I have four more I have to write this week. Oh my goodness. But hopefully I'll actually stay on top of my work for once and get things done before unknown hours of the night. We shall see. Come on spring break, hurry up! I'll be going home for the week, so it will be back to snow and cold and I'm hoping it will be all pretty so I can take just a few more snow pictures before it all melts. A couple days ago my mom posted a picture on facebook with all the snow and I'm praying that it will still be there in a week! Just one more week.
Well now I'm off to write yet another paper. Hope you have a really awesome week!
my art history notes, which had a major lack of actual notes // Ansel Adams took mirror selfies too! // when I found out my piece made it into the student art show // a flag of a secret alliance made my by friends // the art room // modeling for watercolor painters // cutting my hair // the end result // getting pretty for the student art show
This week has been a big blur, actually. There have been moments of a lot of excitement, and then moments where I just want to sleep for the rest of my life. But all in all it was pretty good. Let's hope next week is even better!
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1. writing: Well I was writing a lot of papers, so I didn't get to it this week.
2. photos: All done for the month of March.
3. diy project: Will be posted this week! Huzzah!
4. outfit photos: Noooo
5. college street style: Noooo
6. book: school why you overtake my life?
7. sketch: Yes! (Haha finally I actually did something on my weekly roundup list.)
dress: borrowed // boots: gift // socks: forever 21
First of all, is it really already Thursday? I swear, the time just flies by so quickly. I can't believe in just a week and a half it will be spring break, and then I'll practically be done with my first year of college. No, make it stop! I want time to run just a little bit slower so I can enjoy this college experience even more!
But for now, in the days leading up to spring break, I'm being kept busy with art projects and tests and papers, which is fun. One of my pieces was selected to be in the student art show, which will be opening tonight. I was incredibly excited for that because I didn't even think my stuff would get in, and only half to a third of all the entries made it into the ~80 piece show. It definitely reaffirms that I at least should continue pursuing photography, since recently I've been having a lot of mixed feelings about (which I'll talk about in a later blog post). So that's where I'll be tonight, hanging out with other super creative people and looking at beautiful art. If that's not a better way to spend a Thursday night, then I don't know what is!
I'm so excited to share these with you guys! This is a photography series assignment about waiting for a friend. Shot and developed by me. I am learning so much about photography through film, and I hope you guys like these photos!
This past weekend the sun decided to grace us with her presence, so everyone (including a Lauren who was on the tail end of her week long cold) ran outside to soak up as much vitamin D as possible. It's so funny how everyone just flocks to the light after being cooped up inside for weeks while it rains. I love the rain as much as the next person (and let's face it, maybe a little bit more), but man, I do love me some sun!
If you are a new or old reader, you'll know to some extent or another that I have a passion for introverts, and more specifically, the introvert-extrovert relationship. My friends and I got into a big discussion about it after taking personality tests online (I'm INFJ), and while I knew about the different personalities in regards to introversion and extroversion, I had no idea of things like thinking versus feeling type of people. For me, I'm very much a feeling person. My emotions play into a big part of how I make decisions, and I see emotions as necessary for life. I live off of my emotions and they are what motivate me to help people, to create things, to do well in school, etc. But for other people (i.e. some of my friends), they are very much thinking people. The only emotion they really feel is anger, and in situations, they look at facts and logistics. They don't see the point of emotions and think the world would be just fine without them. And it's weird because I understand what they are saying, but I can't understand it at the same time because that's not how I see the world. And that's okay.
When we were first talking, I was completely blown away by how they said they viewed the world. They understand that things like art and literature have a point, but they don't see the point of it. When they help people, they do practical things to fix the physical. Whereas someone like me would just want to fix the emotion. At first, I thought it was completely crazy how different people actually are and how I was so blind to if for my whole life. I had been living in a world of egocentrism--I thought everyone thought the same way as me because I had never heard otherwise. But also while we were talking, we discovered how similar we are despite our differences. We don't deal well with other people's emotions and like to hide our own, we love puzzles and mind games, we love being with each other. I love how they are the planners and can deal with all the problems people give to them (they are awesome at advice); I love how when any situation arises, they are right there, ready to fix it. We make a great team, with the logical people and emotional people combined, they deal with a lot of the physical needs of our group, and I and the other emotionals deal with the emotional, nonphysical parts of the group.
At first I was kind of sad at how vastly different we were, but really, we still aren't that different from each other. I love the fact that no matter the differences between people, there's always something in common. And my friends are seriously the best friends I've ever had. They love me for who I am, and even if they don't always understand my way of seeing things (or understand why I must do crazy things for photos), they are still willing to help me (model, be my photo assistants, etc.) because they love me. That's seriously the greatest thing in the world.
Cheers to our differences, and cheers to how we are not really that different at all.
Today I'm blogging over at Kate's blog, Scathingly Brilliant, so you should go check it out and give her some love! I love her sweet style and personality, so be sure to follow her blog if you're so inclined.
Long time no see! I've been really sick this past week, so I took a few days off to sleep, eat a lot of cold medicine, and now I'm finally feeling better and ready to go.
me during the beginnings of my illness // finished framing one of three pieces for the student art show (I find out on Monday if they make it in) // doing homework with Matt/him making me feel better // finally editing some self portraits // I finally found my novel! No more excuses for Lauren // laying outside in the Oregon sun with my roommate // eating breakfast outside // my awesome photo crew for my latest photography assignment // hanging out at the park/having a picnic with my friends
This week, I tried tomato soup and fruit juice for the first time. Being sick makes a person do crazy things, like ignore their pickiness for the sake of getting better. But seriously, I kind of want to branch out a little bit with my food choices. Tomato soup and fruit juice still taste super weird to me, but we'll take it in little steps.
Also this week, I was incredibly thankful for my friends. They are so willing to help me, be that through getting me food while I'm sick, or being my assistants for photoshoots. I really love them so much and I'll forever be grateful for them.
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1. writing: I read through my entire novel thus far and man, it needs a lot of work.
2. photos: oooh yeeeah.
3. diy project: did yet another one tonight!
4. outfit photos: nope, but I was sick.
5. college street style: Again, sick.
6. book: I'm starting to be more inclined to pick up a book in my spare time, so that is definitely a good thing.
7. sketch: Yep! In fact, I'm working on a fun art project right now.
As writer for the school newspaper, I do a column about college street style. Here's some outfits I found particularly inspiring, especially with everyone's use of color..
dress: borrowed // shirt: Matt // boots: forever 21
I'm currently sick (these photos are from a few days ago), and even though I have a lot of things I want to talk about, I don't really feel like giving cognitive effort to write them all out at the moment.
Hopefully I'll be well enough for class tomorrow and the rest of this week since I have three papers due and a couple other assignments. But I shall not bore you with my school schedule.
after a meeting about studying abroad in New York // time to do some exploring // a beautiful morning view // a wild cat // a fancy film camera I wanted to steal // a nice outlook on life // some photos I'm submitting to the student art show // a creepy drama closet // some sketches and props for a photoshoot.
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1. writing: Hoping to write a story for my photo assignment.
2. photos: just finished a big one.
3. diy project: in the works. :)
4. outfit photos: yep!
5. college street style: Nope, I didn't do any street style photos this week.
6. book: started reading about King Arthur!
7. sketch: Yep!
